Chapter 10 Beyond the Three Primary Colors

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An alien came to Earth and asked the earthlings:

"Are you really only able to see the three primary colors?"

Earthlings Say:

"Yes, there is no doubt that the three primary colors can see everything in the world."

The alien says:

"Really? But you only see the three primary colors, how can you communicate with the Gousa tribe? ”

The earthlings looked confused and said:

"What Gosa?"

The alien was also surprised:

"Huh? Is it another race on your earth? ”

After speaking, he pointed to the mountain beside him and said:

"Don't you know there's a village of the Gouza over there?"

The earthlings were so shocked that they couldn't see anything when they looked over there!

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The story told by Xu Lai, Hei Tan has heard it.

When he heard this story for the first time, he even asked on the spot: "There is a problem with this story, who can prove that there are colors other than the three primary colors." ”

Suppose I tell you: there's a fire-breathing dragon in my garage right now! At this point, you are very skeptical of this statement and think that I am lying. You want to debunk my trick. So you say, then open the garage door and show us!

But I said, "Unfortunately, my dragon is invisible, and you can't see it even if you open the gate, in fact, only I can see this dragon." So you say, "Isn't it going to breathe fire?" Let's test if the temperature in your garage has risen.

Unfortunately, the fire that my dragon spewed out was cold, and it didn't raise the temperature in the garage. Still, this dragon does exist! So if you don't give up, can you let me spray paint in the garage, if it exists, it will definitely be stained with paint, and it will appear!

Unfortunately, my dragon's scale armor doesn't get painted, so even if you do, you won't see it, but trust me, it does exist!

Every test you propose that tries to disprove my claims will be circumvented by me with a single reason, so you will never be able to disprove my claims. On the other hand, no one has ever overturned my statement, and it will never be overturned in the future. It is a doctrine that can never be overturned!! This is Carl Sagan's famous dragon parable.

The common perception of ordinary people is that if a statement is not overturned, it is valid. But the philosopher of science Popper was astute to see that there are claims (such as a dragon in my garage) that should not be confirmed, if not refuted. So he raised a very important question, which is now a golden rule recognized by the scientific community - a doctrine should only be affirmed if it is falsifiable.

What is falsifiability?

In other words, this doctrine can be overturned by people, and it has the possibility that it can be overturned.

In 1952, Russell wrote:

"If I say that there is a porcelain teapot flying in orbit between Mars and Earth, and I am careful to add, because the teapot is too small for even our most powerful telescopes to observe, no one can deny my claim. Even if I say so, because my claim cannot be denied, human reason would doubt this unacceptable assumption, and I would certainly be justly judged to be gibberish. But if the existence of this teapot had been confirmed by ancient books, the fact that it was taught every Sunday, and the fact that it had been implanted in the minds of children in every school, who did not believe in its existence would have regarded it as an anomaly, the doubters would have noticed it by the psychiatrists of the Age of Enlightenment, and in earlier times it would have attracted the attention of the inquisitors of religious heresy. ”

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However, the worldview and cognition of these reasons are being disintegrated by Xu Lai one by one.

Because he himself is a being that cannot be verified by science.

He didn't even bother to bother with the so-called science.

Just said lightly:

"It's painful to be able to see colors other than the three primary colors. This is one of the reasons why Vincent suffered in this life......"

Black charcoal is tangled.

Yagami Taichi understood something:

"So, sir, can you also see colors other than the three primary colors?"

Xu Lai just smiled at this.

He turned and walked away.

He has a lot on his plate.

Coming here and meeting Vincent is just one of them.

Of course, whether it's a chance encounter is another matter.

When Xu Lai left, Vincent returned.

He had forgotten the painting he had lost by the tavernkeeper.

When Black Tan saw that the painting, which was Van Gogh's "Afternoon Nap", both eyes were shining.

It's really eye-catching.

Black Tan scolded the tavern owner in his heart: "Oh damn, you have a lot of pen for a *****, and in a few hundred years, you will regret that you rejected this priceless treasure today."

But in a few hundred years, who can say for sure?

Vincent saw Taiichi Yagami and Black Coal.

He kindly asked:

"You've just entered the city, have you found a place to live?"

In fact, before Xu Lai left, he left a lot of money for them.

But Yagami Taichi was very clever to see Kurotan's thoughts, he shook his head, looked deliberately miserable, and said, "Not yet." ”

Vincent did not hesitate:

"If you don't dislike it, you can go to my house and squeeze it. It's dirty, but it's still more or less sheltered. ”

"Thank you so much."

Yagami Taiichi hurriedly thanked him, and then handed the black cat to Van Gogh: "Excuse me, can you help me hold it for a while?" I'm going to get something. ”

He knew that Vincent liked the black cat, and that Black Charcoal was a great admirer of Van Gogh.

He doesn't like to do things like to beat mandarin ducks.

He went and bought three bottles of wine.

Vincent was given a bottle as room charge.

As for the remaining two bottles, they are going to drink black charcoal and themselves.

"This cat wants to drink too?"

Vincent asked curiously.

"This cat doesn't usually drink, but today he definitely can't help it."

Yagami Taichi said.

And he guessed correctly.

When they arrived at Vincent's residence.

Inside that damp, humble room. Filled with Van Gogh's meticulous paintings, there are also copies with the stroke of a pen.

These include the very famous starry sky, as well as sunflowers.

Black charcoal looks at the sunflowers.

To be able to paint all the sunflowers in one fell swoop, which is probably something that people of his time would not dare to think of.

The vast majority of pseudo-literary youths say at every turn that their favorite painting of Van Gogh is sunflowers.

As everyone knows, sunflowers are never a painting, but a series.

Only six have been preserved by later generations.

Now, looking at all the sunflowers, he can imagine that he will definitely have a good dream tonight.

In the dream, he was lying on a field in Provence, with the starry sky above him and the sunflowers shining at night.....

"God, let this dream last a little longer!"

Faintly, he seemed to hear Xu Lai's voice.

The voice only said four words:

"As you wish."

What?

What do you mean?