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The Oracle of Delphi (Entry 872.1S0911)

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In which a veiled, fume-huffing priestess tells the ancient world what to do for over a millennium, and John only knows what time it is from his truck clock. Certificate #25192.

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We are receiving this time

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and uh

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receiving this message

0:10.0

We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick

0:14.0

We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past

0:18.0

The turbulent time that was the early 21st century Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization,

0:24.6

we began this monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:28.6

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

0:34.6

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology

0:39.4

to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you.

0:43.3

This is our time capsule. This is the omnibus.

0:47.1

This is the omnibus. You have access entry 872.1 S.0911.

1:19.6

Certificate number 25192.

1:23.6

The Oracle of Delphi.

1:26.6

I have these memories for my life.

1:32.0

None of them happened.

1:34.7

What does that mean?

1:36.3

The Matrix cannot tell you who you are.

1:39.4

But an Oracle can.

1:41.1

That's different.

1:42.6

How would you say you make decisions? Do you have like a process?

1:51.8

I don't. That does not surprise me. And I don't even know how to make decisions because every decision is like the first decision you're like

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