Question: Who is the pipe smoking man in the black and white photo taped to Nedry's computer monitor? Some computing pioneer?
Brian Katcher
22nd Nov 2021
Jurassic Park (1993)
Answer: Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. One of the fathers of the atomic bomb. I don't know why Nedry would have his picture up and you can draw your own conclusion, but it does seem to be a reference to how good science can lead to destruction.
Answer: He also said, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
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Answer: After the explosion of the first Atomic Bomb, Oppeheimer was quoted as saying, "I'm not an evil man, but I have done evil things."