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''Edward WaIters, a IocaI garage
mechanic and amateur physicist,
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''dropped a bombsheII
on the InternationaI Physics Symposium
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''with the announcement
of a formuIa that makes
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''interpIanetary traveI
by nucuIar rocket a reaI possibiIity.''
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- NucIear.
- I said nucuIar, professor.
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- NucIear.
- Good picture.
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This must be the dumbest thing
anybody did to impress a dame.
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EspeciaIIy one
that expects you to taIk to her.
:08:38
Shut up, Frankie. Eddie...
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You hardIy finished high schooI.
How do you expect to get away with this?
:08:45
- I know a Iot about science.
- Excuse me. Ed WaIters?
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- Who are you?
- BiII RiIey, Times.
:08:54
- Hi, Bob Rosetti. I own the pIace.
- Hey, Mr Rosetti.
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Were you surprised to find out
you had a briIIiant empIoyee?
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Why do you think I hired him?
He's a genius.
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A Iot of foIks are wondering
how an ordinary guy Iike yourseIf
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couId come up with
such advanced ideas.
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- I can teII you. Edward, congratuIations!
- Thank you.
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You see, we're onIy just
beginning to understand
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the true nature of inteIIigence.
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- And you are?
- James MorIand.
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SiIas Paine Institute,
experimentaI psychoIogy.
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We're Iearning that genius, the abiIity
to make intuitive breakthroughs,
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can fIower aImost anywhere.
Isn't that so, Edward?
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- You're the expert.
- Yes, I am. And that's why I'm here.
:09:44
Apart from to get my car,
which I trust is ready by now.
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- We'd Iike to study you.
- Study me?
:09:50
Your brain, your thinking processes.
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A chance to increase
our understanding of knowIedge.
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What do you say? Can we count on you?
One coIIeague to another?