book of old days

Chapter 136 Faith in Science Is Faith
It has to be said that Henry's proposal in front of him is still very attractive to Sean.

As an international organization with huge influence in the entire Eastern Continent, the Society of Rationality is only an academic organization in name, but in fact, everyone knows that the Society of Reason is very powerful, and it has reached the point where it can influence the political situation and formulate laws. to the point.

For example, many prohibition laws against religion, mythology, and local legends in the Kingdom of Brighton came from the academy.

Not only does it have a huge influence in the upper echelon of the kingdom, but it also has a broad foundation of rule at the grassroots level. The most commonly used colloquial expression of admiration by the Breton people is—reason above all else!
From this point of view, it is somewhat similar to the church in another world.

He had a vague feeling in the past that this organization was like a mysterious organization that intended to manipulate the world in many novels and movies related to conspiracy theories that he had read in his previous life, but it was different from the villains who were usually defeated by the protagonists. The Rational Society of the world, they have successfully achieved this goal.

The benefits of being able to join such an organization are absolutely enormous.

But what really moved Sean was his interest in and vigilance towards the mysterious power possessed by the Society of Rationality.

The mysterious power they possess must be very astonishing, even Xiao En suspects that the other party may have used some kind of similar ability to find him, instead of keeping a distance from such a powerful force, he is on guard against the other party every day.

It would be better to join in and use its power for your own use, wouldn't it be wonderful.

So he wanted to agree almost immediately, but he still maintained the most basic caution. The other party paid such a high price to ask him for a manuscript. It is definitely not as simple as writing a book.

"May I ask why it must be me?"

"Because Mr. Xiao En has imagination and the ability to foresee technology that ordinary people don't have, the world you describe seems to exist in real life, and the Nautilus is a perfect combination of imagination and technology theory.

Our press has been experimenting with more 'technical fiction' in first editions for the last few years, and in fact we've considered many other authors before, but those either lack the imagination to create amazing stories, or It's just that they don't have enough scientific literacy, and the content they write is not so much a "technical novel" as it is a mythical story, which has no logic at all and cannot be trusted by others.

That's why we chose you. "

In this era, there is no concept of science fiction, so Thirty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is regarded as a "technical novel", which is not at all like the science fiction of later generations, which is criticized by people, but is a relatively high-level thing.

However, the threshold for writing is also relatively high. After all, ordinary people do not even have the most basic scientific concepts, let alone expect them to be able to write any science fiction novels. .

"Then you asked me to make an appointment because you want me to continue writing science and technology novels?"

"That's right, and for your new book, we still have some specific requirements. Only when our requirements are met can the task be considered completed.

"The first thing we ask for is that the story must be real enough to allow readers to be on the scene. It would be even better if readers can take the story in the book as if it happened in real life."

"The second day of our requirement is that there must be a magical technological creation full of imagination in the story, and this technological creation must be theoretically achievable—at least it sounds like that, and it does not need to be able to pass the most rigorous Scientific proof, but for ordinary people, for example, it must be convincing enough."

Xiao En's heart suddenly moved when he heard this, and the other party's words made him instantly have a certain association.

'Immersive? ''Take the story as reality! ''A magical technological creation that can convince ordinary people to believe. '

The combination of these key points immediately reminded Sean of the ancient myths of the Nords. Those myths were once believed by the Nords, and they also have immersive plots and rigorous settings.

Could it be that they want to interfere with reality in this way?
Considering that the Rational Society should have known long ago that human beliefs can interfere with reality, such speculation is by no means impossible.

If the purpose of the Rational Society is really like this, then one more inference will be added to his original inference. Human beliefs can not only create gods, but can they also create technological products?
It is not impossible to think about it. The so-called belief means that people believe in something from the bottom of their hearts. It is not only religious belief that is considered belief. Humanistic beliefs, technological beliefs, and moral beliefs, people have said beliefs from ancient times to the present. There are too many things.

As long as you believe in something devoutly, it can be called faith.

If thousands of people believe in the existence of the Nautilus and believe that this technology can be reproduced in reality, does that mean that people can really build the Nautilus?

Or more directly, a ghostly fantasy ship will suddenly emerge from the depths of the ocean?
If the power of belief in idealism can turn gods into reality and absurd stories into real things, then why can't seemingly more reasonable technological inventions become reality?

Sean's thinking keeps diverging, and brain holes keep popping up. This is an opportunity!He was a little excited to think of an opportunity to achieve his goal of spreading the faith without attracting the attention of the authorities.

He has been struggling with how to obtain the power of faith, how to make people believe in a god that does not exist, and there is no way to directly spread religious myths in Brighton.

But at this moment, he had an idea, why didn't he just add his beliefs to the book and package it as technology.

Anyway, as long as it can achieve the goal, what is the difference between calling it "God's Light of Retribution" or "Solar Railgun"?

Many ancient human fantasies about gods, such as flying, clairvoyance, and clairvoyance, are not all realized through technology in the end.

The other party spent such a large amount of money to invite the manuscript, and it will definitely be published vigorously at that time. I don't even need to consider the issue of review, and I can directly go public through a backdoor. Wouldn't it be beautiful.

He tried his best to calm down the excitement in his heart. He is still not sure about the other party's specific requirements for the story, so he dare not say that he will definitely be able to stuff his own private goods into it.

"Can you talk about the specific requirements for this story?"

Henry shook his head, "The story is not the point, the point is the technological creations inside. The goal of our Rational Society is to guide mankind to climb the peak of technology and create scientific miracles.

Therefore, we hope to see more scientific and technological miracles like the 'Nautilus' in the book to increase human interest in scientific research, such as some kind of machine that can manned flight?You know, flying has always been one of man's greatest fantasies. "

Sean said, "Did you mean a hot air balloon?"

Hot air balloons were invented as early as 60 years ago, and the current technology is quite mature. Both the army and the navy are equipped with hot air balloons for reconnaissance, but the current hot air balloons have no power system. Gone with the wind.

Henry shook his head, "No, I'm not talking about a hot air balloon, that thing can only be regarded as a toy, I'm talking about the ability to fly freely in the air, long-lasting flight, long-distance flight, and extremely high reliability and practicality, Even a flying machine that can exert its power in war, and it must be explained theoretically.

Of course, Professor Sean is an expert in technology, so we still need to listen to your specific opinions. "

Sean thought for a moment. With the technological level of this era, it is almost impossible to create such a war machine, but if it is only explained theoretically, it is still very easy to do.

Sean came up with several options almost instantly, including airships, airplanes, and even spaceships...but let's start with the ones that are most acceptable to people.

"I do have thoughts about that."

He took out a pen and paper from his pocket and started drawing directly on the table.

What he drew was the exterior view of an airship. Above the sea, an airship was floating in the air. The sun was shining high in the sky, and there were a few clouds floating. Although it was relatively simple, he had drawn that artistic conception.

"what is this?"

"I call it a light airship. Its principle is somewhat similar to that of a hot air balloon, but it is much more advanced. This is a little troublesome to explain—you should know that air is composed of a variety of gases with different components, right?"

Henry nodded, "Of course, although I'm not a scientist, I still have basic scientific literacy, and we Nathaniel people know this best."

Sean thought it would be simple. "Among all these gases, there must be some lighter and some heavier, you can understand this.

If we can extract the gas lighter than air and fill it into the air bag, we can get a balloon that can float in the air, and with buoyancy, we can naturally let the object fly to the sky. "

Henry nodded, but was somewhat disapproving: "It sounds no different from a hot air balloon."

"Hehe, of course there is a difference, the difference is huge.

First of all, the buoyancy of light air is greater. Hot air is just the product of ordinary air heating. There is no change in essence, but the volume expands a little, so the buoyancy is very limited. This kind of "light air" is much lighter than air. I don't know exactly how much, but is this a novel, so we can exaggerate a little, let's say 90%.

In this way, the buoyancy provided by the light air is almost equal to the weight of the same volume of air.

And as long as the seal is good enough, the light balloon can always float in the air and never fall.

If you have enough airbags, you can create flying machines with huge payloads that can stay aloft for long periods of time—airships, or dirigibles, as you like.

Henry nodded, it sounded really powerful.

He pointed to the blueprint, "So the upper part is the airbag, and the lower part is the cabin?"

"Yes."

Sean said and turned the drawings over and drew a more detailed structural diagram.

Looking at the small cabin under the huge airship, Henry shook his head: "It's too small."

"What's too small?"

"I mean, this cabin is too small. It doesn't look like it can accommodate many people. The airship itself is too big. Wouldn't it be troublesome to build it? I wonder if I can draw the cabin bigger so that it doesn't look too small." Look better."

Xiao En listened to the other party's words, but he became more and more sure of his conjecture.

I didn’t run away. The Rational Society definitely wants to rely on the power of faith to develop technology. Anyway, the spaceship relies on faith to float in the air, so naturally there is no need to consider whether to compound the laws of physics.

Sean nodded, "Of course - how old are you?"

(End of this chapter)