"The Big Bang Theory" The Laureate Accumulation

1 00:00:00,056 --> 00:00:01,823 <i>Previously on</i> The Big Bang Theory... 2 00:00:01,892 --> 00:00:03,680 We just published a few months ago. 3 00:00:03,681 --> 00:00:05,936 How did you have time to design an experiment? 4 00:00:05,937 --> 00:00:09,005 This whole thing is actually a gigantic accident. 5 00:00:09,074 --> 00:00:11,708 You weren't even thinking about super-asymmetry? 6 00:00:11,776 --> 00:00:13,042 Thinking about it? 7 00:00:13,111 --> 00:00:16,245 We don't even understand it. 8 00:00:16,314 --> 00:00:17,847 Uh, can you believe this? 9 00:00:17,916 --> 00:00:19,293 Doctors Pemberton and Campbell have been doing 10 00:00:19,317 --> 00:00:22,385 a press tour trying to take credit for super-asymmetry. 11 00:00:22,454 --> 00:00:24,487 So what? I mean, no one's gonna give them credit 12 00:00:24,556 --> 00:00:26,556 for accidentally discovering something. 13 00:00:26,591 --> 00:00:27,602 Yeah, who remembers the guy 14 00:00:27,626 --> 00:00:28,736 who was trying to find India 15 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,259 and discovered America instead? 16 00:00:30,328 --> 00:00:32,161 What was his name again? 17 00:00:32,230 --> 00:00:34,163 Now stop trying to steal our Nobel Prize. 18 00:00:34,232 --> 00:00:36,099 You come up with your own idea. 19 00:00:36,167 --> 00:00:38,067 Yeah, that's not gonna happen. 20 00:00:40,605 --> 00:00:41,949 Have a seat, thanks for being here. 21 00:00:41,973 --> 00:00:44,307 I feel the same way about you. 22 00:00:44,376 --> 00:00:45,742 This is nice. 23 00:00:45,810 --> 00:00:48,544 All my friends hanging out, watching <i>Ellen.</i> 24 00:00:48,613 --> 00:00:52,582 It's like, what am I gonna do with my other two wishes? 25 00:00:52,651 --> 00:00:54,584 It's not nice. She's having on the scientists 26 00:00:54,653 --> 00:00:56,819 who are trying to steal our Nobel Prize. 27 00:00:56,888 --> 00:00:58,621 Although I will enjoy watching her expose 28 00:00:58,690 --> 00:00:59,956 Pemberton and Campbell 29 00:01:00,025 --> 00:01:02,592 for the coattail-riding frauds that they are. 30 00:01:02,661 --> 00:01:05,294 That is Ellen's brand, gotcha journalism. 31 00:01:05,363 --> 00:01:07,263 Yeah, you should've seen her take down 32 00:01:07,332 --> 00:01:08,765 John Krasinski last week. 33 00:01:08,833 --> 00:01:12,402 Got him to admit he loved his wife. It was brutal. 34 00:01:12,470 --> 00:01:13,748 All right, our next guests 35 00:01:13,772 --> 00:01:15,449 are a couple of physicists-- don't turn the channel. 36 00:01:15,473 --> 00:01:18,074 They've been doing some viral videos online 37 00:01:18,143 --> 00:01:21,044 about what it's like to be in the running for a Nobel Prize. 38 00:01:21,112 --> 00:01:23,146 Please welcome Doctors Greg Pemberton 39 00:01:23,214 --> 00:01:24,681 and Kevin Campbell. 40 00:01:28,787 --> 00:01:31,087 Why does she even want to have scientists on? 41 00:01:31,156 --> 00:01:33,389 Uh, silly question. Who else will give her audience 42 00:01:33,458 --> 00:01:36,225 causal explanations of natural phenomena? 43 00:01:36,294 --> 00:01:39,429 I love you, honey, but think. 44 00:01:39,497 --> 00:01:40,797 So you guys 45 00:01:40,865 --> 00:01:43,433 have discovered something pretty amazing in the universe. 46 00:01:43,501 --> 00:01:45,968 Obviously, I understand, uh, high-level physics 47 00:01:46,037 --> 00:01:49,105 because I'm a comedian, but... 48 00:01:49,174 --> 00:01:51,107 ...can you explain it to the audience? 49 00:01:51,176 --> 00:01:53,376 Well, I don't know, I'm not sure we're even smart enough 50 00:01:53,445 --> 00:01:54,744 to understand it. 51 00:01:56,514 --> 00:01:59,315 Look, look, the audience is laughing at them. It's starting. 52 00:01:59,384 --> 00:02:02,652 I hate to say it, Sheldon, but I think the audience likes them. 53 00:02:02,721 --> 00:02:05,221 Well, that will all change when Ellen asks them 54 00:02:05,290 --> 00:02:08,157 how super-asymmetry explains the cosmological excess of matter 55 00:02:08,226 --> 00:02:10,059 over anti-matter and they panic, 56 00:02:10,128 --> 00:02:12,829 like Leonard trying to do a pull-up. 57 00:02:12,897 --> 00:02:14,564 Hey, what'd I do? 58 00:02:14,632 --> 00:02:17,400 Not a pull-up. 59 00:02:17,469 --> 00:02:18,813 People have been loving your videos, 60 00:02:18,837 --> 00:02:20,748 especially the-the songs that you've been posting. 61 00:02:20,772 --> 00:02:22,105 - Oh, thanks. - Thank you. 62 00:02:22,173 --> 00:02:24,807 Uh, this may be pushing it, but I have to ask. 63 00:02:24,876 --> 00:02:27,410 Would you mind singing one of those for us right now? 64 00:02:27,479 --> 00:02:29,779 - Oh, why not? - All right. 65 00:02:29,848 --> 00:02:33,316 Come on, Ellen, they're right there. Go for the jugular. 66 00:02:33,418 --> 00:02:36,686 ♪ Let's get physicist, physicist ♪ 67 00:02:36,755 --> 00:02:39,388 ♪ I want to get physicist ♪ 68 00:02:39,457 --> 00:02:42,291 ♪ Let's get into physicist ♪ 69 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,061 ♪ Let me hear your boson talk ♪ 70 00:02:45,130 --> 00:02:48,798 Come on, Ellen. ♪ Let me hear your boson talk... ♪ 71 00:02:48,867 --> 00:02:52,335 ♪ Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state ♪ 72 00:02:52,403 --> 00:02:55,638 ♪ Then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started... Wait! ♪ 73 00:02:55,707 --> 00:02:57,306 ♪ The Earth began to cool ♪ 74 00:02:57,375 --> 00:03:00,009 ♪ The autotrophs began to drool, Neanderthals developed tools ♪ 75 00:03:00,078 --> 00:03:02,512 ♪ We built the Wall ♪ ♪ <i>We built the pyramids</i> ♪ 76 00:03:02,580 --> 00:03:05,214 ♪ Math, Science, History, unraveling the mystery ♪ 77 00:03:05,283 --> 00:03:07,116 ♪ That all started with a big bang ♪ 78 00:03:07,185 --> 00:03:08,674 ♪ <i>Bang!</i> ♪ 79 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:16,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 80 00:03:17,808 --> 00:03:19,141 Dr. Pemberton. 81 00:03:19,210 --> 00:03:20,476 Dr. Campbell. 82 00:03:20,545 --> 00:03:23,012 Doctors Pemberton and Campbell. 83 00:03:24,115 --> 00:03:25,078 Morning, buddy. 84 00:03:25,079 --> 00:03:26,244 I am not your buddy. 85 00:03:26,313 --> 00:03:28,480 - What's wrong? - I'll tell you what's wrong. 86 00:03:28,549 --> 00:03:31,383 You went on TV and were charming. 87 00:03:31,451 --> 00:03:33,418 Thanks, man. That's what my mom said. 88 00:03:33,487 --> 00:03:34,807 W-Why don't you come in 89 00:03:34,855 --> 00:03:36,494 and have some parfait? 90 00:03:36,495 --> 00:03:39,224 Yeah, we ordered it from room service; it cost, like, 12 bucks. 91 00:03:39,293 --> 00:03:41,760 It's just yogurt in a glass. 92 00:03:41,829 --> 00:03:44,262 I don't want your yogurt. 93 00:03:44,331 --> 00:03:45,331 Then what do you want? 94 00:03:45,399 --> 00:03:46,998 I want you to hold a press conference 95 00:03:47,067 --> 00:03:49,507 where you admit that you blindly stumbled into super-asymmetry 96 00:03:49,536 --> 00:03:51,336 and it was really our discovery. 97 00:03:51,405 --> 00:03:53,939 Oh. No, thanks. 98 00:03:55,609 --> 00:03:57,587 You know, just because we proved something by accident 99 00:03:57,611 --> 00:03:59,277 doesn't mean we didn't prove it. 100 00:03:59,346 --> 00:04:00,586 Yeah, I wasn't trying 101 00:04:00,614 --> 00:04:02,480 to prove that my wife was cheating on me 102 00:04:02,549 --> 00:04:03,827 when I came home early one Friday, 103 00:04:03,851 --> 00:04:06,585 but I'm still sleeping on his couch. 104 00:04:06,653 --> 00:04:08,253 I told you, you can do better than her. 105 00:04:08,322 --> 00:04:10,655 Thanks. It just hurts. 106 00:04:10,724 --> 00:04:12,991 And when you win that Nobel Prize, she's gonna realize 107 00:04:13,060 --> 00:04:15,093 that she was wrong, you are not a fraud. 108 00:04:15,162 --> 00:04:17,996 She is not wrong. 109 00:04:18,065 --> 00:04:21,333 Wow, I can't believe you're siding with Linda. 110 00:04:21,401 --> 00:04:23,034 Shame on you. 111 00:04:27,374 --> 00:04:29,207 Look at this. They posted another video. 112 00:04:29,276 --> 00:04:30,642 It's not even about science. 113 00:04:30,711 --> 00:04:32,410 They're on a celebrity bus tour. 114 00:04:32,479 --> 00:04:34,546 Those are fun. I-I went on one 115 00:04:34,615 --> 00:04:36,548 and saw Tom Hanks talking to his gardener. 116 00:04:36,617 --> 00:04:39,551 He's even nice when you plant the wrong color azaleas. 117 00:04:40,988 --> 00:04:43,088 Those guys are good at self-promoting, so what? 118 00:04:43,156 --> 00:04:45,390 No one ever won a Nobel for being nice. 119 00:04:45,459 --> 00:04:46,391 Yeah, but if they did, 120 00:04:46,460 --> 00:04:48,126 do you know who would win one? 121 00:04:48,195 --> 00:04:49,861 Are you gonna say Tom Hanks? 122 00:04:49,930 --> 00:04:53,265 He picked up a shovel and helped the guy replant. 123 00:04:54,935 --> 00:04:56,134 Dr. Cooper, 124 00:04:56,203 --> 00:04:58,147 there you are. I just wanted to tell you not to worry 125 00:04:58,171 --> 00:05:00,572 about this Pemberton and Campbell publicity blitz. 126 00:05:00,641 --> 00:05:01,773 Are you worried? 127 00:05:01,842 --> 00:05:03,174 Not at all. 128 00:05:03,243 --> 00:05:05,677 Not even a little bit. 129 00:05:05,746 --> 00:05:08,546 Look, i-it doesn't matter 130 00:05:08,615 --> 00:05:10,582 if they have popular support, 131 00:05:10,651 --> 00:05:12,951 we're gonna get the scientific community behind us. 132 00:05:13,020 --> 00:05:14,853 He's right, the Nobel Prize is about the work, 133 00:05:14,922 --> 00:05:17,656 and as your fellow scientists, we support you and Amy. 134 00:05:17,724 --> 00:05:19,858 That's great, Scooby Gang. 135 00:05:19,927 --> 00:05:22,327 Now, the university is gonna host 136 00:05:22,396 --> 00:05:24,729 a reception for you and Dr. Fowler 137 00:05:24,798 --> 00:05:28,166 where we invite as many academic luminaries as we can, 138 00:05:28,235 --> 00:05:30,702 uh, give them a chance to meet you, hear about your work. 139 00:05:30,771 --> 00:05:32,671 Uh, that's a great idea. Uh, yeah. 140 00:05:32,739 --> 00:05:34,717 Who needs to be likable when you have Nobel Laureates 141 00:05:34,741 --> 00:05:35,907 campaigning for you? 142 00:05:35,976 --> 00:05:37,075 Oh, yeah-- wait a minute. 143 00:05:37,144 --> 00:05:38,810 Do you not think we're likable? 144 00:05:38,879 --> 00:05:40,812 That's what's great about you, 145 00:05:40,881 --> 00:05:43,615 you never stop asking the tough questions. 146 00:05:52,392 --> 00:05:54,059 Hey. Kids asleep? 147 00:05:54,127 --> 00:05:56,628 Nope. I've been trying to get them down for hours. 148 00:05:56,697 --> 00:05:58,341 Apparently, Halley's afraid of the dark now 149 00:05:58,365 --> 00:05:59,475 and I can't turn on the night-light 150 00:05:59,499 --> 00:06:00,999 'cause it makes Michael cry. 151 00:06:01,068 --> 00:06:02,445 Why doesn't he like the night-light? 152 00:06:02,469 --> 00:06:04,269 Jot that down, we can ask him 153 00:06:04,338 --> 00:06:07,072 as soon as he learns to speak. 154 00:06:07,140 --> 00:06:11,009 We can also find out what's so damn funny about birds. 155 00:06:13,447 --> 00:06:15,013 I'll go talk to her. 156 00:06:15,082 --> 00:06:18,850 I don't know why she's suddenly so afraid of everything. 157 00:06:18,919 --> 00:06:21,987 Honey, remember, she's my child, too. 158 00:06:26,293 --> 00:06:27,770 Hey, sweetie, 159 00:06:27,794 --> 00:06:29,761 I heard you were afraid of the dark. 160 00:06:29,830 --> 00:06:33,298 I know someone else who was afraid of the dark once. 161 00:06:33,367 --> 00:06:35,767 Your daddy, when he was in space. 162 00:06:37,170 --> 00:06:41,039 And just like you, I was wearing a full diaper. 163 00:06:42,476 --> 00:06:44,576 Hey, good news. 164 00:06:44,644 --> 00:06:47,312 They're inviting several Nobel Laureates to our reception. 165 00:06:47,381 --> 00:06:49,047 Oh, great, like who? 166 00:06:49,116 --> 00:06:51,282 Uh... Makoto Kobayashi. 167 00:06:51,351 --> 00:06:53,418 Da-- ooh. 168 00:06:53,487 --> 00:06:55,587 What? 169 00:06:55,655 --> 00:06:57,300 Well, I may have been less than kind to him 170 00:06:57,324 --> 00:07:00,158 about his Nobel Prize win. 171 00:07:00,227 --> 00:07:01,259 Why? 172 00:07:01,328 --> 00:07:03,261 I was jealous, angry and new to Twitter. 173 00:07:03,330 --> 00:07:04,796 It was a dangerous combination. 174 00:07:04,865 --> 00:07:07,932 Okay, so scratch Kobayashi. 175 00:07:08,001 --> 00:07:10,001 Uh, George Smoot's on here. 176 00:07:12,406 --> 00:07:14,839 We have a history. 177 00:07:14,908 --> 00:07:17,342 Saul Perlmutter? 178 00:07:17,411 --> 00:07:18,777 Oh! 179 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,080 What about Kip Thorne? 180 00:07:22,149 --> 00:07:23,815 That was a misunderstanding. 181 00:07:23,884 --> 00:07:25,517 I didn't know he was right behind me. 182 00:07:27,254 --> 00:07:30,522 So you've alienated everyone we need to help us? 183 00:07:30,590 --> 00:07:32,724 Well, Amy, if I had known that someday we'd need them, 184 00:07:32,793 --> 00:07:35,927 I would never have insulted them. 185 00:07:35,996 --> 00:07:37,829 - Well, that doesn't make it better. - Oh. 186 00:07:37,898 --> 00:07:40,732 Well, it's also not true. 187 00:07:50,477 --> 00:07:52,911 - Hey. - Hey. 188 00:07:52,979 --> 00:07:55,046 Oh, that's cute. 189 00:07:55,115 --> 00:07:57,715 Did Halley draw that at preschool? 190 00:07:59,319 --> 00:08:00,585 I drew it. 191 00:08:00,654 --> 00:08:01,820 Well, good night. 192 00:08:03,957 --> 00:08:06,157 It's supposed to be an astronaut. 193 00:08:06,226 --> 00:08:09,494 And I'm supposed to be living on my own at this age, 194 00:08:09,563 --> 00:08:13,064 but here we are. 195 00:08:13,133 --> 00:08:16,134 Halley was scared and Howard told her the sweetest story 196 00:08:16,203 --> 00:08:18,837 about when he was in space and I thought I could turn it 197 00:08:18,905 --> 00:08:20,672 into a book for her and Michael. 198 00:08:20,740 --> 00:08:23,041 Oh, well, I mean, I am an artist. 199 00:08:23,110 --> 00:08:25,677 Uh, i-if you want, I could do the drawings. 200 00:08:25,745 --> 00:08:27,179 Really? That'd be amazing. 201 00:08:27,180 --> 00:08:29,347 Yeah, it'd be fun. And a, 202 00:08:29,416 --> 00:08:31,683 a nice change of pace from what I usually draw. 203 00:08:31,751 --> 00:08:32,917 What do you usually draw? 204 00:08:32,986 --> 00:08:33,986 Well, good night. 205 00:08:40,093 --> 00:08:41,593 - Someone texting you? - Uh, no, 206 00:08:41,661 --> 00:08:43,595 I just met my exercise goal for the day. 207 00:08:47,601 --> 00:08:49,634 By doing the dishes? 208 00:08:49,703 --> 00:08:52,036 Hey, you have your goals, I have mine. 209 00:08:54,608 --> 00:08:56,374 - Hello. - What are you two doing? 210 00:08:56,409 --> 00:08:59,043 Mm, just finishing a workout. 211 00:08:59,112 --> 00:09:00,211 What's up? 212 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:01,779 Do you have any cookie dough? 213 00:09:01,848 --> 00:09:04,582 Uh, I think so. Let me see. 214 00:09:04,651 --> 00:09:09,487 Yeah, we've got, uh, chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin. 215 00:09:09,556 --> 00:09:10,922 Oatmeal raisin? 216 00:09:10,991 --> 00:09:13,258 I know at least two things wrong with that cookie. 217 00:09:14,895 --> 00:09:16,227 It's for the Nobel Laureates. 218 00:09:16,296 --> 00:09:19,631 We need them on our side, but unfortunately, Sheldon... 219 00:09:19,699 --> 00:09:22,734 No. "Unfortunately, Sheldon..." that's all you got to say. 220 00:09:22,802 --> 00:09:24,903 Well, that's-- so you need these people's support 221 00:09:24,971 --> 00:09:26,571 and you're sending them baked goods? 222 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,072 Yeah, they're pretty smart. 223 00:09:28,141 --> 00:09:29,685 Don't you think they're gonna realize it's just a bribe? 224 00:09:29,709 --> 00:09:31,976 No, you'd think, but sometimes brilliant people 225 00:09:32,045 --> 00:09:34,979 can be painfully oblivious to social cues. 226 00:09:38,451 --> 00:09:41,519 Thank you for pointing that out, Sheldon. 227 00:09:41,621 --> 00:09:43,188 Anytime. 228 00:09:49,262 --> 00:09:51,396 "Sheldon Cooper"? Hmm. 229 00:09:56,303 --> 00:09:57,468 "Sheldon Cooper"? 230 00:09:57,537 --> 00:10:00,405 Pass. 231 00:10:00,473 --> 00:10:04,142 "Sheldon Cooper." Aw. 232 00:10:04,211 --> 00:10:07,011 Ugh, oatmeal raisin? 233 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,881 Ugh. 234 00:10:11,718 --> 00:10:14,886 Oh, it's from Saul Perlmutter. 235 00:10:14,955 --> 00:10:16,287 He sent me a picture. 236 00:10:16,356 --> 00:10:17,655 Ooh, let me see. 237 00:10:17,724 --> 00:10:21,893 Oh, he arranged the cookies to spell out "thank you." 238 00:10:23,029 --> 00:10:25,863 Sheldon, that word isn't "thank." 239 00:10:35,504 --> 00:10:38,605 Hi. I got you a surprise. 240 00:10:38,674 --> 00:10:41,508 What-- Oh. What's the occasion? 241 00:10:41,576 --> 00:10:43,388 I heard you tell Halley that story the other night, 242 00:10:43,412 --> 00:10:44,611 and I thought it was 243 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:47,947 so sweet that Stuart and I turned it into a book. 244 00:10:48,016 --> 00:10:52,385 <i>The Frightened</i> <i>Little Astronaut?</i> 245 00:10:53,422 --> 00:10:56,823 That looks just like you. 246 00:10:56,892 --> 00:11:00,727 Look how tiny and scared you look. 247 00:11:00,796 --> 00:11:02,862 And the best part is, Stuart showed it 248 00:11:02,931 --> 00:11:04,264 to a publisher friend of his, 249 00:11:04,332 --> 00:11:05,565 and they're interested in it. 250 00:11:05,634 --> 00:11:08,735 - That is so cool. - Absolutely not. 251 00:11:10,238 --> 00:11:11,304 Why? 252 00:11:11,373 --> 00:11:13,540 Because I don't want the whole world to know 253 00:11:13,608 --> 00:11:15,809 I was the frightened little astronaut! 254 00:11:19,281 --> 00:11:22,615 Maybe you should've called it <i>The Bitchy Little Astronaut.</i> 255 00:11:27,022 --> 00:11:29,489 You want to tell me what's going on? 256 00:11:29,558 --> 00:11:31,257 Is my distress that obvious? 257 00:11:31,326 --> 00:11:33,293 Sheldon, please don't take this the wrong way, 258 00:11:33,361 --> 00:11:34,961 but when you're quiet even for a second, 259 00:11:35,030 --> 00:11:36,996 something's wrong. 260 00:11:37,065 --> 00:11:39,132 Well, it's true. 261 00:11:39,201 --> 00:11:41,801 The fact is, I feel really bad for Amy. 262 00:11:41,870 --> 00:11:43,069 Well, we all do. 263 00:11:43,138 --> 00:11:45,805 But just for fun, why do <i>you?</i> 264 00:11:45,874 --> 00:11:48,475 Well, she didn't do anything wrong, 265 00:11:48,543 --> 00:11:50,260 but she's paying for my mistakes. 266 00:11:50,284 --> 00:11:51,679 Wow. 267 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:53,113 What? 268 00:11:53,181 --> 00:11:55,915 No-- I'm just honestly impressed. 269 00:11:55,984 --> 00:11:58,985 When did you start caring about other people's feelings? 270 00:11:59,054 --> 00:12:01,554 Well, I laughed when Amy got a shock from 271 00:12:01,623 --> 00:12:04,324 the broken Christmas tree lights, so it was after that. 272 00:12:06,695 --> 00:12:09,796 So none of them are coming to the reception? 273 00:12:09,865 --> 00:12:11,331 I don't think so. 274 00:12:11,399 --> 00:12:13,574 Okay, what did he say that was so insulting? 275 00:12:13,575 --> 00:12:16,836 Well, he may have suggested there was 276 00:12:16,905 --> 00:12:20,840 an inelegance to the quadrupole normalization of Smoot's data. 277 00:12:21,109 --> 00:12:23,042 Damn. 278 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:28,467 See, sometimes I wish I could invent a time machine, 279 00:12:28,550 --> 00:12:30,517 so I could go back and prevent myself 280 00:12:30,585 --> 00:12:31,985 from acting so rashly. 281 00:12:32,050 --> 00:12:34,652 Or moving forward, you could think before you speak. 282 00:12:36,224 --> 00:12:37,824 I suppose so. 283 00:12:37,893 --> 00:12:39,928 But the time machine thing is probably more likely. 284 00:12:42,196 --> 00:12:45,231 My problem is that I don't always know 285 00:12:45,300 --> 00:12:47,199 when I've gone too far. 286 00:12:47,268 --> 00:12:49,468 Well, uh, if you like, I could try to help you out. 287 00:12:49,537 --> 00:12:52,638 You know, and maybe let you know if you're crossing a line. 288 00:12:52,707 --> 00:12:54,847 Oh, you mean, like, with a code word? 289 00:12:54,871 --> 00:12:55,709 Sure. 290 00:12:55,710 --> 00:12:58,210 How's "shut up"? 291 00:12:59,647 --> 00:13:01,647 That's perfect. People say it to me all the time, 292 00:13:01,716 --> 00:13:02,815 no one will suspect. 293 00:13:06,587 --> 00:13:09,188 - Hey, got a minute? - Sure. What's up? 294 00:13:09,257 --> 00:13:11,324 Uh, Bernadette said 295 00:13:11,392 --> 00:13:13,025 you weren't crazy about the book. 296 00:13:13,094 --> 00:13:14,327 No. It's great. 297 00:13:14,395 --> 00:13:16,028 I just don't want anyone to ever see it 298 00:13:16,097 --> 00:13:17,697 or read it or know it exists. 299 00:13:17,765 --> 00:13:20,366 But this could be really good for me, 300 00:13:20,435 --> 00:13:22,835 you know? Finally get my artwork published. 301 00:13:22,904 --> 00:13:25,771 And-and come on, it's a, it's a cute story. 302 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:26,840 Oh, easy for you to say. 303 00:13:26,908 --> 00:13:29,075 No one's gonna think you're a coward. 304 00:13:29,143 --> 00:13:31,210 Are you kidding? The other day 305 00:13:31,279 --> 00:13:34,113 in the comic book store, a balloon popped and I threw up. 306 00:13:37,418 --> 00:13:39,852 Can't you just take my name off it? 307 00:13:39,921 --> 00:13:43,055 No, uh, the only reason the publisher's interested 308 00:13:43,124 --> 00:13:45,291 is 'cause a real astronaut wrote it. 309 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,527 Well, look, what if we made a few changes? 310 00:13:49,596 --> 00:13:51,396 Uh, sure, yes. 311 00:13:51,465 --> 00:13:53,165 - What-what do you have in mind? - Well, nothing major. 312 00:13:53,334 --> 00:13:54,744 But see here on the cover, where it says 313 00:13:54,768 --> 00:13:56,735 "frightened little," what if, I don't know, 314 00:13:56,804 --> 00:13:59,771 it didn't say that? 315 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,275 So, it would just be <i>"The Astronaut"?</i> 316 00:14:03,344 --> 00:14:05,711 Yeah, you're right. That doesn't quite pop. 317 00:14:05,813 --> 00:14:09,181 What about... <i>"The Brave Astronaut"?</i> 318 00:14:09,250 --> 00:14:11,683 See, that's got some zip to it! 319 00:14:12,786 --> 00:14:14,453 Okay. 320 00:14:14,521 --> 00:14:16,989 And here on this page, where I'm crying. 321 00:14:17,057 --> 00:14:19,691 What if, instead, I'm... punching a meteor 322 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,128 into the sun with my bare fists? 323 00:14:23,697 --> 00:14:25,597 So you have superpowers? 324 00:14:25,665 --> 00:14:28,466 I like the way you're thinking. 325 00:14:31,238 --> 00:14:33,471 Professor Thorne? 326 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:34,606 Dr. Hofstadter. 327 00:14:34,674 --> 00:14:36,274 Uh, you know my wife, Penny. 328 00:14:36,343 --> 00:14:37,575 - Sure. Hi. - Hi. 329 00:14:38,453 --> 00:14:40,453 Uh, we wanted to talk to you about Dr. Cooper. 330 00:14:40,580 --> 00:14:41,679 Now, before you say no... 331 00:14:41,748 --> 00:14:42,781 No. 332 00:14:44,851 --> 00:14:46,418 Well, then, after you say no. 333 00:14:46,486 --> 00:14:47,852 No. 334 00:14:47,921 --> 00:14:50,688 Okay, look, Sheldon's a pain in the ass. 335 00:14:50,757 --> 00:14:52,424 But Dr. Fowler's really nice. 336 00:14:52,492 --> 00:14:55,627 So if you average them out-- math... 337 00:14:56,930 --> 00:14:58,329 ...you got someone who's okay. 338 00:14:58,398 --> 00:14:59,398 But more 339 00:14:59,433 --> 00:15:02,167 than the person, the Nobel is about the work. 340 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:03,646 You should understand that more than anyone. 341 00:15:03,670 --> 00:15:06,070 Yes, because of your work on gravitational waves. 342 00:15:06,139 --> 00:15:07,305 You know my work? 343 00:15:07,374 --> 00:15:09,641 I do. But I'm-I'm really hogging this conversation. 344 00:15:09,709 --> 00:15:11,476 Leonard? 345 00:15:11,545 --> 00:15:13,011 Just give them a chance. 346 00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:15,647 Uh, science has a history of difficult people. 347 00:15:15,715 --> 00:15:17,148 Look at, uh, Newton, who was 348 00:15:17,217 --> 00:15:19,784 a jerk to Leibniz, and Leibniz, who was a jerk to everyone. 349 00:15:19,853 --> 00:15:21,853 Yeah, you know, and I don't need to tell you 350 00:15:21,922 --> 00:15:23,855 that gravitational waves are disturbances 351 00:15:23,924 --> 00:15:25,690 in the curvature of space-time. 352 00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:28,827 Or that the-- Hey, you worked on the movie <i>Interstellar?</i> 353 00:15:34,868 --> 00:15:36,468 So what do you think? 354 00:15:36,536 --> 00:15:38,369 I think if you were in space 355 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:41,573 without a shirt on, you'd die. 356 00:15:41,641 --> 00:15:43,374 Oh. 357 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:44,909 No, I am wearing a shirt. 358 00:15:44,978 --> 00:15:48,746 It's just skintight, so you can see my pecs. 359 00:15:48,815 --> 00:15:50,915 When did you get pecs? 360 00:15:50,984 --> 00:15:55,086 Yesterday, when I made Stuart add them. 361 00:15:55,155 --> 00:15:56,921 Howie, what I liked about the other story 362 00:15:56,990 --> 00:15:58,256 was that it was real. 363 00:15:58,325 --> 00:16:00,859 I mean, nothing in this actually happened to you. 364 00:16:00,927 --> 00:16:03,428 So, it's a children's book. 365 00:16:03,497 --> 00:16:05,163 I mean, cats don't wear hats. 366 00:16:05,232 --> 00:16:07,031 And if someone gives you green eggs, it ends 367 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:09,601 with you on the toilet trying to make a deal with God. 368 00:16:11,738 --> 00:16:13,771 But the real story was so sweet. 369 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,874 The little astronaut was afraid, 370 00:16:15,942 --> 00:16:18,376 but he still went to space, and that's what made him brave. 371 00:16:18,445 --> 00:16:22,514 But in space, the other astronauts... 372 00:16:22,582 --> 00:16:24,949 made fun of him, and that's a thing 373 00:16:25,018 --> 00:16:26,851 he doesn't want to relive. 374 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,586 I get that. 375 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:32,590 I guess it would just take a really 376 00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:34,726 brave man to put an embarrassing story like that 377 00:16:34,794 --> 00:16:37,195 out into the world, just so it might help 378 00:16:37,264 --> 00:16:39,597 some frightened children not feel so alone. 379 00:16:39,666 --> 00:16:43,468 Wow. That is quite the guilt trip. 380 00:16:45,772 --> 00:16:48,339 Are you sure you're not Jewish? 381 00:16:52,045 --> 00:16:54,712 I'm just a wife that is so proud of her husband, 382 00:16:54,781 --> 00:16:56,259 and doesn't think that he has anything 383 00:16:56,283 --> 00:16:58,316 to be embarrassed about. - Oh. 384 00:16:58,385 --> 00:17:01,052 You're sounding less and less Jewish. 385 00:17:03,557 --> 00:17:05,723 Hey, we just heard that you're the ones 386 00:17:05,792 --> 00:17:07,592 who convinced the Nobel Laureates to come. 387 00:17:07,661 --> 00:17:08,593 - Thank you. - You are welcome. 388 00:17:08,662 --> 00:17:09,594 You guys deserve this. 389 00:17:09,663 --> 00:17:10,703 Yeah, now get out of here, 390 00:17:10,764 --> 00:17:11,884 go talk to some smart people. 391 00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:16,067 - Wait a minute. - Yeah, sorry. Sometimes I forget 392 00:17:16,136 --> 00:17:18,436 you're smart because you're so sexy. 393 00:17:18,505 --> 00:17:21,739 - I can see that. - Yeah. 394 00:17:21,808 --> 00:17:23,308 Dr. Cooper. Dr. Fowler. 395 00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:25,810 I was just telling Professor Arnold how you came up with 396 00:17:25,879 --> 00:17:27,645 super-asymmetry at your wedding. 397 00:17:27,714 --> 00:17:29,814 It's a wonderful story. 398 00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:31,115 Ha, it really is. 399 00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:33,184 I wouldn't say it was the highlight of the wedding, 400 00:17:33,253 --> 00:17:34,819 because I've been told not to 401 00:17:34,888 --> 00:17:37,355 for reasons I don't fully understand. 402 00:17:37,424 --> 00:17:39,705 Uh, but what he does understand is how the universe works, 403 00:17:39,759 --> 00:17:41,025 and that's what's important. 404 00:17:41,094 --> 00:17:43,628 Not what comes out of his mouth. 405 00:17:46,433 --> 00:17:47,433 Uh-oh. 406 00:17:47,501 --> 00:17:49,401 I haven't been to a lot of parties like this, 407 00:17:49,470 --> 00:17:53,405 but what does a physics rumble look like? 408 00:17:53,474 --> 00:17:55,540 - Kind of like angry chickens. - Hmm. 409 00:17:56,109 --> 00:17:59,944 Or-or-or-or like, uh, when-when puppets fight. 410 00:18:00,013 --> 00:18:02,981 Dr. Cooper, Dr. Fowler, good to see you. 411 00:18:03,049 --> 00:18:04,148 What are you doing here? 412 00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:05,583 Professor Smoot invited us. 413 00:18:05,652 --> 00:18:07,218 - We're Facebook friends. - Smooty! 414 00:18:09,656 --> 00:18:12,457 Well, this is our reception, so go away. 415 00:18:12,526 --> 00:18:13,458 Actually, Amy, 416 00:18:13,527 --> 00:18:15,260 I think we should let them stay. 417 00:18:15,328 --> 00:18:16,861 Please, enjoy yourselves. 418 00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:18,596 Try some "pigs in blankets" snacks 419 00:18:18,665 --> 00:18:20,632 And yes, that is the plural. 420 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:22,300 - Great. - Thanks. 421 00:18:23,004 --> 00:18:24,203 What are you doing? 422 00:18:24,271 --> 00:18:25,738 If they stay, everyone will see 423 00:18:25,806 --> 00:18:27,172 that their grasp on super-asymmetry 424 00:18:27,241 --> 00:18:28,340 is tenuous at best. 425 00:18:28,409 --> 00:18:30,676 Oh. That's clever. 426 00:18:30,745 --> 00:18:33,178 Yeah, I don't just know the plurals of things, Amy. 427 00:18:34,582 --> 00:18:35,948 Is this gonna be a problem? 428 00:18:36,017 --> 00:18:38,150 Mm? No, no, no. We have a plan. 429 00:18:38,219 --> 00:18:39,652 Uh, Dr. Campbell and Pemberton, 430 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,887 settle a bet for Dr. Fowler and me? 431 00:18:41,956 --> 00:18:44,156 We were just discussing, under what conditions 432 00:18:44,225 --> 00:18:46,291 the radiative corrections to super-asymmetry 433 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:48,494 could cause time variation of alpha E.M.? 434 00:18:48,562 --> 00:18:52,364 I say active galactic nuclei at cosmological distances 435 00:18:52,433 --> 00:18:53,832 show a part per million deviation. 436 00:18:53,901 --> 00:18:55,334 Dr. Cooper says 437 00:18:55,403 --> 00:18:58,437 this has been disproven recently with quasar observations. 438 00:18:58,506 --> 00:18:59,605 What do <i>you</i> think? 439 00:19:04,812 --> 00:19:06,278 I agree with <i>you.</i> 440 00:19:08,816 --> 00:19:10,082 Good answer. 441 00:19:11,452 --> 00:19:12,763 Hey, uh, if we haven't said it before, 442 00:19:12,787 --> 00:19:15,954 we just want to say... thank you. 443 00:19:16,023 --> 00:19:18,457 Yeah. We couldn't have proven super-asymmetry without you. 444 00:19:18,526 --> 00:19:20,225 Wait-wait. You all heard them say it. 445 00:19:20,294 --> 00:19:21,460 They didn't do anything. 446 00:19:22,697 --> 00:19:25,264 - Sheldon. Shut up. - Yeah-- Well, that's rude. 447 00:19:25,332 --> 00:19:26,765 No. Shut up. 448 00:19:26,834 --> 00:19:29,768 Oh, the code word, thank you. 449 00:19:29,837 --> 00:19:31,181 You know, it's strange. A few months ago, 450 00:19:31,205 --> 00:19:32,983 nobody paid any attention to us, and now all of a sudden, 451 00:19:33,007 --> 00:19:34,473 we're getting all these accolades. 452 00:19:34,542 --> 00:19:36,241 Yeah, have-have any of you ever felt like 453 00:19:36,310 --> 00:19:37,643 maybe you didn't deserve it? 454 00:19:37,712 --> 00:19:39,344 Leonard, there's something I need to say. 455 00:19:39,413 --> 00:19:41,947 - Shut up. - Okay. 456 00:19:42,016 --> 00:19:44,616 It's crazy. We conclusively proved super-asymmetry, 457 00:19:44,685 --> 00:19:47,619 and yet somehow we, we still feel like imposters. 458 00:19:47,688 --> 00:19:49,221 There should be a term for that. 459 00:19:49,290 --> 00:19:51,924 Oh, for crying out loud, there <i>is</i> a term for that! 460 00:19:51,992 --> 00:19:54,059 It's called "imposter syndrome" 461 00:19:54,128 --> 00:19:55,427 and you don't have it! 462 00:19:55,496 --> 00:19:57,274 Because you can't have it if you <i>are</i> imposters, 463 00:19:57,298 --> 00:19:58,397 and you <i>are!</i> 464 00:19:58,466 --> 00:20:00,265 We're the ones 465 00:20:00,334 --> 00:20:01,344 who discovered super-asymmetry! 466 00:20:01,368 --> 00:20:02,479 So if anyone's gonna feel like 467 00:20:02,503 --> 00:20:03,669 they have imposter syndrome, 468 00:20:03,738 --> 00:20:07,473 it's us, because we're not imposters! <i>They</i> are! 469 00:20:07,541 --> 00:20:10,275 You're imposters and you're frauds! 470 00:20:16,350 --> 00:20:18,283 - Is that what I would've sounded like? - Yeah. 471 00:20:18,352 --> 00:20:19,885 Yikes! 472 00:20:27,035 --> 00:20:29,802 "Once upon a time, there was a little astronaut 473 00:20:29,871 --> 00:20:32,872 <i>who was sitting in a rocket</i> <i>waiting to go to space."</i> 474 00:20:32,907 --> 00:20:34,251 Three... two... one... 475 00:20:34,275 --> 00:20:36,275 <i>And while all</i> <i>the other astronauts</i> 476 00:20:36,344 --> 00:20:38,978 <i>laughed and joked,</i> <i>he stayed quiet,</i> 477 00:20:39,047 --> 00:20:40,613 <i>because he had a secret.</i> 478 00:20:40,682 --> 00:20:44,117 <i>He was scared.</i> <i>He had another secret, too.</i> 479 00:20:44,185 --> 00:20:47,820 <i>He was only pretending to be</i> <i>scared to trick the alien king.</i> 480 00:20:47,889 --> 00:20:49,756 Ha-ha! 481 00:20:50,892 --> 00:20:51,892 Howie. 482 00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:54,150 Fine. 483 00:20:54,151 --> 00:20:56,218 There was no alien. 484 00:20:58,905 --> 00:21:02,206 There was a bossy wife, though. We'll get to her later. 484 00:21:03,305 --> 00:22:03,296