Son of the Stars

Chapter 88
The act of identifying what is a "person" is itself very...subtle.This cognition has also gone through a long period of development, and finally improved to what it is now.

In ancient times, humans who were not of the same class as themselves might be regarded as "non-human".For example, a merchant in the eyes of the gentry, a leader in the eyes of the nobles, and a beggar in the eyes of the priests.They are determined not to consider these people as their own kind.

And seeing people whose skin color is very different from their own, they will not feel that they are the same kind.

With the progress of human society, people began to gradually revise their ideas.Class is no longer the basis for distinguishing human beings. Although ethnicity, skin color, and ideology can still divide the crowd into different camps, but...at least any camp recognizes that the other party is of the same kind as itself, and is a human being.This progress is already very huge.

After the Great Collapse, the coalition government was established, and the human beings who had been tortured by death and could not care about anything were united together—as long as they were in human form, as long as they could communicate, they were all their own people.

However, the current academic committee is particularly entangled in the question of whether only one brain can be considered a human being.It's not that scientists, some of the brightest minds in the human race, are fed up.In fact, precisely because they are smart enough, and the coalition government attaches great importance to scientific and technological workers, they realized almost instantly how much impact such a case might have on society.

Human life is very fragile, and many bacteria, viruses, and fungi can easily kill a normal healthy person.But human life is also very tenacious-with strong enough financial support, the ICU can even keep a body that has been determined to be brain-dead biologically active until the severe drug-resistant infection that cannot be treated kills the patient.

If a human being can be defined as a living brain, it means that the body has become an unimportant accessory.Although it is still very difficult for ordinary people, the richest part of the entire human race can completely abandon their bodies and transfer their brains to "artificial bodies" driven by metal and electricity.

There is no active tissue in the brain, and the normal operation time of the brain can exceed 120 years if estimated simply by the algebra of cell division.However, neurons and glial cells have a longer lifespan. Combined with the relatively mature neural stem cell repair technology, as long as they are properly maintained, the operating time of the brain can easily exceed 200 years.

This is no longer a simple issue of having a huge impact on human society. It is that some people can directly achieve mechanical ascension with strong funds and become new human beings who are more "excellent" than ordinary people.It is a major change that will collapse the existing social relations of the entire human race.

The recognition that the active brain is human means the collapse of the existing social system.Not acknowledging that the active brain is a person may lead to the brain becoming some kind of "machine" that can be used.Will those who are on the verge of death not be able to receive due care and treatment because of the high price of buying their brains?
AIs are smart, but they have too many limitations.It's far less useful than a brain that doesn't get tired, can't resist, and costs only some glucose.

These academicians all thought very clearly, and they asked Lu Chen questions one after another, not to prove their own ideas.They are trying to enlist the support of other colleagues.

This technological change is really exciting.

After abandoning the fragile human body, the spacecraft that originally needed to store a large amount of food and water can free up more loads to store fuel.This kind of change can even allow human footprints to directly cover almost the entire solar system without great progress in aerospace technology.

Anyway, as long as the control is strengthened, the progress of exploring the universe can be rapidly accelerated.Compared with the possible minor social unrest, the advantages of abandoning the body outweigh the disadvantages.

With questions and exchanges, the four factions gradually split into three. The "None of My Business" group disappeared completely. The three concepts of "being human", "not being human" and "being a person with limited human rights" are opposed to each other, and it seems that they cannot be unified in a short time.

"Since no one can convince anyone, why don't we talk about other things first." Although Academician Yuan can make the final decision through his own opinions, he chose to remain silent, "Little Lu, come and share with us." Take a look at the research progress on the big crash and quantum release syndrome."

Lu Chen, who was asked about the smoke coming out of his throat just now, nodded. He swallowed and said, "There are a few of our findings so far. Generally speaking, the research progress is very good."

"First of all, we have successfully induced a big collapse for the first time in a special process. The method used is the influence of the magnetic field on the magnetic moment of electrons." Lu Chen first explained what the "special situation" is, "The corresponding program has been synchronized to Central University and Argentario Mountain Base. This proves the correctness of our theory - the big crash is strongly related to the rotation direction of lithium element electrons in the human brain."

"In response to the NO.14 attack, we found that microwaves may trigger quantum potential energy syndrome, and its triggering principle should be related to the Stark effect." Lu Chen continued, "It is disturbing that the use and reminder of this The most characteristic ones are the replicas of Wenger Chklavsky. Considering the mature machines they use... I think the replicas have already done a lot of research on quantum release syndrome. "

The news made the academicians tense up immediately.The amount of information in these two paragraphs is a bit too much-the replica of Wenger Chklavsky is even ahead of the coalition government in the research of quantum potential energy syndrome, which they are not prepared for.Moreover, what do you mean by "replicants... have already had in-depth research?" Shouldn't this research be chaired by Wenger?

"For specific information, I suggest explaining to the academicians after Watanabe arrives at the scene. He is an officer of the Comprehensive Investigation Bureau, and he knows these things far better than me." Lu Chen did not respond to the inquiries of the academicians. He gave the answer directly, and he was also afraid that the answer he gave would be wrong.

However, on one point, Lu Chen gave a clear answer, "According to the confession of No. 14 we captured, Wenger Cheklavsky himself has died. And he died at the hands of No. 42."

"Let me guess, No. 42...does he have a nickname or something called 'Truth'?" Academician Yuan asked next to him, "Their numbers start from No. 1 and end on No. 42." right?"

"I don't like that novel very much." Academician Sun, who was sitting at the door, shook his head and said, "The meaning of relying on external things is too heavy, and it always seems very incompetent."

This charade-like communication confused Lu Chen, but Academician Yuan quickly explained, "42 is equal to the truth. This is the content of a science fiction novel hundreds of years ago. The novel said that the real rule of the earth The other is a group of mice who built a supercomputer. After 750 million years of calculations, the computer came up with the answer: the ultimate answer to the question of life, the universe and everything is 42."

Lu Chen nodded, "I don't know the reason for a high-level question, and finally got a completely unexplainable answer. This novel is quite ironic."

"Wenger is a bit of a talker." Academician Yuan frowned and said, "You didn't ask the prisoner why he was given the number 42? Is it his turn, or are there any detailed screening criteria? "

"I didn't ask that." Lu Chen shook his head. "Most of the questions I asked were to make sure that the brain was functioning normally. The interrogation part was handed over to Watanabe—and we received it without asking a few words." Evacuation notice."

"Then let's wait until Watanabe's plane arrives." Academician Yuan glanced at his watch, "The committee is temporarily adjourned, Xiao Lu, have you had dinner with Xiao Mu? Let's have some together, I still have something to ask Ask you."

(End of this chapter)