We hear with our eyes, hear with our ears, touch with our hands, smell with our noses, taste with our tongues, and feel with our hearts......

We know the world, know our relatives and friends around us, see the color of the sky, and enjoy the gluttonous feast with color and fragrance!

But if now, I tell you, all this is deception!

What you see is an analog signal, what you hear is a regular vibration, your hands are stiff, only the nerve units under the skin are stimulated, you smell everything can be rendered, and your tongue is wrapped in a thick "film" that outlines the food.

Now, you can tell me, what is the real side of the world?

- Teal New Testament Chapter 2: The World

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There is such an interesting hypothesis.

Imagine that on the blank paper at your hand live a group of beings who are too small to ever explore the world beyond the blank paper, we call them living beings β they have a short lifespan, but they are very curious.

At this time, you poke a hole with a needle in the white paper, and these small beings will suffer a great disaster, and many β will die.

So will there be a scientist among the β of beings with the ability to perceive?

He told all the other β life forms - "This hole is a cosmic singularity born after the collapse of space, an extremely dangerous existence that devours everything, we must stay away from it!" ”

All the other β beings were convinced of the horror of the cave.

However, in the eyes of humans, this is just a hole poked with a needle......

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What does this hypothesis say?

Before you think about it, let's take a look at another interesting idea.

The farmer keeps a flock of turkeys, and they live in the huge farm that the farmer gives them, and this farm is their world, and they know everything.

In order to improve the efficiency of farming and reduce costs, farmers have adopted a very modular farming method, that is, filling the farm's feed machine with new crops every Monday and changing all drinking troughs.

After half a year of this cycle, a great "theologian" appeared among the turkeys!

He concluded by observing the sunrise and sunset, the freshness of the feed, the cleanliness of the water source, etc., that is, every seven sunrises and sunsets, our world will usher in God's gifts, so we should pray for God and be grateful for it!

The other turkeys were skeptical, but they were reminded that it did, and the "theologian" turkey became the great wise man among the turkeys, and they were convinced of the "seven-day charism."

It is a pity that such a convicted conclusion was suddenly shattered on the day of Thanksgiving!

All the turkeys did not wait for a new round of God's gifts, and they were horrified and stuffed into trucks and sent to factories, where they became a delicacy on the human table.

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What does this idea mean?

Before answering, listen to another story.

At 11:13:27 on October 9, 2031, Dr. Chu Xiaolan from China presented the first generation of "Super Battery" developed by him and his team to the world at the 9th World High-tech Science and Technology Symposium. ”

Only the size of a matchbox, but can provide more than 2,000 kilometers of range for a family-grade new energy car weighing 1400KG, the world is boiling when it is presented to the world.

Chu Xiaolan and Made in China were also instantly deified!

Because it's incredible!

A small battery will revolutionize the whole world!

However, to everyone's surprise, when the world was immersed in the hope of a better future, the media suddenly revealed that Dr. Chu Xiaolan was actually suspected of technology theft and premeditated murder, and has now been detained by the public security organs and is under investigation.

And this is less than five days after the birth of the "super battery".

But more people don't care much about what Chu Xiaolan does, because the "super battery" is the protagonist of the moment.

It's a pity that it didn't take long for everyone to suddenly discover a major problem before the application of the "super battery", that is, its power storage technology was firmly recorded in Chu Xiaolan's mind.

And he himself seems to have anticipated that he would be punished by justice, so he left a picture to the world in advance.

In this video released to the public when Chu Xiaolan was subjected to a comprehensive quarantine investigation, Chu Xiaolan said calmly: "As you can see, I am a despicable thief and murderer, but in order to survive, I have all the core information of power storage technology in my mind, if you want to, you must give me a chance to live!" Otherwise, I will take it all to the graveyard and you will continue to live in a world without Super Batteries...... At least...... Fifty years! ”

As soon as the image was released, it immediately sparked public outrage and panic around the world.

Angry is that a murderer is so shameless shouting, and the panic is, if it is really as Chu Xiaolan said, then we really have to wait another fifty years to meet the new future?

In this regard, the Chinese side did not give a clear answer for a long time, and it was not until the joint pressure of many countries that the Chinese side released an interrogation report on Chu Xiaolan herself.

The content probably revolves around "China will never compromise with criminals" and "we will definitely overcome the difficulties of power storage technology for 'super batteries'".

Unfortunately, many people, both at home and abroad, are not satisfied with this report, and even fabricate conspiracy theories that China intends to unilaterally monopolize the "super battery" technology in order to dominate the world.

For a time, China became the center of the world's attention, and it was also pushed to the forefront.

The rest of the major powers have also entered a state of intense combat readiness, and the world seems to be calm, but in fact it is on the brink of precariousness......

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A murderer, in order to survive, unveiled the "super battery" to the world and hid the vital "core power storage technology", he became famous, infamous for a lifetime!

But at the same time, he has also successfully challenged the ability of the world, and even the whole world......

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"Hypothesis", "Idea" and "Story", the first two seem to convey the same meaning, but the third is a little unclear about the logical relationship between the previous two.

Lin Sen was very distressed and puzzled by this.

He didn't expect that the first thing he did when he woke up was to think about such a complicated thing......

However, Lin Sen's brain circuit is very special, he does not blindly follow the meaning of others to think and understand, but pays more attention to some special places.

For example, the first hypothesis.

Perhaps the proposer of the hypothesis wants to satirize the limitations and complete regularity of science, but Lin Sen is concerned that even if the β of life is stupid in the eyes of human beings, it cannot be β the same as human beings and living organisms, because cognition is relatively limited and constantly evolving, if we can really find that the universe is just a blank sheet of paper in the hands of higher civilizations, and black holes are just things that they poke out at random, then does it prove that we are on a par with more advanced civilizations?

Cognition is only a process of discovery and exploration, and if there is no growth, cognition should also be converged and embraced.

This is what Lin Sen saw.

And then there's the second idea.

The idea looks prosaic, but it's actually a bit bloody and terrifying......

The theologian in turkey summed up the pattern of cognition, simply believing that there would be fresh food and water every week, but he did not realize that they were food in captivity from the beginning, and their fate was doomed to tragedy from the moment they were born.

On the surface, Lin Sen saw the mockery, or worry, of the idea's proposer's ignorance of humanity as a whole, and at a deeper level, it could be compared to "quantum mechanics".

Assuming that the universe is a giant quantum computer and that we are just a set of code in it, does that mean that all of our actions are predetermined?

If that's really the case! Then the impact on the spiritual world of humanity as a whole is devastating!

All positive and upward things will be meaningless, and after the theory of fate becomes the belief that dominates human beings, we will become an existence without any advantages and differences from all other animals and plants in the world, and even more humble and silent.

So does this mean that the turkey is actually lucky to have a naïve understanding of the world before it is sent to the factory?

They can live in the world of "divine grace......

At least he didn't feel hopeless before he was slaughtered...... Not even hopeless......

Or rather...... Many turkeys may be aware of impending death, but still believe that "God" exists, that they will wake up in the factory, and that they will still have fresh food and water tomorrow.

This is not ignorance, it is the order defined by cognition, it is the beauty of cruelty.

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At last...... It's the one that really happened in the human world, and it sounds like a dark fairy tale!

It has a fairytale-like beginning, but also the darkness of ugliness unfolding after humanity is exposed.

Surprisingly...... Whether it's the story or the banks of the river.

The endings that Lin Sen heard were all bleak, lacklustre, something that made people feel depressed and suffocated.

Chu Xiaolan killed the real maker of the "Super Battery" and seized the honor that belonged to her, he is unforgivable!

But technology is innocent, and the impact of the "super battery" on the world is incomparably huge, and it can be said that even a three-year-old child can imagine the beauty of his toys never having to replace the battery!

And for others...... The application of the scientific community is unlimited, and the research and development in the military field is also a breakthrough, not to mention the civilian level, which will completely solve many contradictory problems and raise the overall level of human life to a higher level.

But......

It is such a miracle in the scientific community that is like the "tinder" given to mankind by "Prometheus"! Its tiny body was stained with blood.

Is Chu Xiaolan a sinner?

Of course, he deserves to be cut with a thousand cuts!

Should he be forgiven?

At this point...... The answer is hugely different because of the "power storage technology" that has been hidden deep in his brain.

In particular, the "Ten Years of Cold Winter" recorded in the chronicles of the period of civilization on Earth.

When China was pushed to the forefront because of Chu Xiaolan, the whole world entered an extremely tense state of war readiness because of an absurd "conspiracy theory" that had to be faced.

Although the war did not really start, as long as it was a little less, the Third World War could really break out and finally destroy everything that mankind had!

And the "cold winter decade" refers to this extremely terrible atmosphere of suspicion, the ten years of hidden murder between the major powers.

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"And what about later? Did Chu Xiaolan get forgiveness later? Lin Sen asked.

He smiled and shook his head: "Of course not, in fact, Chu Xiaolan could have survived, but his vanity in showing this achievement to the world and obtaining supreme glory finally made him evil retribution." ”

Lin Sen understood......

Yes, the only way Chu Xiaolan wants to survive is to hide the "power storage technology" in his brain, but at the same time, this completely seals all his ways to live.

Especially when he was established as a landmark hero after receiving praise and praise from the whole world, he was already dead.

Suspicion made Chu Xiaolan understand that he would never be able to say the core content of "power storage technology", because if he lost them, he would definitely be sent to the execution table.

But don't talk about it...... He will also be worse than dead......

Thinking of this, Lin Sen suddenly realized something, and he asked again: "Then did he say the core content of 'power storage technology'?" ”

"It depends on whether he really remembers all the core content of 'power storage technology'......" He poured himself a glass of wine and gestured to Lin Sen.

Lin Sen shook his head and said that he was not used to having a drink in this atmosphere.

"You mean...... He's lying?! ”

"Yes!"

Lin Sen was stunned for a moment, and then felt that it was wrong, he thought for a while and said, "But...... It's easy to see if you're lying?! With the strength of the elite group in China at that time, it was not easy to tell whether a person was lying? ”

He tasted it and smiled lightly: "It's easy, but it depends on who you treat and what you treat!" ”

To whom are treated?

What do you do?

Lin Sen thought for a moment, then gasped, and a chill ran down his spine as he realized what the story was really trying to express.

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"Chu Xiaolan! You have betrayed your loved ones, your country! Don't you feel ashamed? Liu Jingmin, a well-dressed vice minister of state security, is only 27 years old this year, but he speaks like an old cadre.

Chu Xiaolan was wearing comfortable pajamas, but her hair was messy, and although her body did not smell, her mental state was extremely bad.

He sat under two sets of harsh fluorescent lamps, and even though the room temperature was only eighteen degrees, his forehead was sweating all the time...... It's not because of nervousness...... Just because of the heat.

Seeing that Chu Xiaolan didn't speak, Liu Jingmin was not in a hurry, he held the table with both hands, and stared at the old professor in front of him who pushed the world to the brink of destruction.

After a long time, Liu Jingmin was about to continue, when instructions came from his ears.

"Jingmin, let him rest for a while, we have a new clue."

Liu Jingmin's eyes flashed, and then he sat back without changing his face.

His behavior was very natural, but Chu Xiaolan, who hadn't spoken for three days, suddenly said, "Did you find the body?" ”

Liu Jingmin was shocked when he heard this, but he still looked at Chu Xiaolan silently and asked lightly: "Are you going to tell us where the body is hidden?" ”

Chu Xiaolan lowered her head and looked at the scratches on the table, which he had gnawed with his teeth a few days ago, but unfortunately it was not possible now, he didn't have that strength.

"Actually, you don't have to be so excited...... Just grant my request and let me live, and all problems will be over. ”

"The end? Chu Xiaolan, Professor Chu? Were you born to be a scientist? ”

Chu Xiaolan shook her head.

"Then you must be highly educated?"

Chu Xiaolan didn't move, he already knew what Liu Jingmin was going to ask next.

"Default, huh? All right! As a graduate of a prestigious school, a native Chinese, you tell me, do you want to pay for killing someone? ”

Chu Xiaolan smiled, and he asked back: "Five years ago, when the Middle East region was fighting because of energy problems, hundreds of civilians died when the fire guided artillery shells down, and our peacekeeping troops also sacrificed sixty-seven soldiers, they were all good children raised by their fathers and mothers, you tell me, who paid for their lives?" ”

Liu Jingmin's face changed when he heard this, and he said coldly: "Please don't divert the topic!" It's not a nature! ”

Chu Xiaolan laughed again, this time really sneering.

"Isn't it really of a nature? All right...... Let me ask one more question, is that okay? ”

Liu Jingmin was about to say something, when a voice suddenly sounded in his ears and said, "Jingmin, hold it down and let him speak." ”

"Minister!?" Liu Jingmin was taken aback, then forcibly suppressed his anger, and said lightly: "Yes, you can ask." ”

Chu Xiaolan asked, "Which is more important than the lives of me, a murderer, or so many people in the world?" ”

Liu Jingmin's heart tightened when he heard this, he had expected that Chu Xiaolan might ask such a question.

The deputy in charge of observing and recording the facts at the scene also stopped, and she looked at Liu Jingmin, as if expecting a perfect answer.

There was no movement in his ears, Liu Jingmin was very panicked, and his mind was very messy.

He wanted to blurt out, of course, the lives of people all over the world are more important! How can you, a murderer, be compared?

But he couldn't answer that...... Because that would be in response to Chu Xiaolan's wishes.

This is the answer he wants, and what he wants is to see the people in front of him put aside their hypocritical morality and make a choice between the Third World War and the defilement of the morally corrupted order.

Chu Xiaolan raised her head, looked at Liu Jingmin gloomily and said, "Go back, you don't have an answer, and I can't get out of here, so ...... Maybe at first...... Everything is wrong! ”

When Liu Jingmin heard this, he instantly felt suffocated.

And at this time, a sentence sounded in his ears: "Okay, it's okay, Jingmin, you did a good job, and ...... Tell him that he can go, that he can go home, that we have solved the problem. ”

"What?!" Liu Jingmin stood up abruptly and looked back at the dark wall in the inquiry room.

The man behind the wall put down the microphone and walked out.

Liu Jingmin was the only one who looked at the dark wall in astonishment, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.