"You know I'm a philosopher. In the field of philosophy, there are two views on the origin of the world. Dualists believe that the origin of the world is composed of both consciousness and matter, and that consciousness can exist independently of matter; Monists, on the other hand, believe that the world is only made up of matter, and that human consciousness and emotional cognition are all manifestations derived from matter. ”

Su Huilan smiled and walked back to the table, asking like a professor, "Guess which one I am?" ”

Petru immediately said: "Of course it's a dualist. ”

Su Huilan did not say whether it was right or wrong, but turned the topic to science:

"In modern scientific research, there has always been a question that puzzles scientists: how exactly do consciousness and matter interact. If consciousness arises from some law of motion of matter, then what is the mechanism by which this is produced? If consciousness exists independently of matter, then what is it? ”

"The mainstream academic community, that is, in experimental science research and school teaching, generally agrees with monism, that the body and the mind are different manifestations of the same thing. Consciousness is brain function, and thinking is the result of a large number of neuronal activity. As humans have studied the brain more and more, this idea seems to be okay and has become mainstream. But you have to know that at all times and in all circumstances, the 'mainstream' will always be a more conservative ensemble. ”

"Whether in the scientific or philosophical circles, only enlightened, open-minded, radical and even adventurous scholars can stand at a height beyond the times, break through the shackles of old concepts, use new theories to change the world, and become the top thinkers. Aristotle, Newton, Einstein...... In today's scientific world, the top scholars, such as Leicester, Frins, Miyamoto Jo, Mei Yiqiu, and so on, are not conservatives. Although I dare not compare with them in the field of science, on this point, we are basically in agreement. ”

Su Huilan paused slightly when she said this, and glanced at Aoki, with a smile on her face.

Aoki knew that she was not only speaking to Petru, but also to him, and probably mainly to him.

However, the question of whether consciousness exists independently of matter may be a question in the eyes of ordinary people. In experimental science, it is usually proved that consciousness is a by-product of the brain and the embodiment of brain function based on the cognition of consciousness after brain injury. Because no matter how a person is injured, such as a broken finger, amputation, cutting off a kidney, or even replacing the heart, a person's consciousness and thinking will not be affected, but if the brain is damaged, the consciousness will become incomplete, or even the whole child will be lost.

Another direct experience is that when people are in deep sleep or under anesthesia, they are completely unconscious and unconscious, and in the same way, it can be assumed that the soul does not exist after death. This can also indirectly prove that consciousness is the result of a particular structure and movement based on matter.

That's why it's said that if you meet a ghost, what a lucky and celebratory thing it is! Because that means you still exist after you die, and you don't disappear forever.

Aoki agrees with Su Huilan's view that the mainstream is conservative, because after the announcement of Lester's last words, the invasion of parasitic consciousness has almost been confirmed, and the cat killing order has spread all over the world, the so-called elites still adhere to materialism, and still do not believe in the fact that conscious beings invade the human brain, and people can become another person while they are alive.

Therefore, in most of the versions of the coming end of the world that circulate in various places, people are still accustomed to referring to parasitic consciousness as alien creatures, believing that Toxoplasma gondii and gray brain virus are the fundamental means of alien invasion, and cats all over the world have suffered because of this.

However, all these views and theories do not hold true in the eyes of awakened people like Aoki. The independent existence of consciousness is just a cognitive common sense for them, and if consciousness cannot exist independently, then how do they do those lucid dreams? How does he get into someone else's dream?

So Aoki didn't understand what it meant for Su Huilan to say this to him. Of course, he knew that Su Huilan, like Professor Mei, recognized the existence of consciousness bodies, but scientists did not equate consciousness with souls, nor did they make too many useless arguments without scientific evidence.

And Su Huilan is obviously more special, compared to Mei Yiqiu, she is an awakened person, with strong spiritual power and independent consciousness experience; Compared with Aoki, she is also a scholar with profound scientific literacy and theoretical skills.

Aoki felt that Su Huilan was guiding the topic in a certain direction, and she was by no means trying to say that there was an existence in consciousness.

Sure enough, after a short pause, Su Huilan said:

"But if you think I'm for dualism, you're wrong. On the contrary, I am a monist. ”

At this moment, Aoki and Petru were stunned.

Seeing their stunned expressions, Su Huilan smiled and said:

"It's just that my monism is not the same as the monism we just talked about. Traditional monists believe that the essence of the world is matter, everything is made of matter, and all phenomena are manifestations of the movement of matter. Our emotions, thoughts, and consciousness are all produced by the movement of the substances that make up our bodies according to certain structures and laws.

But I am contrary to their opinion. I believe that the origin of the world is consciousness, which is 'me', and everything is created by me. The power of consciousness constructs the world, including the matter that makes up the 'nothingness' of the world and the basic rules by which the world works. ”

Such a point of view seemed familiar, and Aoki searched in his mind to find out who had ever said such a thing.

Petru was born in the army and didn't know much about philosophy and science, so he didn't interject.

But the crow on Aoki's head couldn't help but interject: "Isn't it subjective idealism?!" ”

Su Huilan corrected:

"No, it's different. Idealist monists believe that the origin of the world is made up of spirit, and the source of spirit is God, that is, the fundamental difference between idealism and materialism, in addition to the distinction between 'all idealism' and 'all materialism' suggested by the name, is important to admit the existence of 'God'. Because without the word of God, an idealist cannot explain the phenomena of the universe.

Isn't it strange that I'm an atheist, but I'm not a materialist, or even a dualist?

But you don't have to be surprised at all, as long as you put aside the traditional concepts of materialism and idealism, you can easily accept my ideas. If I had to give my ideas a name, I would call them Consciousness. ”

"Consciousness?" The crow muttered the word as if chewing on something, "Quack, it sounds a bit like Nietzsche's 'voluntarism' and a bit like Buddhism's 'intellectualism'." The Buddha said, 'When the mind is born, all kinds of laws are born, and when the mind is destroyed, all kinds of laws are destroyed, and all the laws that are promising, such as dew and electricity, should be viewed as such', and Nietzsche said, 'If there is a god, how can I bear that I am not that god, so there is no God!' ’……”

The one next to him meowed, looking at the coal boss, his eyes were full of reverence.

Aoki pulled down the crow that was standing above his head, scratching his scalp with his paws, and babbling to himself about religious and philosophical quotes, and laughed:

"When did you become a philosopher?!"