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Ok... I'm failing to form the abstract connections necessary to understand the point you're getting at here.

Is the implication that it's inherently unethical to subject others to stimuli under the presumption that the stimulation is uniformly harmless? Surely that's the whole point of studies like this; to rigorously probe such assumptions within the relative safety of a controlled experiment?

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I think the parent is saying that under those conditions, the "undetectable" part of the title may be in question.

I just find funny the idea that people might spun research into something they aren't able to do themselves but is completely obvious to everybody else.

Not saying it is the case here, just pointing a potential for humour.

Red / green colorblind researcher: groundbreaking study shows invisible wavelength differentials influence "stop" and "go" behavior in motorists!

Exactly!

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