#1904: Research Risks

[A chart with two crossing lines with double arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]

Y axis top: High

Y axis bottom: Low

X axis left: Low

X axis right: High

[Near each of the “high” ends of the two axis there is a label written in gray, with a line pointing to the relevant axis:]

Y axis: Risk of your research being used by a supervillain for world domination

X axis: Risk of the thing you’re studying breaking free from your facility and threatening the local population

[The following points are on the charts upper left quadrant (in reading order):]

Prosthetics

Neuroscience

Laser Optics

Pharmacology

Materials Science

Sociology

History

Psychology

[The following points are on the charts upper right quadrant (in reading order):]

Robotics

Genetic Engineering

Chemistry

Microbiology

[The following points are on the charts lower left quadrant (in reading order):]

Geology

Linguistics

Paleontology

Astronomy

Molasses Storage

Dentistry

[The following points are on the charts lower right quadrant (in reading order):]

Botany

Entomology

Mycology

Marine Biology

Ornithology