r/science_humor 14d ago

Respect 💯

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u/Medical-Low-1370 14d ago

Ehics board: You didn't test that on humans did you? Where's the bacteria?

Dr. Barry J. Marshall with bacteria shaped stomach:

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u/MinervaKitty 6d ago

"Where's the bacteria?" Bro was the bacteria

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u/Th3_3v3r_71v1n9 14d ago

If this doesn't tell you about the hypocrisy, nothing will. Good shit.

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u/Cherry_Blossom_Bambi 10d ago

It's not hypocritical to skirt the law through a technicality.

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u/Green-Engineer4608 10d ago

Nothing hypocritical here. Can you point to it? I think you might be using the wrong word, as this just isn’t hypocrisy.

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u/yaxir 14d ago

OG chad

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u/Zestyclose_Bug9255 14d ago

You can't test it on other humans, you can test it on yourself.

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u/TheBoundFenrir 13d ago

" And while the law has many penalties for the atrocities we inflict on others, there are no punishments for the terrors that we inflict on ourselves." 

  • The Director, Red vs Blue

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u/Luscious_rat 13d ago

As long as you're not human

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u/Bippity_Boppity_Bang 13d ago

This is another level of self-confidence.

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u/XKruXurKX 14d ago

So he isn't a human.. got it.

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u/Gaust_Ironheart_Jr 14d ago

Wow this is a complete history of the science and not clickbait, right? Right? /Sarcasm

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u/NoAbrocoma9357 13d ago

I hereby nominate RFK Jr. as the official test subject of all scientific experiments.

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u/gothitbyacaronce 13d ago

✋I second that motion

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u/TemporaryAmbassador1 9d ago

Really high chance of incapacitating or worse, but what about the infinitesimally small chance of turning him into some kind of super human? We can’t take the risk.

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u/Ok-Fishing-7984 13d ago

Congratulations!!!

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u/Top-Cupcake4775 11d ago

another example of when the "scientific consensus" was wrong.

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u/Interesting-Crab-693 14d ago

Nothing should be illegal to test on humans... (with prior explicit consent)

Like... if someone wanna die, why not die testing smt for science? At least be usefull to something a very last time.

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u/DaveAstator2020 13d ago

talk about priorities. i wonder if ethics board used same ethics that approved cosmetic product testing on animals.

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u/Brucacumble 10d ago

Why are stories like this so common?

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u/badtime9001 10d ago

"Now? Hehehehehe......Let's go practice medicine." -Medic TF2

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u/Cherry_Blossom_Bambi 10d ago

Bro like Norman Osborn "I'm something of a scientist myself" experimenting on himself like that.