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'''The Tolstoy Principle (and Dad "talks" to Daniel)''' is the sixteenth video in the Lonelygirl15 [[List of Lonelygirl15 videos|video series]] and the third in the [[Proving Science Wrong (series)|Proving Science Wrong]] series. | '''The Tolstoy Principle (and Dad "talks" to Daniel)''' is the sixteenth video in the Lonelygirl15 [[List of Lonelygirl15 videos|video series]] and the third in the [[Proving Science Wrong (series)|Proving Science Wrong]] series. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | '' | + | (''Bree is sitting cross-legged on the floor, redoing the picture board. Her dad opens the door to let Daniel in and we see him standing there with a white lab coat and a briefcase. After her dad closes the door, Bree looks up and says something inaudible to Daniel.'') |
'''Caption: Dad almost caught me! (Good thing he doesn't know a webcam from a hole in the ground) K... Back to the video!''' | '''Caption: Dad almost caught me! (Good thing he doesn't know a webcam from a hole in the ground) K... Back to the video!''' | ||
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(''Bree is wearing what appears to be her dad's labcoat. Daniel is not in the room.'') | (''Bree is wearing what appears to be her dad's labcoat. Daniel is not in the room.'') | ||
| − | '''Bree:''' Today for our installment of ''Proving Science Wrong,'' our topic is going to be the Tolstoy Principle. Jared Diamond came up with this one. (''While Bree is talking, a caption that says 'Daniel and Dad left to "talk"' appears beside Bree'') The Tolstoy Principle basically states that domesticable animals are all alike, but every undomesticable animal is undomesticable in its own way. '' | + | '''Bree:''' Today for our installment of ''Proving Science Wrong,'' our topic is going to be the Tolstoy Principle. Jared Diamond came up with this one. (''While Bree is talking, a caption that says 'Daniel and Dad left to "talk"' appears beside Bree'') The Tolstoy Principle basically states that domesticable animals are all alike, but every undomesticable animal is undomesticable in its own way. (''sotto voce'') That's a tongue twister... Horses and cows are pretty domesticable animals, right? (''Cut to Bree now holding up and reading from Jared Diamond's ''Guns, Germs, and Steel.) "Horses and cows provide their owners with meat, milk products, fertilizers, land transport..." (''Caption: 'They're still talking...' appears on right side of screen as she continues.'') "... leather, military assault vehicles, plow traction, as well as the germs that killed previously unexposed peoples." |
| − | '' | + | (''Cut to Daniel fiddling with the picture board on Bree's door.'') |
'''Bree:''' (''off camera'') Daniel, do you think you're more like a horse or a cow? | '''Bree:''' (''off camera'') Daniel, do you think you're more like a horse or a cow? | ||
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(''Bree is back on camera. Daniel is lying on the bed looking pensive, playing with P. Monkey'') | (''Bree is back on camera. Daniel is lying on the bed looking pensive, playing with P. Monkey'') | ||
| − | '''Bree:''' So. Since Daniel is being uncooperative, looks like we're going to have to disprove this one on our own. ''(Cut to Bree reading either from a website or a book. | + | '''Bree:''' So. Since Daniel is being uncooperative, looks like we're going to have to disprove this one on our own. ''(Cut to Bree reading either from a website or a book.'') "Used for leather." Well, I would never wear Daniel. But I guess he'd make a good throw rug. "Military assault vehicles." Well, I've never ridden Daniel into battle. So there you have it: the Tolstoy Principle, proven irrefutably wrong. (''Cut to Bree turning back to the camera from having glanced at a still quite pensive, subdued Daniel.'') And here we have a clearly, very domesticated animal. And yet... he's clearly incapable of performing any of the previously mentioned tasks. |
'''Daniel:''' (''mumbles'') Who says? | '''Daniel:''' (''mumbles'') Who says? | ||
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'''Bree:''' If you're keeping count, that's Bree: two, Science: zero. | '''Bree:''' If you're keeping count, that's Bree: two, Science: zero. | ||
| − | '' | + | (''Cut to Daniel still lying, still on the bed, still on his stomach, still pensive.'') |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* In Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond calls this phenomenon the "Anna Karenina Principle," not the "Tolstoy Principle." Leo Tolstoy was the author of ''Anna Karenina'', but it is unclear why Bree doesn't use Diamond's name. Perhaps the Creators simply got mixed up. | * In Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond calls this phenomenon the "Anna Karenina Principle," not the "Tolstoy Principle." Leo Tolstoy was the author of ''Anna Karenina'', but it is unclear why Bree doesn't use Diamond's name. Perhaps the Creators simply got mixed up. | ||
* The way in which the clips of this video are presented makes it appear that the sequence of events in the video are not in proper chronological order. For instance, we see Bree's dad open the door in the very beginning to let Daniel in, but Daniel is not in the room in the next clip. Later, Daniel is in the room but we never saw him enter. | * The way in which the clips of this video are presented makes it appear that the sequence of events in the video are not in proper chronological order. For instance, we see Bree's dad open the door in the very beginning to let Daniel in, but Daniel is not in the room in the next clip. Later, Daniel is in the room but we never saw him enter. | ||
| − | * How Bree got the lab coat is a bit of a mystery. When we see Bree's dad enter the room at the beginning of the video, he is holding a lab coat in his hand, but he leaves without giving it to Bree. However, in the next clip (which seems to have been actually filmed before her dad entered the room) | + | * How Bree got the lab coat is a bit of a mystery. When we see Bree's dad enter the room at the beginning of the video, he is holding a lab coat in his hand, but he leaves without giving it to Bree. However, in the next clip, (which seems to have been actually filmed before her dad entered the room) Bree is seen wearing a lab coat, which is probably her dad's. |
Revision as of 07:13, 26 January 2007
Template:Blog3 The Tolstoy Principle (and Dad "talks" to Daniel) is the sixteenth video in the Lonelygirl15 video series and the third in the Proving Science Wrong series.
Transcript
(Bree is sitting cross-legged on the floor, redoing the picture board. Her dad opens the door to let Daniel in and we see him standing there with a white lab coat and a briefcase. After her dad closes the door, Bree looks up and says something inaudible to Daniel.)
Caption: Dad almost caught me! (Good thing he doesn't know a webcam from a hole in the ground) K... Back to the video!
(Bree is wearing what appears to be her dad's labcoat. Daniel is not in the room.)
Bree: Today for our installment of Proving Science Wrong, our topic is going to be the Tolstoy Principle. Jared Diamond came up with this one. (While Bree is talking, a caption that says 'Daniel and Dad left to "talk"' appears beside Bree) The Tolstoy Principle basically states that domesticable animals are all alike, but every undomesticable animal is undomesticable in its own way. (sotto voce) That's a tongue twister... Horses and cows are pretty domesticable animals, right? (Cut to Bree now holding up and reading from Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel.) "Horses and cows provide their owners with meat, milk products, fertilizers, land transport..." (Caption: 'They're still talking...' appears on right side of screen as she continues.) "... leather, military assault vehicles, plow traction, as well as the germs that killed previously unexposed peoples."
(Cut to Daniel fiddling with the picture board on Bree's door.)
Bree: (off camera) Daniel, do you think you're more like a horse or a cow?
(Bree is back on camera. Daniel is lying on the bed looking pensive, playing with P. Monkey)
Bree: So. Since Daniel is being uncooperative, looks like we're going to have to disprove this one on our own. (Cut to Bree reading either from a website or a book.) "Used for leather." Well, I would never wear Daniel. But I guess he'd make a good throw rug. "Military assault vehicles." Well, I've never ridden Daniel into battle. So there you have it: the Tolstoy Principle, proven irrefutably wrong. (Cut to Bree turning back to the camera from having glanced at a still quite pensive, subdued Daniel.) And here we have a clearly, very domesticated animal. And yet... he's clearly incapable of performing any of the previously mentioned tasks.
Daniel: (mumbles) Who says?
(Bree turns to glare at him, then returns to her normal position.)
Bree: If you're keeping count, that's Bree: two, Science: zero.
(Cut to Daniel still lying, still on the bed, still on his stomach, still pensive.)
Notes
- In Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond calls this phenomenon the "Anna Karenina Principle," not the "Tolstoy Principle." Leo Tolstoy was the author of Anna Karenina, but it is unclear why Bree doesn't use Diamond's name. Perhaps the Creators simply got mixed up.
- The way in which the clips of this video are presented makes it appear that the sequence of events in the video are not in proper chronological order. For instance, we see Bree's dad open the door in the very beginning to let Daniel in, but Daniel is not in the room in the next clip. Later, Daniel is in the room but we never saw him enter.
- How Bree got the lab coat is a bit of a mystery. When we see Bree's dad enter the room at the beginning of the video, he is holding a lab coat in his hand, but he leaves without giving it to Bree. However, in the next clip, (which seems to have been actually filmed before her dad entered the room) Bree is seen wearing a lab coat, which is probably her dad's.
