I Origins

Sofi Elizondo:   Do you know the story of the Phasianidæ? Ian Gray:   The…no, what's that? Sofi Elizondo:   It's a bird that experiences all of time in one instant.  And she sings the song of love and anger and fear and joy and sadness all at once, all combined into one magnificent sound. Ian Gray:   Where are you from? Sofi Elizondo:   Another planet.  …  And this bird, when she meets the love of her life, is both happy and sad: happy because she sees that for him it is the beginning, and sad because she knows it is already over.

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Sofi Elizondo:   When I saw you that night, I…I had the feeling that I had known you.  Actually, I felt like you knew me. Ian Gray:   What do you mean? Sofi Elizondo:   Like we are connected from past lives. Ian Gray:   I don't believe in that. Sofi Elizondo:   What do you believe in? Ian Gray:   I'm a scientist; I believe in data.

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Sofi Elizondo:   Why are you working so hard to disprove God? Ian Gray:   "Disprove"?  Who proved that God was there in the first place?

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Ian Gray:   What's your favourite flower? Sofi Elizondo:   Dandelions. Ian Gray:   Okay, why? Sofi Elizondo:   'Cause they're free, wild, and you can't buy them.

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Ian Gray:   I do believe we've known each other since forever, though. Sofi Elizondo:   Really? Ian Gray:   Yeah.  You know how?  When the big bang happened, all the atoms in the universe, they were all smashed together into one little dot that exploded outward.  So, my atoms and your atoms were certainly together then, and, who knows, probably smashed together several times in the last 13.7 billion years.  So, my atoms have known your atoms, and they've always known your atoms.  My atoms have always loved your atoms.

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Sofi Elizondo:   How many senses do worms have? Ian Gray:   They have two: smell and touch.  Why? Sofi Elizondo:   So, they live without any ability to see or even know about light, right?  The notion of light to them is unimaginable. Ian Gray:   Yeah. Sofi Elizondo:   But we humans, we know that light exists—all around them, right on top of them, they cannot sense it.  But with a little mutation, they do.  Right? Ian Gray:   Correct. Sofi Elizondo:   So, Doctor Eye, perhaps some humans, rare humans, have mutated to have another sense—a spirit sense—and can perceive a world that is right on top of us, everywhere, just like the light on these worms.

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