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Originally Posted by blankall
This too. Dolores being built. The skin colour of the hands matches Bernard's.
Still a bit bothered by Ford's ability to erase all knowledge of a famous scientist in the post-information age...but getting over it. |
It is possible that Ford and Arnold were not at all famous before the park. There are probably thousands of brilliant people working on ground breaking stuff right now in the our world that are completely unknown and will be until after their break through. Arnold died before the park became a big deal, and Ford/Delos went out of their way to hide info about him.
The park is also incredibly huge and very remote. Some have speculated that it could be on another planet or in Antarctica. This is based on the comment from an earlier episode about 'When do you rotate home next?' and the fact that all the workers live in the park and don't commute. So if Arnold and Ford worked for years in this very remote place, they probably weren't getting any press coverage.
Another possibility is that scientists who are advanced enough to create artificial intelligence might also be advanced enough to create a virus to purge info from the internet that they don't want out there. Or Delos might be that powerful. They also haven't shown a lot about the existing outside world. Maybe their isn't much media left, or maybe powerful companies like Delos can completely control the media.
In my opinion there are lots of possible reasons in a scifi setting for the lack of info about Arnold. Hopefully there is one you hear that you like and it doesn't affect your enjoyment of the show any further.