The cultural tradition of the Riley people is to attribute everything to the gods

Although this practice is easy and convenient, everything can be explained from religious texts, which makes the Riley people not think about the meaning of life, and naturally there is not much confusion.

However, reducing the meaning of one's own existence to the ethereal "gods" undoubtedly reduces the subjective initiative of the ontology.

"Their actions, as ridiculous as they may seem, are not in fact innately stupid, but because the intellect of the vast majority of individuals is not developed to the fullest extent, and even some of them are naturally intelligent."

Talking about this, Zhang Yuan remembered some small stories he heard during the Earth period. In some areas, it is common for locals to rob foreigners, which seems to be a kind of culture of theirs, and they feel that since they are poor, it is natural to rob others.

There are also areas where begging has become commonplace.

Someone who is generous and gives money to a beggar, they will take it for granted and will not show any gratitude. They believe that the gifts of others are guided by the gifts of the gods. Since it is guided by the gods, why be grateful?

But if you do it another way, such as asking the other party to throw the stone in the middle of the road to the side of the road, and then give them money, they are reluctant to do it, and even feel that it is an insult......

This kind of thinking does exist on the earth, and it is difficult to change, mostly in some remote and poor countries.

It is not surprising, then, that it is generalized to these Riley people in front of them.

Therefore, the culture of a civilization is very, very important, including the cultural heritage and spiritual core, which is the pillar of civilization progress. It is precisely by absorbing the excellent heritage of the earth's civilization that our new civilization has gradually come to the present. ”

Professor Yamamoto suddenly said, "I found something very important...... Ties, based on the theory of descent, should be the most common social structure in the universe. The Riley people's 'racial hierarchy' is, in fact, a deep-rooted theory of descent. Some Riley people are born with noble blood, while others are born lowly or even ...... These low-race Riley people think so too. ”

"Just like our earth, many animal communities live in groups based on blood ties, such as wolves, lions, human tribes and clans, and so on."

"Zoom in to the universe, and it should be the same...... The probability of social organisms developing into intelligent civilizations is much greater than that of solitary creatures. The mediocrity of most civilizations, then, may have a lot to do with the theory of descent. ”

There is a proverb in the Xia country: dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of mice will make holes, which describes the theory of blood.

But the theory of descent, this naturally formed system is only applicable to the early stage of civilization, and in the middle and later stages, due to the class solidification of the formation of the theory of descent, it will become a hidden obstacle.

Even if all roads lead to Rome, don't forget that some people were originally born in Rome, and when others were in the sun, enduring hunger and thirst, and hurried day and night, these lucky people were lying in the main hall, eating grapes comfortably, looking at the scenery, and they had reached the end.

In such an unfair situation, it is bound to be difficult for a civilization to truly realize its potential. If you have a congenital potential of 100, maybe you can only play 1, or even 01, and you will already be limited by yourself and will not continue to move forward.

Yes, this is the view in the historiography of the new civilization, and the deep-rooted pedigree theory has limited a large number of civilizations. Well, I have one more question......"

Zhang Yuan asked: "The theory of descent must rely on sexual reproduction, which should be an important part of the theory of evolution. If it is asexual reproduction, everyone is born from the same mother, and they must all be equal, and there is no bloodline theory and class hierarchy. Why is it that most of the lives we encounter are sexually reproductive? In other words, most of them are hermaphroditic, so why can't they be three, four, or five? ”

There are many alien species that humans have encountered, and several different alien civilizations have been investigated.

Humans and Gliese people are both hermaphroditic, including the creatures of these two planets, and most of them are mainly hermaphroditic.

The Badit people who are imprisoned in the virtual space can reproduce parthenogenesis, but they can also reproduce hermaphroditism. The etiquette of meeting the Badit is to exchange germ cells, which are stored in their own sacs, and in most cases, they choose to reproduce hermaphroditography rather than parthenogenesis.

The Riley civilization that I just came into contact with, it seems, should also be based on sexual reproduction......

As a result, a large number of different civilizations have produced a certain degree of sameness. Although everyone has different appearances and different body structures, there are similarities in some core aspects.

"Mr. Captain, the answer is simple."

Biologist Ichiro Yamamoto explains, "Because of the weak mutation ability of asexual reproduction, the rate of evolution is extremely slow, and it is easy to become extinct when encountering changes in the environment, or the invasion of malignant bacteria and viruses...... For example, one of the bananas, the Big Mac banana, was extinct because of the virus, and unfortunately, the banana we eat now is called the Cavendish banana, which does not produce seeds and is at risk of extinction. ”

There are also some asexual reproduction organisms on Earth, such as yeast, paramecium and other single-celled organisms, which reproduce by dividing. They divide and reproduce extremely quickly, and the rate of mutation is also extremely fast, so naturally there is no need to worry about the risk of extinction.

Some reptiles, insects, fish, and a mutated crayfish are able to reproduce without mating, known as parthenogenesis.

Speaking of a species called "American dragon pattern shrimp", it can be regarded as a strange story in biology. The American dragon stinging shrimp was only discovered by scientists in 1995, and it was found that all individuals in all parts of the globe are actually the same genes and the same set of chromosomes, as if each lobster is cloned.

"This lobster doesn't need mating to lay eggs, but if there really is some kind of virus that targets this lobster, it can easily be wiped out and not a single one remains," Yamamoto said. ”

"Therefore, sexual reproduction can bring about genetic diversity, and the ability to adapt to the environment is stronger, and it is easy to survive in complex environments."

"Among them, sexual reproduction is the best and the most stable. In ancient times, when the living environment was harsh, where could we afford three, four, or five individuals to reproduce together? Historically, there have been species in which multiple individuals have bred together, but in the end, they have been eliminated. ”

Professor Yamamoto patted his head and added, "Oh, by the way, the creatures of the Coccidaceae often reproduce in multiple sexes, and it is said that there are thirteen sexes, but they are only bacteria with super reproductive ability, not multicellular organisms. ”

"We don't doubt that there are some multisexual civilizations in the universe, but in terms of evolutionary probability, it is definitely a small probability event...... They may exist in the galaxy, it's just that we're hard to come across. ”

"I see, I've seen it for a long time."

Zhang Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "I really want to see what kind of civilization is more than a dozen people...... Maybe there is no way to even form a family system...... The whole society must be very different from us, right? ”