Boiling A Frog: Science & Ethics as TTRPG (emf2026)

Ethics: a necessary reign or a hindrance to scientific progress? An apocryphal story describes how if one drops a frog into boiling water, it will jump out. However, if the frog is dropped into warm water which is then slowly heated, it will boil to death. In science, leaving the lukewarm water means abandoning research that could lead to groundbreaking discoveries -- but when is the water too hot? How do we know that things are heading in an unsavory direction, and is it in our power to do anything about it? Join us to explore the ethics of science in a lively discussion, fueled by scenarios from a new science ethics TTRPG in development by our team at the University of Cambridge. Licensed to the public under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ about this event: https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2026/125-boiling-a-frog-science-ethics-as-ttrpg