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(A train is speeding south along the California coast. Meanwhile, a wounded woman is brought to the Angeles Hospital emergency room.) SIMON: I know what caused the flash-forwards. You don't believe me. CAMILLE: Well, of course I do. The world's greatest mystery's been solved by a boozer on a train bound for Los Angeles. SIMON: Can you connect to the internet with that? Real quick, do an image search for "quantum physicist genius." Go on. I'll wait. Which popped up first – Me winning the Robert Wilson award or the jaunty one of me holding lab goggles over my genitals? CAMILLE: Of course.

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  • (A train is speeding south along the California coast. Meanwhile, a wounded woman is brought to the Angeles Hospital emergency room.) SIMON: I know what caused the flash-forwards. You don't believe me. CAMILLE: Well, of course I do. The world's greatest mystery's been solved by a boozer on a train bound for Los Angeles. SIMON: Can you connect to the internet with that? Real quick, do an image search for "quantum physicist genius." Go on. I'll wait. Which popped up first – Me winning the Robert Wilson award or the jaunty one of me holding lab goggles over my genitals? CAMILLE: Of course.
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  • Al Gough
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  • AL GOUGH: We were talking about a case that I don't think even exists yet – The Rutherford case.
  • Gough and Fiona Banks are examining a case file at her desk at Scotland Yard when they are interrupted by a bird flying into the building.
  • Gough remembers seeing the dead bird and using a cell phone in an elevated emotional state.
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  • (A train is speeding south along the California coast. Meanwhile, a wounded woman is brought to the Angeles Hospital emergency room.) SIMON: I know what caused the flash-forwards. You don't believe me. CAMILLE: Well, of course I do. The world's greatest mystery's been solved by a boozer on a train bound for Los Angeles. SIMON: Can you connect to the internet with that? Real quick, do an image search for "quantum physicist genius." Go on. I'll wait. Which popped up first – Me winning the Robert Wilson award or the jaunty one of me holding lab goggles over my genitals? CAMILLE: Hold up. You really – SIMON: I'm obviously wasting my time. CAMILLE: I'm sorry. I've just heard that line a hundred times before. SIMON: You genuinely want to know? CAMILLE: Of course. SIMON: The flash-forwards were caused by you. It's simple quantum mechanics, really. Whenever a heavenly body carries such an intense force of attraction, the universe just goes... bananas. CAMILLE: Sounds technical. SIMON: Helps if you have a PhD or two. If my calculations are correct, your dark energy could bring about another catastrophe at any moment. Luckily, I've pinpointed the one location on Earth that has an irresistible enough force to counteract you. CAMILLE: Let me guess – Your sleeper car. SIMON: Grab your purse. We've not a moment to lose. I thought for sure that would work. CAMILLE: A 21-year-old sorority girl, maybe. But, um, I've learned never to go anywhere unless I'm gonna get the real thing. SIMON: The actual cause? CAMILLE: Mm. SIMON: I have a theory, but the, uh... The science is a little complicated. CAMILLE: I'm a complicated girl. I can handle it. SIMON: The most basic concept you need to understand is quantum superpositions. Are you aware of the double slit experiment? CAMILLE: Well, there was that one time in college... SIMON: What about Schrödinger's cat? CAMILLE: No, I'm not that kinky. SIMON: Close your eyes. Give me your hand. Okay. Now imagine you have a cat... SIMON: A teeny, tiny cat... SIMON: That fits in the palm of your hand. You also have a poisonous sardine. Once we close your palm, there are two possible scenarios. SIMON: Either the cat eats the sardine and dies, or the cat doesn't eat the sardine and lives. SIMON: Quantum physics says until we open your hand to discover the cat's fate, both eventualities occur at the same time. SIMON: For us, the cat is both living and deceased. CAMILLE: But how can that be? SIMON: That's the miracle of quantum mechanics – The observer gets to decide. CAMILLE: The kitty's already made up its mind. SIMON: Alive or dead? CAMILLE: See for yourself.
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