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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5942225" data-attributes="member: 8835">One extra idea my movie buff friend had is that David really hates humans.As such, his actions might make a little more sense.Holloway talks down to him (at one point even calling him "boy").  Sure, David could hit the lab and do some research on the goo, or he could just cut to the chase and run experiments on the meat bags directly.  Plus, as the only one who can read the texts on the wall, he may actually know this stuff can work via ingestion.the same is true for waking up Grampa (why couldn't they get Lance Henrikson, he's old?).  David hates him too.  So wake him up and then tick off the sleeping giant so he whacks grampa.  Slight miscalculation on getting his head ripped off, but mission accomplished.And then, of course, the Engineer is going to set course for earth.  Notice how David didn't volunteer any of that information.  David knew this ship was going to head for earth, and it was a free ride to see the destruction of his creators.the short of it is, David saw a chance to kill his human creators and he took it.heck, he still has a chance now that he's traveling with Shaw to find the Engineers.  No doubt he'll swindle a way to redirect the ship back to earth or leak the information.  He was keen on trading information in exchange for help, showing an interest in his own preservation.</blockquote>