Angela'll come around.
You're certain that she will.
Eventually, Angela will see the rational nature of my argument.
She will come around.
I already said that.
[smiles] Hey, crazy thought. What if this time you were the one who came around?
Saving one pig isn't a rational act. Are you suggesting that I point that out to Angela more clearly? Because that would make this conversation very much like a professional consultation.
No, I'm suggesting, in a very friendly conversational way, that you help her save that one pig.
But we agreed that that's a meaningless act.
Meaningless by your definition, not by Angela's.
My definition is correct.
Yes, and if life were simply a debate, you would win hands down. But we know it isn't a debate. It's something much tougher. You know, our very work shows us that... that those people that call the world an abattoir, a slaughterhouse, they have a point. Now, you handle that knowledge by imposing this gossamer web of rationality over the ugliness. Angela has a very different way of handling it. Sometimes you don't save the world, Dr. Brennan. Sometimes you just make your friend happy.
Even when it's irrational? [Sweets nods]
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