Chapter 255: Hugo's Adventures in Wonderland (Part 1)

"I think it's meaningless to study the Mind Palace, a theory that can neither be proven nor disproven..." Hugo put down the book in his hand, looked at Brand across from him, and then said: "Doctor Brand, you think so too, right?"

"If you mean the paper Schiller published before, then I can only say, sorry, my research direction is pathology, and you should discuss the part about psychological theory with him."

But Hugo didn't seem to hear Brand's refusal to discuss, he still said to himself: "The Mind Palace Memory Method, I will consider it as a memory method, it is a variant of the spatial memory method, which means that people build a building with memory in their minds, and then classify their memories into different categories. Put it in there..."

"Of course human memory can be classified, organized and summarized, but if you say that you build a specific building in the brain and put the memory in it for easy use, just like visiting a library, it is still too exaggerated, or it is just a fantasy of people's extremely high intelligence."

"The human brain is not a storage device composed of machinery. "Forgetting" is the most important component of the brain and the self-protection mechanism of the human brain."

"If people really build a library in their brains, it means that they must have blocked the function of forgetting. If this is true, then the information capacity and real-time computing power in their brains must exceed the limit that their bodies can bear..."

"And no one can prove the existence of such a thing. Because even if you open his skull and take out his brain, you can't see whether he really has such a building in his consciousness space. "

Brand said while writing medical records with his head down: "But you can't disprove it either, because you can't deny that some people who claim to have this ability do have better memory than others."

"I said, I admit that it is a kind of memory method. It may be able to sort out scattered memories like filing files and classify them into categories, but it is definitely not like what some papers boast about, to build a huge building to store countless information, which can be retrieved at will when needed..."

"What's even more ridiculous is that some people even said in their papers that there can be living things in the memory hall, or personality It is completely nonsense that they can even communicate with each other in a concrete way..."

Hugo's voice was calm and he spoke in an orderly manner. He pushed his glasses and looked at the book in his hand and said, "But it seems that our Professor Rodriguez is very fond of this."

"But it is true that people are always interested in such concepts like fantasy novels. If you exaggerate them a little and describe them in interesting language, your book will definitely sell well."

"But forgive me for being frank. In terms of academia, this theory cannot stand up. Perhaps there are really extreme geniuses who can do this, but the proportion of such people in the human population must be very small, and they can be almost ignored in probability, so they are not worth any research. "

Hugo put the book down again, and the book collided with the table, making a dull sound. He continued: "Perhaps, our Professor Schiller is such a genius that is one in a billion. I don't know if he can find his kind in his lifetime, and then put his fantasy theory into practice, produce evidence, and maintain his current academic status..."

Brand heard the sarcasm in Hugo's tone, but he did not refute it at all, just silently lowered his head to write medical records.

The opinions expressed were not affirmed, or even responded to, and Hugo's interest in talking was not dispelled. After all, in the school where he worked before, he was not popular, and no one was willing to talk to him, let alone professionals in this field who could communicate with him.

So he didn't mind at all that Brand just silently played the role of a listener. He continued: "Compared with this unrealistic theory, I still think that the more externalized and easily observable "emotions" are more worthy of research. ”

“In fact, the subject I am working on now is the theory of emotion amplification. I have always believed that human emotions have strong spectral characteristics. Once they are systematized and then amplified by some means, many things can be done...”

“There is also mind reading, which is also based on this theory. People's strong emotions will produce a kind of brain wave. When these brain waves blend with each other, perhaps they can really read minds.”

“Maybe it’s more than that. It can even enter other people’s brains and manipulate their thoughts...”

Hugo’s tone became more and more excited. It can be seen that he is very confident in this theory.

This is not his fantasy. The difference between Hugo and other psychologists is that he not only has professional knowledge in psychology, but also a physicist and biologist who is proficient in machinery.

The way he provides support for his theory is not just to write papers or do paper research. He has sufficient hands-on ability to conduct biological dissection and mechanical design.

Hugo, who is eager to prove his theory, has done many cruel and illegal experiments without regard for the consequences. There is no need to say much about the details, but there are indeed some results.

However, at the critical moment of the research, his illegal experiments were discovered, so he was expelled from his original unit and came here.

Hugo, who came to Gotham, was more motivated to study because it was a lawless place. More importantly, Schiller Rodriguez, who was more authoritative, higher-ranking and more famous than him in academics, was also here.

Hugo and Schiller's research directions cannot be said to be diametrically opposed, or they can be said to be completely unrelated, and even some directions are in conflict.

In recent years, Schiller's most outstanding paper is still the study of the Palace of Thought. In this paper, he elaborated on this concept in detail and extended many different branches, almost turning it into a special subject that belongs to him alone.

No one has ever perfected this theory so completely and logically before. In recent years, many people in the industry have been circulating that this will be the future development direction of psychology, but Hugo disdains it.

Schiller's research direction is how humans can explore deeper into their own consciousness and thinking, and how to control their own brains, while Hugo is just the opposite. His research direction is the connection between brains, which is how a person should explore and control other people's brains.

Hugo certainly insists that his theory is the direction of future human development. More importantly, if he really masters this technology and can control other people's brains at will, what else can't be done in this world?

Based on the ambition brought by various reasons, Hugo's research enthusiasm is very high, but the first problem he faces is that he needs experimental subjects.

Since he is now a doctor at Arkham Psychiatric Hospital, who is a better candidate for experimental subjects than patients?

Schiller did not hand over his work to Hugo when he left. There is really nothing to hand over here, because there are basically no mental patients here.

Knowing that the people in the hospital are either gang bosses or the gang bosses' families and lovers, Hugo did not act rashly. He knew that taking this group of people as experimental subjects would most likely lead to his previous dilemma, that is, being discovered and then being hunted down.

Hugo thought that it would be better to be cautious before he perfected his own technology.

But he also inherited the medical records, treatment reports and schedules from Schiller. In these materials, Hugo found that although there were few real mental patients in this mental hospital, there were still a few patients with special conditions in Schiller's treatment records.

The first case Hugo saw was about Cobert, and this was the one he was most interested in.

Teenagers are not mature enough and their psychological defenses are relatively fragile. They are a good target. And from the medical records, Cobert suffers from catatonic schizophrenia, which means that he himself has mental disorders. Even if some of Hugo's experiments on him have bad consequences, they can be attributed to his own mental illness.

In this way, Hugo made an appointment with Cobert for a follow-up visit by phone. Cobert didn't know about Schiller's resignation yet, thinking that he just asked his colleagues to call.

When he found out that the person who wanted to treat him was Hugo, he didn't think much about it. He thought that Dr. Schiller was too busy and asked his friend to take over.

His condition has improved a lot recently, so there is no need to take this routine checkup too seriously. That's what Cobblepot thought, until he saw Hugo push out a strange machine from the preparation room.

It was an egg-shaped instrument with a row of round indicator lights on the surface.

"What is this?" Cobblepot asked him.

"This is a new type of therapeutic device." Hugo said to Cobblepot: "It's normal that you haven't seen it, because it is the most advanced mental treatment equipment in the world. Not to mention Gotham, there is no second one in the entire East Coast."

Cobblepot narrowed his eyes, but Hugo didn't care about his deep affection, but said to Cobblepot: "Don't worry about it, you don't need to touch it with your body, and I won't do anything with it to you, just put it next to you, so you don't have to be nervous at all..."

"Okay, next, let's do a simple hypnosis test..."

Cobblepot frowned even tighter, and said: "Dr. Schiller has never done any hypnosis test on me..."

"I looked at your medical records. "Hugo took a medical record from the side and said, "I have absolutely no intention of slandering Professor Rodriguez, but I can see that he is not experienced enough in adolescent psychology research, and I happen to have some research on this."

"Don't worry, I will stay away from you, and this machine will never get close to you. You just need to sit on the chair and imagine according to my words. I swear it will be quick, less than 10 minutes."

After speaking, Hugo pressed a button on the strange-shaped machine, and when the indicator light on it began to flash, Cobert slowly closed his eyes, and Hugo walked to the side of the machine, pulled out several catheters connected to the patch from the back, and then stuck them on his head one by one.

As the hum of the machine became louder and louder, Cobert's brows furrowed more and more tightly, and an invisible force appeared above the room, and the brain waves of Cobert and Hugo were amplified, and then gradually merged together.

Consciousness fell from the darkness, and then in a flash of white light, Hugo came into Cobert's mind.

He was not surprised, because this was something he could do before, and now, his research was one step closer.

Before Hugo could make any other moves, he uttered a puzzled sound: "...Huh???"