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Previously onYoung Sheldon...LINKLETTER:
Hello, Mrs. Cooper.
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I just wanted to let you know,
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with Dr. Sturgis away,
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I'll be available
should Sheldon need anything.
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Now, I'm not
terribly experienced
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around children.
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If he needs to use the restroom,
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I don't have to go in with him,
do I?
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I don't need you to babysit me.
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I'm perfectly self-reliant.
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Then it's good
I kept the receipt
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for this bottle of bubbles
shaped like a bear.
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Welcome to the world
of philosophy.
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I'm going
to teach you
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that you don't even know
what you think you know.
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Boy.
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I'm not going to school.Why not?
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Because I don't know
what's real.
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Nothing matters.
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George?!
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All right,
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what's the problem here?
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I don't know what's real.
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That's a fun thing to think
about on the way to school.
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Get up and get dressed.
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Maybe I'm already dressed.
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Maybe I'm wearing
a zoot suit and spats.
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That's a shoe covering that's
short for "spatterdasher."
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Or is it?
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There's no way to know.
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Here's what I know: I don't have
time for this nonsense.
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What is time?
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What is sense?
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What is "is"?
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Sheldon, I mean it.
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I remember
when things meant things.
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All right, I'm gonna count
to three. One...
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Believing in numbers--
that takes me back.
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Two...To be or not to be.
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Shakespeare was onto something.
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It's your last chance.
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Have you ever wondered
if you're the tongue
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of a multidimensional being
trying to taste something
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you can never even understand?
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I have.
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I talked to him.
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Where is your mother?
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She had to leave for work.
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I have to work, too.
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You also get to take me
to school.
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What am I supposed to do
about your brother?
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Call me old-fashioned,
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but I say spank him.
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Your mom won't let me.
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Okay, I'm here.
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What's up?
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Sheldon won't get out of bed,
and I'm gonna be late for work.
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He's gonna be late for school.
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So you want me
to get him up anddrive him?
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Yeah.
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I like it better
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when I just come eat your food
and leave.
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Hey, Moon Pie.
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What's going on here?
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That's an excellent question.
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Too bad there's no answer.
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Well, you need
to get out of bed.
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I don't need to do anything.
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Okay, I'm gonna count to three.
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Dad already counted to three.
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Did he try the Texas thing?
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No.
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In that case,
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look at you,
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lyin' there.
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When a Texan gets
knocked off a horse,
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he gets right back on.
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That is the second most
important thing
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about bein' a Texan,
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right after thinkin' you're
better than everybody else.
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Maybe the horse
gets back on the Texan.
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Who's to say?
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I don't know what that means.
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That's because
you can't know anything.
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If you need
to stare at the ceiling
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and contemplate
the futility of existence,
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Missy's bed is available.
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Amazing.
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What is?
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I've been using this same pen
for seven months,
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and it's still going.
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That's your bar for amazing?
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Yeah.
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Sad.
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It's the same pen.
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It is too early in the morning
for you.
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Hello.
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Yeah. I'll be down in a bit.
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Where ya headed?
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Principal's office.
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Ooh, you're in trouble...
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You're a child.
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I'd rather be a
child than in trouble.
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Shelly,
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Dr. Sturgis is
on the line for you.
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Maybe he is, maybe he isn't,
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but very well.
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Hello?Hi, Sheldon.
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I hear you're going through
some sort of existential crisis.
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I suppose so.
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I just don't know if we can tell
what's real or not.
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And if nothing's real,
I don't know
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what to think
or if I'm even thinking at all.
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I went through
something similar once.
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Really? What happened?
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I was trekking
through the Amazon,
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and I saw two frogs,
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one hallucinogenic
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and the other not.
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I tried to lick the normal one,
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and, by mistake,
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I licked the hallucinogenic one.
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It really rocked my world.
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Why would you lick
either of them?
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I'm not sure.
Probably low blood sugar.
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But the point is,
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I also lost track of reality.
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How did you handle it?
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I saw a jaguar,
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and I realized I didn't care
if it was real or not.
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I just hauled my tushy out
of there.
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I appreciate the call.
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I'm giving you back
to my meemaw now.
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Bye!
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Hey, John,
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any luck?
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Not unless you have access
to a jaguar.
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I don't think I do.
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Really, any jungle cat will do.
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Hey, Tom.
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George.
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Sheldon's not here anymore.
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Thought it'd be a while
before I got called back
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into the principal's office.
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How's he doing?
I miss that kid.
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He took a philosophy class
and won't get out of bed
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'cause he doesn't know
what's real anymore.
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Anyway,
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we need to talk about Georgie.
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Should've seen that coming.
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What's wrong?Well,
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he's been cutting classes.
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Already?
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Semester's barely started.
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He's a go-getter.
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I'll talk to him.Thanks.
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How's the team looking
this year, George?
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We just had
one difficult conversation, Tom.
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Let's not have another.
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Smart.ADULT SHELDON:
While my meemaw
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wasn't able to acquire
a jungle cat,
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the idea of tormenting a child
did tickle her Texan fancy.
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: Sheldon.
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I have someone else
who wants to talk to you.
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What are you doing
with that filthy thing?
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Why do you care?
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If nothing is real,
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then neither is the chicken.
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Good.
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We're standing now.
That's progress.
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Get her out of here.
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Well, I would, but...
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apparently,
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I can't know
what "here" is.
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So maybe I could just...
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set her on your bed.
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Okay! Okay.
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I'll get dressed.
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Make it snappy.
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This still doesn't solve
my existential crisis.
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Say what? You
want to hold her?
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No.
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Less talk.
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More pants.
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What's your first class?
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Solid-State Physics
at 11:30.
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We'll make it just in time.
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Although, does...And before you say
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"Does time even
exist?" it does.
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So stop wasting mine.
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What's this philosophy teacher's
name?
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Professor Ericson. Why?
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I might pop in and say hello.
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Be careful.
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She may make you question
your most deeply held values.
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I'm a stubborn old crank.
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I'll do just fine.
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I'm a stubborn young crank,
and it didn't help me.
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You wanted to see me?
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Sit down.
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Is this gonna take long?
I need to get to class.
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From what I hear,
you don't care about that.
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Now, sit.
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What the hell
you doin'?
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I cut a class. Who cares?
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It was more than
one, and I care.
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You start flunking out, you're
gonna get kicked off the team.
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Fine.
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Now you don't care
about football?
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Not really.
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I don't know
what's going on with you,
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but you better get your head out
of your ass.
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Football's a waste of time.
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I have a job I could be at.
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You made a commitment to the
team and you're gonna honor it.
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We done?
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Just get back to class.
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And I better see you
at practice.
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Well, I don't know if I can
find it with my head up my ass.
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So,
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according to de Broglie,
lambda equals "h"
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divided by "m" times what?
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Sheldon.
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Is it velocity?
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Yes. Now...
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Or is it a velociraptor?
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I'm sorry?
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Perhaps lambda
equals "h" divided
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by "m" times a velociraptor.
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Or a velveteen
rabbit.
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Ooh, or Velveeta.
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That's the cheese
my mom puts on broccoli
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when she's being fancy.
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Is this
from your philosophy class
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or perhaps that Ren & Stumpy
I've heard about?
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Philosophy.
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Mr. Cooper,
do you really believe
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that de Broglie's equation
contains Velveeta cheese?
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I don't know. Maybe hewas just
trying to be fancy.
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Hello.
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Can I help you?
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Hi. I'm Connie Tucker.
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I'm Sheldon Cooper's
grandmother.
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Nice to meet you.
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He is a remarkable young man.
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Yes, he is. He's also
a very impressionable young man.
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Kind of like a lump of clay
with a bow tie.
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All I did was teach him
about epistemology.
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Whatever it is
you're teaching him,
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it has made him
question everything.
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That's the goal.
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Lady, I had to threaten him
with a chicken
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so he'd put his pants on.
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I don't know
what's gotten into that kid.
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He's allowed to not
want to play football.
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Can you for once in your life
take my side, Wayne?
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Not my fault you're never right.
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So you think it's okay
he just quits?
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He doesn't get
that much playing time.
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Well, in my family,
we don't quit.
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I don't know. You quit
my book club pretty quick.
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I'm talking about football!
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Why is it so important
to you that he play?
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Are you sure you're a coach?
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Team sports provides confidence,
leadership, discipline.
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So does holding down a job,
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which he seems to shine at.
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Let's just eat in silence.
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Fine.
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00:10:23,971 --> 00:10:26,190
I still think you should have
read The Color Purple.
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00:10:26,234 --> 00:10:27,583
We were bawling.
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00:10:29,498 --> 00:10:31,674
Although tasty, a brick
of cheese is not a number.
273
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Why are we still
talking about this?
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Maybe we're not talking at all.
275
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Okay, that's enough for today.
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Not your best lecture.
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It's fairly normal
for first-time
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philosophy students
to have their worldviews shaken.
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Do they snap out of it?
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Well, you hope.
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Professor Ericson,
I insist...
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Hello, Connie.
What a pleasant surprise.
283
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Hey.
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I'm sorry you're about to see me
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speak harshly to my colleague.
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Have at it.Professor Ericson,
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00:11:00,747 --> 00:11:02,357
I insist that you speak
to this young man
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00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,446
and explain to him
that reality is real,
289
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and it's possible
to know things as fact.
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00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,146
The class is called
"Introduction to Philosophy."
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That's what I did.
292
00:11:10,495 --> 00:11:12,410
Well, un-introduce him.
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00:11:12,454 --> 00:11:14,108
Yes, he's at this school
'cause of his brilliant
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scientific mind,
and he spent my last class
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talking about
processed cheese.
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Sheldon, is that true?
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Nothing's true.
298
00:11:20,505 --> 00:11:22,812
You see what you've done?
You broke him.
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00:11:24,988 --> 00:11:26,424
Hey.
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00:11:28,775 --> 00:11:31,038
How come you didn't want
to get out of bed this morning?
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00:11:31,081 --> 00:11:34,215
If I can't know what's real,
what's the point?
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00:11:34,258 --> 00:11:36,304
You have the right words.
303
00:11:36,347 --> 00:11:39,394
You're just saying them wrong.
304
00:11:39,437 --> 00:11:42,092
It's not, "What's the point?"
305
00:11:42,136 --> 00:11:44,051
It's, "What's the point?"
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00:11:44,094 --> 00:11:46,401
I don't understand.
307
00:11:46,444 --> 00:11:49,534
Asking these questions
is exciting.
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00:11:49,578 --> 00:11:51,754
It's what gets me out of bed.
309
00:11:51,798 --> 00:11:54,626
That's interesting.
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00:11:54,670 --> 00:11:56,237
Richard Feynman did say
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00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:57,847
the greatest joy in life
is the pleasure of
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finding things out.
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00:11:59,457 --> 00:12:01,895
Feynman--
he's the physics guy, right?
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00:12:01,938 --> 00:12:04,332
Yes. And your perfume
is beguiling.
315
00:12:05,768 --> 00:12:07,901
It's all making sense to me now.
316
00:12:07,944 --> 00:12:09,032
Thank you.
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00:12:09,076 --> 00:12:11,165
I am happy to help.
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00:12:11,208 --> 00:12:13,036
Dr. Linkletter,
I'm dropping your class
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and switching my major
to philosophy.
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00:12:14,864 --> 00:12:16,561
What?
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00:12:23,917 --> 00:12:25,701
It's funny. This morning,
I couldn't get out of bed,
322
00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:28,399
and now I stand before a whole
new exciting field of study.
323
00:12:28,443 --> 00:12:31,707
Well, maybe instead
of making this big switch,
324
00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:33,709
you could study both.
325
00:12:33,753 --> 00:12:36,668
You could be
physics-philosophy guy.
326
00:12:36,712 --> 00:12:38,583
You sound like
a logical positivist.
327
00:12:38,627 --> 00:12:40,368
That's a branch of philosophy
that maintains
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00:12:40,411 --> 00:12:42,979
the best way to philosophize
is through science.
329
00:12:43,023 --> 00:12:45,721
Well, there you go.
Do that.
330
00:12:45,765 --> 00:12:48,028
It may be too early
to specialize.
331
00:12:48,071 --> 00:12:50,552
I've only been a philosopher
for 15 minutes.
332
00:12:50,595 --> 00:12:54,295
Did you notice Dr. Linkletter
didn't look too thrilled
333
00:12:54,338 --> 00:12:56,079
about you leaving science?
334
00:12:56,123 --> 00:12:57,646
He never looks thrilled
about anything.
335
00:12:57,689 --> 00:13:00,127
I think that's
just his face.
336
00:13:00,170 --> 00:13:03,217
That's the face.
337
00:13:07,525 --> 00:13:09,353
Why the hell weren't
you at practice?
338
00:13:09,397 --> 00:13:10,833
Can't talk right now.
I'm working.
339
00:13:10,877 --> 00:13:12,748
Well, you're gonna
talk about it.
340
00:13:13,967 --> 00:13:15,838
What do you want from me?
341
00:13:15,882 --> 00:13:17,797
I don't want to play football.
I want to work.
342
00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:19,973
You have your whole life
to hold down a job.
343
00:13:20,016 --> 00:13:21,409
Hey,
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00:13:21,452 --> 00:13:22,758
I like my job.
345
00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:24,455
It's not my problem
you hate yours.
346
00:13:30,461 --> 00:13:32,724
Do whatever you want.
347
00:13:32,768 --> 00:13:34,857
To figure out
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00:13:34,901 --> 00:13:36,859
which school of philosophy
suited me best,
349
00:13:36,903 --> 00:13:39,470
I decided to sample each one.
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00:13:39,514 --> 00:13:42,256
The same way I determined my favorite flavor of oatmeal--
351
00:13:42,299 --> 00:13:44,388
plain.
352
00:13:47,522 --> 00:13:49,176
What are you doing?
353
00:13:49,219 --> 00:13:51,178
I'm practicing the
philosophy of cynicism--
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00:13:51,221 --> 00:13:52,570
the ancient Greek view
355
00:13:52,614 --> 00:13:54,921
that the rules of society
should be ignored.
356
00:13:54,964 --> 00:13:57,097
If you're gonna break rules,
you can do better than that.
357
00:13:57,140 --> 00:13:59,099
How?
358
00:14:00,927 --> 00:14:02,493
Renaissance humanism is
359
00:14:02,537 --> 00:14:05,583
finding meaning
in the human form through art.
360
00:14:05,627 --> 00:14:08,412
Can I move?No.
361
00:14:08,456 --> 00:14:09,892
But my butt itches.
362
00:14:09,936 --> 00:14:11,328
Scratch it on your own time.
363
00:14:14,984 --> 00:14:16,420
Nihilists believe
364
00:14:16,464 --> 00:14:17,813
that there's no point
to anything,
365
00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:19,467
because it all ends
in nothingness.
366
00:14:19,510 --> 00:14:21,861
Mind if I put on MTV?
367
00:14:21,904 --> 00:14:23,514
Doesn't matter.
We're all gonna die anyway.
368
00:14:23,558 --> 00:14:25,908
Deep thought, dingus.
369
00:14:25,952 --> 00:14:28,171
Traditionalism is the philosophy
370
00:14:28,215 --> 00:14:30,478
that the best way of life
is a return to the past.
371
00:14:30,521 --> 00:14:32,349
What are you doing?
372
00:14:32,393 --> 00:14:35,962
Making my own butter,
like in olden times.
373
00:14:36,005 --> 00:14:37,093
That's stupid.
374
00:14:38,442 --> 00:14:41,315
My arms are still sore.
375
00:14:41,358 --> 00:14:43,491
Altruism is the belief
that we should live
376
00:14:43,534 --> 00:14:46,015
only by bringing happiness
to others.
377
00:14:46,059 --> 00:14:47,103
These are for you.
378
00:14:47,147 --> 00:14:48,409
Thanks.
379
00:14:48,452 --> 00:14:49,801
What the hell?!
380
00:14:49,845 --> 00:14:51,716
Egoism is the belief
381
00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,371
that we should live only by bringing happiness to ourselves.
382
00:14:54,415 --> 00:14:56,852
These are pretty good.
383
00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:58,680
Transcendentalists were
384
00:14:58,723 --> 00:15:01,335
philosophers who believed
that our deepest connection
385
00:15:01,378 --> 00:15:03,206
is with nature.
386
00:15:11,432 --> 00:15:13,695
I'm beautiful.
387
00:15:15,697 --> 00:15:17,046
And then Georgie accuses me
388
00:15:17,090 --> 00:15:18,918
of hating my job.
389
00:15:18,961 --> 00:15:21,921
Is this where
I thought I'd end up? No.
390
00:15:21,964 --> 00:15:23,748
Is this where
you thought you'd end up?
391
00:15:23,792 --> 00:15:25,750
I thought I'd be working
at my father's funeral home
392
00:15:25,794 --> 00:15:27,622
sewing people's eyes shut.
393
00:15:27,665 --> 00:15:29,232
My life turned out great.
394
00:15:29,276 --> 00:15:31,104
Well, good for you.
395
00:15:32,409 --> 00:15:34,934
The worst part is,
I think Georgie's right.
396
00:15:36,370 --> 00:15:38,067
You're not happy at work?
397
00:15:38,111 --> 00:15:39,851
I can see if my
dad's hiring.
398
00:15:39,895 --> 00:15:41,331
How are your sewing skills?
399
00:15:41,375 --> 00:15:44,160
It's not work.
400
00:15:46,032 --> 00:15:47,947
Honestly, I don't know
if I'm happy anywhere.
401
00:15:51,037 --> 00:15:54,127
When I asked y'all
to hang for a drink,
402
00:15:54,170 --> 00:15:56,346
I didn't know you were
gonna be such a bummer.
403
00:15:59,393 --> 00:16:02,135
Geez Louise.
404
00:16:13,668 --> 00:16:15,322
Dr. Linkletter?Sheldon.
405
00:16:15,365 --> 00:16:16,932
Good to see you.
406
00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:18,716
Come on in.
I don't suppose
407
00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,718
you're here to discuss physics,
are you?
408
00:16:20,762 --> 00:16:21,719
As a matter of fact, I am.
409
00:16:21,763 --> 00:16:22,938
Excellent.
410
00:16:22,982 --> 00:16:24,331
I'm here to drop your class.
411
00:16:24,374 --> 00:16:25,723
I just need you to sign this.
412
00:16:25,767 --> 00:16:28,248
Have a seat.
413
00:16:28,291 --> 00:16:30,511
Sheldon,
414
00:16:30,554 --> 00:16:32,121
I don't know
if you thought this through,
415
00:16:32,165 --> 00:16:33,993
but you're here
on a physics scholarship,
416
00:16:34,036 --> 00:16:37,126
and switching to philosophy
may not be well-received.
417
00:16:37,170 --> 00:16:38,649
Ordinarily, I'd be concerned,
418
00:16:38,693 --> 00:16:39,911
but I'm currently
embracing hedonism.
419
00:16:39,955 --> 00:16:41,087
Sheldon,
420
00:16:41,130 --> 00:16:42,653
I've been made
responsible for you,
421
00:16:42,697 --> 00:16:44,438
and so far,
it's not going very well.
422
00:16:44,481 --> 00:16:45,874
You were admitted
to this university
423
00:16:45,917 --> 00:16:47,397
for your scientific acumen.
424
00:16:47,441 --> 00:16:50,313
And changing majors could have
serious repercussions.
425
00:16:50,357 --> 00:16:51,706
Son,
426
00:16:51,749 --> 00:16:53,316
please try to understand.
427
00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,057
If you abandon physics
for philosophy,
428
00:16:55,101 --> 00:16:57,233
you're gonna be missing
out on the opportunity
429
00:16:57,277 --> 00:16:58,756
to be part of something
great. Possibly...
430
00:17:00,323 --> 00:17:02,064
As Dr. Linkletter prattled on,
431
00:17:02,108 --> 00:17:03,544
I couldn't help but notice
432
00:17:03,587 --> 00:17:06,155
the beauty
of that ephemeral bubble.
433
00:17:06,199 --> 00:17:09,289
I wondered if perhaps
we're all just bubbles,
434
00:17:09,332 --> 00:17:12,161
being buffeted through life
on a stream of currents
435
00:17:14,076 --> 00:17:16,383
Look at it. The local minimization achieves
436
00:17:16,426 --> 00:17:19,560
a global maximization,
and it's nearly perfect.
437
00:17:19,603 --> 00:17:21,431
I wondered if this was the key
438
00:17:21,475 --> 00:17:23,694
to the smoothness of matter
in the universe.
439
00:17:23,738 --> 00:17:27,611
The cosmic web of stars and galaxies could hold it together
440
00:17:27,655 --> 00:17:30,049
like the web
of polymers in soap!
441
00:17:30,092 --> 00:17:31,789
This could be
a whole new area of research.
442
00:17:31,833 --> 00:17:33,791
Changing majors
443
00:17:33,835 --> 00:17:36,011
would be a huge mistake,
but if this is what
444
00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:39,101
you really want, here you go.
445
00:17:41,669 --> 00:17:43,932
Sheldon?What?
446
00:17:43,975 --> 00:17:46,369
Here you go.
Good luck with philosophy.
447
00:17:46,413 --> 00:17:49,242
I'm back on science now.
I have work to do.
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