"A curator walks into a room full of people and gives them a strange speech.
'Welcome. To the Museum of Life. Everything you see here is real, and everything is set in stone-cold fact. Every exhibit has its cure, every case has its life in it. Then, you will realize it. That all reality is this museum, and all reality works this same way. Come with me, as we explore deeper into what awaits us here in the Museum of Life.
You see them. The cavemen, the narwhals, standing stolidly around us as if they had their own space and time, their own ascent, too. For you see, we were like them, and they are like us. Real, and applied to space-time in a matter-of-fact way that cannot be ignored. They lived, they dreamed, they suffered, they died. Just like we do. And here they are. In the history section of this great, and very eclectic, museum.
There is every exhibit you would wish to see. From the clouds of Rome to the clouds of the cosmos, all infinite space-time is connected and captured right here in this very museum. Every second of your life is a part of this, everything you ever experience will be inside the strange walls of this infinite reality, this infinite place, we call the Museum of Life.
There is no avoiding it. You can't turn back. We are all cloaked in fact and history, science and data, and there's nothing you can do about it. Everything is real and applies to the same laws. So, relax. Ponder the exhibits, browse them as you will, and learn to love the feeling of learning. We are all in this together. Learn to appreciate your fellow patrons, and exhibits here, too. Everything has its purpose. Everything has its meaning. You will learn that soon.
I am the curator of this museum. This is my job, and I take it very seriously. I have my judgements, too. Go easy on the exhibits. Like I said, they are all a part of our same reality, and completely real and true. Respect them as you respect yourself. Learn to respect these walls, these exhibits, all of these infinite facts and ideas. This learning that applies to all reality, forever.
I will be watching. And by the way, we all have that feeling. Are we exhibits, too? Ha. Have fun. And remember, this works. As we like to say here at the Museum of Life: Life works. Things make sense. Figure that out, and go easy on yourself. Take care, and I'll see you another time.
In the Museum of Life.'"
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