Most scenes together: John Nash & Charles (4), John Nash & Alicia Nash (2)
How big is the universe?
Infinite.
How do you know?
I know because all the data indicates it's infinite.
But it hasn't been proven yet.
No.
You haven't seen it.
No.
How do you know for sure?
I don't, I just believe it.
It's the same with love, I guess.
You want to know what's real? This. This. This. This is real. Maybe the part... that knows the waking from the dream, maybe it isn't here.
Maybe it's here.
God, that's wonderful! There's no accounting for taste, is there?
Should I marry her?
Oh, Gosh.. Right.
I mean, everything's going well. The job is fine, I have enough money
It all seems to add up, doesn't it John?
... but how do you know for sure?
Nothing's ever for sure, John. That's the only sure thing I do know.
General, this is Wheeler team leader Dr. John Nash.
Glad you could come, Doctor.
Hello.
Right this way.
We've been intercepting radio transmissions from Moscow.
The computer can't detect a pattern, but I'm sure it's code.
Why is that, General?
Ever just know something, Dr. Nash?
Constantly.
Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, had never been. What kind of hell would that be?
You can't reason your way out of this!
Why not? Why can't I?
Because your mind is where your problem is in the first place!
Hansen Recall the lessons of Adam Smith, the father of modern economics. "In competition …"
"… individual ambition serves the common good."
Adam Smith needs revision.
Hansen What are you talking about?
Adam Smith said the best result comes from everyone in the group doing what's best for himself. Right? That's what he said, right?
Hansen Right.
Incomplete. Incomplete, okay? Because the best result will come from everyone in the group doing what's best for himself … and the group.
Hansen Nash, if this is some way for you to get the blonde on your own, you can go to hell.
Governing dynamics, gentlemen. Governing dynamics. Adam Smith...he was wrong.
Have you met Harvey? [points to the empty seat Sol is about to sit in]
Sol John, there's no...
Relax, it's okay. There's no point in being nuts if you can't have a little fun.
Sol Jesus Christ. I should have known...
I can't fail. This is all I am.
Come on, let's go out. I got to get something done. John!
- I can't keep staring into space.
-John, enough!
Got to face the wall, follow their rules, read their books
You want to do some damage? Fine
Come on! Go on, bust your head! Kill yourself. Go do it. Don't mess around. Bust your head! Go on, bust that worthless head wide open.
Goddamn it, Charles!
You knew Oppenheimer?
Parcher His project was under my supervision.
Which project? … That project.
Parcher It's not that simple.
Well, you ended the war.
Parcher We incinerated over a hundred thousand people.
Well, great deeds come at great costs.
Parcher Well, conviction, it turns out, is a luxury of those on the sidelines, Mr. Nash.
I'll try and keep that in mind.
Parcher Is this what you are, soldier? Some useless ghoul? The local madman?
I'm not a soldier.
Parcher You're gonna end up in a cell! Old, worthless, discarded.
There's no mission.
Parcher And while you rock and drool, the world will burn to ashes!
You are not real! You are not real!
Parcher You're still talking to me, soldier!
There's no mission! I'm not a soldier!
Hansen John? John? John, John, John, John. Hey, hey, hey. John, John! It's okay. I just heard what happened, I'm sorry. John--
I'm not a soldier.
Hansen John. Hey, Nash. Nash, hey. Hey, you're all right.
Parcher Ladies and gentlemen, the great John Nash!
I can't fail. This is all I am.
Come on, let's go out.
I got to get something done.
John!
I can't keep staring into space.
John, that's enough!
Got to face the wall, follow their rules, read their books …
You want to do some damage, fine! But don't mess around!
… do their classes.
Come on! Go on, bust your head! Kill yourself. Don't do it. Don't mess around. Bust your head! Go on, bust that worthless head wide open!
Goddamn it, Charles! What the hell is your problem?!
It's not my problem. And it's not your problem. It's their problem. Your answer isn't face the wall. It's out there, where you've been working.
You know Hansen's just published another paper? I can't even find a topic for my doctorate.
Well, on the bright side, you've invented window art.
This is a group playing touch football. This is a cluster of pigeons fighting over bread crumbs. And this here is a woman who is chasing a man who stole her purse.
John, you watched a mugging. That's weird.
In competitive behavior, someone always loses.
Well, my niece knows that, John, and she's about this high.
See, if I derive an equilibrium where prevalence is a non-singular event where nobody loses, can you imagine the effect that would have on conflict scenarios, arm negotiations …
When did you last eat?
… currency exchange?
When did you last eat? You know, food.
You have no respect for cognitive reverie, you know that?
Yes. But pizza – now, pizza I have enormous respect for. And of course beer.
I have respect for beer. [shouts] I have respect for beer!
Adam Smith said the best result comes from everyone in the group doing what's best for himself, right? Adam Smith was wrong! The message: Sometimes it is better to cooperate!
