The movie seems to suggest that the scientists have some sort of special viewpoint into humanity. The cult of scientific expertise probably went out of fashion with Oppenheimer. Just because a scientist is great at scientists doesn't mean they know Jack bleep about politics or human nature. In terms of where this ranks among Nolan's films, it's a different kind of Nolan film.

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