Why John Hammond Faked Jurassic Park
1. Jurassic Park Was A Top-Level Scam
That's right - Jurassic Park was nothing less than the grandest, most elaborate scam in history.
Hammond's plot was to pocket as much of the research money as possible, creating just the scarcest facade of progress in order to appease his investors while also exaggerating his expense, allowing him to insure the island for far more than it was actually worth.
Hammond, whose warm demeanour endears him to everyone he meets, allows him to quickly win people's trust.
And even in terms of the scientific community, his exaggerated road-map for dinosaur cloning is nothing more than a smoke-screen intended to make InGen look more competent and successful to the outside world, while hiding the truth amid a bureaucratic mess of "trade secrets."
Basically, Hammond cooked the books and really the entire nature of the enterprise, all with the plan of quietly pocketing as much cash as possible from both the research and insurance payouts.
From the flea circus to Jurassic Park, Hammond impressively sold a lie in order to line his pockets.
Though the theory does admittedly beg a number of additional questions - namely why Hammond would voluntarily put his grandkids' lives in danger - it does paint a compelling picture of a man who truly wanted to give dinosaur clones to the world, but upon failing found himself turning to abject greed.