metaverse evolution

Chapter 58 Instinct·Intelligence·Wisdom
Chu Fei left the research room in a hurry, went to the bathroom first, then returned to the dormitory to eat meat porridge, and finally returned to the "temporary classroom".

Along the way, Chu Fei kept thinking.

Cao Liwen actually said that human beings do not have will, and even wrote "greed" on the big screen.

Chu Fei frowned, puzzled, even faintly refused, and even feared a certain idea.

While thinking, Cao Liwen came slowly, looked at Chu Fei who was in deep thought, and smiled, "Did you think of anything?"

Chu Fei nodded slightly, but his words were a little confused, "I feel like I thought of something, but I didn't think it through."

Cao Liwen opened a textbook and said slowly, "Before explaining the terms will and greed, let's start with a simple experiment."

It is said to be an experiment, but it is actually playing a video.

It is a test of paramecium.There are two groups, very simple two groups.

In one group, clear water and unsalted beef juice were respectively placed on both sides of the paramecium culture solution; as a result, the paramecium swam to the beef juice.

The other group is clear water, and salt water, and as a result, paramecium swims to clear water.

Swimming is slow but firm.

Very simple experiment.

Without Cao Liwen's previous reminder, Chu Fei would have taken it for granted that this test was a stress test.

But now, there is a different perception.

Cao Liwen spoke, "Two experiments, what did you see?"

Before Chu Fei could say anything, Cao Liwen wrote two new characters on the screen: Survive.

He continued: "Before talking about something, you have to give a prerequisite.

Talking without preconditions is empty talk.

Paramecium is a very simple life. It does not have the intelligence of human beings, but it already has the consciousness of life.For example, the consciousness of survival.

It instinctively yearns for beef juice and hates salt water.

Longing for beef juice is a kind of greed, and it is the greed for food that stimulates it to move forward.

Fleeing from salt water is a kind of fear, but the opposite of fear is greed for "life, survival".

Greed for food and life drives the movement of this primitive life.

Similarly, plants yearn for sunshine, animals migrate to food-rich areas, human beings yearn for a better life, etc.;
All of this can actually be described by the word 'greedy', and it is indeed the existence of greed that has contributed to these activities. "

Chu Fei frowned and thought. The question Cao Liwen raised today completely overturned all Chu Fei's previous understanding.

Is there only greed in life?
It seems that the past;

But it's a bit unacceptable!
Seeing Chu Fei's bewilderment, Cao Liwen directly asked a rhetorical question, "Chu Fei, scientific research pays attention to trace the source and find the theoretical basis.

Then tell me, what is the theoretical basis of will? "

Chu Fei thought about it and shook his head.

Cao Liwen asked again: "What is the theoretical basis for greed?"

Chu Fei looked at the screen, at the paramecium still moving toward the beef juice, and fell silent.

Cao Liwen continued: "As I said just now, talk without prerequisites is empty talk; the 'basis' in the theoretical basis is the prerequisite of the theory.

The so-called 'will' does not exist in the field of scientific research, and it is also an object that cannot be studied. "

Chu Fei refused to accept, "Teacher, there are natural sciences and humanities in science. In the humanities, there are virtues such as will, morality, and integrity."

"What we are talking about today is natural science, and the practice of big data is also based on natural science.

What is natural science? It is the science that studies the material world, not the spiritual world.

And from the perspective of survival, will, morality, and integrity are not necessary.It can even be said that those who are moral will not live long.

Despicableness is the passport of the despicable, and nobility is the epitaph of the noble!
Can't these cries that people have uttered with their lives in the past make you wake up? "

Chu Fei suddenly became clever.

I almost forgot, this is the end of the world!This is not a prosperous age!

In the last days, survival comes first.Without survival, everything is fake.If you want to realize your ideal, you must first live.

So, is this a form of greed?
Cao Liwen gave Chu Fei a few minutes to think, and his tone was softer, "The 'greed' we are talking about today is also greed from a natural perspective. It is a basic attribute of life and has nothing to do with good or evil.

Greed, which we usually taboo, should actually be 'greedy'.

All creatures have the attribute of greed, but only a very small number of highly intelligent beings such as humans have the insatiable desire. "

Chu Fei was silent, and quietly remembered what Huang Gang Captain Huang said: It is said that people die for money and birds die for food, but birds will die without food, and people will die without money.This is the end of the world, if you fight, you may die, if you don't fight, you will die!

Seeing Chu Fei slowly come to his senses, Cao Liwen continued, "As a human being, we should face up to greed, and then control greed instead of being controlled by greed. This is what we should do.

For example, if you want to become an awakened person, in this process, you also need a lot of resources and knowledge.

This is actually a kind of greed, a kind of 'advanced' greed.

What you have to do is to control this greed, turn it into the driving force, and then realize it step by step in a planned way.

Human will, in fact, should be said to be an advanced evolutionary version of the 'greedy instinct', which is rational, 'greedy' with definite goals, and brings the power of life.

The greatest thing about human beings is that we have intelligence, and intelligence is above instinct.

Once instinct overrides intelligence, the person loses the attribute of 'greatness'!
At this time, corrupt phenomena such as corruption will occur. "

Chu Fei muttered to himself, "In this way, which sentence is correct between the two sentences 'seeing hope to be motivated' and 'working hard to see hope'?"

"It's all right!" Cao Liwen said firmly, "For most people, it is correct to be motivated only when they see hope; strictly speaking, this is a state where instinct is higher than intelligence;
But for the elite, hard work is the only hope. We can set ourselves a lofty goal and work hard. This is a great idea, and it is the embodiment of intelligence over instinct.

Big data practice requires a second spirit.

The proportion of being awakened is one in a million, and we must use intelligence to override instinct.

And the greatest intelligence of human beings is actually—wisdom! "

Chu Fei's eyes became more and more bright, and a little bit of epiphany kept emerging from his heart.

Cao Liwen continued, "Now let's look back at the few key words raised yesterday.

Evolution, mutation, randomness, survivor bias, will, observer effect, quantum collapse.

You try to connect these key words in series to form your own practice thoughts. "

(End of this chapter)