Chapter 350: Brain in a Jar
"Bucket, bucket? What do you mean? Du Deming looked at the feet under the bed in surprise, a little puzzled.
"Hey, hey~~."
Hearing someone ask her, Lai Guiqiong's throat began to emit a string of hoarse and weird men's laughter.
"Well, can you tell us more about what's going on?" I patiently bent over, looked at the woman hiding her body under the bed, thought for a moment, and added, "It was Mina, the girl in red, who asked us to come to you." ”
As soon as the words fell, there was movement under the bed.
Lai Guiqiong, who had been reluctant to come out like an ostrich, suddenly raised her head excitedly.
"What did you say?"
Bang.
Her voice was accompanied by a loud, dull thud of her head hitting the bed.
"Y-Are you alright?" Zhang Qiang was startled by her excited appearance, took a step back, and asked cautiously.
"I'm fine! I'm fine!! I'm fine!!! Lai Guiqiong didn't care about her head being hit.
Like an old turtle, she could easily withdraw from under the bed, but she had to turn around under the bed several times before finally crawling out of it with great difficulty.
Lai Guiqiong, who climbed out, was panting like a sloth with her back against the edge of the bed, as if her actions just now had consumed a lot of her energy.
Then, she reached out and coughed several times with her mouth like an old man, and then she seemed to finally come to her senses.
Just when I was about to open my mouth to ask her again, Lai Guiqiong finally breathed a sigh of relief and spoke.
"Did the boss tell you to come to me?" Lai Guiqiong's voice was still hoarse and low, like an old man, but there was a gleam in her eyes.
"Yes, yes, we ...... I also believe that what she said is true, but we want to know more about why Mina said that this world is false, why she wants to destroy this world, and ......" Situ Cao was about to continue talking according to the strategy we had discussed before, but Lai Guiqiong waved her hand with difficulty, interrupting her doubts.
"Needless to say, I know it all! Hey, hey, hey~~! Lai Guiqiong stood up with the difficulty of an old man, crept to the stool by the table and sat down, and then said, "Actually, I don't fully believe Mina, or I am completely opposite to her idea." ”
"Thinking the exact opposite? What do you mean? Wang Yi frowned, and looked straight at her with his eyes.
"Shh~~ Let's say these words, the voice should be quieter!!" Lai Guiqiong's expression was wide with a stunned expression, and her eyes were unfocused.
She looked around and crept to the door, closing the door we had opened.
I was relieved to see her move, because just a second ago, I was worried that she would run away and almost subdue her.
After repeatedly confirming that the door was indeed closed several times, Lai Guiqiong walked back to the stool lightly and sat down.
"Hey, I'll tell you everything I know now!" Lai Guiqiong sighed, glanced at a few of us faintly, and then said: "Boss, like me and several others, all found that this world is fake, but she wants to destroy this world and then escape, but I am different...... I'm smarter than her, so I don't want to destroy this world, because if this world is destroyed, we will all be doomed!! ”
"Mom, these mentally ill people don't everyone speak so divinely, I feel like my brain doesn't understand them enough." Zhang Qiang shook his stunned head, leaned over to Du Deming's side and complained in a low voice.
"Yes, yes, it's all going to be over, and we think you're right, but can you tell us a little bit more about how you came to that conclusion?" I accompanied the smiling face and induced her to continue talking like a child.
"Alright! I'll tell you......" Lai Guiqiong glanced at me strangely and slowly spit out a few words: "Have you ever heard of the brain in the jar?" ”
"What? What's the brain? The corners of Zhang Qiang's mouth moved, obviously not understanding what she was saying.
"Say a few words and listen quietly!" Du Deming glanced at him and said angrily.
I listened to her question, but I frowned slightly.
Hiss~~
I think I've heard this somewhere.
"Are you talking about a hypothetical brain in a vat proposed by some foreign philosopher?"
It seems that this is mentioned by the teacher in class before.
I looked down and tried to remember, and finally remembered: "I remembered! It's Hillary. Putnam's hypothetical! Right!!? ”
"That's right! That's right!! Looks like you're kind of interesting! Do you remember what the specifics of this hypothetical are? When Lai Guiqiong heard my answer, she raised her head in surprise, and the defense in her eyes seemed to have weakened a lot.
My expression changed, and I was secretly glad in my heart that I usually listened to some things in class, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to answer now.
"It seems that if there is a technology that can separate the human brain from the body, put it into a nutrient solution that is sufficient to keep it alive, and then connect the nerve endings of the brain to a computer that is intelligent enough to continuously transmit all kinds of data and information to the brain according to a predetermined program. In the sense of the brain, he is still alive and well, he can feel the flow of air, the change of the seasons throughout the year, he can communicate with other people, he can feel anything that humans feel in the real world. But in fact, he is nothing more than a brain, and all his memories and feelings, including everything he has experienced, are false and simulated by computers. It is even possible that he was listening to the conversation of several of us, as we were, and had heard what I was saying now, but he did not notice anything unusual. And then Hillary. Putnam asks a philosophical question: How do you prove that you are not in such a predicament? ”
I said what I had learned in class in one breath, and when I turned my head, I saw that everyone else had stunned expressions.
"I went, and although I didn't understand it, it felt like it was powerful. Sure enough, I heard that people who study philosophy are either geniuses or madmen. Gao Wei, you impressed me again today! Zhang Qiang looked like he was throwing himself to the ground, and even applauded exaggeratedly.
I scratched my head a little embarrassed: "Where, these are just some skins, since I was admitted to graduate school, the whole person has been slacking off, and I haven't studied hard." ”
After speaking, I turned my head to look at Lai Guiqiong: "Am I right?" Ms. Lai. ”