Elaine was agitated and retreated behind Hawking.

Hawking looked calm, and after a short period of sluggishness, he instantly accepted the statement that Huang Ji was not human.

Even if Huang Ji looks exactly like a human being.

In this regard, Hawking has no fear at all, and some are more excited and curious.

"So who the hell are you? Hawking's electronic voice said.

"I'm just a lover of primitive civilizations. Huang Ji seemed to be stating a fact.

"......" Hawking was silent.

He had a lot to say, but his body limited the speed at which he could output.

Just when he was anxious, what he wanted to say just now was directly presented on the computer and played back through the synthesizer.

"I've thought about the existence of aliens, and even deduced them many times, after all, I'm mainly in cosmology......"

"Huh, oh...... Hahahaha...... ABCD...... What did you do?

Hawking immediately appeared on his wheelchair's personal computer as soon as he wanted to say something, with a delay of less than a second.

Huang Ji said: "A little insignificant technology. ”

He just used the Buddha's bone finger to transmit what Hawking was going to say to the computer. Of course, in Hawking's view, he thought it was man-machine docking technology.

Such technology also exists on the earth, but it is very immature and requires access to a large number of neural sensors. And Huang Ji didn't seem to have done anything, making the man-machine docking technology silent.

Hawking immediately said, "Of all the aliens I envisioned, you are the most unbelievable." Lovers of primitive civilizations...... To be honest, I never thought about it. ”

Huang Ji said noncommittally: "Then what will the interstellar civilization you envision look like?"

Hawking said: "It seems to me that human contact with extraterrestrial civilizations will inevitably bear a terrible price. ”

"This is the inevitability of the disparity in power, if the extraterrestrial civilization discovers the human race, then the human race will face great despair, even if the aliens do not choose to destroy the human race, the human race is only like a plaything. ”

"Even one act of interest by aliens will bring unbearable consequences to mankind. ”

"Destruction, or enslavement, is highly likely, and assimilation is already the best outcome. The so-called common development in the movie is completely unrealistic...... That's opera. ”

"Interstellar civilizations discovered earthlings like the Spaniards discovered America, and they dealt a devastating blow to the natives. Wars, plagues, raids, and famines plagued the continent for hundreds of years, until the three major American civilizations disappeared......"

Huang Ji said: "You are right in the general direction, but you are too radical. ”

"Yes, I have overlooked an important issue, human beings may also encounter individuals of interstellar civilizations, and the behavior of individuals cannot be evaluated in the collective interests of civilization. Hawking said.

When Hawking conceived the picture of the encounter between civilizations in the universe, he always deduced it from the perspective of an entire civilization.

But when Huang Ji said, 'I am a lover of primitive civilization', Hawking realized!

He thought a lot in a short period of time, and realized that there were many kinds of situations in contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, and it was far more complicated than he had imagined!

For example, when you meet a maverick individual, then he can indeed be very friendly.

Huang Ji said: "It is very inappropriate to use the conquest of the Americas by European colonizers to compare the relationship between interstellar civilization and the earth. ”

This metaphor is so famous that many people believe that the Earth discovered by aliens will be as miserable as the Americas discovered by the Spaniards.

But in reality, this metaphor is a hooligan.

Hawking asked, "Is there anything wrong with this metaphor?"

Huang Ji said: "Spain conquered it for gold, for the incomparably rich resources there, what do you think the earth has?"

His words pointed out at once the most hooliganistic part of this parable.

Colonists for resources, aliens for what? For gold? Impossible, there is a lot of gold in the universe, civilizations that can cross the stars, and there are barren planets that can dig gold.

Any mineral resources possessed by the earth are not scarce in the universe, and the solar system, which is actually more suitable for collecting minerals than the earth, is not Mars, not Venus, but the asteroid belt......

Hawking said: "Life on earth is the most precious thing, and the value of other substances is not much higher than that of stones." ”

"Human ...... Humans themselves are the most valuable beings on earth. ”

"I admit that this metaphor is not appropriate, but that does not prevent interstellar civilization from bringing destruction and disaster to mankind. Indulging human progress threatens them. ”

Huang Ji said: "The closest analogy to the truth should be the indigenous tribes in the Amazon jungle that are still in a very primitive stage. ”

"You study them, observe them, and occasionally contact them, hoping that one day they will be able to get out of the jungle, get an ID card, and integrate into modern society......"

"But they never wanted to destroy them, did they? Maybe some people wanted to enslave them, but the mainstream morality didn't allow it, and the law didn't allow it. ”

"More critically, does anyone think that the original indigenousness of the Amazon will pose a threat to the countries of South America?"

Hawking was stunned as if he was frozen, he was silent for a long time, thinking about Huang Ji's words.

After a while, he said, "The primitive tribes of the Amazon are also humans, so we don't want to hurt them. And compared with the interstellar civilization, the thinking gap between the two races is huge, how can we integrate into their society when we develop?"

Huang Ji said with a smile: "Each civilization has its own unique society, and in a geographical constraint such as the Milky Way, several civilizations within it are combined to form a larger society. They are relatively independent and united, they are at war but have the collective empathy of an intelligent civilization. ”

"It's far more complicated than human society, but you should be able to see its shadow in human society. ”

"If the earth civilization steps into the interstellar world but cannot integrate into this society, then it is the earthlings who cannot bear the social pressure first, not other mature civilizations. ”

Hawking's brain is like a storm thinking, in the society of the earth, there are strong countries and weak countries, and the beliefs, systems, and cultures are different. They restrain each other and develop together, suppress each other and support each other, attack each other and love each other, but they constitute a very complex society.

In Huang Ji's words, it seems that between interstellar civilizations, this is also the case.

"On Earth, if a primitive tribe comes out of the jungle, it will eventually be accommodated by modern society, because they will work hard to integrate into society, work, study, and create value! Maybe some of the former natives took inspiration from the music of the past and became a sought-after singer...... Maybe some former native, or descendant of the native, has a unique and strange mind, and in the future he will produce some inventions that will contribute to the progress of society. ”

"If the indigenous people threaten the society, feel that they can't fit in, and buy a gun to rob, then naturally they will not be recognized by the society, and they will eventually be shot dead by the police. ”

"Those who can't adapt to society will perish themselves, not the ...... society"

Huang Ji smiled, this is also what he recently realized by watching the stars at night, studying repeatedly, and finally realized.

And Hawking also knew a little bit and quickly caught up with his rhythm.

And gain insight into a very key element in the picture of cosmic civilization, interests.

There must be contradictions between civilizations, but there are even more contradictions within civilizations, and contradictions are everywhere.

There may be races in the universe that are absolutely unified in thought, but they are certainly in the minority.

So far, human beings have never really united to do one thing, because their interests are not unified enough.

The only thing that has been done passively is the formation of a complex and pluralistic society.

Even if doom is imminent, there are a lot of different voices within civilization......

There will even be people who are driven by selfish interests and downplay the crisis: 'Ah, it's okay, everything is fine, it's just that something goes wrong and it will pass soon'. Ah, maybe we have a better way to solve this problem. ’

As long as there are multiple interstellar civilizations in the galaxy at the same time, and communication can be achieved through technology, a larger society will eventually be formed, because war is far less valuable than communication.

Even the Spanish colonists, whose original idea was to seek new trade routes, met with the Emperor of the Inca Empire, and the two sides did not even speak the language, but the deal was completed. As a result, smallpox was accidentally passed on, killing tens of millions of people, and it was decided to conquer it, because the cost of war was greatly reduced.

In the first contact between the two civilizations, the other party made the first move, then the side lost at most one spaceship, and it is impossible for the entire civilization to move the planet to meet others, right?

After losing part of the benefits, the other side also understands that the other party is a ruthless and belligerent civilization, so there is nothing to say, let's fight.

On the other hand, when the ship returned safely and brought back information about a strange civilization, the two sides established a basic understanding: 'Oh, he's not a belligerent civilization at least.'" He could have lied to me? Oh, liar, I only saw him in action. ’

War is the last resort, and the United States took the lead in inventing nuclear weapons, and they did not dare to fight Soviet Russia, on the one hand, for the sake of the economy, and on the other hand, the United States did not know if Soviet Russia would also develop such a terrifying weapon. So choose a softer way to isolate it, influence it, and finally fission it.

Among strange civilizations, the one who dares to shoot first must be the weakest one......

Huang Ji said: "It seems that you understand, Professor Hawking. ”

"A person who integrates into society is just a cog, and society will never be afraid of a cog. ”

"If you can't fit in, you're the first to go crazy, not us. Binding new members of a society, legal, economic, technological repression, cultural exchange, public order...... There are too many things that can restrain a weak civilization. The value of intelligent beings lies in being alive. Only living intelligent beings can create wealth, and any group can only adapt to society. ”

"Destruction and war, such barbaric and brutal practices, are the means chosen by an incompetent society. ”

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