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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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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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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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- Sheldon, hang up.
- 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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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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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
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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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- 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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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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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.

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And now that I was a
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my collection was about
to grow exponentially.

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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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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You're doing it again.

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Maybe you're dreaming I'm doing it.

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How was your first day?

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Infuriating.

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How was your first day?

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So good.

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How was your first day?

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

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- Are you gonna drop the class?
- Yes,

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but only after I systematically destroy

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her half-baked arguments
in front of everybody else.

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00:10:41,728 --> 00:10:43,721
It's good to have goals.

259
00:10:43,724 --> 00:10:45,632
And at lunch, an eighth-grade boy said,

260
00:10:45,635 --> 00:10:48,341
and I quote, "I like Funyuns, too."

261
00:10:48,343 --> 00:10:49,734
Wow.

262
00:10:49,736 --> 00:10:50,954
I know.

263
00:10:54,158 --> 00:10:56,088
I stopped at the library
today and picked up

264
00:10:56,090 --> 00:10:58,890
books on epistemology,
Descartes's dream argument

265
00:10:58,893 --> 00:11:01,528
and the foundations of scientific logic.

266
00:11:01,530 --> 00:11:03,095
Do you know what she's going to do?

267
00:11:03,097 --> 00:11:04,455
Rue the day?

268
00:11:04,458 --> 00:11:06,097
The day, the night. If it's rue-able,

269
00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:08,041
she's going to rue it.

270
00:11:08,044 --> 00:11:09,970
And in math class, I sit right between

271
00:11:09,973 --> 00:11:11,407
Heather M. and Heather B.

272
00:11:11,409 --> 00:11:13,323
It's nice you're with your friends.

273
00:11:13,326 --> 00:11:15,802
It's more than nice.
All notes go through me.

274
00:11:15,805 --> 00:11:17,762
That's power.

275
00:11:17,764 --> 00:11:20,503
? She's my cherry pie ?

276
00:11:20,505 --> 00:11:23,330
? Cool drink of water,
such a sweet surprise ?

277
00:11:23,333 --> 00:11:26,127
? Tastes so good,
make a grown man cry ?

278
00:11:26,130 --> 00:11:30,494
? Sweet cherry pie, yeah. ?

279
00:11:35,738 --> 00:11:37,607
The good name of Lady Science

280
00:11:37,609 --> 00:11:41,263
had been besmirched and it was
up to me to defend her honor.

281
00:11:41,265 --> 00:11:43,937
I had a lot of ground
to cover in one night.

282
00:11:43,940 --> 00:11:46,965
Thankfully, 11 years of my
family's incessant yammering

283
00:11:46,967 --> 00:11:49,968
had given me an extraordinary
ability to focus.

284
00:11:49,970 --> 00:11:51,970
But I want to watch Fresh Prince.

285
00:11:51,972 --> 00:11:53,510
Too bad. The game is on.

286
00:11:53,513 --> 00:11:55,538
There's always a game on. Dad?

287
00:11:55,540 --> 00:11:57,080
Sorry, kid, it's the Cowboys.

288
00:11:57,083 --> 00:11:58,454
But it's the season premiere.

289
00:11:58,456 --> 00:11:59,891
Fresh Prince's family gets tickets

290
00:11:59,893 --> 00:12:01,507
to the People's Choice Awards.

291
00:12:01,517 --> 00:12:02,619
I'm not missing it.

292
00:12:02,622 --> 00:12:04,243
"Present investigations aim to establish

293
00:12:04,245 --> 00:12:05,940
a constructional system.

294
00:12:05,942 --> 00:12:08,856
That is, an epistemic,
logical system of objects..."

295
00:12:08,858 --> 00:12:10,815
My show's only 30 minutes.

296
00:12:10,817 --> 00:12:12,588
Yours is three hours.

297
00:12:12,591 --> 00:12:13,905
But yours don't have them cheerleaders

298
00:12:13,907 --> 00:12:15,752
- jumping up and down.
- Mom?

299
00:12:15,755 --> 00:12:19,300
What if we don't turn the TV on
at all and we play a board game?

300
00:12:19,303 --> 00:12:20,346
- Come on.
- Seriously?

301
00:12:20,348 --> 00:12:21,376
"So that a genealogy

302
00:12:21,378 --> 00:12:22,971
of concepts results, in which each one

303
00:12:22,974 --> 00:12:24,278
has its definite place."

304
00:12:24,281 --> 00:12:25,671
Shelly, it's your turn.

305
00:12:25,674 --> 00:12:27,222
Shelly?

306
00:12:27,224 --> 00:12:28,963
What's happening?

307
00:12:28,965 --> 00:12:30,737
We're playing a board game.

308
00:12:30,740 --> 00:12:31,836
Before dinner?

309
00:12:31,838 --> 00:12:33,881
You ate dinner.

310
00:12:34,928 --> 00:12:36,188
Did I like it?

311
00:12:36,190 --> 00:12:37,929
You said the meat loaf was dry.

312
00:12:37,931 --> 00:12:39,323
That sounds right.

313
00:12:42,656 --> 00:12:45,831
- Hi, Brenda.
- I just wanted to see how today went.

314
00:12:45,834 --> 00:12:47,830
Oh.

315
00:12:50,204 --> 00:12:52,026
Not great.

316
00:12:52,029 --> 00:12:53,944
Sheldon is already in some sort of fight

317
00:12:53,947 --> 00:12:55,947
with his philosophy professor.

318
00:12:55,949 --> 00:12:58,710
- About what?
- Currently, he's plotting

319
00:12:58,713 --> 00:13:00,952
"the destruction of her worldview,"

320
00:13:00,954 --> 00:13:03,283
- whatever that means.
- Sounds exciting.

321
00:13:03,286 --> 00:13:06,218
It's mostly him reading a
book and giggling to himself.

322
00:13:06,220 --> 00:13:08,046
How about Billy?

323
00:13:08,048 --> 00:13:09,134
Not much better.

324
00:13:09,136 --> 00:13:10,674
- Oh.
- In Spanish class,

325
00:13:10,677 --> 00:13:13,398
every time the teacher said
"Sí,"Billy said, "See what?"

326
00:13:13,401 --> 00:13:15,140
Oh, Billy.

327
00:13:15,142 --> 00:13:18,354
I know, but if I don't
laugh about it I'll cry.

328
00:13:18,357 --> 00:13:19,612
I'm sorry.

329
00:13:19,615 --> 00:13:21,026
How did Missy do?

330
00:13:21,029 --> 00:13:23,247
I think Missy had the
best day of her life.

331
00:13:23,250 --> 00:13:25,802
Oh, thank God. Tell me everything.

332
00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:29,981
Well, in one class she
sits between her friends,

333
00:13:29,983 --> 00:13:31,846
so the note-passing goes through her.

334
00:13:31,849 --> 00:13:34,711
She's gonna get the dirt
firsthand. That's huge.

335
00:13:34,714 --> 00:13:37,335
And then an eighth-grade
boy talked to her at lunch.

336
00:13:37,338 --> 00:13:39,077
- On the first day?
- Uh-huh.

337
00:13:39,079 --> 00:13:41,007
She's gonna be prom
queen. I'm calling it.

338
00:13:41,010 --> 00:13:42,726
That's fun,

339
00:13:42,729 --> 00:13:45,257
but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

340
00:13:45,259 --> 00:13:47,476
Mary, it'll be a miracle

341
00:13:47,478 --> 00:13:49,783
if Billy even makes it to high school.

342
00:13:49,785 --> 00:13:51,265
Don't take this away from me.

343
00:13:52,683 --> 00:13:55,118
Missy is gonna look
so cute in that tiara.

344
00:13:55,121 --> 00:13:56,137
Yes, she is.

345
00:13:56,139 --> 00:13:57,922
That's the Fresh Prince.

346
00:13:57,924 --> 00:13:59,532
He's from West Philadelphia.

347
00:13:59,534 --> 00:14:01,014
Born and raised.

348
00:14:02,972 --> 00:14:04,929
It was past my bedtime,

349
00:14:04,931 --> 00:14:06,931
but who could sleep with a page-turner

350
00:14:06,933 --> 00:14:10,151
like Meditations on First
Philosophy by René Descartes?

351
00:14:10,153 --> 00:14:12,327
Descartes was more
than just a philosopher.

352
00:14:12,329 --> 00:14:14,329
He was also the mathematician

353
00:14:14,331 --> 00:14:16,592
who invented the Cartesian plane.

354
00:14:16,594 --> 00:14:18,464
If you've ever enjoyed that X squared

355
00:14:18,466 --> 00:14:20,683
plus Y squared equals K is a circle,

356
00:14:20,685 --> 00:14:23,276
you can say merci beaucoup
to Monsieur Descartes.

357
00:14:30,102 --> 00:14:31,710
Hello?

358
00:14:31,713 --> 00:14:33,478
Bonjour, Sheldon.

359
00:14:33,481 --> 00:14:35,158
Bonjour, René Descartes.

360
00:14:35,161 --> 00:14:36,902
Please, sit.

361
00:14:40,488 --> 00:14:44,055
I see you're reading a book
on philosophy by Aristotle.

362
00:14:44,057 --> 00:14:47,536
I am. And it is garbage!

363
00:14:47,538 --> 00:14:51,716
Aristotle is, how you say, a punk!

364
00:14:54,154 --> 00:14:57,633
I'm also having trouble
with my philosophy professor.

365
00:14:57,635 --> 00:15:00,112
She says that we don't
know if science is true.

366
00:15:00,115 --> 00:15:01,985
Mon dieu!

367
00:15:01,988 --> 00:15:04,683
Without science, we know nothing.

368
00:15:04,686 --> 00:15:08,079
No different than the dogs
and kitties in the street

369
00:15:08,081 --> 00:15:11,125
wandering around in a fog of ignorance

370
00:15:11,127 --> 00:15:13,182
with the woofings and the meowings.

371
00:15:13,185 --> 00:15:14,999
So how do I get her to
understand that science

372
00:15:15,001 --> 00:15:18,174
can form true beliefs about
reality as it really is?

373
00:15:18,177 --> 00:15:20,305
Ah, young man.

374
00:15:20,308 --> 00:15:23,094
You are you asking
what is the foundation

375
00:15:23,096 --> 00:15:24,737
of knowledge, huh?

376
00:15:24,740 --> 00:15:27,729
- Yes.
- Well, hold on to your chapeau.

377
00:15:27,732 --> 00:15:28,932
I'm not wearing a chapeau.

378
00:15:28,935 --> 00:15:30,799
It is just an expression.

379
00:15:30,802 --> 00:15:32,059
Sorry.

380
00:15:32,061 --> 00:15:34,061
All knowledge must rest

381
00:15:34,063 --> 00:15:39,068
on a foundation that we can
never doubt and that is...

382
00:15:40,069 --> 00:15:41,768
Of course.

383
00:15:41,771 --> 00:15:43,796
So we learned that
the theory of knowledge

384
00:15:43,799 --> 00:15:45,986
poses some very serious problems.

385
00:15:45,988 --> 00:15:48,336
Excuse me, Professor Ericson.

386
00:15:48,338 --> 00:15:51,861
I've done a little reading since
last we spoke, and I'm prepared

387
00:15:51,863 --> 00:15:55,039
to show you that everything
we know about science is true.

388
00:15:55,041 --> 00:15:56,823
Well, I am all ears.

389
00:15:56,825 --> 00:15:59,916
You said I couldn't truly know anything,

390
00:15:59,919 --> 00:16:01,567
but there is one thing that I do know.

391
00:16:01,569 --> 00:16:04,057
If I question, I must think;

392
00:16:04,060 --> 00:16:06,049
if I think, I must exist.

393
00:16:06,056 --> 00:16:11,830
Cogito, ergo sum: I
think, therefore I am.

394
00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:15,537
You're right.

395
00:16:15,539 --> 00:16:17,278
You're darn right I'm right.

396
00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,542
Guys, g-give it up for Sheldon.

397
00:16:23,330 --> 00:16:25,401
Now for a job well done...

398
00:16:26,858 --> 00:16:29,507
...here is a flower
full of sweet nectar.

399
00:16:29,510 --> 00:16:31,075
Why would I want that?

400
00:16:31,077 --> 00:16:33,729
Because you're a butterfly
and this is just your dream.

401
00:16:33,732 --> 00:16:35,526
I'm not a butterfly.

402
00:16:35,529 --> 00:16:37,906
Are you sure?

403
00:16:42,131 --> 00:16:45,741
It was a dream.

404
00:16:45,743 --> 00:16:46,960
Oh, no.

405
00:16:46,962 --> 00:16:49,528
Help!

406
00:16:49,530 --> 00:16:51,002
I'm a butterfly!

407
00:16:51,005 --> 00:16:53,901
Nothing I know is real!
Everything is a dream!

408
00:16:53,904 --> 00:16:55,558
Missy, help!

409
00:16:58,144 --> 00:17:00,231
No!

410
00:17:03,353 --> 00:17:04,570
Missy,

411
00:17:04,573 --> 00:17:07,067
am I awake or is this a dream?

412
00:17:07,069 --> 00:17:09,127
Shut up, dingus.

413
00:17:09,130 --> 00:17:10,290
Okay, I'm awake.

414
00:17:16,687 --> 00:17:19,018
Shelly, you feeling all right?

415
00:17:19,021 --> 00:17:20,368
Yes.

416
00:17:20,371 --> 00:17:21,901
How come you're not dressed?

417
00:17:21,904 --> 00:17:23,251
Why should I?

418
00:17:23,254 --> 00:17:25,838
'Cause you're gonna be late for school.

419
00:17:25,841 --> 00:17:28,667
- I'm not going to school.
- Why not?

420
00:17:28,670 --> 00:17:30,432
Because I don't know what's real.

421
00:17:30,435 --> 00:17:31,744
What does that mean?

422
00:17:31,747 --> 00:17:33,377
Dreaming and waking,

423
00:17:33,380 --> 00:17:37,077
life and death,
philosophers and butterflies,

424
00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,733
they're all the same.

425
00:17:39,736 --> 00:17:42,171
Nothing matters.

426
00:17:42,174 --> 00:17:45,785
That's an interesting
way of looking at things.

427
00:17:45,788 --> 00:17:47,746
George?

428
00:17:47,916 --> 00:17:49,630
_

429
00:17:52,627 --> 00:17:58,307
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