As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 205 Future Competition

As magic plays an increasingly important role in China's scientific research system, the resources at the disposal of the Bureau of Anomalous Matters have also increased dramatically.

After exchanging biological storage technology, Chinese wizards learned how to reconstruct microscopic particles through magic.

Since then, top scientists have naturally associated it with military materials.

With the participation of the mages, China has made rapid progress in the research and development of stealth aircraft coating materials.

China has prepared a new CI/CF magneto-dielectric composite material with a three-dimensional network structure through carbonization and vacuum impregnation.

Meanwhile, the 3D mesh structure provides well-defined conductive paths and controlled conductivity-temperature properties to optimize dielectric losses.

Moreover, the structure also causes structural magnetic loss through induced current to delay the attenuation of magnetic loss at high temperature.

This stable high-temperature microwave absorbing material benefits from the synergistic regulation of dielectric loss and magnetic loss.

It shows an ultrastable wide EAB with a thickness of only 298 mm, a maximum EAB of 573 GHz, and a minimum EAB of 0.05 GHz in the temperature range of 8.48-8.32 K.

At the same time, the gradient refractive index fluorine-containing polymer anti-reflective coating is combined with the composite material to produce a composite stealth material with a 1+1 greater than 2 effect.

According to China's internal estimates, the stealth effect of this material is better than the RQ-180 installed by America.

As a result, the resources at the disposal of the Bureau of Anomalous Matters are not only material resources and human resources, but also administrative resources.

An ordinary researcher like Dong Wenxu under the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences was transferred from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to the Bureau of Abnormal Affairs with just one transfer order.

Zheng Li knew that all his words, expressions, and mental activities would be observed and reported by the man in front of him.

He needs a personality that fits the identity of Zheng Li.

Zheng Li remained calm on the surface: "What do I need to do?"

"what is the benefit?"

Dong Wenxu was surprised at Zheng Li's calmness. He went to invite other Chinese scientists several times.

Zheng Li was the calmest person he had ever seen after hearing about magic.

"Magic requires human brain activity to perform spellcasting."

“You are the country’s top expert in brain-computer connectivity, and one of the top experts in brain science.”

The CSCB Lion City Research Center has published several papers related to brain science in mainstream international journals, and Zheng Li has signed on all of them.

"We want to explore whether mages can use brain-computer connections to cast spells in a virtual world."

“What’s more important is to explore the nature of the world.”

"The existence of magic makes some people doubt the nature of the world."

"The hypothesis of brains in a vat is very popular. Another major topic we would like you to discuss is to verify the hypothesis of brains in a vat."

In her book Reason, Truth, and History, Hilary Putnam argues:

The general meaning is that people may live in a virtual world. Everything you feel is brain nerve signals converted by computers and is virtual.

Originally Putnam's argument was simply to attack the possibility of global skepticism implied by metaphysical realism.

He defines metaphysical realism as the view that "…the world consists of a fixed set of objects, independent of thought. There is only one true and complete description of 'the world as it is.' Truth involves some correspondence between words or thought symbols and collections of things."

This interpretation advances the view that, for metaphysical realists, truth is not reducible to epistemic concepts but involves properties of reality that are independent of thought.

This characterization finds its precise target in those scientific materialists who believe in a “ready-made” scientific world that is independent of human classifications and conceptualizations.

Later, this concept was used by science fiction writers and became a symbol of anti-authority.

After magic came into the public eye, the number of ordinary people who were skeptical of everything increased rapidly.

The idea of ​​a brain in a vat is receiving renewed attention, and it’s not necessarily just the stuff of science fiction writers.

Zheng Li understood immediately: "By simulating the neural signals received by the brain, can we explore whether the brain can completely rely on neural signals to perceive everything in the real world?"

"Are the two signals consistent?"

Dong Wenxu nodded and said, "Yes."

Zheng Li directly refused: "It's unrealistic. Kechuang Biotechnology's technology can't do this. We can't even convert electrical signals into brain nerve signals."

Dong Wenxu: "It is because Kechuang Biotechnology cannot do it now, so it needs to cooperate with us and needs the scientific research power controlled by the Chinese government."

"Virtual reality is just a byproduct of this process, as we study the brain in a vat and whether magic can exist in a virtual world."

"Mr. Zheng, Kechuang Biotechnology will have the right to use the patent for virtual reality technology."

Zheng Li continued to ask: "If there is magic, it sounds like it must be a secret base."

"I can't stay in a secret base every day without any contact with the outside world."

Dong Wenxu was not surprised: "Mr. Zheng, you can stay in the research center of your own company."

"We keep in regular communication, and you are in charge of research management and task allocation throughout the process. We will have someone to work with you remotely."

"As for magic-related experiments, you may need to come to the base to do them, but it depends on your willingness."

"You can come forward. Once you have enough knowledge about magic and magic brain, you can design the experiment remotely and let the researchers realize it."

"We will encrypt the experimental data and report and send them to you."

Zheng Li: "I need to think about it."

"I usually stay in Lion City. If I'm in Lion City, I guess it's not very convenient for Chinese mages to go abroad, right?"

It goes without saying that people with this level of confidentiality will not be allowed to go abroad.

Dong Wenxu: “Yes, so you need to stay in China, at least until the project is completed.”

“But where in the country you stay is entirely up to you.”

"For experiments involving mages to personally participate in, you can come to our research base."

Most of the core research centers of the Bureau of Anomalous Matters are located in the southwestern border.

Or it could be said that it is China's consistent tradition that truly important research institutes are rarely located in coastal areas.

Except for research institutes involving the Navy.

Zheng Li shook his head: "Forget it then."

"I don't really like the feeling of being constrained."

"And I can get magic coins on my own."

Dong Wenxu explained: "Mr. Zheng, you may have misunderstood. This is not a restraint, but a kind of protection."

"If magic can be partially reproduced in the virtual world, the value of brain-computer connection will be far beyond the imagination of the outside world."

“Even if you are in Lion City, it is difficult for us to protect you.”

“We also believe that you can get magic coins, but this is more dangerous.”

"According to our intelligence in Southeast Asia, even the Lion City government has never obtained a magic coin." "And you obtained the magic coin by yourself, which is bound to be coveted by the Lion City government."

"If the subsequent brain-computer connection can fully prove its value, the Chinese government may even give you the right to use a magic coin."

Zheng Li doesn't have many feelings for China, but compared to America, China has much more bottom line.

Zheng Li: "What you said is too unrealistic, and I cannot believe the promises you made to me based on your status."

"Can you understand? You are just an ordinary clerk. The promise you made to me is just lip service."

"I will consider it, but I will need someone more convincing to talk to me later."

Dong Wenxu nodded and said, "Mr. Zheng, I can totally understand."

"I am just here to convey the content of the cooperation we hope to achieve. The final cooperation will definitely be approached by higher-level people."

"In addition, as a person, I really hope that you can make more contributions to the country."

After saying this, Dong Wenxu stood up and bowed deeply to Zheng Li.

The emergence of magic has calmed down the world's boiling situation, but this is only a warm-up for the next boiling.

The next time the situation becomes turbulent, it will be more intense than this time.

Things will move forward in a spiral.

Magic can only reduce the temperature, it cannot completely reverse the situation.

It’s just like when the stock market is in a bear market, any good news will only bring a rebound but not a reversal.

Countries around the world have increased their investment in science and technology, and China's official think tanks have also made their own deductions.

Magic will bring about rapid development of science and technology, which will result in less need for such a large industrial population.

In other words, after breakthroughs in nuclear fusion and primary artificial intelligence technology, Germany's Industry 3.0 and China's so-called intelligent manufacturing can be fully realized.

In the future, there will not be a need for so many manufacturing populations, and China’s status as the world’s factory will no longer exist.

If China fails to complete technological upgrades before technology develops to this point, the consequences will be extremely serious.

Therefore, everyone who knows the inside story has a very strong sense of urgency.

"It is obvious that Zheng Li has had little communication with the outside world in the past few years in Singapore, and his ideas have not changed much since he went abroad."

"Zheng Li is still a person who only cares about his own feelings and always lives in his own world."

"It's normal. Many top scientific researchers are like this. Their devotion to science has shaped their character."

“We’ll arrange for someone when the time comes. Elder Yang, you can go meet him directly and give him more information about magic.

After all, the world belongs to the young. Zheng Li is so young and is the hope for China's future."

"Okay, I'll have a good chat with him. If it weren't for the fact that we can't guarantee his personal safety, it's actually okay for Zheng Lixiang to go to Singapore."

"It will be too late by the time America gets the biostorage technology data. Once they realize the importance of brain-computer connection, it will be hard for us to guarantee that America will not resort to extreme measures."

"Let's focus on persuasion. We can also give him some information on this matter."

"Recently, the outside world has been infiltrating Deep Blue Storage more and more. The countries in the American and European Alliances are calling on China to stop its technological monopoly every day.

Beiming No. 1 cannot only be sold domestically, biological storage servers are also needed overseas.

Russia seems to have been persuaded to sell part of their share to Germany."

“There is no other way. If they want to gain a place in future competition, they have to invest too much in research and development. Russia’s financial resources are limited, so it is not surprising that they can sell it.

What we can think of, Russia can certainly think of, Perelman's insight is not vegetarian. "

Perelman is now the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences and is fully responsible for all scientific research matters.

He was also injected with the magic brain.

When he realized the excellent performance of magic on materials, Perelman immediately realized that controlled nuclear fusion would take much faster than outsiders expected.

Fifty years? Less than ten years at the earliest.

If controlled nuclear fusion is achieved, the value of Russia's natural gas will drop significantly.

Without natural gas, what else can Russia rely on to support its economy and situation? Minerals and food.

When the Russian side thought of this, they felt under tremendous pressure, and time waits for no one.

Some people would say that crude oil is the raw material for the chemical industry and Russia can also export crude oil.

The problem is that when crude oil's role as an energy source disappears, the demand for crude oil will drop significantly.

America and the European Union can meet their needs with a small number of oil-producing countries.

"Just export it, we cannot interfere with Russia's decision.

And even if Germany got Bei Ming No. 1, they would not be able to reverse decode it."

“The problem is not here, the problem is that biological storage technology plays a good auxiliary role in the research of artificial intelligence technology.

With the support of biological storage servers, domestic Internet giants have made rapid progress in the field of artificial intelligence in the past two years.

The last time I read a news report, the unmanned logistics system developed by Qiandu, Ali, JD.com and Tencent has achieved full coverage in the Yangtze River Delta region.

Russia will sell the biological storage server to the Europa Union. When artificial intelligence is realized in industry, the supply chain will further move away from China. "

China has begun testing driverless logistics in areas with well-developed infrastructure, with truck giants trying to replace truck drivers with artificial intelligence in the future.

There are also companies in England and America doing this, and everyone has similar ideas in this area.

“These are not things we should consider, we are just scientists, naturally someone will consider them.

Lao Zhang, you don't have to be so pessimistic.

There is always a way out when you reach the mountain, and there will always be a solution.

As long as we do our job well, if one end goes down, the other end will naturally rise.

The sooner controlled nuclear fusion is achieved and the accurate timetable is determined, we can gradually get rid of energy constraints.

Exporting nuclear power and reducing fossil fuel imports will save money that can naturally be used to subsidize industries affected by artificial intelligence.”

"Okay, actually it's mainly a problem of materials. Materials are the key. We will start a new round of experiments soon, and hope to have good results."

The materials major is at the bottom of the contempt chain in school. If you look for a job after graduation, the salary and benefits are not very good. Even if you get a doctorate, it is very difficult. The requirements for staying in universities to work are very high.

It is not easy to find jobs in majors such as mathematics and physics today, but it is not difficult to get a doctorate in mathematics and physics.

In high-tech fields, materials are particularly important. Many technological breakthroughs are the result of breakthroughs in materials, which then lead to technological breakthroughs.

The most famous example is Edison's filament. Although it is very basic, it is also an application of materials science.

I am so disappointed. I saw that the Nasdaq will continue to fall tomorrow.

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