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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Here’s the transcript

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

They didn't have electric fences in the jurassic era, duh. ~/jk~