1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:03,216 Previously on The Big Bang Theory... 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,197 We just published a few months ago. 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,397 How did you have time to design an experiment? 4 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,518 This whole thing is actually a gigantic accident. 5 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,240 You weren't even thinking about super-asymmetry? 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:14,476 Thinking about it? 7 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:16,634 We don't even understand it. 8 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:19,349 Can you believe this? 9 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,875 Doctors Pemberton and Campbell have been doing a press tour 10 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,037 trying to take credit for super-asymmetry. 11 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:25,120 So what? 12 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,216 I mean, no one's gonna give them credit for accidentally discovering something. 13 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,440 Yeah, who remembers the guy who was trying to find India 14 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:32,159 and discovered America instead? 15 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:33,760 What was his name again? 16 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:35,992 Now stop trying to steal our Nobel Prize. 17 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:37,560 You come up with your own idea. 18 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:39,000 Yeah, that's not gonna happen. 19 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:43,976 Have a seat, thanks for being here. 20 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,957 I feel the same way about you. 21 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:47,315 This is nice. 22 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,160 All my friends hanging out, watching Ellen. 23 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,596 It's like, what am I gonna do with my other two wishes? 24 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,230 It's not nice. 25 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,438 She's having on the scientists who are trying to steal our Nobel Prize. 26 00:00:58,720 --> 00:00:59,976 Although I will enjoy watching her 27 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,593 expose Pemberton and Campbell 28 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,070 for the coattail-riding frauds that they are. 29 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,391 That is Ellen's brand. Gotcha journalism. 30 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,355 Yeah, you should've seen her take down John Krasinski last week. 31 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,238 Got him to admit he loved his wife. 32 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:13,356 It was brutal. 33 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:15,376 All right, our next guests 34 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:16,720 are a couple of physicists. 35 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:17,995 Don't turn the channel. 36 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:19,833 They've been doing some viral videos online 37 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,674 about what it's like to be in the running for a Nobel Prize. 38 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:24,672 Please welcome Doctors Greg Pemberton 39 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,638 and Kevin Campbell. 40 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,471 Why does she even want to have scientists on? 41 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,080 That's a silly question. 42 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,336 Who else will give her audience 43 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,352 causal explanations of natural phenomena? 44 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,751 I love you, honey, but think. 45 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,037 So you guys have discovered something pretty amazing in the universe. 46 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,999 Obviously, I understand high-level physics 47 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:49,280 because I'm a comedian, but... 48 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,632 Could you explain it to the audience? 49 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,031 Well, I don't know, 50 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,240 I'm not sure we're even smart enough to understand it. 51 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,152 Look, look, the audience is laughing at them. 52 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:01,240 It's starting. 53 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,193 I hate to say it, Sheldon, but I think the audience likes them. 54 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,837 Well, that will all change when Ellen asks them 55 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,593 how super-asymmetry explains 56 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,036 the cosmological excess of matter over anti-matter 57 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,794 and they panic like Leonard trying to do a pull-up. 58 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:16,309 Hey, what'd I do? 59 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:17,516 Not a pull-up. 60 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:20,639 People have been loving your videos. 61 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:22,800 Especially the... The songs that you've been posting. 62 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:23,711 Thank you. 63 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,315 This may be pushing it, but I have to ask. 64 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:27,754 Would you mind singing 65 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,274 one of those for us right now? 66 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:30,794 - Oh, why not? - All right. 67 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,200 Come on, Ellen, they're right there. Go for the jugular. 68 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,159 Let's get physicist, physicist 69 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,995 I wanna get physicist 70 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,717 Let's get into physicist 71 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,269 - Let me hear your boson talk - Boson talk 72 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:47,360 Come on, Ellen. 73 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,756 Let me hear your boson talk... 74 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,871 Our whole universe was in a hot dense state 75 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,112 Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started... 76 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,031 Wait! 77 00:02:58,120 --> 00:02:59,031 The earth began to cool 78 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,554 The autotrophs began to drool 79 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:02,154 Neanderthals developed tools 80 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,038 We built a wall We built the pyramids 81 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,880 Math, science, history Unraveling the mystery 82 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,838 It all started with the Big Bang! 83 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:10,354 Bang! 84 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:19,155 Dr. Pemberton. 85 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:20,516 Dr. Campbell. 86 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:22,320 Doctors Pemberton and Campbell. 87 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:25,431 Morning, buddy. 88 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:26,874 I am not your buddy. 89 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,997 - What's wrong? - I'll tell you what's wrong. 90 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,719 You went on TV and were charming. 91 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:33,957 Thanks, man. That's what my mom said. 92 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,991 Why don't you come in and have some parfait? 93 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:38,576 Yeah, we ordered it from room service, 94 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:39,920 it cost, like, 12 bucks. 95 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,912 It's just yogurt in a glass. 96 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:44,754 I don't want your yogurt. 97 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:45,840 Then what do you want? 98 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:47,496 I want you to hold a press conference 99 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,160 where you admit that you blindly stumbled into super-asymmetry 100 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:51,833 and it was really our discovery. 101 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:53,240 Oh. 102 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:54,520 No, thanks. 103 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,311 You know, just because we proved something by accident 104 00:03:58,400 --> 00:03:59,680 doesn't mean we didn't prove it. 105 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:03,032 Yeah, I wasn't trying to prove that my wife was cheating on me 106 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:04,634 when I came home early one Friday, 107 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:06,440 but I'm still sleeping on his couch. 108 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,273 I told you, you can do better than her. 109 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,279 Thanks, it just hurts. 110 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,192 And when you win that Nobel Prize, 111 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:14,656 she's gonna realize that she was wrong. 112 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:15,875 You are not a fraud. 113 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,360 She is not wrong! 114 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,595 Wow, I can't believe you're siding with Linda. 115 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:23,516 Shame on you. 116 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:29,917 Look at this. They posted another video. 117 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:31,235 It's not even about science. 118 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:32,834 They're on a celebrity bus tour. 119 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:34,076 Those are fun. 120 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,119 I went on one and saw Tom Hanks talking to his gardener. 121 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:40,040 He's even nice when you plant the wrong color azaleas. 122 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,790 Those guys are good at self-promoting, so what? 123 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:45,758 No one ever won a Nobel for being nice. 124 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:47,316 Yeah, but if they did, 125 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:48,456 do you know who would win one? 126 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:49,880 Are you gonna say Tom Hanks? 127 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,235 He picked up a shovel and helped the guy replant. 128 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,397 Dr. Cooper, there you are. 129 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:58,856 I just want to tell you not to worry 130 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,111 about this Pemberton and Campbell publicity blitz. 131 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,350 Are you worried? 132 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:03,760 Not at all. 133 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:04,876 Not even a little bit. 134 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:11,112 Look, it doesn't matter if they have popular support. 135 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,271 We're gonna get the scientific community behind us. 136 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,556 He's right, the Nobel Prize is about the work. 137 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:16,816 And as your fellow scientists, 138 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:18,194 we support you and Amy. 139 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:19,839 That's great, Scooby Gang. 140 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,316 Now, the university is gonna host 141 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,153 a reception for you and Dr. Fowler 142 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,472 where we invite as many academic luminaries as we can, 143 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:29,994 give them a chance to meet you, 144 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:31,116 hear about your work. 145 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,316 That's a great idea. 146 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,234 Yeah. Who needs to be likable when you have Nobel Laureates 147 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:36,470 campaigning for you? 148 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,029 Now, wait a minute. Do you not think we're likable? 149 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:41,634 That's what's great about you, 150 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,189 you never stop asking the tough questions. 151 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:54,799 Hey. Kids asleep? 152 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,031 Nope. I've been trying to get them down for hours. 153 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,032 Apparently, Halley's afraid of the dark now 154 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:00,256 and I can't turn on the night-light 155 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:01,475 'cause it makes Michael cry. 156 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,040 Why doesn't he like the night-light? 157 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:04,793 Jot that down and we can ask him 158 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:06,109 as soon as he learns to speak. 159 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,880 We can also find out what's so damn funny about birds. 160 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:15,629 I'll go talk to her. 161 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,874 I don't know why she's suddenly so afraid of everything. 162 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,830 Honey, remember, she's my child, too. 163 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:28,440 Hey, sweetie, 164 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,352 I heard you were afraid of the dark. 165 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,638 I know someone else who was afraid of the dark once. 166 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,396 Your daddy, when he was in space. 167 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,910 And just like you, I was wearing a full diaper. 168 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:45,230 Hey, good news. 169 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,915 They're inviting several Nobel Laureates to our reception. 170 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,480 Oh, great, like who? 171 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,916 Uh... Makoto Kobayashi. 172 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:53,435 Ooh. 173 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:55,951 What? 174 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,872 Well, I may have been less than kind to him 175 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,599 about his Nobel Prize win. 176 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:01,756 Why? 177 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:03,957 I was jealous, angry and new to Twitter. 178 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:05,280 It was a dangerous combination. 179 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,875 Okay, so scratch Kobayashi. 180 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,599 Uh, George Smoot's on here. 181 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:11,910 Ugh... 182 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,318 We have a history. 183 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:17,955 Saul Perlmutter? 184 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:19,080 Oh! 185 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:22,400 What about Kip Thorne? 186 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,279 That was a misunderstanding. 187 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:25,999 I didn't know he was right behind me. 188 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,279 So you've alienated everyone we need to help us? 189 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,480 Well, Amy, if I had known that someday we'd need them, 190 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,438 I would never have insulted them. 191 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:38,552 - Well, that doesn't make it better. - Oh. 192 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:40,520 Well, it's also not true. 193 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:52,719 - Hey. - Hey. 194 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,359 Oh. That's cute. 195 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:57,479 Did Halley draw that at preschool? 196 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:01,436 I drew it. 197 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:02,520 Well, good night. 198 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:06,633 It's supposed to be an astronaut. 199 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,360 And I'm supposed to be living on my own at this age, 200 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,636 but here we are. 201 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,114 Halley was scared and Howard told her the sweetest story 202 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:18,350 about when he was in space 203 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,399 and I thought I could turn it into a book for her and Michael. 204 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,876 Oh. Well, I mean, I am an artist. 205 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,111 If you want, I could do the drawings. 206 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,760 - Really? That'd be amazing. - Yeah, it'd be fun. 207 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,319 And a nice change of pace from what I usually draw. 208 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:33,800 What do you usually draw? 209 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:34,996 Well, good night. 210 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:41,756 Someone texting you? 211 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,355 No, I just met my exercise goal for the day. 212 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:50,160 By doing the dishes? 213 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,517 Hey, you have your goals, I have mine. 214 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,957 - Hello. - What are you two doing? 215 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:58,520 Just finishing a workout. 216 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:01,031 What's up? 217 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:02,520 Do you have any cookie dough? 218 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:03,397 Uh... 219 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,477 I think so. Let me see. 220 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:10,199 Yeah, we've got chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin. 221 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:11,800 Oatmeal raisin? 222 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:13,917 I know at least two things wrong with that cookie. 223 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:16,833 It's for the Nobel Laureates. 224 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,833 We need them on our side, but unfortunately, Sheldon... 225 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,276 No. "Unfortunately, Sheldon..." that's all you got to say. 226 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:25,997 Well, that's... So you need these people's support 227 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:27,594 and you're sending them baked goods? 228 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:28,760 Yeah, they're pretty smart. 229 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:30,736 Don't you think they're gonna realize it's just a bribe? 230 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:32,672 No, you'd think, but sometimes brilliant people 231 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,156 can be painfully oblivious to social cues. 232 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:40,999 Thank you for pointing that out, Sheldon. 233 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:43,956 Anytime. 234 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,996 "Sheldon Cooper"? Hmm. 235 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:58,360 "Sheldon Cooper"? 236 00:09:58,440 --> 00:09:59,715 Pass. 237 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:04,115 "Sheldon Cooper." Aww. 238 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,560 Ugh... Oatmeal raisin? Ugh! 239 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,509 Oh. It's from Saul Perlmutter. 240 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,273 He sent me a picture. 241 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:18,396 Ooh, let me see. 242 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:22,031 Oh, he arranged the cookies to spell out "thank you." 243 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:25,833 Sheldon, that word isn't "thank." 244 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:37,439 Hi. I got you a surprise. 245 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:38,830 What? Oh! 246 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:40,639 What's the occasion? 247 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,951 I heard you tell Halley that story the other night, 248 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:44,633 and I thought it was so sweet 249 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,030 that Stuart and I turned it into a book. 250 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,556 "The Frightened Little Astronaut"? 251 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,436 That looks just like you. 252 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:58,312 Look how tiny and scared you look. 253 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:01,400 And the best part is, 254 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,392 Stuart showed it to a publisher friend of his, 255 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:04,834 and they're interested in it. 256 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:06,594 That is so cool. 257 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:07,680 Absolutely not. 258 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:10,117 Why? 259 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,556 Because I don't want the whole world to know 260 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,632 I was the frightened little astronaut! 261 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:19,600 Maybe you should've called it 262 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:21,034 The Bitchy Little Astronaut. 263 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:27,914 You want to tell me what's going on? 264 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,513 Is my distress that obvious? 265 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:32,536 Sheldon, please don't take this the wrong way, 266 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:34,160 but when you're quiet even for a second, 267 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:35,350 something's wrong. 268 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:38,280 Well, it's true. 269 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:40,956 The fact is, I feel really bad for Amy. 270 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:42,394 Well, we all do. 271 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:43,880 But just for fun, why do you? 272 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:47,799 Well, she didn't do anything wrong, 273 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:49,792 but she's paying for my mistakes. 274 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,158 - Wow. - What? 275 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,230 No... I'm just honestly impressed. 276 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:57,716 When did you start caring about other people's feelings? 277 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,512 Well, I laughed when Amy got a shock from 278 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,000 the broken Christmas tree lights, 279 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:03,116 so it was after that. 280 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:09,034 So none of them are coming to the reception? 281 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:10,349 I don't think so. 282 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:12,950 Okay, what did he say that was so insulting? 283 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,875 Well, he may have suggested there was 284 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,636 an inelegance to the quadrupole normalization of Smoot's data. 285 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:21,795 Damn. 286 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,596 See, sometimes I wish I could invent a time machine, 287 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:29,717 so I could go back and prevent myself 288 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,029 from acting so rashly. 289 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,119 Or moving forward, you could think before you speak. 290 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:36,875 I suppose so. 291 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,475 But the time machine thing is probably more likely. 292 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:43,872 My problem is that I don't always know 293 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,394 when I've gone too far. 294 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,279 Well, if you like, I could try to help you out. 295 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:49,919 You know, and maybe let you know 296 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,434 if you're crossing a line. 297 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:53,720 Oh, you mean, like, with a code word? 298 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,031 Sure. How's "shut up"? 299 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,536 That's perfect. People say it to me all the time. 300 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:01,560 No one will suspect. 301 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:06,513 Hey, got a minute? 302 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,114 Sure. What's up? 303 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,716 Uh... Bernadette said you weren't crazy about the book. 304 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,029 No. It's great. 305 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,616 I just don't want anyone to ever see it 306 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:15,835 or read it or know it exists. 307 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,514 But this could be really good for me, you know? 308 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,432 Finally get my artwork published. 309 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,354 And come on, it's a, it's a cute story. 310 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:25,669 Easy for you to say. 311 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,319 No one's gonna think you're a coward. 312 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:30,756 Are you kidding? The other day in the comic book store, 313 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:32,433 a balloon popped and I threw up. 314 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,509 Can't you just take my name off it? 315 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,752 No, the only reason the publisher's interested 316 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:43,473 is 'cause a real astronaut wrote it. 317 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,277 Well, look, what if we made a few changes? 318 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:48,874 Sure, yes. 319 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,680 - What do you have in mind? - Well, nothing major. 320 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:52,896 But see here on the cover, where it says 321 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:54,991 "frightened little," what if, I don't know, 322 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:56,116 it didn't say that? 323 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,474 So, it would just be The Astronaut? 324 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,234 Yeah, you're right. 325 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,079 That doesn't quite pop. What about 326 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:07,358 The Brave Astronaut? 327 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,318 See, that's got some zip to it! 328 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:13,956 - Okay. - And here on this page, 329 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:15,116 where I'm crying. 330 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:16,520 What if, instead, I'm... 331 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,679 punching a meteor into the sun with my bare fists? 332 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:22,915 So you have superpowers? 333 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:25,280 I like the way you're thinking. 334 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:30,915 Professor Thorne? 335 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,229 Dr. Hofstadter. 336 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,039 You know my wife, Penny. 337 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:35,349 - Sure. Hi. - Hi. 338 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,240 We wanted to talk to you about Dr. Cooper. 339 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:39,834 - Now, before you say no... - No. 340 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,875 - Well, then, after you say no. - No. 341 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,357 Okay, look, Sheldon's a pain in the ass. 342 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,033 But Dr. Fowler's really nice. 343 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,430 So if you average them out, math... 344 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,156 ...you got someone who's okay. 345 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,798 And more than the person, the Nobel is about the work. 346 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:01,216 You should understand that more than anyone. 347 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,550 Yes, because of your work on gravitational waves. 348 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:04,756 You know my work? 349 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:07,277 I do. But I'm really hogging this conversation. 350 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:08,396 Leonard? 351 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,598 Just give them a chance. 352 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:13,235 Science has a history of difficult people. 353 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,710 Look at Newton, who was a jerk to Leibniz, 354 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:17,757 and Leibniz, who was a jerk to everyone. 355 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:19,496 Yeah, you know, and I don't need to tell you 356 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,512 that gravitational waves are disturbances 357 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,159 in the curvature of space-time. 358 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,114 Or that the... Hey, you worked on the movie Interstellar? 359 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:33,556 So, what do you think? 360 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:35,955 I think if you were in space 361 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:37,799 without a shirt on, you'd die. 362 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,636 Oh. No, I am wearing a shirt. 363 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,189 It's just skintight, so you can see my pecs. 364 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:47,796 When did you get pecs? 365 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:51,512 Yesterday, when I made Stuart add them. 366 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:54,991 Howie, what I liked about the other story 367 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:56,230 was that it was real. 368 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,551 I mean, nothing in this actually happened to you. 369 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,196 So, it's a children's book. 370 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:02,714 I mean, cats don't wear hats. 371 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:04,473 And if someone gives you green eggs, 372 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,075 it ends with you on the toilet trying to make a deal with God. 373 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,597 But the real story was so sweet. 374 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,353 The little astronaut was afraid, 375 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,194 but he still went to space, and that's what made him brave. 376 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,556 But in space, the other astronauts... 377 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:21,350 made fun of him, 378 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,080 and that's a thing he doesn't want to relive. 379 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:26,440 I get that. 380 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,837 I guess it would just take a really brave man 381 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:32,513 to put an embarrassing story like that 382 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:33,477 out into the world, 383 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:37,031 just so it might help some frightened children not feel so alone. 384 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,431 Wow. That is quite the guilt trip. 385 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:45,160 Are you sure you're not Jewish? 386 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,120 I'm just a wife that is so proud of her husband, 387 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:53,913 and doesn't think that he has anything 388 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,036 to be embarrassed about. 389 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:56,120 Oh. 390 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:58,434 You're sounding less and less Jewish. 391 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:03,319 Hey, we just heard that you're the ones 392 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,198 who convinced the Nobel Laureates to come. 393 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:06,600 - Thank you. - You are welcome. 394 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:07,591 You guys deserve this. 395 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,990 Yeah, now get out of here, go talk to some smart people. 396 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:12,351 Wait a minute. 397 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:16,036 Yeah, sorry. Sometimes I forget you're smart because you're so sexy. 398 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:17,990 - I can see that. - Yeah. 399 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:21,399 Dr. Cooper. Dr. Fowler. 400 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,536 I was just telling Professor Arnold how you came up with 401 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,472 super-asymmetry at your wedding. 402 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,153 It's a wonderful story. 403 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:28,515 It really is. 404 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:30,910 I wouldn't say it was the highlight of the wedding, 405 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,480 because I've been told not to 406 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,040 for reasons I don't fully understand. 407 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,440 But what he does understand is how the universe works, 408 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:38,536 and that's what's important. 409 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,155 Not what comes out of his mouth. 410 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:45,556 Uh-oh. 411 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:47,838 I haven't been to a lot of parties like this, 412 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,031 but what does a "Physics Rumble" look like? 413 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:53,920 - Kind of like angry chickens. - Hmm. 414 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,356 Or like when puppets fight. 415 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,800 Dr. Cooper, Dr. Fowler, good to see you. 416 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:01,950 What are you doing here? 417 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,190 Professor Smoot invited us. 418 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:04,919 - We're Facebook friends. - Smooty! 419 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,518 Well, this is our reception, so go away. 420 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,990 Actually, Amy, I think we should let them stay. 421 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:14,560 Please, enjoy yourselves. 422 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,233 Try some pigs in blankets. 423 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:17,640 And yes, that is the plural. 424 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:19,836 - Great. - Thanks. 425 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:22,800 What are you doing? 426 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:23,950 If they stay, 427 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,016 everyone will see that their grasp on super-asymmetry 428 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,110 is tenuous at best. 429 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,279 Oh. That's clever. 430 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:31,360 Yeah, I don't just know the plurals of things, Amy. 431 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:34,591 Is this gonna be a problem? 432 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,194 No, no. We have a plan. 433 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,837 Dr. Campbell and Pemberton, 434 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:40,639 settle a bet for Dr. Fowler and me? 435 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,951 We were just discussing, under what conditions 436 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,077 the radiative corrections to super-asymmetry 437 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,356 could cause time variation of alpha EM? 438 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,677 I say active galactic nuclei 439 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,274 at cosmological distances 440 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:52,760 show a part per million deviation. 441 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:56,840 Dr. Cooper says this has been disproven recently with quasar observations. 442 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:58,470 What do you think? 443 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:04,396 I agree with you. 444 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:08,440 Good answer. 445 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:11,237 Hey, if we haven't said it before, 446 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,313 we just want to say... thank you. 447 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,280 Yeah. We couldn't have proven super-asymmetry without you. 448 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:18,856 Wait, wait. You all heard them say it. 449 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:19,950 They didn't do anything. 450 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,034 Sheldon. Shut up. 451 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:25,351 - Yeah... Well, that's rude. - No. Shut up. 452 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:26,635 Oh, the code word, thank you. 453 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:29,736 You know, it's strange. A few months ago, 454 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,896 nobody paid any attention to us, and now all of a sudden, 455 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,280 we're getting all these accolades. 456 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:34,816 Yeah, have any of you ever felt like 457 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,194 maybe you didn't deserve it? 458 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,118 Leonard, there's something I need to say. 459 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:39,200 - Shut up. - Okay. 460 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:40,840 It's crazy. 461 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,355 We conclusively proved super-asymmetry, 462 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,478 and yet somehow we, we still feel like impostors. 463 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,040 There should be a term for that. 464 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:50,680 Oh, for crying out loud, there is a term for that! 465 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,672 It's called "imposter syndrome" 466 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:53,796 and you don't have it! 467 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,230 Because you can't have it if you are impostors, 468 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:57,390 and you are! 469 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,320 We're the ones who discovered super-asymmetry! 470 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,472 So if anyone's gonna feel like they have imposter syndrome, it's us, 471 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,234 because we're not impostors! They are! 472 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,471 You're impostors and you're frauds! 473 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:16,936 - Is that what I would've sounded like? - Yeah. 474 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:17,960 Yikes! 475 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,475 "Once upon a time, there was a little astronaut 476 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:28,710 who was sitting in a rocket 477 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,553 waiting to go to space." 478 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:32,176 Three... two... one... 479 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:33,776 "And while all the other astronauts 480 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,440 laughed and joked, he stayed quiet, 481 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,034 because he had a secret. 482 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:39,879 He was scared. 483 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:41,954 He had another secret, too. 484 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,600 He was only pretending to be scared to trick the alien king." 485 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,320 Aha! 486 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:49,360 Howie. 487 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,919 Fine. There was no alien. 488 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,920 There was a bossy wife, though. We'll get to her later.