the most dangerous person in a laboratory might not be the scientist who lacks intelligence. it might be the one whose intelligence has convinced him that every idea he can develop deserves to exist. snl’s “genetics lab” turns scientific ambition into a collision with commercial judgment. the scientists approach their creation with the confidence of people who believe technical ingenuity should be enough to impress potential investors. but an invention doesn’t become valuable simply because its creators have worked out how to make it. that’s where the comedy finds its sharper edge: the distance between being able to create something and being able to justify its existence.