We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

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We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

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Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you. This is our time capsule. This is the omnibus. Okay. You have accessed entry 215 dot PR 0812.

Certificate number 36799, Chindogu.

Chindogu.

Kasa what she has got,

a kakow, okay.

Have you ever invented anything?

Like, just even in your head like you know what? Oh for sure. Like if an alarm clock had instead of playing beeping what if it played like if you were just yeah tons of things you know I I was

definitely working on cold fusion for a long time and then I think also alchemy. I had I had different programs that I ran.

Well, I don't think most of the things you would need for either of those would be available to the layperson.

Did you just think you could get like

do cold fusion with some progressive soup

and some copper wiring?

It's like it's the classic Dunning Kruger effect.

I know just enough about things to think I know about things.

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