The idol theory is not mysterious at all, because the word resemblance is all too common.

The similarity between the part and the whole, the similarity between the higher level and the lower level, and so on and so forth. Similarities are everywhere.

If you look up at the trees, they only follow one principle of growth, and that is bifurcation. Or look at the table salt in the kitchen, no matter how big the particles, all have the same cube shape. It's hard to imagine that plants grow according to a particular equation, and it's hard to believe that these two unrelated things have such similar properties. This is the concept known as self-similarity.

But incredibly, nature's creations are indeed obtained in a similar way. This includes even the largest universe and the tiniest atoms.

In mathematics, this phenomenon is called a fractal, and it represents the process of giving birth to complexity from the simple.

The elders and the "boys" were thoughtful, and they clearly sensed something.

"The same is true of life."

The old man said suddenly

"Obviously."

The girl replied immediately.

Both sides are aware of each other's wisdom, and some words do not need to be spoken, as long as they are clicked.

To be honest, the girl was more or less surprised in her heart. She kept paying attention to the other party's expressions, but found that neither the elderly nor the "teenager" showed the slightest surprise.

There are many explanations for this, of course, but the most likely ones are nothing more than two.

One is that the other party's heart and appearance have long been completely separated. This is indeed not impossible, because they are indeed representatives of secrecy. But she was a little unconvinced that the "teenager" could do the same.

Another possibility is that they have already guessed some of them. If so, then they undoubtedly possess great wisdom. You know, even the participants who cooperated at that time, few were able to understand the key.

"Is your goal the outcome or the process?" The older man continued.

This time, the girl felt a moment of amazement in her heart, and the elder had already touched the true purpose of the cooperative middle school city.

Looking at the silent girl, the older man suddenly felt that he had found the crux of the problem. Not only the content of the collaboration, but the things hidden behind that cooperation, gradually emerged at this time.

He sighed heavily.

"I see. It seems that you have taken a much bigger and more resolute step than we do. ”

"You've won the prize, Your Excellency. Your eyes are very sharp. The girl nodded.

It was not vain modesty, and she could not even see it when she picked the flowers, though she certainly knew much more than the old man in front of her.

Looking at the puzzled face of the "boy" beside him, the girl was completely sure that this was definitely the discovery of the elder herself.

At this point, she was especially glad that she had been well prepared before she came, otherwise she would not be able to guarantee that she would not be seen by this awesome gentleman.

Glancing at the "young man" who was obviously still unaware, the older man sighed lightly again.

The child clearly lacked sufficient maturity and rationality, even though she was older than the girl in front of her. This has always been one of his biggest fears. He said silently:

"Creating a high-level sample is always a thing that transcends common sense. As the axiom that the whole is greater than the parts reveals, it is impossible to create something higher than oneself by purely artificial force, except by borrowing the finger of God. This is the real content of that collaboration—the fulfillment of the 'medium Lapis_Philosophorum' of the sublimation of life through God's means of creation. ）。 ”

The three people present all knew who the elder was explaining to him. The girl seemed to be very generous, and she even added:

"In the words of the school city,It's through the way of self-organization.,Realize the evolution of life.,Experience the secrets hidden in the ability of the higher level of self-awakening.。 Since in the school city, the natural awakened person of self-reality is called the 'original stone', so this project is named the 'artificial original stone project', and its code name is 'Smaragdus'. Just the name, I think it's a masterpiece. The process of cultivating emeralds is itself a process of self-organization. A completely spontaneous pattern formed, created entirely by the God of Spinoza. You provided the basic theory for it, and the school city summarized it into basic rules. As a result, the answer to the deepest principle is as shocking as Jackson Pollock's paintings, but it also makes it impossible to reach a consensus between them. This is perhaps a sad thing, because from the outset we should have thought that there could be no common conclusion. ”

"Why?"

"Boy" couldn't help but ask.

"I think there's someone better suited to answer that question than I am."

The girl glanced at the elder, apparently hoping that the older would answer the question for her disciple.

The older man hesitated, and the answer would undoubtedly explain what was wrong, which made him hesitate. But in the end, he said

"Because entanglement, entanglement will make the outcome unpredictable." The elder sighed heavily, and he even felt that he had sighed more today than in the past year combined, "and the result of this radically different from the prediction led to fatal disagreements and suspicions between the two sides, and eventually to a rupture." It's a little scary that we don't know what caused the results, just like we don't know why the results were so different from our expectations. We don't know why the process of pointing to sublimation creates an unpredictable, unexplainable huge divergence. But what is even more tragic is that we don't know that this disagreement is precisely the most valuable product of our cooperation. That is the true supreme path to sublimation, and it is the deepest power behind idol theory. ”

"What is that? Mentor. ”

"It's something we all know very well. Almost all myths have beginnings, whether 'the day was not named, and the land was not named' (Enuma_Elish first sentence) or 'the earth was empty, and the waters were submerged and darkened' (Genesis 1:2). This paragraph is worth mentioning). In the final analysis, all creation myths are the process by which all things spontaneously organize and evolve from them. It is disordered, but it also creates order in disorder. From it, the same way creates both order and disorder at the same time. It is the root of everything, and his most famous name also comes from an ancient myth that the Greeks saw as the origin of the gods. The Greeks called it 'Chaos', the root of chaos. ”

"If you let the school city say,The reason is very simple。 It was discovered even as early as the end of the 19th century, and the middle of the 20th century was understood. That's what once haunted Poincaré, by Alain? The inevitable consequence that Turing pointed out. In the words of the school city,That's the thing that will destroy the prediction completely.。 "The image behind the girl quickly becomes impossible to judge and incalculable after simple enlargement and evolution. She shook her head slowly with a sad and helpless expression, "It tells us that even if external interference is excluded, prediction is still impossible. Even if there is no randomness in the rules, everything is known, and the end result will be beyond what everyone can expect. This process will construct a self-evolving system in a non-linear manner, and finally complete the process of creation. The way to inquire is to look for answers at the root. Whether it's you back then.,Or the school city back then.,You can't help but have a goal that is too clear and you want to look forward to.。 Pursuit is what keeps people going, but it can also confuse your eyes. As a result, you have forgotten even the basics of the basics. You shouldn't be predicting at all, because the process is inherently unpredictable. Sadly, you are even suspicious of each other because of this inevitable outcome. Just as a nonlinear system magnifies the error, you also magnify the error to the point where it is out of control. The process, ironically, resembles the content of the collaboration. ”

The old man was speechless. Although he himself did not intervene in the decision-making at the time, with his knowledge of them, it undoubtedly hit their dead end.

"It's just that,School City doesn't have the right to blame you on this issue.,Because they never thought you'd want to understand the process.。 As you said, School City cares about what kind of miracle will be born in the process, not the 'medium' (note: it's still "Lapis_Philosophorum") itself.。 In the first few years, the school city also achieved nothing, so much so that many of them also considered it a failed attempt. The only difference is that they don't think that you are to blame for their failures. Because they know very well that just as you can't predict success, you can't expect failure, and that's an obstacle that can't be removed from the root. However, for the school city, there is a slight advantage that there is no need to give up the observation of the product of the plan, because the observation itself hardly consumes their energy.

"So four years after your cooperation ended, something special happened. Interestingly, it behaves similarly to its self-organizing form.

"Now that it's happening, it needs to be put to rest. I don't know what happened in the process.,But as far as I know,School City has made some arrangements to make it all logical.。 One of them is,Send this result out of the school city.。 And after another 5 years, when the impact was gradually smoothed out by time, it left a wedge for it.

"However, I think just as you can't predict the outcome of the cooperation back then, this school city will not think about how unpredictable the wedge itself has become because of this reason. In fact, a small part of the reason for my trip was because of the wedge. All I can say about this is that, just as human beings were created from chaos, human beings themselves are probably fractals of chaos, the most inexplicable things. ”

The girl slowly, slowly, slowed down. Eventually, there was a quiet pause. Because she does feel powerless on the subject.

But she believes she's said enough. She has already revealed the truth and results of the cooperation between the two sides back then, which is undoubtedly with great sincerity.

"Since you can recognize us, I think you should have a detailed list. You must also know that we don't operate together, and I can command less than five men. If you want to clear up the misunderstanding, then that guy is definitely a better choice. ”

Older people are still confirming something, but it's just a formality.

"Yes, I'll be honest that I did. It's just that when I think about it last, sir, your experience plays the most crucial role. There are some things that only those who have experienced the cooperation of those years can believe and understand. And I suppose you also wish to clear up this misunderstanding, sir, and I notice that you are not too much of a disguise of your identity compared to your companions. I can't find any other reason than to have that expectation. ”

The older man shrugged helplessly. He wasn't surprised that the school city knew the goal of their trip, after all, coincidences couldn't happen so often.

"As a result of that cooperation, give me some information if you can, so that I can explain it to our organization."

"It's a little difficult, but if you're willing to stay for three days, I promise you'll get a satisfactory answer. I beg your pardon, we also have difficulties. Sir, you should understand that at this time we are being hampered by some diplomatic problems. In the space of these three days, we will try to reach some agreement with the British side. I would say faux puff to say that I have no hope for the efficiency of the British, and that the bureaucracy, like the system of translating information, is one of the greatest inventions of mankind, but when it goes wrong, it becomes an obstacle. Sir, you should also be equally aware of Britain's notoriously inefficient bureaucratic system. ”

The elder nodded silently.

As the girl said, they have a great relationship with the British, and some of their former members are even famous figures in Britain. If it weren't for the target running into the school city, they wouldn't even have the idea of taking this opportunity to do something, after all, they didn't want to have any trouble with the British side.

If he could accomplish his purpose in the safest way possible, without offending either side, he would be more than happy to do so.

This choice is a natural one.

At the moment of making his decision, his gaze swept over the monument. Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind like a bolt of lightning.

"Last question, have you tried to use that result as a reference for a theoretical reduction of about 15%-20%?"

The girl suddenly raised her head, and at that moment her beautiful eyes seemed to burn with unusually fierce emotion. But in the end, the flame of this emotion was only a fleeting flash.

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Author's note: This passage in Genesis has a special meaning. Generally speaking, this passage is translated as "Then the earth was empty, and the deep waters were submerged and darkened, and the Spirit of God flew over the waters." The "emptiness" (waste_and_void) here we can all understand means chaos. Water, on the other hand, may not be something we can understand. Because the water here in the early days was "waterly_deep" and not the water we are used to, it did not include the "water" that gave birth to life. But then the "water" in the part where the Spirit of God flies on the surface of the water is already "water". And it is worth noting that the word "fly", the Syrian cognate is "to hatch".

If we refer to the process of the birth of the gods in Greek mythology, it is clear that there is another explanation for this passage.

I don't know if you guys have anything in mind.

Uploader's note: Strictly speaking, chaos theory began in the 50s of the last century, when Alan Turing studied morphogenetic motion. Before the famous mathematician, no one had ever tried to explain the causes of this life-generating movement mathematically, but Alan Turing did. Incredibly, we don't even know why he was able to do it. In fact, to this day, we still can't fully understand Turing's legacy, and we still can't learn more about morphogenetic movements. Some say that if Turing had lived a few more years, he might have been able to take shape sooner for chaos dynamics. There is too much heroism tinged with this view. In fact, I'm more inclined to think that Turing simply found the way by accident out of some kind of belief (Turing firmly believed that biological systems could be represented mathematically, even intelligence). That's why he completed computer theory. ）。 Because in fact, the conditions at that time were really not enough to make people realize the power of chaotic dynamics, which Turing could not change personally. Turing's morphogenesis thesis was actually not taken seriously until much later. Compared to computer theory, it is too bumpy.

I do not intend to belittle Turing's merits here, he undoubtedly brought us almost insane achievements. It's just that we need to understand that no achievement is out of date. The lack of attention to results cannot simply be attributed to repression or prejudice. Because for the most part, that's really something you don't understand at the time. Just as chaos theory could never have been taken seriously all of a sudden before the collapse of the Newtonian system, it must not be truly understood until after the collapse of the Newtonian system itself.

There are no shortcuts to science, every step is inevitable. It's just that these clear steps, little by little, tend to become surprisingly powerful and unpredictable as they develop – as chaos theory reveals.

In this sense, it can even be said that there is no such thing as a genius who is truly "ahead of his time", it is just a heroic fantasy.