Chapter 40: Unsolvable Problems: Annoyance in the Jar
The national audience looked at the picture and scratched their heads.
No one knew what Jiang Zhe had just said.
In the expert group, the experts looked at each other, thinking that they had suffered another amnesia reincarnation.
So Lao Zhao, who was the leader, urgently asked the technicians to investigate the replay of the Laplace Demon just now.
found that Jiang Zhe really didn't say anything, and cleared the customs.
Lao Zhao scratched his head, "Did Jiang Zhe say anything, did everyone lose their memory?" ”
The rest of the experts shook their heads, saying they didn't know.
"No, Jiang Zhe doesn't seem to have opened his mouth and let the Laplace Demon let him go."
"Although I don't know what's going on, I always feel that Jiang Zhe is unfathomable!"
“...”
At this time, in the picture, Jiang Zhe entered a new empty room.
As he walked, he explained:
"I'm afraid people in the real world didn't understand what I was thinking just now."
"Actually—the Laplace demon just now, he claims to be omniscient."
"If there really is a creature in our world that claims to be omniscient."
"So there's only one way to surprise him—"
"Ask it—"Are you a brain in a vat?" - 'How do you know you are not in the vat'? ”
"The answer is obvious, and the Laplace Demon is not able to tell me the truth, so it is surprised!"
As soon as these words came out, the audience who knew "the trouble in the tank" was dumbfounded.
And those viewers who don't understand have sent barrages to express their doubts.
", no wonder Jiang Zhe was able to clear the customs, it turns out that he asked an unsolvable question!"
"Shocked, I feel goosebumps, even the all-knowing demon doesn't know if he is in the vat!"
", can anyone explain to me, what TM is called 'annoyance in a vat'?"
"That's right..."
Troubles in the Jar –
A victim was operated on by an evil scientist, and his brain was cut out of his body and placed into a vat containing a nutrient solution that kept the brain alive.
The nerve endings in the victim's brain are connected to a computer that is programmed to send information to the brain in order to keep him hallucinating that everything is completely normal.
For the victim, it seems that people, objects, and the sky still exist, and their own movements and body sensations can be simulated by input data.
The victim's brain can also be entered into memories or truncated memories (the memories of brain surgery are intercepted and then the various environments and daily routines that he may experience).
It can even be coded to 'feel' that he himself is doing anything -
Reading, eating, drinking, sleeping, working, etc...
Another purpose of this thought experiment is to -
How can you be sure that you are real? 】
[Is it 'I think, therefore I am' or 'I think, therefore I think'?] 】
[I'm thinking, so I exist-idealism]
[Because I exist, I think—materialism]
Idealistic Idea - Consciousness (Soul) Determines Matter (Body) - The universe must have had an observer in the beginning, and because of the birth of this observer (consciousness), the universe was observed, so the universe was formed, and if there was no observer, the universe would not have existed.
Materialism - matter (body) determines consciousness (soul) - because the body exists first, and then there is a soul, this universe is the first to exist in matter, and through the mutual combination of matter, it gradually forms supergalaxies, local galaxy clusters, galaxies, stars, planets...
Idealism and materialism are actually a matter of priority.
And the question that Jiang Zhe asked the Laplace demon - [How do you know that you are a brain in a vat, how can you be sure that you are not a brain in a vat?] 】
Therefore, the question came as a surprise to the Laplace Demon.
After such an explanation by enthusiastic netizens, the whole country and even the new audience were stunned!
",,!"
"This Nima, this problem is almost unsolvable!"
"No wonder, no wonder, the Laplace Demon has always boasted that it knows everything, but in the face of this unsolvable problem, it also said that it didn't know, Jiang Zhe was too hanging!"
"Yes, no one can give an answer to this question, and in the future, it will not be able to give it!"
“...”
While the audience was surprised, the expert group was also shocked by Jiang Zhe's question.
Why didn't they think of it?
An elderly philosopher clapped excitedly and applauded: "Good, good, great!" , worthy of Jiang Zhe! ”
Another young philosopher looked at the other experts who were dazed and explained softly: "Actually, it is like this—Jiang Zhe asked the demon Laplace, 'How do you know that you are not in the vat?' The implication behind this question is – did you really exist? ”
"If the Laplace Demon is the brain in a vat, how can it be sure?"
"It can only go to places outside the tank to see if it is a brain in a tank."
"If the Laplace demon really has a way to get to the outside of the brain in a vat, it sees the real world."
"But the question arises again - how does it know if it is not simulated by that evil scientist at this moment - how can it be sure that it is not simulated at this moment by looking at its own brain outside the world?"
The young expert asked the question twice, and the other experts on the scene were confused.
Looking at the blank expressions of the experts, the young philosopher explained again: "It's an infinitely recursive problem - Laplace the demon jumped out of the world, observed, and found that it was a brain in a vat. ”
"Well, then it jumped out of the world again, and it observed its own brain again..."
"Well, then it found out that it was a brain again, and it jumped out of the world again, and the amazing thing is that it found itself a brain again..."
"Infinitely recursively, can it really find itself as a brain in a vat, and how can it be sure that it is not such an act that has been simulated by evil scientists and jumped out of the world to observe?"
As soon as these words came out, the experts in the audience were stunned, and even the air froze.
There is no solution to this problem, there is no solution in the real sense!
Even if the Laplace Demon realizes that he is a brain in a vat, is there the real world outside of the world?
Is the world outside the world the real world?
Going on indefinitely, how can the Laplace Demon be sure that the action of jumping out of the world all the time is not simulated by a computer?
If you think about it carefully, you can find Jiang Zhe's cleverness.
This world, where does the truth come from!
Without a solution, immortality cannot give a definite answer, so the Laplace demon loses!
"Clever, clever!"
"Sure enough, this question has made me doubt my life!"
"Jiang Zhe is worthy of being a ghost, I admire the old man!"
"This guy's thinking logic ability is too fast and too strong, he is already super god!"
......
The Group of Experts of the Beautiful Nation.
After they saw Jiang Zhe's explanation, all the experts were also shocked.
They thought that Jiang Zhe had been lucky before, but they didn't expect that they would be able to use the unsolvable problem in a short period of time to surprise the Laplace demon.
Looking at the picture, the experts spat fragrantly.
"Damn, this guy is so shrewd, he has real materials!"
"The point is that he has been guiding other Chosen ones to death, which is very hateful!"
"I hate him!"
"That being said, there are other problems that can surprise the demon!"
......
Beautiful country live broadcast room.
Adam also opened the door without stopping.
Because he has a goal, follow Jiang Zhe's steps, and sooner or later he will find an exit.
What if the number of doors opened is getting bigger and bigger!
He had subconsciously fully believed that Jiang Zhe's whereabouts would take him out.
Coincidentally, Adam also meets a bustling urban crossroads in a parallel world, where he also meets the demon of Laplace.
Upon seeing the note above Laplace's demon's head, Adam was dumbfounded.
"Is this a joke, let me be an earthling to surprise an all-knowing person, are you kidding the rules world?"
Seeing this scene, the audience in the beautiful country was anxious for him.
"I just came back from the Xia Guo live broadcast room, and after learning the truth, I was shocked."
"I didn't expect Jiang Zhe to ask that, I'm afraid only that 'trouble in the jar' can surprise it, right?"
"Wrong, the expert group gave several possibilities, all of which were inspired by Jiang Zhe's question!"
"What will Adam do?"
in-frame.
After struggling for nearly 20 minutes, Adam suddenly remembered the paradox on Earth.
Just change your tricks and surprise the Laplace demon, right?
This is nothing more than a debate between humans and advanced life!
Well, it's not difficult!
After making sufficient preparations, the corners of Adam's mouth were outlined, and he stepped forward: "May I ask Mr. Know-How, where did the creature go when it died?" ”
He was confident that the all-knowing demon Laplace would not be able to answer this question!
But...
The next moment, the Laplace Demon didn't think about it, and directly gave the answer!