When a person is thinking about a problem with his brain full of energy, and someone suddenly rushes to him unexpectedly, this kind of thing is quite scary.
Not to mention that the other party was still bald, and his shiny forehead shone in the sun. Xu Yun was so frightened that he almost wanted to touch the nitroglycerin in his pocket.
"..."
However, Xu Yun forced himself to calm down when he thought that there were many weirdos and thieves in Cambridge University, and that the other party might be a teaching assistant or even a professor.
He first looked at the person's appearance.
The bald head looks a bit like Guo Da in later generations. There are some golden hairs on both sides of his shiny forehead, and his forehead is covered with thick forehead wrinkles.
He looks to be in his forties, but has a bitter look on his face.
Then he put a bookmark on the reading chapter of "1650-1830: Two Hundred Years of Jump in the History of Science", closed the book, and asked this person:
"Sir, what can I do for you?"
Seeing Xu Yun ask, the bald man's eyes suddenly flashed.
I saw him asking curiously:
"This classmate, are you the Oriental who handed Sir Newton's letter to the school?"
Yes, it seems he is another Mavericks fan.
Xu Yun nodded and said:
"That's right, it's me."
After saying that, he sighed in his heart.
If nothing unexpected happens.
What follows should be the usual "I'm ashamed to be around you" diss.
But what surprised him was.
The bald man opposite did not give him a blank look like Jones Border did before. Instead, he took a step forward more curiously and asked:
"So you are really a descendant of Mr. Fat Fish?"
Xu Yun raised his eyelids and glanced at him. He was a little unsure of what the other party was planning to do, but he still said with certainty:
"That's right, Mr. Fat Fish is the ancestor of my family. It's true."
"Because of missing thinking hall!"
The bald man clapped his hands fiercely, and his voice even vaguely echoed on the second floor of the empty library:
"What about the Fengling Moon Shadow Sect? You must know about the Fengling Moon Shadow Sect, right?"
Saying this, without waiting for Xu Yun to answer, he pulled out his chair.
Some familiar people sat next to Xu Yun and said enthusiastically:
"It is said that there are some immortals in the Fengling Yueying Sect who can fly into the sky and escape to the earth. May I ask if this is true or not?"
Seeing that the opponent's saliva was almost spraying onto his face, Xu Yun calmly distanced himself from the opponent and explained:
"It's not like you can fly to the sky and escape from the earth. It's just that your physical fitness may be better than that of ordinary people, and your life span will generally be longer..."
He mentioned Hamilton in his book "1650-1830: Two Centenary Jumps in the History of Science".
Due to Fat Fish's great contribution in this timeline, the spread of the 'Fengling Yueying Sect' in this world has naturally been enhanced.
Some people who are fans of Mavericks, or scientists who want to pursue more principles, are deeply interested in the Fengling Yueying Sect.
Some people even spend huge sums of money to travel to the East to find out.
The so-called immortal cultivators that Xu Yun once mentioned to Xiao Niu have also been magnified and made up a lot.
However, as the saying goes, you should never talk to each other casually. Xu Yun and Da Baldou just met by chance now, so they must not talk casually.
Therefore, it is for the sake of stability.
He simply used some local Taoist scenes to describe it.
Local Taoism can be regarded as the master of health-preserving technology in later generations, and it is indeed quite prestigious in the field of health-preserving.
Those who are truly Qing cultivators, represented by Taoist Master Zhang Zhishun, even many doubters of traditional culture and even those who are ignorant cannot find an entry point.
And after hearing the words 'life spans are generally longer', the brilliance in the bald man's eyes became even more intense.
I saw him gently licking his chin, adjusting his glasses, and said:
"So...you are in good health too?"
Then without waiting for Xu Yun to answer, he couldn't help but stretched out his hand:
"Classmate, let me know if you are in good health..."
Xu Yun:
"?????"
As a man with standard sexual orientation, Xu Yun would naturally not engage in any pursuit of men.
The moment the big bald head made some movement, he stood up and used the foot combat stance in "Laifu Sword Technique".
With anger sinking in his Dantian, he used a thousand pounds to counterattack the opponent's left hand onto the table.
"hiss......"
A large amount of sweat immediately broke out on the forehead of the bald head, and his expression showed a hint of pain, but his eyes became brighter:
"This kind of body... has this kind of power, Dongfang! Dongfang... it hurts..."
Xu Yun: "......"
Isn't this person a jerk?
But this is the library of Cambridge University after all, so Xu Yun only resisted slightly for five or six seconds, and then let go when he thought he was done.
Take a step back.
I picked up "1650-1830: Two Hundred Years of Jump in the History of Science" on the table and prepared to leave.
When the big bald man saw this, he ignored the pain in his left hand and stood up with a bang, saying:
"This classmate, please wait a moment, I have no ill intentions towards you!"
Xu Yun turned his head and twitched the corners of his mouth slightly:
"No malice? Then you still want to think about my body?"
The bald man breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his elbows with a grin on his face, and explained while taking a breath:
"You misunderstood. I just wanted to see if there is anything special about the body of Orientals on a whim."
"You don't know something. I have been doing a study on the evolution of life these years. The only thing missing is normal Eastern samples..."
"The study of the evolution of life?"
Hearing these words, Xu Yun was stunned.
Then he carefully looked at the bald forehead and the wrinkles on his forehead, and a vaguely similar old figure emerged in his mind...
Seeing Xu Yun like this, the bald man felt a little uncomfortable:
"Classmate...you...what's wrong with you?"
Xu Yun withdrew his gaze, continued to maintain a vigilant posture, and asked casually:
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Sir, may I ask what your name is..."
The bald head was stunned for a moment, then patted his forehead:
"Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself in the excitement. I am a natural history researcher named Charles Robert..."
Hear the words Charles and Robert at the beginning.
Xu Yun's fingers holding "1650-1830: Two Hundred Years of Jump in the History of Science" involuntarily tightened again.
Sure enough it was him!
But soon, another question appeared in Xu Yun's mind:
Why does this person appear at Cambridge University?
As a biological creature in this life, Xu Yun is very clear about this person’s resume:
He never taught at Cambridge University at all, but spent some time at Oxford.
Has history changed again?
And at the same time.
The big bald head also reported the last group of words in his surname:
"...Darwin."
.....
In local history, there were two global voyages that shook the most fundamental values of mankind.
One of these times everyone should be able to think of.
This voyage proved the theory of a round earth and ended a dispute that lasted for thousands of years. It is a milestone in human history.
The importance of this other voyage is no less important than that of Magellan, but not many people know about it.
It happened at the end of 1831.
At this time in the East, Emperor Daoguang was happily ruling his great empire.
He had no idea that in nine years' time, the first cannonball of Yiwu would fall on the land of China.
And on the other side of the earth.
An English warship named the Beagle also began its second voyage at the same time.
This voyage was so significant that more than a hundred years later, the British named their Mars lander Beagle 2.
Those who were sailors in their previous lives should all know this.
At that time, maritime navigation was a very boring thing.
For example, the former captain of the Beagle, Stokes, who had the same name as a certain physicist, stayed on the ship for two years and eventually shot himself under mental pressure.
The second-generation captain is called Fitzroy. He is an extremely irritable man and has a family history of mental illness.
Worried that he might have the same suicidal impulse, he found a gentle young man to accompany him.
This young man is also a top student who graduated from the Divinity School of Cambridge University. He is knowledgeable and can also serve as a pastor.
But Fitzroy probably never thought about it until his death.
The graduate who majored in theology he had recruited would launch a violent impact on theology more than ten years after his voyage.
The magnitude of that impact was unprecedented in human history, and even shook the foundation of creationism.
That's right.
This young man is Charles Robert Darwin.
Got here.
Many people may think that the next sentence should be "Everyone knows the subsequent story, Darwin proposed the theory of evolution", right?
But I'm sorry.
The story is far from simple.
In fact, at the beginning, Darwin had no intention of overthrowing theology or developing any theory.
He was just like an ordinary naturalist. Every time the ship arrived at a new place, he would come down and do what he should do.
Observe various animals, make specimens, dig for fossils, and record what you see in detail.
He simply discovered a phenomenon:
Unless it is a celestial disaster, species extinction will not occur suddenly, there will be a transition state.
For example, he initially thought he had found the fossil of an extinct giant loris, but it looked strange, like an armadillo.
It wasn't until he returned to London that he realized that he had discovered something in between.
Darwin's voyage began in the Andes, passed through Chile, the Galapagos Islands, Port of Concepcion, Australia and other places, and finally returned to England.
After his return, Darwin wrote two books in more than ten years:
"Fauna during the voyage of the Beagle" and "Geology during the voyage of the Beagle".
That's right.
There is no "Origin of Species".
This is actually a little-known detail of Darwin's theory of evolution - the release of "The Origin of Species" was actually a bit hasty.
The accident occurred in 1851.
This year, Darwin's seriously ill daughter Anne passed away. Some people said this was punishment for his "apostasy" even though he was a theological student.
From then on, Darwin began to become somewhat extreme. He denied theology and began writing his major work on the theory of evolution in 1855.
In 1859, Darwin published "On the Origin of Species".
So what should I say...
The publication of "The Origin of Species" was actually an act of revenge.
Therefore, on the one hand, the theory of evolution is one of the foundations of modern biology and is irrefutable.
But on the other hand, there are certain ideas in "The Origin of Species" that are radical.
Even Darwin himself was in a subtle state:
He denied creationism, but supported his son to take the priest exam. Some people in later generations explained that priests are easy to find jobs, but this argument has no real basis.
Of course.
Many people in later generations claimed that the theory of evolution was a wrong theory, but this statement was also extreme.
Friends who really understand biology should all know this.
Modern biological theory was not achieved overnight. It actually had three stages:
Lamarck's use or lose theory, Darwin's theory of evolution, and modern evolution theory.
Many people criticize the "evolution theory" in textbooks as wrong, but in fact, what is taught now is modern evolution theory, which is an optimization of Darwin's theory of evolution.
It actually filled up many of Darwin's loopholes - it is true that even so, some flaws and loopholes in the theory of evolution still exist, and they remain unsolved to this day.
But at least it is tenable in the context of the knowledge that ordinary people have access to...that is, the cognitive scope of nine-year compulsory education.
That is to say, there are loopholes in the professional academic field, and there are quite a few of them. If you really want to find them, I can list a lot of them for you.
But ordinary people basically cannot understand these contents. Most of the "evolutionary loopholes" that you can understand have actually been patched long ago.
In other words.
The current theory of evolution may not be entirely correct, but it is by no means entirely wrong either:
Because scientific theories are constantly being improved and updated, other theories may appear in the future, no one can say for sure.
But at the current theoretical and technological level.
Modern evolutionary theory is still an irreplaceable model for the time being.
If you want to overturn it, no problem.
But at least we need to develop a model that can be replaced.
Just like if you live in a dilapidated house with air leakage from all directions, everyone knows that it is uncomfortable to live in it.
But you don’t have money to buy a new house or stay in a hotel, what should you do?
I can only live there and work part-time to save money.
You can't clamor to demolish the house and go out to drink the northwest wind, right?
This is obviously a bit extreme.
This is the case with scientific theories. Each era has its limitations and cannot be said to be black and white.
Of course.
This does not mean that Xu Yun will agree with some comments on the Internet that post pictures of fish and say, "This is our ancestor."
Regarding the origin of species, with the current level of human understanding of DNA, it is impossible to reach a correct conclusion in the short term.
But Xu Yun still feels that the saying "natural selection, survival of the fittest" makes sense.
For example, he was engaged in the online writing industry in his previous life.
How happy the authors were in the early years. Except for the bloody tentacle monster, everyone was living 4,000 words a day.
As a result, ever since a certain eagle appeared, it has become the norm.
Except for some writers who are really good at writing, it is impossible to achieve good results with 4,000 words.
Even Hongmao Dongge started to update 9,000 times a day. Xu Yun even won the reputation of updating 30,000 times a day by relying on diligent updates. I feel ashamed...
Ahem, let’s get down to business.
all in all.
Xu Yun still admires Darwin somewhat.
His theory may not be as profound as that of Wheat or Stokes, but its influence on the history of human science is not low at all.
This is a worthy sage.
And just when Xu Yun was thinking.
Darwin opposite seemed to feel that Xu Yun's attitude was a little loose. He pondered for a moment and tentatively said:
"So classmate, can you give me your body, Kangkang?"
Xu Yun:
"...."
Can I take back the sentence above? I respect this der!
