Chapter 471: Controversy Caused by Spiritual Immortality
Resurrection, that is, resurrection from the dead, is not uncommon in mythological stories, such as Nezha, he scraped the bones to return to his father, removed the flesh and returned his mother and died, and then was resurrected by Taiyi Zhenren with lotus and jade roots, but in reality, the resurrection has never appeared, and the stories of resurrection recorded in those folk histories and anecdotes are 100% made up, or people are mistaken for dead before they die, and then this person is "alive" and is thought by others to be a miracle of resurrection. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, Zhang Wei has now really mastered the means of "resurrection".
This is the spiritual immortality technique that Zhang Wei has been researching.
At the beginning of the establishment of Future Technology Company, Zhang Wei formulated an ambitious "immortality plan" and identified two paths to immortality: physical immortality technology and spiritual immortality technology.
Now, almost 90 years later, there have been major breakthroughs in both technologies.
In terms of physical immortality technology, Zhang Wei's third-generation genetic evolution fluid can already extend the lifespan of human beings to 3075 years old, which is a number that makes everyone excited, but there is still a long way to go before immortality.
The spiritual immortality technology has been completely mastered by the research team led by Zhang Wei.
At the beginning, Zhang Wei believed that as long as human memories, emotions, In 2037, when he and the immigrants went to the Centauri α galaxy, he studied the memory data technology on the way, however, in the next so many years, this technology has not made a breakthrough, until the great inventor system rewarded him with the relevant knowledge of dark matter and dark energy, he discovered the soul in the subsequent research, and also discovered the mystery of emotion and thinking, it turns out that these two things are related to the soul。 This is actually quite normal, the human body is nothing more than a bunch of chemicals, if it is not influenced by the soul, how can it produce delicate emotions and almost infinite imagination and thinking.
Not long ago, the research team led by Zhang Wei successfully read out the memory, emotion, and thinking of an experimental subject in the laboratory, converted it into data, stored it in the computer, and then imported the data into a human body cultivated with genetic technology to complete the experiment of spiritual immortality.
From now on, anyone can be resurrected after death as long as they make a backup of their memories, emotions, and thoughts and store them in a safe place.
However, although this technology is very good, it is also extremely controversial.
The first controversy is: After being resurrected in this way, is a person still the same person?
This is actually the "ship of Theseus", one of the world's top ten philosophical problems.
The ship of Theseus is one of the oldest thought experiments. It was first written by Plutarch. It describes a ship that can sail at sea for hundreds of years, thanks to non-stop repairs and replacement parts. As soon as a board rots, it is replaced, and so on, until all the functional parts are no longer the ones that were in the beginning. The question is, is the resulting ship still the original ship of Theseus, or is it a completely different ship? If it is not the original ship, then at what point is it no longer the original ship?
By analogy, if the ship of Theseus is replaced by a human, after being resurrected with the Spiritual Immortality Technique, will he still be the same person as before? Will he be eligible to inherit all the property of the Essence, such as the property, family, and social relations? Can the family and friends of the Entity recognize the Replication? Legally, the Replica and the Entity are the same person?
The second controversy is: as long as you make a backup, you can create a replica, or even an infinite number of replicas, if the ontology is still alive, how should the ontology's wife and children distinguish and deal with the replica and the ontology? Just imagine, when a woman suddenly has an extra husband, or even N husbands, it is absolutely imminent; and when a person suddenly has an extra one, or even N fathers, it will definitely be quite speechless.
These two controversies sparked a wide range of discussions at the Imperial Academy of Sciences, and also led scientists to take different attitudes towards spiritual immortality technology.
Some people think that if this technology is spread, it will definitely cause a big mess, for example, there will be a situation where the ontology and the replica will oppose each other, and for example, immortality will make human beings lose the motivation to move forward, so this technology must be locked in the laboratory and not popularized.
Some people think that this technology can be promoted, but it is necessary to introduce corresponding laws and regulations to strictly regulate its use.
Generally speaking, the majority of people still support the second point of view, because eternal life is the eternal and unchanging ultimate pursuit of human beings since ancient times, and only when immortality is achieved can it be regarded as firmly in the hands of one's own destiny, and my fate is up to me! Qin Shi Huang, in order to realize his dream of immortality, first sent thousands of boys and girls to the East China Sea to seek immortal elixir for him, but failed, and later, I heard a monk say that he spent a lot of manpower and material resources to refine the immortal elixir, and finally ended in failure; Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent people to use copper to build a high 30 zhang, circumference of one zhang seven Chenglu disk, it is said that the Chenglu mixed jade dust received by this Chenglu disk can achieve human longevity, and finally ended in failure; Egyptian pharaoh, he even contributed his own body to mummify, the body is immortal, the soul will come back one day, of course, he also failed。 Today's people are no exception, they are also greedy for life and afraid of death, since they have the opportunity for eternal life, how can they be willing to miss it?
After a heated debate, Zhang Wei made a final decision in favor of the second point of view, decided to promote the spiritual immortality technology with restrictions, and formulated a law to regulate the application of this technology, for example, this technology must be firmly in the hands of the Imperial Official, and only the Imperial Official can help someone reproduce his memories, emotions, For example, only after confirming that a person is dead, the imperial official can use the data backup to "resurrect" the person, and if there is an accident, the person is not actually dead, then the replica must be humanely destroyed; in addition, when a person backs up his memory, emotions, and thoughts, the family must have the right to know, and when he is "resurrected", the family must also clearly inform the family......