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My new book The Hidden Reality
takes on a grand question:
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Is our universe
the only universe?
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You see, there's a growing
belief among scientists like me
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that ours may only be one
among many universes
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populating a gigantic cosmos.
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In The Hidden Reality,
I explore this possibility
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without presuming any knowledge
of mathematics or physics
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on the part of the reader.
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Hysterical.
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I'm glad you
talked me into this.
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We work so hard, sometimes,
it's nice to goof off
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and do something silly.
Agreed.
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Wait till you hear how he dumbs down
Werner Heisenberg for the crowd.
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You may actually believe
you're in a comedy club.
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You can think about Heisenberg's
"uncertainty principle"
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much like the special order menu
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that you find in certain Chinese
restaurants, where you have
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dishes in column A
and other dishes in column B,
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and if you order the first dish
in column A,
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you can't order the
corresponding dish in column B.
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That's sort of like the
"uncertainly principle."
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♪ Ba-dum-bump. ♪
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Say, I heard an
interesting tidbit
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about Howard and
Bernadette.
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Really, Amy? Gossip?
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I'm disappointed in you.
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Now, now.
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Evolutionary biologist Robin
Dunbar has identified gossip
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as an aid to social
bonding in large groups.
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Forgive my language,
but "poppycock."
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What if he's right?
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And by not
participating in gossip,
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society breaks
down into
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small feral bands of tattooed
motorcycle riders
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fighting to the death over the
last few cans of tuna fish?
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Fine.
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In the parlance
of the urban music scene,
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"what's the 4-1-1"?
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Bernadette is thinking about
breaking up with Howard.
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I believe our nation's
tuna cans are safe.
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Excuse me.
Dr. Greene, question?
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Yes?
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You've dedicated
your life's work
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to educating
the general populace
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about complex scientific ideas.
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Yes, in part.
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Have you ever considered
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trying to do something useful?
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Perhaps, reading to the elderly?
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Excuse me?
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Yeah, but not your books;
something they might enjoy.
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I kid, of course. Big fan.
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♪ Our whole universe
was in a hot, dense state ♪
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♪ Then nearly 14 billion years
ago expansion started... Wait! ♪
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♪ The Earth began to cool ♪
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♪ The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools ♪
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♪We built the Wall ♪
♪ We built the pyramids ♪
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♪ Math, Science, History,
unraveling the mystery ♪
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♪ That all started
with a big bang ♪
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♪ Bang! ♪
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♪ The Big Bang Theory 4x20 ♪
The Herb Garden Germination
Original Air Date on April 7, 2011
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== sync, corrected by elderman ==
-- Resync to The Big Bang Theory S04
720p BluRay x264-CLUE by lorez --
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Nice shot.
Thank you.
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My father taught me archery
as a child.
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It's odd how the activity
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brings back the smell
of Kmart bourbon.
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Perfect.
I know.
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What an elf
I would have made.
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Whoo.
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What do you think you're doing?
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Shooting at a target?
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With what?
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An arrow.
Really?
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I didn't see you draw one
from your quiver.
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I'm not going to do that,
Sheldon.
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Leonard, the people at Nintendo
can only go so far
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in helping us recreate
an actual athletic experience.
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We have to do our part, too.
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That was uncalled for,
but...
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I'll play along. Ow.
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I had an unusual experience
with Amy last night.
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Really? How could you tell?
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She was attempting
to engage me in gossip.
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Mm. You don't say.
Yes.
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I think prolonged exposure
to Penny
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has turned her into a bit
of a Gabby Gertie.
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So, what's the gossip?
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Oh, please, I was just
pointing it out.
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I have no desire to engage
in the activity.
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Fine, don't tell me.
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All right, get this.
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Bernadette is thinking
about breaking up with Howard.
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Oh...
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That's too bad.
I wonder what happened.
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Mm, it's hard to say.
I can only speculate
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based on the data I collected
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watching my parents' marriage
implode.
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In that case,
the woman dives into religion,
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while the man dives
into a bottle-blonde bartender
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who tries to buy my love
with action figures.
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Oop! Out of arrows.
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Boy, you sure get your money's
worth out of these games.
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Priya, can I come in?
Sure.
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Oh, God.
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What?
It's okay.
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You didn't know.
I'll take care of it.
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What-what did I do?
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Sheldon doesn't allow flossing
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that close to the mirror.
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You're kidding.
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It's a splatter thing.
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There's a little piece of tape
on the floor
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you're supposed to stand behind.
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That's madness.
I know.
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Just do it. There's a big
inspection coming up,
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and I don't want to lose
my TV privileges.
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You really need
to let me take a look
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at that roommate agreement,
one of these days.
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Mm, I don't know.
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I get a lawyer,
he gets a lawyer...
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It's just easier
to stand behind the tape.
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Oh, by the way,
a fellow at work
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said I could use his
Dodger tickets this weekend.
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Does that sound like fun?
Yeah!
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Dodgers are baseball,
right?
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You'll need to explain
the game to me.
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Mm, it's complicated.
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But as I remember it,
the essentials are
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"get chosen last, get hit
by the ball, cry, go home."
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Well, regardless,
I've got four tickets.
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And I was thinking we can bring
Bernadette and Howard.
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She's really interesting,
and I bet I can get used to him.
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Well, it might not
be a great idea
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to invite those two.
Why not?
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Don't tell anybody
I told you,
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but I heard she might
be breaking up with him.
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Oh... too bad...
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Although I do know one person
for whom that's good news.
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Really? Who?
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My brother.
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He's got a big crush
on Bernadette.
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What?
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You're kidding.
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No. I found poems
he wrote about her.
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Very disturbing.
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"Oh, Bernadette,
please play my clarinet."
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Wow, that's hard to believe.
Yes.
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And for years,
everyone in my family
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was convinced that he was
the clarinet enthusiast.
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Hmm. What's that
piece of tape?
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Oh, that one doesn't
apply to you. You sit.
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Hey.
Hey. How's it going?
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Not too bad. Did you hear
about Howard and Bernadette?
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'Course I heard about it.
How did you hear about it?
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I heard about it
from Sheldon.
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He got it from Amy.
Oh, damn it.
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I told Amy that in the
strictest confidence.
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Boy, some people are
such blabbermouths.
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Well, whatever.
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I'm sure Bernadette
can do better.
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Do you think a sexually ambivalent
Indian astrophysicist
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with selective mutism
and alcohol issues is better than
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a hundred-pound Jewish guy
who lives with his mom?
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You are kidding.
Raj likes Bernadette?
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I didn't say Raj.
Who said Raj?
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Okay, give.
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How do you know?
Did he tell you?
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No.
Well, then who?
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I can't say...
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Priya told you.
What a little gossip.
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You know, not an attractive
quality in a woman, Leonard.
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Not judging,
just my opinion.
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Well, The point is,
if this got out,
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it would destroy Howard
and Raj's friendship.
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You don't have to worry.
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Unlike Amy and Priya,
I know how to keep a secret.
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You're the one who told Amy
in the first place.
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In confidence!
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Hello, Mummy. Hello, Daddy.
How are you?
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We're very rich
in a very poor country.
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So, all in all,
can't complain.
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So, Priya,
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how are enjoying
staying with your brother?
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It's fine. But if
I'm going to stay
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in Los Angeles much longer,
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I think I should
get my own place.
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Why?
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Is Rajesh not making you
feel comfortable?
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Rajesh, why aren't you making
your sister comfortable?
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I am making her comfortable.
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Besides, she's not
sleeping here
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half the time anyw...
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What?
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Where are you
sleeping, Priya?
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It's a figure of
speech, Daddy.
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It means I-I work late.
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Please tell me
you're not dating an American.
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I knew this would happen.
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Rajesh, are you
letting your sister
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date that little Howard boy?
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Now, hold on. If she
is dating an American,
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that's not a bad way to go.
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He's Jewish.
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Those chaps are
very successful,
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and they don't drink a lot.
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It-It doesn't matter.
Howard has a girlfriend.
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For now.
What does that mean?
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I'll tell you later.
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Is something going on
with him and Bernadette?
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Who's Bernadette?
Doesn't sound Jewish.
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You can't tell by that.
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Winona Ryder is Jewish.
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Okay, we're getting
off the subject.
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Rajesh, I want
you to try harder
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to make your sister
feel welcome.
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Thank you, Daddy.
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Don't worry. Everything I have,
I share with her.
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Including my friend Leon...
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Good night, Mummy.
Good night, Daddy.
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Oh, my God,
I think you broke my toe!
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You should have kept
your mouth shut.
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Fair enough.
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Now, what's up with Clarinet...?
Bernadette!
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I've been thinking about
Dr. Greene's efforts
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to make science palatable
for the masses.
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Oh, yeah? What about it?
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That's all. I've just
been thinking about it.
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Now, I'm thinking
about fractal equations.
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Now I'm thinking about
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the origin of the phrase
"train of thought."
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Now I'm thinking about trains.
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Are you listening
to this guy?
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Hmm? Oh, I'm sorry.
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I was somewhere else.
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Lucky bastard.
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Now I'm thinking about Jell-O.
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So what's up?
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It's a Bernadette thing.
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Oh, no. I hope
everything's okay.
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Whatever it is,
we're here for you.
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You can tell us anything.
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Yeah. Good or
devastating.
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I'm gonna ask her to marry me.
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Marry you?
What?
Yeah.
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I just need to figure out the
right time to pop the question.
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Oh, I'd wait.
No rush, no rush.
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Oh, great. It's my cousin David
about the ring.
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Hey, David, what'd you find?
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Sure, a half a caret's fine.
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Her freakishly small hands
make anything look big.
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It's one of the reasons
I love her.
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Man, he's going
to be blindsided.
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I know. It'll be awful.
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Why are you smiling?
255
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Yeah, Raj, why?
256
00:11:29,190 --> 00:11:32,990
Uh, a smile means something
different in my country.
257
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You know, tears of joy,
smile of sadness.
258
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India's a goofy place.
259
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Oh, I'm back to trains.
260
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Woo-woo.
261
00:11:52,810 --> 00:11:55,530
Did I tell you our lab got
a grant to study addiction?
262
00:11:55,530 --> 00:11:57,570
No.
Fascinating work.
263
00:11:57,570 --> 00:12:01,300
I recently trained a capuchin
monkey to smoke cigarettes.
264
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Have you learned anything?
265
00:12:03,180 --> 00:12:06,640
Yes. He looks much cooler
than the non-smoking monkeys.
266
00:12:08,050 --> 00:12:09,780
Although it's not
much of a contest.
267
00:12:09,780 --> 00:12:13,420
The other monkeys just
sit around and masturbate.
268
00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:21,460
If you don't mind, I'd like to stop
listening to you and start talking.
269
00:12:21,460 --> 00:12:23,130
By all means.
270
00:12:23,130 --> 00:12:25,600
Howard has announced
his intention
271
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to propose marriage
to Bernadette.
272
00:12:27,770 --> 00:12:29,300
I don't understand.
273
00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:31,900
The original piece of gossip
indicated an impending breakup.
274
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I know.
275
00:12:33,010 --> 00:12:35,540
The group consensus
is that his proposal
276
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will be met with an humiliating,
soul-crushing rejection.
277
00:12:39,410 --> 00:12:42,450
Everyone was set a-twitter.
278
00:12:42,450 --> 00:12:46,180
Although oddly,
no one tweeted.
279
00:12:47,620 --> 00:12:49,430
It's not surprising that
the story has captured
280
00:12:49,430 --> 00:12:51,360
the attention of our
little circle of friends.
281
00:12:51,390 --> 00:12:53,120
Are you familiar
with meme theory?
282
00:12:53,130 --> 00:12:55,730
I'm familiar with
everything, but go on.
283
00:12:55,730 --> 00:12:58,030
Meme theory suggests
284
00:12:58,030 --> 00:13:00,630
that items of gossip
are like living things
285
00:13:00,630 --> 00:13:03,430
that seek to reproduce
using humans as their host.
286
00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,670
I'm no stranger to
memetic epidemiology.
287
00:13:06,670 --> 00:13:08,540
At Johnson Elementary School,
288
00:13:08,540 --> 00:13:13,340
the phrase "Shelly Cooper's
a smelly pooper" spread like wildfire.
289
00:13:13,350 --> 00:13:15,980
I should think so.
290
00:13:15,980 --> 00:13:17,710
That's gold.
291
00:13:21,050 --> 00:13:25,090
Your meme hypothesis
does intrigue me.
292
00:13:25,090 --> 00:13:27,160
How might we examine
this more closely?
293
00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:31,030
Do you have any ethical qualms
regarding human experimentation?
294
00:13:31,030 --> 00:13:36,000
It's one of the few forms of interaction
with people that I don't find repellent.
295
00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,470
We need to fabricate a
tantalizing piece of gossip.
296
00:13:39,470 --> 00:13:43,870
And a second non-tantalizing
piece to use as a control.
297
00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:45,740
Then we'll track its progress
through our social group
298
00:13:45,740 --> 00:13:48,080
and interpret the results through
the competing academic prisms
299
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of memetic theory,
algebraic gossip and epidemiology.
300
00:13:52,180 --> 00:13:57,520
Look at you, getting me to
engage in the social sciences.
301
00:13:58,860 --> 00:14:02,590
You're a vixen,
Amy Farrah Fowler.
302
00:14:08,150 --> 00:14:09,530
Oh, hey, Amy. What's up?
303
00:14:09,540 --> 00:14:11,670
Sheldon and I engaged
in sexual intercourse.
304
00:14:11,670 --> 00:14:14,700
In other news, I'm thinking of starting
an herb garden. Mum's the word. Gotta go.
305
00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,080
Oh, hey, Raj, what
are you doing here?
306
00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,350
I just felt like drinking alone,
307
00:14:25,350 --> 00:14:27,950
because I'm deep and dark.
308
00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:29,650
Uh-huh.
309
00:14:29,660 --> 00:14:31,150
So, uh, Howard's not here?
310
00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,990
No. It's just one of those
times when it's just you and me.
311
00:14:33,990 --> 00:14:36,090
Like when the three of us
went to the movies,
312
00:14:36,090 --> 00:14:37,830
and you and I waited outside
the bathroom
313
00:14:37,830 --> 00:14:40,630
while Howard threw up
Red Vines and Cherry Coke.
314
00:14:41,630 --> 00:14:43,200
Do you remember that?
315
00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:44,300
Yeah.
316
00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:45,540
Me, too.
317
00:14:45,540 --> 00:14:47,300
Good times.
318
00:14:47,310 --> 00:14:50,210
16 wants to order appetizers.
319
00:14:50,210 --> 00:14:52,840
Oh, thanks.
This was nice.
320
00:14:57,110 --> 00:14:58,370
What the hell are you doing?
321
00:14:58,370 --> 00:15:00,650
Howard is your best friend,
and that is his girlfriend.
322
00:15:00,650 --> 00:15:02,150
You should be
ashamed of yourself.
323
00:15:02,150 --> 00:15:03,620
I was when I came in,
324
00:15:03,620 --> 00:15:06,120
but it's amazing what
liquor does to guilt.
325
00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,430
Besides what you
might not know
326
00:15:08,430 --> 00:15:10,790
is Bernadette is planning on
breaking up with Howard.
327
00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,400
Well, I know that. How do you know that?
My sister told me.
328
00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,300
Oh, that gossipy bitch.
329
00:15:16,300 --> 00:15:18,670
No offense.
330
00:15:18,670 --> 00:15:19,720
None taken.
331
00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,940
You should hear how
she talks about you.
332
00:15:23,310 --> 00:15:25,610
Okay, listen, just because Howard
and Bernadette are having problems,
333
00:15:25,610 --> 00:15:27,640
does not mean you should
be here sniffing around.
334
00:15:27,650 --> 00:15:28,860
What can I do?
335
00:15:28,860 --> 00:15:31,010
I can't stop
thinking about her.
336
00:15:31,020 --> 00:15:34,230
All right, try
thinking about this--
337
00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,320
Sheldon and Amy had sex.
338
00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,460
Shut your ass!
339
00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:45,130
Yeah, it's true.
Amy told me.
340
00:15:45,130 --> 00:15:47,000
How did that even happen?
341
00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,630
Did they know that's
what they were doing
342
00:15:48,630 --> 00:15:50,870
when they were doing it?
343
00:15:50,870 --> 00:15:53,270
I-I guess they just figured
it out at some point.
344
00:15:53,270 --> 00:15:54,600
Wow.
345
00:15:54,610 --> 00:15:58,380
I can't believe old
Smelly Pooper finally got laid.
346
00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:03,310
Hey.
Hey.
347
00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:04,250
Hope you're hungry.
348
00:16:04,250 --> 00:16:06,720
Interesting.
349
00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:08,990
A friendly sentiment
in this country,
350
00:16:08,990 --> 00:16:12,590
cruel taunt in the Sudan.
351
00:16:13,420 --> 00:16:16,060
It's a lesson in context.
352
00:16:16,060 --> 00:16:18,160
Will Amy be
joining us for dinner?
353
00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:19,700
Yes, I believe so.
354
00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:21,160
Good, good.
355
00:16:21,170 --> 00:16:24,370
Everything...
okay between you two?
356
00:16:29,570 --> 00:16:31,940
Yes.
357
00:16:31,940 --> 00:16:34,380
Why do you ask?
358
00:16:34,380 --> 00:16:36,510
No reason.
359
00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,720
I was just talking to Raj,
360
00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,420
and he mentioned what a lovely
glow she has these days.
361
00:16:43,620 --> 00:16:46,990
Did he mean
as if she'd been out in the sun,
362
00:16:46,990 --> 00:16:50,560
tending an herb garden without
wearing a hat or sunblock?
363
00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,900
No.
364
00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:58,100
That's not what he meant.
365
00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:01,070
Well, we may never know.
366
00:17:01,070 --> 00:17:02,210
As my mother would say,
367
00:17:02,210 --> 00:17:06,080
the Asians are
an inscrutable folk.
368
00:17:08,180 --> 00:17:10,580
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have work to do.
369
00:17:10,580 --> 00:17:13,120
Yeah, you do.
You dog, you.
370
00:17:19,490 --> 00:17:21,090
Did you get that?
371
00:17:21,090 --> 00:17:23,190
Every word.
372
00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,360
Our false gossip meme appears
to have reached node lambda.
373
00:17:26,370 --> 00:17:27,460
This is moving faster
than we thought.
374
00:17:27,470 --> 00:17:28,430
Agreed.
375
00:17:28,430 --> 00:17:29,530
It appears the rate
376
00:17:29,530 --> 00:17:30,700
of gossip transmission
377
00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:32,770
is proportional
to the number of nodes squared.
378
00:17:32,770 --> 00:17:35,370
I must say, Amy,
379
00:17:35,370 --> 00:17:37,310
pretending
to have intercourse with you
380
00:17:37,310 --> 00:17:41,240
is giving me
a great deal of satisfaction.
381
00:17:41,250 --> 00:17:44,280
Slow down, Sheldon.
I'm not quite there yet.
382
00:17:47,050 --> 00:17:48,950
Pass the soy sauce.
383
00:17:48,950 --> 00:17:52,620
Bernadette just asked about
my sexual encounter with you.
384
00:17:52,620 --> 00:17:55,160
The meme has reached
full penetration.
385
00:17:57,060 --> 00:18:00,230
Pun intended?
386
00:18:00,230 --> 00:18:03,370
No. Happy accident.
387
00:18:03,370 --> 00:18:06,170
This is remarkable.
388
00:18:06,170 --> 00:18:08,350
Took less than 24 hours.
389
00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:10,210
I should let you know
390
00:18:10,210 --> 00:18:12,530
that she asked for details
about our dalliance.
391
00:18:12,530 --> 00:18:14,180
Interesting.
392
00:18:14,180 --> 00:18:16,810
So it went beyond the
mere fact of coitus
393
00:18:16,820 --> 00:18:20,420
to a "blow by blow,"
as it were.
394
00:18:20,420 --> 00:18:22,540
Pun intended?
395
00:18:22,540 --> 00:18:25,860
I'm sorry. What pun?
396
00:18:25,860 --> 00:18:29,330
Not important.
397
00:18:29,330 --> 00:18:33,000
I described your lovemaking
as "aloof, but effective."
398
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,700
I wish you hadn't done that.
399
00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:38,470
That's going to make
me a chick magnet,
400
00:18:38,470 --> 00:18:42,170
and I'm so busy as it is.
401
00:18:42,170 --> 00:18:43,670
Hey, everybody,
402
00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,540
I got something I want
to ask Bernadette,
403
00:18:46,550 --> 00:18:48,810
and I can't think
of a better time
404
00:18:48,810 --> 00:18:50,450
than when I'm
with all my friends.
405
00:18:50,450 --> 00:18:51,710
Oh, hold on, Howard.
406
00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,080
There's lots of better times.
407
00:18:55,190 --> 00:18:56,690
Leonard, please.
The man is talking.
408
00:18:56,690 --> 00:19:00,760
Let him get it out, and let
the chips fall where they may.
409
00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,860
Thank you.
410
00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,030
Bernadette Maryann
Rostenkowski...
411
00:19:08,030 --> 00:19:10,070
Oh, God.
What's happening?
412
00:19:10,070 --> 00:19:13,870
I know things haven't
been perfect with us,
413
00:19:13,870 --> 00:19:15,310
and we've had our problems,
414
00:19:15,310 --> 00:19:17,610
but I just have to tell you,
from the moment I...
415
00:19:17,610 --> 00:19:20,180
Howard, let me just
stop you right here.
416
00:19:20,180 --> 00:19:22,350
This is it.
417
00:19:23,210 --> 00:19:26,150
Yes.
418
00:19:26,150 --> 00:19:28,150
Yes, what?
419
00:19:28,150 --> 00:19:30,150
Yes, I will marry you.
420
00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:31,650
You will?
You will?
421
00:19:31,660 --> 00:19:33,060
I will.
422
00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:35,530
I will!
423
00:19:35,530 --> 00:19:37,160
Oh, I love you so much.
424
00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:38,480
Oh, I love you, too.
425
00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,060
Congratulations!
426
00:19:40,430 --> 00:19:41,930
Oh, it's so exciting.
427
00:19:46,170 --> 00:19:48,610
I wonder what
changed her mind.
428
00:19:48,610 --> 00:19:51,240
Perhaps your talk
of my sexual prowess
429
00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,880
renewed her faith in love.
430
00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,650
As good an explanation as any.
431
00:19:58,020 --> 00:20:00,220
That's great...
432
00:20:04,140 --> 00:20:05,200
Oh, hey, Amy.
433
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,200
Bernadette just texted me.
434
00:20:06,210 --> 00:20:07,670
Howard proposed?
435
00:20:07,670 --> 00:20:09,270
Yes, not important.
Just stopped by
436
00:20:09,270 --> 00:20:10,890
to let you know I'm
getting orthotics.
437
00:20:10,890 --> 00:20:12,210
Also, I'm carrying
Sheldon's baby.
438
00:20:12,210 --> 00:20:13,380
Mum's the word.
439
00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,790
You're pregnant?!
440
00:20:24,060 --> 00:20:26,900
Wow. Is there anything
on there about orthotics?
441
00:20:29,830 --> 00:20:32,830
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