Hello?

Hi, Catherine.

Hello.

Hi, Catherine.

Hello, Jim.

We received some feedback that suggested we might have some tension between us.

And apparently we used to laugh more, or we used to seem to appreciate each other more.

That's really sad, isn't it, how we've grown tired of each other?

Okay, so that sounds like an admission on your part. Well, here's my real feelings. When we started this, I was like, oh, Jim's a doctor. He like knows stuff about science. He's going to tell me what's going on. And then I'll be done with it and I can go about my life. And what you've effectively

done is suck me in to this wormhole of confusing information where there are no answers and to answer any

question it just raises more questions.

No, I didn't. I didn't, I didn't have If I have any of many good answers. Like, think of how much you know now.

I know so much more than I, I wish I knew less.

And I have a little tidbit here for you.

Mm-hmm. Knowing. I have a little tidbit here for you.

Knowing what is unknown is a thing you know. Not to get to Rumsfeldian on you, but that is an important thing.

In any case, yeah, we haven't been joking as much because, you know, things are not funny.

However, I do have something to tell you for real.

Okay. And that is congratulations. Delayed, very belated congratulations, but

congratulations.

Yeah, you're speaking about being on the Colbert show, the late show.

You were on the Colbert show.

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