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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Magical adventures in fantasy otherworlds \Nmay sound fun on paper, but more often than
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.60,0:00:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not they’re a surprisingly risky gamble. In \Nthe best-case scenario you’ll come back home
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.44,0:00:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find only seconds have passed since you left \Nand you won’t even get in trouble for being gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.12,0:00:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes time passes at a one-to-one rate and \Nthe whole time you’re gallivanting around in
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.64,0:00:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the magical otherworld, time’s still passing \Nback in the real one and you’re gonna have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.52,0:00:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some serious explaining to do if and when you \Nget back. But the worst case scenario flips
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.44,0:00:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that first one on its head - you might think \Nyou only spent a few days in the otherworld,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.96,0:00:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but hundreds of years could be passing in \Nreality. The concept of localized time dilation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.88,0:00:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a staple in fiction and folklore because it’s \Nfrankly deeply unnerving. As a bonus fun fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.28,0:00:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s a real thing in relativity - it’s almost \Ntotally unobservable under normal circumstances,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.44,0:00:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since we tend to stay in mostly one place \Nrelative to the earth and don’t usually
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.80,0:00:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,move at an appreciable fraction of the speed of \Nlight, but a clock moving relative to an observer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.56,0:00:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be observed to tick slower than a relatively \Nstationary one, and a clock close to a gravitating
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.88,0:00:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mass will measure less time passing than a \Nclock farther away from the same mass. Thanks to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.04,0:00:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gravitic time dilation, the core of the earth is \Nabout two and a half years younger than the crust.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.52,0:00:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is bananas, you may \Nremember it from Interstellar,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.92,0:01:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's basically the only time \Npop culture ever used this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.16,0:01:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe those magical otherworlds simply reside… \Nclose to the event horizon… slowed and distorted
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.68,0:01:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the very nature of space-time……… or maybe \Nit’s fiction and we don’t need to read too
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.52,0:01:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far into it. Anyway, today let’s talk about a \Njapanese folktale about the dangers of magical
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.12,0:01:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,otherworlds and the importance of following \Ninstructions from people who know more than you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.16,0:01:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our story begins with a young fisherman \Ncalled Urashima who’s a very sweet guy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.28,0:01:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a mean bone in his body. His profession \Nof “fisherman” does make it a little difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.88,0:01:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for him to be completely harmless, but he’s very \Nconscientious about the whole thing and doesn’t
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.16,0:01:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do any more harm than he has to. So that’s why \None day, when he fishes up a massive turtle,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.60,0:01:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he remembers hearing that turtles are \Nsupposed to live for a thousand years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.24,0:01:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he feels bad about cutting that short just for \Na tasty dinner, so he throws the turtle back and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.84,0:01:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,settles in for a nice little fishing-boat nap.\NThis is when a beautiful woman rises out of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.60,0:01:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the water, steps into the boat and tells Urashima \Nthat she was that turtle and is also the daughter
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.44,0:01:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the sea god and she’s here because he \Njust proved himself in a secret test of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.72,0:01:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,character and is qualified to be her husband. \NUrashima likes the sound of that, and he and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.32,0:01:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the princess sail out to the Dragon Palace to be \Nmarried, where they settle in to live together in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.92,0:02:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,riches and luxury for a thousand blissful years.\NAnd if only the story ended there. But while
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.08,0:02:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Urashima is a big fan of this magical palace and \Ndragon princess wife situation, after about three
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.24,0:02:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years of divine marital bliss he starts feeling a \Nlittle bit homesick and he wants to sail back to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.24,0:02:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his humble village to check in on his family and \Nfriends, you know? The Dragon Princess doesn’t
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.68,0:02:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think this is a very good idea, but she won’t stop \Nhim, so she just warns him to be very careful,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.84,0:02:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she has a feeling something very bad might \Nhappen if he does anything reckless. She gives him
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.44,0:02:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a small box and warns him not to open it under any \Ncircumstances or he won’t be able to come back.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.68,0:02:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Urashima tucks the box away, grabs his boat \Nand sails back home - but it’s not quite what he
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.08,0:02:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was expecting to see. The mountains and rivers \Nare all the same, but the buildings are gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.00,0:02:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including his house. He flags down a couple \Nbeachgoers and asks them what happened to the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.60,0:02:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Urashima house, and they tell him that’s a weird \Nthing to ask, since it’s an old folktale around
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.28,0:02:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these parts - four hundred years ago some kid \Nnamed Urashima drowned on a fishing trip and never
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.36,0:02:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came home. His family are, of course, long dead, \Nand even the village he lived in has fallen into
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.68,0:02:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ruin. Urashima realizes the dragon palace might \Njust be one of those magical fairy realms he’s
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.24,0:02:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heard about, where time passes a lot slower on the \Ninside than the outside. He thought it was only
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.24,0:02:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three years, but it’s been centuries out here.\NWell, that’s a bummer, but what are you gonna do,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.92,0:03:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right? With no surviving friends or \Nfamily and no reason to stick around,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.64,0:03:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Urashima prepares to head back - only to realize… \Nhe doesn’t remember the way. Surprise surprise,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.36,0:03:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ocean doesn’t have too many identifiable \Nlandmarks. Urashima freaks out and panics for
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.28,0:03:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bit before remembering the box and thinking \Nmaybe there’ll be something inside he can use.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.96,0:03:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Surprise surprise - there isn’t. When he cracks \Nthe box the only thing inside is a vaguely ominous
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.12,0:03:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cloud of vapor and the recollection that that \Nwas the one thing he was supposed to not do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.80,0:03:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whoops! Whatever magic was in the box dissipates \Nand Urashima gets hit with four hundred years of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.72,0:03:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,backlogged time all at once, rapidly aging \Nall the way up into a corpse. Total bummer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.88,0:03:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moral of the story? Well, aside from the \Nstandard “don’t disobey magical orders
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.16,0:03:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from fairy tale ladies”, maybe, you know, make \Nsure you and your fiancee are fully on the same
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.72,0:03:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,page before moving in together. You know, \Nyou might handle your chores differently,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.32,0:03:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or have different standards of organization… \Nthat’s just the kind of stuff you should really
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.76,0:03:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talk out first. And also your fiancee’s house \Nmight be a relativistic anomaly that completely
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.56,0:03:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cuts you off from your friends and loved ones \Nforever, which is just generally a red flag.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.52,0:03:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Maybe This Time]