There is an old Chinese saying: when you are full of warm thoughts, hunger and cold steal your heart. In a word, it reveals the two human instincts - reproduction and survival. At the same time, this proverb itself also reflects the third instinct of human beings - thinking.
Thinking is the instinct that distinguishes intelligent human beings from non intelligent creatures. When people are idle and bored, they will inevitably think about the meaning of life.
Victor''s will side contains the life experiences of two worlds, one is a modern society with extremely rich materials and explosive information, and the other is the life of different world lords who have no worries about food and clothing. No matter what life experience, he has enough time to think and try to clarify the relationship between himself and the world.
Just now, Barol talked about the fertility of secret law warriors, which triggered Victor''s desire to think about the laws of the different world. He used x-3 combined with two life experiences in the will side to build a film scene virtual model, and observed and deduced it from the perspective of a third person.
On earth, millions of years ago, on the Bank of a large river, a female ancient ape enjoyed the prey captured by the male spouse. It ate and drank enough and did happy things with her spouse. The tired male ape fell asleep. The female ape lay in the grass nest, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and suddenly thought:
"Who am I? Where am I? Where am I going?"
So the first human was born. Her three questions have troubled countless future generations, showing different answers. Until today, and even in the future, there will be no unified standard.
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Hundreds of thousands of years later, a human clan appeared on the Bank of the river. The female leader of the clan sat alone on the rock and was stunned. A thin boy came bouncing over and asked curiously, "Eminem, what are you thinking?"
"I was wondering whether to go to the East Bush to pick wild fruits or to the West grassland to hunt mammoths tomorrow?" The female leader stroked the boy''s head. This is her favorite little son. He has a pair of flexible eyes.
The little boy turned his flexible eyes and said coquettishly, "I want to go to the black forest in the south."
The female leader shook her head, "I don''t know what wild animals are hidden in the black forest. It''s very dangerous! I don''t allow anyone to enter the black forest!" Her voice became severe. The little boy lowered his head in frustration, immediately raised his head and asked, "Eminem, why do we collect wild fruits and hunt mammoths?"
"To survive." The female leader smiled. She likes to answer other people''s questions, but there are too few clan members who like to ask questions.
"What is survival for?"
"For reproduction?"
"For what?" The boy asked suspiciously.
"Silly child, of course, reproduction is for survival." The female leader took the youngest son into her arms and carefully explained, "I gave birth to you. You will grow up and become a soldier and hunter in the future. With more soldiers of the clan, we can drive away the wolves in the grassland, collect more wild fruits and catch more mammoths. We don''t have to go hungry."
"Do I need to reproduce, too?"
"Of course, you will become Abu in the clan and let the women in the clan give birth to strong offspring." The female leader said proudly.
The little boy was silent for a moment and said timidly, "however, Abu must accept the challenge in order to reproduce with women. The losers will die. Even if Abu and women in the clan reproduce many strong offspring, they will still die."
"Eminem, since reproduction is for survival, why do men in the clan prefer to die to be Abu?"
The female leader was baffled. She thought and thought and muttered to herself: "survival is for reproduction... Abnin will reproduce even if he dies. If I reproduce, or will I die... What is the purpose of reproduction?"
At this time, the spouse of the female leader came over. He is the strongest soldier of the clan. He once killed the female leader old Abu and a challenger with a stone axe.
"Don''t think about it. Come with me." Abu fumbled to pull his spouse''s arm. The female leader was interrupted to think and spit at him angrily, but she was picked up by him and carried on her shoulder.
The female leader angrily beat his spouse''s strong back waist and shouted, "you want to have children with me except hunting and eating! You don''t know how to think. What''s the difference between you and those wild animals? You male orangutan, let me go!"
"Why think?" Abu murmured, carrying the female leader, strode to the hut.
The little boy stayed where he was, his face turned into Victor''s, touched his chin and said to himself, "why do you think? How can you ask this question if you don''t think?"
Survival is for reproduction. What is reproduction for? Why think?
He left these problems to the children of the little boy.
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Hundreds of years later, the clan became a tribe. Two wise men in the tribe were discussing the problems left by their ancestors by the river.
The middle-aged wise man proudly picked up the bow and arrow and said, "you see, I invented the bow and arrow through thinking. Tribal hunters use the bow and arrow to catch more prey and completely drive away the grassland saber toothed tiger. Our hunters concentrate on exploring the black forest and find many berries and new prey. With these foods, we can reproduce more offspring."
"I have figured out that survival is for reproduction, thinking is for better survival, and then reproduce more offspring, so reproduction is the ultimate goal."
The old wise man looked at the bow and arrow with envy. He was once the wisest man in the tribe. But the middle-aged wise man not only invented the bow and arrow, but also figured out a problem left by his ancestors. The people in the tribe will soon regard him as the wisest. The old wise man couldn''t accept that someone was smarter than himself. He asked coldly, "what''s the purpose of reproduction?"
The middle-aged wise man was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I haven''t come up with an answer yet... But I''ve already answered why I should think? I''m sure I can find the purpose of reproduction."
"Hum! Why do you think so? Who made you think so?" The old wise man breathed a sigh of relief, solemnly carried his hands, and the old God left the river bank.
His two questions were like a flash of lightning, frightening the middle-aged wise man on the spot.
"Who makes me think so? It''s me... Why do I think so? Since I think so, I should know why I think so? But why can''t I answer?"
The middle-aged wise man looked in awe at the back of the old wise man and thought, "I''m worthy of being the first wise man in the tribe. I''m far from..."
In the following days, the middle-aged wise man had been thinking about this problem. The more he thought, the more confused he became, and there was still no answer. He couldn''t help asking the old wise man for advice. The old wise man always looks unfathomable and lets him think for himself.
Before long, the old wise man died. Middle aged wise men can no longer find people. Please ask this question. The unhappy middle-aged wise man soon fell ill. Before his death, he called his sons to him and asked this question. Finally, he said, "our ancestors left a mystery and two questions. Survival is for reproduction. What is reproduction for? Why should we think? I figured out ''why should we think'', but I didn''t figure out ''why should we think''."
"Thinking is for better survival, and survival is for reproduction. Then why do we think? The old wise man said, there is a man who makes us think. But he refused to tell that man when he died? I want you to find him and find him, so you can know the purpose of reproduction."
"Why do people think?" It became "who makes people think?".
This problem spread from ten to a hundred, and soon spread to the whole tribe. At the beginning, everyone discussed with interest and wanted to find the person who made people think, but no matter how they found it, they couldn''t find it. With the passage of time, "that man" has become an indelible shadow of the whole tribe. Hunters have no intention to hunt, and women and children dare not go out to collect for fear that "that man" will hide in the dark and attack themselves.
If he is kind, why doesn''t he show up now? If he dies, why can I think?
Decades later, the tribe became weaker and weaker, but the man was still active because everyone could still think. This raises another problem:
How could he live so long? If I find him, can I learn to live forever?
The instinct of survival makes mankind fear the unknown, and the instinct of survival and development makes mankind like to explore the unknown.
The more scared, the more curious. Every tribe member is eager to see that person. Finally one day, a woman in the tribe was in a coma because of hunger. She thought she was dying, and her strong desire for survival stimulated her greatest desire - to find that "person". Then she had an illusion and saw the "man".
When the woman woke up, she told all the tribe members that she saw the "man" who made people think. And the man saved her.
Tribal members saw the woman come back from the dead and doubted her words.
However, who doesn''t want to come back from the dead?
Trembling and looking forward, they asked the woman: where is that man?
The woman shook her head, touched her heart and said: he lives in my heart. Only I can see him and hear him.
"How can a person live in your heart? It must not be a person."
There was a lot of discussion, and some even suggested digging out women''s hearts.
The woman was so angry that her voice shrieked, "that''s not a man, he''s God. You can''t see God. Only I can talk to God. I''m a witch."
"God told me that the whole tribe can''t survive winter! We must dig out his heart and give it to God before we can get God''s protection."
The witch pointed to the man who wanted to dig her heart. The frightened, crazy, vicious and happy expression on her face made the tribal members tremble with fear.
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With God, the tribal members'' hearts are not flustered and their legs are not soft. When they encounter something they don''t understand, they ask the witch. If the witch doesn''t understand, they push it to God.
Eat poisonous fruit and die, God''s will; This fruit is bitter, but it can be eaten, a gift of God; If you are injured, wipe some grass juice casually. The wound heals. Write down this kind of grass. This is the guidance of God.
Because of the existence of God, tribal members have unprecedented unity, doubled their courage, expanded more and more fields and encountered more and more new things. The witch who is responsible for communicating with God wants to answer the questions of her members and gather new things around her. After recording and sorting out, the knowledge reserve of the tribe is becoming richer and richer. The witch became the most authoritative person in the tribe. But Wu was too busy to do it alone. She chose helpers and created words. The knowledge collected by the tribe has been accumulated and inherited.
However, the accumulation and arrangement of this knowledge are piled up under the framework of God. The rudiment of religious theology system appeared.
Increasingly powerful tribes met other tribes and formed kingdoms through war and annexation.
However, each tribe has its own God. What should the God of the Kingdom look like? What kind of power does he have?
With the integration of tribes, witches gathered together to discuss the form and power of God. Everyone was surprised to find that the gods of all tribes had many things in common, but they described them in different ways. That''s because human beings can''t imagine things that don''t exist. The form of God is constructed according to the cognition of witches. With this foundation, the Witches of all tribes used all their imagination to choose a scheme that everyone could accept. Taking human beings as the template, they unified the form and power of God.
God said to have light, and there was light; God created all things in the world; God created man in his own image.
Human religion appeared.
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In the age of great navigation, the Pope pushed open the prison door alone. In the dark and damp prison, an old man with ragged clothes and disordered hair desperately wrote formulas on the floor with pebbles by means of dim candle light.
"Edwin, it''s time." The pope said softly.
"Wait, let me finish the formula." The old head said without looking back. The sound of pebbles rubbing against the floor became more rapid and harsh.
"You can go out and count." The Pope stepped forward and blocked the space for Edwin''s formula with his boots. "You''re free."
"Get out of the way, you''re in my way!"
Edwin shouted and suddenly woke up. He raised his head and straightened his hair with his left hand, revealing an old and haggard face and a pair of bright eyes.
"You said I could go out and calculate these formulas?" Edwin asked uncertainly, pointing to the floor.
He doesn''t care about freedom, only about his own research.
The Pope sighed in his heart and said, "yes. You can go out and verify these formulas, or you can continue to study your science... You are free now."
"Why?" Edwin asked hoarsely, licking his chapped lips. He clung to the pebbles as if afraid that the truth would slip from his hands.
"Sir Edwin, the fleet you funded is back." The Pope paused and said calmly, "the earth is round."
With a "pop" sound, the pebbles fell on the floor. Sir Edwin was shaky and muttered to himself: "the earth is round. The earth is indeed round... I knew the earth was round. I knew it for a long time..." he calmed down, looked at the smiling Pope and asked coldly, "just because captain Marin proved that the earth is round, you let me go?"
"This is God''s will." The Pope smiled as before.
Edwin was so angry that he couldn''t help roaring: "more than a hundred years ago, Tacitus pointed out that the earth was round. You said he was a heresy and burned him alive in the square! Now, I prove Tacitus is right. You say this is the will of God? Is it a God who will make mistakes or a God?" He pointed to the formula on the floor, stared at the Pope and asked, "do you know what this is? I tell you, the earth is not only round, but also revolves around the sun! I will prove that God does not exist!"
Facing Edwin''s aggressive eyes, the Pope shook his head and said, "God can''t make mistakes. It''s people who make mistakes. God wants you to correct Pope Ogg III''s mistakes."
"Ha... Funny, absurd and hypocritical." Sir Edwin sneered and said contemptuously, "you make me sick!"
The Pope looked piteously at Edwin and asked, "Sir, what do you think is God?"
"God corrected Pope Ogg III''s mistake. According to you, am I not the God in your mouth?"
Edwin sneered and said firmly, "I don''t know God. There is no God in this world!"
"God created all things, created all living beings and incarnated all living beings. He is everywhere and omnipotent. God is light and God is a lighthouse. God exists in the depths of your heart and guides your direction." The pope said piously, "what we see, see and hear is the embodiment of God. You are God and I am God."
Edwin stared at the pope in amazement. After a while, he said in shock: "unexpectedly, you are the biggest heresy!"
"The heresy of the holy see is not the heresy of God. God created the world, and there is no heresy of God in the world." Said the pope with a smile.
Edwin was silent for a long time and said softly: "Your holiness, you are very open-minded. I apologize for my rudeness just now. But your view is broad... There is no evidence to prove that God exists objectively. The church claims that the Pope is the spokesman of God on the earth, and only the Pope can hear the oracle. But Pope Ogg III burned Tacitus, and now you deny Ogg... I don''t believe in the subjective fallacy of the church unless I Can personally verify. "
"I''ll let you see." The Pope took two steps forward and raised his hand to fan out the candles on the table. The cell fell into darkness.
"I can''t see anything now!" Cried Edwin discontentedly.
"Can you write a check in the dark?"
"How is this possible?"
The Pope polished the flint, lit the candle, and the room returned to light. He turned and asked, "what is light?"
"What is light?" Edwin frowned and finally shook his head and said, "I can''t explain now... When I finish the heliocentric research, I will study the essence of light."
"What if you don''t live long enough to complete the study of light?" Asked the Pope.
Edwin shook his head sadly and said, "then I have no choice but to let future generations continue to study."
"Let me talk about my understanding of light." The Pope smiled and said, "you can''t write in the dark. Light illuminates the room and limits the scope of your writing. Therefore, I think light makes a rule, and you can only write within the rules."
"Where did the rule of making the cell bright come from?"
Edwin looked at the wooden table and said, "candles."
"I gave you the candle." The Pope smiled and said, "I have made rules for you to write in your cell, or when you don''t write. This is God''s Guide to me. Because God makes all the rules."
"Sophistry! Pure sophistry." Edwin blew his beard and glared, "you can''t shine. What shines is a candle. This is a natural phenomenon, an objective phenomenon to be studied by me!"
"But you''re shining." The Pope replied, "your research results and your thoughts illuminate the research path of future generations and limit their research directions. For example, heliocentric theory and the essence of light. Therefore, you have made rules."
"Then who lights your way?"
"Tacitus..." Edwin said blankly.
"What about going back? All the way back to the origin of mankind... Who lit up our path? Who formulated the rules of human development?"
The Pope''s soft voice was like a thunder and lightning, which made Edwin''s ears buzzing. He held his head, squatted on the ground and said painfully: "it''s the law of nature... Don''t ask me, who made the law of nature?!"
"I call him God." The Pope shook his head and laughed, then asked, "I''m curious. You know you''re going to be burned by the referee. Why do you keep checking the formula?"
"Curiosity." Edwin shook his head, got up slowly and said weakly.
"Curiosity, thirst for knowledge, I call these thinking instincts." The Pope nodded, sat down beside the dirty and messy wooden bed and said, "human beings have three instincts: survival, reproduction and thinking. Thinking is from curiosity to knowledge, exploration, observation, learning, research and utilization. Whether you like it or not, thinking is helping human beings survive better. What is the purpose of reproduction?"
"Humans have been asking for the answer to this question unless you can''t think. Why do we think?"
"You want to say that God makes people think?"
"Obviously." The pope said: "Hundreds of thousands of years ago, in the ignorant age of mankind, our ancestors learned to think, but they didn''t know why people think, so they explained all their doubts with God. Human beings set up a supreme coordinate for themselves. His appearance is like a lighthouse, illuminating the dark ideological field of human beings. Since then, human beings have the direction and driving force to move forward - approaching God. "
"What does God look like?" Edwin asked incredulously. He now believed that the pope in front of him was the spokesman of God.
The Pope shook his head and said, "human beings cannot imagine things that do not exist. On the contrary, everything human beings imagine has a realistic basis. The appearance of God..." he pointed to Edwin''s chest and said: "It is the greatest desire in your heart to know everything, be omnipotent, create all things, and never die. God says to have light, so there is light. In the end, does man want light, or does God want light? The answer is, God says to have light, and God says human beings want light. Light is a road, a law, a limitation, a power, a natural light, and a light of human soul."
"Since ancient times, all human behaviors and activities have focused on the three instincts of survival, reproduction and thinking. All religions that worship different gods have died out, because different gods can not meet the human desire to be close to God and become God. Religious beliefs unify the light of human soul and indeed let some people master some of the power of God... Do you want to travel to the moon OK? "
"Yes!" Edwin said without hesitation.
"You can''t!" The pope said firmly, "if your wish can integrate the light of people''s hearts, make rules and point out the direction, someone can always set foot on the moon. Although you are dead, your spirit has fulfilled your original wish. Was this a miracle tens of thousands of years ago? Is it eternal?"
Edwin took a deep breath and said to himself, "no wonder Ogg III wants to burn Tacitus. They are fighting for the power of the light of the heart."
"Ogg III lost because Tacitus followed God''s will."
The Pope further explained: "God, or the natural law in your mouth, limits the development path of human beings. Think, survive, multiply and grow. More people think, survive, multiply and continue to grow. This cycle. Ogg limits human thinking instinct. He goes against God''s will."
Edwin''s eyes lit up and asked, "so you want to let me out? But I study science. Aren''t you afraid that science will replace religion one day?"
The Pope closed his eyes, remained silent for a long time, opened his eyes and said, "this cell is too small and the candles are too dark to hold too many people. I hope you can set up a new lighthouse and build a bigger house. The larger the dark area you illuminate, the greater the power of God and the greater the power we can borrow."
Tacitus muttered with a complicated look, "you admit that man made God..."
The Pope smiled and shook his head: "human beings can''t imagine things that don''t exist, which means that human beings can''t create the world. The world is created by God and he allows us to transform the world. The God believed in by the church is only the projection of the true God and the coordinates that God guides us. Science can set new coordinates to concentrate the light of human hearts and illuminate the road close to God through upward stacking and modification."
"Why approach God?" Tacitus couldn''t help asking.
"We have no choice. God has made rules. The best way to survive, reproduce and think is to be close to God. If we are not close to God, we will be eliminated. There are too many species abandoned by God on earth, and new species will embark on the road of pursuing God. I really hope there will be no second earth outside the sun." The Pope shook his head with sobs.
"Go, use your subjective to explore the objective and find out the mystery of reproductive instinct. This is God''s will."
When the Pope opened the prison door, Edwin hesitated and went out. The warm sun hurt his eyes. He looked back at the pope in the dark, bowed deeply, turned and walked out.
Hundreds of years later, mankind has entered the electrical age, and various scientific theories have sprung up one after another. The quantum observer effect and the big bang theory almost point to the creator. In fact, these theories are more conjectures, but they serve as a beacon to point out the direction of scientific research, so as to gather the light of human mind, concentrate on continuous exploration and stack up. Just as religion uses faith to unite people.
Of course, there is the terrible Fermi paradox
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The earth scene simulated by x-3 did not help Victor completely solve the mystery of reproduction instinct. But he got inspiration from it and produced several conjectures.
In this holy world, the instinct of survival, reproduction and thinking covers all intelligent creatures, including elves and humans.