Scientists are incapable of placing appearance above function. Fortunately, scientists have an ace in the hole. MacGyver Female scientists become irresistible at the age of consent and remain that way until about thirty minutes after their clinical death. Longer if it's a warm day. That's why it's a good idea to keep scientists away from customers, romantic interests and other people who can't handle the truth.
Scientists sometimes bend the truth to avoid work.
They say things that sound like lies but technically are not because nobody could be expected to believe them. I'm not jealous of your new computer. If there is one trait that best defines a scientist, it is the ability to concentrate on one subject to the complete exclusion of everything else in the environment. This sometimes causes scientists to be pronounced dead prematurely. Some funeral homes in high tech areas have started checking resumes before processing the bodies.