Metaverse Evolution

Chapter 58 Instinct·Intelligence·Wisdom

Chu Fei hurriedly left the laboratory, went to the bathroom first, then returned to the dormitory to drink meat porridge, and finally returned to the "temporary classroom".

Along the way, Chu Fei kept thinking.

Cao Liwen actually said that humans do not have will, and even wrote the two big words "greed" on the big screen.

Chu Fei frowned, puzzled, and even faintly rejected and even feared a certain idea.

While thinking, Cao Liwen slowly walked over, looked at Chu Fei in deep thought, and smiled, "Have you thought of anything?"

Chu Fei nodded slightly, but his words were a little confused, "I feel like I have thought of something, but I haven't thought it through."

Cao Liwen opened a lesson plan and said slowly, "Before explaining the two terms of will and greed, let's start with a simple experiment."

It's called an experiment, but it's actually playing a video.

It's an experiment of paramecium. There are two groups in total, two very simple groups.

One group is to place clear water and unsalted beef juice on both sides of the paramecium culture solution; as a result, the paramecium swam towards the beef juice.

The other group was clean water and salt water, and the paramecium swam towards the clean water.

It swam slowly but firmly.

It was a very simple experiment.

If there hadn't been Cao Liwen's previous reminder, Chu Fei would have taken it for granted that this experiment was a stress test.

But now, he had a different feeling.

Cao Liwen spoke, "Two experiments, what did you see?"

Without waiting for Chu Fei to say anything, Cao Liwen wrote two new big words on the screen: survival.

He continued, "Before discussing something, a prerequisite must be given.

Talking without a prerequisite is empty talk.

Paramecium is a very simple life. It does not have the intelligence of humans, but it already has the consciousness of life. For example, the consciousness of survival.

It instinctively yearns for beef juice and hates salt water.

Longing for beef juice is a kind of greed, and it is the greed for food that stimulates it to move forward.

Escape from salt water is a kind of fear, but the opposite of fear is greed for "life, survival".

Greed for food and life drives the movement of this primitive life.

Similarly, plants yearn for sunlight, animals migrate to food-rich areas, humans yearn for a better life, and so on;

All of this can actually be described by the word "greed", and it is indeed the existence of greed that has led to these activities."

Chu Fei frowned and thought. The question raised by Cao Liwen today completely overturned all Chu Fei's previous understandings.

Is life only greedy?

It seems reasonable;

But it is a little hard to accept!

Cao Liwen saw Chu Fei's confusion and asked a question directly, "Chu Fei, scientific research emphasizes tracing back to the source and finding theoretical basis.

Then tell me, what is the theoretical basis of will?"

Chu Fei thought about it and shook his head.

Cao Liwen asked again: "What is the theoretical basis of greed?"

Chu Fei looked at the screen, looked at the paramecium still moving towards the beef juice, and fell silent.

Cao Liwen continued, "I just said that talking without prerequisites is empty talk; the 'basis' in the theoretical basis is the prerequisite of the theory.

The so-called 'will' does not exist in the field of scientific research, and it is also an object that cannot be studied."

Chu Fei was dissatisfied, "Teacher, science has natural science and humanities. In the humanities, there are virtues such as will, morality, and integrity."

"We are talking about natural science today, and big data practice is also based on natural science.

What is natural science? It is the science of studying the material world, not the spiritual world.

And from the perspective of survival, will, morality, and integrity are not necessary. It can even be said that moral people do not live long.

Meanness is the pass of the mean, and nobility is the epitaph of the noble!

These cries that people have made with their lives in the past, can't make you wake up?"

Chu Fei suddenly had an idea.

I almost forgot that this is the end of the world! This is not a prosperous age!

In the end of the world, survival is the first priority. Without survival, everything is fake. To realize your ideal, you must first live.

So, is this a kind of greed?

Cao Liwen gave Chu Fei a few minutes to think, and his tone softened, "The 'greed' we are talking about today is also greed from a natural perspective. It is a basic attribute of life and has nothing to do with good or evil.

The greed that we usually avoid should actually be 'insatiable'.

All creatures have the attribute of greed, but only a very small number of highly intelligent creatures such as humans have insatiable desires."

Chu Fei was silent, and quietly remembered what Captain Huang Gang said: It is said that people die for money and birds die for food, but birds will die without food, and people will die without money. This is the end of the world. If you fight, you may die, but if you don't fight, you will definitely die!

Seeing Chu Fei slowly coming to his senses, Cao Liwen continued, "As a human being, we should face up to greed, and then control greed, rather than being controlled by greed. This is what we should do.

For example, if you want to become an awakener, you will need a lot of resources and knowledge in the process.

This is actually a kind of greed, a 'high-level' greed.

What you have to do is to control this greed, turn it into a driving force, and then implement it step by step in a planned way.

The human will should actually be said to be an advanced evolutionary version of the 'greed instinct'. It is a rational, goal-oriented 'greed' that brings the power of life.

The greatest thing about human beings is that we have intelligence, which is superior to instinct.

Once instinct is superior to intelligence, this person loses the attribute of "greatness"!

At this time, corruption and other degenerate phenomena will occur. "

Chu Fei murmured to himself, "In this case, which of the two sentences, 'Seeing hope is motivation' and 'working hard to see hope' is correct? "

"Both are correct!" Cao Liwen said decisively, "For most people, seeing hope is motivation; strictly speaking, this is a state where instinct is higher than intelligence;

But for elites, hard work is hope. We can set a lofty goal for ourselves and work hard. This is a great thought and a manifestation of intelligence over instinct.

Big data practice requires the second spirit.

The proportion of awakened people is one in a million, and we must use intelligence to override instinct.

And the greatest intelligence of human beings is actually - wisdom!"

Chu Fei's eyes became brighter and brighter, and a trace of enlightenment continued to emerge from his heart.

Cao Liwen continued, "Now let's look back at the keywords mentioned yesterday.

Evolution, mutation, randomness, survivor bias, will, observer effect, quantum collapse.

You try to connect these keywords together to form your own practice ideas. ”