Professor, your latest scientific exploits really boggle the mind, especially your meta-communicator and I am overjoyed you could join our show tonight. Can you treat us to a small sample, maybe?
Certainly. There is much to be learned from the departed ones. Why don't we call a philosopher like Aristotle? Give me a second to set up the connection and the translation circuit.
Here we go, let's listen to him.
Hello Xenon, I am sitting on the steps of Zeus' temple with my most renowned teacher Plato, discussing the essence of our world. He believes that material is made of small pieces that you cannot divide further. He called them atoms. But I think I just proved to him that his idea is absurd, after all, how could you divide water or fire into small particles.
Let's try to reach Galileo next. Good, I found him.
Buona sera, Professor, a new arrival here told me that the Pope has finally exonerated me. That is good news. I just don't understand why it took them so long. I was right and they were wrong and they knew that for centuries. So now I can relax and be in peace with my religion. I have to cut this short, Kepler and Einstein are waiting for me outside. Ciao.
Well, we heard from a Greek philosopher and from a scientist. Who would you like to listen to next. I have enough energy left in my power cube to call two more. How about a woman? I lknow one from about 3500 years ago in Egypt, King Hatshepsut.
May Aten be with you into the next life. I understand you are calling me from so far in the future, that's amazing. Let me explain about that beard I am wearing since I hear that your rulers don't wear a beard anymore. But since I declared myself KING I better sport a ceremonial beard. It says I am the King. I also hear that women in your age finally are almost equal. Don't give up gals, you will wear an invisible beard some day.
That was a powerful woman King. I can dial in a random Pope from the Middle Ages. Would that be of interest?
Yes, I think we got a Pope. Please tell us, Your Eminence, what do you see is right and what's wrong in our world today.
OK, my son. One short example, the human body. We held that a woman's breasts are not only beautiful but worthy of admiration. The fashions of our day show this clearly by not just permitting a woman of stature to proudly display her attributes but making this a matter of good taste.
May I remind you that it was God who created man, and it was Man who created clothes. At my time we revered God's work over Man's. You seem to have reversed and now call obscene what we admired ....
Oops. We are out of power folks. Thank you, Professor. Good night.
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