I came across your Ryeberg post as I was looking for these videos for a developmental psychology class. I must say that your statement above is an extremely simplistic one. Two of the developmental research psychologists I know had very dysfunctional home lives, and the career paths they chose reflects an interest in understanding the roots of these types of problems so that they can be prevented. Obviously these are just two examples, but rest assured that there are many, many scientists whose research areas have great personal significance, often on an emotional level. Yet you make it sound as though scientists are motivated purely by this reckless and bloodthirsty obsession with knowledge. I have just become far too tired with the whole “scientists are cold quantifying people with no appreciation of the human condition” diatribe. It’s cliche, unfair, and untrue.