"We humans are carbon-based life, and there are countless carbon-based life forms on the earth that are the same as human beings, but this brand new life form that we are exposed to today is neither carbon-based life form nor silicon-based life form, but a very special, sulfon-based life form." At the 19th Research Report Conference, Zeng Yijie from China proposed a new form of life.

"Pyro-based lifeforms? Professor Zeng, can you elaborate on that? The question was asked by a researcher in the United States.

Zeng Yijie: "Of course you can, but before we explain the specific life forms of the peri-based life, we might as well understand the advantages and disadvantages of our carbon-based life forms and silicon-based life forms. ”

Saying that, Zeng Yijie showed two pictures, one is an antelope giving birth, and the other is a silicon wafer.

"I think you all know that as early as the 19th century, Julius Sheiner, an astrophysicist at the University of Potsdam, discussed the possibility of silicon-based existence in his article, which can basically be regarded as the first person to propose silicon-based life, but today, I am not here to discuss the origin with you, but to extend to look at the deeper differences between carbon-based life and silicon-based life." Zeng Yijie gestured to his assistant after speaking.

Then the two pictures behind him moved.

"The scene of the antelope giving birth should not be unfamiliar to everyone here, even if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, you should have seen it in various natural science documentaries, but have you noticed that the little antelope begins to learn to walk immediately after birth, and only in this way can it adapt to the environment as soon as possible and not be killed by predators, but how did this talent for learning come about? Or how did it 'learn' to walk so quickly? Zeng Yijie sold a pass and set his eyes on everyone in the audience.

This is a very easy question for those in the audience who study biology, but there are also many who don't know what the mystery is.

Especially when Zeng Yijie brought up the third picture, that is, the photo of a human mother and her child, this kind of "rapidity" became even more prominent.

"It's because of genetic inheritance, or biological instinct." An Indian researcher in the audience raised his hand.

Zeng Yijie smiled and nodded: "Yes, this friend explained this rapidity succinctly, but the question is, human beings should have more advantages in evolution, but why don't human beings have this instinct?" Even many primate children need to learn to walk long after birth? ”

No one answered this question.

Zeng Yijie continued: "If you don't have an answer, you might as well take a look at the modern scientific community's understanding of silicon-based life forms. ”

The picture rotates again, the antelope and the human are gone, and the silicon wafer is placed in the center.

"The usual definition of silicon-based life is that life composed of substances containing silicon and silicon compounds can be called silicon-based life, which is a textbook definition, relatively accurate, but not specific enough, so I borrowed a bold hypothesis to regard the silicon wafer as a 'living', real silicon-based life, let's call it Leo for the time being."

The audience couldn't help but smile when they heard Leo.

Zeng Yijie continued: "As you can see, Leo is a saucer-shaped young man, he has a silver body, he is good at reading and writing, and he has an excellent memory, but the problem is that Leo is like a diary, and what it records is limited, so when he remembers

When the memory is full, he either chooses to forget something completely, or he has to find a fellow with an empty head, and then transfer his thoughts to him, so that he can record new things, this behavior should be familiar to everyone, that is, the access and transfer of computer data, Leo may just be a mobile hard drive stuffed with 'study materials'. ”

The assistant really turned the silicon chip in the picture into a mobile hard drive.

Everyone laughed again, and You Gege, who was sitting at the front, was also interested.

"But obviously, if Leo is just a portable hard drive, then it can't be called a living thing, so I specifically asked a friend of mine to personify Leo." Saying that, Zeng Yijie turned around and looked at the big screen, and then the mobile hard drive turned into a silver humanoid with a whole body of streamer and no face, which looked a bit similar to the "Forerunner", but the "Pioneer" was pure white.

"At this time, Leo has various characteristics of human beings, so how should Leo, as a silicon-based life form, reproduce?" Zeng Yijie asked a very special question again.

The problem of reproduction of silicon-based lifeforms.

Everyone looked at each other and talked in whispers.

You Gege looked at Leo in the picture, and there was an inexplicable sense of déjà vu, but she couldn't remember where she had seen such an image.

"Guys, can anyone answer me that question?"

The chatter subsided, and then a young white woman raised her hand.

"I see a friend who has the courage to raise her hand, okay, please give her the microphone."

Then the white woman stood up and said, "Professor Zeng, I'm Qiudi from Italy." ”

"Hello Qiudi, do you have any good thoughts on this?"

Qiu Di is a linguist, somewhat similar to You Gege's status in the research group.

"I have a very premature hypothesis, if there really are highly intelligent silicon-based life forms, then I think they should also be able to understand emotions and the like, so I think they should also have a way to make each other happy physically and mentally, and with that kind of facilitation, they can reproduce like human childbirth......"

"Hehe......"

Before Qiu Di finished speaking, a middle-aged uncle on the American side couldn't help but laugh.

It was rude, and he himself felt a little embarrassed.

Qiu Di's face flushed, but Zeng Yijie encouraged her: "Well, then what? ”

Qiu Di looked at everyone's reactions, plucked up the courage to continue, "But...... As Professor Zeng said before, silicon-based life forms are completely different from human memory carrier models, they are more specific and relatively limited, so ...... I guess their delivery should be a state of 1+1=2&0. ”

“1+1=2&0？” Zeng Yijie was stunned for a moment, and then asked thoughtfully: "Can you explain this state?" ”

There are also many people who are also attracted by this 1+1=2&0, including the American uncle who suddenly laughed before, and his expression became serious.

You Gege took out the operation board and wrote down the formula state that Qiu Di said on it.

"The 1 I am talking about is a relative primitive individual state, such as Leo, and his lover, that is, the other individual with whom he has symbiotic feelings, can also be regarded as 1, but the two 1s are different, it only represents the individual, and it does not

It represents the knowledge, character, and so on that they have. Qiudi's statement is a little more complicated, but it is not difficult to understand.

It's like a man and a woman, they can both be labeled as "one person", but that doesn't mean they're the same unit.

"Hmm...... So what does 2&0 mean in the result of this formula? Zeng Yijie asked again.

Qiu Di saw that everyone had seen it, and her heart was full of confidence, she continued: "2 is the new silicon-based lifeform produced after the combination of Leo and his lover, but this new silicon-based lifeform will completely contain all of Leo and his lover, this inclusion is almost perfect transmission, not just like us humans, just inheriting the appearance characteristics of their parents, skin color, hair color and some temperament and character, but from the moment of birth, Leo's child has all of his parents, more specifically...... For example, Leo can drive, his child can drive as soon as he is born, and Leo's lover is a pianist, so his child is born a pianist, I mean...... Can you get the idea? ”

Everyone nodded silently, this is not complicated, because this is how the current artificial intelligence undergoes inheritance evolution.

And if we can understand the inherited evolution of artificial intelligence, then this "0" is easy to understand.

It's the part of the growth space that the newborn silicon-based life form itself has.

You Gege also understood, but her thinking was relatively complicated...... A few.

"Okay, thank you for the explanation."

Qiudi sat down, and her companion couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.

But having said all this, it is still to discuss the respective characteristics and differences of carbon-based life and silicon-based lifeforms, what does it have to do with the sulfon-based life proposed by Zeng Yijie?

Of course, Zeng Yijie will not really deviate, he has already sorted out the difference between carbon-based and silicon-based, but he needs to use Qiudi's mouth and everyone's own thinking to deepen his impression.

And after the preparation of this preliminary work in the west, he can officially explain the "Thunder Base Lifeform".

"霊, the same as 'spirit', in Chinese characters, it can represent gods and ghosts; It can also represent spirituality and emotion; So, you can think of it as the 'soul' and as our emotions. Zeng Yijie said and showed the first two pictures, and continued: "In our Chinese culture, there is a saying that everything has a spirit, which can also be understood as everything has feelings, but feelings are a very special thing, which is specific to each of us, but cannot be directly observed by scientific means. ”

Speaking of this, as soon as the words fell, someone raised his hand and said, "Professor Zeng, I would like to remind you that in fact, feelings can be observed. ”

Zeng Yijie asked unhurriedly: "Are you referring to the adrenaline produced in the body when you are excited?" ”

The man nodded, "Yes." ”

Zeng Yijie said with a smile: "It's true that adrenaline can make us feel high and other emotions, but I think it's not a specific emotion that can be observed, but more like the smoke released in the simulation experience hall to make people feel real!" What's more, anger is an emotion, and adrenaline is feedback, not adrenaline first, and then anger, so feelings cannot be directly observed through adrenaline, and we can only infer that people who have a lot of adrenaline in their bodies must be very excited at this time. ”()

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