Chapter 289: The Divine Thoughts of the Forbidden City

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White Queen Emma glanced at Xiao Li, what Xiao Li said just now directly frightened her, as if she was the brain in the jar.

"It's just a conjecture." Xiao Li said with a smile: "As a scientist, it is normal to make all kinds of conjectures, don't think that what I say is so terrifying that it must be true, in fact, the lies told by scientists are no lower than those of professional liars, but the former does not know that he is lying, while the latter clearly knows that he is lying." ”

"Of course, the most important thing is that the lies of scientists are defined as conjectures and then spread widely throughout civilizations, while liars are not treated that way."

Emma, the White Queen, asked, "So are you sarcastic about scientists or are you proud of it?" ”

"I'm just stating a fact." Xiao Li said with a smile: "Scientists are conjectures all day long, but the media or ordinary people don't know these conjectures, so they take these conjectures as facts, just like black holes, in the past, no one actually observed black holes, but the people just believe that there are black holes, and they ignore the fact that the existence of black holes is conjecture." ”

"Later, Mr. Hawking came up with a new theory, namely: information escapes from the black hole, and the black hole becomes a gray hole."

"I feel a little ridiculous."

"Isn't it ridiculous? I don't think so. Xiao Li shook his head and looked at Emma, the White Queen, "Conjecture is originally a scientist's understanding of the universe, just like scientists judge that the universe is expanding and the planets are leaving us through the phenomenon of red shift and the flickering of the background of the universe." ”

"But who knows, maybe it's just one of the shrinking universes?"

"It's like when people breathe and their abdomen shrinks and swells, and the universe also breathes and expands, but the time it takes for the universe to shrink and expand is far longer than the time we observe, of course, this is just a speculation on my part, and I don't think it's possible."

"Why?" Emma, the White Queen, is like a curious baby.

"Because so far, we've observed information from 15 billion years ago, which means that, assuming my claim is true, then the universe has been shrinking and expanding for much more than 15 billion years, and think about it, what a terrible belly it is."

Flutter ......

The White Queen sneered, using her stomach to describe the universe, it's really ...... It's unique.

"So I say my conjecture is impossible." Xiao Li said, feeling that his mouth was a little dry, so he naturally invited the White Queen, "Let's go to the cafΓ© and sit down!" ”

"Whatever you want."

The two walked into a cafΓ©, and a sweet-looking girl came over and said softly, "Sir, ma'am, what do you need?" ”

"Give us two cups of coffee, one of which is sweetened." After ordering coffee, Emma, the White Queen, couldn't wait to say, "Didn't you say that there is no one working in your Earth Federation anymore?" ”

"It's not that there is no one to work, but that the people are freed from heavy physical labor, and mental work is still needed." Xiao Li said: "Besides, how can you be sure that she is a human and not a robot?" ”

Xiao Li paused for a moment and said to the girl, "Are you a robot?" β€œ

If it is, then the girl will show the back of her neck because of her logo and production company on the back of the neck.

"Sir, I am." The girl turned around slightly, then lifted her hair, revealing the logo of the Wellland Group on the back of her neck, and said in a sweet voice, "I am the service robot produced by the Wellland Group in 2032. ”

"Isn't a robot supposed to be steel?"

"Because she's got a layer of realistic skin on her exterior." Xiao Li said: "The steel you said is the essence of robots, but the pursuit of beauty is the nature of human beings, just like clothes, its essence is to cover up ugliness and keep warm, but human beings design clothes in a pattern." ”

"The same is true for robots, machines are its essence, but with a layer of realistic skin on the outside, the overall beauty will come up, and for merchants, the price will naturally be greatly increased."

"Is it this kind of robot in all the service industries of the whole world?"

"Of course not." Xiao Li said: "Some are robots, for example, some small breakfast shops, the kind of breakfast shops are too luxurious to use robots loaded with realistic skins, and they can't afford them, although realistic skins are not as expensive as bionic skins, but they are not affordable for ordinary people." ”

"In addition, bionic robots are used in more advanced occasions."

The so-called bionic robot is actually a layer of bionic skin on the outside of the robot, and the bionic skin is more real than the real skin, whether it is in appearance or the touch of the fingers, so the price is also extremely expensive.

"And like some of the top venues, it's real people." Xiao Li said: "Although robots are intelligent, there is still a certain gap between them and humans, and some of the top rich people have resolutely chosen the same creatures as humans to serve themselves after spending their initial enjoyment of technology. ”

"Like a housekeeper, like a chef, like a waiter, for those rich people, humans have more advantages than robots, of course, this premise is that you are at the top of the industry."

"If you don't stand at the top of this industry, you only have to be crushed by robots, after all, humans are too expensive for ordinary people."

Xiao Li took a sip of coffee, the familiar bitterness filled his taste buds, he hadn't drunk this kind of pure coffee for a long time, there was coffee in the world of "X-Men", but there was always a taste of hometown missing.

"Actually, humans are not expensive."

Xiao Li said to the girl, "Bring out some of the recent news about the people's protests against cyborgs, cyborgs, and clones. ”

A red light was released from the girl's eyes, intertwined in front of the two of them into a virtual screen about one meter long and wide, and the screen was full of news of people protesting against cyborgs, cyborgs, and clones.

Cyborgs, cyborgs, and clones are all artificially created beings, the difference is that cyborgs are tuned and manufactured by human scientists, while clones are made based on some genes, while cyborgs are a combination of life and machinery.

Emma, the White Queen, glanced at it and asked, "Why are you protesting?" ”

They are all creations, what is the difference between cyborgs, cyborgs, clones and robots? Humans created them, and then they serve themselves, it makes no difference, so why protest.

"Because of fear." Xiao Li stirred the coffee, "Since the wave of unemployment caused by robots, in order to prevent the turmoil caused by the loss of people's jobs, and because robots replace human work, resulting in the gradual enrichment of materials, the Earth Federation has launched a welfare system. ”

"The federal top level provides a subsistence allowance to the unemployed homeless at the global average wage level, and this subsistence allowance fluctuates every year, which ensures that people can have a certain degree of entertainment while they can eat, and even save money to buy a house, which is not impossible."

"But this has also led to a problem, that is, many people have lost their jobs and have not actively absorbed knowledge and transformed into intellectual workers, but have degenerated into rice worms in a very short period of time, simply put, eating and waiting for death."

"Although the federal government has taken various measures to activate their enthusiasm for work, such as promoting the legitimate paid business, using a series of entertainment projects such as anime, games, music and so on to empty their pockets and then force them to work, the effect is not very good."

"In such a situation, they enjoy the benefits while they are nervous, afraid that when the government will cancel the benefits, and the cyborgs, cyborgs and clones are the temptation of the Federation in their eyes."

"Have you ever heard of the Broken Sky Ladder?"

"I haven't heard of it." Emma, the White Queen, shook her head honestly.

"The Broken Sky Ladder is a myth and legend in China." Xiao Li explained: "According to legend, in ancient times, people could climb directly to the sky through the ladder, but one day, the Emperor of Heaven cut off the ladder, and from then on, mortals will never be able to climb to the sky. ”

"In contemporary times, many science fiction authors use the myth and legend of the ladder to reflect that when science and technology are more and more developed, those with vested interests will cut off the ladder and completely cut off the way for people to climb to the sky, so that people are captive by the gods, and the immortals here refer to those who have mastered the vested interests of science and technology."

"But what does this have to do with the panic of the population?"

"Because the existence of cyborgs, cyborgs, and clones essentially strips away the sacred cloak of life, turning people's understanding of life back into a pile of carbohydrates." Xiao Li said: "And people are not afraid of carbohydrates. ”

"You're saying that the protesters were keeping them in captivity for fear that the Federation would lose its scruples?"

"Yes." Xiao Li nodded in agreement, "Because robots replace human work, people are freed from heavy labor, but the consequence of this is that a large number of unemployed, the unemployed live on welfare, as for why there are welfare, they also see it very clearly, that is, the Earth Federation needs them to give birth to offspring and continue human civilization." ”

"No civilization can be supported by one person, it must be composed of many people with the same blood and the same culture, but once cyborgs, cyborgs and clones are created, they lose their last role and reproduce, so they are afraid that they will be kept in captivity and abandoned, so they protest."

"Let's go."

Xiao Li stood up, looked at the empty cup, and said to the girl, "Check out." ”

"Welcome to Kaka Cafe, you spend 120 Huaxia coins this time, the amount has been deducted from your account registered in the federal bank, I wish you a happy time."

Commonwealth Bank, a bank under the Earth Federation, its specific role is to unify all the world's banking systems and correlate data with each other, simply put, Commonwealth Bank is an international version of UnionPay.

Walking out of the cafΓ©, the two began to press the road again, but they quickly stopped, as they were both attracted by a melodious sound of the violin.

Under the green trees, a young girl leans on the trunk of a big tree, plays the violin with her eyes closed and intently, and about half a meter in front of her wanders around a robot pet that looks like a beckoning pig.

"This seems to be the god of the Forbidden City." Xiao Li listened attentively, "Does it have a violin version?" ”

The Forbidden City is the work of the famous Japanese music group Shensi, its music is exquisite, the music is ups and downs, with the ups and downs of the historical narrative constantly changing the rhythm, the low percussion seems to ring the bell of the Yongle Dynasty, it can be said that it is a fine piece of pure music, the only pity is that this work with a strong Chinese historical flavor was created by a Japanese music group, so that many Chinese pure music lovers sigh.

"A little more melodious, less ethereal, the performer's performance of this Forbidden City Divine Thought is a little insufficient, but to be able to play the Forbidden City Divine Thought on the violin, this player is also amazing."

Xiao Li squeezed through the crowd and squeezed to the front, the girl's long flowing hair was blown up by the wind, and her music gradually became excited.

"Street singing?" Emma, the White Queen, whispered, "The song is very good. ”

"Yes." Xiao Li said: "As robots replace humans to engage in heavy manual labor, many people have transformed into mental work, among which music is a very popular profession, unlike the music played by cold machines, the music played live always has a touch of human flavor." ”

Music reflects the mood of the performer, and the mood of the performer resonates with the audience, something that a cold machine can never do.

"The current Earth Federation is full of musicians, and we are a veritable musical Earth." Xiao Li pursed his lips and smiled.

Thanks to welfare, people are no longer tied by work, they have more time and energy to do what they want to do, coupled with the importance of spiritual construction in the Earth Federation, entertainment projects such as movies, songs, games and so on are becoming more and more important.

"Hello."

I don't know when, the girl stopped playing, and she said happily: "Mr. Xiao, thank you very much for being able to stop your hurried footsteps and listen to the music I played. ”

"Hello unknown girl, thank you very much for your music, it made me see history." Xiao Li was also happy, "This song is "The Divine Thoughts of the Forbidden City", did you adapt it yourself?" ”

"It's not." The girl shook her head, "It's an adaptation of our school's music club, and I'm just a performer of it." ”

Leaving from the girl's music, Xiao Li took the White Queen Emma to visit the imperial capital, and then settled in a hotel in the evening, at the same time, the virtual helmet of the Weilan Group was also delivered to the hotel, and he put on the helmet for the first time and entered the "Minecraft" to experience the game.