History Main / ScaleOfScientificSins

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*** [[spoiler: Dr Bashir is the unique exception in Star Trek canon of a genetic augment who turned out for the better. His case is sympathetic in that he was a special needs kid before the augmentation and has a stable personality. To bring the point home, he visits his fellow augments in a couple of different episodes and while they all possess extreme intelligence like him, they also suffer from mental defects and/or personality disorders and are, regardless, banned from having meaningful careers.]]
**** On the other other hand, the flaws are explicitly due to flaws in their black-market augmentations. It isn't a reason for the ban (which is explicitly just Khan), it is a result of it.

* Dramatically averted in ''OrionsArm'', where AIs and nanotechnology pretty much run everything.

* [[RunningGag Yes]], averted yet again in ''OrionsArm'', by the Archai, AIs based on planet sized, DysonSphere sized or distributed wormhole-based processing nodes, which do in fact have godlike abilities, within the bounds of physics (but just barely) and in many cases do treat their lower-toposophic subjects in a manner analogous to a benign deity.

* ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' The Astrates are long lived, though not immortal and tending to die a glorious death in battle before old age becomes an issue. Various Imperial nobles, Inquisitors and members of the Adeptus Mechanicus hierarchy survive an awful long time, and it is here that the problems are most pronounced.

* ''Shadowrun'' universe books feature direct applications of 3.3 - magically active beings gradually loose their magic with increasing degree of cybernetics.

** 3.1 When it's [[EmergencyTransformation unwilling]]/[[InvoluntaryShapeShifting involuntary]], but otherwise [[SculptedPhysique mostly human.]]

* Averted and played straight in BuffyTheVampireSlayer. When Dawn revives their dead mother while it is never seen it is implied it would have Gonehorriblywrong. Buffy's resurrection on the other hand didn't have any major consequences.

* Averted and played straight in BuffyTheVampireSlayer. When Dawn revives their dead mother while it is never seen it is implied it would have GoneHorriblyWrong. Buffy's resurrection on the other hand didn't have any major consequences.

* ''IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis''. {{Biological Mashup}}s, {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, BambooTechnology Automatons made out of stone and bronze and powered by {{Orichalcum}}, followed by [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The God Machine]] set on top of an underwater volcano, which cause the characters to either [[SoulJar possess the wearer]] or mutate into AFateWorseThanDeath.

* ''IndianaJonesAndTheSecretOfAtlantis''.

[[{{Pride}} Proud]] scientists will actively try to check off as many of these sins as they can as a proof of their scientific genius.

->''The Krells, [[AfterActionVillainAnalysis in the insolence]] of their success, tried to usurp the power of God. And were destroyed.''

->''The Krells, in the insolence of their success, tried to usurp the power of God. And were destroyed.''

!!The Eighth Sin of Autogratification

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* In ''SecretSix'' the Mad Hatter confesses that he originally built his hat to control the minds and emotions of others ... but then discovered that he could use it to simply directly activate his own pleasure centers. To hell with taking over the world; he'd be happy just spending the rest of his life [[IncrediblyLamePun hatsturbating]].

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* ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' again. It is heavily implied in several places that some discoveries and inventions by the Biologis division of the Adeptus Mechanicus have... [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean non-combat applications]].

* ''FullmetalAlchemist'' has Homunculi, who score a 4.5 being both [[spoiler:botched resurrections]] and attempts at creating life.
** The manga kicks it up another notch, in that the resurrections (while they aren't Homunculi) [[spoiler: aren't even the person they were tryng to bring back]].

*** Although, given the many, many flaws, ethical problems, and the fairly stinking big, obvious [[TurnedOnTheirMasters logical problem]] inherent in the SuperSoldier trope, it's not particularly shocking that the TSAB is GenreSavvy enough to want to prevent this kind of thing going on.

Science is a religion-- an [[ReligionOfEvil evil]], godless religion that isn't just [[ScienceIsBad Bad]] and [[ScienceIsWrong Wrong]], but unethical [[HarmonyVersusDiscipline by nature]]. And like all religions, [[SevenDeadlySins it has sins]]--or, rather, "virtues". These are the sins that the {{Mad Scientist}}s commit in their quests ForScience. If..., no, ''when'' these are violated something will GoHorriblyWrong and the transgressor will receive karmic punishment [[HoistByHisOwnPetard in accordance to the sin]], increasing in evil as the number rises. No exceptions.

# [[PowerPerversionPotential Stimulating yourself.]]