Technology and Modernization Quotes in Jurassic Park

How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

"We don't want them to survive in the wild. So I've made them lysine dependent." (3.20.32)

Theoretically, if a dinosaur were to escape the island, it would soon die without lysine. But given how Wu goofed with the dinosaurs' sex, we're not confident that he's considered all the possible adaptations that could occur (in this fictional world, anyway). Wu's simple cause-and-effect thinking doesn't take into account the massive complexity of the life forms he's dealing with.

Quote #5

"I shall be extremely interested to see the control room now." (3.20.129)

Malcolm has calculated that Jurassic Park will fail, and he's already seen some red flags. He expects the control room will verify his fears… and he's right.

Quote #6

"We haven't re-created the past here. The past is gone. It can never be re-created. What we've done is reconstruct the past—or at least a version of the past. And I'm saying we can make a better version." (3.21.26)

To his credit, Wu recognizes that they're basically playing God on the island, constructing something new with materials from both the past and present. Not so much to his credit, he's perfectly cool playing God.