/sci/ - Science & Math

>>2999847
This reminds me of "Monster on the Campus". The protagonist is a professor of evolutionary biology, who seems to have only a very vague and mostly philosophical idea of his supposed area of expertise. Of course this doesn't prevent him from constantly talking about, and even teaching the subject. It's more funny than offensive, though.

>>3000122
>Carrington was the only scientist portrayed as extreme; the others offered well-reasoned objections to much of what Carrington said as well as opposing the military leader
It's not even that I disagree with your description of the events in the movie. I just think that the whole thing was a lot more (and also more blatantly) one-sided than what you seem to have gotten from it. As I said, I'm not arguing that *all* the scientists in the movie were portrayed as evil, but that the token Mad Scientist was used as somewhat of a strawman to make "Science" and "Scientific Fanaticism" appear closer together than they really are. Personally, I wouldn't say that even half the things proposed by Carrington were as fundamentally flawed/irrational/irresponsible as the other characters made them out to be.

>only when the military men other than their leader work together with the scientists (other than THEIR leader) is a practical, effective solution implemented
Oh, sure, there was some levelheaded cooperation in the end, but the ultimate goal was militaristic. Again, I'd argue that the message here was in favor of the "Shoot first" approach, and science was a mere means to that end.