Nicholas
Welcome back.
It's good to be back.
And it's a great honour
that former Weinberg prize winner
professor Nicholas Ponter
has chosen our university to continue
his research on protein-protein interactions.
And in addition to that,
professor Ponter will also
lead a select number of
excellent students in the Ponter talent class.
Ladies and gentlemen, Nicholas Ponter.
We all know that
scientific research boils down to one thing.
At the end of the project,
we know everything about
nothing or next to nothing.
But there are some rare moments in
one's career when you discover
something which will surprise the world.
When I looked at the printout of the data on
that specific Wednesday morning? Yes.
Back then, all the data was still on paper.
That's when I knew we've found something.
We no longer know everything about
nothing but something very important.
A better understanding
of how partner proteins
diffuse and consequently bind
each other in the cell.
And if there's anything
Sorry for interrupting, professor
but did you really discover this yourself.
I mean, did you
really personally make this discovery,
this ingenious, world, changing discovery?
Sir, if you would be so kind,
Did this discovery really
originate from your own mind?
Oh, that smells good!
Nice. What is it?
Sautéed veal brains.
You said you liked it. What we're eating is mind.
He felt like that,
Well, that's the question.
Can a cow think? Yeah, good question.
Philosophically speaking,
yes, scientifically speaking.
Now, I'll philosophy is
assigned to if it's a good question,
philosophically speaking,
is a good question, scientifically speaking.
Come on. Philosophy isn't a science.
No, not real science.
Philosophers bows that
the scientific practice
consistent asking questions and
if they happen to stumble upon an answer,
they find that the trivial detail
they asked questions,
wow, science is about knowing things.
And in order to discover these things,
you need to ask questions,
Good questions, and a good question
is determined in the way it can be answered.
Science revolves around the question,
how one can establish something as true.
Philosophy isn't a science.
Then what is mathematics?
Of course, physics.
Does a bear shit in the woods.
And history.
Yes, Well, no.
Look. History is not reproducible.
You can't control the variables.
Most experiments are about
knowing everything about almost nothing.
You describe the history.
Scientific discovery is history.
Physicists make history, but
to say that a historical investigation.
For example, on the resuscitation experiment,
which was performed in a way that
was ethically and politically incorrect.
Historical investigation, which I
happen to have been doing
for over the last year.
You said that's total bullshit.
No, no. I didn't say that.
It's not it's not bullshit,
but it ain't sign xydA.
Most of the university thinks it is.
The most Weinberg Prize winners
in this room think it isn't.
It's how you asked your question the way
you structure your total bullshit or not,
okay, then I shall
structure my following
question scientifically.
Was the guy that's cutting
right this afternoon.
And why did you not answer this question?
Because I truly hope it
wasn't because he was right.
Oh, no.
You would say he couldn't be right because
it wasn't a properly formulated hypothesis.
But isn't asking a question
simply stating our hypothesis.
It's like adding two philosophical view.
Hi, I'm off to my unscientific research.
I'm sorry.
I will also investigate why for fuck sake.
At the age of 24, I'm still living with
my daughter, Sophie. I'm sorry.
Then animals could also
live in isolated condition.
The arterial pump takes off
here they are glands from
the reservoir to the head.
The isolated head lives on for
hours and react to external stimuli.
Yeah. I know that experiment
is when I keep the head alive, right? Yeah.
But that is one of
the most interesting experiments
to explore from an historical viewpoint.
Which is like a physicist
who thinks history is cool.
So either you're lying
or you're just a really nice person?
I'm a really nice person.
Okay.
And what about you? What's your topic?
I study proteins with
the scanning tunneling microscope,
and I've been selected for
the Ponte Italian class.
Oh wow.
Congratulations. Thank you.
I saw you with him the other day.
You a thing or we think yes.
Totally were a thing.
He's my father.
Sorry.
Yeah.
Well, it isn't that great Really.
I think you're better off being in
his class. I mean, he's cool.
Just fathers in general. Yeah.
But what were you thinking?
I'm dating a man in his fifties
or age soon, the number, right?
It's not that big deal.
Try it.
You didn't give me an answer.
Yeah.
Behind you.
When will I get an answer to my question?
What are you doing here?
Do you really think
you came up with it all by yourself?
Nobody's ever come up with everything all by
themselves. We were a team.
Exactly.
We were a team.
We did it together. What do you want?
I want what's rightfully mine? Recognition.
Yes.
Okay.
Sorry.
Really?
Okay.
How's your research growing?
So so I meant
the research into who
I used to live in with your father.
Yeah.
That research cuts stuck.
I think publishable yet.
No, I don't think so.
Too bad.
Don't worry. I still
have other projects going.
So beautiful. You just looked just like him.
Can you help me?
If I may?
So how did you formulate
your research question?
How did the Western view and
Russian science change over
the course of this trial and
error is too big to fix,
too difficult to determine.
You have to bring it down to
Western reactions to make it more concrete.
So narrow your focus
and rephrase your question.
For instance, if you single out of
dark experiment and your question can be,
How was the dog experiment case
covered by American media?
This is the invention of commonly on us.
This is the machine he builds.
Do you know who wants applied
to become a link on us as students?
Einstein, albert Einstein himself.
The honest laboratory was that
famous at that time and how
the owners and Einstein
attract attention to their discoveries.
They published their work.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen,
They wrote an article that
my dear scientists to be
is what is expected of us.
Publish. Let your voice be heard.
The more publications you have and the
more important the journal
in which you published,
the easier it is for you to receive funding,
the better the university you work at and a
nice car, then you die.
But how amazing would it
be if after you're dead,
thousands of scientists can
build upon your discovery.
Because of the publish or perish mentality,
we are currently facing
an impossible amount of scientific articles.
The well-respected the Lancet
research that a while ago and they
found that 85% of
the published biomedical research,
It's rubbish, nonsense.
But peacock, hot air
purely published for the sake of it,
which will only be read by
one or maybe two others,
and contributes nothing to society.
Yes, what a discovery.
Bees in the south of Peru land on a leaf
with a serrated edge more
often than an unsaturated one.
And if they land there than there is
18% less chance of
rain in the North of Vietnam.
At the same moment.
If you throw in
enough data and you give it
a good scientific stir,
you'd be a complete idiot if you don't find
any correlation between
something and something else.
And then you published
and your H index goes up.
And that my dear scientists
of the future is a good thing.
Not for society, not, not,
not for the world, but for you.
But that isn't what honest did on this.
Worked for years to
prove something that he knew
in his heart to be
true because it was important.
And because of that, we now know more
about the physics of how our world works.
He was searching for
knowledge, not an article.
And he found it through action,
honest curiosity and perseverance.
And that ladies and
gentlemen is real science.
And honest is the kind of
scientist you should want to be.
Why don't you just say it?
Then I'll leave you alone.
What do you think?
I did get them right?
You did research it's
protein-protein interaction.
More famous than I thought.
I'm Rebecca.
Yeah.
Like another one.
Sure.
It's how a lag. That's why
I think coming to my house.
Don't you come on,
put your hands on me.
Sure.
It's how a lag here.
Yes.
If I run this task to another,
I only get a weak correlation.
Fairly significant. But if
I take the data through
C3, I get this result.
The CU three is what you need, right?
Otherwise you've got nothing.
Uses these three analysis.
There are 28 tests to process this data
and for sure they will
all give you useful results.
So you choose the C13
and forget about the rest.
If, if you base your conclusions
on all the datasets
and all the resulting analysis,
you will never get anywhere.
You know your final outcome is correct?
Yes.
This is the scientific method.
You don't need to show
the results. You don't need.
Otherwise we'll still be
here in ten years time.
Your H index should be over 20
before the time your hand
starts turning gray and with this rate,
you won't even finish it for his publication.
How do you think your graduate and you
need to pick up the pace
and finish your paper.
I need your brain for
my research on protein diffusion.
That's why you're here,
okay? Polish your data.
Everybody does it.
Everybody knows that everybody does it.
But don't tell him.
Wow, really good.
Can I just say one thing?
You should make a reservation.
If you say here,
despite accumulate and correlative evidence
supporting a neuroprotective role of ERP 57.
The contribution of these folders
to the physiology of
the nervous system remains
unknown, then you're fine.
But that's the only thing.
Really good masterpiece
seriously. Okay.
One just says, I have to ignore
the outcome of certain tests.
But that means I'm ignoring
the majority of my test results.
Can't do that. Yes, you can.
He's right. That's how we've always done it.
Nobody is forcing you to analyze
your data using 28 different routines.
To simply use the format
is that gives the correct result.
We used to call it a punter Polish.
Serious.
Of course.
What happened between U2
was your idea? Yes.
Listen, he was a group leader.
He built his group.
He was in charge.
And I and I'm not bragging here.
I had inside.
Now, what about now?
What do you want?
That price should be awarded to both of us.
That's a bit late after seven years.
You think so?
It's nowhere near finished,
but you did ask for it, so thank you.
You're welcome.
Nicholas, I'd like to
talk to you about a delicate matter.
Yes.
It's about ethics.
But did you really discover these yourself?
In science? Of course. Of course.
I mean, did you really
personally make this discovery?
Last year, the Executive Board
has indicated that they will be
implementing scientific integrity as
a university wide policy,
that any incidences or
transgression should
be dealt with immediately.
This ingenious
rural to changing the discovery.
And perhaps it may
have slipped your attention,
but as an additional function,
I'm the chair of the integrity board
and I've been authorized by
the Executive Board to make decisions
if dubious situation should arise?
Yes. Anyhow, I'm asking you
this in the strictest confidence. You did.
This discovery really originated
from your own mind.
Anyhow, would you be
interested in taking off my task?
It's an additional function.
It won't take up a lot of your time,
but I just don't have the time at
the moment and I
wouldn't know where else to ask.
It has to be someone with
a spotless reputation, you know.
Would you consider it?
Yes.
Yes, of course.
No.
I mean, yes.
How consider it.
Oh, good.
Good. Thanks.
Thank you.
Hello, Mr. Fancy shoes ducting,
should I figured that lower business? Yeah.
So they back at tickets for sure.
Okay.
Well, that's definitely not science.
I'll go for art. Let's take doing here.
Postdoc.
First up. I have to go
removed from the animal,
gets pumped back into expenses by the object.
The auto-injector shows
a normal blood circulation
and replacing the action of the day,
how can the artificial blood circulation
gradually induce it
to heart, stopped beating?
Know, I listened.
I think she's a genius.
Yeah.
I only read the first part but
it's new, so refreshing.
Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay.
I'm repeating myself.
I'll mail it to you.
Okay.
No, she's not finished yet,
but if you just read the first proposition,
it's been here, I mean, this quality.
Okay.
Okay. I'll send it to you.
Yeah. Okay, bye.
I have this student.
She's brilliant. Who is it?
Good for my talent?
Rebecca, she's brilliant.
What's the matter of
just thinking about running?
Thank you.
Sure. If you're a big bump your head.
It's not already cope with
this cartoon steak knife or,
you know, who's unreliable?
Your father. He didn't discover anything.
His brilliant discovery all came from
his tune it and he's
taking all the credit for it.
Do you know what my father thinks?
He's reading your thesis
and he thinks you're brilliant.
But it sounded a bit.
You have your PhD before you know it.
Looking at the number
of young female professors.
Generally speaking, there's only two ways for
girls like you to become
professor before you 40.
Screw your way up to Heather.
Be prudent. My father
doesn't want to get into your pens.
He's interested here brains,
which you'd like me to keep it that way.
If you go away,
I would call the police.
Say it and I'll leave you alone.
Say What What happened?
I thought of the project.
I made it happen, I got it funded.
And I made sure that people like
you had years to worry
about only one problem while I'll have
to worry about 500 problems.
Because of me, you were paid
generously for your work.
You were my employee.
And if I recall correctly,
you were very happy about that.
And then after all those years,
you had your idea.
So you're absolutely right.
It was your idea.
Thanks for lending
your idea. You're happy now.
Congratulations.
Now, if you're not out of here in
five minutes, I will call the police.
Because of me. You were paid
generously for your work.
Don't you were my employee
for all those years.
You had your idea.
So perfect. So you're completely right.
It was your idea.
Congratulations.
So now what what are you going to do?
I'll ruin him. He can't do that.
No.
You won't be online tomorrow.
You'll see yeah.
Wait a few weeks to months.
Why should I use
this a chance to let me graduate early?
I know he's read my thesis and I
know for sure that he will love it.
If you take them down now,
that's a big chance and x Professor
won't be so enthusiastic about it.
He's the only person who
really understands what I'm doing.
Supporting and protecting
the nervous system remains unknown.
Sporadic humanizing
evidence supporting an error.
Can I say something?
Yes.
You've got two problems of both of them.
This one was over here.
You drink too much.
Quit.
Second. That brilliant student of yours.
She's sleeping with this car.
Yeah. I'm certain.
I'm not surprised.
She's telling everyone that
you have stolen his ideas.
Sseuda.
I've read it.
It's good.
Very good.
Brilliant.
Thank you very much.
In theory, you could,
with a few minor alterations,
in my opinion, graduated summa cum louder.
Really?
In theory.
I do still have a few questions.
Okay.
Could you read this to me?
Despite accumulating correlative evidence
supporting a neuroprotective rule
of the ERP 57,
the contribution of this fold is to
the physiology of the
nervous system remains unknown.
Rebecca.
You realize that if you quote someone,
you need to refer to the source,
otherwise you're committing plagiarism?
Yes.
Despite accumulating
correlative evidence supporting
a neuroprotective rho of E p 57.
The contribution of these folders to
the physiology of the nervous system
remains unknown.
This sentence was written ten years ago.
The probability of you
coming up with exactly the same way
of describing this material is negligible.
I'll change it right away.
I'll add the reference.
I was reading that thesis
while I was studying the literature.
You read it or did someone read it to you?
You can go there.
Yes.
I heard you were looking for me
here and I need to talk to you.
You don't need to say anything. I understand.
You do.
I can see it in your face.
You're not going to do it.
Karen. I'm sorry.
I just haven't had
the time to consider it yet.
Then what's the problem?
I have this fantastic students,
but she's committed plagiarism.
Yes.
Deliberately.
She wants to fix it by adding the references.
But the intention was definitely there.
That sentence you said you didn't
say it was in your thesis.
Remember
discovery fees in
the south of her room.
He was searched for the tenure.
You may see
is real signs.
Rebecca Rebecca,
I have to officially
inform you that you are
suspected of plagiarism.
Until the verdict has been reached,
you will be suspended from
the university and you won't
be able to graduate
until the matter has been resolved.
It's my fault. I should've
known your stupid sorry.
He's stupid.
He knows that wasn't deliberate.
He knows because just
cut that whole sentence.
I start telling you
let it go without a problem.
Nobody would've noticed.
Like it's being published.
Now, is it given if this thing gets sorted,
I am never going back to class.
So you don't need him anymore?
Anymore?
Much.
And not too little. Not too
much. Not too little.
There's a study that shows that drinking
one glass of red wine a day prolongs life.
Though that only seems to be the case when
the wine industry is funding the research.
But I think that when I drink,
I really do feel like living longer.
Good evening.
Hello. I'm raising money
to support cancer research
so that milk yours.
Maybe you've heard of more quickly. Hold on.
My wife is in charge of these things.
Silly.
She's already dead.
Cancer. Sorry.
Do you know that after Nixon
declared war on cancer in 1971,
we've spent more than a
100 billion on research.
And cancer death rate has
declined with maybe five per cent.
That's nothing compared to the current,
which reduce by seven.
Cancer is business.
Millions of people who
work in cancer research.
Every year we spend a
100 million of cancer medication.
Do you know what
the pharmaceutical industry fears most?
That they discover a fantastic
at cheap medicine against cancer.
It would be an economic disaster.
I'll go I'm sorry.
Section as you complete and utter,
mom would have been ashamed at here.
Yes, That wasn't fair.
Talking about fairness.
I rent a piano, Rebecca.
Yes or no. Yes. It was his idea.
And no, he doesn't deserve the price.
I worked on that topic for 15 years.
I set up everything.
I got the funding.
All of it was my doing because
I felt I knew there was something there.
Something could be there.
And then that one suggestion
of desk hat and speed things up.
But don't forget the breeding ground
for that idea came from me.
That's how science works
in the grown-up world.
And that's really how it works.
Security is really stalking me now.
Tomorrow, 12 o'clock online.
Approach.
After all those years,
you had your idea.
You're completely right.
And what's your idea?
Congratulations.
Look at who or who do you want to be?
We, as scientists think
we should establish facts,
pass them on to society, to politics.
But how can we perform
scientific research without
considering social consequences?
If we know that global warming is happening,
should we just produce more data,
right, even more reports.
If those who are best informed
about this issue remains silent,
then who will speak up?
Come on.
Should we just shouting from the rooftops?
Do you want to describe the world?
Or do you want to check why
our scientists no longer
activists in the fifties and sixties,
that was completely normal.
Einstein Bohr,
they protested against nuclear weapons.
Be aware of your role in society.
Who do you want to be?
What do you want to do?
It's your choice. It's your responsibility.
This is the last time I
will stand before you.
I have been accused
of stealing someone else's idea.
I did not steal it.
And no one in the scientific community
will support this claim.
But it's rarely the case
that a scientific discovery
is due to the endeavors of just one person?
It is due to the endeavors of all of us.
So in accepting the prize,
addressed to me personally,
I didn't steal that idea.
I made a mistake.
Rebecca is clean.
Letter, graduated summa cum laude.
No.
No. I'll explain later.
I talked to you there.
Hey, don't do it.
Hi.
Did she do