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Does the baby need a break?
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Thanks.
- Please.
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This is a beer from here.
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Welcome to the faculty,
Professor Wong.
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Thanks.
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How was your trip?
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Not too much jet lag?
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It's not that bad.
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Wonderful.
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I am your assistant,
If necessary, also your interpreter.
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I'm doing my doctorate in neurology.
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I have looked into your work.
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Maybe we prefer to speak English?
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Is my Cantonese that bad?
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I'm sorry for that.
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I cheated and claimed
I speak Cantonese.
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But I only speak it to my grandma.
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Her Cantonese isn't bad.
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I'm a big fan
your research work.
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I'll make an effort.
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Thanks.
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This is a local specialty.
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Hello?
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I'm doing well.
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Yes, I'm fine.
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I need a projector tomorrow.
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I've already written it to the university.
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I can do it alone too.
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That's very kind of you.
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See you in the morning.
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You've probably seen this model many times.
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At least it stands
for the central topic of your studies.
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For some it will keep them busy for the rest of their lives.
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Then please tell me what that is.
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A human brain.
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Well, actually it is
a nice colorful piece of plastic.
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Everything we explore
should be viewed similarly.
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Research is nothing else
as a series of attempts,
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Metaphors for the phenomena
the world to find.
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Please switch off everyone
electronic devices.
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I'll show you something.
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You are now
focused on this object.
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The light is bright,
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you are no other
exposed to visual stimuli.
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This is the default
of the adult brain.
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We call it “Spotlight Consciousness.”
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We take in the world around us
in a sequence
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quick, focused moments come true.
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Recently it was thought
that it's the same with babies,
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just on a more primitive level.
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But our research
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prove the opposite.
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Pass the ball
wherever you want.
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Further.
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you see,
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in this gently moving glow
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are the boundaries between
seen and unseen,
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Noticed and unnoticed
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fluent.
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This is not about limitation,
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nor about separation.
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It's about
To be part of a continuity.
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What you are experiencing now is what we,
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other researchers and I,
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introduce ourselves,
how babies perceive the world.
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We call this “Lantern Consciousness.”
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When we adults
concentrate on something,
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parts of our brain shut down
who are not directly involved.
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Concentrate means
So in our case, exclude it.
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When babies encounter something new,
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or something interesting,
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they do exactly the opposite.
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They don't switch off.
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Most regions of her brain
are activated.
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They are observing the new phenomenon
in its entirety,
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in every conceivable context.
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Let's look at this example:
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a 50 year old man
and a 6 month old child.
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We have both
set a completely new task,
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who have their undivided attention
required.
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We have their brain activity
compared before and during the task.
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We expected similar changes.
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We were sorely mistaken.
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Do you see?
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The difference is astonishing.
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The baby's brain waves are similar to those
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of people in deep meditation.
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Or just under the influence of certain people
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psychedelic substances.
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One could say,
that babies are high all the time.
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Well, this state
scientists hope so
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in their rare moments of intuition.
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Given the situation
worsening COVID-19 situation
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individuals make an effort
and organizations,
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fight the virus together
and to support Hong Kong.
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... while this part here is the cortex.
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It distinguishes us from the animals
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and makes us
the most developed species on earth.
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What do you do when you are with a creature
want to get in touch,
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but don't have a common language?
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You are curious,
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but you can't ask any questions.
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If you are a scientist,
you're lucky.
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You can do an experiment.
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For starters I have me
chosen the mimosa.
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She is there for one reason only
became famous.
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It can do the following:
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It is one of the few plants
which allows us to understand their reactions within
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a human time frame
to observe.
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This is pure coincidence,
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but we are thrilled about it.
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And that's why we say:
Yes, of course, she is intelligent,
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because she does something.
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This is how the mimosa became
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to the “intelligent” plant,
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simply because of this coincidence.
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Because of the relative proximity of the time periods,
in which we live.
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But it turned out,
that the mimosa learns
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remembers,
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weighs up their options
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and makes decisions.
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Chassé
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...skip!
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and leap.
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I work with babies,
until they start speaking,
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and since we have no verbal feedback,
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are circulating in science
the wildest guesses.
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Well, to be honest,
We can only guess today.
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It is a fairly young research area.
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A bit like mine.
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Exactly.
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And that's why I contacted you.
Thank you for your time.
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But gladly.
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To get back to my question:
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Would you like to be my mentor?
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That's pretty arrogant of me,
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I'm a total amateur in your field,
if anything!
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What I want to test
is not very complex.
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As you said in your lecture,
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what if they were us
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observe them the same way we do?
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I want to find out...
- Are you in Hong Kong?
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Do you have access to the laboratory?
- No.
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You need materials.
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I'm sitting on an empty campus
stuck somewhere in Germany.
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Me too, but at home
with a three year old.
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I'm going crazy,
because I can't work.
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We had to close everything.
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I shouldn't even be here.
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I just sneaked in here.
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Actually I have to go to the greenhouse.
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It's not entirely clear to me,
what you're getting at, but let's see.
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Can I call you back on my cell phone?
- Please.
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Hello!
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The sensors
now work properly.
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Thanks for the advice.
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I'm just trying
to create basic references.
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Two sample groups that are
relate to similar experiences.
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Why not?
But then you have to live with it,
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that the results
are scientifically inaccurate.
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But you know that yourself.
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Of course.
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This is our ginkgo.
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Not quite as magnificent as yours.
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It's a boy.
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Probably yours too.
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How do you come up with that?
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It is unusual,
to plant female trees in gardens.
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Too close to people.
- And why?
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They have a very unpleasant smell.
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In autumn, when the fruits are ripe,
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they stink like vomit.
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Interesting.
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Smell it for yourself.
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Good idea.
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I always wonder,
how they endure loneliness.
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I see in botanical gardens
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just a bunch of lonely souls,
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without a chance of a social life.
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They wouldn't with other species
make contact around them?
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No.
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You must be bored to death
or are depressed.
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And that's where you work!
- That's how it is.
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I am a very bad person.
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It's a female.
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That's daring.
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Then she's not so lonely.
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There must be males around them.
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Actually not.
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This is the only ginkgo here.
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I checked.
- Strange.
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The arms.
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I could send you seeds.
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Seeds?
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These are living fossils,
Naked seeder.
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You probably know that.
- No.
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Their sex life is pretty archaic.
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Very impractical actually.
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Hello, Professor Wong.
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Hello.
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I just wanted to know how you are doing.
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Do you feel lonely?
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Lonely?
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No. And you?
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We're all doing well, thank you.
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It must be depressing
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so alone on the big campus.
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Because of the loneliness.
- It works.
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Sorry!
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Sorry.
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Are you calling about something specific?
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Indeed.
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The university called me.
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Because...
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People are worried about you,
I should visit you.
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I'm fine.
They shouldn't worry.
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01:48:11,918 --> 01:48:15,543
I hope it's not a problem,
that I occupy the guest room.
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I was asked to talk to you...
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01:48:23,168 --> 01:48:24,251
About what?
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01:48:25,834 --> 01:48:28,876
There was a complaint.
Let me read it to you:
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Professor Wong lays
demonstrated disturbing behavior.
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He should refrain from doing this in the future...
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That's probably enough, sorry.
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01:48:39,834 --> 01:48:43,001
Embarrassed about you
harassing you with this stupid complaint.
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01:48:43,834 --> 01:48:45,834
That's completely absurd!
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You're a good girl, my sweetheart.
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Sorry, he's had enough,
to always be at home.
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Where were we?
- So...
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I'm looking for comparable experiences.
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I started with rain for her
and showers for me.
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Then you would have
have to drink in the shower!
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I'll be with you in a moment.
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Try psylocibin.
Or mescaline.
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That's difficult to get here.
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In the greenhouse perhaps?
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Could be.
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Wait, I'll show you someone.
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He doesn't like me very much.
I have invaded his kingdom.
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You are very sweet.
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I need materials
for my next experiment.
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You might find this in the neurology lab.
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Mr Wong...
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I can't help you.
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With your chip card...
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No.
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I'm sorry,
You put me in a tricky position.
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Your research has been put on hold.
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I mean research,
which is why I was hired.
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Not that...
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This is 's answering machine
Alice Sauvage. Speak now.
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Good, very good.
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"Good luck with the sperm. Alice"
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In loving memory
to Karl Baumgartner
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