Black Mesa was an insane confluence of theoretical and practical physics. I mean they’re inventing fucking interdimensional travel and handheld laser weapons. Also there’s a security guard that jokes to Gordon “looks like you’re in the barrel today” which implies everyone on the team takes turns in the suit. That was just Gordon’s day; he probably does spend most days in an office somewhere doing math
Well someone must pull that switch and push that cart. Only a highly trained professional from MIT can do it.
Gordon doesn’t need to hear all this. He’s a highly-trained professional.
They had an auto tram that could carry everyone across the entire facility and was sophisticated enough to stop for a robotic auto loader.
I feel like it would have been trivial to ha e acomputer Controlled cart and, if they really wanted, a humanoid robot to press the button.
Or, you know, just hardwire it instead of placing a button within the risky zone.
Gordon lied on his resume and his bosses knew it.
My post-doc paid $35k and lasted 5 years. You’d switch fields too.
I am also a “theoretical” physicist.
