237 A philosophical question of great importance
Xiang Tianxing took the initiative to answer Mu Ming's question: "What Bai Furong is waiting for is to complete the work it is doing now, that is, to digest and absorb all the data of the entire Tianxing creature! Once this matter is over, there will be no more anything here that makes it nostalgic, and it will leave here." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Mu Ming let out a sigh, "In this case, it's easy to say, all the data of your entire subsidiary is enough for it to digest for a while." ”
"I'm afraid not," Xiang Tianxing shook his head slightly, "It's been exactly an hour since it triggered the Level 1 alarm, and I think it will be able to process this data in another half an hour at most, or less, maybe even the next second." ”
Mu Ming felt incredulous, and his brain, which had just cleared up a little, became confused again for a while, "...... I don't understand, no matter how disgusting this thing may seem, but it's a living organism, how does it get into your internal network? Reach out to manipulate the computer, and how does it process this data, and use your computer to browse page by page? Like browsing the web?"
Xiang Tianxing is also a little difficult to explain this problem, he is the first person to contact Bai Hibiscus, and he was most shocked by its terrifying and disgusting appearance, and the excessively strong visual impact has affected his logical thinking ability to a certain extent, just like when a person sees a beauty who is too beautiful, he will involuntarily lose control of reason and become exaggerated, and when he sees a woman who is too ugly, he will subconsciously want to avoid and stay away.
And for Bai Hibiscus, who has gone beyond the concept of ugliness, even if it is not enough to describe it with horror, it is not easy for Xiang Tianxing to maintain a certain level of situation, if it is enough to change to an ordinary person to be stunned on the spot, the brain will automatically delete this terrifying memory to avoid lasting damage.
But Xiao Yun seemed to have already thought about this problem, and explained to Mu Ming: "Of course things are not what you imagined, how could Bai Hibiscus use such a strange way of browsing the web to process data? The computer restores these codes and represents them in the form of data, which is essentially the processing of a large number of optoelectronic signals. ”
I understand that. ”
"Then it's easy to say that our senses of sight, taste, smell, and touch are actually sent to the brain in the form of a signal, and the brain is reduced to form our perception of things. If White Hibiscus is able to attack the data network in a quantum state, then it is clear that it has been able to control the output of the 'signals' at least in some ways, and will naturally be able to receive feedback from these 'signals'. That is to say, through its own special mode of operation, it has processed the original encoded signal for the computer and transformed it into a special signal that it can read. Or, it can adaptively evolve to make itself compatible with computer signals, making it easier to receive and process this huge amount of data. ”
"Fuck it! Adaptive evolution, adaptive evolution, that's too perverted, isn't it? If it can have the processing power of a computer, is it a creature or a machine?"
Xiao Yunzheng said, "We really should discuss this issue." Is there an essential difference between a creature or a machine, a creature or a machine?"
Luo Guang listened to it with some understanding, this question seemed to be only discussing the issue of Bai Furong, but if he thought about it, the connotation in it was too extensive, and he vaguely understood why Xiao Yun said that he wanted to "discuss" this issue.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask: "If there is a difference between a creature and a machine according to common sense, anyone can tell at a glance, a creature is a living, warm, soft, and emotional existence, and a machine is an inanimate, cold, hard, emotionless existence." ”
Xiao Yun nodded, "Yes, it is in line with the perception of the vast majority of ordinary people on this issue. In terms of the level of science and technology, we can not discuss whether a machine can be identified as a living thing, but we can look at it the other way around. According to what you said, living beings are alive, which means that the corresponding structural parts inside him are functioning normally, the energy supply is relatively stable, he is warm because the metabolic system emits heat, he is soft, because most of the elements that make them up are water and various fibers, they have feelings, and the production of feelings comes from biochemical reactions in the brain. ”
"You mean that living things are nothing more than elaborate machines?"
"That's what it is, but please don't use the word precision, it conjures up images of vulnerability. Let's assume that if the cell wall or cell membrane of this organism and its internal structure are all greatly strengthened, and strengthened to the point that although it still retains the shape it looks like, it already has several, tens, or even hundreds or thousands of times the strength, do you think it is too different from a machine in terms of this cell alone?"
"If that's the case, then this cell is much more powerful than a normal machine, but ...... , is this possible?"
"That's the problem. Most people subjectively think that humans are superior to machines in terms of intelligence, not intelligence, but on the other hand, people actually put themselves in the position of the weak, thinking that machines are more powerful than humans, such as exoskeleton mechas, to put it simply, cars, people think that they are far more than physical mortal creatures. But as long as there is an opportunity, as long as the method is correct, the concept of 'carnal mortality' does not exist. Now, let's turn our attention to the body of the white hibiscus, it seems to be full of every characteristic of the creature, of course the appearance is indeed a little disgusting, everyone who sees it will definitely think that it is just a monster at first, but it is not a machine that is full of biological characteristics, but it is this monster full of biological characteristics, but it has a body tissue that is harder than any machine, and it is extremely difficult to destroy it even with a gravitational wave defense field, and no known machine can do this. You say, can you still look at it simply in terms of creatures and machines?"
Xiao Yun's words contained a lot of information, but Mu Ming and Luo Guang were also people with superior intelligence after all, and they already understood the meaning after listening to it once.
People take the concept of a machine too seriously, forgetting that all living things can also be classified as a special kind of machine in their essence. Just like a person's simple fist clenching action, which involves a series of changes such as the conduction of nerve electrical signals, bone support, muscle traction, etc., if you look at it from another angle, this is an extremely complex mechanical action.
Therefore, as long as you recognize that living things are just a special kind of machine, or blur the boundaries between the concepts of living things and machines, then it is natural to understand why White Hibiscus can be so beyond common sense, and why it can handle the huge amount of data obtained from the internal network on its own. And as long as you understand this, and regard every part of it, every cell, or every abscess, every drop of pus that it sheds, and the seemingly sticky and thick body fluids covered by it, as incomparably precise, incomparably tough, and contain unimaginable energy as machine parts, then everything unusual about White Hibiscus will immediately become understandable.
Mu Ming and Luo Guang thought for a minute, which was long enough for someone with a high IQ like them, and the two finally figured out all the joints, which can be regarded as a relatively sober understanding of Bai Hibiscus. Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is not a guarantee of victory, but if you don't understand even the most basic situation of your opponent, then you can guarantee defeat.
Finally, Mu Ming let out a sigh and sighed: "Huh, fortunately, there is only one pervert like Bai Hibiscus!"
Xiao Yun said, "Who said there is only one?"
"What do you mean by me, I don't read much, don't lie to me!"
"Of course there is more than one," Xiao Yun pointed at Mu Ming and Luo Guang mysteriously, and said with a smile, "You, me, him, what is the difference between us and Bai Hibiscus in essence?"
"This ......"
"Essentially, we're just another version of White Hibiscus. Because of the different environments in which it grows, it has embarked on an evolutionary path that tends to be more so-called 'technology', and we, we are actually on the same path as it, we use our own way to constantly evolve and transform ourselves, which is no different from the purpose of the white hibiscus. ”
After speaking, Xiao Yun said very solemnly: "Only by seeing Bai Hibiscus clearly can we see ourselves clearly, and there is no difference between us and it in essence." ”
After that, Xiao Yun stopped talking and asked Mu Ming, Luo Guang, and Xue Leiming on the other side to think about this problem.
In fact, he still has some gratitude for Bai Hibiscus. Although he has always been extremely excited and excited to enter this world of cultivation, on the other hand, due to the deep-rooted influence of the theoretical knowledge education he received, he has always felt quite confused about his state, even if he has now proved the existence of the cultivation world with the most direct facts, but this special world, which is completely different from the structure of the modern science and technology building, still makes him feel ethereal, incomprehensible, unable to see, and unclear, like a dream bubble.
Now that his cultivation is neither high nor low, this vague perception of the worldview will not have a great impact on him even if he has a certain extent, but if this problem continues to hang, then it will definitely create fatal trouble for him in the future.
Some people find this question extremely boring, but just as most people simply cannot understand that philosophers end up going mad or even committing suicide over the question of whether or not there is a "me", one cannot appreciate the importance of this question without going to that state.
And today, due to the appearance of Bai Hibiscus, coupled with some insights from his previous experience of the Thunder Tribulation, he finally figured out this problem. In other words, whether it is the edifice of modern science and technology, or the structure of heaven and earth in the cultivation world, in essence, it is the same as the question of "living beings or machines", and there is no clear boundary between the two.
After a while, Xue Leiming, Mu Ming, and Luo Guang all showed clear expressions one by one, only Xiang Tianxing still looked dazed, after all, he had just come into contact with the cultivation world for a short time, and it was understandable that he couldn't figure it out. This kind of thing, if you figure it out, you can figure it out, and if you can't figure it out, you can't figure it out, there's nothing to say.
Xue Leiming also had a feeling of sudden enlightenment now, but once he was idle, he felt uncomfortable, so he asked, "I think you are almost here now, have you thought about how to deal with Bai Hibiscus?"
The more everyone understood, the more they felt that this white hibiscus was powerful, and the thunderstorm of snow and thunder was equivalent to tickling people, and even the explosion of the Omega, which was really sky-high, even if there were only four ships of the Tianxing Group, only caused a wound that was not worth boasting about. What's even more terrifying is its adaptive evolution, and it is estimated that now that Xue Leiming strikes again, maybe the other party will not even feel a little bit.
It can be said that as long as this white hibiscus does not completely destroy it all at once, it will only get stronger and stronger with the support of the adaptive evolution system.
But how easy is it to destroy such a large horror guy in one fell swoop?
Mu Ming and Luo Guangzheng felt helpless, but saw Xiao Yun nodding: "It's almost already thought about." ”