At the end of the meeting, Dean Lu invited Li Guocheng to dinner.

Dean Lu's work spans a wide range of disciplines, including physical chemistry, structural chemistry, nuclear chemistry, and materials science.

He has made outstanding contributions to the research of structural chemistry. In his early years, he designed the reciprocal plot of the Lp factor of the X-ray diffraction irradiation of the isodip Weissen crystal crystal, which was included in the International Handbook of X-ray Crystallography and called the "Luch Diagram".

Lu Lao is in his 60s, a standard old handsome guy, he is always happy, but once he pulls down his face, he is not angry and arrogant.

"Lao Zhao and I have been friends for many years, and I have heard about you, and you can be proud of your current achievements."

Li Guocheng understood why Lu Lao had always supported him, it turned out that Lu Lao knew his past.

"Mr. Lu, compared to you, I am a little bean sprout, and you are the pioneer and founder of the discipline of structural chemistry in China. has always insisted on teaching and educating people, which can be described as a peach and plum all over the world."

"The mission is different, you can start an industry, invest heavily in scientific and technological innovation, and save valuable foreign exchange for the country. And I know that you have been working on basic technology and have achieved impressive results.

We can rest assured that we will leave the operating system and application software to you."

"Thank you for your trust. But why are so many people resolutely opposed to continuing research and development, knowing that it is necessary to continue research and development? ”

"The issue is more complicated, and to put it simply, they are not bad, but they have different positions."

Lu Lao said in a low voice, crying and laughing.

"They're not bad, they're stupid, they're short-sighted.

The old man said that if you fight with one punch, you won't have a hundred punches.

History has repeatedly proven why they don't learn their lessons.

Is it true that the only lesson to be learned from history is that lessons are never learned".

The more Li Guocheng spoke, the more angry he became, he had been holding his breath for the past few days, and now facing Zhao Lao's friends, his elders, he finally vented.

The other party just looked at Li Guocheng with a smile and didn't speak.

After venting, Li Guocheng stabilized his emotions, "I'm sorry, I'm a little out of shape."

"That's good, young people have to be a little bloody."

Li Guocheng is indeed angry today, because he understands the future generations and what Huaxia will experience in the future.

So he always wanted to do something, even if he couldn't change anything in the end, but at least he did it, worked hard, and died without regrets.

"Xiao Li, have you ever heard Einstein's evaluation of Huaxia?"

He knew that the 'Einstein puzzle', which is now widely circulated, was a reply letter from Einstein to J. Switzer in 1953.

At present, the mainstream translations in China are:

'The development of Western science was based on two great achievements: the system of formal logic invented by the Greek philosophers (in Euclidean geometry) and the discovery (in the Renaissance) of the causal relationship between things through systematic experiments.

In my opinion: it is not surprising that the Chinese sages did not take these two steps, (....)

It would be amazing if all these discoveries were made. ’

Many scholars in China interpret it as Einstein criticizing China for its lack of science, scientific and technological thinking, and logic.

Li Guocheng said in a deep voice: "I have heard a little"

"Do you think they understand correctly?"

"I think it's a misinterpretation, and if it's unintentional, then it means they're stupid; If it is intentional, it is ill-intentioned."

"Can you tell us what you understand?"

When Li Guocheng first heard this point of view, he was deeply impressed by the salon that criticized Chinese medicine.

"Nothing else matters, but the last sentence, I think they have a problem translating."

The reason why Li Guocheng said that it was 'a problem' rather than a 'translation error' was because he suspected that some people were deliberately telling the Chinese people that your ancestors were wrong and that you need to learn from us.

Lu Lao seemed to be very interested, "Let's hear it."

"The kid is ugly.

The last sentence is: The astonishing thing is that those discoveries were made at all.

I think the correct understanding is: but what is surprising is that those discoveries (referring to the discoveries of ancient Chinese technology) were actually made by them (without formal logic and systematic experiments).

The phrase "were made at all" indicates that all these discoveries have been made. (at all is a way of saying to reinforce the tone, saying "all of them have been made").

In my opinion, what Einstein wanted to express was: In my opinion, it is not surprising that China did not produce these two major scientific foundations, but it is surprising that scientific discoveries based on these two foundations were born in China."

"Oh! Your conclusion is bold, hahaha... ”。

Lu Lao looked at Li Guocheng and wanted to explain, and then said: "No, no, no, don't get me wrong, because I have the same idea as you."

In fact, the so-called Einstein puzzle is artificially obfuscated, and they deliberately ignore the context of the reply.

Einstein wrote to J. S. Switzer, a Sam's Country Army colonel who retired to study for a master's degree in history at the University of Fortans.

During this time, he took a reading class with sinologist Arthur F. Wright, on the topic of "The Problem of Science in China."

After the class, Switzer wrote down the main issues discussed in class and sent them to Einstein, who received a reply.

I haven't looked up the specifics of their previous correspondence, but Einstein's letter to Switzer is famous.

It has been cited in a large number of English papers and books, and the theme of these articles and books is to discuss the origins of modern science, not the achievements of ancient Chinese science and technology.

In fact, the mainstream view of Einstein's generation that science originated in the West was that it was a miracle.

Now, both in the West and at home, there is a consensus that Einstein is criticizing the Chinese people."

After the old man finished speaking, his expression was very strange, there was neither anger nor regret, more like pathos.

Both of them were a little silent, bowing their heads and eating food that tasted like chewing wax.

I don't know how long it took, the old man said faintly: "At the previous stage, Westerners did a survey, and the conclusions were not true, and the only strange thing was that the results of the investigation were not released.

I've heard some rumors that the brain size/average IQ of the yellow race is 105, the white race is only 100, the South Asian dark white race is 85, and the black race is only 75."

After speaking, continue to eat with your head down.

"I have added a book "The Creation of the Former Dynasty", which explains a lot of ancient Chinese inventions, including origin, application, development, and graphic records.

It mentions that the Great Ming Treasure ship was powered by a steam engine, and at the same time recorded hundreds of great inventions."

"Actually, there are a lot of similar records, and I know about it, but it's a pity...

Note: The plot and names of the people in this book are fictitious, and if there are any similarities, it is purely coincidental!!

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