Hacker News with Generative AI: Research Ethics

Who exactly needs to get approval from an institutional review board (IRB)? (dynomight.net)
Some of my favorite internet people sometimes organize little community experiments. Like, let’s eat potatoes and see if we lose weight. Or, let’s take some supplements and see if anxiety goes down. I’ve toyed with doing one myself, to see if theanine (a chemical in tea) really helps with stress.
'Stanford Prison Experiment' Psychologist Zimbardo Dies at 91 – AP News (apnews.com)
Stanford psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Prison Experiment” dies at 91