1 00:00:02,630 --> 00:00:06,990 Tonight's guests, professor of "Um, Actually"-ology, 2 00:00:06,990 --> 00:00:09,473 it's Mike Trapp! - Hey! 3 00:00:10,810 --> 00:00:13,720 - New York Times best punning novelist, 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,922 it's Rekha Shankar. - Hello! 5 00:00:16,922 --> 00:00:20,030 - And recipient of the MacArthur Wholesome Grant, 6 00:00:20,030 --> 00:00:21,493 it's Ryan Creamer! 7 00:00:23,050 --> 00:00:28,050 And your host, me! I've been here the whole time! 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,310 This is "Game Changer", the only game show where the game 9 00:00:31,310 --> 00:00:34,350 changes every show, I am your host Sam Reich. 10 00:00:34,350 --> 00:00:38,340 I am joined today by these three lovely contestants. 11 00:00:38,340 --> 00:00:40,570 Now, you all understand how the game works. 12 00:00:40,570 --> 00:00:41,740 - No. 13 00:00:41,740 --> 00:00:43,790 - That's right, our players have no idea 14 00:00:43,790 --> 00:00:45,580 what game it is they're about to play. 15 00:00:45,580 --> 00:00:48,560 The only way to learn is by playing, 16 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:49,740 the only way to win is by learning, 17 00:00:49,740 --> 00:00:51,650 and the only way to begin is by beginning, 18 00:00:51,650 --> 00:00:54,900 so without further ado, let's begin. 19 00:00:54,900 --> 00:00:59,680 Ryan, you've watched a TED Talk in your life, I assume? 20 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:00,513 - Yes. 21 00:01:00,513 --> 00:01:04,280 - Well, in a moment I am going to ask you to give one, 22 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:08,250 to share with us a big idea. 23 00:01:08,250 --> 00:01:09,630 But don't worry, I'm here to help. 24 00:01:09,630 --> 00:01:12,540 I've made for you a presentation to go along with, 25 00:01:12,540 --> 00:01:15,280 the only issue being you've never seen it before. 26 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:16,113 Ready to go? 27 00:01:16,113 --> 00:01:18,330 - Okay, I think I'm ready to go, yeah. 28 00:01:18,330 --> 00:01:20,173 - Ryan, your first slide. 29 00:01:22,930 --> 00:01:23,773 - The sun. 30 00:01:25,170 --> 00:01:26,575 This thing is hot. 31 00:01:27,408 --> 00:01:28,330 I don't know about you guys, 32 00:01:28,330 --> 00:01:31,893 but I certainly couldn't live there. Next slide. 33 00:01:36,070 --> 00:01:38,880 So all we know on Earth, correct me if I'm wrong, 34 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,630 is that people are apt to lose their hair. 35 00:01:41,630 --> 00:01:42,650 - I think that's fair to say. - Sure. 36 00:01:42,650 --> 00:01:44,210 - Right, so here's my thought. 37 00:01:44,210 --> 00:01:46,412 If we go to the fucking sun, 38 00:01:47,245 --> 00:01:49,010 we shoot on a rocket straight the hell right 39 00:01:49,010 --> 00:01:50,050 into the middle of it, 40 00:01:50,050 --> 00:01:51,677 now listen, I know what you're all saying, 41 00:01:51,677 --> 00:01:54,580 "Too hot, we can't get on there, it might burn us all up." 42 00:01:54,580 --> 00:01:58,140 But, if there's some sort of cool rocket 43 00:01:58,140 --> 00:02:00,400 that will shoot right through all the hotness 44 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,348 - When you say some kind of cool rocket, 45 00:02:02,348 --> 00:02:03,181 - Right. - you mean like, 46 00:02:03,181 --> 00:02:04,190 temperature cool, 47 00:02:04,190 --> 00:02:05,023 not like, 48 00:02:05,023 --> 00:02:06,900 like it's just a cool rocket. 49 00:02:06,900 --> 00:02:09,229 - So glad you asked, no, I do mean a cool rocket, 50 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:10,090 - Oh, okay, great! - something that's really, 51 00:02:10,090 --> 00:02:10,923 yeah yeah yeah. 52 00:02:10,923 --> 00:02:12,100 I will make a point, 53 00:02:12,100 --> 00:02:13,340 the only thing worth going 54 00:02:13,340 --> 00:02:16,750 to in the middle of the sun is for hair regrowth. 55 00:02:16,750 --> 00:02:19,510 And this is just a model of what I think could happen. 56 00:02:19,510 --> 00:02:20,613 Next slide, please. 57 00:02:22,010 --> 00:02:22,843 Alright, 58 00:02:22,843 --> 00:02:25,180 so there's going to be a couple things we need 59 00:02:25,180 --> 00:02:26,589 to build this cool rocket. 60 00:02:28,263 --> 00:02:29,830 And I'm just gonna run through them all. 61 00:02:29,830 --> 00:02:31,030 You may know these beans, 62 00:02:31,030 --> 00:02:32,760 and that's exactly what we're gonna need, alright? 63 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,740 The cool rocket will run on pinto, 64 00:02:35,740 --> 00:02:37,203 it'll be made out of kidney, 65 00:02:38,610 --> 00:02:41,220 we need lima just for the people to eat on the way there. 66 00:02:41,220 --> 00:02:42,174 - You don't want them eating the rocket, 67 00:02:42,174 --> 00:02:44,665 that's for sure. 68 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:46,448 - That's for damn sure. - They're gonna be tempted, 69 00:02:46,448 --> 00:02:47,281 if it's a whole bean - Unrelated, unrelated. 70 00:02:47,281 --> 00:02:48,354 —created rocket. 71 00:02:48,354 --> 00:02:51,618 Like, "Hey, paws off the rocket, buddy, you got all the-" 72 00:02:51,618 --> 00:02:54,120 - "Hey, hey, if you're trying to eat some uncooked beans, 73 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,080 that's what we got the bag of limas here for." 74 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,710 - Now I know it's hard to distinguish between the beans 75 00:03:00,710 --> 00:03:02,500 you can eat and the spaceship, which you can't. 76 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:05,100 - Absolutely, but I want to make clear, our astronauts 77 00:03:05,100 --> 00:03:08,540 will be given very intensive bean training 78 00:03:08,540 --> 00:03:10,780 before the cool rocket launch. 79 00:03:10,780 --> 00:03:13,430 - Are you sure it's easier to give astronauts bean training 80 00:03:13,430 --> 00:03:16,600 than it is to give bean experts astronaut training? 81 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:17,642 - Next slide. 82 00:03:19,130 --> 00:03:21,590 - Yeah, fuck four and five, next slide. 83 00:03:21,590 --> 00:03:23,010 - Yeah, we don't need four and five. 84 00:03:23,010 --> 00:03:26,677 - Once again, black and mung get the short end of the stick. 85 00:03:28,150 --> 00:03:31,580 - So, all right, we'll be frank with you, all right? 86 00:03:31,580 --> 00:03:36,131 We took this to the government and they were not into it. 87 00:03:36,131 --> 00:03:37,440 The cool rocket confused them, 88 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,910 they weren't as excited as you guys were. 89 00:03:39,910 --> 00:03:42,530 Funding was a huge issue, obviously there's a lot of things 90 00:03:42,530 --> 00:03:44,730 going on in the world right now, they made the argument, 91 00:03:44,730 --> 00:03:46,540 they deserve more funding than the cool rocket and 92 00:03:46,540 --> 00:03:48,930 going to the middle of the sun to grow our hair back. 93 00:03:48,930 --> 00:03:50,900 So that's why I'm coming to you guys 94 00:03:50,900 --> 00:03:53,440 hoping that you will fund this. 95 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,108 We need $45 billion. 96 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,270 - Why did you choose to use an exed-out thumbs up 97 00:04:00,270 --> 00:04:01,763 instead of a thumbs down? 98 00:04:01,763 --> 00:04:03,520 - Great question, so we couldn't secure, 99 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,370 it's a Getty Images, it's a thumbs down, 100 00:04:05,370 --> 00:04:07,200 and we didn't have the licensing rights. 101 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,190 - You already purchased the thumbs up 102 00:04:09,190 --> 00:04:11,480 and blew your budget on thumbs up. 103 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,060 - Now I'm no Photoshop expert, 104 00:04:13,060 --> 00:04:18,060 but is not a thumbs up just an upside down thumbs down? 105 00:04:21,875 --> 00:04:23,190 - You know what, Rekha? 106 00:04:23,190 --> 00:04:26,290 That is so funny, 'cause I didn't even think to do that. 107 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:28,493 So next slide please. 108 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,510 In conclusion, guys, our work is cut out for us. 109 00:04:31,510 --> 00:04:33,790 I mean, a lot of money needs to be secured, 110 00:04:33,790 --> 00:04:35,900 and so in conclusion, I would just like to ask, 111 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:38,490 next slide please. - This is your last slide. 112 00:04:38,490 --> 00:04:41,380 - Guys, I will be honest, I rehearsed this presentation 113 00:04:41,380 --> 00:04:44,190 really hard in the thought that there would be a slide 114 00:04:44,190 --> 00:04:46,540 after this, and I think without a visual aid, 115 00:04:46,540 --> 00:04:49,230 I don't feel comfortable truly ending it, 116 00:04:49,230 --> 00:04:51,030 so with that, I just thank you for your time. 117 00:04:51,030 --> 00:04:52,900 - Wow. 118 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:56,385 Ryan, let's say, uh, 2 points for you. 119 00:04:56,385 --> 00:04:57,590 - Thank you. 120 00:04:57,590 --> 00:04:58,423 - Rekha. - Uh-oh. 121 00:04:58,423 --> 00:05:01,280 - Time for your TED Talk-style presentation 122 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:02,793 beginning with this. 123 00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:06,285 - Now, Sam, let me ask, where are you from? 124 00:05:06,285 --> 00:05:08,152 - Oh, how- 125 00:05:08,152 --> 00:05:10,027 How dare you. 126 00:05:10,027 --> 00:05:14,030 I had assumed we were safely in another game format. 127 00:05:14,030 --> 00:05:16,230 - There is no bit we will not 128 00:05:16,230 --> 00:05:19,190 run into the ground, Sam Reich. 129 00:05:19,190 --> 00:05:23,190 We will juice every last drop of juice out of a bit. 130 00:05:23,190 --> 00:05:25,728 - You would say, as Trapp so sweetly put it, 131 00:05:25,728 --> 00:05:28,030 that that bit has been juiced to death. 132 00:05:28,030 --> 00:05:29,700 - Yeah, yeah, I think that's safe to say. 133 00:05:29,700 --> 00:05:31,980 I think it's lived it's nine lives. 134 00:05:31,980 --> 00:05:32,813 - Yeah. 135 00:05:32,813 --> 00:05:35,480 Have you guys ever loved something so much, 136 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:36,685 you just overuse it? 137 00:05:37,620 --> 00:05:39,293 Yeah, okay, next slide. 138 00:05:41,470 --> 00:05:43,643 Well, so has my friend, Devon. 139 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,300 Devon lives with passion, right? 140 00:05:46,300 --> 00:05:47,560 Sounds like a few of you in the audience. 141 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,845 - Cut to a crowd, there's one woman nodding. 142 00:05:52,140 --> 00:05:53,470 - Devon lives life to the fullest. 143 00:05:53,470 --> 00:05:55,370 Devon uses a bit 'till people 144 00:05:55,370 --> 00:05:57,400 issue a restraining order against her. 145 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,100 She goes too hard. 146 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:01,805 Devon versus everyone else, Devon's heavier. 147 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,180 Because her passion far exceeds 148 00:06:08,180 --> 00:06:09,913 her human form, next slide. 149 00:06:12,250 --> 00:06:14,760 Now, what I'm posing to you 150 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:16,610 is something so passionate, 151 00:06:16,610 --> 00:06:19,110 that maybe you won't even understand it at first. 152 00:06:19,110 --> 00:06:20,867 You know, we have pride in our country, right? 153 00:06:20,867 --> 00:06:24,263 "Oh, go America, USA, USA." 154 00:06:24,263 --> 00:06:25,110 - Yeah, go America. - Of course, yeah, 155 00:06:25,110 --> 00:06:26,600 every day I say that, yeah. 156 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,160 - Sir, in the audience, you strike me as an Orioles fan. 157 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:30,450 I'm talking to the redhead. 158 00:06:30,450 --> 00:06:31,430 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 159 00:06:31,430 --> 00:06:32,630 Yeah, absolutely. 160 00:06:32,630 --> 00:06:34,224 - And how would you express that? 161 00:06:34,224 --> 00:06:36,110 - Uh, wearing clothes, I guess? 162 00:06:36,110 --> 00:06:38,360 - Wearing clothes. 163 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,120 Wearing an Orioles hat, perhaps. 164 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,280 What I am suggesting here today, 165 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:46,210 I think that Americans could use a little more 166 00:06:46,210 --> 00:06:47,950 pride in themselves. 167 00:06:47,950 --> 00:06:50,800 I think that the entire 168 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,200 North Midwest, as I like to call it, 169 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,250 could just have a big ol' baseball hat. 170 00:06:57,250 --> 00:06:59,257 - Is this giant hat gonna have effect on, 171 00:06:59,257 --> 00:07:01,360 you know, the weather, the climate, and 172 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:02,700 that's gotta have some - Thank you for asking this. 173 00:07:02,700 --> 00:07:04,120 - ecological effects, right? 174 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,396 - Pollution, smog, I don't like these things. 175 00:07:07,396 --> 00:07:08,830 Neither does Devon, and neither do you, 176 00:07:08,830 --> 00:07:12,160 by virtue of the transitive property, you are Devon. 177 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,400 What if we are actually creating a little 178 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,340 control experiment for climate change? 179 00:07:17,340 --> 00:07:18,173 And we're saying, 180 00:07:18,173 --> 00:07:20,310 "We don't want any of that disgusting pollution 181 00:07:20,310 --> 00:07:25,055 from your lower, the lower 45." 182 00:07:27,110 --> 00:07:28,663 So, uh, next slide. 183 00:07:31,104 --> 00:07:32,500 Now, 184 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:34,920 you asked me how are we gonna make 185 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,060 a baseball hat to express American pride 186 00:07:37,060 --> 00:07:39,790 over states like Minnesota, over states like Wisconsin, 187 00:07:39,790 --> 00:07:40,990 over states like Michigan? 188 00:07:40,990 --> 00:07:43,265 I'll say too, those were key states in the election. 189 00:07:43,265 --> 00:07:44,190 - Mmhmm. 190 00:07:44,190 --> 00:07:46,207 - And that's exactly where I'm going with this. 191 00:07:48,535 --> 00:07:49,368 - Tell me more. 192 00:07:49,368 --> 00:07:52,540 - The only way we can get this project up and running 193 00:07:52,540 --> 00:07:54,253 is if we don't forget to B.A.R.F. 194 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:55,993 Biden, 195 00:07:57,910 --> 00:07:58,743 And, 196 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,862 Real Financing. 197 00:08:02,862 --> 00:08:03,695 - Mmmmm. 198 00:08:03,695 --> 00:08:06,190 - So we need our figurehead to support this, 199 00:08:06,190 --> 00:08:09,100 and then we need actual money behind it. 200 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:11,350 - You know Rekha, there is a really odd way 201 00:08:11,350 --> 00:08:13,413 in which that all kinda came together at the end, 202 00:08:13,413 --> 00:08:16,940 I mean, a hat dome as climate change experiment. 203 00:08:16,940 --> 00:08:21,330 I'm not exactly sure how the stove and the 204 00:08:21,330 --> 00:08:23,340 scale fit in, but... - Because this plan 205 00:08:23,340 --> 00:08:25,283 is cookin', and it's gonna bubble over, 206 00:08:25,283 --> 00:08:27,480 and cake your stove. 207 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:28,313 - You know what? 208 00:08:28,313 --> 00:08:29,880 I was impressed enough by how you turned 209 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:31,260 that performance around at the end there, 210 00:08:31,260 --> 00:08:33,084 that I will give you the 2 points. 211 00:08:33,084 --> 00:08:33,917 - Thank you. 212 00:08:33,917 --> 00:08:35,790 - That's 2 points for Ryan, 2 points for Rekha. 213 00:08:35,790 --> 00:08:36,830 - Damn, it's a dead heat. 214 00:08:36,830 --> 00:08:38,200 - Mister Trapp. 215 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:39,033 - Yes. 216 00:08:39,033 --> 00:08:43,236 - Inspire us with your big talk starting here. 217 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,314 - What is a human? 218 00:08:47,314 --> 00:08:48,650 - Hmmmm. 219 00:08:48,650 --> 00:08:51,550 - What makes someone someone? 220 00:08:51,550 --> 00:08:54,790 For ages, we've tried to understand 221 00:08:54,790 --> 00:08:57,460 what is the divine spark inside all of us. 222 00:08:57,460 --> 00:09:00,270 A soul, maybe, that makes us who we are. 223 00:09:00,270 --> 00:09:02,910 And I say to you that, we don't need to 224 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:05,100 worry about the soul, we need to worry about 225 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:08,556 the three major parts that make a person a person, 226 00:09:08,556 --> 00:09:11,053 and those are, of course, predominantly skin, 227 00:09:12,090 --> 00:09:14,930 some hair, and a little bit of blood. 228 00:09:14,930 --> 00:09:16,970 - From my estimation, I've got 229 00:09:16,970 --> 00:09:18,810 quite a bit more blood than hair. 230 00:09:18,810 --> 00:09:20,250 - I had the same question. 231 00:09:20,250 --> 00:09:21,971 - That's actually a common misconception. 232 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:24,263 - Next slide, please. 233 00:09:25,830 --> 00:09:27,720 Now with that being said, 234 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,480 what if a human could be more than just 235 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,450 blood, hair, and skin? - Oooooh yes! 236 00:09:33,450 --> 00:09:36,390 - What if a human could have hooves? 237 00:09:36,390 --> 00:09:39,720 Of course, the dream is always to be the hottest centaur 238 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:40,780 in the world, 239 00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:42,790 but you know, we're gonna have to start small, 240 00:09:42,790 --> 00:09:43,830 and we're gonna focus on those hooves. 241 00:09:43,830 --> 00:09:47,250 If we can get hooves as a part of the average human, 242 00:09:47,250 --> 00:09:49,840 then we can achieve our true potential. 243 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:50,893 Next slide, please. 244 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:53,840 Now, 245 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:58,152 in the early 1800s, this was an era 246 00:09:58,152 --> 00:10:02,100 of ingenuity and big dreams. 247 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:05,530 This was the original plan for getting hooves onto people. 248 00:10:05,530 --> 00:10:07,880 The sights were set pretty low, they knew 249 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:09,650 from like the first major milestones, 250 00:10:09,650 --> 00:10:12,770 they were like, "This ain't gonna happen," right? 251 00:10:12,770 --> 00:10:14,540 Like, they knew we were looking at hooves, 252 00:10:14,540 --> 00:10:19,540 but we thought by 1959, certainly into 1971, that 253 00:10:19,900 --> 00:10:22,725 we could get hooves onto people. 254 00:10:22,725 --> 00:10:24,960 - Is there anything to be said about the confluence 255 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:29,584 of these initiatives with, like, major wars? 256 00:10:29,584 --> 00:10:31,780 - Hmmm. 257 00:10:31,780 --> 00:10:34,690 - I'm noticing, you know, lots of no's leading up to 258 00:10:34,690 --> 00:10:37,490 World War II, and honestly, uh, wow. 259 00:10:37,490 --> 00:10:39,750 Like, we've got the, you know, the Korean War, 260 00:10:39,750 --> 00:10:41,710 and we've got the Gulf War right at the end 261 00:10:41,710 --> 00:10:42,900 where nobody knows. - Yeah. 262 00:10:42,900 --> 00:10:46,420 War has a way of spurring technology, and 263 00:10:46,420 --> 00:10:49,120 advances in the sciences, unfortunately, do 264 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,170 sometimes occur around major conflicts 265 00:10:52,170 --> 00:10:53,260 as we're looking through it. 266 00:10:53,260 --> 00:10:54,373 And I don't think I even, 267 00:10:54,373 --> 00:10:56,050 I don't think I even need to explain 268 00:10:56,050 --> 00:10:58,610 how hooves would be beneficial on the battlefield, 269 00:10:58,610 --> 00:11:00,150 as I think that's pretty self-evident. 270 00:11:00,150 --> 00:11:02,400 We've seen some setbacks, but I think 271 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,040 as we'll see in our next slide, 272 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:05,940 there is actually hope for the future. 273 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:10,870 I want everyone in the audience right now, 274 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:13,010 I want you all to look at your hand. 275 00:11:13,010 --> 00:11:14,743 Hold out your palm, look at it. 276 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:17,870 No, you're not imagining things, 277 00:11:17,870 --> 00:11:19,266 it's a little hoof-like. 278 00:11:22,860 --> 00:11:24,954 - I don't see that at all! - Yeah. 279 00:11:24,954 --> 00:11:26,162 - Well hold on, hold on, 280 00:11:26,162 --> 00:11:26,995 I don't think you're 281 00:11:26,995 --> 00:11:27,828 looking hard enough. - Wait, in what way? 282 00:11:27,828 --> 00:11:29,910 - And also, if I was gonna be a centaur, 283 00:11:29,910 --> 00:11:31,350 wouldn't I just get four legs 284 00:11:31,350 --> 00:11:32,870 and my hands would remain the same? 285 00:11:32,870 --> 00:11:35,620 - No, most people assume that, in becoming a centaur, 286 00:11:35,620 --> 00:11:38,230 you would grow a horse, a lower half. 287 00:11:38,230 --> 00:11:40,830 But in point-of-fact, from your shoulders down 288 00:11:40,830 --> 00:11:43,470 becomes horse, and a new torso grows up 289 00:11:43,470 --> 00:11:45,110 from where your neck is. - Oh my God, it's like 290 00:11:45,110 --> 00:11:46,190 horse overalls. 291 00:11:46,190 --> 00:11:48,510 - Yes, exactly. - Yes, horse overalls. 292 00:11:48,510 --> 00:11:50,400 - But yes, if you compare your hands 293 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,010 with the hands of someone from 1800, 294 00:11:52,010 --> 00:11:54,640 you'll see it's significantly more hoof-like. 295 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,660 Our dreams of making a human more than just 296 00:11:57,660 --> 00:12:00,220 skin and hair and blood, but in fact 297 00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:03,170 skin, hair, blood, and hooves, is closer today 298 00:12:03,170 --> 00:12:04,720 than it ever has been before. 299 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:05,553 - Wow! 300 00:12:05,553 --> 00:12:07,490 Trapp, really well-rounded, 301 00:12:07,490 --> 00:12:10,470 bringing it all together at the end there 302 00:12:10,470 --> 00:12:13,090 for a little bit of an interactive experience, 303 00:12:13,090 --> 00:12:15,170 remaining on message throughout, 304 00:12:15,170 --> 00:12:18,040 I give you the full 3 points. 305 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:19,960 - Thank you very much. 306 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,560 - Scores as we head into the mini-game are: 307 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:25,170 Ryan with 2, Rekha with 2, Trapp with 3. 308 00:12:25,170 --> 00:12:28,370 Academics think they know everything. 309 00:12:28,370 --> 00:12:30,600 But everyone has holes in their knowledge. 310 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,667 Today, we're going to play a game called, 311 00:12:32,667 --> 00:12:35,025 "Who's the expert?" 312 00:12:35,025 --> 00:12:35,858 - Mmmm. 313 00:12:35,858 --> 00:12:38,930 - I have invited in an academic to join us, 314 00:12:38,930 --> 00:12:41,220 and have here a list of topics, 315 00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:45,923 each of which one of the three of you is an expert in. 316 00:12:45,923 --> 00:12:46,756 - Hmmmm. 317 00:12:46,756 --> 00:12:49,230 - And you will each have 10 seconds 318 00:12:49,230 --> 00:12:52,350 to convince our academic that you are the expert 319 00:12:52,350 --> 00:12:54,590 on that topic, make sense? 320 00:12:54,590 --> 00:12:55,990 - Okay, I think so. - I think so, yeah. 321 00:12:55,990 --> 00:13:00,990 - Introducing now, a professor of Sociology 322 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:04,280 at Columbia University, and my brother, Adam Reich. 323 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:05,705 - Hey! 324 00:13:05,705 --> 00:13:06,538 - Hey! 325 00:13:06,538 --> 00:13:08,600 - Thank you so much for joining us! 326 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,660 - What do you think about the notion of expertise? 327 00:13:11,660 --> 00:13:13,520 - Well, expertise is dead. 328 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:14,480 - Mmmm. - Okay, and so we 329 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:15,430 should get rid of the game. - Great, we're, 330 00:13:15,430 --> 00:13:17,210 this is gonna be great for us, yeah. 331 00:13:18,043 --> 00:13:20,440 - The very premise of the game is deeply flawed. 332 00:13:22,020 --> 00:13:23,750 - What do you mean, expertise is dead? 333 00:13:23,750 --> 00:13:27,340 - Trust in expert knowledge is at an all-time low. 334 00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:30,130 Trust in scientific expertise, more generally, 335 00:13:30,130 --> 00:13:33,460 has been declining for the last 30, 40 years. 336 00:13:33,460 --> 00:13:36,400 So all of your expertise is really, 337 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:37,740 it's all full of shit. 338 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:40,593 - All right. 339 00:13:40,593 --> 00:13:41,820 Rekha, you have 10 seconds to convince me 340 00:13:41,820 --> 00:13:43,507 that you're the expert in: 341 00:13:43,507 --> 00:13:44,747 "Frasier". 342 00:13:44,747 --> 00:13:48,750 - "Frasier" was a show that was on from 1993 to 2003 343 00:13:48,750 --> 00:13:51,790 starring Kelsey Grammar, David Hyde Pierce, 344 00:13:51,790 --> 00:13:53,660 Peri Gilpin, and Jane Leeves. 345 00:13:53,660 --> 00:13:56,410 It is about a man who lives with his father, 346 00:13:56,410 --> 00:13:58,510 and it is a love story between two brothers, 347 00:13:58,510 --> 00:14:00,253 a father and a son, and a dog. 348 00:14:00,253 --> 00:14:01,086 - And that's it for Rekha, 349 00:14:01,086 --> 00:14:03,027 going to Trapp for 10. 350 00:14:03,027 --> 00:14:04,790 - "Frasier" is a spinoff of "Cheers" 351 00:14:04,790 --> 00:14:07,400 with the character of Frasier played by Kelsey Grammar. 352 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,940 Most of the comedy from the show comes from this idea 353 00:14:09,940 --> 00:14:12,960 of Frasier is a very high-class individual 354 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,820 with his low-class low-brow blue collar father 355 00:14:15,820 --> 00:14:18,602 and the comedy that comes from the interactions between- 356 00:14:18,602 --> 00:14:20,110 - 10 seconds over, Ryan! 357 00:14:20,110 --> 00:14:21,427 - Joe Frazier was a boxer 358 00:14:21,427 --> 00:14:22,527 who took on Muhammad Ali 359 00:14:22,527 --> 00:14:25,367 in the 1980s in "The Rumble in the Jungle". 360 00:14:25,367 --> 00:14:27,660 "Down went Frazier," the iconic phrase 361 00:14:27,660 --> 00:14:30,600 where Joe Frazier, knocked down, knocked out. 362 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,450 Muhammad Ali the winner of "The Rumble in the Jungle" 363 00:14:33,450 --> 00:14:35,405 has gone on to, you know, have a storied career. 364 00:14:35,405 --> 00:14:36,790 - And that is it! 365 00:14:36,790 --> 00:14:39,660 Adam who do you think the expert is? 366 00:14:39,660 --> 00:14:43,743 - I think it's very clear that the expert is Rekha. 367 00:14:44,635 --> 00:14:45,468 - Trapp, 368 00:14:45,468 --> 00:14:46,880 you have 10 seconds to convince me 369 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:48,030 that you're the expert in: 370 00:14:48,030 --> 00:14:49,333 Vegan Desserts. 371 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,140 - So, the thing with vegan desserts is that 372 00:14:52,140 --> 00:14:52,973 you're gonna have to be, 373 00:14:52,973 --> 00:14:56,100 you're replacing a lot of things like eggs and dairy 374 00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:57,880 that people tend to like in desserts, 375 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,190 but there are a lot of great substitutes 376 00:14:59,190 --> 00:15:00,180 that you can have there. 377 00:15:00,180 --> 00:15:02,140 There's vegan butter, there's coconut oil, 378 00:15:02,140 --> 00:15:04,310 and there's things like chia seeds that you 379 00:15:04,310 --> 00:15:05,143 can moisture- 380 00:15:05,143 --> 00:15:06,390 - And that's it for Trapp! 381 00:15:06,390 --> 00:15:08,194 Rekha, 10 seconds. 382 00:15:08,194 --> 00:15:10,080 - Miyoko's vegan butter is the worst 383 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:11,790 vegan butter on Earth, it tastes like coconuts, 384 00:15:11,790 --> 00:15:12,790 the other things you can use are 385 00:15:12,790 --> 00:15:15,400 Earth Balance sticks, Earth Balance margarine, 386 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,740 you can also use tapioca flour, you can use 387 00:15:18,740 --> 00:15:20,110 arrowroot starch and all sorts of things 388 00:15:20,110 --> 00:15:22,020 to get a thickening agent into your vegan dessert, 389 00:15:22,020 --> 00:15:23,000 you can also use avocado- 390 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:23,873 - That's it for Rekha, Ryan. 391 00:15:24,870 --> 00:15:26,790 - Vegan desserts, defeated by Muhammad Ali 392 00:15:26,790 --> 00:15:28,510 in the 1980s. 393 00:15:28,510 --> 00:15:31,150 Down goes vegan desserts, crushed by the strong hands 394 00:15:31,150 --> 00:15:32,477 of the very strong, fast, 395 00:15:32,477 --> 00:15:34,440 "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," 396 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,680 Muhammad Ali, "The Rumble in the Jungle". 397 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:38,689 Iconic in the ring. 398 00:15:38,689 --> 00:15:40,749 - And that is it! 399 00:15:40,749 --> 00:15:43,370 Adam, who do you think the expert was? 400 00:15:43,370 --> 00:15:44,990 - This feels like a trick question, 401 00:15:44,990 --> 00:15:47,190 because there's no such thing as expertise 402 00:15:47,190 --> 00:15:50,120 in vegan desserts, they're just disgusting. 403 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:52,538 But I'll give it to Mike. 404 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:54,713 - Damn. 405 00:15:54,713 --> 00:15:56,370 - Fair enough, it goes to Mike. 406 00:15:56,370 --> 00:15:59,250 Ryan, you have 10 seconds to convince me 407 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:01,037 that you are the expert in: 408 00:16:01,037 --> 00:16:02,927 "The Sims", go! 409 00:16:02,927 --> 00:16:05,300 - "The Sims" is a simulation game where you're a family, 410 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:07,820 there's a Sims 1, 2, they had expansion packs for both, 411 00:16:07,820 --> 00:16:11,530 then there was 3 and 4 on PC, Mac, 412 00:16:11,530 --> 00:16:13,220 and yeah, it's a game where you build a family 413 00:16:13,220 --> 00:16:14,940 and live out a life on your computer. 414 00:16:14,940 --> 00:16:15,897 - 10 seconds, Rekha. 415 00:16:15,897 --> 00:16:18,370 - "The Sims" is a single-player simulation game 416 00:16:18,370 --> 00:16:19,920 where you can be a character in a family, 417 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:21,140 you can also have expansion packs, 418 00:16:21,140 --> 00:16:22,870 we have dogs and cats and magic and vampires, 419 00:16:22,870 --> 00:16:24,200 and you can also have a job. 420 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:25,830 You can go to the Sims at work, 421 00:16:25,830 --> 00:16:28,360 and you can also grow older, starting in "The Sims 2" 422 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:29,730 you were able to age with your Sim 423 00:16:29,730 --> 00:16:32,320 and they could die of old age or die of starvation, 424 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:33,680 which is really a fascinating- 425 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,263 - And 10 seconds to Trapp. 426 00:16:37,157 --> 00:16:39,330 - "The Sims" was the winner of "The Rumble in the Jungle", 427 00:16:41,184 --> 00:16:43,990 Muhammad Ali, no one was expecting it, 428 00:16:43,990 --> 00:16:47,220 but there, a little diamond floating right above his head, 429 00:16:47,220 --> 00:16:48,857 those Sims, there's a whole family of them 430 00:16:48,857 --> 00:16:50,338 coming in, just wailing on him. 431 00:16:50,338 --> 00:16:52,030 - And that's it! 432 00:16:52,030 --> 00:16:56,150 Adam, who do you think the expert was in "The Sims"? 433 00:16:56,150 --> 00:16:58,520 - I'm disturbed by Rekha's, 434 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,870 the form of her expertise. 435 00:17:00,870 --> 00:17:03,150 She's killing off characters. 436 00:17:03,150 --> 00:17:06,730 However, it does demonstrate a textured knowledge 437 00:17:06,730 --> 00:17:09,940 of the game playing, so I think I might 438 00:17:09,940 --> 00:17:12,330 have to go for Rekha. 439 00:17:12,330 --> 00:17:13,580 - Adam, well done. 440 00:17:13,580 --> 00:17:16,470 The answer to all three of these was Rekha. 441 00:17:16,470 --> 00:17:18,987 - That's so psycho, Sam. 442 00:17:18,987 --> 00:17:21,420 - Wow. 443 00:17:21,420 --> 00:17:24,050 - I was losing my fucking mind. 444 00:17:25,690 --> 00:17:27,970 - Adam, thank you so, so much. 445 00:17:27,970 --> 00:17:29,250 - Thank you, brother. 446 00:17:29,250 --> 00:17:30,980 Bye everyone. - Bye, nice to meet you. 447 00:17:30,980 --> 00:17:34,890 - The points as we head into round 2 of our game, 448 00:17:34,890 --> 00:17:37,100 Ryan with 2, Trapp with 4, Rekha with 4, 449 00:17:37,100 --> 00:17:38,980 a dead heat. 450 00:17:38,980 --> 00:17:40,160 Ryan. - Yeah. 451 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,970 - Would you inspire us? 452 00:17:42,970 --> 00:17:44,400 - Totally. 453 00:17:46,530 --> 00:17:48,143 - Your first slide being: 454 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:50,570 - All right, well, 455 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:52,508 this almost goes without saying, you guys. 456 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:55,750 - So why say it? 457 00:17:55,750 --> 00:17:57,250 - I don't even need to explain this. 458 00:17:57,250 --> 00:18:00,260 - I think we've all known this for quite some time, 459 00:18:00,260 --> 00:18:01,450 but it helps every now and then, 460 00:18:01,450 --> 00:18:03,420 for points to be reiterated so they don't get 461 00:18:03,420 --> 00:18:04,510 lost in time. 462 00:18:04,510 --> 00:18:06,150 This is your brain on hugs, 463 00:18:06,150 --> 00:18:08,377 and as you can tell by the electricity coming out of it 464 00:18:08,377 --> 00:18:10,220 and the smiles that they're sharing, 465 00:18:10,220 --> 00:18:13,050 it's just absolutely astounding, I mean, 466 00:18:13,050 --> 00:18:15,309 I love it, people love it, and, um, 467 00:18:16,190 --> 00:18:17,102 next slide. 468 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,340 - To be clear, the lightning is good? 469 00:18:21,340 --> 00:18:22,690 - Yeah. 470 00:18:22,690 --> 00:18:24,400 - And to that same effect, 471 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,120 this grim reaper is also good. 472 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:30,730 In this diagram, we see the intersection of death, 473 00:18:30,730 --> 00:18:35,400 often thought of as a sad thing to be lamented, 474 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:36,550 thing to be feared. 475 00:18:36,550 --> 00:18:37,480 Cats die. 476 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,710 This woman will die. 477 00:18:39,710 --> 00:18:40,543 - Today? 478 00:18:40,543 --> 00:18:43,064 - Yes, these will both die today. 479 00:18:43,064 --> 00:18:44,390 I have them backstage, 480 00:18:44,390 --> 00:18:46,070 and it is going to happen. 481 00:18:46,070 --> 00:18:47,820 What I want to make clear to you is that 482 00:18:47,820 --> 00:18:50,835 they back there are so afraid, but, 483 00:18:50,835 --> 00:18:52,790 before I came out here, 484 00:18:52,790 --> 00:18:53,823 I hugged them both. 485 00:18:54,656 --> 00:18:56,020 They did say, "Stop, you don't have to do this," 486 00:18:56,020 --> 00:18:57,420 but they also smiled a little bit, 487 00:18:57,420 --> 00:19:00,290 and that just goes to show, in the face of death, 488 00:19:00,290 --> 00:19:01,630 the power of hugs is enormous. 489 00:19:01,630 --> 00:19:03,090 - Do you know that woman? 490 00:19:03,090 --> 00:19:04,715 - I do, very well, this is my aunt. 491 00:19:07,270 --> 00:19:08,500 Next slide, please. 492 00:19:10,870 --> 00:19:13,443 Now, this is where things go off the path, I think. 493 00:19:14,276 --> 00:19:16,200 You think, "Well, what is the point of this presentation? 494 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,030 Hugs are great, everyone knows that." 495 00:19:18,030 --> 00:19:19,430 I do need to make this clear, 496 00:19:19,430 --> 00:19:21,980 a hug of Santa is a kiss of death. 497 00:19:21,980 --> 00:19:24,500 It's likened to an atomic bomb blast. 498 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:26,590 There's radiation for weeks, we don't know 499 00:19:26,590 --> 00:19:28,150 what's chemically within him, but, 500 00:19:28,150 --> 00:19:29,795 I beg of you not to hug Santa Claus. 501 00:19:30,628 --> 00:19:32,820 - From what I've understood about Santa, 502 00:19:32,820 --> 00:19:34,640 is that he's nice. - Totally. 503 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,220 - So what is this that you're telling me now 504 00:19:36,220 --> 00:19:38,370 that he'll cause nuclear destruction? 505 00:19:38,370 --> 00:19:39,420 - I'm so glad you brought that up. 506 00:19:39,420 --> 00:19:41,060 So are we familiar with the Grinch? 507 00:19:41,060 --> 00:19:41,980 - Intimately. 508 00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:43,033 - Intimately, great, phen- 509 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,620 - Sexually, yes. 510 00:19:46,620 --> 00:19:47,900 - So in the story of the Grinch, 511 00:19:47,900 --> 00:19:50,350 I mean, obviously, the warmth, the love, 512 00:19:50,350 --> 00:19:52,881 the hugs that he's given grow his heart three sizes. 513 00:19:52,881 --> 00:19:53,714 - Mmmm. 514 00:19:53,714 --> 00:19:55,280 - Santa's heart is already, you know, 515 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,050 as the biggest size in the world. 516 00:19:57,050 --> 00:19:58,630 - Oooh. - He has the biggest 517 00:19:58,630 --> 00:20:00,630 heart ever, and if he is to be hugged, 518 00:20:00,630 --> 00:20:03,110 you know like in "Spider-Man 2", the sun they build? 519 00:20:03,110 --> 00:20:05,761 It's kinda like that, where the hug will explode out 520 00:20:05,761 --> 00:20:07,900 and destroy everything. 521 00:20:07,900 --> 00:20:09,890 - What does this say about Santa's 522 00:20:09,890 --> 00:20:11,310 relationship with Mrs. Claus? 523 00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:12,940 - Very good question. 524 00:20:13,872 --> 00:20:15,161 - Uh-oh. 525 00:20:15,161 --> 00:20:16,727 They ain't getting any action. 526 00:20:16,727 --> 00:20:18,850 - Rekha, that's verbatim it. 527 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:20,881 They ain't getting any action. 528 00:20:22,510 --> 00:20:24,050 So, take from that what you will, 529 00:20:24,050 --> 00:20:26,100 but it is what it is, next slide, please. 530 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,612 The centerpiece of my argument. 531 00:20:30,570 --> 00:20:32,763 What all of this has been leading up to. 532 00:20:33,681 --> 00:20:34,514 And regrettably, 533 00:20:35,561 --> 00:20:36,570 I think as we can all see, 534 00:20:36,570 --> 00:20:37,970 it's having a little bit of trouble. 535 00:20:37,970 --> 00:20:39,880 In rehearsal, we couldn't get it to work, 536 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,030 so I don't know why I thought it would work now. 537 00:20:42,030 --> 00:20:45,321 Just, suffice it to say, it was a very well-produced 538 00:20:45,321 --> 00:20:47,890 CGI recreation of what would happen 539 00:20:47,890 --> 00:20:49,310 if you were to hug Santa Claus. 540 00:20:49,310 --> 00:20:51,300 And, I mean, the people who did work on it, 541 00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:53,241 I just wanna thank them, 'cause 542 00:20:53,241 --> 00:20:54,700 you guys can imagine 543 00:20:54,700 --> 00:20:55,680 how cool it would've been. 544 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,692 Thank you so much for your time. 545 00:20:59,070 --> 00:21:00,700 - Very well done, Ryan. 546 00:21:00,700 --> 00:21:02,250 I really liked how you managed 547 00:21:02,250 --> 00:21:04,390 to sort of dig holes for yourself, 548 00:21:04,390 --> 00:21:06,520 and then try to scamper on out of them. 549 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,360 I'll give you two points. 550 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:09,193 - All right. 551 00:21:09,193 --> 00:21:12,380 - The thesis of which, I think I can say is, 552 00:21:12,380 --> 00:21:14,370 we should all hug each other, but not Santa. 553 00:21:14,370 --> 00:21:15,590 - Yes, exactly. 554 00:21:15,590 --> 00:21:16,710 He's a frightening beast. 555 00:21:16,710 --> 00:21:17,980 - Rekha. - Okay. 556 00:21:17,980 --> 00:21:21,100 - Let's hear your big idea, 557 00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:21,933 starting here. 558 00:21:24,732 --> 00:21:27,818 - Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah? 559 00:21:27,818 --> 00:21:31,020 - Hmmmm. 560 00:21:31,020 --> 00:21:32,730 - I think this is gonna be a good one. 561 00:21:34,790 --> 00:21:39,790 - Aren't you guys so tired of small talk? 562 00:21:44,917 --> 00:21:47,677 "Hey, honey, how are you doing?" 563 00:21:47,677 --> 00:21:49,457 "Hi, I'm doing fine." 564 00:21:49,457 --> 00:21:50,767 "Oh my God, how's the weather?" 565 00:21:50,767 --> 00:21:53,010 "Why don't you go outside and check yourself?" 566 00:21:53,010 --> 00:21:54,680 Well I posture to you, 567 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,204 hot dogs are like the small talk of food. 568 00:21:57,204 --> 00:21:58,037 - Ooooh. 569 00:21:58,037 --> 00:22:02,037 - Just something boring and droll, 570 00:22:02,037 --> 00:22:03,430 "Oh, you don't know what to eat? 571 00:22:03,430 --> 00:22:06,130 Pick up a hot dog at the vendor." 572 00:22:06,130 --> 00:22:09,124 It's tiring, and I think we deserve better. 573 00:22:09,124 --> 00:22:09,957 - I see. - It's something 574 00:22:09,957 --> 00:22:10,877 we're settling for. 575 00:22:10,877 --> 00:22:11,730 - Mmmm. - Okay. 576 00:22:11,730 --> 00:22:12,563 - Next slide. 577 00:22:16,830 --> 00:22:17,663 The redhead up front. 578 00:22:17,663 --> 00:22:18,658 - Yeah, hi. 579 00:22:18,658 --> 00:22:19,913 Mmhmm? - You're laughing, why? 580 00:22:20,913 --> 00:22:22,540 - Don't give it to her, Ryan. - Why are you laughing? 581 00:22:22,540 --> 00:22:24,590 Because I would venture to say you laughing 582 00:22:24,590 --> 00:22:25,950 is sort of offensive. 583 00:22:25,950 --> 00:22:27,330 'Cause I think you're laughing 584 00:22:27,330 --> 00:22:29,420 because this duck is in a business suit 585 00:22:29,420 --> 00:22:30,873 and has a nice body. 586 00:22:31,730 --> 00:22:33,740 - That's exactly what I was laughing at, yeah. 587 00:22:33,740 --> 00:22:37,600 - Well that's what I have to say is a common misconception. 588 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,250 That this duck can't exalt itself to be a businessman. 589 00:22:40,250 --> 00:22:41,083 This is what I'm saying. 590 00:22:41,083 --> 00:22:42,130 You're settling for hot dogs. 591 00:22:42,130 --> 00:22:44,367 You're settling for a duck just sitting around, 592 00:22:44,367 --> 00:22:46,350 "Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack." 593 00:22:46,350 --> 00:22:48,530 You're not believing that anything 594 00:22:48,530 --> 00:22:50,390 can be a level above what it is now. 595 00:22:50,390 --> 00:22:51,850 - I just have a question of clarification. 596 00:22:51,850 --> 00:22:52,683 - Okay? 597 00:22:52,683 --> 00:22:54,630 - What is the misconception here? 598 00:22:54,630 --> 00:22:56,390 - The misconception is that this duck 599 00:22:56,390 --> 00:22:58,000 can't dream about being a man. 600 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,790 - The misconception is that it's a fantasy. 601 00:23:00,790 --> 00:23:03,210 - The misconception is that that should be 602 00:23:03,210 --> 00:23:05,683 in a thought bubble, and not a speech bubble. 603 00:23:05,683 --> 00:23:07,300 - Oh, speech bubble. 604 00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:08,133 - Yes. 605 00:23:08,133 --> 00:23:09,960 - It's not a thought, it is. 606 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:10,888 Next slide. 607 00:23:12,545 --> 00:23:15,957 So what I'm here today is to tell you that 608 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:22,190 you can exalt anything in your mind to be at a higher level. 609 00:23:22,190 --> 00:23:25,410 You can achieve more than you think you can. 610 00:23:25,410 --> 00:23:27,460 For instance, redhead in the front. 611 00:23:27,460 --> 00:23:28,924 - Can you please stop picking on me? 612 00:23:30,552 --> 00:23:32,110 - Nope, tell me what this graph means. 613 00:23:32,110 --> 00:23:33,604 - Yeah, you do the presentation. 614 00:23:35,620 --> 00:23:36,730 - What, no, no. 615 00:23:36,730 --> 00:23:39,060 Let me tell you, redhead, you're stuttering. 616 00:23:39,060 --> 00:23:39,893 - I feel picked on. 617 00:23:39,893 --> 00:23:42,080 - There's something deep in your psyche 618 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,480 that feels picked on, that feels lesser than, 619 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,460 that feels you can't explain this graph. 620 00:23:46,460 --> 00:23:48,310 Well I'm here to tell you, even the most 621 00:23:48,310 --> 00:23:52,290 confusing graph that my son put together can be understood. 622 00:23:52,290 --> 00:23:53,170 Look at this graph. 623 00:23:53,170 --> 00:23:55,180 I told my son, "Make something incomprehensible. 624 00:23:55,180 --> 00:23:56,620 Let me trick the audience. 625 00:23:56,620 --> 00:23:58,260 Let me see if they really doubt 626 00:23:58,260 --> 00:24:00,110 their mind capacity that much." 627 00:24:00,110 --> 00:24:02,250 And you all fell for it, and I'm sorry you fell for it. 628 00:24:02,250 --> 00:24:04,820 But I'm here to tell you, you could understand this graph. 629 00:24:04,820 --> 00:24:05,653 Look at this. 630 00:24:05,653 --> 00:24:08,600 All it's saying is that volcanic eruptions 631 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,990 have sort of had a relatively similar level of occurrence 632 00:24:12,990 --> 00:24:17,990 from 1960 to 2010, whereas "Women named Allison" 633 00:24:18,310 --> 00:24:21,470 has been on a relative decline, and then an uptick, 634 00:24:21,470 --> 00:24:23,860 and that these two patterns are unrelated. 635 00:24:23,860 --> 00:24:25,690 - To be clear, you're saying that 636 00:24:25,690 --> 00:24:29,700 this is a silly slide your child made 637 00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:33,680 that you put into the presentation to prove 638 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:35,455 that anyone can do anything? 639 00:24:40,930 --> 00:24:42,710 - Stand up, sir, stand up. 640 00:24:42,710 --> 00:24:43,740 Stand up, sir. 641 00:24:43,740 --> 00:24:45,390 - Okay, but I'll be out of frame. 642 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,560 - Sir, you are the first person in this audience today 643 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,220 that has chosen to believe in themselves. 644 00:24:53,220 --> 00:24:55,817 That has chosen to look at something confusing and go, 645 00:24:55,817 --> 00:24:57,210 "No, that's possible." 646 00:24:57,210 --> 00:25:00,080 Ducks can wear suits, graphs can mean something. 647 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:01,690 Next slide, unless this is done. 648 00:25:01,690 --> 00:25:02,669 - No, there's one more. 649 00:25:02,669 --> 00:25:04,200 - Uh-oh. 650 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,700 The only person on my side in this argument 651 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:09,450 so far has been Adam Driver. 652 00:25:09,450 --> 00:25:10,730 We do phone calls about this. 653 00:25:10,730 --> 00:25:12,030 We're trying to get the word out. 654 00:25:12,030 --> 00:25:13,840 We're trying to get people to believe in themselves, 655 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,120 to believe that they are more than they think they are. 656 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:17,684 But they think he's bananas. 657 00:25:17,684 --> 00:25:20,084 People think he's bananas. 658 00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:24,820 - Thank you, Rekha, for telling us 659 00:25:24,820 --> 00:25:27,930 very passionately and in a very roundabout way 660 00:25:27,930 --> 00:25:30,440 to believe in ourselves, 661 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:32,310 I will give you 2 points 662 00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:35,590 for that absolutely insane presentation. 663 00:25:35,590 --> 00:25:36,423 Trapp. 664 00:25:36,423 --> 00:25:37,530 - Let's do it. 665 00:25:37,530 --> 00:25:39,253 - Here's your first slide. 666 00:25:41,490 --> 00:25:43,980 - Folks, there's a problem with society these days 667 00:25:43,980 --> 00:25:47,130 that we've all run into at some point or another. 668 00:25:47,130 --> 00:25:50,335 We've all been invited to a mysterious mansion, 669 00:25:51,290 --> 00:25:53,270 no explanation about why we're there, 670 00:25:53,270 --> 00:25:56,590 no explanation about what binds the other strangers 671 00:25:56,590 --> 00:25:57,820 that are in that room. 672 00:25:57,820 --> 00:26:01,130 Yet, within that house are the 673 00:26:01,130 --> 00:26:03,210 tools of our own destruction. 674 00:26:03,210 --> 00:26:06,900 A candlestick, a rope, a wrench, a gun, 675 00:26:06,900 --> 00:26:09,700 a knife, a lead pipe, not pictured here, 676 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:10,810 didn't have the money to 677 00:26:10,810 --> 00:26:12,960 get the lead pipe. 678 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,370 These dangers are there, and I do believe 679 00:26:16,370 --> 00:26:17,810 that there is a solution. 680 00:26:17,810 --> 00:26:19,770 That solution is here on our next slide. 681 00:26:19,770 --> 00:26:21,168 Let's take a look. 682 00:26:24,070 --> 00:26:25,860 It's fish, people. 683 00:26:25,860 --> 00:26:26,693 Not fish-people. 684 00:26:26,693 --> 00:26:27,920 It's fish, comma, people. 685 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:28,957 I'm addressing you. 686 00:26:28,957 --> 00:26:29,830 - You see, I told you. 687 00:26:29,830 --> 00:26:30,680 - The people. 688 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,590 - Dangers lurk everywhere. 689 00:26:33,423 --> 00:26:35,060 And who better to teach us how to 690 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:37,360 confront those dangers than fish? 691 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,870 Now, it is because of the dangers that these fish face, 692 00:26:40,870 --> 00:26:44,560 one of the oldest, the oldest branches of the Tree of Life 693 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,780 on Earth, they're still living, they're still thriving, 694 00:26:46,780 --> 00:26:49,650 because they know how to confront danger. 695 00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:53,130 Now how, specifically, do fish deal with danger? 696 00:26:53,130 --> 00:26:54,440 Next slide, please. 697 00:26:58,460 --> 00:27:01,080 Well, it's like that joke about 698 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:02,940 the boy and the water fountain, you know? 699 00:27:02,940 --> 00:27:04,200 - This is one of his greatest, 700 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,402 I've seen him do, I've seen a YouTube video of this joke. 701 00:27:07,610 --> 00:27:08,930 - You love this joke. 702 00:27:08,930 --> 00:27:12,522 - This joke is so funny. 703 00:27:12,522 --> 00:27:13,690 - Film it, film it. - I'm surprised he's 704 00:27:13,690 --> 00:27:15,071 doing it again. - It's a classic, really. 705 00:27:15,071 --> 00:27:16,400 It's classic. - It's hard to beat. 706 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:17,801 - Boy walks up to a water fountain. 707 00:27:21,590 --> 00:27:25,647 Leans in, presses the button, squirts him in the eye. 708 00:27:25,647 --> 00:27:27,041 "Fuck," the boy screams. 709 00:27:28,110 --> 00:27:29,447 - Whoa, okay. 710 00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:31,650 - "Fuck, shit, ass." 711 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:33,150 Wipes the water out of his eye. 712 00:27:33,150 --> 00:27:34,560 Leans in for another sip, because 713 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:35,700 the boy's thirsty. 714 00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:37,650 Presses the button, right in the eye again, 715 00:27:37,650 --> 00:27:38,910 the other eye this time. 716 00:27:38,910 --> 00:27:39,743 - Mmmm. 717 00:27:39,743 --> 00:27:42,290 - Again, stream of profanities the likes of which 718 00:27:42,290 --> 00:27:46,330 a young boy should not know come erupting out of his mouth. 719 00:27:46,330 --> 00:27:47,749 - But he's so thirsty. 720 00:27:50,911 --> 00:27:53,760 - This is the best part. 721 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,090 - Boy goes for a third time. 722 00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:58,700 He leans in, he presses the button, 723 00:27:58,700 --> 00:28:01,920 straight down his throat, right into his lungs, 724 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:02,893 he drowns. 725 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:07,830 The boy goes up to heaven. 726 00:28:07,830 --> 00:28:09,190 - Oh, it's still going, all right. 727 00:28:09,190 --> 00:28:10,677 - He's talking to Saint Peter, and he's like, 728 00:28:10,677 --> 00:28:13,480 "All I wanted in life was just a little bit of refreshment. 729 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,090 What's going on here?" 730 00:28:15,090 --> 00:28:17,190 And Saint Peter says to the boy, 731 00:28:22,337 --> 00:28:24,351 "Better than getting it in the eye a third time, right?" 732 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:28,640 - How is this about fish? 733 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,100 - Now, what does this teach us? 734 00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:31,780 We're dealing with a law of numbers here. 735 00:28:31,780 --> 00:28:33,690 Many people are gonna die as we figure out 736 00:28:33,690 --> 00:28:35,060 what these dangers are, and we figure it, 737 00:28:35,060 --> 00:28:37,570 but someone is going to find the solution. 738 00:28:37,570 --> 00:28:38,403 - Mmmm. 739 00:28:38,403 --> 00:28:39,920 - Someone is going to try something different, 740 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,940 they're gonna find the way to survive, 741 00:28:41,940 --> 00:28:45,530 and then we can all adopt that new strategy and live. 742 00:28:45,530 --> 00:28:47,030 And that's exactly what you're 743 00:28:47,030 --> 00:28:48,550 going to see on my next slide. 744 00:28:48,550 --> 00:28:49,620 - Great. 745 00:28:49,620 --> 00:28:50,823 - Yes. 746 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,181 This is the Pyramid of Time. 747 00:28:59,250 --> 00:29:02,540 Like nutrition, this tells us how we should be 748 00:29:02,540 --> 00:29:03,890 living our lives. 749 00:29:03,890 --> 00:29:05,880 You wanna healthy dose of "is", 750 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,360 the present, all right? 751 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:08,600 That should be most of your time, 752 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,810 living in the present, assessing the dangers around you. 753 00:29:11,810 --> 00:29:12,643 - Mmmm. 754 00:29:12,643 --> 00:29:13,900 - Also important, the "was". 755 00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:15,190 These are things you've already learned, 756 00:29:15,190 --> 00:29:16,560 these are things you've learned from other people, 757 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:17,640 who you've seen die. 758 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:18,620 Then the "will be". 759 00:29:18,620 --> 00:29:20,100 Looking ahead to the future, 760 00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:23,180 what dangers do you see coming down the pipeline? 761 00:29:23,180 --> 00:29:25,420 And finally, the least important, 762 00:29:25,420 --> 00:29:26,920 the "will have been". 763 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,870 A little bit of that future retrospection can be valuable. 764 00:29:29,870 --> 00:29:31,940 People are going to die. - Mmmm. 765 00:29:31,940 --> 00:29:33,800 - But we shouldn't ignore them, we shouldn't 766 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:35,550 ignore the strategies that they took. 767 00:29:35,550 --> 00:29:38,840 The people dying right now, the people who died previously, 768 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:40,190 the people you think might die, 769 00:29:40,190 --> 00:29:41,920 and the least important of all, 770 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,020 the people who will have been dead in the future. 771 00:29:45,570 --> 00:29:47,630 Next slide, please. 772 00:29:47,630 --> 00:29:49,130 So, 773 00:29:49,130 --> 00:29:49,963 that was all 774 00:29:49,963 --> 00:29:51,551 just the introduction. 775 00:29:51,551 --> 00:29:53,391 We got a lot more to talk about here. 776 00:29:53,391 --> 00:29:54,224 - What? 777 00:29:55,859 --> 00:29:57,690 - For the comedy value, 778 00:29:57,690 --> 00:30:00,279 I desperately wanna just give you one point. 779 00:30:01,740 --> 00:30:03,610 - Yes, I think, Trapp, for that 780 00:30:04,850 --> 00:30:07,990 absolute Herculean display of nonsense, 781 00:30:07,990 --> 00:30:09,591 I will give you one point. 782 00:30:09,591 --> 00:30:11,200 - That is 783 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:12,640 totally reasonable. 784 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,490 - The score at the end of our game is 785 00:30:16,490 --> 00:30:21,031 Ryan with 4 points, Trapp with 5, and Rekha with 6. 786 00:30:21,031 --> 00:30:22,111 - Ooooh! 787 00:30:22,111 --> 00:30:22,944 - Rekha, 788 00:30:22,944 --> 00:30:26,063 you get to pick something from the winner menu. 789 00:30:26,988 --> 00:30:28,820 - Oooooh! 790 00:30:28,820 --> 00:30:30,780 - I'll choose the Goldbelly credits. 791 00:30:30,780 --> 00:30:33,280 - Yay. - Goldbelly credits for Rekha. 792 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,780 Trapp, you may pick something off of the loser menu. 793 00:30:35,780 --> 00:30:38,840 - Ooooh, that's fun, let's see. 794 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,301 I always insult Sam, so that's not really that special, 795 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:44,870 I'll promote something. - Oooh, great. 796 00:30:44,870 --> 00:30:47,718 - Mister Zac Oyama, who you all know from Collegehumor 797 00:30:47,718 --> 00:30:48,551 and from Dropout, 798 00:30:48,551 --> 00:30:52,470 is recording his own live play D&D podcast 799 00:30:52,470 --> 00:30:54,050 called "The Rotating Heroes Podcast". 800 00:30:54,050 --> 00:30:56,100 It'll be, like, a bunch of very short arcs, 801 00:30:56,100 --> 00:30:58,730 where lots of different people are going to be playing. 802 00:30:58,730 --> 00:31:01,050 Ryan, something off of the loser menu. 803 00:31:01,050 --> 00:31:03,250 - Uh, I'll give a virtual hug to my squad real quick. 804 00:31:03,250 --> 00:31:04,083 - Ooooh! 805 00:31:05,069 --> 00:31:06,758 - C'mere you guys. 806 00:31:06,758 --> 00:31:09,152 - That's cute. - Oh, so nice. 807 00:31:09,152 --> 00:31:10,170 - I like it. 808 00:31:10,170 --> 00:31:13,610 - That does it for us here at "Game Changer". 809 00:31:13,610 --> 00:31:16,123 I'm Sam Reich reminding you 810 00:31:16,123 --> 00:31:17,480 that the only difference between 811 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,610 a good idea and a bad idea is all in the presentation. 812 00:31:20,610 --> 00:31:21,443 Good night. 813 00:31:21,443 --> 00:31:22,276 - Good night. - Bye. 814 00:31:22,276 --> 00:31:23,109 - Bye bye.