Chapter 8: The Root of All Negativity
Such quarrels happen almost every day, and the temporary president, Balu Haken, was a former president of a famous international college, originally a professor of chemistry, and he was quite good at academic governance, and he also made considerable achievements in academic reform during his tenure as president, but unfortunately he was not very proficient in economic and political performance, so that after working for a year, he was fired by the school board because of the sharp decline in school income that year. Although universities have their own economic teams, if a president is not good at soliciting funds, it is also quite passive, and money will not fall from the sky, only to find it himself. Every year, the world's top universities hold fundraising events, often in huge amounts, ranging from tens to nearly $10 billion.
"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, although you have put forward a lot of rationalization suggestions, but at present we can only take it step by step, this school is new, perfect, brand-new, can splash ink freely, but I think, you don't want him to become a contemporary impressionist work, what we need is, clear scenery, tangible results, this is also the will of the bosses, we might as well work backwards from the end," Balu unconsciously used the language of logical analysis, Began to persuade these experts.
"What is our purpose?" He sat on the rostrum and said to the quarrelsome crowd, "The easiest goal is to produce a group of qualified scientific researchers, like Harvard and Massachusetts, and the most obvious quantitative goal is to win various internationally renowned awards that are no less than them, so that we can partially transfer our right to evaluate the merits of our work to more just and relatively more historically credible international institutions." Of course, this process is too long to be an important reference, and we need many other indicators to measure whether the work we have done has met this highest purpose, rather than working in vain. ”
"Every student recruited has great potential, waiting for us to excavate, they are limited by personal life experience, social experience, development and other immature conditions, often lack of correct understanding of their potential, lack of development skills and abilities for their hobbies, and specialties, of course, lack of a series of knowledge reserves, which require us to develop a series of fair, effective, correct rules and regulations, to guide, urge them to find their own strengths, do a good job of knowledge reserves, Become a qualified researcher in a certain aspect of science,......"
"Research is too difficult now, and it often takes five to six years for my graduate students to start independently, not because they lack the ability themselves, but because they need to master the knowledge, especially the increasing relevance of various disciplines, which makes it possible to specialize at the same time, but also to have a lot of generalized knowledge, I think we can incorporate this issue into long-term development planning," a professor began his conversation after the president's presentation.
"Yes, research is becoming more and more difficult now, and it often takes us up to a third of our precious time to summarize the experience of our predecessors, learn basic knowledge, and master skills, even if science is currently developed to this day, refined into countless disciplines, it cannot change this situation, I heard that the US government is engaged in genetic improvement technology, and may be able to provide this condition physiologically," It seems that this scholar is very well-informed, and even knows a lot about the experiments that are still secretly underway, which is no wonder, Many of them are connected to each other, and they will leak information to others before they are assigned to do something.
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The following scene, Xue Yunchu didn't look any further, seeing that it was enough here, these people may not be at a high level, but they still have some effect, at least they can provide suggestions that are applicable in this short period of time.
With a warm wind, the school stands tall on the plateau, overlooking the entire Selangora City. With his eyesight, from here, he could easily see all living beings rushing around the city, like a group of hard-working ants, small and great, swarms of termites, even the strongest rulers of the jungle, who had to flee from the wind, whether it was a forest snake or a cobra king, a cheetah or a crocodile.
It is no wonder that so many people are willing to be autocratic kings, not to mention anything else, but seeing that all living beings are under control, there is a great psychological satisfaction, except for other purposes.
However, if it cannot be liberated, then it is only a short-term prosperity, and if you say that you can die if you bloom with brilliance, you will only be left with ashes, and nothing will be known by future generations, just like those civilizations that have died out with your own eyes, what can they leave behind? If it can't be continued, it's meaningless and has no value.
"Hi Mr. Advisor, what are you doing here? Is it to see this great city? "A gray-haired old man came over, an eccentric old man who had been dug out of a hole by some of the strangers, who never went to lecture the students all day long, except for drinking, but also slept, and often smug himself, calling himself a surrealist philosopher.
"Yes, I think this city is very ordinary, maybe it will disappear in a few hundred years, and the current glory is just a projection," Xue Yunchu just glanced at the other party, he saw countless magnificent cities, as a concentrated expression of civilization, whether it is ancient or the highest civilization in the universe at present, they all have their own characteristics, and they are not comparable to the city in front of them, its history is too short, and there is no accumulation at all.
"Ah, perhaps, no one will remember all this, everyone is just puppets of a play, manipulated to perform, occasionally receiving applause from some audience, perhaps they are watching the planet and witnessing his rise and fall, just for some pleasure in life," the old man did not say a word, and suddenly fell into depression.
Ha, I've seen the guys on the highs, but it's not as boring as you think, the whole universe runs according to its own laws, and no guy can control him, at least there's no evidence that something conscious can control it.
"Why are you so negative, I ask you, when you were born, did you know that you existed?" Xue Yunchu talked to the old man who was in a state of self-pity.
"Of course I don't know," the old man was worthy of the name of a philosopher, and reacted quickly, "Haha, I see, I was unknown when I was born, and I didn't realize it after I died, so what's so sad?" Haha, is this the proposition that has plagued me for half my life, and it is really simple after unveiling. ”
In fact, you already knew, Xue Yunchu looked at the other party's mouth and said that he was enlightened, but he still had a helpless expression, and continued, "Although it is so, it is the nature of human beings to yearn for eternal knowledge, which is the most cruel natural punishment, which not only gives you consciousness to make you feel the existence of your self, but also gives you experience to let you know that this self will eventually disappear, but it is not as easy as nothing at the beginning, just like grass and trees, there is no self before death, and there is no consciousness after death." Other higher animals, such as those with more advanced brains, may also have consciousness activities similar to those of human infancy, but limited to the physiological condition of the brain, this consciousness cannot continue to develop, so they can only engage in the original reproductive activities year after year, and their learning ability is low. ”
The reason why Xue Yunchu said this, of course, is to see the relevant research materials, those who are regarded as beasts by humans, in fact, have some very shallow awareness of self-existence, and they can't all be summarized by instinct, otherwise there will be no behaviors similar to human social activities, territorial awareness, proficiency in predatory skills, the formation of new conditioned reflexes, relying on instinct alone, they would have died cleanly a long time ago, not to mention that genetic inheritance can only inherit a small number of survival instincts, such as eating, breathing and other commonly used conditioned reflexes, It is not possible to pass on a lot of memories directly to the next generation, and they need to learn it themselves.
"Actually, how to say, maybe you will be reborn again at some point in the future, but your self-existence at that time is completely independent, although you also feel yourself, but it is completely different from what you are now, so there is no need to worry about anything, and it will be counted once you live." Xue Yunchu felt the seriousness of this problem, it can be said that almost most of the negative emotions of human beings have this root reflection, especially those depraved behaviors, not only the person concerned is greedy for pleasure, but the helplessness in his heart is important, which is why more than one-third of the people believe in various religions that are obviously fallacious. Whether it's fake or not, after you paralyze yourself, you can take it as true, you can avoid these negative emotions, and make yourself positive and hopeful.
It is no wonder that the American upper echelons are so enthusiastic about life technology that they are almost to the point of pathology, and immediately throw the so-called equality of people's livelihood into the garbage heap, at the great risk of complete human division.
Even to the extreme, when you become a eunuch, you can live forever, most people will still choose, without him, the time when people have sexual function is only before old age, and after that, it can almost be said that it doesn't matter. This is also the source of the realistic imagination of many gods and goddesses in Eastern mythology living without a partner. In order to survive, you can take the initiative to line up to the palace to wait for hiring, not to mention that kind of temptation, the emperor can't resist it.
It seems that it is absolutely impossible to really squeeze out the potential of human beings without using some means to solve their greatest psychological fears. Except for a small number of people who study and study all their lives because of interest or responsibility, the vast majority of people will more or less hold the idea that they will die anyway and there is no need to work too hard if they do not have an easy and suitable place to exert their abilities.
It is not possible to use those religious methods, which will not bring into play the wisdom of human beings at all, but will greatly hinder them. Although they have always played a very important role in sustenance of the soul, they do not conform to the original intention of this material world, and it is difficult to exist for a long time.
Looking at the old man who turned to leave, Xue Yunchu began to really want to solve this problem, he already had an outline.
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