Watching Yau Chengtong get up and deduce math on the blackboard, Xu Chuan also stood up and watched from behind.

The derivation of a world-class problem by a top mathematician is of great academic value, even for him.

What's more, this is still in the pure mathematical field of number theory.

After watching intently for a while, suddenly, a mobile phone ringtone rang in the office.

Xu Chuan was taken aback, and after reacting, he hurriedly took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and it was Xu Xiao's girl who called.

Glancing at Qiu Chengtong, who was still checking the formula, Xu Chuan decisively and quickly cut off the phone. Then he sent her a message and told her where he was.

For an academic, having his research interrupted during his inspiration is probably the most annoying thing.

Fortunately, it seems that he should not be affected by anything.

After watching for a while and estimating the time, Xu Chuan exited the office and happened to bump into Xu Xiao who came to find him.

"Dude!"

Seeing Xu Chuan, Xu Xiao quickly trotted over in surprise.

Xu Chuan stretched out his index finger and gestured in front of his lips to silence him, and said softly with a smile: "Let's go, Old Qiu is doing research, so don't go in and disturb him." ”

With that, he took Xu Xiao and left the Qiu Chengtong Mathematics Center.

"Dude! I saw the news, you are all academicians! That's amazing! ”

Leaving the building, Xu Xiao immediately jumped up.

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "You have to work hard." ”

"Of course." Xu Xiao nodded vigorously, and then said, "Brother, I want to drink milk tea!" Buy it for me! ”

Xu Chuan smiled dumbly and said, "You are not short of money." ”

He doesn't know how much this girl's monthly living expenses are, but they will definitely not be low, and she entered Mizuki with silver and gold medals in international competitions and international biology competitions, and the annual scholarships and grants will not be less.

It is no exaggeration to say that at her age, she is a proper little rich woman.

Xu Xiao shook his head and said, "That can be the same." ”

Xu Chuan shook his head with a smile and said, "Let's go, take you to buy it." ”

What else can I do with my sister?

Mizuki University, on the rattan chair at the entrance of the milk tea shop, Xu Xiao was holding a cup of milk tea and snorting, with a happy face.

Xu Chuan looked at the milk tea in his hand, a little crying and laughing.

He doesn't really understand, this thing has something to drink.

"Brother, do you think it's possible for people to grow wings and fly to the sky?" Sucking milk tea, Xu Xiao's black eyes rolled and then asked his brother.

Hearing this question, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment, and then asked with a smile: "Why do you think about this?" ”

Xu Xiao supported his little head with his arms and said fantasically: "In history, aren't there many legends of gods and goddesses, they all have wings and can go to heaven and sea." ”

Xu Chuan shook his head with a smile and said, "You are a sophomore, you can also go into the laboratory to do experimental learning, and you have already walked on the road of scientific research, how can you still believe in these myths and stories." ”

Xu Xiao turned his head and glanced at it, and then said, "Who said it must be a myth." ”

After a pause, she continued, "When we were in class the other day, we had just finished our course on DNA genetic information and gene editing. ”

"I wondered if we could find the DNA fragments of the wings of those birds and graft them onto people, and if they could also grow wings."

"The winged gods and angels in the myths and stories in the past may have come out like this."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment and said, "You are too whimsical." ”

After a pause, he seemed to remember something again, slowly sat up straight, and looked at his sister.

Being stared at by him, Xu Xiao looked at it keenly, and bumped into his brother's serious gaze and expression.

"What's wrong? Dude. Xu Xiao looked at his brother with a serious gaze and asked weakly.

Xu Chuan took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Xu Xiao, you have to remember that genetic modification and editing of the human body is expressly prohibited by the state, which is a violation of the law and a bottom line that cannot be touched."

"Human genetic experiments are a Pandora's box, and it is not as simple as cutting double eyelids, let alone "one is willing to fight and one is willing to suffer", it is related to the genealogy of human genes, related to everyone, and also contains ethical risks. ”

"The biggest difference between it and somatic gene therapy is that if it fails, it will directly affect the next generation, and even future generations. Because, they will be inherited with the embryo's genes, and there is no shortage of them. ”

"Even if it's just an experimental operation! The impact is not just a person's life or the integrity of a family, but may affect countless people in the future! ”

"Even if you go further on the road of academia in the future, don't touch this kind of experiment!"

"Remember?"

Xu Xiao swallowed nervously and nodded.

The look in Xu Chuan's eyes just now, she saw it for the first time in her brother, as if she had made a big mistake.

Xu Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, his posture softened, and continued: "Curiosity and exploration are the most basic spirit that a scientific researcher should have. But as a researcher, you should always have a grasp of what you can and can't do. ”

"If you can find a path in biology, what you should do is lead civilization forward, not lead it down a path that doesn't know if it's destruction or the future."

"Maybe in the distant future, when human civilization begins to set foot on the extraterrestrial planet and go out of the earth, there will be people who will do these things, and it may be unavoidable."

"But at least for now, don't touch it, open this Pandora's box."

To be honest, Xu Chuan's sense of genetic modification is actually very complicated.

The first is that gene editing is like a Pandora's box, and opening it has the potential to be catastrophic, even devastating.

Just think about it.

But if you want to say that he is completely opposed, he is not.

Because history is like a wheel, always rolling forward.

If one day in the future, human civilization on the earth has the ability to enter the universe and go to other planets, it may encounter other civilizations, and it is also possible that with the development of science and technology, all kinds of knowledge will increase, then the human body will be very likely to become the biggest obstacle.

More than 100 years of lifespan, the limitation of brain development, and the body that only adapts to the earth's ecological environment, these are all fatal flaws for a space civilization.

The latter can be solved by various technologies or other means.

And the former, to be honest, life expectancy actually limits the development of human science and technology to a certain extent.

Quite simply, because with the development of science and technology, human civilization has accumulated more and more knowledge.

For example, a century ago, there was still an all-round mathematician like Poincaré in the mathematical world, but a century later, neither he nor Tao Zhexuan can be called an all-round mathematician.

It's not because they're not as smart as Poincaré, but because they have so much to learn right now.

Every day that passes, the various kinds of knowledge accumulated by human beings will be increased, and the accumulation of time is already quite a huge number.

However, in a person's life, the golden age stage of scientific research is basically before the age of 40.

After the age of forty, it can be said that it is difficult to make any major breakthroughs.

Today's doctors, under normal circumstances, can only graduate from the age of 30 years old, and those who can further their studies to the doctoral stage can already be the top group of human beings.

It's all so hard, and what will happen in a few decades?

When the development of science and technology and the accumulation of knowledge have exceeded the life span of human beings, but when a person cannot learn a field of knowledge in his or her life, let alone make a breakthrough, will anyone be tempted by gene editing technology?

He didn't know how to answer the question.

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Chuan shook his head and put these thoughts in his mind away.

He looked at Xu Xiao and continued, "If you are interested in flying into the sky or something, I have a suggestion and direction. ”

Xu Xiao asked curiously, "Huh?" What? ”

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Virtual reality." ”

Xu Xiao looked at his brother suspiciously, and said, "Virtual reality? Isn't that the technology of electronic information engineering? How does it have to do with living things? ”

After a pause, she added: "Moreover, I heard that this technology is used to scam money. ”

Xu Chuan said with a smile: "No, although it is a technology under the electronic information major, its essence is actually inseparable from the support of biology. ”

Xu Xiao looked at his brother with interest and said, "What do you say?" ”

Xu Chuan thought for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and continued: "The so-called virtual reality technology refers to the virtual world that produces a realistic three-dimensional visual, tactile, olfactory and other sensory experiences through computers, electronic information, simulation technology, etc., so that people in the virtual world have an immersive feeling of technology. ”

"At present, the current virtual realization of this technology is achieved through head-mounted displays, visual stimulation and auxiliary equipment, simulating the virtual world in the computer, and deceiving the eyes, ears, hands, nose and mouth and other sensory organs."

"In addition, this technology is just emerging and immature, so it seems to be a bit of a PPT circle of money."

"But that's not the case with real virtual reality."

"It's like a virtual helmet in a science fiction movie, which can read and interact with the brainwaves of the human brain through a virtual device, so as to bypass the secondary nervous system of human eyes, ears, and somatosensory, and reach the point of complete virtuality."

"And in this technology, there is a key point in how to realize the interaction between the virtual device and the human brain brainwaves."

"At present, the scientific community can only read brain waves and break them down into various types of data information, but this is just the beginning."

"Because the form in which human brain waves can manifest is very complex and difficult to decipher. In addition, it is also difficult to synthesize the incoming brain of sensory information such as vision, hearing, force, and touch through virtual devices, and it is also a difficult step for the brain to receive it. ”

"If we can solve this problem, we may be able to realize real virtual technology."

"When the time comes, if you want to fly away and blow up a planet with one punch, you can experience it in the virtual game."

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