Quote from: Biomechanoid on Feb 08, 2018, 09:15:56 AM
Quote from: SM on Feb 08, 2018, 03:43:04 AM
Quote- What an interview process can do is find out what is not only what the applicant/advisor skills are, but also what they are interested in and what they believe.
- In the interview ask things like; what the applicant thinks about creationism involving space aliens. Then from the responses to that and similar questions, the company/Vickers decided who gots hired.
You've just made that up, though.
To make a less antagonizing point than SM's, we're discussing an aspect of the story that doesn't exist. So it's wide open for fan theory. What you describe how the interview might have went, sounds logical.
Except your theory they included an interview question like, what the applicant thinks about creationism involving space aliens. Besides this being an alarming question received by the interviewee, I find it unlikely an interviewer would even mention anything remotely revealing what their top secret mission is.
That unintentional innuendo would be a security risk. Not to mention, this is a question that would be asked of several people, not just one. Pretty high risk to share an abstract description so to speak of your top secret mission with several people who are not even picked for the mission.
Hey, just sharing.
1. I look at the exchange of information about scientists in our world. The number of science publications is vast and public.
I assume there is similar published information in the "Prometheus" fictional world.
2. The same complex symbol found in multiple ancient civilizations over thousands of years (in the film) would lend support to the ancient astronaut idea.
That would produce challenges to a pure view of Darwin's evolution theory in the fiction world of the movie.
There would be a scientific debate about this as part of the background of the film.
3. In the backstory of "Prometheus", Shaw was peddling her idea of a mission to Zeta 2 Reticuli to the Weyland corporation.
In the main Blu-ray disk this information is in the section; Extras - The Peter Weyland Files - Quiet Eye: Elizabeth Shaw
This has notes that summarize the career and goals of Shaw / Holloway.
4. There is also a "Quiet Eye" film extras video which is on the web including on YouTube.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iOpAXTaGAlc* In the video Shaw says she has at least 3 doctorates.
For a researcher like her to get her degrees she would need to publish.
Since her main ideas are about the same complex symbol being found around the world in ancient times, that information would be publicly known.
** What does that tell me?
* While the mission to LV-223 was secret, prior published information from Shaw/Holloway was not.
- Shaw & Holloway's data about the same symbol being in ancient cultures around the world would be known as it would be published.
- This would naturally lead to the hypothesis of space aliens affecting evolution on earth (a challenge to a pure view of Darwin's ideas).
* In "Prometheus" Weyland says that he considered Shaw's information.
- Vickers said that Weyland wanted Shaw and Holloway on the mission because he wanted true believers on board.
- Weyland and Vickers discuss what the real mission was; for Weyland to find a miracle.
- Weyland tells Shaw what that miracle is; he was looking for a cure for death.
* This tells me about the hiring process for a scientist on the mission.
- Weyland found people he wanted on the mission and had them put on board.
* There are also the two other scientists who were hired by Vickers and they are completely against any challenge to a pure view of Darwin's evolution theory.
- I cannot believe that was a coincidence created by random chance.
- Vickers seems to be a competent person who is aware of details. She would find out information about her science hires.
- In the scientific community of our world controversial ideas are discussed and scientists will publicly state their positions.
In our world there may be polls of scientists about certain hypotheses.
- In the "Prometheus" world opinionated scientists like MIlburn and Fifield imo would have commented on their support for Darwin's evolution theory.
- My conclusion is that Vickers knew that Milburn and Fifield would have a very negative position about any challenge to Darwin stirred up by Shaw's published data and that is why Vickers chose them.
* An objection to my idea is that any interview question which brings up creationism would give away the secrecy of the mission.
I'll clarify. A question doesn't have to be clumsy.
- And if a creationism question is a bad idea, then just stick to the topic of Darwin's theory of evolution.
It can be framed in talking about challenges to Darwin's theory of evolution.
Clearly Milburn and Fifield were rigid about their belief the pure view of evolution.
This could be found out in the published research/discussions of the two scientists or in a questionnaire as part of a long list of questions.
- The employer could get the info they need without giving away what the mission is.
* Basically, in the film extras, which is backed up by the movie, Weyland investigated Shaw's career and ideas.
I think that it was a natural thing for Vickers to do the same thing with the scientists she hired which resulted in the complete conflict between Shaw/Holloway vs. Milburn/Fifield.