> Accounting for financial aspects is not silly. People who are desperately poor will do desperate things for money that they would consent to otherwise. Taking

> Accounting for financial aspects is not silly. People who are desperately poor will do desperate things for money that they would consent to otherwise. Taking advantage of that is unethical. Why? The desperately poor person seems to think the money is worth it. Who are you to tell them it's bad for them to take it? The very stigma against "exploiting" such a person makes it less likely that other people will make them less-bad offers. > And I’m not sure if you’d have a ton of unpaid volunteers or at least enough to power a trial. In this thread, we have someone saying "I have signed up" and someone replying "thanks for taking a risk to help out the human race". It is patriotic, it is (or can easily be made) prestigious. (To make it visible, give out a hat, a button, a jacket, whatever.) I expect some guys would do it because it seems exciting or meaningful, others because they think it'll help them impress the ladies.