Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by avisser 1890 days ago
> it seems to me this is more about medical experiments

Psychology and sociology are both subject to the IRB as well.

Regardless of their department, this feels like a psychology experiment.

1 comments

This is a huge stretch. It’s more of a technical or operational experiment. They are testing the review process, not the maintainers.
"I was testing how the bank processes having a ton of cash taken out by someone without an account, I wasn't testing the staff or police response, geez!"