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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been spending my summers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Marine Biological Laboratory in \NWoods Hole, Massachusetts
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there, what I've been doing is\Nessentially renting a boat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I would like to ask you to do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to come on a boat ride with me tonight.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we ride off from Eel Pond into\Nthe Vineyard South,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right off the coast of Martha's Vineyard,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equipped with a drone to\Nidentify potential spots
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from which to peer into the Atlantic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Earlier I was going to say
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the depths of the Atlantic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't have to go too deep\Nto reach the unknown.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, barely two miles away,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from what is arguably the greatest\Nmarine biology lab in the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we lower a simple plankton net\Ninto the water
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring up into the surface things\Nthat humanity rarely pays attention to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and oftentimes, have never seen before.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is one of the organisms\Nthat we caught in our net,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a jellyfish.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But look closely, living inside this\Nanimal is another organism
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is very likely entirely \Nnew to science.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A complete new species.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or how about this other \Ntransparent beauty?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With a beating heart, \Nasexually growing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on top of its head,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,progeny that will move on to\Nreproduce sexually.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let me say that again,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this animal is growing asexually,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on top of its head,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,progeny that is going to reproduce\Nsexually in the next generation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A weird jellyfish, not quite,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is an ascidian,\Nthis is a group of animals
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that now we know we share \Nextensive genomic ancestry with,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is perhaps the closest \Ninvertebrate species to our own.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meet your cousin,\NThalia democratica
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm pretty sure you didn't \Nsave a spot
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your last family reunion for Thalia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, let me tell you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these animals are profoundly related to us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ways we are just \Nbeginning to understand.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next time you hear anybody \Nderisively telling you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this type of research is a\Nsimple fishing expedition,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that you remember\Nthe trip that we just took.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, many biological sciences\Nonly see value
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in studying deeper what we \Nalready know,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In mapping already discovered continents.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But some of us are much more \Ninterested in the unknown,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want to discover completely \Nnew continents,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gaze at magnificent vistas\Nof ignorance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We crave the experience of being\Ncompletely baffled
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by something we have \Nnever seen before.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, I agree that there's a lot of \Nego satisfaction in being able to say
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, I was the first one \Nto discover that."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a self-aggrandizing\Nenterprise
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in this type of \Ndiscovery research,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't feel like a complete \Nidiot most of the time,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're just not science-ing\Nhard enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every summer, I bring onto the deck\Nof this little boat of ours,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more and more things that\Nwe know very little about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very, very, very little about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to tell you tonight,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a story about life that\Nrarely gets told
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an environment like this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the vantage point of\Nour 21st biological laboratories,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our 21st century\Nbiological laboratories,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have began to illuminate\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many mysteries of life with knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sensed that after centuries\Nof scientific research,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're beginning to make significant\Ninroads into understanding
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the most fundamental\Nprinciples of life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our collective optimism is reflected\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the growth of biotechnology\Nacross the globe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Striving to utilize scientific knowledge\Nto cure human diseases,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things like cancer, aging,\Ndegeneretive diseases,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are but some of the \Nundesirables we wish to tame.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I often wonder is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why is it that we are\Nhaving so much trouble
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to solve the \Nproblem of cancer?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it that we're trying to solve\Nthe problem of cancer,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not trying to\Nunderstand life?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life on this planet \Nshares a common origin.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can summarize 3.5 billion years\Nof the history of life on this planet
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a single slide.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you see represented here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are all known species,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,representative of all \Nknown species of our planet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this immensity of life\Nand biodiversity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we occupy a rather\Nunremarkable position.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homo sapiens,\Nthe last of our kind.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And though I don't really\Nwant to disparage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the accomplishments\Nof our species,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as we wish it to be so,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and often pretend that it is so,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not the measure of all things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are, however, the measurers\Nof many things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We relentlessly quantify, \Nanalyze and compare,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some of these are absolutely\Ninvaluable and indeed necessary,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this emphasis today,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on forcing biological research\Nto specialize,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to produce practical outcomes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually restricting our ability\Nto interrogate life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to accept only narrow confines\Nand unsatisfying depths.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are measuring an astonishingly\Nnarrow sliver of life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hoping that those numbers\Nwill save all of our lives.