"Jurassic Park" and "The Terminal Man"

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In "Jurassic Park" and "The Terminal man", Michael Crichton uses many of the same themes throughout both novels. He gives the readers many ethical and philosophical questions to ponder. The paper shows how Crichton asks many questions such as: Is technology moving too fast? Just because we have the technology to alter nature, do we have the right to use it? What if our technology does more harm than good? Can science outdistance all ethical restraints? The paper shows how both books present the ideas of the power of technology and science over nature and man, the impact and dangers of technological advances on society and mans attempts to control what cannot be controlled.

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""The Terminal Man" uses a theory almost identical to the chaos theory in it's explanation of behavior. Gehard, the computer expert at NPR, learned through working with computer programs that, "relatively simple computer instructions could produce complex and unpredictable machine behavior. It was also true that the programmed machine could exceed the capabilities of the programmer." Which is exactly what happened with Benson. The doctors, in their attempt to control his behavior, programmed simple computer instructions which produced complex and unpredictable behavior that they could not control."

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