:06:00
No, just listen.
I grant you,
:06:02
fear and performance
is a big, sexy idea.
:06:07
- But as chairman
of this department, I cannot...
- I know you clinical guys...
:06:11
don't like to ask these questions,
but think about it.
:06:13
What is fear, anyway? It's a series of
automatic responses to a given stimulus,
:06:17
characterized by increased
heart rate, respiratory activity
and adrenaline function.
:06:20
The only problem with fear
is that it has largely become
inappropriate and nonadaptive.
:06:25
Do sweaty palms
help to talk to your boss?
:06:27
Does a racing pulse help
some kid's score on an SAT?
:06:31
And yet we carry with us
these primordial fear responses...
:06:34
that do the opposite of what
they were intended to do.
:06:36
- So why is that?
- David, David, no one is saying...
:06:38
that these aren't
provocative questions.
:06:40
But you can't conduct this research
ethically or responsibly.
:06:43
And on top of that,
you're bringing your insomniacs...
:06:46
to this house
under false pretenses.
:06:48
Because the experiment needs
a credible cover story.
Calling it an insomnia study...
:06:51
allows me to create a highly
suggestive environment...
:06:53
to investigate
the dynamics of fear.
:06:55
You don't tell the rats they're
actually in a maze, Malcom. Come on.