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Now, here's a painting of a landscape.
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Now, the artist who painted that picture
says ''Something is missing. What is it?''
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''lt is l myselfwho was
part ofthe landscape l painted.''
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So he mentally takes a step backward,
:32:15
or regresses, and paints a picture ofthe
artist painting a picture ofthe landscape.
:32:19
But still something is missing. That is
still his real self painting the second picture.
:32:25
So he regresses further, and paints a third.
:32:28
A picture ofthe artist painting a picture of
the artist painting a picture ofthe landscape.
:32:33
And because something is still missing,
he paints a fourth and a fifth
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until he paints a picture ofthe artist painting
a picture ofthe artist painting a picture
:32:43
of the artist painting a picture
of the artist painting a landscape.
:32:47
So infinite regression, then, is...
:32:49
The moment when our artist has
regressed to the point of infinity
:32:53
and is part ofthe landscape he painted,
and is both the observer and the observed.
:32:58
ln that peculiar condition,
what would he be observing
:33:01
if he were observing, let's say, time?
:33:04
He would perceive that time is like a freeway
with an infinite number of lanes,
:33:09
all leading from the past into the future,
however, not into the same future.
:33:13
A driver in lane A may crash,
while a driver in lane B survives.
:33:17
lt follows that a driver,
by changing lanes, can change his future.
:33:21
lt is not difficult to believe that in the dark
and turbulent corridors of outer space,
:33:26
the impact of some distant
planetary, even galactic, disaster
:33:29
jumped the apes
from their present into ours.
:33:32
lndeed, the prooflies
in theirarrivalamong us
:33:34
and in theirspoken testimony.
:33:37
Thank you verymuch, DrHasslein.
:33:39
lt's the mostincredible story
this reporterhas ever covered.
:33:43
By theirintelligence andgoodhumor,
:33:45
the so-called ''ape-onauts'' have already
captured the hearts ofthe American nation.
:33:50
They willnotbe required to appear
before the commission tomorrow.
:33:54
That hearing is going to be heldin private.
:33:56
They will, however, be taken
from the zoo infirmary to a hotel