I always thought that or ran with the theory, that to decypher a Mad Sciantist invention you had to be a Mad Scientist. So yes you have a proto-type that no sane scientist can copy, but look out a mad scientist can copy and even improve th invention if they have a mind to. Ther's more about this in City of Gloom. It even inspires one Mad Scientist, the guy who created Thaumatical Diffusion. -ruben