Jim can't say he's much of a scientist either. He understands most of it, granted, but he doesn't know nearly enough to come up with theories, let alone test them out.

"Suppose that means you want to go back," he says, more an affirmation than a question. "To your world."

He's come to learn there are a number of people here who want that. Hell, Jim wanted to at first, too. And really, it's not that he doesn't want to resume his life back in their galaxy, being back on his ship again, with his crew. He's just not in a rush to get there.