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[adult Sheldon] Previously on
Young Sheldon...
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Which bow tie says mature enough
to be in college
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but whimsical enough
to discuss which came first,
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the Higgs field or the photon?
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They both say,
"Weird kid who eats alone."
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Hello, Dr. Sturgis, this is Mary Cooper.
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Did you know there's a super collider
being built in Waxahachie, Texas?
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No.
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I've taken a job there.
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Hold on.
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You're not going to be around
when Sheldon starts college?
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That's a great question.
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No.
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Since everyone is going back
to school tomorrow,
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let's finish up with
the back-to-school prayer.
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What?
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Does this prayer
just apply to middle school
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or is it appropriate
for the college-bound?
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It's for everyone.
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But thank you once again
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for reminding us
you're starting college.
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I don't mind.
You've got a lot on your plate.
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Just pray.
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- "Dear Heavenly Father...
- [students reciting along]
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As we return to school,
we look to your eternal..."
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Billy, it's not the pledge.
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It is clear that we cannot expect
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- their cooperation.
- [phone ringing]
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Normally, I don't like facial hair,
but Spock makes it work.
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- Hello?
- Sheldon.
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It's Dr. Linkletter.
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I'm watching
Star Trek: The Original Series.
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I'm sorry, I'm not up on my cartoons.
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It's not a cartoon.
It's a live-action science-fiction show,
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although there is one called
Star Trek: The Animated Series.
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I believe you.
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I was wondering if I can
speak with your mummy.
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Sure. Hold on...
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Mom, Dr. Linkletter's on the phone.
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While we wait, here's a fun fact.
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In the animated series,
Kukulkan was played by James Doohan.
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Hello?
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James Doohan played Scotty
on Star Trek: The Original Series.
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Sheldon, I've got it.
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He tried several accents
before settling on Scottish.
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- Sheldon, hang up.
- Okay.
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He felt the Scots
were excellent engineers. Bye.
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Dr. Linkletter, what can I do for you?
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Hello, Mrs. Cooper.
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I just want to let you know,
with Dr. Sturgis away,
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I'll be available
should Sheldon need anything.
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Oh, that is very comforting to know.
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Thank you so much.
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His well-being is important to me,
as was made abundantly clear by my boss.
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Okay, well, we are truly grateful.
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Now, I'm not terribly experienced
around children.
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If he needs to use the restroom,
I don't have to go in with him, do I?
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[theme song playing]
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Bless us, Lord,
for the food we're about to receive
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and bless the hands that prepared it.
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And with school starting tomorrow,
please watch over our children.
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Pastor Jeff already covered this.
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He did?
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Yeah, we're good. Amen.
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- Amen.
- Amen.
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Amen.
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Can I take your truck tomorrow?
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Well, I think you're riding with me.
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Sorry. I'm taking Missy to school
and Meemaw's taking Sheldon.
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Well, can I at least drive?
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Sure.
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While you hide in the back under a tarp?
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Stop praying for him
and focus on the other two?
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Sheldon, good news.
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Dr. Linkletter was calling to say
that while you're at school,
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if you need anything, you can go to him.
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Starting college
and you need a babysitter? That's funny.
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I don't need a babysitter.
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Dr. Linkletter is just around
in case there's a problem.
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- Like if he needs a new diaper?
- Ha.
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Enough.
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Can we please have a nice dinner?
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We could. You're the one
who wants to eat as a family.
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- Don't pray for any of them.
- [sighs]
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Dr. Linkletter.
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Sheldon, how wonderfully
early it is to see you.
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If you've come by for a snack,
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I picked you up some crackers
shaped like fish.
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I just wanted to let you know
that I don't need you to babysit me.
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I'm perfectly self-reliant.
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Excellent. I'm not
very comfortable around children,
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even with your level of maturity.
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How old are you, six? Seven?
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Eleven.
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I see.
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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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I should get going.
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My philosophy class
starts in a few minutes.
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Ah, yes, the great thinkers.
Socrates, Plato...
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Speaking of which,
I got you some Play-Doh.
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I figure you don't want me
to walk you in?
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I've trained you well.
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Do you have everything you need?
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- Lunch money?
- Yep.
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- Locker combination.
- Right here.
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Why is it there?
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Writing on my hand is so fifth grade.
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Of course.
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Okay, I'm going to go in.
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I assume you don't want a hug?
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Make it quick.
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- That's enough.
- Okay.
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Wish me luck.
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Good luck.
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- Hey.
- Hey, Brenda.
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She didn't want you to walk her in?
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No. How about Billy?
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I walked him in.
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Found his homeroom,
explained that homeroom
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is different than his room at home.
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Still not sure he gets it.
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Tough day.
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Yeah.
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You want to get some coffee?
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Was thinking vodka, but coffee will do.
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[adult Sheldon] I've always considered
myself a collector of knowledge.
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My mind is like the warehouse
at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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But instead of artifacts,
it's just facts. [chuckles]
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And now that I was
a full-time college student,
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my collection was about
to grow exponentially.
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[Professor Ericson]
Welcome to the world of philosophy.
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Most college courses are about
teaching you things that you don't know.
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Here, I am going to teach you that you
don't even know what you think you know.
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Oh, boy.
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The Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu
believed it was possible
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he didn't really know anything
because he might just be a butterfly
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dreaming that he was a philosopher.
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- Yes.
- He wasn't a butterfly.
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Well, how do you know?
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The butterfly brain
doesn't contain enough neurons
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to generate a complex dream.
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Plus, you referred to him as
"Chinese philosopher" Chuang Tzu
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and not "Chinese butterfly" Chuang Tzu.
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You must be Sheldon Cooper.
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Yes, ma'am.
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Very well, Mr. Cooper.
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How do you know you're not
just dreaming butterflies can't dream?
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Because I'm awake.
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Or are you dreaming you're awake?
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You can see I'm awake
and you can hear me talking.
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Yeah, I don't know.
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I saw some pretty trippy stuff
at a Grateful Dead concert.
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The drummer turned into
a tap-dancing walrus and floated away.
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So we can't really
trust our senses, can we?
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We can validate them
by comparing them with other observers.
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Hmm, but that would mean
we have to hear what they say,
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which requires trusting our senses.
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Do you see a problem
with your argument, Mr. Cooper?
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I could concentrate better
if you weren't flashing your toes at me.
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Billy's a sweet kid,
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but these middle schoolers
are going to eat him alive.
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You don't know that.
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Maybe they'll be nice.
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Boy, if we were
in middle school right now,
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I'd have your head in a toilet so fast.
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If you want, I can ask Missy
to hang out with him,
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make sure things go okay.
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Absolutely not.
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Why?
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That girl is cute and sassy
and has a real chance at being popular.
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Do not take that from her or me.
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Popularity isn't that important.
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It is the most important.
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I mean, look at us.
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I'm miserable.
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You're always worried about something.
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I'd like one girl around here to win.
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I'm not always worried.
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It's Sheldon's first day of college
and you're not freaking out?
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It's on my mind, but he's been looking
forward to this for a long time.
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I'm sure he's having a wonderful day.
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She displayed
complete contempt for science.
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She claimed that knowledge was a myth,
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and then she told the class
they could take their shoes off.
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Some of them did.
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Luckily, we've established
you're a mature young man
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capable of figuring this out on his own,
so, go get 'em, sport!
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But as a man of science,
aren't you offended by this?
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Sheldon, this is a college campus.
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You come across all sorts.
Anarchists, communists, vegans...
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There's a fella
in the religion department
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that believes God is two women,
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and their names are Wendy and Claire.
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But to say
nobody actually knows anything.
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How could she know that?
It's a contradiction.
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How about I blow some bubbles out of
a bear's head and we call it a day?
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I don't know
how I'm going to last all semester
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with this free-willing hippie.
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Sheldon, I don't know what to tell you.
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If you're that unhappy,
just drop the class.
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Of course. Drop the class.
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This is college.
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I can do that.
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There you go.
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- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
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From now on, I'm coming to you
with all my problems.
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"The statement on the other side
of this sign is true."
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[grunts]
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Professor Ericson.
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Come in.
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Mr. Cooper, welcome. How can I help you?
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I would like to drop your class.
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Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
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I enjoyed our discussion
about skepticism and butterflies.
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I'm a scientist, and I don't find
those types of questions worth my time,
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and butterflies are just worms
that can chase you.
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[chuckles]
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The questions of philosophy
are extremely challenging.
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People have spent 2,000-plus years
trying to solve them without success.
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So if you feel like giving up,
I don't blame you.
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I'm not giving up.
I'm saying they're not important.
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Okay, so what is important?
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The acquisition of factual knowledge.
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And how do you know
if something is factual?
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You test it and see if it holds true.
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And how do you know that that's factual?
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You're doing it again.
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Maybe you're dreaming I'm doing it.
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How was your first day?
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Infuriating.
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How was your first day?
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So good.
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How was your first day?
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...and then she said,
"Maybe you're just dreaming."
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- You gonna drop the class?
- Yes.
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But only after I systematically destroy
her half-baked arguments
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in front of everybody else.
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It's good to have goals.
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...and at lunch,
an eighth-grade boy said, and I quote.
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"I like Funyuns, too."
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- Wow.
- I know.
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I stopped at the library today
and picked up books
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on epistemology,
Descartes' dream argument,
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and the foundations of scientific logic.
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Do you know what she's going to do?
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Rue the day?
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The day, the night.
If it's rue-able, she's going to rue it.
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And in math class, I sit right between
Heather M. and Heather B.
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That's nice. You're with your friends.
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It's more than nice.
All notes go through me.
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That's power.
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[singing]
She's my cherry pie
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Cool drink of water,
such a sweet surprise
255
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Tastes so good, makes a grown man cry
256
00:11:27,313 --> 00:11:31,984
Sweet Cherry Pie, yeah
257
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[adult Sheldon] The good name
of Lady Science had been besmirched,
258
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and it was up to me
to defend her honor.
259
00:11:43,245 --> 00:11:45,539
I had a lot of ground to cover
in one night.
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Thankfully, 11 years
of my family's incessant yammering
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had given me
an extraordinary ability to focus.
262
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And I want to watch Fresh Prince.
263
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Too bad, the game is on.
264
00:11:55,090 --> 00:11:57,051
There's always a game on. Dad.
265
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Sorry, kiddies. Cowboys.
266
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But it's the season premiere.
267
00:12:00,095 --> 00:12:03,265
Fresh Prince's family gets tickets
to the People's Choice Awards.
268
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I'm not missing...
269
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"...pressing investigations aimed
to establish a constructional system.
270
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That is an epistemic,
logical system of..."
271
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My show's only 30 minutes.
Yours is three hours.
272
00:12:14,235 --> 00:12:16,338
But yours don't have them cheerleaders
jumping up and down.
273
00:12:16,362 --> 00:12:17,362
Mom?
274
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What if we don't turn the TV on at all
and we play a board game?
275
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- Seriously?
- Come on!
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"...so that a genealogy
of concept results
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in which each one
has its definite place."
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[Mary] Shelly, it's your turn.
279
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Shelly?
280
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What's happening?
281
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We're playing a board game.
282
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Before dinner?
283
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You ate dinner.
284
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[doorbell rings]
285
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Did I like it?
286
00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,301
You said the meatloaf was dry.
287
00:12:39,885 --> 00:12:40,885
That sounds right.
288
00:12:44,265 --> 00:12:45,266
Hi, Brenda.
289
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I just wanted to see how today went.
290
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Oh...
291
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[clears throat]
292
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Ugh.
293
00:12:52,815 --> 00:12:53,899
Not great.
294
00:12:53,983 --> 00:12:57,528
Sheldon is already in some sort of fight
with his philosophy professor.
295
00:12:57,611 --> 00:12:58,529
About what?
296
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Currently, he's plotting
"the destruction" of her worldview,
297
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whatever that means.
298
00:13:03,742 --> 00:13:04,868
Sounds exciting.
299
00:13:04,952 --> 00:13:07,746
It's mostly him reading a book
and giggling to himself.
300
00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:09,080
How about Billy?
301
00:13:09,748 --> 00:13:11,375
- Not much better.
- Oh...
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00:13:11,458 --> 00:13:13,585
In Spanish class,
every time the teacher said si,
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Billy said, "See what?"
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Oh, Billy.
305
00:13:16,714 --> 00:13:19,550
I know,
but if I don't laugh about it, I'll cry.
306
00:13:20,009 --> 00:13:21,093
I'm sorry.
307
00:13:21,427 --> 00:13:22,428
How did Missy do?
308
00:13:22,761 --> 00:13:24,888
I think Missy had the best day
of her life.
309
00:13:24,972 --> 00:13:27,141
Thank God. Tell me everything.
310
00:13:27,224 --> 00:13:31,562
Well, in one class,
she sits between her friends,
311
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so the note passing goes through her.
312
00:13:33,439 --> 00:13:36,275
She's going to get the dirt firsthand.
That's huge.
313
00:13:36,358 --> 00:13:38,777
And then an eighth-grade boy
talked to her at lunch.
314
00:13:38,861 --> 00:13:40,571
- On the first day?
- Uh-huh.
315
00:13:40,654 --> 00:13:43,282
She's gonna be prom queen.
I'm calling it.
316
00:13:43,365 --> 00:13:46,702
That's fun,
but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
317
00:13:46,785 --> 00:13:47,786
Mary.
318
00:13:48,203 --> 00:13:51,165
It'll be a miracle
if Billy even makes it to high school.
319
00:13:51,248 --> 00:13:52,541
Don't take this away from me.
320
00:13:54,460 --> 00:13:56,712
Missy is gonna look so cute
in that tiara!
321
00:13:56,794 --> 00:13:57,712
Yes, she is!
322
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That's the Fresh Prince.
323
00:13:59,423 --> 00:14:02,092
He's from West Philadelphia,
born and raised.
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00:14:05,095 --> 00:14:06,722
[adult Sheldon] It was past my bedtime,
325
00:14:06,805 --> 00:14:08,724
but who could sleep with a page-turner
326
00:14:08,807 --> 00:14:11,810
like Meditations on First Philosophy
by René Descartes.
327
00:14:11,894 --> 00:14:14,063
Descartes was more
than just a philosopher.
328
00:14:14,146 --> 00:14:18,108
He was also the mathematician
who invented the Cartesian plane.
329
00:14:18,192 --> 00:14:22,154
If you've ever enjoyed thatX squared
plus Y squared equals K is a circle,
330
00:14:22,237 --> 00:14:24,698
you can say, "Merci beaucoup"
to Monsieur Descartes.
331
00:14:32,122 --> 00:14:33,122
Hello.
332
00:14:33,332 --> 00:14:34,833
Bonjour, Sheldon.
333
00:14:35,084 --> 00:14:36,710
Bonjour, René Descartes.
334
00:14:36,794 --> 00:14:37,961
Please, sit.
335
00:14:42,508 --> 00:14:45,302
I see you're reading a book
on philosophy by Aristotle.
336
00:14:45,386 --> 00:14:46,386
I am.
337
00:14:47,179 --> 00:14:48,889
And it is garbage!
338
00:14:49,264 --> 00:14:52,893
Aristotle is, how you say... a punk!
339
00:14:56,313 --> 00:14:58,941
I'm also having trouble
with my philosophy professor.
340
00:14:59,024 --> 00:15:01,652
She says that we don't know
if science is true.
341
00:15:01,735 --> 00:15:02,820
Mon Dieu!
342
00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:06,031
Without science, we know nothing.
343
00:15:06,323 --> 00:15:09,827
No different than the dogs and kitties
in the street
344
00:15:09,910 --> 00:15:14,790
wandering around in a fog of ignorance
with the woofings and the meowing.
345
00:15:14,873 --> 00:15:17,626
So how do I get her to understand
that science can form true beliefs
346
00:15:17,709 --> 00:15:19,670
about reality as it really is?
347
00:15:19,753 --> 00:15:25,509
Ah, young man, you're asking,
"What is the foundation of knowledge?"
348
00:15:26,260 --> 00:15:27,260
Yes.
349
00:15:27,261 --> 00:15:29,305
Well, hold on to your chapeau!
350
00:15:29,388 --> 00:15:30,514
I'm not wearing a chapeau.
351
00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:32,307
It is just an expression.
352
00:15:32,391 --> 00:15:33,391
Sorry.
353
00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:38,605
All knowledge must rest on a foundation
that we can never doubt,
354
00:15:39,273 --> 00:15:40,482
and that is...
355
00:15:42,109 --> 00:15:43,110
Of course!
356
00:15:43,735 --> 00:15:45,463
So we've learned
that the theory of knowledge
357
00:15:45,487 --> 00:15:47,698
poses some very serious problems.
358
00:15:47,781 --> 00:15:49,700
Excuse me, Professor Ericson.
359
00:15:50,701 --> 00:15:52,661
I've done a little reading
since last we spoke,
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00:15:52,744 --> 00:15:54,013
and I'm prepared to show you that
361
00:15:54,037 --> 00:15:56,206
everything we know
about science is true.
362
00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,041
Well, I'm all ears.
363
00:15:58,667 --> 00:16:03,255
You said I couldn't truly know anything,
but there's one thing that I do know.
364
00:16:03,714 --> 00:16:07,009
If I question, I must think.
If I think, I must exist.
365
00:16:07,843 --> 00:16:10,012
Cogito, ergo sum.
366
00:16:10,095 --> 00:16:13,390
"I think, therefore I am."
367
00:16:15,851 --> 00:16:16,851
You're right.
368
00:16:16,852 --> 00:16:18,604
You're darn right I'm right.
369
00:16:19,271 --> 00:16:21,523
Guys, give it up for Sheldon.
370
00:16:21,857 --> 00:16:22,858
[all applauding]
371
00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:26,945
Now for a job well done,
372
00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:30,741
here is a flower full of sweet nectar.
373
00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:32,367
Why would I want that?
374
00:16:32,576 --> 00:16:35,245
Because you're a butterfly
and this is just your dream.
375
00:16:35,329 --> 00:16:36,997
I'm not a butterfly.
376
00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,207
Are you sure?
377
00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:39,666
[laughing]
378
00:16:42,127 --> 00:16:43,128
[gasps]
379
00:16:44,588 --> 00:16:45,714
It was a dream.
380
00:16:47,257 --> 00:16:48,257
Oh, no.
381
00:16:50,135 --> 00:16:52,471
Help! I'm a butterfly.
382
00:16:52,554 --> 00:16:55,474
Nothing I know is real.
Everything is a dream!
383
00:16:55,557 --> 00:16:56,850
Missy, help!
384
00:16:59,895 --> 00:17:01,230
No...
385
00:17:01,897 --> 00:17:02,898
[gasps]
386
00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,153
Missy, am I awake or is this a dream?
387
00:17:08,779 --> 00:17:10,155
Shut up, dingus.
388
00:17:10,739 --> 00:17:11,740
Okay, I'm awake.
389
00:17:17,579 --> 00:17:19,748
Shelly, you feeling all right?
390
00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:21,040
Yes.
391
00:17:21,250 --> 00:17:22,543
How come you're not dressed?
392
00:17:22,834 --> 00:17:24,044
Why should I?
393
00:17:24,795 --> 00:17:26,547
Because you're going
to be late for school.
394
00:17:26,630 --> 00:17:28,257
I'm not going to school.
395
00:17:28,340 --> 00:17:29,341
Why not?
396
00:17:29,633 --> 00:17:31,301
Because I don't know what's real.
397
00:17:31,385 --> 00:17:32,469
What does that mean?
398
00:17:32,844 --> 00:17:34,304
Dreaming and waking.
399
00:17:34,388 --> 00:17:35,514
Life and death.
400
00:17:35,597 --> 00:17:37,641
Philosophers and butterflies.
401
00:17:38,183 --> 00:17:39,268
They're all the same.
402
00:17:40,852 --> 00:17:41,853
Nothing matters.
403
00:17:43,063 --> 00:17:46,066
That's... an interesting way
of looking at things.
404
00:17:47,025 --> 00:17:48,025
George?
405
00:17:54,449 --> 00:17:56,451
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