668
Clever guy (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
133 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 64 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Just because you're very good at one thing doesn't mean you're good at another. Sometimes the further you go down one path, the less you know about everything else.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    He must be a real good paleontologist to forget that wood is a bad conductor.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He was so good that John Hammond sought him out to invite him to the park to check it out before it opened.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hammond didn’t pick him, the insurance company did. The company insisted on only him, likely because he was a notorious skeptic who would be able to look past the sensationalism of the dinosaurs to let them know a realistic risk assessment. The dinner scene where he and Ellie criticize Hammond is exactly why they wanted him there.

    Point being, no indication is actually given that he was smarter or more published than the others in his field, because that isn’t really what the insurance was after.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I could be wrong but I remember Hammond choosing Grant, not the insurance company

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    No it's the insurance company. It's that scene the very beginning where the lawyer is going to visit the the guy digging for Amber. He's the lawyer for the insurance company, he mentions that he's going to get Grant. Then the other archaeologist says he won't get Grant cuz Grant's a digger. Which now I think about it I guess means that Hammond is interfering with the impartiality of the evaluators by bribing them.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Here’s the transcript

    Scroll down to “The Encased Mosquito.” Hammond wasn’t even in the scene.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    You're right, here's the relevant quote

    Gennaro: (Slightly dazed) If two experts... sign off on the island, the insurance guys will back off. I've already got Ian Malcolm, but they think he's too trendy. They want Alan Grant.

    Thanks for setting me straight

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent