Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 840 How heavy is the weight?

Wang Xiaolie sat in the study, the afternoon sun shone in from the window and sprinkled on his body.A cup of hot tea next to it is cozy and warm.

When he has nothing to do, Wang Xiaolie likes to sit in the house like this, basking in the sun.Quietly, think about something.

Since Ye Mengde brought Zhao Gou's edict to today, Wang Xiaolie has come out completely and can face it calmly.This is not to say that it will be the same in the past, but that this matter will always affect Wang Xiaolie's mood, and then affect the handling of the matter.

How to face it?Just do your own thing well, and leave the rest to God.It sounds passive, but that's exactly what it is.What else is there to trust but God's will?
People always think that God's will is illusory and illusory.But sometimes, it's so real.

Our world is not deterministic, but probabilistic.This problem, when quantum mechanics was first proposed, has attracted countless physicists to debate fiercely.Of course, in the end it was discovered that the world is indeed probabilistic.Although most of our scientific knowledge is based on determinism.

In other words, our scientific theorems and laws are not truths, but only approximations to the reality of the world.For example, we know that the earth revolves around the sun, but how it rotates is unknown.The orbit and period we calculated are all approximations.Even everything around us is an approximation.As small as the weight of a weight, how long a step is, as large as how the earth moves in the universe and how the universe evolves, they are all approximations.

This approximation is related to the fact that human knowledge is limited, while the universe is infinite.For example, the weight of a weight depends on where we take the decimal point when we calculate.The weight of the weight is actually an irrational number, we just assume it is a rational number, so as to give a value.

This is true in nature, and even more so in human society.When physics has proved that nature is a probabilistic world, it is no longer shocking to think that human society is probabilistic.

Expressing the weight of a weight with numbers can only be approximate, which is the limitation of human understanding of nature.However, the weight of the weight is actually determined because the weight is there.

The traditional Chinese thinking about Tao is probably similar to this.For a weight, Western civilization believes that the number indicating the weight is real, and the weight does not match this, but there is an error in the manufacture of the weight.Taoism believes that numbers are not real, but the weight of weights is real and unique.

This difference in thinking affects everything.We can't feel it, it's just that we don't have the level of things.

Knowing that human society is probabilistic, many things can be taken for granted.For example, just because something is strictly controlled, you can't think that it will definitely not happen, and it is normal for it to happen.But just because it is normal to appear, it cannot be ignored when it occurs in large numbers.

Keep it simple.If an old man falls down on the road, should he be helped or not?Some people are afraid of trouble, or are indifferent by nature, and it is normal not to help them.But among the people who went up to help me, they didn't think about what to do if I was blackmailed.Even if someone really got scammed, the probability is very small and can be ignored.When a large number of elderly people fall down and passers-by are afraid to help them up, there is a problem.When a large number of people do not help, and those who support them also have to consider what to do if they are blackmailed, there must be a big problem.

At this time, the government must consider where the problem lies and how to solve it, and cannot ignore it.There has been a big problem in this society, and the government has no reason to ignore it.Otherwise, why would the people need a government?
Understanding social issues from the perspective of probability will allow you to see the other side of society.It is the significance of officials to carry out targeted governance for problems that arise in the statistical sense.Wang Xiaolie often said that people in the government should be divided into officials and officials.How are officials and officials divided?It is the duty of officials to deal with social problems mechanically.It is the responsibility of officials to discover and solve problems statistically.

Officials must learn a little statistics. This is not an additional requirement for officials, but an inevitable requirement.

It is in line with statistics and has statistical laws, rather than mechanical and deterministic, which is the true face of this world.Targeted statistical management, statistical analysis, and then proposing solutions are the duties that the government should have.

Knowing this, Wang Xiaolie's view of society is very different, and of course his view of officials is also different.

Neither anger nor ignorance, not because of any religion, or some great figure said it is not good.Instead, realize that this is wrong from the origin of the world.Therefore, Wang Xiaolie's handling of things does not necessarily conform to people's perception.

Tao is not necessarily the Tao of Taoism, but the Tao followed by various theories.Taoism has it, Confucianism has it, Mohism has it, and even Legalism has it.They may not be saying the same thing, not the same thing, but the meaning is similar.

Where the Tao is, even if there are tens of thousands of people, I will go there!The Tao here is not truth, nor anything like it, but the only thing that exists and is correct.The quality of a weight, the length of a step, the evolution of everything in the universe, and why the universe exists in this way are all their ways.Don't be disturbed by our knowledge, all knowledge is a ladder leading to the Tao, not the Tao itself.

For example, if you write science fiction based on existing science, you should know that it will deepen people's understanding of science and popularize the principles of science, and you should not think that the future will really be like that.The future must not be like that, or science would have stagnated.

To solve social problems, theories based on previous experience have only reference value, but no guiding significance.To think that you can direct your actions is to make a fundamental mistake.The most important thing is to use statistics to describe the real world and manage it according to statistical rules.

Wang Xiaolie once used some officials who were not admitted to Jinshi to record the world and their lives.Over the years, everything has been busy, and it has only been implemented in a few areas such as Xiangyang, but has not been extended to other areas.Going back this time, this matter should be mentioned at a higher level.

First of all, we must understand the world. How can we do without these people?If you only listen to the reports of officials and read the reports they make, you will be deceived.It doesn't even need officials to deliberately deceive, but just subconscious deviations in their work, which can be far from the truth.

It is easy to say where the Tao is, even if there are tens of millions of people.But it is very difficult to know the Tao clearly, to know what the Tao is, and how to do it.Confucius said: If you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening.This Tao is not so easy.

Sima Guang once used the words of the Tao Te Ching to say: "The prime minister uses the Tao to assist the ruler, and use examples?" He said this sentence is correct. The prime minister should originally assist the king with the Tao, and there is no need to use examples.However, Sima Guang didn't know what the Dao was at that time, and he did things in a mess.

To rule the world with Dao, we must first know what Dao is.Instead of talking nonsense with big talk, which has nothing to do with the real way.In Wang Xiaolie's previous life, science has developed to this point, letting people know that statistical methods can be used to understand society, analyze society, and govern society.Although these methods cannot tell people what Tao is, they can provide better means and get closer to Tao.

(End of this chapter)