SCP-8972

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**Item #:** SCP-8972

**Object Class:** Safe

**Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-8972 is kept in a low-risk humanoid containment cell. Only personnel with 4/8972 clearance may access SCP-8972 or unaltered images of it.

As of 2020-05-16, the Ethics Committee has banned all testing on SCP-8972. Further, all interactions with SCP-8972 must be reviewed for adherence to Ethics Committee Directive 8972-17A.

Personnel are reminded to abide by the Foundation's code of conduct at all times when interacting with SCP-8972.

**Description:** SCP-8972 is a human male, age 50. Any individual who clearly sees SCP-8972's face, directly or through another medium, will gain full awareness of the subject's psyche -- that is, the totality of its conscious and unconscious mind. The observer can easily recall any information about or within SCP-8972's mind; additionally, they can 'simulate' how SCP-8972 would react in hypothetical situations. This model of SCP-8972's psyche remains up-to-date even without subsequent re-exposure.

An intelligent and resourceful observer can manipulate SCP-8972 into performing virtually any action, experiencing any emotional state, or believing any information. Testing has shown that, over the course of several years, SCP-8972's personality can be changed entirely.

It is unclear whether SCP-8972 has an unusually malleable psyche, or whether exhaustive psychological knowledge could be put to this use with other individuals. In either case, the model of SCP-8972's mind has enabled considerable advances in the field of psychology, which have been approved for use in Foundation operations and introduced to authorized civilian parties.

**Addendum:** Abridged testing log 8972-G

A number of tests were performed on SCP-8972 over the course of 29 years to evaluate its mental pliability. The results of some of these tests are cataloged below.

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|||||| Render SCP-8972 compliant to all further tests. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 18 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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|||||| Remove SCP-8972's sex drive. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 2 months, 2 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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|||||| Greatly increase SCP-8972's agreeableness. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 3 years, 1 month, 14 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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||||||~ Directive ||
|||||| Teach SCP-8972 to play chess at a ~2000 ELO level. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 1 year, 8 months, 13 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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|||||| Indoctrinate SCP-8972 into radical political and religious beliefs. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 2 years, 1 month, 29 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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|||||| Remove SCP-8972's fear response. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 2 years, 1 month, 8 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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||||||~ Directive ||
|||||| De-radicalize SCP-8972. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 7 months || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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|||||| Change SCP-8972's gender identity from 'male' to 'female'. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 1 year, 9 months, 13 days|| [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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||||||~ Directive ||
|||||| Convince SCP-8972 that it is Elvis Presley. |||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 3 years, 11 months, 11 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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|||||| Greatly decrease SCP-8972's neuroticism. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 4 years, 6 months, 6 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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|||||| Return SCP-8972's neuroticism to previous levels. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 3 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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||||||~ Directive ||
|||||| Induce sadistic tendencies in SCP-8972. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 2 months, 1 day || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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||||||~ Directive ||
|||||| Change SCP-8972's gender identity from 'female' to 'male'. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 2 years, 5 months, 19 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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||||||~ Directive ||
|||||| Reduce SCP-8972's sadistic tendencies. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 1 year, 2 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**##||
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||||||~ Directive ||
|||||| Eliminate SCP-8972's suicidal ideation. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 6 months, 10 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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||||||~ Directive ||
|||||| Create an identity for SCP-8972 that is suitable for long-term stability. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 2 years, 5 months, 15 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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||||||~ Directive ||
|||||| Eliminate all memories of previous tests (without amnestics). ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 4 months, 29 days || [REDACTED] || ##green|**SUCCESS**## ||
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||||||~ Directive ||
|||||| Eliminate all detrimental conditions resulting from previous tests. ||
||~ Time Elapsed ||~ Method ||~ Outcome ||
|| 9 years, 3 months, 4 days || [REDACTED] ||##orange|**ONGOING**## ||

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