H Plus (2011) s01e25 Episode Script
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[HEARTBEAT THUMPING.]
The experiments in this particular lab are on the molecular level.
Doctors, this is Kenneth Lubahn.
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH.]
RAIZ: So, yes.
We like to think of this as the building-blocks lab.
Protein synthesis, synthetic organisms.
Good Lord.
RAIZ: And all that synthesis back there is the foundation for the wetware-related projects in here.
KENNETH: This is where you build the N54.
RAIZ: Exactly right.
And, of course, the synthetic people.
Well, it's not as strange as you make it sound.
"Synthetic" is just a word, but everything is synthetic.
The question is who synthesized it? Ah, you mean the synthetic pandas.
You're not a spiritual man? Well, I'm a scientist.
You know, there was a time in human history when God and the hand of science were the same.
In fact, several ancient cultures understood the relationship between miracle and natural function better than we do.
Sadly, much of that knowledge, uh, got lost in great purges.
Or relegated to metaphysics.
Some, sure.
But the nervous system isn't metaphysics, it's a complex computer.
And it's ready for an upgrade.
Through many of the techniques we're devising here.
But it can't compete with the computers being built today.
The software being written.
Why not? Because we've already crossed that threshold.
Computers are smarter.
I mean, look at us, trying to connect the world through nano computers.
That is the human condition.
We've created these tools, so they're a part of our humanity.
And I think that is thrilling.
We don't need myth and magic anymore.
Well, I predict, one day, we won't even need implants or any inorganic system for that matter.
Our own nervous systems have that potential on their own.
Mass storage, super computation, even an area of the brain with wireless transfer capabilities.
Right.
ESP.
RAIZ: Precognitive science.
It's really the heart of what we're doing.
A tougher puzzle than anything else here.
And I know you like puzzles.
KENNETH: Ah.
I was planning on doing some relaxing.
Getting out on some of those glaciers.
RAIZ: Well, you certainly can.
I'll show you some terrific hikes later.
But first, I want to introduce you to our prize for the month.
KENNETH: Right, the gifted test subject.
RAIZ: Meet Simona.
You'll be working with her a lot during the next month, mapping her mind, building the core of your operating system.
It's one-way glass.
KENNETH: So she can't see me.
And she never will.
She'll be in complete isolation while here.
We want her to forget she's in a laboratory.
We want science to be the last thing on her mind.
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[HEARTBEAT THUMPING.]
The experiments in this particular lab are on the molecular level.
Doctors, this is Kenneth Lubahn.
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH.]
RAIZ: So, yes.
We like to think of this as the building-blocks lab.
Protein synthesis, synthetic organisms.
Good Lord.
RAIZ: And all that synthesis back there is the foundation for the wetware-related projects in here.
KENNETH: This is where you build the N54.
RAIZ: Exactly right.
And, of course, the synthetic people.
Well, it's not as strange as you make it sound.
"Synthetic" is just a word, but everything is synthetic.
The question is who synthesized it? Ah, you mean the synthetic pandas.
You're not a spiritual man? Well, I'm a scientist.
You know, there was a time in human history when God and the hand of science were the same.
In fact, several ancient cultures understood the relationship between miracle and natural function better than we do.
Sadly, much of that knowledge, uh, got lost in great purges.
Or relegated to metaphysics.
Some, sure.
But the nervous system isn't metaphysics, it's a complex computer.
And it's ready for an upgrade.
Through many of the techniques we're devising here.
But it can't compete with the computers being built today.
The software being written.
Why not? Because we've already crossed that threshold.
Computers are smarter.
I mean, look at us, trying to connect the world through nano computers.
That is the human condition.
We've created these tools, so they're a part of our humanity.
And I think that is thrilling.
We don't need myth and magic anymore.
Well, I predict, one day, we won't even need implants or any inorganic system for that matter.
Our own nervous systems have that potential on their own.
Mass storage, super computation, even an area of the brain with wireless transfer capabilities.
Right.
ESP.
RAIZ: Precognitive science.
It's really the heart of what we're doing.
A tougher puzzle than anything else here.
And I know you like puzzles.
KENNETH: Ah.
I was planning on doing some relaxing.
Getting out on some of those glaciers.
RAIZ: Well, you certainly can.
I'll show you some terrific hikes later.
But first, I want to introduce you to our prize for the month.
KENNETH: Right, the gifted test subject.
RAIZ: Meet Simona.
You'll be working with her a lot during the next month, mapping her mind, building the core of your operating system.
It's one-way glass.
KENNETH: So she can't see me.
And she never will.
She'll be in complete isolation while here.
We want her to forget she's in a laboratory.
We want science to be the last thing on her mind.
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