Finding Levi's frightened face, Catherine explained to herself, "Mr. Levi, are you curious about why there is such a big difference? Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 But then, I heard from my master that in the church of the goddess of the earth, thirteen is a very interesting number. They believed that there were thirteen metals in the world, that there were thirteen countries on the earth, that there were thirteen crops on the earth, and that people had thirteen different kinds of livestock. Therefore, the two brightest stars in the starry sky at night must be separated by 1,300 stars. ”

However, as soon as she said this, Levi's eyes widened even more, and they were bloodshot.

Only because he had heard another version of it, a version from Earth.

A book that Levi saw once introduced that in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when Comrade Galileo, a pioneer of science, claimed that Jupiter orbited the moon through long-term astronomical observations, a famous scholar jumped out and said that it was impossible.

But the evidence he gave was that there were seven windows in the head, two nostrils, two ears, two eyes, and one mouth, so the sky must correspond to seven planets. Other examples are the seven metals that God created the world in just seven days. If you add one without authorization, the cognitive system will collapse. He also talked about satellites, which cannot be detected with the naked eye, that is to say, they have no effect on the earth at all, and since they are useless, they do not exist.

In short, when Levi first heard this, he immediately felt that this guy was mentally retarded.

This university scholar is also a primary school student, and elementary school students are more logical than him, okay?

Later, after listening to the explanation of this book, I realized that the main way for people to acquire knowledge at that time was those classics.

Young man, do you want to be wise? There is an ancestral Bible, take it home and read it, understand it word by word, it has the wisdom of the whole world?

Like Comrade Galileo, who used a telescope to observe the world well, and even caused his own eyes to be broken, he is an outlier.

Therefore, there was a scene that made people cry and laugh at that time. This comrade who used this "mysterious seven" to refute Galileo's study of Jupiter was actually appreciated and welcomed.

As for why we feel that this thing is strange, it is that the torrent of history is rolling forward, and positivism is no longer so niche.

And this is what surprised Levi, who was quite sure that what Catherine was talking about now was "positivism".

To observe the world with our eyes, to know how far apart the two stars are, then count them one by one, this is positivism.

And what kind of earth goddess church, simply using digital associations and thinking, arbitrarily determined that there are 1,300 stars in the sky, this is the use of classics plus pure thinking, it is the most popular mode of thinking of those cultural people before the age of science.

But hearing this, Levi wondered.

Jupiter has moons around it, and the main reason why it is difficult to detect is that the human eye has limitations. Comrade Galileo was able to discover this mainly because of the progress of technical means, when mankind had already invented the telescope. But how can the world make the same mistake, counting the stars is a simple thing, one, two, three, four, five......

However, when he thought about it, he couldn't help but hammer his head.

This world is really different from the earth, and there are too many illiterates. If it is a hurdle to be able to write your own name, then the lofty thing of mathematical training must have nothing to do with civilians. A person who has not been tortured by the ninety-nine multiplication table since he was a child, and who has to break his fingers to count numbers, is fortunate to be able to count dozens of stars completely. The combined hands and feet of a man are also twenty fingers.

The loss of no culture is that if you don't want to eat, you won't eat?

To be able to withstand education, this level is estimated to be 80% or 90% of the people in this magical world. At least there are those aristocratic lords who can withstand education, and it is estimated that few of them have leisure and leisure, and they don't do anything at night, just lie down and count the stars. There are more than 700 of them, which have to be counted one by one, and there is no room for error, and it can't be completed in a few hours. Under normal circumstances, it is estimated that only people who lack the heart and eye can do this.

Levi looked at Her Royal Highness the princess in front of him, who was heartless, didn't sleep at night, and went to the stars specifically, and he was extremely surprised.

Before, in Rogue Village, he discovered through the Cankus Golden Page that there might be a big conspiracy in this world, but he didn't expect this to be an example.

"Your Highness, are you sure that wizards of your time liked to do this?" asked Levi nervously.

He didn't know that his strange reaction also made Catherine's eyes narrow.

"That's what the wizards of my time did. At least the wizards I've come into contact with do that first thing when they educate their disciples. Although she didn't know what the reason for Levi's change was, Catherine still gave an explanation very responsibly, "At that time, the influence of the church of the earth goddess was still very large. We need to use it to teach future wizards a lesson, that is, to discover that the world can only use its own eyes. ”

When she said this, she couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect that things are wrong now, and these wizards five thousand years later don't seem to like us like us." Even the goddess of the earth, the heir of the Mother Earth, died out. ”

"Did you say that you were different from ordinary people at that time?" asked Levi.

Afraid that this question would not be clear, he further explained, "Are other people at that time different from you? They don't know that practice makes true knowledge, and when they encounter problems, they go to God and ask demons, and they don't like to work their own at all. Even those who have a little brain, most of them like to read books behind closed doors, and never use their own eyes to discover the world. Indulge in the wisdom of those ancestors, and play the game of pure thinking?"

He asked in detail, so Catherine understood immediately.

"You're right. Catherine looked at Levi strangely, surprised at the guy's insight, "But it's not their fault. Their doubts can be solved by seeking the gods or reading the scriptures. But we wizards are different, and our doubts can only be through our own efforts. Trying to cast magic through spells is complicated. Even with the guidance of a master, you need to carefully observe the rhythm of each magic on your own. But we also have the added gift of discovering that it is not so mysterious as the mysterious magic continues to unveil before us. ”

Catherine's tone grew heavier, "Because of this, many of us wizards once thought that even gods, like magic, could be explored. The same is true for most of the world's secrets. ”

Hearing this, Levi slapped his thigh.

Although he still didn't quite understand most of Catherine's words, he understood the core idea.

Yes, the world did develop the seeds of science at least 5,000 years ago, and this seed took root and sprouted further and groped for positivism.

Just like the ancient Greek civilization on Earth, which first produced this seed.

Thousands of years ago, in the Greek city-states, the great philosophers, like the wizards of this world, believed that the world could be explored and verified.

In the Renaissance era, the great ideas they left behind took root in European countries and developed science, the greatest cultural gene of mankind.