FGC:Episode 21 Cut 306A

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	306A	The inside of a research facility. There is a basic table placed in a corner. KEEL:“Scientists put too much faith in their own ideas.” IKARI:“They're a self-righteous kind.” KEEL:“They become fixated too easily. They're incapable of accurately assessing reality.” IKARI:“And they are the ones seeking to find the truth.” IKARI:“It's quite ironic.” KEEL:“They are not so noble.” KEEL:“Discovery is joy and understanding is dominance.” KEEL:“All they seek is self-gratification.” MAN A:“You mean the super solenoid theory that Dr. Katsuragi proposed?” OLD MAN B:“That theory is just too radical!” OLD MAN C:“It's nothing more than a hypothesis at this point.” MAN A:“But only the S2 theory can explain that giant's power.” WOMAN A:“Mr. Ikari and his team are apparently leaving on the 11th.” MAN E:“I wish they'd set up the smoking area a bit closer.” MAN D:“We don't even need to measure it to know it's true.” WOMAN A:“I heard there was talk of making the entire facility smoke-free.” OLD MAN E:“In fact, it existed in our reality, so we have no choice but to acknowledge it.” WOMAN A:“You should be glad there is one.” MAN E:“If they'd done that, I wouldn't be here.” OLD MAN B:“I'll accept it when all the data's been verified.” OLD MAN C:“What about the Lance of Longinus?” MAN A:“It's been sitting there since it was shipped here last week from the Dead Sea.” OLD MAN B:“It will be treated before it's sent underground, won't it? Are we okay on that?” MAN E:“The contact experiment with the donor is scheduled for the 13th of next month.” MAN E:“We'll be able to make the adjustments in time.” OLD MAN C:“Today's experiment is on the ego threshold signal of that field, was it?”	Dr. Nick: Kiel's voiceover provides a brief window into his nihilistic worldview. If everyone is just out for themselves for egoistic reasons, isn't Seele perfectly justified in pursuing immortality and almost-godhood for their small clique? UrsusArctos: Absolutely. He really is projecting his own flaws and warped worldview onto these soon-to-be-obliterated scientists. Interestingly, Kiel seems to be critical of the idea that discovery and understanding construe joy and power, quite opposite to the classic German expression "Wissen ist macht" (Knowledge is power). Much like Francis Bacon, who used the term "for knowledge itself is power" as a criticism of those who accorded God the power of knowing but not the power of acting, Kiel seems to think of scientists as obsessive and blind heretics who can't bring mankind towards his personal occult truth unless they're turned into useful sacrifices along the greater scheme.