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Title: (Even Better) 9 Real Life Mad Scientists
Post by: ErikHolmes on May 01, 2009, 12:53:37 AM
http://www.cracked.com/article_17039_9-real-life-mad-scientists.html

"See, it turns out Harlow wasn't big on using euphemisms to make people feel better about his experiments. And that's a problem, because he decided early that the best way to find out the nature of love was by torturing baby monkeys.

So when it came time for Harlow to present his findings, we're guessing he just summed it up as, "What is love? Well, you know that feeling you get when you've been locked in a tiny dark space alone for a year? It's the opposite of that.""

LOL, you can't make up stuff like this.
Title: Re: (Even Better) 9 Real Life Mad Scientists
Post by: Shaggy on May 02, 2009, 05:24:51 PM
That is really weird.
Title: Re: (Even Better) 9 Real Life Mad Scientists
Post by: The Jade Knight on May 03, 2009, 09:12:15 AM
Didn't they make him director of the American Psychological Association, or somethign like that?
Title: Re: (Even Better) 9 Real Life Mad Scientists
Post by: Shaggy on May 03, 2009, 11:04:10 PM
!!! After he did all that stuff??
Title: Re: (Even Better) 9 Real Life Mad Scientists
Post by: The Jade Knight on May 04, 2009, 03:24:49 AM
Ah, evidently, yes:

"He served as head of the Human Resources Research branch of the Department of the Army from 1950-1952, head of the Division of Anthropology and Psychology of the National Research Council from 1952-1955, consultant to the Army Scientific Advisory Panel, and president of the American Psychological Association from 1958-1959." (WP)
Title: Re: (Even Better) 9 Real Life Mad Scientists
Post by: Eerongal on May 04, 2009, 03:38:34 AM
my favorite cracked.com article i ever read was 5 real world criminals who were certified super villans. (http://www.cracked.com/article_16611_5-real-world-criminals-who-were-certified-super-villains.html)

Killdozer is clearly the best.