This past year brought some serious discussions about ethics in science, when a group of researchers claimed to have created the first gene-edited, CRISPR baby. But where was the scientific community 25 years ago, when a young Gary and Wyatt hacked a government computer system, scanned in some nudie pics, and Frankensteined an older woman with magic lightning powers into existence. All this and inappropriate touching, as we talk about the John Hughes comedy Weird Science.
Next week: The year is 1995, your mailbox is full of free AOL trial 3.5” floppy discs and Sandra Bullock is on the run from evil software geniuses. It’s The Net! You know...like the Internet? You remember that, right?