Chapter 338: Emotions Are Not Right 8

After the scientists were injected with genetic drugs, their thinking speed was greatly improved.

In the beginning, they all focused on their own research problems.

What room-temperature superconducting materials, what antimatter retention, what cosmic observations and so on.

But what is science?

To put it simply, science is all about getting to the bottom of things.

The purpose of science is to discover all kinds of laws, the spirit of science is to question, be independent, and unique, and the scientific method is to be logical, quantitative, and empirical.

Well, having solved the puzzles in their respective fields, scientists have to think about some ultimate questions.

For example, how did the universe come about?

For example, is there an end to time?

For example, what is beyond the universe?

Why is the universe the way it is, and not the other way it is?

Is there a unified theory that can explain the entire universe?

The improvement of thinking allows scientists to enjoy the joy of thinking.

Don't worry about interruptions due to chores, don't worry about not being able to continue thinking due to physical problems, don't worry about everything.

They just have to think, think.

Thinking about it, all kinds of logical reasoning, the end result turned out to be that the universe does not exist!

Many scientists do not believe in this result and think desperately, but they still cannot falsify it logically.

The universe does not exist, everything does not exist.

And the science that I and others have pursued all their lives does not exist!

Science does not exist.

This made the scientists unbelievable and heartbroken, and some even shed tears.

What I have believed in and pursued all my life has turned out to be a delusion.

How can this be endured?

Lao Zhang and others were still enjoying the pleasure of thinking and thinking about future plans, when they suddenly found that the scientists were collectively in a depressed state, and a few even cried alone.

"What's wrong?"

The scientist glanced at Lao Zhang and asked, "Who are you?"

Lao Zhang: "Are you stupid? I'm ......"

Ignoring Lao Zhang, the scientists sighed to themselves:

"For so many years, I have never doubted science, even if there are still many difficult problems in science at this stage, but it is only a matter of time before I understand the universe. I didn't expect it......"

"Yes, who would have thought that science doesn't exist, the universe doesn't exist, and those religious rivals don't exist. ”

"Before us, we were all small ants, trying to conquer the entire universe. I have to say that this kind of thought makes ordinary people excited. ”

"Yes, if it was cosmocentric before, now it is consciousness-centrism. ”

"In fact, we should have thought a long time ago, the weirdness of quantum mechanics is a reminder, but we have been prejudiced to science for too long and too long, and we don't believe it when we see it. ”

If we imagined the universe as an infinite blank sheet of paper, our consciousness was one of the dots. Now it only takes a swap and everything is perfectly explained. ”

"But in fact, there is nothing to explain. It's all our consciousness, isn't it?"

"I was reminded of the history of science, which was not meant to explain the world, but to create a wealthy society. More than 500 years ago, Western religious personnel were corrupt, saying one thing and doing another. ”

When it comes to this topic, scientists are slowly constructing the Middle Ages more than 500 years ago.

In the Middle Ages, the spiritual aspect completely overtook the social aspect of importance. It may seem difficult to understand now, but it was like that in those days, whether you were a peasant or a nobleman, spiritual correctness was far higher than social status.

At that time, the church was responsible for explaining the relationship between man and God and the spiritual meaning of everything. The priest, as the only link between people and God, can almost be said to be the arbiter of people's spirit.

The pastor's interpretation touches on all sides and permeates from all corners of your life, just as God is omnipresent. Whether a person is a good person or a bad person in his life, whether he will go to heaven or hell after death, and whether he will be tempted by demons or not, all these things are all decided by the priest.

Any manifestation of natural forces is interpreted as a blessing from God or a curse from the devil. Not only storms, floods, etc., but also people's words and deeds, also belong to one of the two. And life is a test. Everyone has original sin and must resist the temptation of demons on the path of life to achieve salvation.

In this way, people in the Middle Ages did not hesitate in the slightest, because all kinds of questions were answered. For the mystery of unknown nature, it is explained by God and demons. The good and evil deeds of people can also be explained by God and demons. Including sickness, death, and so on, it can all be attributed to God and demons.

However, this did not last long. The world view of the Middle Ages began to collapse in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. First, one sees some kind of impropriety in some pastors, such as privately breaking their vows of chastity or taking money when government officials break the precepts.

These misdeeds are alarming because these priests are the only link between people and God. They are the only interpreters of the doctrine, the only arbiters of salvation.

In this way, people are in the midst of an open rebellion. A group led by Martin Luther called for a complete break from Roman Catholicism. They accuse the priest of corruption and demand an end to the spiritual domination of the priest over people.

The new church was founded on the principle that everyone could personally receive the doctrines and could interpret them as they wished, without the need for intermediaries.

When people look at things with suspicion, the rebellion succeeds, and the status of the priest begins to decline. For centuries it was the priest who explained reality, and now, the priest has lost credibility. As a result, the whole world is full of problems.

Ideas based on pastors' descriptions, about the nature of the universe and the purpose of human beings, all collapsed. All people in Western culture are in turmoil.

However, people have become accustomed to having an authority in life to interpret reality, and without outside guidance, people are confused and disoriented. If the priests' description of reality and the reason for the existence of human beings is wrong, then the question arises, what is correct?

It's a drastic change. Old worldviews are challenged at every turn. In fact, by the seventeenth century, astronomers had proved beyond any doubt that the sun and the planets did not orbit the earth, as the Church claimed. It is clear that the Earth is nothing more than a small planet orbiting the Sun, and there are countless objects like the Sun in the Milky Way.

Humanity has lost its place at the center of the universe created by God. Now, when people notice a change in the weather, a plant grows, or someone dies suddenly, they feel worried or confused. In the past, people might have said that God or the devil was responsible for all of this.

As the medieval worldview disintegrated, so did certainty. All those who take for granted need to be rethought now, especially the nature of God, your relationship with God.

In this case, modern society began. The spirit of democracy and a general distrust of the pope and royal power grew. The universe, defined by metaphysical and doctrinal beliefs, is no longer blindly accepted by people. Despite the loss of certainty, we are reluctant to allow an organization to take control of our lives, as pastors do.

As a result, young people have a new mission, looking at this uncertain and infinite universe, and the thinkers of that era believe that we need a way to reach consensus, a way to systematically explore our new world.

This method of revealing reality is called the scientific method, which is to analyze ideas about how the universe works, then draw some kind of conclusion, and then present that conclusion to others to see if they agree. It also emphasizes reproducibility and experimentation, and will not cause any abnormalities in the experimental results due to differences in skin color and status.

Explorers armed with the scientific method march into this new universe with a historical mission to explore the world and explain how it works and what it means for us to live in it.

People have lost certainty, certainty about everything, and humans don't seem to be used to this life of uncertainty. However, we believe that we have a methodology, a process for reaching consensus.

Through this process, one can reveal the nature of the things around them, including God, and the true purpose of human existence on this planet. So, these explorers go to find out the characteristics of the environment in which people live, and then come back and report back.

At this point, we begin to form some kind of opinion, and we ask these explorers to seek a satisfactory explanation of our existence, but because of the complexity of the universe, they cannot come up with an explanation right away.

When the scientific method cannot bring about a new concept of God, and the purpose of human existence. The lack of certainty and meaning has had a profound impact on Western culture. We need something else to fill until our questions are answered.

Eventually, we ended up with a workaround that seemed very logical. Since our explorers have not yet returned, the discovery of our true state of mind.

Why don't we wait and settle down in the new world. For our own sake, we certainly need to have enough material resources to navigate this new world. So, why not start improving our quality of life and enhancing our sense of security in this world during this time?

We take things into our own hands, and we are passionate about conquering the earth and using its resources to improve our living conditions, so that we get out of our confusion. Only now can we see what is happening.

Our concern for material life gradually evolves into a form of paranoia. We indulge in constructing a worldly, material sense of security in place of a lost sense of spiritual security.

Questions about why we are alive and what is the actual state of our spirits are slowly put on hold and eventually completely dissolved.

Striving to build a more comfortable way of living has become in fact all our feelings, and thus a reason to live, and we slowly and step by step forget the fundamental problems of our existence...... We still don't understand why we live.

"It is a pity that the civilization of the ancient countries of the East, under the invasion of Western artillery fire, had to obey and believe in science. discarded, their own millennial cultural achievements. ”