The evil qi on the road, the evil qi that has been gathered by humans and all kinds of activities is harmful, and any warlock can pat his chest to vouch for this.

But are these evil spirits that are harmful to people not supposed to exist in this world?

The answer is not necessarily.

The world is dualistic, yin and yang together construct the world, and the harmful evil qi stimulates the increase of favorable righteous qi, and the evil qi is like a harsh winter, and the storage of the harsh winter is a necessary process for the elimination of living things, and the evil qi is the same.

Just like those harmful microorganisms and viruses, if these little things are gone one day, it means that humanity will be extinct.

Therefore, it is feasible to eliminate evil qi on a small scale, or even to convert it into something useful to human beings, but it is necessary to be cautious and cautious in eliminating evil qi on a large scale, because this kind of behavior may upset the balance of yin and yang qi in a certain area, and thus lead to unknown disasters.

Fang Shi popularized these common sense to Academician Yuan and others, if this came out of the mouths of others, these crazy people who regarded the pursuit of life as their life might not necessarily believe it, but from the mouth of Fang Shi, the great master, they had to believe it, and then think about Fang Shi's cautious attitude towards new technologies before, Academician Yuan finally woke up a little.

"Fang Shi, what do you think of Western science?"

Of course, Fang Shi knew what Academician Yuan wanted to ask, and what he needed to know was not how Fang Shi viewed Western scientific methodology, but his view on the philosophical concepts of Western science.

The corners of Fang Shi's mouth curled, he had never had an in-depth discussion with Academician Yuan on the similarities and differences between the traditional Chinese 'Dao' and Western science, although the two would occasionally talk about some such metaphysical things on a matter-of-fact basis. But systematic communication never took place.

Fang Shi was not worried that his ideas would not be accepted by Academician Yuan. Instead, he hoped that Academician Yuan and the researchers in the research institute would discover and think about this problem on their own. Find out the similarities and differences between the two philosophical concepts and find a correct path, otherwise they blindly emphasize the superiority and advanced nature of traditional Chinese Taoist philosophy, and these believers in Western scientific concepts may not be able to truly accept it.

Fang Shi did not want to establish such a place that integrated traditional Chinese culture and Taoist cultivation civilization with modern Western science, but the host was a group of Western science madmen who did not believe in traditional Chinese culture and philosophical concepts.

Now that Academician Yuan finally realized that this issue could no longer be avoided, and it was time to say why, he specially raised this issue in front of everyone, of course, hoping that this issue could be taken seriously by everyone. And can solve this metaphysical problem at one time, don't waste time on these vain things.

"Old Yuan, I know what you want to talk about is the similarities and differences between the Western view of science and my Taoist philosophical view, these things are not for me to talk about, but for you and everyone, then I ask you, what do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of the Western view of science?"

Academician Yuan nodded solemnly and said: "It's okay, it's only more profound if I have personally done it, I'll try to talk about it, to be honest, I don't have much time to think about these issues." ”

Fang Shi smiled: "I heard that those top scientists in the West will study philosophy in the end. This step is unavoidable. ”

"Yes, the Western view of science is, in the final analysis, a methodology for understanding the world. The Western view of science refers to a method of understanding the world based on correct methods such as observation, real method, and mathematical method, and combining logical, theoretical, and philosophical methods of understanding. ”

Fang Shi nodded: "There are two loopholes in your words, the first is 'wait for the right method', who defined this correct premise?" Also, are the observational methods, the real methods, and the mathematical methods you mentioned earlier correct? Thus, we can conclude that the Western view of science itself may be incorrect, or at least imperfect. The second is that you ignore the process of transforming the world, and in terms of implementation, the actual yàn is to form an action guide after observing and thinking logically, and then react on the world, and the result is unknown. In other words, all the act of transforming the world is a kind of reality. ”

Fang Shi spoke very slowly, so that everyone in the audience could think while listening, and the people present were all researchers, and they had the courage to question a qiē, so Fang Shi's words did not make them feel unacceptable, although Fang Shi was trying to destroy their perception of knowledge.

Academician Yuan thought for a while and said: "Indeed, what you said is right, we are indeed groping, it turns out that we have been wrong many times, and we are still making mistakes, but on the other hand, we are indeed moving forward." ”

"Yes, or maybe it's moving towards ruin."

Fang Shi's words made everyone feel a chill behind them, this possibility is existing, and there is a considerable probability of existing, in fact, human beings have come to the verge of destruction many times, such as nuclear weapons, such as unscrupulous destruction of the environment, such as drug abuse.

There was silence in the room for a while, and Academician Yuan took a deep breath: "So, do you think there is a better way?" ”

"Absolutely."

Fang Shi nodded affirmatively, and everyone looked at Fang Shi with expectation and disbelief in their eyes.

"You want to tell me about the path you're taking, right?"

"Yes, the traditional worldview of China, do you think that Huaxia has been declining in the last few hundred years, so even the worldview is problematic?"

Academician Yuan opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to say it, Huaxia has indeed been in decline for hundreds of years, and Chinese people are more keen to study how to divide the cake than how to make the cake, but the square stone in front of him is the group of people who have not had a lot of them, but they have insisted on making cakes for thousands of years.

"It seems like you have more say in this, maybe I would have thought that a few years ago, but now?"

What Academician Yuan said is precisely the reason why this institute exists, it is precisely because Fang Shi represents the strong rise of the Xuanmen warlocks and shows a Chinese cultivation civilization that is stronger and more vital than Western science, so now Academician Yuan has no reason to think that the traditional Chinese civilization is inferior to the Western civilization.

Fang Shi smiled and continued: "I am responsible for this, in fact, the observation method, the real method and the mathematical method you mentioned are not unique to the West, the reason why it should be crowned with the Western scientific concept is because the West attaches more importance to the practical benefits brought by these scientific and technological advances, in our Taoist traditional epistemology, these techniques are also used, of course, there are more similar methods, such as system theory, yin and yang five elements theory, etc., the magic in our hands proves that these theories are also correct, according to the definition you just made." We also belong to the right method, so our epistemology is also scientific, isn't it? ”

Academician Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "That's true, otherwise there would be no research institute like ours, so we can think that the traditional Chinese epistemology is also scientific, so how do you prove that the Chinese scientific method is more advanced than the Western scientific method?" ”

"Because the basis of our Chinese scientific theory is the system theory, the theory of yin and yang and the five elements, these two theories have defined a correct world view for us, and our vision is macro and global, while the Western scientific method is bottom-up, and often deviates."

"Huh"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this, but this laughter seemed a little heavy, and the price of this deviation was extremely strict, and it was not easy to put it into laughter.

Fang Shi tugged at the corners of his mouth, glanced at everyone and continued: "Our Chinese worldview is systematic, thinking that the world is a whole, and there is a correlation between each other, this correlation we call cause and effect, some of the connections we already know and can be used, we call them theorems or theories, and those that we haven't yet known are just conjectures. Our way of thinking is based on these connections, from the big picture, so we are very cautious about changing the world, preferring to be slower than to take risks, because we know how serious the consequences of the causal system can be. ”

The room was quiet again, everyone was thinking, and Xia Yuxin was also thinking, and after a while, Academician Yuan said while thinking: "I think of a very interesting saying, I heard a life research scholar say that it is pain that promotes the protection of human beings in the human body system, and it is also pain that makes human beings continue to progress. ”

"Hehe, yes, we call ourselves awe, awe of nature, awe of the Tao, reverence of cause and effect, with this, so that we will not unconsciously go to ruin, as you said, if you don't know that the fire will hurt, people will be like moths in the flames of hell."

Everyone nodded, and Xia Yuxin said with understanding: "It turns out that our advantage is that we are more sensitive to pain!" ”

Everyone smiled, and Academician Yuan smiled and nodded: "That's true, thanks to you, we Huaxia will be more sensitive, and we will start to avoid danger and start to change with foresight." ”

Fang Shi exhaled lightly, nodded with a smile and said: "Therefore, Yun He put forward those three principles, which is also a revision of the Western scientific method, of course, it is only for the actual situation, and the new generation that grows up with the Chinese scientific method in the future may not have such a risk." ”

"The three principles were originally put forward by Yun He, and they are really far-sighted! I understand that this generator must also use these three principles to guide research, no, it should be that our Institute of Physics and even the entire scientific community should take these three principles as a dogma, otherwise, it will be too late to regret it when something bad happens. ”

Academician Yuan's expression was very strict, and no one understood the horror of science better than scientists. (To be continued......)