[BrianOnHN]

Impressive dedication to science.

[gumby]

Thanks! I prefer to think of it as pettiness or peevishness. I knew there would be no risk.

[injb]

>> I knew there would be no risk.

...as long as the plumming tape was made from Teflon, and nothing else.

[PakG1]

In the fashion of Barry Marshall. https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/the-doctor-who-drank...

[gumby]

Interesting, my mum did get her medical degree from that institution…

[unsupp0rted]

I assume the majority of the most important science humans have done was to win an argument or impress a woman (or, more rarely but more notably, a man).

[gumby]

Mostly men, for tenure or boasting purposes. Until quite recently women were excluded from science, as they were excluded from so many other interesting things.

[scns]

Both criminals and scientists put in the biggest amount of energy into their "career" before they hit 30. Trying to impress a mate makes sense as an explanation. The peaking physical condition and declining Testosterone production after 30 might be another reason.

[SturgeonsLaw]

Depending on how reductionist you want to get (and if you're anything like me, that's quite reductionist), most everything we do is at least tangentially associated with impressing a mate.