Michael Crichton

F. H. Cornish

Heinemann Guided Readers

Jurassic Park

Sabrina D. 

“Story of our species,” Malcolm said, laughing. “Everybody knows it’s coming, but not so soon.”

“No. I’ll tell you the problem with engineers and scientists. Scientists have an elaborate line of bullshit about how they are seeking to know the truth about nature. Which is true, but that’s not what drives them. Nobody is driven by abstractions like ‘seeking truth.’ 

"Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if they should do something. They conveniently define such considerations as pointless. If they don’t do it, someone else will.Discovery, they believe, is inevitable. So they just try to do it first. That’s the game in science. Even pure scientific discovery is an aggressive, penetrative act. It takes big equipment, and it literally changes the world afterward. Particle accelerators scar the land, and leave radioactive byproducts.Astronauts leave trash on the moon. There is always some proof that scientists were there, making their discoveries. Discovery is always a r*pe of the natural world. Always…”

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