Chapter 1144 Something Similar to Silicon-Based Stone Brain

After the silicon-based lithic brain was wrapped in a protective layer of calcium, the Shenzhou temporarily got rid of the crisis.

However, the engine system of Shenzhou has been destroyed, and it is necessary to use traction technology to take Shenzhou away from the gravitational orbit of the α61 Argonis red dwarf star.

In the future, it is necessary to find a way to remove silicon-based naphtha.

Under the traction of the three warships, the Shenzhou flew away from the orbit of the red dwarf star α61 Norma little by little, and approached the first asteroid belt, and it was basically safe.

Although the silicon-based naphtha has not been removed, it has been out of danger for the time being.

You can slowly find a way to solve the following problems.

"What the hell are these things? Didn't they say they have no spiritual attributes? Can they really be called living things?" When Niu Dazhi was rescuing his comrades, he came into contact with such things at close range and felt extremely disgusted.

"From the perspective of human spiritual attributes, silicon-based stone brains are indeed not affected by our spiritual power, but this does not mean that silicon-based stone brains have no consciousness. It may just be that our ideologies are different, like two different signal bands, which cannot Receive information from each other." Zhao Anya explained a little.

"But is this kind of thing really a living thing? It's like a stone." Niu Dazhi doubted.

"One of the characteristics of living things is reproduction, and the silicon-based stone brain has this characteristic." Eve added.

"What? You call that reproduction?" Niu Dazhi raised his voice.

"This question...is really difficult to define. After all, there is no fixed standard for the form of reproduction. In fact, on the earth, a similar thing can be found, and the scientific community is also debating whether it is a living thing." Han Youwei checked the information , while saying.

"What? There is such a terrifying thing on the earth?" Several people in the military scientific research class made voices of surprise at the same time.

"In the way of self-replication, there is indeed something similar. Of course, it is not as terrible as silicon-based stone brain." Han Youwei nodded in affirmation.

"What? It's impossible, isn't it? If there is such a terrible thing on earth, wouldn't it be fried?" Niu Dazhi became more and more curious.

"You mean prions?" Hearing what she said, Fang Yuan quickly guessed what she wanted to say.

"Yes, don't you think the replication method of silicon-based stone brain is a bit like prions?" Han Youwei nodded and replied.

Fang Yuan thought about it and nodded, "It does look a bit like that,

But whether prions are viruses or not is also a question. "

"So, it is not easy to define whether the silicon-based stone brain is a living thing. But judging from the behavior of the silicon-based stone brain, it is conscious. For example, launching a stone egg to the Shenzhou ship is not a random event, but a purposeful one." Han Youwei answered.

"It may also be a stress response. For example, catching insects with the pitcher plant is not an active consciousness, but a passive ability." Fang Yuan thought about discussing with Han Youwei.

"Hey, hey, hey... What are you talking about? What the hell is a soft virus? A soft virus?" Niu Dazhi had an expression of "Can you speak human language?"

"If you don't understand, don't mix it up. It's not something you can understand."

Eve gave him a sideways glance, then moved to Han Youwei's side, and said with a smile, "Youwei, what is that virus?"

"It's actually the stuff that causes mad cow disease..."

Seeing that she had never heard of it, Han Youwei explained a little bit: "Actually, whether prions are viruses or not, the scientific community really has no conclusion.

"Because prions do not contain nucleic acid, they are an infectious agent composed only of proteins.

"In general, viruses have RNA, which is the genetic material of the virus.

"Another important characteristic of organisms is that they have genetic material, which can transmit the genes of organisms.

"DNA and RNA are genetic material, both of which are nucleic acids.

"If there is no genetic material, then this thing cannot pass on its own characteristics.

"A prion is a weird thing, it doesn't have the RNA that a virus should have, it's just a protein.

"However, this protein is very scary, even more scary than a virus.

"General viruses, the body's immune system can produce immune cells to kill the virus.

"However, the human immune system has no way to deal with prions, because this thing has no RNA and many characteristics of viruses, so the immune system cannot recognize it.

"The prion is a kind of protein. This protein has a characteristic. After contacting the proteins of the biological brain, it will assimilate these proteins into its structure and form a sponge-like protein structure.

"After spongiform encephalopathy occurs in the biological brain, the diseased brain loses its original function.

"And this kind of spongiform encephalopathy is contagious, like a silicon-based stone brain, constantly changing the surrounding proteins into their shape.

"As it turns out, prions cause degenerative changes in the central nervous system in humans, leading to death.

"Therefore, the World Health Organization recognizes prion diseases as one of the biggest chronic diseases that endanger human health.

"To a certain extent, we can regard the silicon-based stone brain as a silicon-based prion, and it is at the nuclear level.

"They're similar in that prions can change any protein they come into contact with into their own structure.

"The silicon-based stone brain can turn all the elements it comes into contact with into silicon.

"Similarly, prions have no genetic material such as RNA, but have the ability to replicate themselves, so the scientific community cannot recognize them as living things.

"The situation of the silicon-based stone brain is somewhat similar. From the spiritual level, it cannot be affected, but the silicon-based stone brain does have the ability to self-replicate.

"Moreover, from the perspective of behavior, there is a certain purpose.

"Therefore, I think silicon-based stone brains are more biological, and the information given by the photosynthetic civilization also believes that silicon-based stone brains existed in the form of civilization 60 million years ago."

After hearing Han Youwei's explanation, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

The explanation about prions is even more tingling.

Prions for humans, so far, there is no cure.

This kind of pathogenic factor without genetic material is not considered a virus, but it is more terrifying than a virus.

Just like silicon-based naphtha.

From a certain point of view, silicon-based stone brains are like cosmic-level prions, which can assimilate all substances into silicon, and their abilities are too terrifying.

But at the same time, it also opened a door for human beings to study the transformation of elements.

In fact, Yang Yuping was happy about this matter, even though the Shenzhou ship was almost doomed.

Sometimes the brain circuits of scientists are indeed different from those of ordinary people.

"Fang Yuan, I need silicon-based stone brain as a research object, and I must send a sample back." Yang Yuping repeated this request again.

"I agree to do research, but if it is sent back to Earth, if there is a little bit of leakage, I can't imagine the consequences." Fang Yuan began to think seriously about this issue.