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Previously on Young Sheldon...
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Which bowtie says "mature enough
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to be in college, but whimsical enough
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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, uh,
supercollider being built
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- in Waxahachie, Texas?
- No.
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I've taken a job there.
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Hold on. You're not gonna be around
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when Sheldon starts college?
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That's a great question.
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No.
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JEFF: Since everyone
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is going back to school
tomorrow, let's finish up
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with a back-to-school prayer. 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 for reminding us
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you're starting college.
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Oh, I don't mind. You've
got a lot on your plate.
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Just pray.
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ALL: Dear Heavenly Father,
as we return to school,
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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 the cooperation...
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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
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science fiction show.
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Although there is one called Star Trek:
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The Animated Series.
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I believe you.
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I was wondering if I can
speak with your mommy.
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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,
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Kukulkan was played by James Doohan.
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- Hello?
- James Doohan played Scotty
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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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- MARY: Sheldon, hang up.
- SHELDON: Okay.
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He felt the Scots were
excellent engineers. Bye.
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Dr. Linkletter,
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what can I do for you?
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Hello, Mrs. Cooper. I just
wanted to let you know,
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with Dr. Sturgis away, I'll be available
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should Sheldon need anything.
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Oh, that is very comforting
to know. Thank you so much.
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His well-being is important to me,
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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
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go in with him, do I?
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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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Bless us, Lord, for the
food we are about to receive,
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and bless the hands that prepared it.
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And with school starting tomorrow,
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please watch over our children.
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Pastor Jeff already covered this.
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- He did?
- Yeah, we're good. Amen.
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ALL: 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,
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and Meemaw's taking Sheldon.
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- Well, can I at least drive?
- 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
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that while you're at
school, if you need anything,
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you can go to him.
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Starting college and
you need a babysitter.
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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.
- Can we please have a nice dinner?
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We could. But you're the one
who wants to eat as a family.
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Don't pray for any of 'em.
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[knock on door]
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- Dr. Linkletter.
- Sheldon.
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How wonderfully early it is to see you.
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If you've come by for
a snack, I picked you up
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some crackers shaped like fish.
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I just wanted to let you know
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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 for this
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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? Lunch money?
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- Yep.
- Locker combination?
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Right here.
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- Why is it there?
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Of course.
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Okay, I'm gonna 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.
- Good luck.
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♪
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Hey.
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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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Oh, I walked him in.
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Found his homeroom.
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Explained that "homeroom" is different
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than his room at home.
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Still not sure he gets it.
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- Tough day.
- Yeah.
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You want to get some coffee?
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I 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
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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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ERICSON: Welcome to
the world of philosophy.
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Most college courses are
about teaching you things
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that you don't know. Here,
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I am going to teach you
that you don't even know
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what you think you know.
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Oh, boy.
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The Chinese philosopher
Chuang Tzu believed
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it was possible he didn't
really know anything
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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.
Plus, you referred to him
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as Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu,
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and not Chinese butterfly Chuang Tzu.
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- You must be Sheldon Cooper.
- Yes, ma'am.
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Very well, Mr. Cooper, how do you know
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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
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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
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comparing them with other observers.
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Mm, but that would mean
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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
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flashing your toes at me.
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Billy's a sweet kid.
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But these middle schoolers
are gonna eat him alive.
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You don't know that.
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.
- Why?
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That girl is cute and sassy,
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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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Look at us. 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,
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and you're not freaking out?
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- It's on my mind.
- Mm.
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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,
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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.
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Anarchists, communists, vegans.
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There's a fella in the religion
department that believes God is
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two women, 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
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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 freewheeling hippy.
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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. I can do that.
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- There you go.
- Thank you.
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You're welcome. From now on,
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I'm coming to you with all my problems.
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Oh...
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"The statement on the other
side of this sign is true."
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Ugh.
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Professor Ericson?
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ERICSON: 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.
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And butterflies.
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I'm a scientist, and I don't find
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those types of questions worth my time.
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And butterflies are just
worms that can chase you.
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[laughs softly]
The questions of philosophy
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are extremely challenging.
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People have spent 2,000-plus years
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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.
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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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[strains]: 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.
259
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How was your first day?
260
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And then she said, "Maybe
you're just dreaming."
261
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- Are you gonna drop the class?
- Yes,
262
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but only after I systematically destroy
263
00:10:36,541 --> 00:10:39,629
her half-baked arguments
in front of everybody else.
264
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It's good to have goals.
265
00:10:41,627 --> 00:10:43,535
And at lunch, an eighth-grade boy said,
266
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and I quote, "I like Funyuns, too."
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Wow.
268
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I know.
269
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I stopped at the library
today and picked up
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books on epistemology,
Descartes's 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?
274
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The day, the night. If it's rue-able,
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she's going to rue it.
276
00:11:05,947 --> 00:11:07,873
And in math class, I sit right between
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Heather M. and Heather B.
278
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It's nice you're with your friends.
279
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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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♪ She's my cherry pie ♪
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♪ Cool drink of water,
such a sweet surprise ♪
283
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♪ Tastes so good, make a grown man cry ♪
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♪ Sweet cherry pie, yeah. ♪
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ADULT SHELDON: The good
name of Lady Science
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had been besmirched and it was
up to me to defend her honor.
287
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I had a lot of ground
to cover in one night.
288
00:11:41,311 --> 00:11:44,336
Thankfully, 11 years of my
family's incessant yammering
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had given me an extraordinary
ability to focus.
290
00:11:47,341 --> 00:11:49,341
But I want to watch Fresh Prince.
291
00:11:49,343 --> 00:11:50,881
Too bad. The game is on.
292
00:11:50,884 --> 00:11:52,909
There's always a game on. Dad?
293
00:11:52,911 --> 00:11:54,451
Sorry, kid, it's the Cowboys.
294
00:11:54,454 --> 00:11:55,825
But it's the season premiere.
295
00:11:55,827 --> 00:11:57,262
Fresh Prince's family gets tickets
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to the People's Choice Awards.
297
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I'm not missing it.
298
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"Present investigations aim to establish
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a constructional system.
300
00:12:03,313 --> 00:12:06,227
That is, an epistemic,
logical system of objects..."
301
00:12:06,229 --> 00:12:08,186
My show's only 30 minutes.
302
00:12:08,188 --> 00:12:09,959
Yours is three hours.
303
00:12:09,962 --> 00:12:11,276
But yours don't have them cheerleaders
304
00:12:11,278 --> 00:12:13,123
- jumping up and down.
- Mom?
305
00:12:13,126 --> 00:12:16,671
What if we don't turn the TV on
at all and we play a board game?
306
00:12:16,674 --> 00:12:17,717
- Come on.
- Seriously?
307
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SHELDON: "So that a genealogy
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of concepts results, in which each one
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has its definite place."
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MARY: Shelly, it's your turn.
311
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Shelly?
312
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What's happening?
313
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We're playing a board game.
314
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Before dinner?
315
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You ate dinner.
316
00:12:31,254 --> 00:12:32,297
[doorbell rings]
317
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Did I like it?
318
00:12:33,561 --> 00:12:35,300
You said the meat loaf was dry.
319
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That sounds right.
320
00:12:40,027 --> 00:12:43,202
- Hi, Brenda.
- I just wanted to see how today went.
321
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Oh. [clears throat]
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[groans] Not great.
323
00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,315
Sheldon is already in some sort of fight
324
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with his philosophy professor.
325
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- About what?
- Currently, he's plotting
326
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"the destruction of her worldview,"
327
00:12:58,325 --> 00:13:00,654
- whatever that means.
- Sounds exciting.
328
00:13:00,657 --> 00:13:03,589
It's mostly him reading a
book and giggling to himself.
329
00:13:03,591 --> 00:13:05,417
How about Billy?
330
00:13:05,419 --> 00:13:06,505
Not much better.
331
00:13:06,507 --> 00:13:08,045
- Oh.
- In Spanish class,
332
00:13:08,048 --> 00:13:10,769
every time the teacher said
"Sí,"Billy said, "See what?"
333
00:13:10,772 --> 00:13:12,511
Oh, Billy.
334
00:13:12,513 --> 00:13:15,725
I know, but if I don't
laugh about it I'll cry.
335
00:13:15,728 --> 00:13:16,983
I'm sorry.
336
00:13:16,986 --> 00:13:18,397
How did Missy do?
337
00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,618
I think Missy had the
best day of her life.
338
00:13:20,621 --> 00:13:23,010
[exhales]: Oh, thank
God. Tell me everything.
339
00:13:23,011 --> 00:13:27,187
Well, in one class she
sits between her friends,
340
00:13:27,189 --> 00:13:29,052
so the note-passing goes through her.
341
00:13:29,055 --> 00:13:31,917
She's gonna get the dirt
firsthand. That's huge.
342
00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,541
And then an eighth-grade
boy talked to her at lunch.
343
00:13:34,544 --> 00:13:36,283
- On the first day?
- Uh-huh.
344
00:13:36,285 --> 00:13:38,213
She's gonna be prom
queen. I'm calling it.
345
00:13:38,216 --> 00:13:39,932
- [laughs]
- That's fun,
346
00:13:39,935 --> 00:13:42,463
but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
347
00:13:42,465 --> 00:13:44,682
Mary, it'll be a miracle
348
00:13:44,684 --> 00:13:46,989
if Billy even makes it to high school.
349
00:13:46,991 --> 00:13:48,471
Don't take this away from me.
350
00:13:49,889 --> 00:13:52,324
Missy is gonna look
so cute in that tiara.
351
00:13:52,327 --> 00:13:53,343
Yes, she is.
352
00:13:53,345 --> 00:13:55,128
That's the Fresh Prince.
353
00:13:55,130 --> 00:13:56,738
He's from West Philadelphia.
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00:13:56,740 --> 00:13:58,220
Born and raised.
355
00:14:00,178 --> 00:14:02,135
ADULT SHELDON: It was past my bedtime,
356
00:14:02,137 --> 00:14:04,353
but who could sleep with a page-turner
357
00:14:04,385 --> 00:14:07,304
like Meditations on First
Philosophy by René Descartes?
358
00:14:07,305 --> 00:14:09,574
Descartes was more
than just a philosopher.
359
00:14:09,599 --> 00:14:11,599
He was also the mathematician
360
00:14:11,601 --> 00:14:13,862
who invented the Cartesian plane.
361
00:14:13,864 --> 00:14:15,734
If you've ever enjoyed that X squared
362
00:14:15,736 --> 00:14:17,953
plus Y squared equals K is a circle,
363
00:14:17,955 --> 00:14:20,546
you can say merci beaucoup
to Monsieur Descartes.
364
00:14:27,372 --> 00:14:28,980
Hello?
365
00:14:28,983 --> 00:14:30,748
Bonjour, Sheldon.
366
00:14:30,751 --> 00:14:32,428
Bonjour, René Descartes.
367
00:14:32,431 --> 00:14:34,172
Please, sit.
368
00:14:37,758 --> 00:14:41,325
I see you're reading a book
on philosophy by Aristotle.
369
00:14:41,327 --> 00:14:44,806
I am. And it is garbage!
370
00:14:44,808 --> 00:14:48,986
Aristotle is, how you say, a punk!
371
00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:54,903
I'm also having trouble
with my philosophy professor.
372
00:14:54,905 --> 00:14:57,382
She says that we don't
know if science is true.
373
00:14:57,385 --> 00:14:59,255
Mon dieu!
374
00:14:59,258 --> 00:15:01,953
Without science, we know nothing.
375
00:15:01,956 --> 00:15:05,349
No different than the dogs
and kitties in the street
376
00:15:05,351 --> 00:15:08,395
wandering around in a fog of ignorance
377
00:15:08,397 --> 00:15:10,452
with the woofings and the meowings.
378
00:15:10,455 --> 00:15:12,269
So how do I get her to
understand that science
379
00:15:12,271 --> 00:15:15,444
can form true beliefs about
reality as it really is?
380
00:15:15,447 --> 00:15:17,575
Ah, young man.
381
00:15:17,578 --> 00:15:20,364
You are you asking
what is the foundation
382
00:15:20,366 --> 00:15:22,007
of knowledge, huh?
383
00:15:22,010 --> 00:15:24,999
- Yes.
- Well, hold on to your chapeau.
384
00:15:25,002 --> 00:15:26,202
I'm not wearing a chapeau.
385
00:15:26,205 --> 00:15:28,069
It is just an expression.
386
00:15:28,072 --> 00:15:29,329
Sorry.
387
00:15:29,331 --> 00:15:31,331
All knowledge must rest
388
00:15:31,333 --> 00:15:36,338
on a foundation that we can
never doubt and that is...
389
00:15:37,339 --> 00:15:39,038
Of course.
390
00:15:39,041 --> 00:15:41,066
ERICSON: So we learned
that the theory of knowledge
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00:15:41,069 --> 00:15:43,256
poses some very serious problems.
392
00:15:43,258 --> 00:15:45,606
Excuse me, Professor Ericson.
393
00:15:45,608 --> 00:15:49,131
I've done a little reading since
last we spoke, and I'm prepared
394
00:15:49,133 --> 00:15:52,309
to show you that everything
we know about science is true.
395
00:15:52,311 --> 00:15:54,093
Well, I am all ears.
396
00:15:54,095 --> 00:15:57,186
You said I couldn't truly know anything,
397
00:15:57,189 --> 00:15:58,837
but there is one thing that I do know.
398
00:15:58,839 --> 00:16:01,327
If I question, I must think;
399
00:16:01,330 --> 00:16:03,319
if I think, I must exist.
400
00:16:03,326 --> 00:16:09,100
Cogito, ergo sum: I
think, therefore I am.
401
00:16:11,243 --> 00:16:12,807
You're right.
402
00:16:12,809 --> 00:16:14,548
You're darn right I'm right.
403
00:16:14,550 --> 00:16:17,812
Guys, g-give it up for Sheldon.
404
00:16:17,814 --> 00:16:19,381
[applause]
405
00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,671
Now for a job well done...
406
00:16:24,128 --> 00:16:26,777
...here is a flower
full of sweet nectar.
407
00:16:26,780 --> 00:16:28,345
Why would I want that?
408
00:16:28,347 --> 00:16:30,999
Because you're a butterfly
and this is just your dream.
409
00:16:31,002 --> 00:16:32,796
I'm not a butterfly.
410
00:16:32,799 --> 00:16:35,176
Are you sure? [laughs]
411
00:16:35,179 --> 00:16:36,529
[laughter echoing]
412
00:16:38,046 --> 00:16:39,376
[gasps]
413
00:16:39,401 --> 00:16:41,984
[sighs] It was a dream.
414
00:16:43,013 --> 00:16:44,230
Oh, no.
415
00:16:44,232 --> 00:16:46,798
[grunts] Help!
416
00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:48,272
I'm a butterfly!
417
00:16:48,275 --> 00:16:51,171
Nothing I know is real!
Everything is a dream!
418
00:16:51,174 --> 00:16:52,828
Missy, help!
419
00:16:55,414 --> 00:16:57,501
No!
420
00:16:57,504 --> 00:16:59,028
[gasps]
421
00:17:00,623 --> 00:17:01,840
Missy,
422
00:17:01,843 --> 00:17:03,923
am I awake or is this a dream?
423
00:17:04,339 --> 00:17:06,175
Shut up, dingus.
424
00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:07,560
Okay, I'm awake.
425
00:17:12,259 --> 00:17:14,590
Shelly, you feeling all right?
426
00:17:14,593 --> 00:17:15,940
Yes.
427
00:17:15,943 --> 00:17:17,473
How come you're not dressed?
428
00:17:17,476 --> 00:17:18,823
Why should I?
429
00:17:18,826 --> 00:17:21,410
'Cause you're gonna be late for school.
430
00:17:21,413 --> 00:17:24,239
- I'm not going to school.
- Why not?
431
00:17:24,242 --> 00:17:26,004
Because I don't know what's real.
432
00:17:26,007 --> 00:17:27,316
What does that mean?
433
00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:28,949
Dreaming and waking,
434
00:17:28,952 --> 00:17:32,649
life and death,
philosophers and butterflies,
435
00:17:32,652 --> 00:17:34,472
they're all the same.
436
00:17:35,308 --> 00:17:37,165
Nothing matters.
437
00:17:37,746 --> 00:17:41,357
That's an interesting
way of looking at things.
438
00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:43,318
George?
439
00:17:48,199 --> 00:17:53,879
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