Facing the wind, Ye Ming slowly walked towards the school gate.
He now somewhat understands why some great scientists act a bit "wonderful" after achieving certain achievements.
Well, the "Shen Nao Dao" here does not mean that the end of science is theology, but that it will engage in more philosophical thinking.
Didn’t Eros say - "If philosophy is understood as the pursuit of knowledge in its most general and extensive form, then obviously philosophy can be considered the mother of all scientific research."
So philosophy, naturally, is something that God talks about.
Ye Ming has always believed that he is more of an engineer than a scientist. Therefore, in the past ten years, he has never thought about the laws of life and death. There is no doubt that how to face the end of life? It's a philosophical question.
But these days, he started thinking.
And we are not thinking from a personal perspective, but from the perspective of the end point of a civilization.
What is the end point of a civilization’s evolution? In other words, is there an end?
Is it the pursuit of eternal life or the eternity of thinking? And eventually coexist with the universe—or guide the birth of another universe?
At this time, Mo Gu quickened her pace and walked to his side. After she hesitated for a moment, she still asked softly the doubts in her heart.
"Why do you suddenly think of eternal life?"
"Huh? What?"
"I asked...why did you mention the word eternal life?" Mo Gu pursed his lips and his eyes became serious.
As deputy director of the Front Brain Computer Center. Now the chief scientist of the Blue Star scientific system and the "integrator" of biotechnology of humans and Blue Star people, she can be said to be one of the people at the forefront of the field of life sciences.
The current longevity protein of mankind came from her.
Therefore, she knew Ye Ming too well - even though he was among the most qualified people in the world to receive the "longevity" reward, Ye Ming was not among the first two groups of people who received longevity protein. This is not because Ye Ming is timid and afraid of side effects, but because Ye Ming doesn't care much about extending his life.
If this reason is not sufficient, then the "Paradise Plan" proposed by the Western group before was ultimately aborted because of Ye Ming's disapproval, which should be able to show Ye Ming's attitude.
"Because..." Ye Ming stopped, looked at Mo Gu, and after a few seconds of silence, he said softly: "Sister, do you think the eternity of consciousness and the eternity of life are the same concept?"
"Huh?" Mo Gu was slightly startled, and then started to think.
But Ye Ming did not wait for her answer, but said to himself: "The two concepts are different."
"Why?"
"Do you still remember when Musk and his gang were clamoring about digital life and the Paradise Project?"
"Remember, you are very opposed to this."
"Well, because I think that simulating consciousness through programming - even simulating through hardware, is not fundamentally different from electronic pets." Ye Ming said, looking towards the empty sea, and his voice became leisurely: "Suppose, from now on, we have the ability to copy a current me into a quantum computer, and then that digital me has the same way of thinking, the same memory, and even the same personality as me... Do you think that would be me?"
"Uh..." Mo Gu was stunned for a moment, frowned for a few seconds and then said uncertainly: "At least, is it the you I remember?"
"Yes, it's just me in other people's memories, not the consciousness and personality carried by the current Ye Ming human body."
"You... are a little confused."
"It's a bit confusing. What I want to express is that unless I am immortal and become an immortal, any consciousness that is separated from the generation and continuation of my brain cannot be called the continuation of my consciousness. Therefore, the so-called digital life is nothing more than It’s just a matter of raising an electronic pet—even if this electronic pet possesses excellent knowledge and powerful logical abilities, it is truly a super intelligence that can use supercomputers.”
“It can never have the creativity and vitality of consciousness based on life.”
//Note: I hold this view on all "uploaded consciousness" digital beings.
Mo Gu thought quietly for a few seconds and then looked at Ye Ming again: "Then you haven't told me yet, why did you suddenly think of this - is it because someone on earth wants to engage in this digital life again?"
"No, it's because... someone may have done this."
"who?"
"An NB civilization ten thousand years ago - of course, whether they did this or not, I have no evidence now, only intuition." Ye Ming squinted his eyes slightly and said softly: "The Paradise is said to be a place with countless knowledge and life can last forever. The place."
"But how can life be eternal? You are a biological person. You know, living things are at best continued, how can it be eternal? Even if it is a lighthouse jellyfish, it is just self-destruction, asexual reproduction similar to cloning."
Mo Gu was stunned, then nodded slowly.
At this moment, Ai Wen, who had been listening quietly, suddenly asked: "Teacher, what if... you keep your brain alive and connect it to the computer, and then the consciousness that manifests should be yours?" Me, right?"
Ye Ming glanced at it: "You are talking about the brain in the vat, of course it counts."
"Oh, then this technology can be developed..." Ai Wen looked at Ye Ming with wide eyes, eager to try: "You have such a great brain..."
Ye Ming was stunned and raised his eyebrows instantly: "Stop it! I don't want to be a specimen! If you dare to do this, I will break your legs right now!"
Ai Wen was startled, then felt aggrieved.
"The teacher is so cruel!"
Ye Ming hummed slightly, then looked at Mo Gu: "By the way, has the pheromone collector been tested?"
"Well... I won't delay you."
Ye Ming nodded, and then strode towards the school gate.
The two imperial prisoners seem to have learned recently that talking too much will lead to mistakes. It has been a long time since they have been able to obtain useful information from their mouths. Moreover, from the observation of the two people, the antennas on the foreheads of these two people are always Move around.
Needless to say, that is their organ for pheromone exchange.
…
Three days later, Ye Ming boarded the Wenxing and embarked on the road back to Earth.
According to his temper, he originally wanted to return directly to the solar system through the man-made singularity, but the superiors firmly refused to allow it... The reason was simple. Although the test was successful, it was immature after all.
And it is currently in the trial operation stage. After the induced wormhole generator is used, it will undergo long-term maintenance and information collection and analysis work in order to accumulate valuable experience. If Ye Ming really wants to start it again, the wormhole generator will have to be delayed. It took a long time to reach the Karatu system.
In comparison, if Ye Ming returned by spaceship, it would be a waste to waste some time.
And the two imperial prisoners were naturally also on the spaceship.
However, compared to the friendly treatment before, the two of them are now more restricted. Not only have many of their permissions been lifted, but they are also surrounded by a robot guard at all times.
Such specifications are stricter than house arrest.
Of course, the result was not that humanity changed its face after learning the information it wanted to know from the imperial prisoners, but that these two people... on the one hand "disappointed" the goodwill of humanity's release; on the other hand, It was humanity that completely abandoned the fantasy of using the identities of the two to carry out certain political operations within the Holy Empire, and instead focused all its energy on force.
It is said that at a high-level meeting, the leader did a long period of self-examination and said that he imagined advanced extraterrestrial civilizations too beautifully and always habitually placed human thinking and logic on other civilizations, so that Constantly having unrealistic imaginations about the enemy...
The leader's review does not represent him personally.
Rather, it represents the entire human race.
It is conceivable that after such a statement, how could humans still treat the prisoners of the two holy empires as guests?
These two are prisoners and need to be educated and reformed!
As for the form of reform for the two of them... it depends on their performance.
Human beings have standards for this.
…
“If you confess, you will be treated with leniency, if you resist, you will be treated with severity.”
Crozier watched the subtitles that popped up in the movie quietly, with an indescribable expression on his face.
Ever since Ye Ming's attitude changed drastically that day, the treatment of him and Grena had been visibly changed - at the beginning, he had wondered if it was because humans were conducting an extremely critical experiment. , but after he followed Ye Ming onto the spaceship and the restrictions became more severe, he began to understand that the status of the two of them had indeed become lower.
Not to mention arranging a guide, you can't even act at will on the spacecraft.
Fortunately, humans have not completely treated them as prisoners, and will also arrange a series of videos for them to relieve their fatigue.
It's just... these virtual videos, in Crozier's opinion, are nothing more than reminders to them.
For example, in this film about a war between humans and an extraterrestrial civilization, humans also captured the hostile civilization's spaceship, and then in the interrogation room, large slogans were written.
"Is this a reminder to us?"
Grena lay back on the chair, her legs crossed on the edge of the bed, a strong sarcasm appeared on the corner of her mouth, and her spiritual touch trembled.
She and Crozier were allowed three hours of communication time every day, and all the communication during this period... Think about it with your toes, it will be controlled by humans.
Therefore, all their communication is completed through the exchange of pheromones - don't humans want to see the two of them communicating? Then let them see it!
"Obviously, yes." Crozier glanced at Grena and closed his eyes.
It's not that he can't accept the current situation, but the talkative words of the heartless and brainless woman next to him allowed the first prophet of mankind to catch the flaw, which then made the situation of the two of them even more passive...
There is no doubt that even from the perspective of human habits, the more information humans know from their mouths, the lower their value and the lower their treatment.
Therefore, Crozier asked Grena every day if she had inadvertently revealed anything to humans.
But what made him not sure whether he should be disappointed or something was... Ever since they boarded the ship, no humans have taken the initiative to talk to them. All communication and needs are completed through robots.
"Tell me, when we go to the human home planet this time, what conditions must we agree to before humans will meet our requirements?" Grena turned her head and looked at Crozier: "I want to go home."
"I also want to go home." Crozier lowered his eyes silently, and then looked at the calendar on the wall - he was already familiar with the human calendar, and it currently showed that they had been on the spacecraft for a month. According to the film and television series According to the experience summed up in the book, it takes about a month for humans to leave their home star system, which means that they are about to arrive at the home star world of humans.
"But Grena, you must be prepared for the worst." Crozier looked away: "I don't believe you haven't realized our situation."
"I realize it, but what does it matter? Do humans still dare to challenge us with the lives of the entire group?" Grena raised her brows, with anger in her eyes: "I don't believe it!"
"Even in the Holy Empire, the first prophet is not the final decision-maker! Let alone the political structure reflected in the human world these days - they are a typical parliamentary system, collective decision-making!"
"In the face of an individual, you may get hot-headed and dare to ruin the future of all ethnic groups, but as a collective... you must be rational, and you must choose to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages!"
The spiritual touch above Grena's head kept trembling, expressing her mood at this moment: "I know what you want to say. You want to say that the force declared by humans to us shows that they have the will to resist the Legion... But that is because they do not We know how powerful the Legion is! And even so, they should find a way out for themselves! This is rational! A necessary option for a group and a civilization to continue!"
Feeling Grena's message, Crozier closed his mouth tightly and exhaled slowly.
Of course he had considered what Grena said, but...
The two of them are also individuals!
At this moment, a human voice suddenly came from the cabin.
Crozier was slightly startled and immediately put on the headphones.
"Crews, please note that this spacecraft is about to enter the Earth-Moon orbit and will decelerate in one minute."
"Two minutes later, the spacecraft will remove the porthole protection, and everyone can enjoy the space scenery and the earth's scenery through the portholes. Of course, you can also choose to observe and appreciate it from multiple angles through virtual projection."
As Aita's voice fell, Crozier and Greina were slightly startled, and then looked at each other at the same time.
The two people stood up quickly and walked towards the porthole at the same time.
Two minutes later, the locked porthole protection device opened, revealing a bright starry sky.
Under the starry sky, a planet that is half blue, half dark and full of stars suddenly jumps into view.
Crozier's pupils narrowed slightly.
This is the home planet of mankind?
In other words... just this small planet can withstand the powerful force of Base 31?
They, why?
(End of chapter)
