Beneath Deep Space

After a long time, Yu Yifeng suddenly woke up.

He directly rubbed Yuriko's head, completely messing up her hair, and said with a wry smile: "Okay, let's not worry about this God-like existence for now. This kind of life is still too far away from us."

"We still have to focus on the present, and we must first conquer the hurdle in front of us...nuclear fusion!"

Yuriko's face was very ugly. She wiped her eyes hard and just said "hmm" in a low voice.

Yu Yifeng's mind has become much clearer. He took a pen and scribbled on the paper: "It is impossible for us to overcome the problem of genetic philosophy at present... It is impossible for us to improve our own genes!"

"Then we should think more about social issues and avoid letting our society fall into this trap..."

Starting from social problems, the problems become a little simpler, unlike genetic philosophy, which is inexplicable and difficult to solve at all.

Yuriko still held her chin, not knowing what she was thinking about.

From the perspective of human "survival", a huge main line is derived, such as: "good living state", which expresses the process of germination and realization of species desires.

"Reproduction" also belongs to instinct, and it also derives a huge main line. For example, "family", "family affection", etc. all belong to the category of reproduction. At the same time, it interacts with the main line of "survival", resulting in more and more complex behavior pattern.

"Judging from the results available so far, such species have a common shortcoming in essence: short-sightedness. Desire is the driving force for behavior. As long as these two desires are temporarily satisfied, it is actually fine."

Generally speaking, they only focus on the satisfaction of the present moment.

The length of "this moment" depends on the level of the attribute "wisdom".

This kind of "short-sightedness" is based on facts. For example, a tiger will lie on the ground obediently when it is full. At this moment, it is happy, so it starts to want to reproduce. If it is not the breeding season, then sleep obediently to ensure physical fitness.

Even if food is running around in front of its eyes, it doesn't bother to catch it.

Because capturing will waste physical energy and reduce the probability of survival at the next moment.

They can only care about this moment, not the next moment. Only a few species have the habit of storing food.

Another example is the human beings on earth. They are already smart enough to calculate their "next moment", so... they pursue money tirelessly to provide themselves with a more comfortable environment.

As a general equivalent, money can meet both survival needs and reproduction needs. Of course, the more, the better. This is the simplest idea.

However, human wisdom is still not smart enough, or the vast majority of people are not smart enough. The amount of money is intuitive and can be measured numerically, but there is more to human pursuits than money can fully summarize.

The consequences of many behaviors and actions are not intuitive and difficult to calculate.

Incandescent lamps are cheap, but the subsequent electricity bills are high; energy-saving lamps are expensive, but the subsequent electricity bills are cheap. From a long-term perspective, energy-saving lamps are more suitable.

But many people still choose incandescent lamps. It’s not that they don’t know how to calculate, it’s just that the first payment is less and they feel less distressed. Therefore, incandescent lamps will not be eliminated immediately by the market.

In order to save energy, the government had to ban the production of incandescent lamps.

"If human thinking is compared to a computer program, then most people use a 'greedy algorithm' and always make the best choice at the moment, that is... take one step at a time and get the local maximum. Excellent solution.”

Yuriko said calmly: "Is that so? In fact, most animals are like this. They eat when they are hungry and rest when they are full. Humans are just a little better."

"Only a few people will take long-term planning, planning for ten or twenty years of their lives...that's almost the limit, right?"

Yu Yifeng was stunned, and suddenly clapped his hands. He felt comfortable communicating with a smart girl.

"Yes, that's the truth!"

According to this statement, people who can plan their lives are almost rare.

There are almost no people who plan for after death!

Isn’t there a saying like this, “I should enjoy myself in time while I’m alive, and I won’t care about the floods after I die!”

Of course, it's not actually that exaggerated. It's just a figurative way of saying it. But it is true that few people will pay for the world after their death.

Everyone knows that plastic bags are bad, but everyone is using them, and it’s actually the same reason.

If plastic bags could poison people to death tomorrow, then absolutely no one would use them. However, the pollution it brings may take hundreds or thousands of years to affect humans, so everyone uses them.

“That’s the limitation of short-sightedness.”

"Based on the discussion just now, we continue to reason, that is, we can draw the conclusion: everyone knows that scientific development is good, and everyone knows its importance."

"But many people are unwilling to sacrifice immediate interests to pursue illusory future interests."

"It's just like investment. Projects that can recover their costs in a few months or years are visible, so people will be willing to invest, even if they pay a certain risk of principal loss..."

"If the benefits can only be realized after decades or even after death, even if there is no risk, few people will do it. People are dead, and there will be benefits later. What does it have to do with me?"

"If a project requires the efforts of several or dozens of generations, then... haha..." Yu Yifeng smiled and did not continue.

According to this argument, when the development of science and technology becomes more and more difficult, the speed of research and development becomes slower and slower, and the realization of benefits becomes later and later, people invest less and less in science and technology. Because people don't want to do it. The investment you make during your lifetime will be cashed out after your death. Who will be cashed out to?

It seems understandable if it is cashed out to direct descendants. But to cash it out to the entire civilization... It sounds very weird, just like doing charity work, and after death.

So...the less capital investment, the slower the research and development speed, forming a vicious cycle.

There will even be fewer and fewer scientific and technical personnel involved in it, and no one is willing to do things that can't produce results, which creates another vicious cycle. After all, science still has to be driven by genius...

"So, it's too easy to be satisfied by just surviving and reproducing, so it's too short-sighted..."

A social problem caused by genetic philosophy issues has arisen, forming a huge civilization trap! Almost all low-level civilizations are suppressed by it!

In fact, the discussion between the two of them is only a small part of a wider social issue. If you really want to explain it in detail, you can't finish it in three days and three nights, and you can write a thick tome.

But from this small point, you can already feel the vastness and complexity of this social problem...

It is also extremely difficult to untie it.

At the end, Yu Yifeng sighed: "Are you willing to work hard all your life, without spending a penny during your lifetime, and then have a firm goal and be exhausted all day long, in exchange for endless glory and wealth for your descendants after your death? ?”

"The nuclear fusion project is even more terrifying. It requires the tireless efforts of ten or even twenty generations of people! And it requires not just one person, but the entire civilization! If any generation gives up, it will fail..."

There are billions of people in the Nix civilization, with varying levels of quality. Everyone has different ideas, and there are even disputes between countries.

So, how can the thoughts of the entire civilization be unified?

How to achieve this goal?

How to gather global power?

"It is indeed the so-called... great filter!"

"Almost no solution!" Yu Yifeng said while touching his forehead. He had the feeling that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

At this time, he seemed to see most of the civilizations in the universe being arrested one after another, and even felt a strange sense of gloating...