Original Chapter 4 Background Setting of the Doomsday of Science
Note: For the sake of smooth narration of the story, the original chapters 4 and 7 were deleted when published and placed in the related work. Readers who are more concerned about the seriousness of the story can refer to it to help understand "Segles"
world view, thank you!
"Thank you again to the organizing committee for arranging for me to be the first to speak on the first day of the conference, and thank you for the beautiful autumn in Bern. My speech will be as brief as possible."
Dr. Brandon Bartholomew PhD, a two-time Nobel Prize winner and visiting professor at the School of Physics at the California Institute of Technology (CIT), stood on the central podium of the Circular Science Auditorium of the University of Bern, Switzerland, and bowed slightly to the hundreds of attendees.
Clear your throat.
"For the scientific field, these dark 16 years can be seen as the painful process of psychological rehabilitation after suicide. 16 years ago, our comprehensive defeat in the field of basic science caused unprecedented turmoil in marginal science and applied science.
It is an exaggeration to say that human scientific faith has been shaken. Since the time of the Neanderthals, we have tried to explore nature and use scientific symbols to explain all unknowns. For 200,000 years, human civilization has been based on the understanding of "laws"
Based on this belief, from mathematics, analysis, geometry, to astronomy, astrophysics, surveying, atmospheric physics, and even optics, particle physics, general relativity, quantum mechanics, field theory, basic science has woven a rigorous
The theoretical system, for the immature birds like human beings, basic science is a stable and warm bird's nest."
"The first half of the twentieth century was the golden age of science. Our scientific discoveries in the past twenty years exceeded the sum of all scientific discoveries in the history of civilization over two thousand years. In 2017, the Morosov interference effect was discovered, and the Russians solved the problem of using entangled states.
The fundamental problem of measuring the position of quantum particles on the Bloch sphere, thereby turning quantum computers from theory to reality. This is an unprecedented, exciting, scientific collaboration at the human level, and the computer science team of Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia
Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States, Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States, Jurich Research Center in Germany, National Supercomputer Center of China, Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, TATA Computer Research Laboratory of India, supercomputer research institutions around the world
Join forces to carry out this great work that may affect the future of mankind. On April 27, 2023, the quantum computer was completed in Salzburg, Austria. 4 billion people witnessed the twelve chief scientists working together in front of the TV and the Internet to press the button
The moment you push the start button.”
"Although three trial starts have been successful, and we have prepared a highly redundant cooling system, I still felt my fingers were heavy the moment I turned it on. As you know, the anti-scientific wave in that era was intensifying. They clamored that "quantum computers will release
The devil became the brain of Satan. The city of Salzburg, thirty kilometers away from the research center, was crowded with anti-scientific scholars demonstrating. Even I have thought more than once about what quantum computers can bring and whether we need the current
264 times the computing speed of the fastest supercomputer? Is our world ready for 18 trillion supercomputers?”
“Fifty years ago, when I was still a middle school student, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was officially launched in Geneva, 157 kilometers away. The world was not destroyed. A large number of people predicted that hadron collisions would destroy the earth.
The madman was silent. This is the best response of science to mysticism. I tried to use this example to constantly motivate myself, imagining quantum computers as the swaddling clothes that wrap up the new future of mankind. Dr. Morosov proposed at that time to name the quantum computer
"GENESIS" was unanimously approved at the joint meeting of chief scientists, but after the meeting he told me privately that he was a little pessimistic about the future, not in a scientific or religious sense, and he couldn't explain it. After three test starts,
, the official launch is scheduled for April 27, which happens to be the Orthodox Easter. Is this foreshadowing something? The moment I pressed the button, I could clearly feel Dr. Morosov beside me trembling.
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Dr. Bartholomew paused, took out a silk scarf from the inner pocket of his suit, took off his glasses, wiped them, and put them back on.
"Genesis is running. The door to hell has not opened, and Satan has not appeared. People are cheering, and the earth seems to be ushering in a grand festival. Twelve scientists formed the original Genesis Timing Committee (GTC: GENESISITimingCommittee), and approval came from all over the world.
Computational requests from universities, research institutions and enterprises around the world. I deeply remember the three-month work of NASA's latest "Pleiades" supercomputer on the simulation calculations of asteroid collision on the surface of Mars.
Genesis only used 0.00003 of the bus width and completed the operation in 1.5363 seconds, but the output of the result took about two minutes."
"The ancestors tied the first knot in the rope and invented mathematics. The launch of "Genesis" is a great moment that can be compared with this. Just like a car equipped with a turbine - no, a rocket booster - the speed of scientific development
Geometry improved, and scientific results bloomed like flowers on the outskirts of Bern in spring. No one realized that a huge shadow was coming quietly, and we even lost the little intuitive fear we had at the beginning."
"It's Satan. But we discovered Satan's joke. In all aspects of basic science, driven by "Genesis", from the deepest microscopic world to the broadest macroscopic world, from the beautiful field of pure mathematics to the elegant string
Theory, one theorem after another was discovered, one law after another was proved, the extension of science was greatly expanded, and the bird's nest of science expanded rapidly. At this time, an uncoordinated melody appeared. Contradictions began to arise. This is a contradiction at the axiomatic level.
It is a fundamental contradiction in logic, which is different from the differences between general relativity and quantum mechanics. The new theory runs counter to the old theory, and the contradiction cannot be reconciled."
"Scientists began to be confused, angry, hesitant, and quarreling, trying to overturn the old theory or use a third theory to bridge the gap. This situation lasted for three years, until it turned out that all efforts were in vain, and science fell into a quagmire.
If the scientific world is a round balloon that is constantly inflating, "Genesis" is an air pump that rapidly expands it until the people in the ball discover that the ball is actually locked in an iron box. If it is expanded to the limit, it will move around.
Hitting a wall. - Well, in other words, the bird's nest of science is built on a reed and is teetering."
"The idea put forward by the German scientist Emile Du Bois Raymond in 1872 has been revived. He predicted that science would encounter barriers that could not be broken through, and we would know nothing about what lies beyond the barriers. 'Man is always ignorant (Ignorabimus)'. Science has come to an end. Pessimism has spread throughout the scientific field. Religions that promote eschatology are quietly spreading among senior intellectuals. From 2025 to 2036, we have lost too much A close friend and colleague with outstanding abilities and extraordinary achievements, who possesses all the virtues that human beings should possess. I don’t even dare to recall how the entire world endured such a huge disaster at that time, and the highest flames of human wisdom were extinguished one after another. Dr. Morosov Before taking the sodium cyanide capsule, he left me a note written with a pen: 'I love quantum physics, I love science, I love God, but I don't love this world. All of this is my responsibility, if If possible, my friends, please tell them for me that I will wait for the final judgment in that world.' - When the secret police and I escorted the cold body of Dr. Morosov out of the institute, I saw The two 30-meter-high condensation towers protruding from the underground computer room of 'Genesis' must be a pair of horns of Satan. He hides there and sends countless cruel truths through the Internet. My teachings tell me that life is given by God. , no one has the right to dispose of it; but one day, an isolated system composed of basic fermions was finally found to completely violate the Pauli exclusion principle under the simulation calculation of 'Genesis', thus overturning my twenty years of quantum theory. The main research direction outside the computer field is superstring theory. That night, I drank half a bottle of Glenmorangie single malt whiskey (Glenmorangie), lay on the carpet in the office, and listened to Billie Holiday’s old music. Song, I made three deep cuts on my wrist with a razor. My intern found me half an hour later, allowing me to survive to this day. To this day, I can't sleep without taking medicine, and I think about it again and again. Those hopeless days. Nobel prizes were suspended, research institute projects were stagnant, universities were in chaos, rumors spread, people were panicked, and news of deaths kept coming. It was a dark storm. Chapter 127 of "Century" mentions To: 'The voice of justice was suppressed by the gods, and he was at a loss to move forward.' I think he was referring to those days."
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Dr. Bartholomew rubbed his heart vigorously with his right hand and lowered his white-haired head. The venue was silent, with only the iconic metronome on the dome of the circular auditorium ticking.
"Five centuries ago," Bartholomew's deep voice sounded, "Ferdinand Magellan set out with the belief of sailing around the world. He died under the arrows of the Filipino natives, but his fleet completed mankind's first round-the-world journey. Assume , he crossed the Pacific Ocean to the west, and did not find the Philippine Islands, but a natural chasm that ran through the world. The ocean ended here, and the world had an end of nothingness. He had to turn around and return to the new world along the same route east, and reported to the King of Spain Charles V reported: 'Yes, Your Majesty, I was wrong, the world is flat.' At this time, what would he think? I believe that everyone here feels the same. 'Yes, I was wrong, science is there. "Exhaustive." For someone who is devoted to science to say this sentence himself, is there anything more cruel than this?"
"No more recalling the past. The "Information Non-Proliferation Treaty" adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2029 has isolated 99% of mankind from the truth, thanks to state power - this is a kind of cruel mercy. Mass panic slowly
Recovery, the peak of despair will eventually pass, scientists with firm faith and pious faith wipe away their tears and clean up the ruins of basic science. Exposing the wound to the sun will not make the pain better, but it will help the healing. In 2036, in Shanghai
At the World Science Summit Forum, we decided to face up to this 'Satan's joke' and jointly vowed to cherish life and safeguard the bright future of mankind. A few people continue to explore the truth of the world in the dark, and most people turn to marginal science and applied science.
Stop asking questions and try to use every theory at our disposal to create tomorrow.”
"Until now," Dr. Bartholomew raised his wrist to glance at the time and raised his head, "On October 4, 2052, the sun is still rising. Poverty, hunger, and death are getting less and less. Education, medical care, and living supplies are all.
Richer, whether it is surrender or compromise, we turned to look inward and built a more advanced civilization. Everyone here is a witness to all this. In the face of our colleagues who defended scientific beliefs and left before us
, there is no need to be ashamed. For more than ten years, 'Genesis' has been continuously connected in parallel, expanded, and enhanced its computing power, not only for applied scientific research, but also for a certain ambitious goal. IBM Chairman Thomas Watson once predicted that 'this will happen'
The world only needs five computers', and now we can say that the world only needs one computer. Genesis can complete the work of all PCs and mainframes at the same time. Just as this GTC is promoting the goal, the current Genesis terminal
The coverage rate of computer has reached 60%. In a few years, traditional PCs will be gradually eliminated, and the Genesis network terminal will become the only operating interface on the planet. Gentlemen, this is not a monopoly, but a guarantee of network transmission and computing.
Supreme fairness in storage."
"This is the way to reach the ultimate goal. Does science have a future? Is there truth beyond the end? We have given up scientific exploration for the time being, and we will never believe that religion can solve everything. With the super computing power of Genesis, in 2047, by GTC
, an unprecedented and huge organization composed of national governments and multinational enterprises was officially launched and began the grand plan we call 'the world'."
"There are scientists, government officials, business decision-makers, media and civilian representatives here, many of whom are completely unaware of the 'world'. According to the conference procedures, Ms. Wu Tianlan (Tina Wu) will give a detailed introduction next. If 'Genesis' is
The present of mankind, then the 'world' will be the future of mankind, thank you."
Dr. Bartholomew bowed to everyone around him and walked slowly down the podium amidst applause. A forty-year-old Chinese lady with a round face came up to him, shook hands with him, walked up the five steps and stood behind the microphone. Circular venue
Surrounding her, bright lights shine above her head. There is no teleprompter screen. In order to maintain tradition, the only electronic equipment in the auditorium is a simple microphone and speaker. Wu Tianlan, wearing a lotus-colored moiré placket top, shows the unique arrogance of the Chinese.
He nodded respectfully to all directions, looked into the distance, and spoke in Chinese:
"I am Wu Tianlan, the vice president of ThaiHo. 'TaiHo' is an emperor in ancient Chinese legends. You can understand it as King Arthur of China nine thousand years ago. Friends in the media may not be familiar with it. Our company is very
The listed company's equity structure is also relatively complex. It was established after the 2047 conference and is mainly responsible for the business preparation and implementation of the 'World' plan."
"What is the 'world'? Simply put, the 'world' is a world, an imperfect world with infinite possibilities." Wu Tianlan said in a calm tone, "Science once believed that reality is infinite.
Until the wall appears. From my point of view, reality is a Skinner box. There are eyes watching human beings hit the wall everywhere, wondering when human beings can learn how to survive. Human beings touch the levers of basic science and get applications.
The sweetness of science was passed down from generation to generation, until Genesis pressed the lever heavily, crushing the small bearing, and the enhanced stimulation system of the Skinner box collapsed. The observers laughed, and human beings were at a loss and fell into panic.
"You," Wu Tianlan gestured to the area where scientists gathered on the east side, "the people outside are all guinea pigs. They are stupider than you and they don't know the truth. You are not as happy as them. You have to play the savior among the guinea pigs. In fact, this is
More stupid than stupid."
There was a buzz of discussion in the venue. "The box cannot be broken. The mice tried it. The desperate people touched the wall and died. The humble people regard eating, excretion and mating as the reasons for survival, just like you." Wu Tianlan's fingers slipped.
He passed all the audience in the venue, ignored the uproar, and pointed his index finger at himself, "With me."
Someone stood up angrily from his seat and was pulled back to sit down by the person next to him. The order of the meeting was a bit chaotic. Wu Tianlan smiled slightly and said, "At least you know what I want to express. A white mouse cannot break the Skinner box. You have to see the truth."
There is only one way to understand what the world is like." She raised her index finger and pointed to the sky, waiting for the venue to gradually quiet down and the participants' eyes to slowly focus.
"There's only one way. Create another Skinner box."
Wu Tianlan stared at his fingertips, as if there was a fairy dancing there.