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- Previously on Young Sheldon...
- LINKLETTER: Hello, Mrs. Cooper.
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I just wanted to let you know,
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
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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Oh, boy.
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I'm not going to school.
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- Why not?
- 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? 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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♪ Nobody else is stronger than I am ♪
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♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain ♪
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♪ I bet I could be your hero ♪
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♪ I am a mighty little man ♪
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♪ I am a mighty little man. ♪
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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 and drive him?
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- Yeah.
- 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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Oh.
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Did he try the Texas thing?
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- No.
- In that case,
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look at you, 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.
- 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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- (PHONE RINGS)
- 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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(LAUGHS) I'd rather be
a child than in trouble.
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Shelly, Dr. Sturgis is
on the line for you.
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Maybe he is, maybe he
isn't, 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,
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I don't know 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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(CHUCKLES) 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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(QUIETLY): Hey, John, 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.
- (EXHALES)
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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, uh, 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? Semester's barely started.
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He's a go-getter.
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Mm.
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- I'll talk to him.
- Thanks.
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How's the team looking this
year, George? (GRUNTS)
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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.
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ADULT SHELDON: While my meemaw
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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(SINGSONGY): Sheldon.
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(CHICKEN CLUCKING)
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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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(CLUCKING)
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Oh. 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...
(CHUCKLES) 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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(GASPS) No.
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Less talk.
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More pants.
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♪ Tiny bubbles... ♪
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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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♪ So here's to the golden moon... ♪
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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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♪ Make me feel happy... ♪
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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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(EXHALES)
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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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LINKLETTER: 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.
- Is it velocity?
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- Yes. Now...
- Or is it a velociraptor?
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I'm sorry?
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Perhaps lambda equals "h" divided
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 he was
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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Oh. 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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Oh, 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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I still think you should have
read The Color Purple.
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We were bawling.
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Although tasty, a brick of
cheese is not a number.
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Why are we still talking about this?
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Maybe we're not talking at all.
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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
philosophy students
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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.
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Hey.
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I'm sorry you're about to see me
speak harshly to my colleague.
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- Have at it.
- Professor Ericson,
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I insist that you speak
to this young man
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and explain to him that reality is real,
286
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and it's possible to
know things as fact.
287
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The class is called
"Introduction to Philosophy."
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That's what I did.
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Well, un-introduce him.
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Yes, he's at this school 'cause
of his brilliant scientific mind,
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and he spent my last class
292
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talking about processed cheese.
293
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Sheldon, is that true?
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Nothing's true.
295
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You see what you've done? You broke him.
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Hey.
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How come you didn't want to
get out of bed this morning?
298
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If I can't know what's
real, what's the point?
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You have the right words.
300
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You're just saying them wrong.
301
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It's not, "What's the point?"
302
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It's, "What's the point?"
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I don't understand.
304
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Asking these questions is exciting.
305
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It's what gets me out of bed.
306
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That's interesting.
307
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Richard Feynman did say
the greatest joy in life
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is the pleasure of finding things out.
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Feynman... he's the physics guy, right?
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(QUIETLY): Yes. And your
perfume is beguiling.
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It's all making sense to me now.
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Thank you.
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I am happy to help.
314
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Dr. Linkletter, I'm dropping your class
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and switching my major to philosophy.
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Uh, what?
317
00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:19,069
It's funny.
318
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This morning, I couldn't get out of bed,
319
00:12:20,380 --> 00:12:23,200
and now I stand before a whole
new exciting field of study.
320
00:12:23,201 --> 00:12:26,939
Well, maybe instead of
making this big switch,
321
00:12:26,940 --> 00:12:28,250
you could study both.
322
00:12:28,256 --> 00:12:31,399
You could be physics-philosophy guy.
323
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You sound like a logical positivist.
324
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That's a branch of philosophy
that maintains
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the best way to philosophize
is through science.
326
00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,592
Well, there you go. Do that.
327
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It may be too early to specialize.
328
00:12:41,803 --> 00:12:44,221
I've only been a philosopher
for 15 minutes.
329
00:12:44,222 --> 00:12:48,139
Did you notice Dr. Linkletter
didn't look too thrilled
330
00:12:48,140 --> 00:12:49,852
about you leaving science?
331
00:12:49,853 --> 00:12:51,499
He never looks thrilled about anything.
332
00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:54,099
I think that's just his face.
333
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That's the face.
334
00:12:56,900 --> 00:13:00,280
(DOOR OPENS, CHIMES)
335
00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:02,990
Why the hell weren't you at practice?
336
00:13:02,991 --> 00:13:04,575
Can't talk right now. I'm working.
337
00:13:04,576 --> 00:13:06,661
Well, you're gonna talk about it.
338
00:13:07,740 --> 00:13:09,422
What do you want from me?
339
00:13:09,423 --> 00:13:11,540
I don't want to play football.
I want to work.
340
00:13:11,541 --> 00:13:14,679
You have your whole
life to hold down a job.
341
00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:16,400
Hey, I like my job.
342
00:13:16,410 --> 00:13:18,465
It's not my problem you hate yours.
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Do whatever you want.
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ADULT SHELDON: To figure out
which school of philosophy
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suited me best, I decided
to sample each one.
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The same way I determined
my favorite flavor of oatmeal...
347
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plain.
348
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(TV PLAYS QUIETLY)
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What are you doing?
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I'm practicing the
philosophy of cynicism...
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the ancient Greek view
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that the rules of society
should be ignored.
353
00:13:48,531 --> 00:13:51,063
If you're gonna break rules,
you can do better than that.
354
00:13:51,064 --> 00:13:52,579
How?
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(SHOUTS)
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- _
- ADULT SHELDON: Renaissance humanism
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is finding meaning in the
human form through art.
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Can I move?
359
00:14:01,210 --> 00:14:03,550
- No.
- But my butt itches.
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00:14:03,551 --> 00:14:05,095
Scratch it on your own time.
361
00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:09,819
- _
- ADULT SHELDON: Nihilists believe
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that there's no point to anything,
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00:14:11,515 --> 00:14:13,260
because it all ends in nothingness.
364
00:14:13,270 --> 00:14:14,900
Mind if I put on MTV?
365
00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,272
Doesn't matter.
We're all gonna die anyway.
366
00:14:17,273 --> 00:14:19,399
Deep thought, dingus.
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00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,478
- _
- ADULT SHELDON: Traditionalism is the philosophy
368
00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,238
that the best way of life
is a return to the past.
369
00:14:24,239 --> 00:14:25,948
What are you doing?
370
00:14:25,949 --> 00:14:29,660
Making my own butter,
like in olden times.
371
00:14:29,661 --> 00:14:30,954
That's stupid.
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00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:33,880
ADULT SHELDON: My arms are still sore.
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- _
- Altruism is the belief
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that we should live only by
bringing happiness to others.
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00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:40,754
These are for you.
376
00:14:40,755 --> 00:14:42,172
Thanks.
377
00:14:42,173 --> 00:14:43,499
What the hell?!
378
00:14:43,500 --> 00:14:45,100
- _
- ADULT SHELDON: Egoism is the belief
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00:14:45,110 --> 00:14:48,260
that we should live only by
bringing happiness to ourselves.
380
00:14:48,270 --> 00:14:49,740
Mmm. These are pretty good.
381
00:14:50,557 --> 00:14:52,863
- _
- ADULT SHELDON: Transcendentalists were philosophers
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who believed that our deepest connection
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00:14:54,936 --> 00:14:56,979
is with nature.
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00:14:56,980 --> 00:14:59,190
Eh.
385
00:15:05,113 --> 00:15:07,532
I'm beautiful.
386
00:15:09,117 --> 00:15:12,536
GEORGE SR.: And then Georgie
accuses me of hating my job.
387
00:15:12,537 --> 00:15:15,382
Is this where I thought I'd end up? No.
388
00:15:15,383 --> 00:15:17,207
Is this where you thought you'd end up?
389
00:15:17,208 --> 00:15:19,432
I thought I'd be working at
my father's funeral home
390
00:15:19,433 --> 00:15:21,160
sewing people's eyes shut.
391
00:15:21,170 --> 00:15:23,005
My life turned out great.
392
00:15:23,006 --> 00:15:24,716
Well, good for you.
393
00:15:24,724 --> 00:15:25,920
(LAUGHS)
394
00:15:25,921 --> 00:15:28,770
The worst part is,
I think Georgie's right.
395
00:15:30,110 --> 00:15:31,692
You're not happy at work?
396
00:15:31,693 --> 00:15:33,492
I can see if my dad's hiring.
397
00:15:33,493 --> 00:15:34,892
How are your sewing skills?
398
00:15:34,893 --> 00:15:37,759
It's not work.
399
00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,320
(SIGHS)
400
00:15:39,330 --> 00:15:41,780
Honestly, I don't know
if I'm happy anywhere.
401
00:15:44,620 --> 00:15:46,079
Ugh.
402
00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,699
When I asked y'all to hang for a drink,
403
00:15:47,700 --> 00:15:50,110
I didn't know you were
gonna be such a bummer.
404
00:15:50,111 --> 00:15:51,409
(LAUGHS)
405
00:15:52,930 --> 00:15:54,660
Geez Louise.
406
00:15:55,750 --> 00:15:59,490
♪ Amarillo is where I'll be. ♪
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(KNOCKING)
408
00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:06,757
- Dr. Linkletter?
- Sheldon.
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00:16:06,758 --> 00:16:08,209
Good to see you.
410
00:16:08,210 --> 00:16:09,379
Come on in.
411
00:16:09,380 --> 00:16:12,054
I don't suppose you're here
to discuss physics, are you?
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00:16:12,055 --> 00:16:13,263
As a matter of fact, I am.
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00:16:13,264 --> 00:16:14,431
Excellent.
414
00:16:14,432 --> 00:16:15,799
I'm here to drop your class.
415
00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,267
I just need you to sign this.
416
00:16:17,268 --> 00:16:19,895
(EXHALES) Have a seat.
417
00:16:19,896 --> 00:16:23,618
Sheldon, I don't know if
you thought this through,
418
00:16:23,619 --> 00:16:25,276
but you're here on a
physics scholarship,
419
00:16:25,288 --> 00:16:28,599
and switching to philosophy
may not be well-received.
420
00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:29,939
Ordinarily, I'd be concerned,
421
00:16:29,940 --> 00:16:31,659
but I'm currently embracing hedonism.
422
00:16:31,660 --> 00:16:34,015
Sheldon, I've been made
responsible for you,
423
00:16:34,016 --> 00:16:35,819
and so far, it's not going very well.
424
00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:37,229
You were admitted to this university
425
00:16:37,230 --> 00:16:38,622
for your scientific acumen.
426
00:16:38,623 --> 00:16:41,918
And changing majors could
have serious repercussions.
427
00:16:41,919 --> 00:16:44,340
Son, please try to understand.
428
00:16:44,350 --> 00:16:46,329
If you abandon physics for philosophy,
429
00:16:46,330 --> 00:16:48,507
(FADING): you're gonna be
missing out on the opportunity
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00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:49,669
to be part of something great.
431
00:16:49,670 --> 00:16:51,079
- Possibly...
- ♪ Tiny bubbles... ♪
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ADULT SHELDON:
As Dr. Linkletter prattled on,
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00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:54,847
I couldn't help but notice
434
00:16:54,848 --> 00:16:57,349
the beauty of that ephemeral bubble.
435
00:16:57,350 --> 00:17:00,472
I wondered if perhaps
we're all just bubbles,
436
00:17:00,473 --> 00:17:03,349
being buffeted through life
on a stream of currents
437
00:17:03,350 --> 00:17:05,191
- beyond our understanding.
- ♪ Tiny bubbles... ♪
438
00:17:05,192 --> 00:17:07,620
Look at it. The local
minimization achieves
439
00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,859
a global maximization,
and it's nearly perfect.
440
00:17:10,860 --> 00:17:12,549
I wondered if this was the key
441
00:17:12,550 --> 00:17:14,992
to the smoothness of
matter in the universe.
442
00:17:14,993 --> 00:17:18,859
The cosmic web of stars and
galaxies could hold it together
443
00:17:18,860 --> 00:17:21,252
like the web of polymers in soap!
444
00:17:21,253 --> 00:17:23,251
This could be a whole
new area of research.
445
00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:26,799
Changing majors would be a huge mistake,
446
00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,720
but if this is what you
really want, here you go.
447
00:17:33,150 --> 00:17:35,172
- Sheldon?
- What?
448
00:17:35,173 --> 00:17:36,263
Here you go.
449
00:17:36,264 --> 00:17:37,722
Good luck with philosophy.
450
00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:40,435
Oh, I'm back on science
now. I have work to do.
451
00:17:40,443 --> 00:17:45,439
♪ Got a feeling that I'm gonna
love you till the end of time. ♪
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