OK.
[HAND TAPS]
We have a prediction system based on ultramassive data.
The data goes to a subatomic level,
so we're fully in the world of quantum mechanics,
using a fully deterministic interpretation
for which we use a version of De Broglie-Bohm, the pilot wave.
And it works, kind of.
We glimpsed Christ on the cross.
Exactly.
We didn't see him or hear him.
We glimpsed him through a blizzard of variances.
And the boss doesn't like variances.
The binary problem in our quantum system--
it either works totally or not at all.
Right?
Right.
And particularly bad for me, 'cause I'm focused on sound
waves, which are mega fragile and the variances
go wild mega fast, so most of my day I'm hearing shit like this.
[HAND TAPS]
[BUZZING, STATIC]
[UNCLEAR VOICES]
An elegant, ugly drop-out.
And it gets worse the further we travel back in time,
and the worse is exponential.
Now, hearing that shit through my headphones all day--
it drives me a little crazy.
So I figure I need a break.
I get up just to clear my head for a while,
and I find myself over at our core computer thinking about
how crazy all this shit is--
entanglement, superpositions, all the voodoo.
And I'm thinking fucking De Broglie-Bohm,
fucking pilot wave, fucking hidden variables--
I wish I could ditch them all.
So I did.
[HAND TAPS]
JESUS (ON RADIO): [SPEAKING ARAMAIC]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[SPEAKING ARAMAIC]
[HAND TAPS]
That's a projection?
Yeah.
It's fucking crystal.
What language is that?
It's Aramaic.
From 2,000 years ago.
Whoa.
That's Jesus talking?
[LAUGHS]
Tell 'em what you fucking did.
I switched out De Broglie-Bohm for the Everett interpretation.
Many worlds.
Still deterministic.
Deterministic because everything that can happen
will happen.
And that's as deterministic as you can get.
ALL: [LAUGHING]
Cute, Lyndon.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
It's a cute party trick.
A hell of a party.
Glad I'm invited.
ALL: [LAUGHING]
No.
It's a waste of time, and it's dangerous.
Why is it dangerous?
Because it's seductive, as I can see from
all your faces lit up, hearing Jesus talk,
getting nerd hard-ons.
But let's all just be clear.
It's not actually Jesus talking, is it?
No, it is Jesus talking.
But not our Jesus from our history.
It's a Jesus from a history.
And every time you run the system,
you'll get a different outcome.
But the difference might be a single hair on Jesus's head.
No.
It will be that difference, and three hairs' difference,
and four, and 1,000, and all points
in between and either side.
That's your response to what I've just achieved?
We're splitting hairs.
No, Lyndon.
This is my response-- you're fired.
What?
You're fired.
You've undermined everything I'm trying to do.
- Katie. - Forest.
Shut up, Katie.
Are you kidding me?
I'm not kidding anyone.
This is a message to the whole team.
If you didn't know it with the Russian kid, you know it now.
I will not accept this project being undermined.
Lyndon, you'll get your Devs separation pay, $10 million.
And if you talk about your work here to anyone in any context
at any time, I'll know.
Now get your stuff and get out.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]