Joey's show isn't over yet, but is it just a show? Joey really doesn't think so, and in Joey's view, this is just the first step in his practice of science to change the world.

With Professor Helmholtz, Professor Kirchhoff, Professor Clausius, Professor Gibbs, Dr. Hertz and several others, including Planck, who had been listening carefully to Joey's speech and had not spoken at all, Joey did not let go, and initialed their funding intentions with them one by one.

When it was all over, Joy said goodbye to Professor Helmholtz and his friends and students, ready to move on to his next destination. After the success of the first round, Joey became more confident in his plans.

Joey's next target is Professor Ernst Mach. The reason for choosing Professor Mach was simple, because the second great god that Crown Prince Frederick visited was him.

Although Joy discovered that there was a circle in German science during his initial observations, Joy had no intention of changing this phenomenon. The phenomenon of circles, which is too normal in the scientific community, every scientist will form his own independent opinion in the process of exploring the unknown world. Since there is an independent point of view, it means that it is different from others, and there is also the possibility of conflict. As long as the conflict does not turn into a malicious personal attack, then the conflict of views or concepts will only promote the development of science.

Professor Maher had actually noticed Joey for a long time, and was able to let his esteemed Professor Helmholtz and his friends and students listen quietly to a child speaking. Although it was not clear what Joey was saying, the scene was enough to make Professor Maher curious and concerned.

In addition, as a staunch socialist, he has made many special trips from Prague to Berlin to attend the Crown Princess's salon, and he has long been close friends with the Crown Prince and his wife, and he is also familiar with the young son of the Crown Prince.

Maher watched Joey approach, wondering what the boy would bring to him from Professor Helmholtz.

"Greetings, distinguished Professor Ernst Mach." Joey still bowed respectfully.

"Hello, little Joey. Did you bring us anything good? Professor Maher asked with a smile and a touch of Joey's head.

"Huh?" Joey was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted that his performance in Professor Helmholtz just now had been seen by Mr. Maher, "Dear Professor Mach, in your eyes, I have a philosophical thought that can be called a good thing, and I just want to learn your philosophical thought." ”

"No, no, no!" Professor Maher shook his hand, sighed, and said, "I'm just a scientist, a scientist in physics and physiology. Philosophy is not my specialty, I'm at best a weekend hunter who roams philosophy. ”

"But your philosophy is the philosophy of science of scientists, not the philosophical science of philosophers." Joey complimented.

"Hehehe!" Everyone, including Professor Maher, laughed, "It's the first time I've heard someone say that about me, little Joey, you're the first. ”

"What are you kidding, uncle, your theories of pragmatism and opportunism are treasured by future generations of theorists in the field of finance, especially in the investment community and financial transactions." Joy looked at Professor Mach and said, "Uncle, you must know that Warren Buffett, the stock god of later generations, follows your philosophical principles, and the schools of trading psychology and trading technical analysis regard your philosophical theories as the source of their ideas, what are you kidding to say that you are not a philosopher." ”

"Okay guys. Let's get down to business and get back to what I just wanted to talk about. I've been writing a booklet on scientific mechanics recently, and I'd like to share some of my ideas with you. Professor Maher looked down at Joey again, "Would you like to hear that too, little Joey?" ”

"Dear Mr. Mach, it is my pleasure." Joey replied respectfully, and at the same time said in his heart, "Uncle, the small masterpiece "Scientific Mechanics" that you are going to talk about now is also the pioneering work of empiricist critical philosophy.... Isn't it a joke that I don't listen to such a good opportunity...."

"I'd like to start by talking about Sir Newton's famous experiment in classical mechanics, the spinning bucket experiment,......."

"So, for Sir Newton's notion of absolute space, I think it's wrong. Also in Sir Newton's classical mechanics, the concept of absolute time is mentioned,......."

"Absolute time, then, has neither practical nor scientific value, but is only a useless, metaphysical concept. Finally, thank you again for listening to me. ”

"Joey, what do you think?" At the end of the day, Professor Mach did not forget to tease Joey a little.

"Dear Professor, what you said is so profound that I don't understand anything except the name Sir Newton, which I can understand." Joey shrugged his shoulders and laughed at himself.

Professor Maher joined the crowd in a good-natured laugh.

"But I have a small thought, Mr. Professor, since you are criticizing Sir Newton's theory of physics, why don't you start with Newton's first law, start with inertia?"

"Huh?" Maher's expression froze, and the smile on his face was suddenly stuck.

"Mr. Professor, I'm just talking about it." Joey shrugged his shoulders and expressed his innocence.

In fact, Joy's inner confession was, "Uncle, your book "Scientific Mechanics" will be read by those who study quantum mechanics, economics, philosophy, and psychology in later generations. Although most people, like me, have always been confused about the theoretical things in physics, this does not prevent me from clearly remembering a few points you made when you criticized Sir Newton's classical mechanics. Are you going to ridicule me again if you only talk about absolute space and absolute time, but don't criticize inertia?! ”

But the people around him looked at him like a monster, which made Joey feel a little hairy, could it be that he said something wrong? "Am I wrong about inertia? Let me think about it carefully, among the uncle's several books on the gods, that one mentions inertia, well... There was certainly no inertia in "Knowing and Fallacies" published in 1905, nor in "Analysis of Sensation" published in 1886, nor in "Lectures on Popular Science" published in 1896. I'm sure that only in the book "Scientific Mechanics", published in 1883, said that I was right! ”

"In 1883? WTF.... It's 1879..... Joey bowed his head in pain and closed his eyes, "it's over, I'm playing big." ”

Joey suddenly felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and when he opened his eyes and looked up, it was Professor Maher.

Professor Mach looked quite excited, and said to Joey, "Joey, you have asked this question very well, and if you can add the critique of inertia, my booklet of criticism of mechanics and its development will be complete!" ”

"Uncle, this is your point of view.," Joey said as he looked at Professor Maher, a little crying and laughing.

"Joey, would you like to come with me to study physics?" Professor Maher asked on a whim.

In the envious eyes of everyone, Joy replied without hesitation, "Dear Professor Mach, I still want to learn your philosophy, especially the philosophy of pragmatism and opportunism. ”

The two philosophies of pragmatism and opportunism, although rooted in Germany, have flourished in the United States, and have always been a philosophical manifestation at the national level in the United States. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Americans relied on these two philosophies to successfully complete their rise in the two world wars. In the two wars, the wise choice of the Americans to take sides with that side, and the right time to enter the war, is the pinnacle of pragmatism and opportunism. At the national level, the striking contemporary example of these two philosophies is the rise of certain countries in East Asia, such as Japan and South Korea, such as Singapore, such as a certain great power.

Joey's philosophical pursuit of Mr. Mach was simple: he hoped that Germany too would learn pragmatism and opportunism, and find a way for Germany to rise safely in the complex situation of Europe. In short, we must not learn the brain-dead philosophy of Wilhelm II in the previous life, like street gangsters, shouting and killing at this and that all day long. No matter how good the street gangsters are, they are just the forces of a few streets, and they will eventually be wiped out by the police; And those bigwigs who wear dresses and are full of knowledge, while smiling and preaching world peace, can easily destroy several countries. Even fools know to be civilized and cultured bosses, otherwise why would those gangsters try their best to whitewash themselves and become bosses?!

Joey's answer caused everyone to laugh and embarrassed Professor Maher, "What is this, I am a physical and physiological scientist, but I want to accept a student who studies philosophy with me?" ”

"Dear Ernst, look at the people around you, some of them are studying physics, some of them are studying chemistry, some of them are studying mathematics, and I am a student of philosophy, and we have gathered around you to follow you, in fact, because we believe in your philosophy. What Joey just said is also very reasonable, your philosophy is the philosophy of science, not the science of philosophy. A middle-aged man with a beard said loudly.

"My dear Professor Richard Avenarius, there really is no such thing as Mach's philosophy, I am at most expounding scientific methodology and cognitive psychology, which, like all scientific theories, are only tentative and imperfect attempts." Professor Mach continued to wave his hand, indicating that he could not accept the status of a philosopher.

"But, Ernst, you have raised epistemology from speculative, empty philosophical arguments to the level of science. Unlike those traditional philosophies, your philosophy is no longer a static study of knowledge and rigid dogmas, but a dynamic study of wisdom and a living philosophy of contemplation. Professor Avenarius retorted unceremoniously.

Professor Avenarius, a follower of Machism, was one of the founders of empirical critical socialism.

At this moment, Joey's mind was not on the argument between these two great gods, but drifted into the memories of his past life.

Professor Mach was not only a well-known scientist, but also a well-known socialist activist and practitioner. The ideas of him and his followers are still successfully practiced today in the wealthy Nordic countries. Facts have proved that his achievements in the field of socialism are by no means comparable to the syphilis baldness of the later Russia. Looking at the content of the Russian syphilis skinhead, it is all about instigating class hatred between people, inciting inter-class struggle, and living a cannibalism.

The result of the application of Professor Mach's critical socialist theory is to turn Northern Europe into a high-welfare state that everyone aspires to. And Russia's socialist theory, which emphasized the nature of the struggle between people, eventually disintegrated in the Soviet Union. And this Russian can still have the face to write a large number of ridiculous articles criticizing Mach's socialism during his lifetime, which is really ridiculous!

Professor Mach has said that his favorite model of the state is socialism, but he also stressed the need to keep the people on guard: "The institutions [of the state] should be limited to the most important and basic aspects, and the freedom of the rest of the individual should be protected." Otherwise, even in a social-democratic state, slavery may become more widespread and violent than in a monarchical or oligarchy. "Looking back at the history of certain countries, such as Russia, I think you should be able to get more food for thought from Professor Mach's pertinent remarks.

In Joey's view, socialism is the ultimate stage of capitalist perfection, and the best example of this is the Nordic countries that are currently the most suitable for human life. And Germany in the second half of the twentieth century was also working in this direction. What would Germany have been like if this period of effort had been advanced to the first half of the twentieth century, without the dynastic socialism that Wilhelm II had abandoned Bismarck, and the more stupid and cannibalistic (racist) form of national socialism that the Austrians had engaged in, but dynastic socialism with critical socialist reforms?

"I'm sorry, Mr. Professor Maher." Joy interrupted the argument between Professor Mach and his friend, "I fully agree with the views of the Honourable Professor Avenarius, and on behalf of the Crown Princess Victoria Foundation, I am willing to provide financial support to anyone who can integrate Professor Mach's philosophical ideas into the theoretical practice of sociology and into the theoretical practice of finance." "There was an uproar.

"In the same way, I will also work hard to help Professor Mach to establish Germany's first scientific research group in the field of humanities, so that Professor Mach's ideas can be turned into practical theories." People were taken aback.

"Joey, if you do this, future generations will really only call me a philosopher." Professor Maher looked at Joey and smiled wryly.

"Of course not, my esteemed Professor Mach, I am still looking forward to your research results in ultrasound physics." "But anyway, Germany now has a new brain." ”