0:00:20.828,0:00:25.983 If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch 0:00:25.983,0:00:31.811 You must first invent the universe 0:00:31.811,0:00:36.664 Space is filled with a network of wormholes 0:00:36.664,0:00:39.126 You might emerge somewhere else in space 0:00:39.126,0:00:41.912 Some when-else in time 0:00:41.912,0:00:44.211 The sky calls to us 0:00:44.211,0:00:46.510 If we do not destroy ourselves 0:00:46.510,0:00:52.152 We will one day venture to the stars 0:00:52.152,0:00:54.265 A still more glorious dawn awaits 0:00:54.265,0:00:57.028 Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise 0:00:57.028,0:01:01.115 A morning filled with 400 billion suns 0:01:01.115,0:01:02.973 The rising of the milky way 0:01:02.973,0:01:06.479 The Cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths 0:01:06.479,0:01:09.915 Of exquisite interrelationships 0:01:09.915,0:01:12.702 Of the awesome machinery of nature 0:01:12.702,0:01:15.163 I believe our future depends powerfully 0:01:15.163,0:01:17.462 On how well we understand this cosmos 0:01:17.462,0:01:21.386 In which we float like a mote of dust 0:01:21.386,0:01:23.081 In the morning sky 0:01:23.081,0:01:26.471 But the brain does much more than just recollect 0:01:26.471,0:01:30.465 It inter-compares, it synthesizes, it analyzes 0:01:30.465,0:01:32.508 it generates abstractions 0:01:32.508,0:01:37.315 The simplest thought like the concept of the number one 0:01:37.315,0:01:38.847 Has an elaborate logical underpinning 0:01:38.847,0:01:40.566 The brain has its own language 0:01:40.566,0:01:43.584 For testing the structure and consistency of the world 0:02:19.015,0:02:22.013 For thousands of years 0:02:22.013,0:02:24.707 People have wondered about the universe 0:02:24.707,0:02:26.982 Did it stretch out forever 0:02:26.982,0:02:30.024 Or was there a limit 0:02:30.024,0:02:32.927 From the big bang to black holes 0:02:32.927,0:02:35.690 From dark matter to a possible big crunch 0:02:35.690,0:02:37.640 Our image of the universe today 0:02:37.640,0:02:40.357 Is full of strange sounding ideas 0:02:40.357,0:02:43.004 How lucky we are to live in this time 0:02:43.004,0:02:45.814 The first moment in human history 0:02:45.814,0:02:51.015 When we are in fact visiting other worlds 0:03:17.446,0:03:21.340 The surface of the earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean 0:03:21.340,0:03:24.870 Recently we've waded a little way out 0:03:24.870,0:03:27.981 And the water seems inviting