Inside the scientist–convict experiment on the human brain A man sentenced to death was about to be executed in the electric chair. The scientist offered the criminal a chance to participate in a scientific experiment. This experiment involved making a small cut on his wrist, allowing his blood to drain drop by drop. He explained that his chances of survival were slim, but that, in any case, his death would be painless and without suffering, and he would not even feel it. The condemned man accepted this death sentence rather than be...