The most important problem faced by the ULF team, even
before they go underwater, is their incompatibility. Although the team had been proposed
and tested by Norman Johnson back in the 70s, they are not friends and do not get along
well together. Almost from the first, personality issues
occur:
"You
wait," Adams said. "A week from now, this is going to be recognized as one big fat false
alarm. Nothing more."You hope, Norman thought. And again
wondered why.
(Crichton, Sphere, Google
Books)
As the book continues
on, it becomes clear that these people are not meant to share working space. Their
personalities clash and eventually become the driving force behind the attacks and
destruction of the underwater station. Since very little time was taken to assess their
mental states, and even less to see how they interacted together, their failure to work
as a team could only be predicted by assumption, not by science. Throughout the novel,
opposing views create an atmosphere of suspicion and impede their ability to deal with
crises as they occur.
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