[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So people are more afraid of insects\Nthan they are of dying. 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,,At least, according to a 1973 book \Nof lists survey which preceded all those Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,online best, worst, funniest lists\Nthat you see today. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only heights and public speaking exceeded\Nthe six-legged as sources of fear. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I suspect if you had put spiders \Nin there, the combinations of insects Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spiders would have just\Ntopped the chart. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I am not one of those people. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really love insects.\NI think they're interesting and beautiful, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes even cute. 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,,And I'm not alone.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For centuries, some of the greatest minds \Nin science from Charles Darwin to E.O. Wilson Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have drawn inspiration from studying some\Nof the smallest minds on earth. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, why is that? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that keeps us coming\Nback to insects? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of it of course, is just the sheer\Nmagnitude of almost everything about them. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're more numerous than \Nany other kind of animal. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't even know how many species\Nof insects there are because new ones Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are being discovered all the time. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are at least a million,\Nmaybe as many as 10 million. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that you could have an insect\Nof the month calendar Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not have to reuse a species \Nfor over 80,000 years. 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,,Take that pandas and kittens! 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,,More seriously, insects are essential.\NWe need them. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been estimated that 1 out of every 3\Nbites of food is made possible Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a pollinator. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scientist use insects to make fundamental\Ndiscoveries about everything Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the structure of our nervous systems,\Nto how our genes and DNA work. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I love most about insects\Nis what they can tell us about