Jurassic Park

[John Hammond (man in white) has created dinosaurs and is trying to get the dinosaur experts to sign-off on it, and he is in for a rude awakening.]

Even though we are talking about a hypothetical situation, it brings up a very good point that our society often forgets.  There is a difference between knowledge and wisdom.  Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) talks about how John did not take the time to think about whether or not he should do an action.  Often in our world we think about one aspect of a choice, the pleasure of the experience, and disregard the other factors surrounding the choice.  When we look at making choices like this we end up with consequences we are not prepared to face, as in the case of this movie with all the loss of life that happens later.  

We can have the knowledge of how to kill somebody, but should we?  The question about knowledge should not really be the point.  It is true humanity that shows forth when wisdom is chosen.  Wisdom to decide what should be done, and what should not.  John Hammond re-created a new species (dinosaurs) who have been extinct for a long time.  The other "dino-experts" are hesitant to say this is a good thing, because they talk about the fact that  there really is no way to foresee the outcome of this new technology.  I think they would be ok with checking this out on a much smaller scale.  It seems that before they even knew what they had they starting creating and moving.  

This is also how some students respond to stress, and homework as well.  Before then even knew what they had accomplished they are on to the next thing, forgetting what they had just learned/done.  I imagine that the scientist behind the scenes helping creating Jurassic Park were doing exactly what Malcolm said.