Chapter 1809 Scary
What are the Trisolarans? Every day, experts give popular science lectures, and there are even websites on the Internet that specifically introduce and discuss Trisolaran issues.
There is also the Wallface Plan. People on the Internet speculate all day long on how to implement the Wallface Plan to stop the Trisolarans. Netizens are more eager to figure it out than the Trisolarans.
The Trisolarans are very weak against the Wallface Plan, which is a deceptive scheme. They can't guess what the Earthlings are planning. In order to crack the Wallface Plan, the Trisolarans had to find the survivors of the Earth Trisolaran organization again and use them to crack the Wallfacers' plans.
Using Earthlings to defeat Earthlings, the Trisolarans are also very smart.
At the China Trisolaran Strategic Research Center, Duran's research results came out, and the first truly transformed human was born. It is no longer a sweeping robot, but a real steel body with a brain inside.
Pang Ming stood up in a brand new form. Although he is still trying to learn to walk and control his steel body, he knows that his small step will be a big step for mankind, and mankind will evolve into a new branch, that is, robots.
The major general was very satisfied with Duran's results. He knew that if Duran was not so cold-blooded, he would never have achieved results so quickly, so he met Duran alone and expressed his praise for Duran.
"This is not enough. In fact, the human brain is also a burden. My ultimate goal is to input all human wisdom and memory into the chip and turn humans into robots completely." Duran did not hide his ambition at all.
The major general also knew that installing a human brain on a robot would actually seriously hinder the development of the machine's potential. He couldn't help but say: "Human flesh and blood is really a burden to the universe." The human body is too fragile and too delicate. In order to adapt to the cruel environment, the body of the Trisolaran learned to dehydrate and hibernate, while humans in a comfortable environment have no skills and have become a burden on the development of science and technology: "I support you." The major general accepted Duran's cosmic philosophy, that is, the definition of human beings should not be composition, but behavior. As long as the behavior is in line with the human style, even aliens are human beings.
Of course, how to judge whether the behavior is human? Because organisms often have commonalities, even insects will survive and reproduce, and the most basic behavioral motivations of humans are not unique.
If Duran's cosmic philosophy cannot find the uniqueness of human beings, then in the end, instead of turning aliens into humans, humans will become ordinary people. Because what humans do, aliens are also doing or even doing better.
It's like the Reformation, absorbing the contents of various schools or other religions, but the roots of religion itself will not change, only the branches are modified to become more in line with the times.
Cosmic philosophy is a branch that changes at any time, but its root, the biggest difference between humans and aliens, is vague, and Duran has always avoided talking about it.
The major general has been thinking about this problem. Since he talked to Duran alone today, he raised this question: "I support your theory and your experiment, but there is one thing I want to ask clearly, where is the core of human beings in cosmic philosophy, or the uniqueness of human beings? There are so many cosmic lives in the universe, some have a longer history than us, some have more advanced technology than us, and there must be more diverse and more intelligent than us. Human beings are too inconspicuous in the universe. What do we humans have that aliens don't have?"
Aliens are strong and weak. The strong ones are survivors of high-dimensional collapse and monsters that can destroy low-dimensional ones with a wave of their hands. Even the weak ones struggle to survive like the Trisolarians, who have never given up on survival after two hundred civilizations.
Compared with these various aliens, humans are really unremarkable. If they leave the earth, I am afraid that the concept of humans will become even weaker and more meaningless.
"The foundation of humans?" Duran smiled: "It is true that humans are very small, and human thoughts are even more insignificant. The truth they pursue is nothing more than the rules of the universe that other cosmic people have long understood. This universe is full of gods and demons. We humans and Trisolarians are equally weak and ignorant in front of them. Even self-preservation has become a problem, let alone the foundation of humans. Even the history we have experienced and the art we have created are just a repetition of some great gods and civilizations in the universe. There is no special thing at all."
The major frowned. Does it mean that humans really have no foundation? Isn't that the end of humans?
Duran didn't finish his words: "But we humans are crazy enough and selfish enough. Everything we do in life now is to protect our own interests. So even if the universe is destroyed, we must never lose our "life, freedom and property". We must protect these things with the determination to destroy the universe. This is us humans. Everything can be sacrificed, but our own interests cannot be lost. This madness of ending the universe is the root of our humanity."
The major general was dumbfounded. Duran's words sounded like humans were villains. Human interests outweighed the end of the universe?
"Humans are not so selfish." The major general said. He was a soldier and learned to sacrifice himself to save others, so he instinctively disliked Duran's words.
But he didn't know that in the future, humans really took selfishness to the extreme, which directly led to the destruction of the earth. Of course, when the universe ended, the last two earthlings left five kilograms of mass.
Humans are irrational and crazy. From individuals to systems, and then from systems to individuals, it can be said that humans are gradually becoming self-contained.
Why did the Qin Dynasty fall? Because the Qin laws were harsh. Why were they harsh? Because the Qin Dynasty did not treat people as human beings. Everyone had to contribute to the country and become a part of the state machine, so it was harsh.
Why is the legal system being promoted now? Because the law stipulates the protection of individual "life, freedom and pursuit of happiness". Love and career are equal to happiness, happiness is equal to reproduction and money. The law protects individual desires.
And in order to protect their own interests, individuals naturally have to do their best to protect such laws so that the collective cannot encroach on their personal interests. Individuals and collectives are always in opposition.
Personal heroism is the perfect embodiment of this point. Individuals can solve all problems without collective intervention.
In this regard, the Trisolarians are completely opposite to the Earthlings. The Trisolarians are transparent in their thinking. They are forced to be bound to a collective, which is two extremes from humans.
"We must push individual madness to the extreme." This is Duran's core theory: "One human is a race, one human is a civilization, and then we will spread madness throughout the universe. Even if only one person survives, we will corrupt the civilization of the entire universe with greed and selfishness. In the end, there will be no concept of collectivism and rationality in the entire universe. At that time, only the selfishness of our human beings will dominate, and madness will last forever."
The major general was already stunned. Sure enough, Duran was truly anti-human. Human individuals are so weak, and he actually considered expanding selfishness. Isn't that digging his own grave? He agreed with Duran's cosmic philosophy, but he absolutely disagreed with this core: "You are really crazy. If this is the case, our human race will completely collapse. Without unity, there is no future for mankind."
"No, there is. As long as my research is successful, human individuals will have the power of a fleet. At that time, there will be no need for unity. The power of individuals will destroy all enemies."
Crazy, crazy, this Duran is completely crazy. The major general was already sweating coldly. He was afraid. He was not so timid when facing the rain of bullets, but he was afraid when facing Duran's words. Because Duran's theory is anti-human and will lead to the destruction of mankind: "I misjudged you, your work will be done by others, and you will be imprisoned forever." The major general did not believe that individuals could destroy the enemy. He only knew that without unity, human beings would perish prematurely.