Xu Liang is making the most meticulous preparations. He spreads out all kinds of utensils, and then flexibly and skillfully assembles and debugs them, and makes the most of these things as much as possible.

Xu Liang made this kind of adequate preparation, of course, to deal with the giant termites that were about to invade the ecological number.

What happened to the artwork two kilometers away, the three of them could already see it clearly. As the only Lao Xu with strong combat effectiveness, he must deal with it most cautiously.

My sister Duanhan is still on the side, doing all kinds of small research with the notebook she carries. Her kind of concentration is something that even Xu Liang admires very much. Almost no matter what the situation, even if he was about to die, Duan Han could stay focused.

Moreover, Xu Liang still has a high sense of expectation for what Duan Han is working on now. Because, obviously, Duan Han has a lot of interest in rabbit fangs, and it seems that he is developing something amazing. In Lao Xu's opinion, it must be a very powerful weapon.

What Xu Liang lacks most now is weapons.

In the eyes of my sister Duanqing, my sister Duanhan is still like that. But another person, this Xu Liang chosen by my sister, well, maybe a rival in love? It's so special, if nothing else, it's this big backpack that you carry around...... No matter how critical the situation is, I haven't seen Xu Liang throw anything!

Yes, this backpack will only get bigger and bigger, there are more and more things, and Xu Liang is never too tired! That's what Duanqing couldn't understand at all. How is it possible for a person to walk with more energy than the heavier the backpack? However, it was precisely because of this that she felt a little more at ease with Xu Liang, because she had seen Xu Liang take out all kinds of things from his backpack to solve the siege many times before, or find various ways to solve the siege by herself.

It's a reassuring experience to have such a teammate around.

Because of this, she can safely talk about topics that are a little more distant, but very important, and not worry too much about the giant ants that are about to attack.

"My question just now, Lao Xu, what do you think?" Duan Qing then said, "Do you think those ordinary animals, do they have consciousness? I mean, the consciousness of people, the feelings of people, in other words, if they reach a level of intelligence similar to that of human beings, they can also develop modern high technology, do you agree with this view? ”

Xu Liang was still working on various tools, but he was also thinking about Duanqing's problem at the same time.

This kind of question seems boring, but it happens that he is very interested.

"Actually, I agree." Xu Liang said, "I never think there is any fundamental difference between human beings and those cats, cats, dogs, or pigs, cows, sheep and other animals. I've always thought so. ”

"There are too many scientific principles and proofs that I don't understand." Xu Liang continued, "But pet dogs, because I have raised them, I still have a little right to speak." ”

"At least our dog, there are definitely emotions, you know when he is happy, when he is scared and when he is angry, you can see it after a long time, there is no doubt about it. You can even feel it consciously! It will comfort you when you are uncomfortable, and even if it can speak, then you will definitely find that the dog is definitely not stupid, it understands everything it should understand, but it can't speak. ”

Duan Qing nodded: "Yes, the phenomenon you said is actually my opinion, and I have scientific evidence." Many experiments have shown that human pet dogs actually regard themselves as members of the family. Here you have to pay attention to the fact that it is not that the dog treats the human being as a higher status than it, but that the dog treats itself as a human being. ”

"Oh?" Xu Liang thought for a while, there is indeed a difference between these two sentences.

It's understandable that dogs think of themselves as members of human family, but there is a big difference between these two statements.

"The point is, dogs don't look in the mirror." Duanqing said, "Think about it, as soon as a dog is born, all the people it sees are people, talking to it, feeding him, and urinating it, all of them are people, so the dog will subconsciously regard himself as a 'person'." ”

"So, the line 'stupid humans' can only belong to cats, because cats live alone."

"Moving on to dogs, dogs know themselves through what the outside world says about themselves. You give it food, and it rejoices and thinks you have accepted it; When you kick him, he feels uncomfortable and thinks he has been abandoned by the group. This is the world as seen through the eyes of a dog. ”

"Well, isn't it like us humans?" When Duan Qing said, he seemed to imply, "Do you imagine that when we were children, didn't we also live completely in the shadow of our parents? ”

"If your parents have enough praise and praise for you, then you also tend to be an extrovert who likes to express yourself, and you have a strong independent personality. As your parents compliment you, you will also recognize yourself as a good person, like social pressure, and like to get together. ”

"On the contrary, if your parents often treat you indifferently, use the 'other people's children' meme, beat and scold you, ignore you, and criticize you, you also tend to close yourself, because in your cognition, you are inferior and useless."

"This is the influence of the original family on the child, in fact, it is the way the child perceives the world, until the human child grows up and is exposed to more of the world, it will gradually change, but the influence of the original family will not disappear."

"So." Duan Qing concluded, "The attitude of others, especially the attitude of our family, towards us, determines our perception of ourselves. ”

"That's the conclusion, and there's no difference between us and the dogs at this point."

"Human beings, as group creatures, seek the approval of others and the survival of the group, such as taking the first place in the exam, making more money, seeking the favor of the opposite sex, the appreciation of leaders, and becoming 'everyone sees', all of which are this mentality."

"And this mentality, on the other hand, actually stems from our fear of loneliness."

Xu Liang: "Why do you feel lonely again?" ”

"Yes, it's loneliness." Go on,

"We are afraid of being isolated, we are afraid of being ignored, we want to fit in with the group, we are social animals, and this is also explained biologically."

"Human beings have never been individual powerful animals, we can't have thousands of square kilometers of territory like a tiger, nor can we swim thousands of miles of oceans like whales, we can only rely on the strength of the group to defeat the prehistoric mammoth."

"When we're alone, we're killed by nature. When we are a group of people, we can be the top pyramid tip of the biological chain. That's what humans are. ”

"Over time, we evolved 'emotions.'"

Xu Liang: "Wait, 'emotion' is evolved?" ”

Duan Qing: "Yes. Emotions are not innate, but an effective way to survive. ”

"When we live alone, we feel lonely, and when we are in a group, we feel safe."

"Because people who can feel lonely will yearn for the community and survive."

"Think about it."

"And people who don't have such a strong sense of loneliness are used to loneliness, so they die the most!"

"People who don't have a sense of loneliness are eliminated by natural selection!"

"That's why people feel lonely."

"It's just because of the need to survive."

"Survival has allowed us to evolve the emotion of loneliness, so the stronger the loneliness, the more complete the evolution, which is a reminder to ourselves that we should integrate into the social group."

"In fact, all emotions are a reminder of one's own state of existence."

For example, why do people have jealousy? Why do you see others getting rich and winning the lottery? ”

"Because in ancient times, there was little food! If you see someone else hunting successfully, then the best way to survive is not to go hunting in the same place yourself, but to kill that person and rob things! Seeing that other men have taken over women, then the best way to inherit your own genes is to kill that man and then occupy his woman! ”

"That's where jealousy comes in."

"Jealousy can also increase the probability of survival."

"So there are many people who survive who are jealous."

"Imagine, at that time, when human beings did not have a written language, how could parents teach their children to learn to be jealous? There is no way but to teach through something as innate, such as emotions. ”

"Therefore, people are naturally jealous, just like a squirrel has to hide its food after picking it, and a cheetah has to hang it on a tree in another place after hunting it (also to dry it to prevent it from rotting). No one left a message to tell them the four-character mantra of 'wealth is not exposed', and all that can teach them is the innate feeling of 'jealousy'. ”

So, my conclusion is already obvious. Emotions are a living thing's way of protecting themselves, and they certainly aren't unique to humans! ”

"It's like dogs are always with family members, why do they behave this way? Because I feel lonely, that's what happened. ”

"So back to the beginning, there is no essential difference between humans and animals."

"So, both animals and humans should have emotions, and this conclusion should be fine."

"So, the following inference is more interesting: since we can all have emotions, can we all have wisdom?"

Xu Liang: "I never deny this. ”

Duan Qing: "Yes, in fact, since it can be pushed out of emotions, it can naturally be pushed out of the wisdom that animals have, maybe wisdom is expressed in different ways, but it must also be wisdom." ”

"So, those rabbits and termites we just saw, there is nothing to make a fuss about, perhaps, they just passed through these undersea civilizations, and they are not busy making sure that it is these giant ants, which have been stimulated by the undersea civilization and produced the wisdom that originally belonged to them."

"However, my inferences do not stop there, there are more interesting inferences."

"If animals have emotions and animals have intelligence, then ......" Duan Qing said here, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Why can't animals have technology?" ”

"You know, emotion, intelligence, technology, these three have always been considered unique to human beings, but in fact, they are not so mysterious."

"Emotions and wisdom can be there, so why can't technology be there?"

Xu Liang retorted a little and said: "There is technology? There's that kind of almost instinctive, hereditary intelligence and technology, but it's completely different! It's two concepts! ”

Duan Qing was unmoved, and continued: "What I'm talking about is technology!" Like what...... Biotechnology? Why can't other animals have them? ”

Duan Qing didn't speak for a short time, and Xu Liang also fell into thought.

Perhaps, is this really possible?