The
Will Stanton Captain Kirk Scientific Method
1. See a shiny thing
2. Go, "ooh, shiny thing!"
3. Hypothesize that it would be wicked awesome to see what the shiny thing does
4. Experiment shiny thing on self
5. Go "woah, that was dumb"
6. Repeat
TOS 1x10:
Dagger of the Mind, or DER ZENTRALNERVENSYSTEMMANIPULATOR

Jesus Christ that's a long word.