Mad scientist
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The Mad scientist is a trope in science fiction and Hollywood propaganda. The mad scientist playing around with forbidden knowledge to play God or conquer the world, represents the Fallen Angels (Lucifer/Prometheus) that interfered with human evolution, genetic engineering of the Anunaki on Atlantis, the gnostic Demiurg who created a false Eve (creating a Golem). Dark occultists follow the Left Hand Path and try to become God (twin pillars represent reason and faith, the Fool and the Magician). The alchemists experimented with mercury poisoning leading to delusions (Mad Hatter, the Joker). The archetype of the mad scientists is used in rituals of Anton LaVey's Church of Satan. In the new age (repeating of a cycle) the mad scientists of Atlantis became the Science Church, Transhumanists of Silicon Valley and psychiatrist developing methods of mind control. |
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Mad scientists in pop culture
1806 Johan Wolfgang Goethe (Illuminati) Faust, doctor selling his soul to the devil for omniscience.
1818 Mary Shelley Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus (Dr Frankenstein based on Paracelsus, age of electricity).
1896 HG Wells The Island of Dr Moreau.
1908 Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde.
1920 Sax Rohmer (HOGD) The Master of Hollow Grange mad scientists who preys on children.
1922 Fritz Lang Dr Mabuse Rudolf Klein-Rogge.
1927 Fritz Lang Metropolis Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Dr Rotwang.
1933 Disney The Mad Doctor.
1934 Maniac. HP Lovecraft From Beyond.
1940 Mysterious Doctor Satan. Superman villain Lex Luthor.
1945 Manhattan Project, Trinity Test. Albert Einstein as genius responsible for atom bomb (Devil's egg).
1951 The Thing From Another World (story of John W Campbell Jr) Dr Carrington. The Man in the White Suit Alec Guinness.
1953 MK Ultra Dr Ewen Cameron. rumors of Josef Mengele as Dr Green.
1955 Tarantula.
1957 The Curse of Dr Frankenstein Christopher Lee. Isaac Asimov The Naked Sun.
1958 Fiend Without a Face. The Fly.
1959 The Tingler William Castle Vincent Price.
1961 Flubber. The Absent-Minded Professor Tommy Kirk Ed Wynn Robert Stevenson Disney.
1963 The Nutty Professor Jerry Lewis.
1964 Dr Strangelove or How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb Peter Sellers.
1965 PKD The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.
1980 Altered States (based on John Lilly) William Hurt.
1984 Runaway. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension John Lithgow.
1984 Ghostbusters Rick Moranis (jewish). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Baxter Stockman.
1985 Back to the Future Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown. Re-Animator (based on Lovecraft) Jeffrey Combs (Star Trek)
1986 The Fly David Cronenberg Jeff Goldblum.
1989 Honey I Shrunk the Kids Rick Moranis Disney.
1991 Sega video game Sonic the Hedgehog Dr Eggman Robotnik. Spiderman Dr Kafka, Green Goblin.
1993 Jurassic Park Jeff Goldblum Richard Attenborough.
1997 Flubber Robin Williams.
1998 The Truman Show Ed Harris as Christopher.
2004 The Incredibles Jason Lee (Scientology) as Syndrome.
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka.
2007 Resident Evil: Extinction.
2008 Neil Patrick Harris as Dr Horrible. Michael Belfiore The Department of Mad Scientists: How DARPA is Remaking Our World.
2011 The Skin I Live In Pedro Almodovar Antonio Banderas. Rise of Planet of the Apes James Franco as Will Rodman.
2020 Sonic the Hedgehog Jim Carrey as Robotnik.