- Hello Julian!
- Hi Molly.
Welcome, welcome to the lab.
Welcome, Community.
- Thank you for having us.
As you know, I'm here from the Community Show,
which is a show--
- For the community, by the community, really!
- It's very good.
Scientific opinion.
- I've been watching you.
- Well apparently a lot of people have been watching you.
And they've been asking for Science of to come back.
A lot. - Really?
- Like a lot, a lot.
Like huge amounts of data, like so much that normally
I'd be like, this is a little desperate, but
your show is pretty good so I have to agree.
- Thank you, Community.
It really, it feels nice.
- Well you're welcome.
And you deserve it.
Considering our unbridled enthusiasm for science,
we were sort of hoping you would give us
a little preview of what's coming up this season.
- So our third season is going to be
the science of empathy.
And empathy is that feeling you get
when you see somebody else having an emotional reaction
and you feel the same emotions.
It's like when you see somebody having a bad time
and you feel bad as well,
or you see somebody in love
and you feel butterflies in your stomach.
- Why empathy, and why now?
- You know, when we were looking for a topic
for the third season,
empathy was an idea we came up with because
looking at the world around us, it just,
it feels different lately.
It feels like we've lost the ability
to connect with each other and reach across
and understand people that maybe we don't agree with.
The first two seasons on happiness and love,
those are topics that you see
and immediately you wanna know more about,
but empathy is something you have to really dig
to understand.
And when you learn
what it is and how to use it and how to keep expressing it,
it can impact your life in a much more positive way
than you might have ever realized.
- I love that.
I really love that.
I was actually wondering if maybe we
could do a little experiment,
Right here, right now!
- Oh! Yeah, totally!
- Yeah?
- Yeah absolutely. - In?
Secret handshake?
- Secret handshake.
- Okay, we'll work on it!
(snaps)
- Uh, first. I'm gonna need the lab coat.
Yeah, yeah.
- Oh, okay alright.
- Cause I'm the scientist now.
Oh I feel like a genius.
Okay.
Now the tables have turned.
Okay, I gotta hit you with some numbers questions now.
- Okay. - You ready?
- Sure.
- What would you guess over the course of a series,
say a SoulPancake series, say Science of,
is the number of times that one viewer might comment?
- If somebody were to have a response to
even half the stuff we put out,
even a third of the stuff that we put out,
and say like, this meant something to me
and I learned something from this,
that's huge.
It would mean a lot to me,
to know that we affected somebody that much.
- It would feel good.
- Yeah.
- What would you feel
if I told you that you had a fan
who has commented on a hundred percent of your videos?
Starting with the first one, up until the last one.
- They're gonna think I,
They're gonna think I look a lot different now.
(both laughing)
- Well, this such person does exist
and his name is Philip Gipson,
he's in our community.
And if you wanted to,
I'd love to give you the opportunity to thank him.
Here and now.
- Philip Gipson?
- Philip Gipson.
- Philip Gipson, that's really amazing
that you like what we do and that you wanna tell us
that you enjoy it and that you're a part of it.
We're making more for you.
We've got a whole other season, Science of Empathy.
We're gonna make eight episodes.
And then after that, we have yet to even pick a topic,
but we have eight more coming after that.
So Philip Gipson, I hope your wifi lasts for
16 more comments.
We'd love to have you in that section
being a part of the community.
- Julian.
- Molly.
- Thank you!
- Thank you so much.
- For all your science
and for being with us here on the Community Show.
And we can't wait.
- Thank you, Community!
Really! - Thank you Community!
- We are back.
- That's what I'm saying.
- Back in the lab! - 16 seasons, baby!
- Feels good!
A great part of being back though is
wearing that lab coat again.
Can I--
- Okay. Well I'm just gonna,
yes.
And I will - Can I get that back?
- But, you know and um
what, what's that?
- Can I--
- My Uber's here? - Molly!
- This has been so fun!
- Molly, I'm gonna,
I'm gonna need the coat! - Good luck this season!
- Molly I need it,
people respect me with the coat!
Molly!
- Hello, Uber?
Yes, I'm a doctor (Julian laughing)
and I'm ready to leave.
♫ Soul Pancake
(funky music)