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Ken Orvidas for NYT Social Science Research

May 25, 2017

In January of 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services revised the rules for social science research. Essentially, experiments may be conducted without review board oversight. Now, some social science researchers are allowed to determine whether or not their studies are harmful to human subjects.

"I wanted the image to have some tension, some darkness. I also thought a Rorchach like image would be in context and fun to do", commented Orvidas. "After trying my hand at 3 actual ink blots I got one that worked. What do you see?"

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