I simply don't understand this Luddite attitude. Especially from a scientist.

attitudescientists

6 seconds sound clip from the Jurassic Park (1993) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:36:33 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- But your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

- Condors. Condors are on the verge of extinction.

- If I was to create a flock of condors on this island, you wouldn't have anything to say.

- Hold on, this isn't some species that was obliterated by deforestation or the building of a dam.

- Dinosaurs had their shot and nature selected them for extinction.

- I simply don't understand this Luddite attitude. Especially from a scientist.

- How can we stand in the light of discovery and not act?

- What's so great about discovery? It's a violent, penetrative act, that scars what it explores. What you call discovery, I call the rape of the natural world.

- Well, the question is, how can you know anything about an extinct Eco-system? And therefore, how could you ever assume that you can control it?

- You have plants in this building that are poisonous. You picked them because they look good.

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