From Cracked:

Scientists have a PR problem. If TV is to be believed, doctorates are awarded in the form of fishbowl glasses and a tendency to stutter. Sometimes movies try to help out by portraying action scientists, like in The Core, but usually do more harm than good since it’s generally restricted to truly terrible movies, like in The Core.

Here we look at seven self-endangering scientists who only wear lab coats because you can’t get explosive-bear-proof tuxedos outside of MI6. Each one of these researchers has been voted “Most likely to inject themselves with the Omega Serum while shouting, ‘Dammit, there’s no time for testing!’”

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