It's funny though, reading those books it seems that Michael Crichton has deep disdain for scientists.
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He had a deep distain for the privatization of science.
Even the capitalist hubris is done wrong.
They knew how to activate the dwarfism gene. They could have been selling pygmy raptors and rexes as pets to everyone. At the right size they'd be no more dangerous than dogs or cats.
But no; we need a theme park that eats people.
How am I supposed to ride a pigmy T-rex into battle, wielding two m16s, and screaming "America!", then?
Chariots, string the t-rexes together like sled dogs, though now I think about it raptors might be better suited.
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Ingen went all "move fast, break things" but with genetically engineered apex predators. Pretty much worked out exactly as expected.
Yeah, that's what the line about could vs. should was about.
there may be anti capital elements but it is a man vs nature plot with a suçon of trying to control something you dont understand or respect
While I'm fond of the anti-capitalist reading (and Spielberg's environmentalist one), with the context of the rest of Chrichton's books (particularly state of fear and next), I think the intent was moralism against genetic research
The bio science was averaging success. Not their fault that the IT dept fumbled the ball.