Earth Era

The scientist's question caused the entire venue to fall into silence. It's exactly what he said. Due to the influence of Lobachevsky space, the entire planet disappeared from the universe and fell into another strange space. This is undoubtedly a small probability event. In the hundreds of years since humans have had modern technology, human civilization has never seen or heard of such a thing, and has never even imagined it.

So... there are so many river systems in the universe, so many star systems in the river systems, and so many planets in the star systems, why is it the earth? Why is it the earth that has nurtured human civilization and still supports the survival and development of human civilization? Is there anything special about the earth?

Zhao Lan has also thought about this problem. Although there is no definite answer, Zhao Lan can still answer this question.

"My answer is... this question is meaningless." Zhao Lan sighed, "In the previous earth era, people would also be confused by this question, that is, there are so many people who smoke, why do they not get cancer? Is it me, a non-smoker, who got cancer? If you own a chicken farm and you raise 100,000 chickens, and on a certain day you decide to catch a chicken, kill it and eat it, then the chicken that happens to be caught by you Do you also think like this: There are 100,000 chickens in total, why do you want to catch me? Obviously the chance is only one in 100,000..."

"So your question is meaningless." Zhao Lan said, "No matter which planet such a small probability event occurs on, we can ask why it is this one. But it will still happen... Since It has already happened, and it is a waste of time and energy to complain about unfair fate or lack of luck."

The scientist was silent for a moment, and then bowed to Zhao Lan: "Thank you for your answer, I understand. I just lamented the fate of our human civilization... Just a few hundred years ago, we just We have experienced a disaster that almost destroyed our civilization. If your ancestor Zhao Huasheng hadn't turned the tide, we might have become extinct. Now. Our peaceful time has not been long, and now we have encountered such a disaster again Things. The fate of our human civilization... seems a little too bumpy."

"But what can we do? Instead of complaining about the unfair fate, it is better to complain that we are not strong enough." Zhao Lan glanced at the head of state intentionally or unintentionally, and then continued: "I noticed that from a technical level, our human civilization is at this moment We already have the ability to march into Jupiter and even Saturn, but our human civilization has not yet taken this step. We seem to be satisfied with what we have achieved so far, and there is no crisis. We are immersed in dreams of life and death, Amidst the blooming flowers, we lost our enterprising spirit to continue heading into space. The last solar crisis brought about the rapid development of our human civilization's science and technology, which led to the creation of two great buildings, the Earth Port and the Mars Port. However, this rapid development only only It lasted for a hundred years and then came to a standstill. Now we are once again facing a life and death crisis. I wonder how much our technology will develop this time."

A blush appeared on Zhao Lan's cheeks due to excitement. These words had been swirling in Zhao Lan's mind for a long time, and now he finally had the opportunity to say them on this important occasion related to the fate of human civilization. Zhao Lan didn't know what consequences uttering these words would bring to him, Zhao Lan only knew. If you don't say these words now, you will regret it for the rest of your life.

"But I want to ask, why did we only start to work hard when the crisis came? Why couldn't we fully develop science and technology in the past peaceful times when we had more time and sufficient material support? What if? If the last technological explosion could have lasted three hundred years instead of one hundred years, we might have stepped out of the solar system long ago. How can the fall of a mere earth threaten the foundation of our human civilization?"

Zhao Lan turned around as he spoke, bowed deeply to the head of human civilization and the heads of various departments of human civilization who were sitting in the seats next to him, and then said: "Head of State...can you answer my question? ?”

Discussions broke out in the venue, and Zhang Hong, who was sitting in the seat below, had a look of anxiety on his face. Zhang Hong knew very clearly what Zhao Lan's words and this question meant. This is questioning the entire policy policy of this head of state and several previous heads of state, and what is Zhao Lan's identity? You know, Zhao Lan is just an ordinary researcher in the research institute affiliated to the Central Academy of Sciences...

"Zhao Lan, Zhao Lan, you are a little too courageous. It's true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers..." Zhang Hong sighed anxiously in his heart, "You are questioning the head of state in person on such an occasion. You... You really..."

Among the more than 2,000 participants, there are many respected seniors in the scientific community, as well as experts and scholars who have a profound understanding of the development process of human civilization. But in the past two hundred years, during the process of countless dazzling new stars rising and falling with the passage of time, no one has ever asked such a question to the head of state, not one of them.

Compared with Zhao Huasheng, Zhao Lan is not outstanding. Even in the subject to which Zhao Lan belongs, Zhao Lan can only be regarded as ordinary. If it weren't for Zhao Lan's good luck, Zhao Lan wouldn't even be able to win the title of being the first to discover the abnormal disappearance of celestial bodies. Zhao Lan is so ordinary, but at this moment, countless outstanding people are not aware of this problem, or are aware of this problem, but do not raise this issue to the leaders of the entire human civilization due to various concerns. , ordinary Zhao Lan asked this question without any scruples.

Many people may say that he is sensationalizing, or that the embarrassment he caused to the head of state in person will have a great impact on his future career, causing him to no longer be able to engage in the industry he likes in the future... But Zhao Lan doesn't care about anything. Zhao Lan knew his heart and knew that he didn't ask this question for honor or fame. Zhao Lan knows that just like his ancestor Zhao Huasheng was able to bear the misunderstanding and hostility of the entire human civilization in order to complete his mission, although he is just an ordinary human being, in order to enable the entire human civilization to develop better, he has also done the same. Don't mind paying even a heavy price.

Facing Zhao Lan's face-to-face questioning, the head of state seemed a little embarrassed. Not only the head of state, but the heads of various departments sitting on both sides of the head of state also felt a little embarrassed. The head of state coughed and finally replied helplessly: "Of course I know the importance of developing science and technology, but with limited social resources, I can only make trade-offs between different needs. People's livelihood issues, economic issues , infrastructure construction issues, violent elements and terrorist issues, etc., all require a lot of social resources, and I cannot devote so many social resources to the development of science and technology."

"Then I want to ask, during the hundred years when science and technology maintained rapid development, didn't the problems you mentioned exist? In fact, there will only be more problems during that time, and absolutely No less than now. At that time, the solar crisis had just ended, everything was in ruins, social chaos, and all kinds of despair and sadness enveloped the entire society. But why were we able to maintain such rapid technological development at that time?" Facing the head of state explanation, Zhao Lan's questioning seemed sharp and ruthless.

"After all, the situation now is different from that time. We cannot simply apply the situation in different periods." The head of state thought for a moment and then answered.

"But the crisis will not care about these things." Zhao Lan continued, "The crisis will not care about how many reasons we have for not developing technology. When the crisis comes, if our technology is not advanced enough, we will have no choice but to die. We landed on Mars two hundred years ago, and the top speed of our most advanced spacecraft has reached 180 kilometers per second. But now, two hundred years later, we have not even landed on Jupiter, and our most advanced spacecraft has reached a speed of 180 kilometers per second. The speed cannot even reach 300 kilometers per second!"

Faced with Zhao Lan's question, the head of state finally did not answer. The head of state thought there for a while, then stood up and left his seat, first bowed to Zhao Lan, then turned around and bowed again to all the scientists present.

At this moment, the venue became quiet again.

"It was my governing philosophy that was wrong." The head of state said very seriously: "Faced with Ms. Zhao Lan's question, I reflected on my past, and then I had to admit it. I have always pursued people's livelihood and pursuit of In terms of economic development, although I also know the importance of science and technology, in actual operations, I always involuntarily cut back on scientific investment and transfer it to other places. This led to my insufficient investment in scientific and technological development, which led to our We don't have enough technological level to face the current crisis, because my vision is too narrow. I will not shirk my fault, and I will conduct a profound review of the mistakes I made. Ms. Zhao Lan, thank you for your reminder. Your love and sense of responsibility for our human civilization is no less than that of your ancestor Zhao Huasheng."

After saying this, the head of state once again bent down to all the scientists present. At this moment, all the scientists, including everyone on the podium, stood up, and the warm applause almost lifted the roof. (To be continued ~^~)

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