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A Leap of Faith From the Eiffel Tower

2022/9/23
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Tim Harford: 本集节目探讨了两个案例：裁缝Franz Reichelt为了测试他的新型降落伞服，从埃菲尔铁塔跳下进行自我实验，最终不幸身亡；医生Barry Marshall为了验证幽门螺杆菌导致胃溃疡的理论，也进行了自我实验，最终获得成功并获得诺贝尔奖。这两个案例引发了对自我实验的伦理和风险的讨论，以及在科学探索和商业利益驱动下，自我实验的动机和结果的复杂性。节目还回顾了历史上其他医生的自我实验案例，有的获得了成功，有的付出了生命的代价，并分析了自我实验的价值和局限性。 Franz Reichelt: (间接通过旁白和报道呈现) Reichelt坚信他的降落伞服能够拯救飞行员的生命，为了证明其价值并获得商业赞助，他选择从埃菲尔铁塔进行高风险的自我实验，最终导致不幸。 Barry Marshall: (间接通过旁白和报道呈现) Marshall为了验证幽门螺杆菌导致胃溃疡的理论，冒着健康风险进行了自我实验，最终证明了他的理论，并因此获得了诺贝尔奖。他承认自己当时过于自信，并建议在进行自我实验前应进行更充分的研究。 John Hunter, Max von Pettenkofer, Werner Forsman: (间接通过旁白和报道呈现) 这三位医生的自我实验案例，展现了历史上医生进行自我实验的传统，有的取得了成功，有的付出了生命的代价，他们的经历为我们理解自我实验的风险和价值提供了参考。

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Franz Reichelt, a tailor fascinated by flight, invents a parachute suit to save aviators' lives. He plans to test it from the Eiffel Tower, despite previous failed attempts with a mannequin.

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Inventor Franz Reichelt wants to test his novel "parachute suit" from as tall a structure as possible - and the Eiffel Tower seems ideal. Previous trial runs used a mannequin strapped to the chute and have not ended well. Despite this, his plan is to make the Eiffel Tower jump himself. Can he be persuaded to see sense?

Self-experimentation - particularly in the field of medicine - has a long and checkered history. Can we learn anything useful from such unorthodox experiments, or are they reckless acts of egotism and hubris? 

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