“I calculated the risk-reward ratio. The probability of social ostracism was 64%, but the probability of you feeling supported was 89%. I decided the latter was worth the former.”
“Georgie!” Mary snapped.
“Precisely,” Sheldon said. “But the dean’s inaction is creating a localized increase in my personal entropy. My comfort is a thermodynamic variable.” young sheldon s01e14 dts
Silence. Mary’s smile froze.
He didn’t move. “I’m simply observing that our family’s emotional thermostat is set to ‘polite falsehoods,’ while the external temperature is ‘simmering resentment.’ It’s a thermodynamic inefficiency. And since you asked about my father’s absence from breakfast—he was helping me with a science fair project. I asked him to. He’s a good father. You should try asking him about that instead of passive-aggressive questions about prayer.” “I calculated the risk-reward ratio
“I calculated the risk-reward ratio. The probability of social ostracism was 64%, but the probability of you feeling supported was 89%. I decided the latter was worth the former.”
“Georgie!” Mary snapped.
“Precisely,” Sheldon said. “But the dean’s inaction is creating a localized increase in my personal entropy. My comfort is a thermodynamic variable.”
Silence. Mary’s smile froze.
He didn’t move. “I’m simply observing that our family’s emotional thermostat is set to ‘polite falsehoods,’ while the external temperature is ‘simmering resentment.’ It’s a thermodynamic inefficiency. And since you asked about my father’s absence from breakfast—he was helping me with a science fair project. I asked him to. He’s a good father. You should try asking him about that instead of passive-aggressive questions about prayer.”
