IRBs are a substantial break on scientific progress today, and need massive reform. Instituted to prevent repeats of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, they now clai

IRBs are a substantial break on scientific progress today, and need massive reform. Instituted to prevent repeats of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, they now claim (slow) pre-approval rights to survey questions. To me, it shows that gate-keepers are going to gate-keep. Institutions always strive to expand their powers.