Later, Minnie Mutual Aid officially launched its research on Az, a hybrid consciousness born in a virtual digital world, which is a bit like the way tardigrades absorb the genes of other creatures, absorbing consciousness. Just like Minnie and Chris had observed the unconscious investigators before, it was exporting a part of its own consciousness in exchange for a part of the victim's consciousness.

And this part of its output is equivalent to a blocker for the digital human, blocking the reaction together, thus entering a coma.

"Actually, if you look at biology, it's easy to understand, it's like a painkiller. The function of painkillers is to block the transmission of pain signals, although it is worried that the pain signals are too strong and damage the central nervous system, but the dosage and use must be strictly controlled. But in this virtual world, Az, it doesn't control the dose. And the so-called genuine frost forest drunk in the wind and rain actually added a small amount of this kind of mental blocker produced by Az. The dose is small and blocks some of the excess emotions. and a certain degree of addiction similar to traditional painkillers in small doses. Macis came to his conclusion after careful research.

"In a game in a virtual world like the Rise of the Frogman, although it is not at the level of complete consciousness, it can indeed be compared to a certain degree of consciousness of human beings, so there will be addiction to the game for too long. But according to the Macesis report, addiction is a mechanism that requires a two-way factor. Lin 1 said.

Chrissy asked, "What kind of two-way factor?" ”

Macis explained: "One is a positive yearning and the other is a negative push. For example, addiction to games is an example. Maybe on the one hand, it's fun, and a lot of children who don't learn well, they are very good at playing, and they find their own identity. The negative push is that he may not be recognized by his family or others. Without the approval of others, you will not be able to establish your own recognition of yourself, so you will look for ways to recognize yourself. This is out of the most basic sense of self-protection. This creates a situation where one is pulling and the other is pushing. Make them escape from reality and face problems negatively. ”

And a smoke and rain added: "In fact, all human thoughts come from a pull and a push. From birth, parents provide food and a comfortable life, forming not only dependence but also intimacy. When I grow up, I begin to take my parents' likes and dislikes as my first standard, and take other people approved by my parents as my own likes and dislikes. The aspect of pushing is that if you are disobedient and beaten, then the aversion to pain makes it possible to gradually establish a multi-layered line of defense away from the consequences that may cause pain. Humanity's reverence for the law also stems from an initial aversion to pain. ”

Chriss, on the other hand, asked, "How do you explain that many children are taught by their parents to share with others, but what they learn is to act?" ”

A smoke and rain replied, "Because his own needs are not being met." It was a violation for him to be asked to share when he was not being satisfied. So he activated the aversion loop mechanism and started pretending to share. At first, I may not be able to hide it from adults, but after a long time, there are many times. It's not just pretending to be happy to share, but it's full of lies, and the expression is in place, making it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. Although many film and television dramas describe these skills superbly, they are still in the category of ordinary people. If his lies appear, he himself is more serious than anyone else, and all observations will be in vain. There are actually many such criminals. ”

And Minnie asked incomprehensibly: "But I remember watching a movie about a very ordinary child who always thinks that he is a superhero and always wants to save the world and help others." There's nothing wrong with him telling a lie that he himself is true. ”

"In fact, not only movies, but also many successful people have such a cycle of psychological hints to themselves from a very young age, such as I want to be a moral nobilizer like Confucius. Maybe he wasn't at first, but he pursued this goal all his life until he died, then he was a person with high morals. Therefore, both positive and negative guidance can produce good or bad results, and it is not absolute. Therefore, modern education does not encourage hitting children, but it cannot be absolutely absolute. A smoke rain said.

Lin 1 added: "The scale of science is important here. For example, if the blood alcohol concentration is less than 20 milligrams per 100 milliliters. In fact, it is beneficial to people. And exceeding this value starts to be harmful. ”

"Sounds so hard. Fortunately, I didn't get married and didn't have children... Chrissy said.

"Well, I also think my mother is very good and educated me so well. I don't have the confidence to educate such a good child as me. Minnie said seriously.

But Minnie's words were exchanged for Chriss's pretending to vomit.

Minnie had to cough to stop Chriss, lest she be too embarrassed in front of everyone...

The digital images of the others were expressionless, and they had long since blocked options such as the Shame Boss.

"Let's talk about the case at hand," Macis said. It reminds me of a science fiction movie I once watched, in which a parasite in the human brain secretes dopamine to get people moving toward what it wants to achieve. Azi is about a similar mechanism, and such a mechanism may actually be widespread in the universe. For example, the cancerous transformation of cells and organs in ordinary people. Under normal circumstances, people actually produce cancer cells every day, but they are destroyed by the T cells of the immune system. But when the immunity of the person is reduced. Or some special mutations that make T cells unable to recognize cancer cells, forming cancer. ”

"I remember that there were several Nobel Prizes awarded for targeted cancer treatment technologies. They target some types of cancer cells, and they release substances that make the radar-like stuff of the T cells stop working, and targeting is to protect the radar that looks like the T cells. ”

Minnie said: "Immediately notify Qingxue to find this animal in Taoyuan Star and organize research." It comes from a model of Snow Pea, and it must be something that Qingxue has seen or lived in a place where Qingxue has been, and has an echo signal. ”

"Agreed! Studying objects or studying digital objects will make us take our research on the fight against cancer and consciousness one step further. Macis nodded.

Lin 1 agreed: "Although the population is much smaller now, any scientific progress will move humanity forward. Even if you don't know what you can do with it later. In many areas, technology has been around for a while before it can be properly used. For example, QR codes were invented in 1994, but they only began to be widely used on a large scale in 2011. ”

PS: 20 mg per 100 milliliters of blood alcohol is the standard for drunk driving. Both the 2007 and 2018 Nobel Prizes in Physiology and Medicine were awarded to technologies in the category of targeted immunity and anti-cancer.

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