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In a mad display of devotion, these gamers are fighting Souls series bosses over and over again until Elden Ring DLC is announced
From Halo to the Simpsons, Would Fictional Mad Scientists Pass Ethical Review?
Cave Johnson is almost ready to start a new study in his secret underground facility. The founder of the Michigan-based technology company Aperture Science, he’s invented a portal gun that allows people to teleport to various locations. Now, he and his colleagues want to see whether they can make portals appear on previously unfit surfaces with a new “conversion gel” containing moon dust. “It may be toxic. We are unsure,” he wrote in a recent research proposal.
To test the gel, Johnson plans to recruit orphans, homeless people, and the elderly. They’ll get 60 bucks — compensation he feels is well worth the risk of their skin potentially peeling off, death due to an artificial intelligence guide becoming sentient, or worse.
None of this is real, of course — Johnson is the villain of the popular video game Portal — but the makeshift ethical review board that evaluated his study was. At a Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research conference conducted online last month, attendees of the session “Mad Science on Trial: The Real Ethical Problems With Fictional Scientists” had some serious concerns with Johnson’s research. Would the participants’ data be secure and anonymized? Would the team of henchmen include some henchwomen as well? And, most importantly, would there be cake?
The moderators of the session didn’t just target Johnson. They asked their audience of 450 virtual attendees to evaluate other fictional mad scientists as well, voting on whether an institutional review board (IRB) — a body of experts that a research institution uses to evaluate whether proposals are ethically sound — should approve their protocols.
Another example used was the scientist in the first-person shooter game Halo who proposed surgically enhancing 6-year-old children with armor, neural interfaces, and other technology to give them combat advantages against a theoretical alien attack.
Science interviewed two of the panelists, one noting “this format is good for making the Instituational Review Board ethics world fun and doing it in a way that kind of stretches people’s minds.”
Thanks to Slashdot reader sciencehabit for submitting the article.
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I got sent home from school for an ‘inappropriate’ outfit – my teachers are just mad I’m hotter than them
A STUDENT shared an outfit she wore to school that got her sent home.
Renee, a 22-year-old student, shared the outfit video with over 7k TikTok followers.
Renee, a student, got dress-coded for her outfit[/caption]
“Me after getting sent home from school for wearing inappropriate clothing,” she said.
She turned to show off a black knit dress with orange stripes that covered her shoulders and hit her a few inches above the knee.
She paired the dress with black tights and boots.
The student went wronged and believed the outfit she wore was perfectly fine.
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“Aveda Institute teachers are just mad that I’m hotter than them because this outfit is not inappropriate,” she said.
“I am fully covered and even wearing tights.”
Her viewers took to the comments to share their thoughts.
“Oh no! It’s form-fitting… too distracting,” said one commenter sarcastically.
“Everyone’s talking about see-through… where???” said another.
Others thought the school was wrong for dress-coding her at her age.
“Excuse me… what school dress-codes adults???” said one commenter.
“That is ridiculous.”
“Uhm what? There’s no way,” said another.
“Literally everything is covered.”
I’m a proud catfish – everyone says my makeup glow-ups are ‘mad’ and women are begging for pointers
A PROUD “catfish” says that people are always telling her that her makeup glow-ups are “mad” and women are begging for pointers.
The magic of makeup is truly astounding, leaving many shocked by what others can do.
TikTok creator and makeup artist Maddie Hill (@mmaddiehill) creates content on her transformative glam, outfit hauls, and skincare routines.
She described herself as “the biggest catfish” in one of her videos after completely modifying her bare-faced look in a matter of minutes.
A “catfish” is someone who sets up a false and deceptive personal profile online.
Hill began the video without makeup, donning a loose bun and plain shirt.
She then debuted a completely different look.
Hill modeled green eye shadow, long lashes, winged eyeliner, and a full face of glowing highlighter.
The makeup artist also revealed long, flowing curls.
The transformation went viral on TikTok, garnering almost a million likes.
TikTok users were stunned by the transformation.
One user begged: “Please drop a tutorial for just EVERYTHING.”
Another user wrote: “This is actually mad.”
Another user commented: “Love that green eyeshadow look.”
Charlize Theron Used To Make Fun Of Marvel Movies, Wants To Revisit Mad Max
Appearing in pictures ranging from Monster to Mad Max to Long Shot, Charlize Theron has made herself difficult to pigeonhole as one type of actor or another. Despite this, even she admits she doesn’t always see what other people see in a project right away, as is the case with her thoughts on Mad Max: Fury Road and the MCU in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
While Mad Max: Fury Road came out as a critically acclaimed return to form for director George Miller, reports of a rough and contentious set–especially when it came to Theron and co-star Tom Hardy–followed it everywhere it went. Looking back at the 2015 film, Theron has much kinder words for the movie, though she couches them in warnings for younger actors.
“I never really truly appreciated or respected George Miller’s vision until I saw [the completed film and] went, ‘Oh my God, this is what was in his head the whole time and I couldn’t hear it,’ Theron said. “And so it’s the one movie where I go, ‘If I had another opportunity, I’d get a little bit more of what he tried to do in the first one.”
Lizzo, Lil Nas X, & More To Headline Mad Cool Festival 2023
Mad Cool Festival announced its lineup for the 2023 event and it is packed with the biggest names in music.
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The headliners will include: Lil Nas X, Lizzo, and Machine Gun Kelly for day one. However, other headliners that are set to appear, include: Sam Smith, Queens of the Stone Age,
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