Chapter Ninety-Five: A Dream in the Air
Marx was also in the studio of the Situ Garden, and he was keenly aware of the word "Jew", so of course, he was Jew! He asked the moderator for a statement: "Mr. Wagner, what do the musical Jews say?" What role did Jews play in music? ”
Marx was not familiar with Wagner before, but the latter knew Marx's name, because Wagner was also more concerned about politics. Marx.
It turned out that Wagner's so-called anti-Semitism was nothing more than saying that Jews did not speak European languages, especially German, which was not standard, and caused harm to German poetry and musical art, as well as criticizing the works of Jewish composers such as Mendelssohn for being frivolous, superficial, and blindly pleasing the audience. Mendelssohn's name is now much more powerful than Wagner's, and Wagner dared to anonymously criticize Jewish music only after Mendelssohn's death in 47 years, and now, with the popularity of the opera "The Musical Jew", everyone in the world knows his anti-Semitic stance.
Truth be told, Marx's German is among Wagner's criticisms! Even more strictly is that Marx's labor movement was considered "populism" by Wagner, and populism is not a good word, not even in Downing's dictionary. Because it pleases the public, it ignores the right of the elite to speak. The elite is not just an aristocracy, the reason why capitalists become capitalists, entrepreneurs who can run enterprises, and scientists who are authoritative have something to do with their knowledge, and populism can win the applause of the masses, but this is likely to lead to wrong conclusions.
The BBC broadcast the first time that anti-Semites appeared, which was a big deal. It was this controversy that brought the breath to a halt in the four cities of Europe, which seemed to be even greater than Downing's atheistic controversy. Especially in Munich, Bavaria is a member of the German-Italian Confederation, there are many Jews, their tradition is to attach importance to education, and a considerable number of entrepreneurs and scientists gather in Munich.
I didn't expect that two people who were fighting each other would meet on the narrow road in Situoyuan, and the big battle was about to break out. The host hurriedly shifted the topic to Lord Windsor, who could calm the scene: "We are not here to argue today, so let's ask Mr. Windsor to make a brief summary, the two of them will have an opportunity to argue in the future." ”
Downing praised Violeta's wit, saying, "When there is controversy, the world is diverse, and the diverse world is beautiful." Of course, I am not a racist personally, we all came out of Africa, millions of years ago we were people of the same race, we are all brothers and sisters, we are all about the same intelligence, there is no reason not to talk about it. Mr. Wagner says that there is something wrong with the Jews, well, maybe. Jewish friends may wish to listen to what he has to say, if it is a misunderstanding, it can be clarified, and if there is something that can be changed, then there is no need to be ashamed.
But when it comes to language ability, it's related to the upbringing, Jews don't seem to have their own country, right? When you migrate to different parts of the world, you will naturally have accent problems at the beginning. Mr. Marx's language skills are already quite good, and he doesn't sing operas, so don't be so demanding. The Japanese friend I brought with me recently is called an exaggeration, and you can pronounce cool as a skeleton, which is really scary.
Today's English-speaking Japanese are basically 'drifters', that is, fishing in a storm, and then escaping death into an American fishing boat, or drifting directly to the west coast of the United States. My current Japanese translation is magically blown directly across the Pacific Ocean by a storm and drifted to the continental United States. He was only 14 years old at the time, so it can be said that he started learning English since he was a child, and he spoke it relatively well.
When Manjiro Nakahama, the interpreter of Mr. Shimazu Saibin in the Japanese delegation, was 15 years old as a fisherman's helper, he went to sea and was killed in a storm with his fellow fishermen, and after drifting for five and a half days, he miraculously drifted to Torishima, an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean, where he lived for 143 days. And then meet the American whaling ship John near there? The Hoitfield was rescued with companions. It's just a little bit of age, and his pronunciation is much worse, and the 'skeleton' pronunciation just now is his masterpiece, ha.
They were the pioneers of Japan's founding and famous people who will go down in history. In particular, the 50 Japanese people I brought to Europe were all alive and motivated. Well, I don't know what they did when they got back, so I'll send a telegram back to ask about the situation. As for language, with the advent of the phonograph and the radio, it will change a lot, because they often hear the standard broadcast, and then they will slowly integrate into the new country, and their children will integrate perfectly. ”
Violetta is a qualified crooked person who clearly and unmistakably captures an extremely important and controversial phrase: "Huh? Wait, Mr. Windsor, I heard you right, you just said that humans originated in Africa......"
Downing: "Haha, yes, I'll leave this question to the initiator, the director of the British Museum, Mr. Darwin!" ”
Oops, it's time for me to play, I'm afraid the cactus kneeling thing at night can't be avoided. Darwin wanted to hide and play soy sauce, but he didn't expect Downing to push him to the forefront, which is a broadcast that can be heard all over Europe at the same time......
Darwin: "...... This one...... Hehe, yes, I guess humans originated in Africa. The evidence, mainly anatomically, found that humans are similar to the apes and orangutans that live in Africa, and these animals live in large numbers in Africa, so I deduce that it was once where our ancestors lived with chimpanzees and gorillas. What would Mr. Windsor add? He said a word, and quickly threw the microphone back to Tang Ning like a hot potato.
Seeing Darwin's cold sweat coming down, Tang Ning smiled secretly, this is afraid that his wife is afraid of this, it is amazing enough. It is a pity that Wallace stayed in the East Indies to continue his expedition, not in London, otherwise he could have talked and laughed with him.
Well, Downing added: "This speculation is not very strict, and I have an idea, think about it, why is human body hair so scarce?" This is not suitable for human beings to survive in cold areas, as soon as winter comes, we humans hurry to wear old cotton jackets, it is very cold, animals like us with bare skin, it is difficult to imagine that our ancestors lived in cold places, whether it is London, Germany and France, there are cold winters. If you think about it, you can guess that our ancestors must have lived in a place where there was no winter, and the African continent crossed by the equator was a very good place.
The indigenous tribes of Africa now have some hunters, and their hunting method is quite unique, they rely on endurance to hunt and kill deer that are good at running. Note that these Africans live near the equator, but they can brave the heat to chase the deer for up to 7 or 8 hours until the prey is exhausted! Why are these hunters so heat-resistant? Because of the sparse hair and well-developed sweat glands, they can effectively dissipate heat, which is beyond the reach of those herbivores in Africa. This gives us good inspiration and is likely the reason why our African ancestors shed their hair to gain a survival advantage. ”
Darwin, who had forgotten about the cactus, was concerned, "Is there really such a tribe?" Who found out? ”
Downing: "I heard it by chance, for the sake of rigor, you should send someone to Africa to collect this kind of first-hand material, and by the way, find caves all over Africa to see if there are any hominid bones, and the British Museum should do that, right?" ”
Darwin gave an "um".
Downing: "What has Charles been working on lately?" ”
Darwin: "I've found strong evidence that humans evolved from fish, and I'm sorting it out. ”
Downing: "Oh, can you talk about it here?" ”
Darwin: "Yes. There are some photos of babies who have miscarried and died prematurely, and I found that in the early days of human embryos, there are gills! And the tail! If God had made it out directly, it was obvious that he would not have done it too much. This proves that mammals evolved from fish, and that human ancestors originally had tails, only to later degenerate. ”
As soon as these words came out, the scientists in the Situoyuan Salon were in an uproar, such a powerful evidence! Darwin is getting better and better. The next issue of Nature is going to be a big hit again.
Darwin was still researching orchids. There are more than 20,000 species of wild orchids, and the shapes, sizes, colors, and fragrances of the flowers are strange, but there is only one purpose: to attract insects or hummingbirds to collect nectar with the fragrance of flowers, and the pollen gets on their bodies, which completes the pollination of orchids. Therefore, the reproduction of orchids is inseparable from these pollinators, no matter what strange shape and structure it has, it is also to adapt to pollinators. Pollinators also have to adapt to orchids in order to collect nectar. Under the influence of natural selection, orchids and pollinators evolve together. Only natural selection can explain the origin of the orchid's construction.
But there was a comet orchid native to Madagascar that bothered Darwin. The Latin name of this comet-orchid means "one and a half feet", and its name derives from the shape of its "frightening" flower: it has a long, thin flower spacing, and from the opening of the flower to the bottom is a strip of 11 long. 5 inch thin tube, only bottom 1. Only 5 inches of nectar can be found. "What kind of insect can suck its nectar?" Darwin boldly predicted: "There must be a moth in Madagascar whose beak can reach 10 to 11 inches long!" ”
The British Museum is well funded, and a team will be sent to Madagascar. Hey, these happy and playful scientists, Downing showed envy, when he also wandered around the world and got close to nature. It would be better to invent flying machines that float lightly in the blue sky.
Downing expressed his desire to travel around the world and said that he wanted to invent flying machines.
Brunel, the master engineer, was most interested in such an epoch-making vehicle, and suddenly became excited: "What kind of flying machine?" Is it the same as the airship invented by the French decades ago? He was able to fly across the English Channel with a bulky steam engine, and now we have hydrogen fuel cells, which are much better than them in that alone. ”
Downing: "Of course, our hydrogen fuel cell has reached 20 horsepower, and propelling the airship is a matter of minutes. Our British George? Kelly is known as the father of flight, he invented the glider in 1848 to fly with a small child, which is still not powered, even if we do nothing, just use Mr. Kelly's design and our fuel cell engine propeller, and then we can fly! ”
Brunel, who is addicted to smoking, was uncomfortable in the non-smoking marble salon, and suddenly became excited when he heard this: "Yes, so we are only one step away from the real flying plane?" Why don't you leave this project to me, the shipyard is running well now, and I can put it to rest. ”
He popped out, and the female anchor added the name of the great engineer to the listeners.
Downing: "Mr. Brunel has a problem, in order to complete the project desperately work, let others die, this is not good, we invent new things to benefit mankind, don't be happy before you create it, you will not be happy first." There is a very bad thing about the aircraft, that is, it is easy to have accidents, and the way of accidents makes people feel terrible when they make up for it, anyway, I think it's quite scary. All non-birds, non-flying insects have a certain fear of high altitudes, so our aircraft must not only be safe, but also much safer than cars, trains, and ships, so that people can rest assured that it is best not to have an accident for decades.
In order to achieve such a high level of safety, we have an advantage from the real stage - we have radio technology, we can remotely control the real plane, and if the plane falls, it will fall, and the person will be fine, until the real yàn is very mature, and then put the person into the plane.
We will take the development of airships as the main direction, because it can take off and land vertically, which is very important for round-the-world travel, like Mr. Kelly's glider, if the load capacity must be at a certain level, there are higher requirements for the flatness and size of the field, then it is not suitable for flying as you like. (http://)。 Moreover, such a powered aircraft needs to operate with high horsepower to maintain lift, and there will be a lot of noise, which I don't like very much. Originally, I wanted to soar like a vulture, but it turned out to be disturbing, which was not ideal.
Another great benefit of the airship is that it is particularly fuel-efficient, and I even suspect that we can install a wind turbine on the airship to give the airship an endless source of power, which is more powerful than the geese that migrate thousands of miles. ”
What a beautiful idea, after the controversy between godlessness and racism, finally showed a beautiful and benevolent side on the first broadcast of mankind, which would be of great help to improve the image of Lord Windsor.
In order to attract attention, Downing announced that he would invest a huge amount of £1 million in aircraft technology research. Yes, the local tyrant basically invests with 1 million yuan as the www.biquge.info, and he is embarrassed to say anything less than this number. Now some "rich people" are giving 100 pounds to reward flight research, and this local tycoon has a big pen, which is 10,000 times the "rich" bonus. It's not about showing off his wealth, it's about attracting flying enthusiasts from all over the world to join his aircraft development team.
How do you want so much money? Because it is necessary to build a large venue, to build a large wind tunnel, and to build a variety of safety studies regardless of the cost, and the high salaries of the flight elites, in short, Tang Ning is bound to win the airship project, anyway, so much money is idle.
With the help of big local tyrant scientists, the era of airships will not be far away.