Watch the official “Dreaming You’re Awake” clip from the CBS comedy series Young Sheldon, created by Chuck Lorne and Steven Molaro.
Young Sheldon Cast:
Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, Reagan Revord, Jim Parsons, Annie Potts, Matt Hobby and Wyatt McClure
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Young Sheldon Cast:
Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, Reagan Revord, Jim Parsons, Annie Potts, Matt Hobby and Wyatt McClure
Stream Young Sheldon now on Paramount+!
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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 - The Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zi
00:04 believed it was possible he didn't really know anything
00:08 because he might just be a butterfly
00:10 dreaming that he was a philosopher.
00:11 - Yes, he wasn't a butterfly.
00:15 - Well, how do you know?
00:16 - The butterfly brain doesn't contain enough neurons
00:19 to generate a complex dream.
00:20 Plus you referred to him as Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zi
00:23 and not Chinese butterfly Zhuang Zi.
00:25 - You must be Sheldon Cooper.
00:27 - Yes, ma'am.
00:28 - Very well, Mr. Cooper.
00:29 How do you know you're not just dreaming
00:32 butterflies can't dream?
00:33 - Because I'm awake.
00:34 - Or are you dreaming you're awake?
00:37 - You can see I'm awake and you can hear me talking.
00:39 - Yeah, I don't know.
00:41 I saw some pretty trippy stuff at a Grateful Dead concert.
00:45 The drummer turned into a tap dancing walrus
00:48 and floated away.
00:49 So we can't really trust our senses, can we?
00:53 - We can validate them by comparing them
00:55 with other observers.
00:57 - But that would mean that we have to hear what they say,
01:00 which requires trusting our senses.
01:04 Do you see a problem with your argument, Mr. Cooper?
01:07 - I could concentrate better
01:08 if you weren't flashing your toes at me.