As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 126 Science Special Issue (Subscribe!)
Landing on the moon is easy, and it is not. It has been more than 50 years since the first moon landing. Among them, the American moon landing was successful five times out of six times, and a total of twelve people successfully landed on the moon.

(I bought the souvenirs for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing three years ago)

It is said to be difficult and it is very difficult. So far, only America has completed the moon landing project, and no other country has successfully landed on the moon.

The difficulty can be imagined.

China plans to cooperate deeply with Russia in the field of aerospace, and plans to land on the moon within three to two years and on Mars within five years.

Landing on the moon is a rehearsal for landing on Mars, and the moon is also a springboard for landing on Mars.

The Russians failed to successfully land on the moon, but they still accumulated a lot of experience in this regard. The experience of failure is also experience.

The cooperation between the two sides can greatly speed up the progress. Landing on the moon is a systematic project, and piling up manpower is useful.

It is useless to pile up manpower for some scientific research projects. For example, it is useless to prove the Riemann hypothesis no matter how many people are piled up.

The Europa Alliance also plans to launch a Mars landing project, but it is difficult.

The Europa Space Agency's previous Mars probe had failed, and in recent years most of its money has been spent on near-Earth projects.

If America and China want to build a base on Mars, there is hope if they can set a timetable and move forward, but for Europa, they have to start from scratch.

Currently, only China and America have systematic aerospace technology on Blue Planet. Europa exists in the form of an alliance, and its investment is not as good as that of China.

Statistics show that China's annual investment in aerospace in 2020 was approximately 133 billion Euros, and the investment of the European Space Agency was 83 billion Euros.

Germany and France also have their own space projects.

If they want to carry out a Mars landing plan, the first thing they need to do is integrate their internal aerospace research capabilities.

With the push of external forces, the progress may be very fast. Of course, if there is a strike from time to time, the progress may be very slow.

As for the alliance between England and Japan, it is just a thought, which is beyond our ability. In short, this question is beyond the scope of the syllabus.

Harvey is the academic editor of Science. The first thing he does when he arrives at the office every day is to check his email to see if there are any valuable articles.

An article titled "Experimental Observations and Some Conjectures on the Existence of Soul" caught his eye.

Harvey muttered, "The existence of the soul? Magic.com wants to publish a paper on Science? I want to see if the name of the signer is Merlin."

As a senior practitioner in the scientific community, Harvey knew the existence of magic.com and he had carefully read Merlin's three works.

He also knew the existence of Magic Coin and registered the electronic wallet address of Magic Coin.

But magic coins had nothing to do with him. Harvey only knew that magic coins existed, but had never heard of anyone who had them.

It's something you've heard of but never seen, just like you know about Ferrari but no one around you has it.

Harvey also vaguely heard comments about Merlin's paper from some friends in the scientific community, which were basically positive, and they believed that his theoretical system was completely logically consistent.

As for the experiment, Harvey had never heard of anyone replicating it.

Harvey took a closer look at the sender of the email and was [email protected]
Before he could think about it, he received a call from his immediate boss Walker, the editor-in-chief of Science.

"Harvey, did you get the paper from Rush?"

Harvey said respectfully, "Got it." Rush is a big shot in American academic and political circles.

Previously a senator.

After retiring as a senator, he served as CEO of AAAS, but retired three years ago.

AAAS stands for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Science is just a journal under AAAS. Although this journal may be more famous than AAAS.

Walker said on the phone: "You don't need to worry about the content of the paper, you just need to check whether there are any grammatical errors, proofread it, contact relevant personnel and publish a special issue of Science."

Harvey asked, "Whose name is it signed under? Mr. Rush?"

Walker responded: "It's whoever's name he put in the email."

The day after Merlin's bounty mission came out, American's "Science" published a paper proving the existence of the soul in their special issue.

Science special issues can be published for money.

One year, when Jiangcheng University celebrated its 125th anniversary, Science launched a special issue online titled Celebrating 125 Years of Academic Excellence: Wuhan University (1893–2018) to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Jiangcheng University.

Many universities in China have published such special issues, not just Jiangcheng University.

This special issue article is signed by Milren Ambrosius, and there is only one author named in it.

American media have reported on the existence of souls, and CNN and the New York Times have even released related videos.

The video shows the experimental monkey being euthanized, and then white mist leaves his body, floats into the air and gradually dissipates.

The device that observed this phenomenon was also photographed.

This discovery immediately caused heated discussion in the public opinion and quickly topped the Twitter trending search list.

The New York Times' most-liked comment on the video was:
"Why treat life like this? Monkey's life is life too! We strongly condemn this scientist named Miren!" The official Twitter account of a European and American environmental protection organization commented below.

Of course there are also many normal comments:

“What an incredible discovery!”

“If monkeys have souls, does that mean humans also have souls? Should related experiments be conducted on humans?”

What they don’t know is that officials from various countries have already conducted soul experiments on humans.

"It is cruel enough to deprive monkeys of their lives. It would be even more cruel to deprive humans of their lives. It is better not to do such experiments. I would rather not know about it."

"Does the soul disappear after it floats in the air? Will it bring any changes to the air? When my grandfather died when I was a child, I slept next to him. I woke up the next day and found that he was dead. Did I absorb all of his soul?"

"What would happen if we went to the hospital specifically to suck out the souls of the dead?"

The comments below are so creative that the staff who have been monitoring the comments are amazed.

The reason why the American side wants to make the existence of the soul public is also to gather ideas.

See what the public thinks about this and how it can be used to study the nature of the soul.

They had never thought about what kind of changes would happen to people if they absorbed the souls floating in the air.

I have been doing experiments on the microscopic level of the soul and never thought that I could put it to use.

The staff of American wrote down whether sucking the souls of the dead could strengthen one's own soul and compiled them together and sent them to the backstage at the end of the day.

After seeing this special issue of Science, researchers from other countries joked:
"The American side still has some conscience and uses Merlin's signature."

"They don't dare to do anything rash. What if Merlin minds it? Scientists are very sensitive about their research results being infringed upon by others, and mages may mind it as well."

(End of this chapter)