My dad once played twenty questions with my mom and got it in two guesses.
Image of SCP-8972 altered as per Ethics Committee Directive 8972-5B.
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.
| Directive |
| Render SCP-8972 compliant to all further tests. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 18 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Remove SCP-8972's sex drive. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 2 months, 2 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Greatly increase SCP-8972's agreeableness. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 3 years, 1 month, 14 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Teach SCP-8972 to play chess at a ~2000 ELO level. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 1 year, 8 months, 13 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Indoctrinate SCP-8972 into radical political and religious beliefs. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 2 years, 1 month, 29 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Remove SCP-8972's fear response. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 2 years, 1 month, 8 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| De-radicalize SCP-8972. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 7 months |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Change SCP-8972's gender identity from 'male' to 'female'. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 1 year, 9 months, 13 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Convince SCP-8972 that it is Elvis Presley. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 3 years, 11 months, 11 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Greatly decrease SCP-8972's neuroticism. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 4 years, 6 months, 6 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Return SCP-8972's neuroticism to previous levels. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 3 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Induce sadistic tendencies in SCP-8972. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 2 months, 1 day |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Change SCP-8972's gender identity from 'female' to 'male'. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 2 years, 5 months, 19 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Reduce SCP-8972's sadistic tendencies. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 1 year, 2 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Eliminate SCP-8972's suicidal ideation. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 6 months, 10 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| 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] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Eliminate all memories of previous tests (without amnestics). |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 4 months, 29 days |
[REDACTED] |
SUCCESS |
| Directive |
| Eliminate all detrimental conditions resulting from previous tests. |
| Time Elapsed |
Method |
Outcome |
| 9 years, 3 months, 4 days |
[REDACTED] |
ONGOING |
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