11th June 2012, 3:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 11th June 2012, 3:54 PM by Great Rumbler.)
It's very tenuous, yes, but I think that's the point, as far as it's related to Weyland. He has no other options left open to him because he's tried everything else. So pours billions of dollars into an educated hunch, because at that point in his life the money is absolutely meaningless.
And it being pseudo-scientific fits with what we're shown of the nature of the expedition. It's very likely that the two scientists told the world about what they've found, but they're not sponsored by any Earth government and they're not some multi-national crew. It's bankrolled entirely by a corporation. Most likely they had little success in convincing anyone of their findings until they were suddenly visited by a Weyland representative, who offered them the chance of a lifetime. Even Vickers didn't seem too convinced that they'd find anything, but she was going along with it because that was what Weyland wanted.
And it being pseudo-scientific fits with what we're shown of the nature of the expedition. It's very likely that the two scientists told the world about what they've found, but they're not sponsored by any Earth government and they're not some multi-national crew. It's bankrolled entirely by a corporation. Most likely they had little success in convincing anyone of their findings until they were suddenly visited by a Weyland representative, who offered them the chance of a lifetime. Even Vickers didn't seem too convinced that they'd find anything, but she was going along with it because that was what Weyland wanted.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.