This lord is very scientific

Chapter 572 Science and Superstition

The pursuit of truth is a long, grand, and arduous journey.

In Lin Ke's previous life, how many amazing and brilliant scientists devoted themselves to it?
Well-known Descartes, Maxwell, Zu Chongzhi, Newton, Faraday, Einstein, Yang Zhenning and so on.

There are countless great men, who stand at the pinnacle of wisdom and knowledge, stripping away the truth contained in the universe bit by bit, bit by bit, inch by inch.

Just like the Foolish Old Man who moved a mountain, one day he will be able to move a mountain by digging a pinch of soil from a peak thousands of miles away.

However, in the previous life, even if it was a scientific undertaking that could be called a miracle or a great achievement, I dare not say that I have mastered the one in case or one in a hundred thousand of the truth of the universe.

You must know that many myths and legends such as "going up to the nine heavens to catch the moon, going down to the five oceans to catch turtles", "a thousand miles in a blink of an eye", and "fine health to fill the sea, and the foolish old man to move the mountain" are not fantasies.

What achieves this is not one by one who believes in one fate, two luck and three geomantic omens, nor does he pray to God and Buddha one by one, but is created by countless scientists, scientific and technical personnel, and countless people.

At least the so-called "gods" in previous lives did not grasp the truth.

Of course, even the level of technology in the previous life is far from the truth.

No one dares to say that he has the truth before he has truly mastered all the knowledge and truly explored the entire universe and its mysteries.

As long as there is doubt, there are directions to explore.

From this point of view, it is the same for Lin Ke whether it is the previous life or the present.

They are all far from the truth.

If the truth is an ocean, then it is meaningless for you to dwell on the fact that the previous life was a bowl of water and the present is half a bowl of water.

Therefore, Auf's speech not only inspired others, but also inspired Lin Ke.

At least Lin Ke has strengthened his scientific path.

Whether it is materialistic science or ideal science, whether it is philosophy, arts, arts or science and engineering application, they are all part of science.

Use science to lead the prosperity of the wilderness, the prosperity of Nassinger, and even the prosperity of this universe called "Star Realm"!

Why not metaphysics?
Because no matter in the previous life or in the present life, Lin Ke was told that the so-called metaphysics and superstitions were deceptive things.

Such as previous lives.

Some people are very superstitious about fortune-telling, saying that they have been tested by a fortune-teller, such as 40 years old and 50 years old will be rich and powerful, and 20 years old will have a hurdle, and everything will be smooth sailing after that.

Lin Ke scoffed at it.

What is great wealth?What is Kan?
Is 5 yuan called rich and powerful?For the penniless poor, yes, but for the richest?
A fall called Kan?Or was it called Kan because of the gun battle?Or is it called Kan?
Anyone with a normal mind will know that these are all ambiguous words, which are absolutely deceiving.

What is real fortune telling?It should be a strong man like [Astrologer] Debius that Lin Ke met in Nasenge, intercepting a small part from some fragments of the past or future, and then showing it to the person concerned.

In other words, the so-called fortune-telling is to tell me what happened to me in what year, month, day, where and what happened to whom in AD. This is difficult and must be taken seriously.

This is fortune telling.

Otherwise, you say that I am rich and powerful at the age of 30, and I will live at home from then on, not studying, not working, not making progress, eating, drinking and having fun all day long.

If you are in this state, at the age of 30, you will suddenly add an official robe for no reason, and you will have a lot of wealth and inexhaustible glory and wealth.

In this case, such metaphysics and superstition are very desirable.

Lin Ke hated those superstitions in his previous life.

Others have studied hard for ten years, made countless sets of papers, and written countless exercises, but in the end, they are said "this person is destined" and "should be like this", and attribute all their efforts to "fate". Isn't it ridiculous?

In this life, Lin Ke will of course still crack down on superstition.

Fortunately, the sects in this life are not as deceitful as in the previous life. At least the believers pray upwards, and the gods will receive them, and the godhead will also handle those prayers.

Fortunately, Nasenge does not have a saying that one is fate, two is luck and three is geomantic omen. The so-called fate and luck are roughly equal to probability when converted into science.

What Lin Ke has to do is to gradually bring all superstitions back to science.

When people stop being superstitious, and stop thinking that burning incense and worshiping Buddha can save others from studying hard, people's subjective initiative can be brought into full play.

Difficulties?I think by myself, I solve it by myself!
Instead of praying to God and Buddha, and then lying at home with peace of mind and waiting for God and Buddha to help you solve it.

If this continues, the difficult problems of the Great Wilderness will not be left to those gods, will they?
As for science...

Why did Lin Ke believe in science instead of superstition and metaphysics in his previous life?
At least it was proved in Lin Ke's previous life that to solve a math problem, one cannot rely on worshiping Guanyin Bodhisattva, but on deduction and calculation.

To make a mobile phone, you can't rely on worshiping Wenquxing or any god, bodhisattva or Buddha, but rely on chips, buttons, storage, batteries, etc., that is, industry and technology.

The car you take, the plane you drive, the TV you watch, the mobile phone you use, the massage chair you use for massage, the medicine for sickness, the instruments for surgery, etc.

There is no such thing as a mobile phone, a car, etc., that rely on you to kneel there and burn incense, and then a force gathers in the air.

In ancient times, superstition told you that when the thunderbolt and the lightning mother thundered in the sky, you had to burn incense and worship, or you would be hacked to death; the dragon king spreads clouds and rain, you had to burn incense and worship, otherwise the land would dry up and the world would be severely drought...

With the development of the times, people all know that there is no heaven above the clouds, especially after studying history, what heaven is just a folk fantasy about the sky, and even anyone can figure out the prototype of the Jade Emperor.

However, new superstitions have emerged.

Superstition tells people that marriage needs to go to the temple to pull the red rope, rather than relying on sincerity and sincerity; to test for the number one scholar, one must worship Wenquxing, rather than talent and hard work; for a good harvest, one must worship the land and the Dragon King, rather than hard work and scientific planting Breeding; making money depends on worshiping the God of Wealth rather than knowledge and skills and assessing the situation...

There are even superstitions that tell you that your personality is derived from your zodiac sign!
In short, thinking, logic, judgment, insight, sensitivity, etc. are the elements that constitute science.

It's not about listening to the wind and rain, nor is it the kind of "throwing the pot", that is, throwing the "pot" that you didn't get promoted to "fate" and "luck", and throwing the "pot" that you didn't have a high school champion to "fate". " and "luck".

Some people even turn a blind eye to various reasons such as personality, environment, family conditions, educational background, ideals, economic concepts, life values, etc., and throw the "pot" that two people are not suitable to the constellation.

It's really off the mark.

In short, Lin Ke believes that science is not a fixed theory similar to Confucianism and Taoism, but a method of judgment, an aggregation of various thinking powers.

You use correct logic to deduce, check, and observe a result. Even if the result proves that there are thunder gods and lightning mothers in the sky, and after careful logical research, it is found that worshiping them can avoid being hacked, then the process and result are scientific. , not superstitious, everyone can go to worship after verifying the authenticity.

But if you just guess directly, guess that there is no thunder and lightning in the sky, and instead imagine that there are countless small balls in the sky rubbing against each other to generate lightning, and then spread it without verification, and then tell everyone that there is no need to worship, those little The electricity generated by the ball will not hit you for no reason, so this kind of nonsense without logic and thinking is superstition, not science.

Science, a tool of wisdom and thinking.

It is not Newton's laws, not Einstein's theory, not Confucianism, not yin and yang, and it is not the physical chemistry biology that Lin Ke has learned.

It is a tool to help people observe the world and visualize and express it.

That's it.

Of course, Lin Ke believes that in this life, there will be a lot less superstitious people, and there will be a lot less people who say "you have to believe in some things" and "it's better to believe a little than not".

At the very least, most of the people Lin Ke knew were people with certain logical and thinking abilities.

Thinking of this, Lin Ke smiled, and his positioning and understanding of the tool of science and the end goal of truth became clearer in his heart.

He also looked at his teacher Auf very happily, and was happy that his teacher could find the ideal and belief that he had been striving for all his life.

However, at this moment, the speeches of the first and second debaters ended, which also meant that the other debaters began to play.

This debate is not the short and concise debate in the previous life. After all, Nasenga professionals are more energetic and can maintain longer debates.

And for Nasenge, it does not appear to be necessary whether to prescribe propositions.

At least until there is no controversial topic, there is no need to debate for the sake of debate.

Therefore, it is a turn-based system.

Each round has different rules.

For example, in the first round, it is the topic of the two main debaters, stating their own theories, ideas, thoughts, experiments, etc.

Then in the second round, the debaters on both sides can point out the shortcomings, deficiencies, inadequacies and unreasonable things in the other side's topic. The more you point out, the more points you will get.

In the third round, the debaters on both sides respond to the points just pointed out one by one. If the refutation is logical and reasonable, then points will not be deducted, and points will be added, even the other party’s points will be deducted. The same is true.

In the fourth round, the final debaters of the two sides will summarize their speeches this time, including what shortcomings the opponent raised, what the opponent responded and refuted, and what the opponent did not answer when answering their own questions. which.

After four rounds, the judges will show their bonus points and deductions for this debate for reference only.

After all, everyone may have different ideas about many shortcomings or rebuttals.

Winning or losing the debate is not important, what is important is the thinking and perception inspired in the process.

Therefore, the outcome of the final debate will not be announced, and the audience will naturally have their own opinions on the outcome of this debate.

Of course, the most important thing is to gain something from this debate.

(End of this chapter)