Yep. I wouldn't rely on Crichton for science given his longstanding climate science denialism. He could write a good thriller with science-y elements. That was his talent.
https://twitter.com/StephanEducTech/status/1059540039464640512 …
Yep. I've used Crichton's oft-quoted speech (by cranks and denialists) lambasting scientific consensus as an excellent sign of a crank.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/hostility-towards-scientific-consensus-a-red-flag-identifying-a-crank-or-quack/ …