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John Oldman:
I suspect I saw the British Isles from what is now the French coast. Huge mountains on the other side of an enormous deep valley that was shadowed by the setting sun. This was before they were separated from the continent by the rising seas as the glacier was melting. Harry:
That happened? Dan:
Yes, the end of the Plasticine Period. So far what he says fits. Art:
[incredulous]
Oh get... from any textbook... John Oldman:
And that's where I found it. How can I have knowledgeable recall if I didn't have knowledge? It's all retrospective. All I can do is integrate my recollections with modern findings
I suspect I saw the British Isles from what is now the French coast. Huge mountains on the other side of an enormous deep valley that was shadowed by the setting sun. This was before they were separated from the continent by the rising seas as the glacier was melting. Harry:
That happened? Dan:
Yes, the end of the Plasticine Period. So far what he says fits. Art:
[incredulous]
Oh get... from any textbook... John Oldman:
And that's where I found it. How can I have knowledgeable recall if I didn't have knowledge? It's all retrospective. All I can do is integrate my recollections with modern findings
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I suspect I saw the British isles
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from what is now the French coast
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Huge mountains
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on the other side of an enormous deep valley
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that was shadowed by the setting sun
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This is before they were separated
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from the continent by rising seas as glaciers melted
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That happened
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Yes the end of the Pleistocene
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So far what he says fits
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Oh yeah into any textbook
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And that's where I found it
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How can I have knowledgeable recall
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if I didn't have knowledge
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It's all retrospective
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All I can do is integrate my recollections
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Movie Summary
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.




