Chapter 365: Observing the Milky Way
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Joanne. Xiugt hurriedly said: "CERN is indeed the largest scientific research organization in Europe, but to say that the research resources invested in the Survival Home spacecraft may not be very large, as far as I know, dozens of CERN research projects are starting at the same time, and it is still unknown how many resources can be invested in research by temporarily inserting the research project on the Survival Home spacecraft." β
She looked directly at George, "Professor George, if I remember correctly, you are neither the president of CERN nor the director of CERN, what do you represent on behalf of CERN?" But that doesn't mean that other scientists think the Survival Home spacecraft is worth studying, and they may be dismissive of the Survival Home spacecraft."
"It is possible that this is the case." Debes echoed: "A scientist has a scientist's research, they generally put a lot of energy into their own research project, and it is impossible for him to put down his research to study a new topic, unless he is not so interested in his research topic, but this kind of thing may happen in other research institutes, but it will definitely not happen in the group of scientists at CERN, because CERN has always had a lot of money." β
Unlike other commercially supported scientific research institutions, CERN is a scientific research institution supported by the state, and more importantly, CERN is not supported by one country, but by the whole of Europe, and he has never lacked research funding, but anyone who can enter CERN is the most outstanding scientist in Europe and even scientists from other countries have also been attracted to the past, so to speak, CERN is one of the freest institutes for scientists.
In such a situation, almost every scientist has his own project of interest, which was an advantage and a great deal of popularity in the past, but it is a disadvantage when placed here.
How do you fulfill the responsibility of researching the Survival Home spacecraft without enough manpower? As for mobilizing other scientists to help with research, it is not necessarily, the reason is very simple, no matter how shocking the research is, it may not be as good as the research you like, and more importantly, now this is not CERN, but the imperial capital of China, many CERN scientists are not here, and it is very difficult for him to solicit opinions even temporarily, which is a defect.
DBIS seized on the flaw and criticized it, who called CERN too much of a threat to their small and medium-sized research institutes.
"What guarantee do you have that once the Survival Home spacecraft is handed over to you at CERN, it will be able to receive a lot of resources?"
"I'm honored." George swore by it.
"Reputation? Ha ha....... "Joanne. Ishut sneered, "As I said, you are neither the director nor the chairman, what is the use of your reputation?" β
"The fate of the Survival Home spaceship falling into your hands is nothing more than being shelved, or restarting in a few years, at most, it will cost you your personal reputation, but is your reputation of any use? Which of the scientists present has a worse reputation than you? George, you really take yourself too seriously. β
"You ......."
George looked at the two of them in annoyance, but the other party looked directly at him without hesitation, and he was even more angry in his heart, "Didn't you just want to get the right to research the Survival Home spaceship?" Is it necessary to be so vicious? β
Joanne. Ishut didn't hesitate to fight back, "Vicious? I'm just telling the truth, and if I were vicious, I wouldn't say that you take yourself too seriously, but that you're a liar with a lot of big talk. β
She is known for her eloquence in the United States, and the natural advantages of women make her even if her words are fierce, she will not arouse the disgust of others, as for whether it is necessary to tear her face, hehe, competition is still about this?
In this era of unusually developed scientific atmosphere, fame and fortune are what she pursues, how does fame come about? Research, papers, sensational world, as for profit, are you afraid that there will be no profit if you have fame?
So she fought.
Debbis also sneered, vicious? It's really naΓ―ve, the scientists in the state-supported laboratories are like flowers in a greenhouse, and they have not been beaten by the wind and rain at all.
He didn't understand the hunger for results of research institutions like theirs, which were supported by commercial institutions, and they had to carry out research that was of interest to them while CERN scientists were still slowly researching the research they were interested in.
Commercial organizations are not charitable, they support scientific research institutions for a purpose, the purpose is very simple, profit, by supporting the research of scientific research institutions to obtain a large number of patents and new products, and then obtain profits, or with the help of well-known scientific research institutions to endorse their products.
In such a situation, scientists like them are often under a lot of pressure, which is one of the reasons why fraud in scientific research institutions supported by commercial institutions is repeatedly prohibited, and there are very few cases of fraud in state-supported scientific research institutions.
The environment in which the two live is different, causing them to think differently.
What's more, in the current Earth Federation, the number of scientists has reached a flood point, those outstanding scientists are recruited by state-supported scientific research institutions, of course, they don't feel the pressure, but they feel huge pressure - there are too many scientists, and scientists who are not strong themselves need to face a large number of peer competition, and scientists who can't compete are easy to be idle at home, although they don't starve to death, but as scientists, there is always a little arrogance in their hearts, and they can't show their talents, and the depression in their hearts can be imagined.
For them, this is the best of times, but also the worst times, and they can't strive for the top, and they can only return with regrets in the end.
"Don't fight." Xiao Li said lightly, and the scene calmed down almost immediately, "Although I really want to give it to you, I'm sorry, the Survival Home spacecraft will not be handed over to any person or institution for research." β
"Why?" Debbis was not convinced, she fought so much, and even tore her face, she would definitely not communicate too much when everyone attended the party in the future, and even CERN would boycott her, if she could get the Survival Home spacecraft to study it, it would be good if she could get the Survival Home spacecraft to study, as long as the results were produced, she would soon be a leader, and even the country would support her, but she paid such a price, but she didn't get anything, and she was very unwilling.
"Why can't you give it to us? Academician Xiao, as the chief scientist of the Earth Federation, you should be able to understand the eagerness of those of us. β
She pursed her lips, "If it's because what I said was too vicious, I apologize, I was too impatient, you can understand the excitement I felt when I saw the Survival Home spacecraft." β
"I understand." Xiao Li said lightly, of course he could understand that as a scientist, he himself was very aware of this excitement, but she knew better how much utilitarian factors were mixed in Debis's excitement.
He was clear about the current atmosphere of the Earth Federation, but he didn't have any way to change it, not that he couldn't, but he didn't want to.
It is true that utilitarianism has penetrated into the hearts of those lower-level scientists of the Earth Federation, making them desperate to soar into the sky, and even causing a lot of fraud incidents, causing shocks in the entire academic community, but even he has to admit that in such an atmosphere, the science and technology of the Earth Federation are advancing rapidly.
Because they want to strive for the top, they go off the rails, but in the same way, because they want to strive for the top, many scientists use their brains and dig out their own inspirations, so as to contribute to the science and technology and theories of the Earth Federation.
People are different, but on the whole, the whole academic community has made progress, and in such a situation, he feels that there is no need for him to intervene.
"But although I understand, I can't hand over the Survival Home spacecraft to you for research, not only you, but not even any research institution, whether it is an individual or a country, will not be handed over to them."
"Why?"
George couldn't help but ask, not to give it to the individual he understands, but not to the state why is this? Don't...... George glanced at Xiao Li scrutinically.
A spaceship, and a very advanced spaceship, has a very great effect on the advancement of a civilization, because a civilization can reverse-engineer the technology of the spaceship from a complete spaceship, so as to imitate it, build it, and then master it.
Don't underestimate this ability, in the past Earth Federation, I don't know how many countries relied on reverse deduction to rise, the early United States reverse deduction of European technology, later Japan reverse deduction of American technology, China reverse deduction of American technology, India reverse deduction of American technology, etc., they all obtained technology by reverse deduction of other people's products.
You can say that this kind of behavior is immoral, but you can't deny that this kind of behavior has greatly promoted your own country, and it is also for civilization.
As for morality, hehe, what morality is there at the level of civilization? You teach aliens morality, but aliens don't necessarily teach you morality.
It can be said that as long as it is not beyond the intelligible technology, the Earth Federation can reverse extrapolate its technology, and although the light-speed spaceship is the creation of the third-level civilization, it is not an incomprehensible technology for the Earth Federation at the peak of the second-level civilization, at least the theory of relativity can improve their theoretical guidance.
But now Xiao Li said that he wouldn't hand it over to anyone, and he couldn't help but wonder if Xiao Li wanted to swallow this spaceship for himself.
"Xiao." George said, "You can't study the ...... of the Survival Home spaceship on your own. Although you are the chief scientist and a genius scientist, and there is no one in the entire Earth Federation who can compare to you, but a spaceship condenses the crystallization of a civilization, which you can't digest on your own, and only a large scientific research institution like CERN can eat it thoroughly, and then reverse engineer the corresponding technology. β
"Nope."
Xiao Li shook his head, "I never thought about studying it, because it has more important things to do than studying it. β
"What's the matter?" Debes couldn't help but speak, "What else is more important than studying it and raising the technological level of the entire Earth Federation?" β
"Patrol the galaxy!
Xiao Li said slowly, he glanced at the people present, and said his thoughts, "A long time ago, human beings on the earth were looking up at the starry sky and thinking about whether we were a lonely civilization in this universe, but now it has been confirmed that we are not a lonely civilization. β
"Far from being alone, on the contrary, the density of civilization is beyond our imagination, in the past billions of years, I don't know how many civilizations have risen, and I don't know how many civilizations have been annihilated, we only know that in this forest of the universe is full of malice, this is our dark forest."
"So we were afraid...... Afraid of this dark forest, we dare not step out of the solar system to contact with other civilizations, for fear of causing a catastrophe, but what we need to understand is that our ostrich mentality can certainly ensure temporary comfort, but can not ensure the safety of a lifetime, for a civilization that has gone out of the planet, as long as it does not encounter a cosmic-level disaster or a dark forest strike, it is difficult to self-destruct, because the resources of the universe are very abundant, as for our civilization that has just stepped out of the planet, the resources are very abundant. β
"We are like people who left their own country to explore across the ocean at the beginning of the colonial era, we are exclaiming that the world is so big and there is so much gold, but with the end of the colonial era, we find that the world is so small and there is so little gold, and this change in mentality will definitely be repeated in the future, unless we stop the pace of development, but the dark and cold universe has the rule of 'no progress, or death', and we have no way to stop the pace of development."
"In such a situation, we are like a blind man with open eyes, and the universe we see is full of dark fog, so we need a light to light the dark fog, and the Survival Home spacecraft has taken on such a responsibility...... It flies towards the universe at an infinitely close to the speed of light, transmitting information from the universe to us and giving us an understanding of this dark and icy universe. β
Quiet......
Silence, the people present didn't expect Xiao Li to have such a thought, and actually wanted to explore this dark and cold universe with the help of the Survival Home spaceship, and after a few minutes, George hesitated to speak, "I'm sorry, I can't agree with this idea, because I think it is much more meaningful to improve the technological level of the Earth Federation by studying the Survival Home spaceship than to explore the dark and cold universe." β
"But the two are not in conflict." Xiao Li said with a smile: "We can study through the data, you know, the gamma civilization has taken refuge in us, and their science and technology awards are all for us, as long as there are materials, it is not difficult to build a second Survival Home spaceship, and you don't need to stare at this Survival Home spaceship at all." β
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