Chapter 225: Reshaping the Three Views (I)

"What?" I asked.

I asked Leo, but I couldn't help but say it.

"Why aren't you happy today?" Grandpa repeated it again.

"Haha, I can't help it!" Leo grinned and said, "It doesn't mean anything else, it's just that it's funny to see how stunned you look." On Earth, it's called pee-scared......"

"I didn't pee!" I say.

Then I replied to my grandfather: "It's nothing, it's just, I'm a little worried......"

"Worried about what?" Grandpa asked.

"Urine scare is just a rhetorical device," said Leo, "okay, you two will talk first, and I'll be quiet for a while." ”

"I'm afraid, I'm going to ...... away," I said, "I don't know when I'm going to come back except for the Resuscitation Festival, but I really want to come back......"

"How can you think that?" Grandpa said, "Good boy, you have to go out, only soft eggs and mediocre people will stay at home for the rest of their lives!" ”

"I know, but ......," I said, "the outside world is too hard to figure out......

The giant ball was always in my mind.

You can't erase it no matter how you erase it.

That is, the shape of the earth.

"Are you scared?" Grandpa said, "Why, my best grandson, is afraid of this?" ”

"No," I said, "it......'s just that it's hard to accept ......."

"This is the world of adults," said Grandpa suddenly, "I can see that you are not used to dealing with people from outside, because they are so different from the village, lies, betrayal, fraud, contempt, all the bad things are all occupied, but this is the world of adults, unlike children!" You are already an adult, we should tell you these things, but you left in a hurry, and I blame me, I am afraid that you will be difficult to accept, so I am in such a hurry to urge you to go......"

"That's not what I meant!" I said, "I'm not sorry, I'm not afraid, I'm just, it's hard to accept it for a while." ”

"It's nothing," said Grandpa with a smile, "I was also kicked out of the house by my father, your great-grandfather, and of course, I didn't go far to make my home here." At that time, it was hard for me to accept, but with your father and your aunt, I settled down. ”

I know he misunderstood what I meant, but I can't tell the shock and doubts in my heart as they are, after all, such a subversive thing, I can't stand it even if I shoot him......

Pattu and Ian were well fed and drunk, and they both sat down. The four of us held a vigil around the fire.

The villagers were happy and scattered joy everywhere, but they did not dare to run to us, but sang and danced happily until late at night, tired of dancing and playing, and then went back to rest.

Grandpa told me and Pattu and Ian a lot of the rules of adulthood, which was kind of enlightenment for us, in fact, I learned all these things almost completely, but Pattu and Ian listened to them with relish, if nothing else, they will be adults after the beginning of spring, and then, Pattu will return to the village of Bezu.

And the confusion in my heart, I can't tell my grandfather, and he won't know the answer, so I can only wait for Leo to explain.

He wants to reshape my three views, and now, a solid foundation has been laid - my original three views have been subverted and shattered, and they can be rebuilt on the spot......

It was another revival vigil as in previous years, and after dawn, the villagers began to prepare for the beginning of spring, and we four shamans finished their work and went home to rest.

Grandpa was old, and he almost fell asleep in the second half of the night, Patu and Ian were full of energy, but after all, they were not warriors, they didn't have such good physical strength, and they were a little groggy after dawn, and they went back to lie down after eating the breakfast made by their sister.

I didn't feel sleepy at all, so I went back to my room and lay down.

"Let's get started!" I said to Leo, "Since the civilization of your earthlings is so advanced, let's start from the beginning, I'm ready!" ”

"Hey, that's the mentality of a qualified, sane protagonist," Leo said, "being modest and cautious, guarding against arrogance and rashness, sensitive, studious, shameless, cough, skeptical......"

"Alright, don't talk so much nonsense," I asked all my questions, "why is the earth round, and why don't the people and the land beneath the earth fall out of the sky, since the sky surrounds it?" Why ......"

"That's it!" Leo suddenly interrupted me and said, "It's too inefficient to talk about one by one, I'll first tell you about classical physics and basic astronomy, which is the basis of the worldview, and then the context of many things will be clear," Leo said, "and then I'll talk about some humanistic things to change your view of life and value......

"Are these just the basics?" I asked.

"Of course, even earthlings are still exploring more advanced things, and if you were to be given the theory of relativity and quantum physics, I, I wouldn't be able to figure it out......," Leo said.

"Begin," I said, "at least, let me figure out the first question, why is the earth round?" ”

"First of all, let's start with a great earthling, his name is Eisa Newton, known as Lord Niu," Leo said, "but unfortunately, he is not from China......"

Then, after a pause, he asked me, "Hey, why don't you ask me where he's from?" ”

"It doesn't matter," I said, "go on!" ”

"Hehe, well," Leo laughed to himself, and continued, "There is a very famous legend that this lord was sitting under an apple tree reading a book, and an apple just fell and hit him in the head, and then, he began to think, well, of course, this story is said to have been made up by his niece later, whether there is such a thing or not, regardless of it for the time being, anyway, history is always indispensable to fiction, as long as the general outline matches the number, in short, This Lord Niu discovered the secret of the apple landing......"

He pretended to be mysteriously hanging on my tastes, as if he was waiting for me to ask questions.

I still didn't speak, waiting for him to continue.

"Mm-hmm, here's the point!" Leo didn't wait for my question, so he had to descend on his own, "This is the pillar of classical physics - gravity!" ”

"Gravity?" I finally got a little interested.

"Yes, it's gravity, the attraction that exists between all things!" Leo said proudly, "This discovery was rated by later people as comparable to the first light of God's creation of the world!" ”

"Can all things attract each other?" I asked, "That's ridiculous!" ”

"Don't worry," said Leo, "the more it violates common sense, the more bold it is to assume and be careful to verify!" Surely you will ask, then, why am I and everything around me not attracted to each other? Why are two people walking down the street and not being sucked together, isn't it? ”

"Yes......" I confessed my doubts.

"There is a formula for gravitational attraction according to which we can calculate how much force of attraction is between any two objects...... Specifically, I won't talk about it, otherwise it will be enough for you to learn for three or five years, and I won't be able to explain it clearly later, anyway, the earthlings have already figured it out almost clearly," Leo said, "You just need to remember that the attraction of force is related to the mass and distance of two objects, according to calculations, for example, the gravitational pull between you and the bed, you and the table, and between you and any other person, is thousands of times softer than the force of a hair blown by a breeze!" So, you don't feel attractive, of course, bleached, bright, the, atayal chicks are mostly attractive to you! ”

"Is that last sentence a joke?" I said, "You're so happy? ”

"I'm not looking at you to be in a bad mood and amusing you...... Leo said.

"I'm happy when you make it clear," I said, "and go on." ”

"Going back to the question of the apple," said Leo, "we now look at the earth as a whole, and you see its volume, and its weight, and there is nothing greater than that—I mean, at present, when we talk about astronomy, you will find that our earth is pitifully small, ah, without mentioning that, in short, to simplify the whole matter, of all the gravitational pull on which the apple emits the greatest, and it is sucked to the ground, and not to fall diagonally to the side, much less to the sky...... And this, by extension, is that all things, including man, including all animals, even non-living things, are firmly bound by the earth......"

"Then why do birds and dragons fly, and by the way, some flying skills?" I asked.

"Good question!" Leo clapped his hands, "It is precisely because they have a way to fight gravity that they can fly, however, they can't fly too high, because gravity is everywhere all the time, they have to consume physical strength and even energy to fight, once their physical strength is exhausted and their energy is exhausted, they will still fall back to the ground......"

"I guess," I said, "but you haven't made it clear why the earth is round!" ”

"Soon," said Leo, "I'll add first, Lord Niu sent a letter about gravity, and at the same time summarized the three laws of mechanics, which can be applied to almost all objects, except for some microscopic ones...... That's not in a hurry, in short, you remember Lord Niu's contribution, and then we enter the door of astronomy, well, let's start with the sun and stars......"

Before lunch, I listened to Leo finish talking about the world as it really is—the most superficial layer. Read the latest chapters, stay tuned