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Previously onYoung Sheldon...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...[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

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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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♪ 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?Writing on my hand
is so fifth grade.

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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"
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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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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 mostimportant.

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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 isimportant?

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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.

255
00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:23,231
How was your first day?

256
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So good.

257
00:10:24,711 --> 00:10:26,103
How was your first day?

258
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And then she said,
"Maybe you're just dreaming."

259
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Are you gonna drop the class?Yes,

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but only after
I systematically destroy

261
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her half-baked arguments
in front of everybody else.

262
00:10:41,728 --> 00:10:43,904
It's good to have goals.

263
00:10:43,947 --> 00:10:45,688
And at lunch,
an eighth-grade boy said,

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and I quote,
"I like Funyuns, too."

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Wow.

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I know.

267
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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?

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The day, the night.
If it's rue-able,

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she's going to rue it.

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And in math class,
I sit right between

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Heather M. and Heather B.

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It'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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♪ She's my cherry pie

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♪ Cool drink of water,
such a sweet surprise ♪

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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.

285
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I had a lot of ground
to cover in one night.

286
00:11:43,659 --> 00:11:46,923
Thankfully, 11 years of
my family's incessant yammering

287
00:11:46,967 --> 00:11:49,926
had given me an extraordinary
ability to focus.

288
00:11:49,970 --> 00:11:51,928
But I want to watch
Fresh Prince.

289
00:11:51,972 --> 00:11:53,756
Too bad. The game is on.

290
00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:55,497
There's always a game on. Dad?

291
00:11:55,540 --> 00:11:57,194
Sorry, kid, it's the Cowboys.

292
00:11:57,238 --> 00:11:58,413
But it's the season premiere.

293
00:11:58,456 --> 00:11:59,849
Fresh Prince's
family gets tickets

294
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to the People's
Choice Awards.

295
00:12:01,285 --> 00:12:02,765
I'm not missing it.

296
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"Present investigations
aim to establish

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"a constructional system.

298
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That is, an epistemic,
logical system of objects..."

299
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My show's only 30 minutes.

300
00:12:10,817 --> 00:12:12,732
Yours is three hours.

301
00:12:12,775 --> 00:12:13,863
But yours don't have
them cheerleaders

302
00:12:13,907 --> 00:12:15,909
jumping up and down.
Mom?

303
00:12:15,952 --> 00:12:19,260
What if we don't turn the TV on
at all and we play a board game?

304
00:12:19,303 --> 00:12:20,304
Come on.Seriously?

305
00:12:20,348 --> 00:12:21,784
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.

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Shelly?

310
00:12:27,224 --> 00:12:28,922
What's happening?

311
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We're playing a board game.

312
00:12:30,967 --> 00:12:31,794
Before dinner?

313
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You ate dinner.

314
00:12:33,883 --> 00:12:34,884
[doorbell rings]

315
00:12:34,928 --> 00:12:36,146
Did I like it?

316
00:12:36,190 --> 00:12:37,887
You said the meat loaf was dry.

317
00:12:37,931 --> 00:12:39,323
That sounds right.

318
00:12:42,805 --> 00:12:45,939
Hi, Brenda.I just wanted to
see how today went.

319
00:12:45,982 --> 00:12:47,897
Oh.
[clears throat]

320
00:12:50,204 --> 00:12:52,293
[groans]
Not great.

321
00:12:52,336 --> 00:12:53,903
Sheldon is already
in some sort of fight

322
00:12:53,947 --> 00:12:55,905
with his philosophy professor.

323
00:12:55,949 --> 00:12:58,473
About what?Currently, he's plotting

324
00:12:58,516 --> 00:13:00,910
"the destruction
of her worldview,"

325
00:13:00,954 --> 00:13:03,434
whatever that means.Sounds exciting.

326
00:13:03,478 --> 00:13:06,176
It's mostly him reading a book
and giggling to himself.

327
00:13:06,220 --> 00:13:08,004
How about Billy?

328
00:13:08,048 --> 00:13:09,092
Not much better.

329
00:13:09,136 --> 00:13:10,833
Oh.
In Spanish class,

330
00:13:10,877 --> 00:13:12,966
every time the teacher said
"Sí,"Billy said, "See what?"

331
00:13:13,009 --> 00:13:15,098
Oh, Billy.

332
00:13:15,142 --> 00:13:18,841
I know, but if I don't
laugh about it I'll cry.

333
00:13:18,885 --> 00:13:20,016
I'm sorry.

334
00:13:20,060 --> 00:13:21,235
How did Missy do?

335
00:13:21,278 --> 00:13:23,454
I think Missy had
the best day of her life.

336
00:13:23,498 --> 00:13:25,761
[exhales]: Oh, thank God.
Tell me everything.

337
00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:29,939
Well, in one class
she sits between her friends,

338
00:13:29,983 --> 00:13:32,028
so the note-passing
goes through her.

339
00:13:32,072 --> 00:13:34,901
She's gonna get the dirt
firsthand. That's huge.

340
00:13:34,944 --> 00:13:37,294
And then an eighth-grade boy
talked to her at lunch.

341
00:13:37,338 --> 00:13:39,035
On the first day?Uh-huh.

342
00:13:39,079 --> 00:13:40,863
She's gonna be prom queen.
I'm calling it.

343
00:13:40,907 --> 00:13:42,125
[laughs]That's fun,

344
00:13:42,169 --> 00:13:45,215
but let's not
get ahead of ourselves.

345
00:13:45,259 --> 00:13:47,435
Mary, it'll be a miracle

346
00:13:47,478 --> 00:13:49,741
if Billy even makes it
to high school.

347
00:13:49,785 --> 00:13:51,265
Don't take this away from me.

348
00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:55,225
Missy is gonna look so cute
in that tiara.

349
00:13:55,269 --> 00:13:56,096
Yes, she is.

350
00:13:56,139 --> 00:13:57,880
That's the Fresh Prince.

351
00:13:57,924 --> 00:13:59,490
He's from West Philadelphia.

352
00:13:59,534 --> 00:14:01,014
Born and raised.

353
00:14:02,972 --> 00:14:04,887
ADULT SHELDON:
It was past my bedtime,

354
00:14:04,931 --> 00:14:06,889
but who could sleep
with a page-turner

355
00:14:06,933 --> 00:14:10,110
likeMeditations on First
Philosophy by René Descartes?

356
00:14:10,153 --> 00:14:12,286
Descartes was more
than just a philosopher.

357
00:14:12,329 --> 00:14:14,288
He was also the mathematician

358
00:14:14,331 --> 00:14:16,551
who invented
the Cartesian plane.

359
00:14:16,594 --> 00:14:18,422
If you've ever enjoyed
that X squared

360
00:14:18,466 --> 00:14:20,642
plus Y squared
equals K is a circle,

361
00:14:20,685 --> 00:14:23,123
you can say merci beaucoup
to Monsieur Descartes.

362
00:14:30,391 --> 00:14:31,958
Hello?

363
00:14:32,001 --> 00:14:33,437
Bonjour, Sheldon.

364
00:14:33,481 --> 00:14:35,265
Bonjour, René Descartes.

365
00:14:35,309 --> 00:14:37,050
Please, sit.

366
00:14:40,488 --> 00:14:44,013
I see you're reading a book
on philosophy by Aristotle.

367
00:14:44,057 --> 00:14:47,495
I am. And it is garbage!

368
00:14:47,538 --> 00:14:51,716
Aristotle is,
how you say, a punk!

369
00:14:54,154 --> 00:14:57,592
I'm also having trouble
with my philosophy professor.

370
00:14:57,635 --> 00:15:00,247
Hmm?She says that we don't know
if science is true.

371
00:15:00,290 --> 00:15:02,118
Mon dieu!

372
00:15:02,162 --> 00:15:04,642
Without science,
we know nothing.

373
00:15:04,686 --> 00:15:08,037
No different than the dogs
and kitties in the street

374
00:15:08,081 --> 00:15:11,084
wandering around
in a fog of ignorance

375
00:15:11,127 --> 00:15:13,477
with the woofings
and the meowings.

376
00:15:13,521 --> 00:15:14,957
So how do I get her
to understand that science

377
00:15:15,001 --> 00:15:18,308
can form true beliefs
about reality as it really is?

378
00:15:18,352 --> 00:15:20,441
Ah, young man.

379
00:15:20,484 --> 00:15:23,052
You are you asking
what is the foundation

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00:15:23,096 --> 00:15:24,967
of knowledge, huh?

381
00:15:25,011 --> 00:15:28,101
Yes.Well, hold on to your chapeau.

382
00:15:28,144 --> 00:15:29,102
I'm not wearing a chapeau.

383
00:15:29,145 --> 00:15:31,104
It is just an expression.

384
00:15:31,147 --> 00:15:32,018
Sorry.

385
00:15:32,061 --> 00:15:34,020
All knowledge must rest

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00:15:34,063 --> 00:15:39,068
on a foundation that we can
never doubt and that is...

387
00:15:40,069 --> 00:15:42,028
Of course.

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00:15:42,071 --> 00:15:43,290
ERICSON:
So we learned
that the theory of knowledge

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00:15:43,333 --> 00:15:45,945
poses some
very serious problems.

390
00:15:45,988 --> 00:15:48,295
Excuse me, Professor Ericson.

391
00:15:48,338 --> 00:15:51,820
I've done a little reading since
last we spoke, and I'm prepared

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00:15:51,863 --> 00:15:54,997
to show you that everything
we know about science is true.

393
00:15:55,041 --> 00:15:56,781
Well, I am all ears.

394
00:15:56,825 --> 00:16:00,089
You said I couldn't
truly know anything,

395
00:16:00,133 --> 00:16:01,525
but there is one thing
that I do know.

396
00:16:01,569 --> 00:16:04,615
If I question, I must think;

397
00:16:04,659 --> 00:16:06,356
if I think, I must exist.

398
00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:12,014
Cogito, ergo sum:
I think, therefore I am.

399
00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:15,496
You're right.

400
00:16:15,539 --> 00:16:17,237
You're darn right I'm right.

401
00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,501
Guys, g-give it up for Sheldon.

402
00:16:20,544 --> 00:16:22,111
[applause]

403
00:16:23,330 --> 00:16:25,245
Now for a job
well done...

404
00:16:27,116 --> 00:16:29,466
...here is a flower
full of sweet nectar.

405
00:16:29,510 --> 00:16:31,033
Why would I want that?

406
00:16:31,077 --> 00:16:34,080
Because you're a butterfly
and this is just your dream.

407
00:16:34,123 --> 00:16:35,777
I'm not a butterfly.

408
00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:37,866
Are you sure?
[laughs]

409
00:16:37,909 --> 00:16:39,259
[laughter echoing]

410
00:16:40,912 --> 00:16:42,088
[gasps]

411
00:16:42,131 --> 00:16:45,700
[sighs]
It was a dream.

412
00:16:45,743 --> 00:16:46,918
Oh, no.

413
00:16:46,962 --> 00:16:49,486
[grunts]
Help!

414
00:16:49,530 --> 00:16:51,358
I'm a butterfly!

415
00:16:51,401 --> 00:16:54,100
Nothing I know is real!
Everything is a dream!

416
00:16:54,143 --> 00:16:55,797
Missy, help!

417
00:16:58,582 --> 00:17:00,628
No!

418
00:17:00,671 --> 00:17:02,195
[gasps]

419
00:17:03,674 --> 00:17:04,849
Missy,

420
00:17:04,893 --> 00:17:05,807
am I awake

421
00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:07,026
or is this a dream?

422
00:17:07,069 --> 00:17:09,245
Shut up, dingus.

423
00:17:09,289 --> 00:17:10,290
Okay, I'm awake.

424
00:17:16,687 --> 00:17:19,690
Shelly, you feeling all right?

425
00:17:19,734 --> 00:17:21,040
Yes.

426
00:17:21,083 --> 00:17:22,345
How come you're not dressed?

427
00:17:22,389 --> 00:17:23,694
Why should I?

428
00:17:23,738 --> 00:17:26,088
'Cause you're gonna be
late for school.

429
00:17:26,132 --> 00:17:28,917
I'm not going to school.Why not?

430
00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,093
Because I don't know
what's real.

431
00:17:31,137 --> 00:17:32,051
What does that mean?

432
00:17:32,094 --> 00:17:33,704
Dreaming and waking,

433
00:17:33,748 --> 00:17:37,404
life and death,
philosophers and butterflies,

434
00:17:37,447 --> 00:17:40,059
they're all the same.

435
00:17:40,102 --> 00:17:42,496
Nothing matters.

436
00:17:42,539 --> 00:17:46,108
That's an interesting way
of looking at things.

437
00:17:46,152 --> 00:17:48,110
George?

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00:17:54,551 --> 00:17:57,511
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