40. The Universe and the Brain

Qu Zhaodi looked at Shen Yun with cheap eyes, but the latter ignored it, didn't talk about camels, and asked honestly and politely: "The purpose of you bringing me here must be more than just a farewell tour to Stanford, right?" Say, what do you want to do? ”

"Eat a trench and grow wise, you learned to be smart so quickly." Qu Zhaodi clapped his hands, and the whole person left the railing and stood up straight.

"Shen Yun, I have no intention of making fun of you, I just want to remind you that it is not easy to study at Stanford for four years, don't lose your major when you go back, you will definitely ...... in the future."

Qu Zhaodi, who had never been passing by, suddenly changed as if he was a person, and his serious expression startled Shen Yun. This is also a rare time, he replaced the three words "little sister" at the beginning with Shen Yun's name, indicating that he said these words extremely solemnly, without the slightest hint of banter.

"What will be certain in the future?" Shen Yun was stunned, and a strange feeling appeared in her heart.

"Definitely in the future...... Need. ”

The three words "usable" were certainly not what he wanted to say at first, but the words he used to replace after a temporary change of mind. An arrogant ruffian like him, will there be something unspeakable?

Maybe he was not used to being so serious, or he really wanted to hide something, but the evil spirit of the ruffian spread from Qu Zhaodi's eyes to his face again, and he said with a haha: "Don't think that I care about you, I'm just helping the Chinese academic community develop a talent." There are not many people who study brain science, and there are even fewer who have really achieved success, if you can continue to explore in this direction, maybe when I return to China, I can follow the young lady! ”

Shen Yun pointed at his head with a slender finger and said, "You, you, this place is filled with a bag of straw!" I won't take you with me even if I beg for food, otherwise if you miscalculate for me, two people will starve to death together!" ”

A cool breeze blows, and the heat of the day is neutralized by the coolness of the night. A crescent moon slowly hung in the sky, like a curved mouth, revealing a shallow smile.

Qu Zhaodi touched the place that was pointed by Shen Yun, shook his head and said, "Actually, I envy you a lot, you chose such a good major." If I were you, you wouldn't be too lazy to go to those old professors' idiot classes every day! I'll use the resources of the lab to study my own ideas, and if it does, I'll be a celebrity! ”

Shen Yun couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle, "It's up to you?" In addition to eating, drinking, and having fun, what other valuable scientific ideas can be come up with? Are you thinking about going to dinner with Susan tomorrow, or going shopping with Cornell? ”

Qu Zhaodi's big eyes flew over, and he puffed angrily, "I know you have never looked down on me, because I didn't earn the money I spent." But can you not be so vulgar, always measuring a person simply by money, and ignoring his shining point? ”

"I ...... I despise you for not being learned or vulgar? You...... Even if you are cheap, you can also find a shining point on your body? "Giving this kid such a strong word, Shen Yun opened his mouth wide, and he could only hehe.

Qu Zhaodi and Shen Yun couldn't get angry, and the formation passed after a while, and in the blink of an eye, they turned their heads with a grin and said, "Do you know what is the only thing in the human world that is qualified to be compared to the universe?" It's my whimsical brain. ”

Shen Yun laughed, "You said you were shameless, and you really threw your face to the ground!" How dare you compare it to the universe full of mysteries? ”

The seriousness that was briefly revealed just now was quietly crawling back to Qu Zhaodi's cheeks, probably not even realizing it himself.

"Why not? Not only can I, but so can you, and it, too! He was referring to a black ant the size of a sesame seed crawling on a railing.

Shen Yun held back a smile and nodded as if coping, "Okay, if you have any high opinions, just say it, don't wait for me to return to China and then bother me on the Internet." ”

Qu Zhaodi folded his arms and looked at the shining moon. Shen Yun stood beside him, watching the moonlight cross a layer of silver on his handsome face, and suddenly realized that once this person became serious, he was so charming, he couldn't help but be a little in a trance, but he listened to him speak leisurely, and the profundity and loneliness in his tone were so strange to her, as if what he was looking up to was not the moon, but some kind of mysterious existence hidden behind the curtain of the night.

"The size of a brain is far less than that of the universe as a grain of sand is to the Earth. However, in terms of the complexity of the two, the former can be regarded as the holographic correspondence of the latter, because from the sum of superficial information, any part contains all the information of the whole, that is to say, there is self-similarity between macroscopic things. ”

Shen Yun's eyes widened and she asked in disbelief, "You can't be reciting the holographic universe theory, right?" ”

Qu Zhaodi smiled wryly, "What do you think?" ”

The straw bale head in his eyes really contains profound cosmic thoughts, but it wasn't until he was about to leave that he began to really realize this, was this accidental, or was it because the other party had been deliberately pretending? Shen Yun was deeply stunned.

Qu went on to say, "Tiny brains can map the entire universe, which physicists have so far dismissed as a hypothesis. I don't want to confuse anyone, but just like the camel analogy I just made, those people are confined to their own horizons from beginning to end, and I guess they will never find the right direction of research, so they will not be able to draw the right conclusions. ”

Shen Yun was even more surprised, "Listening to your tone, could it be that you have already come to a conclusion?" Have you really figured out the relationship between the brain and the universe? ”

Qu Zhaodi said gloomily: "I don't have that much ability to argue anything, things in the world can't be done with money, at least, I lack a laboratory with perfect conditions." I can only say that the real existence does not need any argument, and sooner or later, the truth will be actively sent to human beings, but perhaps by then, it will be too late. ”

Shen Yun fell into a deep dazedness, and no longer knew what to say.

Qu Zhaodi's interest in talking is getting stronger and stronger, as if these words are rabbits locked in his heart, and now he can finally release them, "What I am anxious to argue at present is that the brain is based on hundreds of millions of neurons and has infinite cognitive space, if the universe is really an enlarged version of it, does it mean that those celestial bodies and galaxies in the universe are just the organizational structure that it presents visible to the naked eye?" And its cognitive space has always existed, but because it can't be seen or touched, human research has always been limited to the surface structure, and has never really understood its true face. ”

"You mean, the universe, like all creatures with brains, is capable of thinking?"

Shen Yun was surprised, not because the person she had always looked down on suddenly made a grand statement, but as soon as this idea was proposed, it resonated in the depths of her heart. Subjectively, she wanted to find some scientific basis to refute him, but the impulse only lasted for a moment, and she reluctantly gave up.