Zhang Yuan said softly: "So, the development process of this civilization and human beings is a little different, but it is easy to understand. The abolition of slavery has always been determined by the productive forces, and not by moral transformation, or by the appeal of a few wise men......"

"The economic building determines the superstructure, and when it really hinders the progress of the times, it will be overthrown by the general trend. This should be something that some civilizations have in common. ”

"For the time being, these small countries that retain slavery have not yet industrialized, and slaves still have a lot to play. This planet is too big, the transportation is not convenient, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and other countries are not interested in caring about these countries at all. ”

"Coupled with the inconvenience of transportation, the lack of satellites, and the absence of a major country to be a global policeman, blaming human rights and the like is simply thankless."

"It's not necessarily a good thing that a planet is too big. There are more natural resources, the land area is larger, but it is also more troublesome to unify ideas. In this era, there are still countries that are out of touch, which is unthinkable on Earth. ”

A planet is too big, and there are indeed problems of one kind or another, and a large number of countries are in a state of old age and death. But there are also more variables to this phenomenon – that is, it is easier to give birth to the spark of science.

Due to the restrictions on the domestication of livestock and the lack of developed transportation, it is difficult for the country here to occupy millions of square kilometers at every turn, like the countries of the earth age. Without adequate communications, it is easy for countries to lose control of their borders and lead to division.

In the Middle Ages, the largest countries used to reach 3 million square kilometers, and these countries were only thinking of foreign invasion, plundering more slaves, and because of the size of their territory, they died on their own.

This type of region is mired in a long dynastic cycle, with one dynasty overthrowing another, interspersed with slave revolts, but without a particularly substantial progress.

There are also some remote and small areas that want to develop various technologies, especially in some geographical conditions and fertile land in the two river basins, the large-scale use of water power has made these Taipu people more flexible in their thinking.

The invention of waterwheels and ships prompted the Taipu people to think about the deeper nature of mechanics, which became the origin of modern civilization.

Hearing this, Zhang Yuan raised his hand and spoke: "Professor Luo, what about the religion of the Taipu civilization?" Didn't you worry too much about development? ”

Professor Luo, who was standing on the stage, said: "The development process of this civilization has not been bothered too much by religious factors, mainly because...... Most powerful nations worship ancestors, not gods. ”

Every nation has risen from brutal primitive wars, and without the heroic and fearless ancestors, there would be no current Tepu people, so it is also very natural to worship great ancestors.

There is only one commanding heights at the spiritual level, and since "ancestor worship" has the upper hand, it is difficult for god worship to catch up.

And the religious way of ancestor worship is also difficult to form a unified global religion.

If your ancestors were different from mine, they naturally did not believe in each other, and if there was a contradiction in history, it would be difficult to eliminate this contradiction and turn into national hatred.

"The way of ancestor worship does not explain all doubts, and it also hinders the development of science to a certain extent, but the spiritual shackles are undoubtedly much smaller than those of god worship...... Some Tepu people feel that the words of the ancestors are absolutely correct and are not allowed to be violated, but there are also some Taipu people who feel that the ancestors are not necessarily right, the dynasty will be overthrown, and nothing is absolute. ”

“…… If religion does not have a strong enough political influence, it will be difficult to interfere in the normal development of society, but on the contrary, it will have a certain degree of promoting effect. ”

This kind of simple belief is easy to understand, it is equivalent to the human beings in the Kunlun Mountains, believing that they originated from the solar system and the earth, which is not a symbol of pure cultural significance, but a symbol of spiritual value in the spiritual level including blood, culture and other aspects.

If the identity of one's own origins is an important factor in the cohesion of a civilization, if even the origins are different, why should we work for the same goal?

Just like the Soviet Union in the past, it is the country with the largest number of nationalities and the most complex problems in the world. In order to solve the national question, the Soviet Union deliberately portrayed the "Soviet people" and has always vigorously publicized the achievements made in the construction of the nation-state.

However, in the process of democratizing reforms and allowing the people to choose, the republics put their national and national interests above the overall interests of the Soviet Union, and the lack of national identity led directly to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Practice proved that the Soviet practice of dividing administrative regions according to ethnic groups did not help to maintain the unity of the country, and eventually became an important reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union. 【1】

The human beings in the Kunlun Mountains have no problem in this regard, everyone agrees that they originated from the earth, and the various countries in the past have no sense of identity under the impact of time. Everyone agrees that they originated in the solar system, the earth, and this common starting point is enough.

“…… But for countries where ancestor worship is deeply rooted, science and technology have not been the first to develop. ”

"On the contrary, it is a small country that rose from the ashes and started the industrial revolution first, becoming the most powerful country on the planet."

As for the reasons for this, it is too complex, and the Tepu civilization itself has a large number of social writings that attempt to elaborate on this fact.

Some sociologists feel that it is the "ancestor worship" mode of thinking that hinders the progress of some large countries, and in order to maintain social stability, the rulers will declare that "everything the ancestors said is true, and the law of the ancestors is immutable", so it is difficult for the "natural philosophy system" with axioms as the core system and the "formal logic system and the discovery of causality through scientific experiments" to really appear.

There are also sociologists who have put forward the theory of "insufficient demand", and these once-powerful countries have fallen into a stereotype by constantly reaping the benefits of foreign wars.

Even if the dynasty is overthrown and replaced with a completion, it is still the same set of ruling models, and naturally there is no mind to ponder the basic principles of technology.

The inconvenience of transportation turned into a benefit, and at its peak, there were more than 20,000 countries on the planet, each with its own philosophy. All kinds of difficulties, and finally because there are enough countries in this world and the sample is large enough, there is a small probability event.

"Science", appeared.