I walk in the past, continue the future

Chapter 37 The answer is yes.
Xia Lian actually thought about what Alaya said before.

His point of view is not that the people of the past are better than the people of the future, but that the people of the past are not inferior to the people of the future.

Many people have a certain understanding that scientists such as Einstein and Newton have achieved such achievements because they were lucky enough to be born in an era when they didn’t know anything and occupied a radish pit in advance.

In fact, the logic of this statement is indeed correct, because scientific research is indeed more difficult as it goes on.

But they also ignored a problem. During Einstein's time, their computer's computing power was not even as good as a small genius phone watch.

Using an abacus to hit a nuclear bomb and using a computer to calculate a nuclear bomb are two completely different concepts in terms of difficulty.

They don't have computers that can calculate trillions of times per second like later generations, particle colliders that can observe the microscopic particles of the universe, and they can't travel to the universe to measure the gravitational data of stars.

Nor does it have as many foundations accumulated by countless scientists in later generations.

All they can rely on is the brain and mathematics most of the time, and there are even fewer mathematical formulas that can be applied.

They were born in a time when they knew nothing, but they were also born in a time when they knew nothing.

The times brought them not only luck, but also limitations.

Science is not so much a radish pit, but a tall building. The taller the building, the more difficult it is to build, but if there is no foundation, the tall building is also a castle in the air, which is completely impossible.

Even if it is a new high-rise building, the previous experience of building foundations can also be used.

The technology of the future is indeed more difficult, but without the technology accumulation of predecessors, future generations will not be able to break through these more difficult technologies.

Even the wrong theory is also trial and error for future people, erasing a wrong path.

Civilization is like this, through the accumulation of technology generation after generation, it has slowly come to the present.

The scientific development of mankind is coherent, not fragmented.

With the advancement of technology, some past theories will eventually be innovated or even overthrown, but innovating and overthrowing these theories means questioning the theories that were called authoritative in the past.

Before Einstein, people's understanding of space and time came from Newton. In Newton's theory, space and time are absolute and can never be changed, and this is also the authority at that time.

But Einstein did not approve, or in other words, a question arose in his mind "Why is space-time absolute?" This also led to the emergence of the theory of relativity later.

After the birth of the theory of relativity, many people questioned it, and even Tesla, who many people thought was enough to stand at the same height as Einstein, also publicly mocked Einstein on the news as a liar.

If it weren't for the different times, Einstein might have had a Copernicus-like ending.

Scientists have tried their best to deny the theory of relativity, but with the verification of many people, his theory has also been confirmed in this denial.

He pulled Newton off his altar and sat on it himself.

Of course, this is an exaggeration, and no one can be a god.

What differentiates Einstein from other scientists is not his intelligence, but that he never stops asking "why?" because of external factors.

I feel that Einstein's theory of relativity occupies a radish pit. In fact, to a certain extent, I think that Einstein's theory of relativity is a truth that is difficult to overthrow and innovate even in the future.

Of course, this is impossible, just as Newton's theory was revolutionized by relativity.

The theory of relativity is destined to be innovated due to the limitations of its times. As technology advances, people have more and more ways to explore the world, computers become faster and faster, and there will be more and more radish pits.

And these radish pits will also be discovered by other "Einsteins" and become new gods, or even overthrow the old gods. Of course, this does not mean denying Einstein.

Just as Einstein never denied Newton.

This is why, no matter how the times progress, Einstein, Newton and others are enough to be called "great scientists".

Because trailblazers are always respectable.

The reason why Xia Lian chose the original Einstein was because of the lack of records caused by the historical extinction of the omnic age.

Xia Lian had never heard of the names of "Einstein" that appeared later. Since the gap between knowledge and the times could be erased, he didn't need to waste time looking for them.

The reserve of scientists throughout human history is quite huge.But Xia Lian can only take a few away, otherwise it will affect the time and space. It is very headache to choose one by one from the bunch of names given by Alaya.

Just choose the name you know.

When Xia Lian appeared under the plane tree, the sound of a violin could be heard from a white double-storey wooden house not far away.

Not particularly good, but not nearly as much as Walter said it was sawing wood.

Xia Lian was not in a hurry to knock on the door of the scientist's house, but just stood under the plane tree and listened quietly until the light rain became bigger and bigger, and the plane tree couldn't cover the wind and rain.

The sound of the violin stopped, and after a few minutes, the door of the wooden house opened, and an old man in a sweater with messy gray hair stood at the door and waved hello to Xia Lian.

"Come in and take shelter from the rain, boy."

Xia Lian walked slowly through the rain and fog and walked towards Einstein. Einstein did not wait for him at the door, but turned his head and left a door for him.

The old man poured a hot drink for himself and Xia Lian. He sat by the window and quietly watched the drizzle outside the window.

"Are you a student at Princeton?" Einstein asked casually, opening the topic.

"No." Xia Lian said.

"It's no wonder I haven't seen you. I see you've been standing under that tree for a while. Do you want to come to me?" Einstein said. "You can knock on the door. I'll be happy to answer some of your questions."

"I just want to hear your piano," Xia Lian said.

Einstein smiled, "I didn't pull very well."

"Are you a Greek?" Einstein asked curiously, looking at Xia Lian's black hair.

"I have a part of oriental blood, I come from there." Xia Lian said.

"Japan?"

Xia Lian shook his head.

Einstein was stunned, he said: "I have been to the concession there, and I am very impressed."

"When did you go?" Xia Lian asked.

"Probably. It's 1922."

Xia Lian raised her eyebrows, "Obviously. It won't be a good impression."

This time period is the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, which is regarded as the darkest period.

"Do you want me to tell the truth?" Einstein said. "I'm not a groomer, and what I've seen, just describing it might make you feel mean."

"Of course." Xia Lian said calmly, "Only by facing history squarely can we prevent the tragedy of history from repeating itself."

"Do you mind if I smoke?" Einstein shook the pipe in his hand.

"You smoke." Xia Lian smiled.

Einstein lit his pipe, bit the mouthpiece, and reminisced in the lingering smoke.

"At first, my journey was a pleasant one, until I got to the port and got in touch with the people at the bottom.

The streets are narrow, crowded with pedestrians and dirty rickshaws, and the air is full of stench.Meek, indifferent, neglected people struggle to survive.

The Europeans there formed a ruling class, and the original masters there became their slaves.

They are tortured, dull, and seem to have nothing to do with their country's great civilized past.

They are simple laborers, working, moaning and being cruelly abused, and the treatment they receive is even worse than that of cattle and horses.

People are numb, without any thoughts, like machines only for labor. "

"It is embarrassing that a civilization that has existed in the world for thousands of years has fallen here." Einstein said with emotion.

"Very objective." Xia Lian nodded.

"Your opinion is the same as that of one of our scholars." Xia Lian said, "He originally studied medicine in Japan, but finally realized that studying medicine cannot heal the soul of the nation, and finally chose Congwen, hoping to enlighten people with words. Thought."

"Great man." Einstein nodded, "It is not an easy thing to enlighten the mind of a nation that has been numb."

"But we have a lot of such people," Xia Lian said.

Einstein nodded irrefutably.

"I have only been to that country twice, and at that time, I did not see any trace of that ancient great civilization in them.

But now it seems that the unyielding and tenacity that that great civilization left in your blood is still flowing.

Your tenacity and unity in the face of aggression, even when separated by oceans, still shocked me. "

"Thank you very much for your solidarity and economic support with Roman and other scientists." Xia Lian said, "You were one of the first Westerners to stand up and call on all countries to boycott Japanese products and impose economic sanctions on Japan."

"The help I bring is limited. What really allows you to win is the people on that land and their unyielding beliefs."

Einstein said.

"At the time, Roman once pinned the hope of mankind on the red country, but now it seems that history has played a joke on him, that country has gradually lost the hope that Roman saw in them.

But fortunately, the flame of the stars has not been extinguished, but has spread to your land, you have continued it, and it has also saved you. "

"I have full confidence in this." Xia Lian smiled, "If you come back there in the future, it will definitely subvert your perception.

They will eventually surpass the West, starting with what you're good at math. "

Einstein smiled mildly, "Your civilization is ancient and great, if one day, you can really rise again, it may be a good thing for this cloud-shrouded world.

Unfortunately, I can't wait. "

Seeing that Xia Lian was still standing, Einstein pointed to the chair on the side, "Sit down, it might rain for a while."

Saying that, he put down the cigarette holder, picked up a piece of paper on the side, and was calculating something.

Xia Lian stepped forward and glanced at it. It was a second-order nonlinear partial differential equation system.

It's a math problem, but interestingly, there isn't a single number on the entire page.

It is full of formulas composed of various letters and symbols.

"The answer is, y=ce," Xia Lian said.

Einstein raised his eyebrows, he picked up the pen and calculated on the piece of paper, and soon, he came up with the exact same answer as Xia Lian.

(End of this chapter)