The pursuit of truth is a long, grand and arduous journey.
In Lin Ke's previous life, how many talented scientists were involved in it?
Everyone knows Descartes, Maxwell, Zu Chongzhi, Newton, Faraday, Einstein, Yang Zhenning, etc.
There are countless great men who stand at the pinnacle of wisdom and knowledge, uncovering the truth contained in the universe bit by bit, inch by inch.
Just like the Foolish Old Man who moved mountains, one day you can move mountains by digging with dirt from the top of a thousand-mile peak.
However, in the previous life, even if it was a scientific undertaking that could be called a miracle or a great achievement, I dare not say that I have mastered the truth of the universe, even if it is one in a hundred thousand.
You must know that many myths and legends such as "catch the moon from the sky and catch turtles from the five oceans", "thousands of miles in an instant", and "the Jingwei fills the sea and the Foolish Old Man moves the mountains" are not fantasies.
What achieves these is not one by one who believes in one fate, two fortunes, and three feng shui, nor is it one by one who prays to gods and Buddhas, but is created by countless scientists, countless scientific and technical personnel, and countless people.
At least the so-called "gods" in previous lives did not grasp the truth.
Of course, even the technological level of previous lives is still far from the truth.
Before truly mastering all knowledge and truly exploring the entire universe and its mysteries, no one dares to say that they have mastered the truth.
As long as there is doubt, there are directions to explore.
From this point of view, it is the same for Lin Ke, whether in the past life or now.
They are all far from the truth.
If truth is an ocean, then there is no point in worrying about whether it was a bowl of water in your previous life and half a bowl of water now.
Therefore, Aof's speech not only inspired other people, but also inspired Lin Ke.
At least Lin Ke has become more determined on his scientific path.
Whether it is materialistic science or idealistic science, whether it is philosophy, liberal arts, arts or science and engineering applications, they are all part of science.
Use science to lead the great wilderness to prosper, lead Nasenger to prosper, and even lead this universe called "Star Boundary" to prosper!
Why not metaphysics?
Because both in his previous life and this life, he told Lin Ke that the so-called metaphysics and superstition were all lies.
Such as past lives.
Some people are particularly superstitious about fortune telling. They say that their fortune tellers have tested whether they will be rich at the age of forty or fifty, or there will be a bump in the road at the age of twenty, and everything will be smooth sailing after it gets over. It is all words and tricks. routine.
Lin Ke sneered at it.
What is great wealth? What is a hurdle?
Does 50,000 yuan make you rich? For the penniless poor, yes, but what about the richest man?
A fall is called a bump? Or was it affected by the gunfight? Or is the peach blossom calamity called a hurdle?
Anyone with a right mind will know that these are all ambiguous words and they are absolutely deceiving.
What is true fortune telling? It should be a powerful person like [Astrologer] Debius that Lin Ke met in Nasenger. He intercepted a small segment from some fragments of the past or future and then showed it to the person involved.
In other words, the so-called fortune-telling requires telling me what happened to me on which day, month, year, location, and to whom. This is a hurdle and must be taken seriously.
This is fortune telling.
Otherwise, if you say that I will be rich and powerful at the age of thirty, I will live all my life at home from now on, not studying, not working, not making progress, and just eating, drinking and having fun all day long.
If you are in this state, on the day you turn thirty, you will suddenly be given an official robe for no apparent reason, and you will be rich and wealthy, with inexhaustible wealth and splendor.
In this case this kind of metaphysics and superstition would be very desirable.
Lin Ke particularly hated those superstitions in his previous life.
Isn't it ridiculous that others have studied hard for ten years, done countless sets of papers, and written countless exercises, but in the end they were told by others that "this person is destined" and "should be like this", and attributed all their efforts to "fate"?
Of course, Lin Ke will still crack down on superstitious behavior in this life.
Fortunately, the sect in this life is not like the previous life where it only deceives people. At least when believers pray upward, the gods will receive it, and the godhead will also handle those prayers.
Fortunately, there is no such thing as Fate, Luck and Feng Shui in Nasenger. The so-called Fate and Luck are roughly equivalent to probability when converted into scientific terms.
What Lin Ke has to do is to gradually merge all superstitions into science.
When people no longer have superstition and no longer think that burning incense and worshiping Buddha can save others from studying hard, people's subjective initiative can be fully exerted.
Difficulties? I think for myself and solve it myself!
Instead of praying to God and Buddha, and then lying at home with peace of mind waiting for God and Buddha to help you solve the problem.
If this continues, all the difficult problems in Dahuang City will not be left to those gods, right?
As for science…
Why did Lin Ke believe in science rather than superstition and metaphysics in his previous life?
At least it was proven in Lin Ke's previous life that to solve a mathematical problem, one cannot rely on worshiping Guanyin Bodhisattva, but must rely on deduction and calculation.
To make a mobile phone, you can't rely on kneeling down to worship Wenquxing or some god or Bodhisattva or Buddha, but you have to rely on chips, buttons, storage, batteries, etc., that is, industry and technology.
The car you ride in, the plane you fly, the TV you watch, the mobile phone you use, the massage chair you use for massage, the medicine you take when you are sick, the instruments you use for surgery, etc.
Nothing can be done by kneeling there and burning incense, and then a mysterious force gathers in the air to form a mobile phone, a car or the like.
In ancient times, superstition told you that if the God of Thunder and the Mother of Lightning are thundering in the sky, you must burn incense to worship, otherwise you will be killed. If the Dragon King moves clouds and rains, you must burn incense and worship, otherwise the land will dry up and the world will suffer from drought...
With the development of the times, people all know that there is no heaven above the clouds. Especially after historical research, they know that heaven is just a beautiful fantasy of the people above the sky. Even the prototype of the Jade Emperor can be found out.
But a new superstition has emerged.
Superstition tells people that for marriage, one needs to go to the temple to hold a red rope, instead of relying on sincerity and sincerity; to take the top prize, one needs to worship Wenquxing, rather than talent, intelligence and hard work; for a good harvest, one needs to worship the land and the Dragon King, instead of hard work and scientific planting. Breeding; making money depends on worshiping the God of Wealth rather than knowledge, skills and assessing the situation...
There are even superstitions that tell you that your personality comes from your zodiac sign!
In short, thinking, logic, judgment, insight, acumen, etc. are the elements that constitute science.
Rather than letting the wind prevail, it is also not the kind of "blame-shifting", that is, throwing the "blame" for not getting promoted and getting rich to "fate" and "luck", and throwing the "blame" for not being the top scorer in high school to "fate" ” and “luck”.
Some people even turn a blind eye to various factors such as personality, environment, family conditions, educational background, ideals, economic concepts, life values, etc., and blame the horoscope for the incompatibility between two people.
It's really off the mark.
In short, Lin Ke believes that science is not a fixed doctrine similar to Confucianism and Taoism, but a method of judgment and an aggregation of multiple thinking powers.
If you use correct logic to deduce, check, and observe a result, even if this result proves that there are indeed thunder gods and lightning females in the sky, and you find through rigorous logical research that worshiping them can avoid being hacked, then the process and results are also scientific. , rather than superstitious, everyone can go to worship after verifying the authenticity.
But if you are just guessing directly, guessing that there is no thunder and lightning in the sky, you instead imagine that there are countless small balls rubbing in the sky and thunder and lightning are generated. After that, you will spread the idea without verification, and then tell everyone that you don’t need to worship, those little The electricity generated by the ball will not hit you for no reason, so this kind of random fabrication without logic and thinking is superstitious, not scientific.
Science, a tool of wisdom and thinking.
It is not Newton's law, Einstein's theory, Confucianism, Yin-Yang theory, or the physical and chemical biology that Lin Ke has studied.
It is a tool that helps people observe the world and visualize and express it.
That's all.
Of course, Lin Ke believes that in this life, there will be a lot less superstitious people, and there will be a lot less people who say "you have to believe some things" and "a little belief is better than no belief at all".
At least the people Lin Ke knew were basically people with certain logical abilities and thinking abilities.
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao smiled, and his inner positioning and understanding of science as a tool and truth as an end goal became clearer.
He also looked at his teacher Auf very happily, and was happy that his teacher could find the ideals and beliefs he would strive for throughout his life.
However, at this moment, the speeches of the first and second debaters ended, which also meant that the other debaters began to perform.
This debate is not the short and concise debate in the previous life. After all, Nasung professionals are more energetic and can maintain longer debates.
Moreover, for Nassenger, it does not seem necessary to stipulate propositions.
At least until there are no controversial topics, there is no need to debate for the sake of debate.
Therefore, it is a turn-based system.
Each round has different rules.
For example, in the first round, the main debaters from both sides will present their own theories, ideas, thoughts, experiments, etc.
Then in the second round, debaters from both sides can point out the shortcomings, shortcomings, inappropriateness and unreasonableness of each other's topics. The more points they point out, the more points they will get.
In the third round, the debaters from both sides will respond to the points just pointed out one by one. If the rebuttal is logical and reasonable, then no points will be deducted, but points will be added, or even the other party's points will be deducted. Otherwise, Likewise.
In the fourth round, the final debaters of the two sides summarized their side's speech, including what shortcomings the other side raised, what their side responded and refuted, and what the other side did not answer when answering their own questions. Which.
After four rounds, the judges’ bench will display their bonus points and deductions for this debate, for reference only.
After all, everyone may have different ideas about many shortcomings or counterarguments.
Winning or losing in the debate is not important, what is important is the thinking and insights inspired by the process.
Therefore, the outcome of the final debate will not be announced, and the audience will naturally have their own opinions on the outcome of this debate.
Of course, the most important thing is to gain something from this debate.
(End of chapter)
