They might have been monsters, but without them, we never would have discovered the yield elasticity of the elderly, or learned what part of a prisoner's tongue detects the taste of angel meat. Every day, ethics barely prevent experiments like this from being carried out.īut what if we didn't have these ethics? When Nazi doctors were let loose during WWII, the incredible rate of their discoveries were matched only by the inadequacy of words to atone for them. They already have a chamber set up to harness the power of their screams as they gradually realize what has happened. Whenever a scientist sees a set of twins, he or she secretly wonders what would happen if you surgically swapped their faces. Every scientist dreams of a world without ethics.
