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Or those f***ing--

those d*cks in holland.

Remember them?

Yeah.

And, uh, the feds.

Could be the fbi.

I mean, but--

but if it was the fbi,

You know, they'd be--

just knock down

the door.

[ sighs ] f***, f***,

f***, f***, f***.

What if smiley isn't

any of those things?

I mean, what if he's real?

He's definitely

f***ing real.

I think we've

established

that by now.

No, I mean, what if

he's something we

can't understand?

What if he's just evil?

And that evil...

Is hunting us?

Yes.

What if that evil

is hunting us?

Well, then, I'd

say that's pretty

f***ing bad news.

Sh*t!

I think I'm gonna go get

my prescription filled.

Oh, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait.

What are

you getting?

Oh, ativan.

Ativan. Um, save me

some of that.

I think we're

gonna need it.

All right,

be careful, ladies.

Yeah. You, too.

Right.

[ gasping ]

[ crickets chirping ]

[ nail scratches ]

All righty.

Who can tell me

about occam's razor? Yeah?

Uh, "entities must

not be multiplied

beyond necessity."

You've done your reading.

That's very good.

Okay, now give it to me

in the plain language, okay?

What did william

of ockham mean? Hmm?

Maria?

Uh, the most likely

explanation

Is usually

the right explanation.

Now, is occam's razor

a rule

Or more of a guideline?

Well, it's a guideline,

because, I mean,

Sometimes the unlikely

explanation is actually

the right explanation.

Right, and that brings

us back to something

That, uh, ashley...

Was asking about

At the end

of the last class.

How do we account

for things that

seem so unlikely

As to be impossible?

They do occur.

Like supernatural?

Ah, let me give you

something that's

A little weirder

than what we call

supernatural,

Just to, uh,

blow your minds.

Are your minds

ready to blown?

Okay.

Now, we know

that the physical laws

That govern the universe

are specific

And that the tiniest,

most infinitesimal change

In the weight

of just one type

of subatomic particle,

Any kind of particle,

Would mean no universe,

No stars, no planets,

No life,

no consciousness,

Us not even having

this conversation.

Unless you believe

in a god whose only

reason for being

Is the authorship

of a relatively small

book of rules

About the weight and

behavior of particles,

Then we have

to acknowledge

That those rules

could have been

anything whatsoever.

Now, what is

the implication

of what I just said?

Yeah?

It's almost like

everything that happened

Happened so we could

know it happened.

A-plus.

And that idea is called

the anthropic principle,

That everything happened

just so that we could

know it happened,

But there's a problem

with the anthropic

principle. Ashley...

What could be wrong

with this idea?

It assumes we're the end.

Yes.

It assumes

we're the reason,

When really we could just

be amoebas or whatever.

Simple forms of life

were necessary for us

to develop.

We might be

what's necessary

For something else

to develop.

And I think I'd like

to end it on that.

Humanity may be

nothing more than

an intermediate step

In the development

of a consciousness

A trillion times

greater.

We already

built it a network,

Millions of nodes

communicating

with each other

That is called

the internet.

And while each node

on its own

Is nothing more

than a dumb computer,

Please remember

that each of our

individual brain cells

Is capable

of far, far less.

Terminator,

like skynet.

Or like the matrix,

like neo.

I think it's gonna be

a lot stranger

Than anything we're

capable of imagining.

Let's just

hope that when it

becomes conscious...

It's nice to us.

Or it could all just be

a bunch of nonsense.

All right,

get out of here.

Have a good day.

Could I speak to you

for a second?

You know what?

I'm kind of in a hurry.

Yeah, but it'll just

take one second.

No, just come during

office hours, okay?

But--

all right.

Okay.

...Baby-sitter stacy

Hasn't been answering

her calls.

I'm really worried

about her,

Of her getting

killed by smiley.

And nobody believes me.

[ gasps ]

[ gasps ]

Binder.

Scared the crap

out of me.

Don't sneak up

on people like that.

Oh, sorry.

What are you doing here?

Oh, I, uh--

I work here.

Oh, in the library?

Yeah.

I manage

the networking

databases.

It's how I pay

for school.

You're like

a computer genius.

Uh, yeah, thank you.

I prefer

the term nerd, but...

What are you doing?

You remember saying

something about evil

being a force.

Yeah.

Did you

mean that literally?

We're talking about

smiley, right?

Well, I've been

researching it,

And I haven't even

had time to get

to this part yet--

Smiley's real.

What?

How do you know?

I killed someone.

[ gasps ]

are you serious?

Ah, that's amazing.

I mean, that's terrible,

obviously,

But I tried to do it,

and nothing happened.

Do you want them to die?

No. I mean,

I wanted to be right,

But I didn't want

to kill anybody.

You have

to really want it.

You have to really

want them to die.

But then

he comes after you.

He tried to kill me.

What did it feel like?

What do you mean?

It was horrible.

Wow. Do you know

what this means?

I mean, I thought

I was crazy, but--

But if this is true,

if you're not lying,

Then that means

something's

been awakened,

Like something's

been born,

Like smiley

could be the next

generation--

Are you not

listening to me?

Smiley's trying

to kill me.

You know...

I thought maybe

you could help.

[ gasps ]

What are you doing?! Huh?!

What the--are you

trying to get us killed?!

I just--

are you crazy?

No, I just

want it to stop.

Well, then stop

trying to find out

What it is, okay?

You're bringing it to us.

But he won't

leave me alone.

I don't care!

I don't care.

You need to stop.

Crazy b*tch.

[ static ]

hi, sweetheart.

Daddy?

[ gasps ]

Proxy.

What are you, crazy?

No. No, I'm not crazy.

I really didn't mean to.

It was smiley.

Shut up, ashley.

He was on the phone.

I swear he was

on the phone.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

[ sobs ]

I'm so sorry.

I know I should have

mentioned something before,

And I know I lied.

I'm just...

I just don't want

to be crazy like my mom.

[ crying ]

I'm really happy

I can talk to you,

Because I have

nobody else.

Do you think you're

a danger to yourself?

No.

I don't want to die.

I don't want

anybody to die.

I'm gonna need to see

you again tomorrow.

Between now and then,

I want you to sleep.

I can't sleep.

Even the ativan

won't make me.

I'm gonna give you

a serious tranquilizer.

I'm only gonna

prescribe one dose,

And I don't

want you to mix it

with the ativan.

Got it?

You're presenting

as rational,

But what you're saying

makes me very concerned.

The good news

Is that you know

it doesn't make sense,

And that's

why you're here.

Tomorrow, we're

gonna talk about

Checking you in

for another evaluation.

But I--I don't want

to go for another--

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