Road to science and technology

There is no lack of technological civilization in the universe. Of course Wu Shi has seen it and understood the methods of those technological civilizations, especially the Eternal Kingdom in the Eternal Star Territory. He had visited many times in the past and got what he wanted there.

So when Yue Yuanzhou said the word parameter quantification, he recalled what he had seen and heard back then. He remembered that the equipment on the Eternal Kingdom battleship relied on piles of parameter data to operate. They were said to be very accurate, but he thought they were all foreign objects.

Although there is some reference value, it is not his way.

Wu Shi thought for a moment: "Shen, yes, I naturally know such things as parameter quantification, and I also know what kind of expression you want. It's just that the passage of time cannot be quantified. 'Tao' is the most mysterious, mysterious and mysterious,' I The Tao overwhelms all Tao, and my Tao is also controlled by me, just like an arm and a finger. All these are seen and felt by the True Self. How can the feelings and perceptions be quantified?"

Having said this, Wu Shi picked up the tea cup, put his fingers on the bottom of the cup, and stared at the tea inside, but did not drink it.

I saw him slowly tipping the tea cup, letting the tea flow from the mouth of the cup to the coffee table. At the same time, he continued to speak: "For example, this tea, do you think the one that flowed down just now is one drop of water, or two drops of water, or one big drop?" , or a small drop, how much is considered big, how much is small, and where is the limit of what is larger than what is small? All these can be classified. The same is true for the long river of time. It is intangible and has no quality, so it may be difficult to quantify. "

Yue Yuanzhou also picked up the tea cup, but he drank it all in one gulp. He smashed his mouth, looked at Wu Shi, and nodded: "Size, length, difficulty, etc., including the boundaries between macro and micro, are indeed so difficult to express accurately. , so there is a saying that difficulty and difficulty complement each other, long and short complement each other, and presence and absence complement each other.”

"But we can define it, just like a circle. How to make sure that the 'circle' I'm talking about is really a 'circle', then we have to define 'circle'. "Mo Jing" says: Circle, one center Same length."

He pointed at the tea and said: "The same goes for this tea. The words "a drop of water" are not very detailed, so such names are rarely used in rigorous scientific research.

But we can define it in other ways. For example, we can use quantum mechanics to simulate every molecule in a water system, including the quantum interaction of every atom and electron in the molecule. Starting from the static characteristics of the molecule, we can also The molecular dynamics method is used to simulate the dynamic process of molecular vibration based on the electrostatic interaction between molecules.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, a molecular group composed of twenty-one water molecules is basically consistent with the macroscopic spectrum of a drop of water. Therefore, if we want to use it, we can write the definition of a drop of water as consisting of twenty-one water molecules. In this way, the influence of gravity and environmental factors can be eliminated. "

Yue Yuanzhou leaned forward and continued: "Based on this, I think we can establish and define a space-time coordinate. This coordinate may not be fixed, or it may be based on itself, and based on this, various parameters of the long river of time can be Quantify and finally express it mathematically.”

When it came to what he was good at, Yue Yuanzhou began to talk endlessly. In order to make Wu Shi understand what he meant, he also gave many examples.

He is not embarrassed by Wu Shi, and does not need Wu Shi to describe in detail what he feels, that is, he does not need to express it mathematically, he only needs to describe the laws of what he feels in detail.

Yue Yuanzhou is very confident that he can find similarities and differences in the patterns and then express them mathematically.

Just like Faraday was not very good at mathematics, so he discovered the electromagnetic theory and could only express it in words. It was not until Maxwell finally read his notes and realized the great value of Faraday's ideas that he finally translated Faraday's few notes into mathematics. Expressed in form, it is Maxwell's equations.

This is the process from literal description to mathematical expression.

They express the same thing.

Yue Yuanzhou believes that the so-called secret techniques of the Imperial Scriptures all use words to describe the Tao, and there are always many subjective words in them, so the descriptions of the same 'Tao' are different.

If the earth revolves around the sun it is a ‘high road’.

Well, some people have concluded through observation that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so it is the foundation building period. Some people realize that the essence of the sun rising in the east and setting in the west is that the earth revolves around the sun, so their understanding of the Tao becomes deeper. This person is practicing Qi at several levels.

And that powerful person already knows how long it takes for the earth to go around the sun. They can even visualize the earth's trajectory around the sun in their brains by observing the sunrise and sunset.

They can tell the distance between the earth and the sun at any time, and they can also draw a sketch and use their own method to indicate the time corresponding to each point of the earth on the trajectory of the sketch.

Yue Yuanzhou believes that these words and paintings are the so-called preaching and writing secrets of cultivation.

Since there is no mathematics involved, this kind of secret book is bound to contain a lot of subjective terms, such as whether a certain section of the elliptical orbit is straighter than the other end, and whether the earth moves faster or slower when it reaches a certain position. Vague words.

This resulted in people later seeing different things when looking at their secret books.

There is no such problem with mathematical expression. This is the benefit of quantification and definition.

Of course, Yue Yuanzhou is not saying that the cultivation side's thinking is not good, he just understands the secrets and preaching on the cultivation side from his own standpoint.

In any case, he has been exposed to a lot of cultivators over the years, and this is the overall feeling he has.

The two continued to discuss this issue for a long time.

In the end, Wu Shi said that perhaps only when he reaches the level of Immortal King or even Quasi-Immortal Emperor can he have a more detailed description.

Yue Yuanzhou had nothing to do about this. In this period of time in this universe, the most powerful one he could find was Wu Shi.

You can't really wait for Wu Shi to cultivate to the level of a quasi-immortal emperor, right? At this moment, Yue Yuanzhou couldn't help but ask himself.

It may not be certain that it will take hundreds of thousands of years. It is really too long. Yue Yuanzhou cannot wait that long. If there is such time, the Shenzhou civilization may have already developed it using its own methods, so there is no need to take chances.

Yue Yuanzhou even wondered if he couldn't feel it because his soul was not strong enough or because his way of thinking was wrong.

He thinks so because in his impression, the soul or soul is one of the shortcomings of technological civilization.

It makes no sense. The soul technology of Shenzhou Civilization can be used to materialize the soul, and the form of dragon scales is one of the representatives. Moreover, he himself can sense the approaching universe in the chaos, so it stands to reason that the intensity should not be a problem.

It seems that the exploration of the long river of time cannot be completed overnight.

At the end, Yue Yuanzhou shook his head, then stood up and faced Wu Shi, saying: "I plan to go to the Immortal Realm to find out. Although it is only a corner of the Immortal Realm, it is better than staying here. What do you think?"