Mutunta Mutanen ne game zalunta mutane kamar yadda m kuma girmama bukãta.
Binciken Belmont ya nuna cewa tsarin Mutunta Mutum ya ƙunshi sassa daban-daban guda biyu: (1) wajibi ne a kula da mutum a matsayin mai zaman kansa da kuma (2) mutane tare da raƙataccen haɓaka ya kamata a sami ƙarin kariyar. Tsoma baki daidai ya dace da bar mutane su mallaki rayukansu. A wasu kalmomin, Mutunta Mutum ya nuna cewa masu bincike kada su yi abubuwa ga mutane ba tare da yardar su ba. Abin mahimmanci, wannan yana riƙe ko da mai bincike yana zaton cewa abin da ke faruwa ba shi da wata tasiri, ko ma amfani. Mutuntawa ga Mutane suna kaiwa ga ra'ayin cewa mahalarta-ba masu bincike-sun yanke shawara ba.
A aikace, ana fassara ma'anar Mutunta Mutum don nufin cewa masu bincike zasu, idan ya yiwu, samun izini daga masu halartar. Mahimman tunani tare da izinin sanarwar shine cewa mahalarta dole ne a gabatar da bayanai masu dacewa a cikin matakan fahimta sannan kuma ya yarda ya yarda ya shiga. Kowane ɗayan waɗannan kalmomi sun kasance batun batun ƙarin muhawara da kuma ƙwarewa (Manson and O'Neill 2007) , kuma zan ba da wani sashi na 6.6.1 don izinin sanarwar.
Yin amfani da ka'idodin Mutunta Mutum ga misalai guda uku daga farkon wannan babi yana nuna abubuwan da ke damuwa da kowannensu. A kowane hali, masu bincike sunyi abubuwa ga mahalarta - sunyi amfani da bayanan su (Tastes, Ties, or Time), sunyi amfani da kwamfutar su don yin aikin ƙwarewa (Encore), ko sun sanya su cikin gwaji (Emotional Contagion) - ba tare da izinin su ko fahimta ba. . Rashin saɓin ka'idar Mutunta Mutum ba ta yin nazari akan ka'idoji ba tare da bata lokaci ba; Mutunta Mutum yana ɗaya daga cikin ka'idodin guda hudu. Amma tunani game da Mutunta Mutum yana bayar da shawarar wasu hanyoyi da za a iya inganta karatun su. Alal misali, masu bincike sun iya samo wani nau'i na yarda daga mahalarta kafin binciken ya fara ko bayan ya ƙare; Zan dawo cikin wadannan zaɓuɓɓuka lokacin da na tattauna yarda a cikin sashi 6.6.1.