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As the Interstellar Portal continued to expand, waves of professors were teleported into the room, gradually filling the entire central courtyard.
After taking a look at the list and confirming that all scholars were present, Chen Yu closed the Interstellar Portal and walked up to the podium. He then deliberately scanned the crowd with a "deep" gaze and said loudly, "Everyone here is a top expert or educator in the natural sciences. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come here.
"Everyone here isn't a bureaucrat, and this isn't a meeting. I should cut to the chase and get straight to the point.
However, aside from everyone here, there are still over 14 million ordinary people paying attention to this meeting.
Most of them still don't have a clear understanding of the world, technology, and the development and predicaments of human civilization.
Hence, I can't leave out some long-windedness. "
Placing his hands behind his back, Chen Yu recalled the script in his mind and said, "Through the Hubble Telescope, we know that the universe originated from the Big Bang more than 13 billion years ago.
If we compare 13 billion years to 13 years, then the solar system appeared 4.5 years ago.
As far as we know, the earliest living organisms appeared four years ago.
The dinosaurs went extinct about three weeks ago.
"The earliest Homo sapiens evolved in Africa 50 minutes ago.
The Industrial Revolution occurred six seconds ago.
The first war occurred two seconds ago.
As for World War II, the birth of nuclear weapons, Hiroshima becoming a unit of measurement, humans landing on the moon, the electronic revolution, the information explosion, and so on, they all happened in the last second.
[Humans are awesome!]
[Awesome + 1]
[What is the relationship between Hubble and the Big Bang?]
[How do you know that the universe has a history of 13 billion years?]
[I was born 0.001 seconds ago.]
[UP!]
[Do you think my kneeling posture is standard?]
"Through such a comparison of time, ordinary people can easily make a cognitive mistake..."
Looking at the camera, Chen Yu stretched out a finger and said, "Human technology has begun its Big Bang. Moreover, the flames of this explosion will continue for a long time.
"But unfortunately …"
"Ordinary people don't know that behind this glory is endless despair."
His voice gradually lowered, Chen Yu said, "Humanity has entered a bottleneck.
The scientific name for this bottleneck is called development disorder.
"The reason why you and I, especially the Chinese, feel that life is changing with each passing day is not because of a technological explosion.
In fact, it is just the rapid development of the information technology industry.
"In fact, the development of the most important energy, power, materials, semiconductors, and more importantly, fundamental physics has been slowed to the point that it is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. It is not an exaggeration to say that they have completely stagnated.
"Did the audience in front of the screen notice?
The darkness hidden under the glory? "
"For example, Moore's Law is no longer valid.
Fifty years ago, the Apollo program's Saturn V's carrying capacity had yet to be broken.
The theory of relativity and quantum theory created by Einstein a hundred years ago were still at the forefront of human science in 2020.
Ninety-five percent of the people in 2020 still don't understand the mechanics that Newton created hundreds of years ago … "
Pausing slightly, Chen Yu shifted his gaze from the camera to the crowd before him and said, "You guys should have a better understanding of these problems."
The professors looked at each other in silence.
"In China's textbooks, there is a story that is repeatedly mentioned. It's about how long America took to develop nuclear weapons and how long Suval took, but China only took a few short years to develop one.
Similarly, there are computers, fighter jets, missiles, satellites, chips and so on. "
"I have to admit that these improvements are amazing, but in the end, they are just following the path of the predecessors, and they have not taken many shortcuts.
Very few people know that before the Manhattan Project, there wasn't even a theoretical basis to support the realization of nuclear bombs.
This also leads to the next topic I want to talk about — the difficulty of creating a technology.
"The most crucial and difficult point of a scientific research technology isn't the investment of manpower, energy, money, or time.
Rather, we aren't sure if this technology can be realized.
"Take the controllable nuclear fusion that is being researched by the world for example. This is the most crucial technology for the continuation of human civilization.
However, to this day, the academic community still isn't sure if controllable nuclear fusion is a 'perpetual motion machine' that looks beautiful but is actually useless.
"To put it in simpler terms, it's like a mentally handicapped teacher's questions. We aren't sure if the questions themselves are wrong or not.
If we bury ourselves in answering the questions, it's very likely that we won't be able to reach a conclusion even if we calculate to death.
This is the swamp of science and technology. The flat ground is filled with abysses, and anyone who steps into it will die. "
After saying so, Chen Yu fell into a momentary daze. He then thought of Sixth High's teachers in his mind …
"A small fork in the tree of science and technology can lead to the disintegration of a former superpower.
"A large fork in the tree of science and technology can even cause human civilization to cease to exist.
"After hearing this, does the audience still think that science and technology are in a period of explosive growth?" Stepping off the platform, Chen Yu beckoned for the crowd to follow him.
Without hesitation, the professors followed closely behind Chen Yu. They left the courtyard, passed through the corridor, bypassed the hall, and walked out of the castle. They then arrived in front of a small, independent castle.
"The legacies of Einstein and other modern scholars have been exhausted. Humanity's development has inevitably reached a barrier.
"This also explains Fermi's paradox. Why hasn't the vast Milky Way been occupied by aliens with a technological explosion?
We have also never seen aliens before.
"This is because a continuous technological explosion does not exist.
Most civilizations will eventually be annihilated by layers of scientific barriers. "
"Even we humans were nearly trapped in this tiny solar system by various fields of physics, the speed of light, energy, genetics, astronomy, communications, and so on...
"Why did I add the word 'nearly'?"
Stopping, Chen Yu stretched out his hands and placed them on the small castle's door. Smiling, he said, "The answer is here."
Creak, creak, creak …
After saying so, Chen Yu abruptly pushed open the wooden door, and an ancient aura immediately washed over him!
The pupils of the professors present dilated immediately.
The government officials, scientific researchers, and even the general audience couldn't help but gasp in shock.
Here …
It was a sea of books.
Rows and rows of books stretched out endlessly in a densely packed ocean!
Through the camera's high-definition feed, everyone could see the words on the bookshelf in front of them.
atspheriobot
Dispersal (Atmospheric Nanobot Dispersion Theory)
l-gate
Insight (Stargate Academic Cognition)
E-particle repair system)
Syics (Synthetic Humanity Overview)
dark
tter
Power (Discovery and Application of Dark Matter Energy)
entropic
Re (Entropy Recursion of Omega Theory)
Ga-engineering (Key Points of Giant Construction Engineering)
extradinsional
Onry (High-dimensional Weapon Theoretical Model)
Seleeages (Gene Selection Formula)
as
Theory (Human Ascension Theory)
…
Turning around, Chen Yu spread his arms and faced the camera. He then spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice.
"Do you see it?
"As a Lego parenting toy, it naturally includes popular science books for children and adolescents from the 30th century.
"And this …
"This is the shining moment of human civilization!