Chapter 193: Black Box
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Wang Jian finally realized the disadvantages of the public eye.
At least he was finally found out that he was hiding in Long Yifei's room at night.
Of course, there are countless people banging on their room doors angrily.
Of course, Lu Qingyi asked for the steel knife ninety-nine for the first time, and read it playfully with a disdainful expression.
Wang Jian was very sad, after lunch, Long Yifei drank with his eyes and ordered the two to return to the room, Wang Jian Ji hung a steel knife ninety-nine, and wanted to study it carefully, so he naturally came back immediately.
He finally understood that in this world, artifacts are not things that can be made on a large scale!
First of all, the formation of artifacts is difficult to capture, and the materials used to make them are very rare.
What is lacking is that kind of opportunity.
Anyway, according to Lu Qingyi, the more modern it is, the fewer and fewer precious materials appear, although the number of strong people is a hundred times that of before, there are fewer and fewer artifacts that can be made.
In modern times, the number of artifacts in the entire Huaguo is very limited, and at most it is only ......
Anyway, it's not much, a big family, there is an artifact, which is already regarded as a treasure, and the whole family is very embarrassed, and they are very disgusted by any covetous behavior.
Some discriminate against those who don't, those who don't have envy, jealousy, hatred, and those who don't have can discriminate against those who don't.
Of course, the ones who really hold the most artifacts are actually the government and the Seven Greats.
"What is an artifact? It's something that human power and knowledge can't yet comprehend, can't decipher, and can't make, similar to a black box spell. β
What is a black box?
Black box theory: In cybernetics, unknown regions or systems are usually referred to as "black boxes", while omniscient systems and regions are called "white boxes", and between black boxes and white boxes or partially observable black boxes are called "gray boxes". Generally speaking, there is a widespread "black box" problem in social life that cannot be observed but can be controlled. For example, we watch TV every day, but we don't know the internal structure and imaging principles of the TV set, and for us, the internal structure and imaging principle of the TV set is the "black box".
If you use a hammer, you only need to look at it to understand its structure and function, and make it from materials at any time. If you use a fan, you can understand its principles and basics after you have studied it for a while, and after a period of study, you can also make it. If you use a computer, you need to spend a long time laying the foundations, and you have to continue to understand, learn, and design, and you have to put a lot of time and effort into trying to make it.
Learning to use a hammer is much easier than learning to use a computer, and if you push back in this way, you will eventually have a device that you can't learn. Instruments that humans cannot learn are meaningless, which is also a line that limits the development of human science and technology.
Whether it's Science Earth or Spell Earth, there is a very serious problem.
Now higher subjects are getting more and more difficult and have more and more content, such as modern physics, such as advanced spells...... Is it possible that, when the knowledge of all subjects is expanded to such an extent that no one can learn any one aspect of knowledge in his lifetime? For example, it is assumed that string theory is the ultimate theorem and has not been discovered (arbitrarily assumed...... How can string theory be the ultimate theorem...... But if a person learns from literacy until he dies and still can't learn all the knowledge necessary to be able to develop string theory, will string theory never be able to do so?
The trilobite could not anticipate that future creatures would occupy the ecological niche of the land and sky, and it could only see its offspring brighter calcite eyes and more hard spines on its dorsal shell than it would have on its own. It thinks that the future fate of the shell clan is at most a few more thorns, and by the way, it despises the same kind of people whose eyes have long since degenerated after living in the deep sea for too long, and realizes that the evolutionary direction of life must be to drive light. Little did it know that a giant dragonfly with a wingspan of several meters would appear in the future, dominating the ancient sky. That's not something it can imagine, even if the dragonfly and it are both arthropods.
The same dinosaur could not have predicted that future creatures would evolve complex social relationships and more refined motor skills, and it could only see that its offspring were more robust than itself, larger in size, and stronger in scales, competing with its own kind. It thought that the future fate of the dragons might be to grow bigger and faster, fly higher in the sky, swim deeper in the water, knock down more gymnosperms, and hunt more small beasts. It does not know that in the future, a group of social species - mammals will emerge that rely on various forms of internal cooperation to ensure the overall continuation of the population, and complete the self-elimination through various forms of internal competition. It is even more incapable of imagining a population trait that can be passed down infinitely downward from generation to generation, independent of the genetic basis, civilization.
Once the masters of the sea could not imagine the sky and the land, the once powerful and independent individual beings could not imagine teamwork and language communication, and the proud civilized humans of today could not imagine the future of life. We think that civilization is the highest form of biological evolution, and when we talk about the direction of future development, we must talk about the direction of civilization, and when we talk about extraterrestrial creatures, we must talk about the conflict and exchange between civilizations. Civilization, with language and symbols as the basic tools, history as the yardstick and carrier, and human subjective arbitrariness and agency as the symbol, embodies the sum of all the higher mental functions of human beings with the greatest adaptability and development potential, and is the unique quality that we are most proud of, which completely distinguishes us from other species. But how do we know that we will not be trilobites in the ocean, nor will we be dinosaurs that lack social nature? Trilobites may think that the evolutionary limit of living things is the limit of the ocean, dinosaurs may think that the evolutionary limit of living things is the limit of individual physical fitness, and human beings think that the limit of biological evolution is the limit of civilization evolution, and that all advanced creatures need at least a civilization of the human level to be considered intelligent life. However, now that we don't need huge bodies to hunt beasts, do the advanced creatures of the future really need civilization? Language, art, and technology, the essence of human civilization, may only be a digression in the history of biological evolution......
Many people say that if one day the total amount of knowledge in a single field increases to the extent that it is difficult to learn in a lifetime, and AI does not develop, civilization will come to a standstill, but in fact, the increase in the total amount of knowledge may not be an obstacle, it depends on whether human civilization first produces the problem of total knowledge, or first has the technology to improve intelligence or further extend life, and there is a solution to this problem, and every problem has a solution. Human beings may encounter problems first, or they may find solutions first, or they may spend some time to solve them after encountering them, but one day human science and technology are stuck in a certain problem, and unfortunately the problem cannot be solved with human existing knowledge, then the development of human science and technology is completely stuck, just like the scientific and technological blockade in the three-body problem. But what brings technology to a standstill is the emergence of the rules of the universe itself, which is unpredictable, even random, and the problems encountered by human civilization, and perhaps another different form of civilization may not encounter, because they may develop in a different way than we do. We may not have problems encountered by other civilizations, so it is actually a question of when civilizations will fall into the pit in the process of evolution.
Wang Jian thought for a moment and said: "In other words, there is no god at all, but we still can't understand the manufacturing method of this artifact, so we can't recreate it, well, it's like a magic cannon, if you go back to two thousand years ago, it is estimated that it will also be considered an artifact." β
Lu Qingyi suddenly said: "I can't say that I have entered the Central University, as well as the secret database of Shuimu University, they still have some things, at least there are records of the manufacturing process of some artifacts, but those precious materials, many times, can no longer be recreated, and it is difficult for substitutes to have such a good effect, the dragon clan has completely left, so, at least the materials on the dragon clan are unusable, as far as I know, almost everything on the dragon clan is a treasure, I mean those elite dragons called the royal family." β
Wang Jian suddenly asked, "Are there really dragons? Are they really so magical and naturally have power, this is a bit incredible." β
Lu Qingyi shrugged his shoulders and said, "Then you have to go to the databases with the strictest official secrecy to explore, and you can act with me." β
Wang Jian scratched his head, even if he wanted to go again, and then he was like-minded with Lu Qingyi, he didn't feel that there was any point.
"Speaking of which, anyway, I know Long Yifei very well, how good it is to find a chance for everyone to go and see together, I believe that Long Yifei will have access to the latest news one day, what do you say. β
Lu Qingyi pursed his lips and said: "It's your business for this pair of dog men and women to get together, hmph, after noon, you will leave for Chang'an, when the time comes, everyone will do their own things, and the two will not owe each other, and in the future, they will never see each other!"
"I'm there, there will always be a place for you to live, if you're thirsty, you have your water to drink, I'm on vacation, you can go to my house......"
Lu Qingyi said: "Who uses." β
The two looked at each other and did not speak for a while.
After a while, the door opened.
Long Yifei watched the two look at each other, and the atmosphere began to change subtly.
And she also stood at the door, not saying anything.
After a while, she finally spoke first: "We need to prepare in advance for Chang'an in an hour, I suddenly have some bad predictions for this trip, we should discuss first, and how to act at that time." β
"No need, when I get to Chang'an, I'll disappear, anyway, you can't find me, if there's anything, take care of yourself." β
Long Yifei said: "This is not good, don't think that if you have a few artifacts on your body, you can despise the people here, I think that their strength is very strong, even if it is me, I must be careful here." β
"I have more artifacts than you, and more than you think, what's the matter, jealousy. β
Long Yifei shook his head and said, "You can't rely on this artifact, otherwise the artifact will control you, not you." β
"Huh. β
Wang Jian suddenly nodded on the side and said: "Tsing Yi, this is the truth, I remember discovering that this piece of clothing of yours can store many spells, but you are like this, you don't have to outline and engrave the spell yourself, so it is really not good for your own growth, and it is difficult to ......."
"This kind of thing, there is a special term, called artifact disease. β
Long Yifei was mending the knife on the side.
Lu Qingyi said disdainfully: "Artifact disease?"
"Generally speaking, some people found out very early on that if they relied too much on artifacts to fight, after a long time, it would be difficult for people to adapt to real battles, and it would be difficult for them to improve their strength, and eventually it would be difficult to move towards the realm of grandmasters for the rest of their lives. β
"Huh. β
It is extremely difficult for most people to change their habits, and among all the habits, the "fulfillment model" is the most difficult to change. It is accompanied not only by the partial collapse and rebuilding of inner values, but more importantly by the change of external concerns and even professional skills. For example, if a person with a heavy Internet addiction wants to become active in his studies and achieve small successes, he must first change the original values of "being proud of his game achievements" to "being proud of his real-world achievements", and this collapse and reconstruction will cause a period of self-blame, "everything I have done in the past is a waste of time", and anxiety, "I don't know if it will be too late to work hard from now on". This process will deplete some of our mental strength, making us doubt ourselves and lose confidence. Secondly, he must spend a considerable period of time shifting his focus from games to learning, cultivate good study habits, sort out the thinking logic of various disciplines, and deal with various problems arising from his past inaction in a timely manner. In the past, he only had to run away from it, but now he must take responsibility, along with all the debts he owed before. This, in turn, provokes a new round of anxiety, denigration, self-doubt, and a weakening of the sense of worth...... In this critical period of change, the old sources of accomplishment can no longer be used, the new sense of accomplishment has not yet come, and until there is real progress in academics, this state of inactivity will continue, and when the negative emotions accumulate to a certain extent, the person will desperately want to do something to relax, what do you think he will choose to do? Most people talk about change because they have never tried to change at all. People who have experienced self-transformation do not arbitrarily underestimate the difficulties.
The vast majority of people have a deep aversion to change, fear freedom, and are incapable of bearing the consequences of their choices. When choosing a major, job, or even a marriage partner, how many people obey the arrangements of the people around them and give up making their voices heard. And when the study, work, and marriage do not go well, how many people can safely shift the blame to the person around us at the beginning? At the moment of obedience, we are actually relieved in our hearts, because it means that we will not have to be responsible for the outcome of this choice, if it goes well, we will save the trouble of making a decision, and if it goes badly, we still have someone to blame.
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