1 00:00:00,036 --> 00:00:05,866 >> As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. 2 00:00:05,866 --> 00:00:12,786 Natural selection -- the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest reproduced 3 00:00:12,786 --> 00:00:17,826 in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits 4 00:00:17,826 --> 00:00:21,426 of man -- now began to favor different traits. 5 00:00:21,426 --> 00:00:24,916 Most science fiction of the day predicted a future 6 00:00:24,916 --> 00:00:28,246 that was more civilized and more intelligent. 7 00:00:28,246 --> 00:00:31,356 But, as time went on, things seemed to be heading 8 00:00:31,356 --> 00:00:34,966 in the opposite direction: a dumbing down. 9 00:00:35,216 --> 00:00:36,186 How did this happen? 10 00:00:36,186 --> 00:00:39,516 Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. 11 00:00:39,516 --> 00:00:44,726 With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those 12 00:00:44,726 --> 00:00:49,626 who reproduced the most and left the intelligent to become an endangered species. 13 00:00:50,756 --> 00:00:54,266 >> Having kids is such an important decision. 14 00:00:55,136 --> 00:00:56,656 >> We're just waiting for the right time. 15 00:00:56,966 --> 00:00:59,356 It's not something you want to rush into, obviously. 16 00:00:59,476 --> 00:00:59,826 >> No way. 17 00:01:01,526 --> 00:01:03,396 >> Oh, shit, I'm pregnant again. 18 00:01:03,856 --> 00:01:06,286 >> Shit! I got too many damn kids! 19 00:01:06,926 --> 00:01:08,266 Thought you was on the pill or some shit. 20 00:01:08,356 --> 00:01:09,716 >> Hell, no. 21 00:01:09,856 --> 00:01:09,946 >> Shit! 22 00:01:10,356 --> 00:01:11,396 I must've been thinking of Brittany.. 23 00:01:11,536 --> 00:01:12,286 >> Brittany? 24 00:01:12,396 --> 00:01:13,056 No, you didn't! 25 00:01:14,546 --> 00:01:16,216 >> There's no way we could have a child now. 26 00:01:16,946 --> 00:01:18,386 Not with the market the way it is, no. 27 00:01:18,676 --> 00:01:20,846 >> That just wouldn't make any sense. 28 00:01:21,526 --> 00:01:22,876 >> Come on over here, bitch. 29 00:01:22,876 --> 00:01:23,886 He don't care about you. 30 00:01:23,886 --> 00:01:26,496 >> Yeah? Well, there must be something he likes over here. 31 00:01:27,076 --> 00:01:28,296 >> She don't mean nothing to me, baby. 32 00:01:28,296 --> 00:01:28,976 >> Clevon! 33 00:01:29,226 --> 00:01:29,516 >> Oh, shit. 34 00:01:29,696 --> 00:01:30,436 It wasn't me! 35 00:01:30,746 --> 00:01:31,606 It wasn't me! 36 00:01:33,786 --> 00:01:36,006 >> Well, we finally decided to have children, 37 00:01:36,186 --> 00:01:39,176 and I'm not pointing fingers, but it's not going well. 38 00:01:40,666 --> 00:01:41,566 >> And this is helping. 39 00:01:42,206 --> 00:01:45,146 >> I'm just saying that before I have in vitro, maybe you should be willing to -- 40 00:01:45,146 --> 00:01:46,436 >> It's always me, right? 41 00:01:47,296 --> 00:01:49,236 >> Well, it's not my sperm count. 42 00:01:49,916 --> 00:01:50,896 >> Yeah! Yeah! 43 00:01:51,376 --> 00:01:53,006 I'm going to fuck all of y'all. 44 00:01:53,216 --> 00:01:54,706 >> That's my boy! 45 00:01:59,316 --> 00:02:00,716 >> Clevon is lucky to be alive. 46 00:02:01,046 --> 00:02:03,846 He attempted to jump a Jet Ski from a lake into a swimming pool 47 00:02:03,846 --> 00:02:05,406 and impaled his crotch on an iron gate. 48 00:02:06,296 --> 00:02:10,216 But thanks to recent advances in stem cell research and the fine work of Doctors Krinski 49 00:02:10,216 --> 00:02:13,196 and Altschuler, Clevon should regain full reproductive function. 50 00:02:13,196 --> 00:02:15,976 >> Get your hands off my junk! 51 00:02:19,046 --> 00:02:24,416 >> Unfortunately, Trevor passed away from a heart attack while masturbating 52 00:02:24,416 --> 00:02:26,846 to produce sperm for artificial insemination. 53 00:02:26,896 --> 00:02:32,976 But I have some eggs frozen, so just as soon as the right guy comes along, you know -- 54 00:02:37,056 --> 00:02:41,776 >> And so it went for generations, although few, if any, seemed to notice. 55 00:02:44,256 --> 00:02:48,566 >> At the dawn of the 21st century, the Army began a top-secret experiment. 56 00:02:48,816 --> 00:02:52,706 >> Meet Joe Bauers, our first subject for the Human Hibernation Experiment. 57 00:02:52,706 --> 00:02:54,516 As you know, this is highly classified. 58 00:02:54,636 --> 00:02:58,846 However, if successful, we believe humans can be stored indefinitely. 59 00:02:58,906 --> 00:03:02,016 >> However, the trial run was prone to human error. 60 00:03:02,186 --> 00:03:03,086 >> See you in a year. 61 00:03:03,196 --> 00:03:05,636 >> And Joe slept slightly longer than expected. 62 00:03:06,046 --> 00:03:08,616 Half a millennium, to be exact. 63 00:03:08,986 --> 00:03:12,796 >> From Mike Judge, creator of "Office Space" and "Beavis and Butt-Head." 64 00:03:12,796 --> 00:03:13,366 >> Oh, my God! 65 00:03:13,526 --> 00:03:13,776 Ha! 66 00:03:13,896 --> 00:03:14,066 >> Ha! 67 00:03:14,066 --> 00:03:14,156 >> Ha! 68 00:03:14,156 --> 00:03:14,276 >> Ha! 69 00:03:14,806 --> 00:03:14,996 >> Ha! 70 00:03:16,166 --> 00:03:18,306 >> If you were the smartest person in the world -- 71 00:03:18,966 --> 00:03:19,696 >> This goes in your mouth. 72 00:03:20,506 --> 00:03:21,496 This one goes in your butt. 73 00:03:22,406 --> 00:03:23,036 Hang on a second. 74 00:03:23,906 --> 00:03:26,896 This one -- this one goes in your mouth. 75 00:03:27,256 --> 00:03:30,316 >> And we're stuck with the dumbest people in history. 76 00:03:30,436 --> 00:03:34,006 >> If you have one bucket that holds two gallons and another bucket 77 00:03:34,086 --> 00:03:37,956 that holds five gallons, how many buckets do you have? 78 00:03:38,416 --> 00:03:39,926 >> Two. 79 00:03:40,166 --> 00:03:41,476 >> What would you do? 80 00:03:41,476 --> 00:03:45,266 >> Excuse me, I'm actually supposed to be getting out of prison. 81 00:03:46,576 --> 00:03:47,486 >> You're in the wrong line. 82 00:03:51,056 --> 00:03:52,436 >> I'm the smartest guy in the world? 83 00:03:52,956 --> 00:03:53,436 Says who? 84 00:03:53,596 --> 00:03:55,006 >> The IQ test you took in prison. 85 00:03:55,466 --> 00:03:56,716 You got the highest score in history. 86 00:03:56,746 --> 00:03:58,256 >> Even smarter than President Camacho. 87 00:03:58,396 --> 00:04:00,836 >> Ladies and gentlemen, the president of America! 88 00:04:00,836 --> 00:04:04,986 >> In the year 2505 -- 89 00:04:04,986 --> 00:04:07,346 >> We got this guy, he's going to fix everything! 90 00:04:07,346 --> 00:04:08,366 So you smart, huh? 91 00:04:08,366 --> 00:04:11,536 >> The ordinary will be considered extraordinary. 92 00:04:11,636 --> 00:04:13,066 >> I thought your head would be bigger. 93 00:04:13,496 --> 00:04:14,446 >> Idiocracy. 94 00:04:14,756 --> 00:04:17,636 >> For the smartest guy in the world, you're pretty dumb sometimes. 95 00:04:18,516 --> 00:04:38,800 [ Music ]