Chapter 40: Destructive Technology

Science and technology has always been a double-edged sword, and if left unchecked, the more advanced the technology, the greater the probability of stabbing oneself. According to the theory of technological destruction, biological science, artificial intelligence, nanobots and several other technologies, all have the possibility of becoming black shells.

Scientists around this point of divergent views, they began to discuss what other technologies have the possibility of becoming black shell, Oliver also interested in participating in it. Gradually they discovered that there was much more than that that could become a black shell ...

This suspicion covers almost every cutting-edge field, such as: the Large Hadron Collider, genetically modified organisms, cloning technology, etc. Biology, physics, chemistry, information engineering ... almost any field developed to the depths is extremely dangerous!

These dangerous technologies even if not black shells, but also the level of red shells, must be cautious!

Want to climb technology which is not so easy ah? Oliver sighed a long sigh.

However, the human race can not choke because of these dangers. All the groping still has to continue ... can't help it, humans are really too weak, even if these technologies may backfire at any time, still have to use them.

Only, people have to be careful, careful, and careful again!

Thinking of this, Oliver's heart moved, there is still one of the biggest black shells, that is Perfectin! Perfectin is powerful, mysterious, and definitely has the power to extinguish the world!

In 2010, the Americans once leaked a little bit of Perfectin, which almost caused catastrophic consequences ...

Those perfectin, really only a tiny bit, were accidentally absorbed by some ordinary bacteria and, most damagingly, leaked out.

They evolved into super bacteria that do not fear any antibiotics, and there is no way to cure people once they get sick. The good thing is, these superbacteria are only tenacious and their reproductive capacity has not evolved significantly, and they did not spread widely within the first time.

But the Americans are still helpless against this bacteria. Although they still follow the basic characteristics of life on earth, can be killed by high temperatures, low temperatures, strong oxidants. However, there is nothing that can be done about the superbug that is parasitic in the human body.

In order to prevent the emergence of a biological crisis, the Americans decisively "euthanized" these patients ... and then the entire laboratory and hospital were razed to the ground and burned with fire, finally eliminating all these superbugs! ...

This is an undisclosed secret, Oliver also recently discovered when organizing the archives, he could not help but feel a little bit of emotion, the past black history is a little bit more ah ...

Since then, the United Government has been very strict with Perfectin, and any plans for Perfectin require approval and strict monitoring.

The perfect element, a very peculiar substance, can promote the evolution of life. As of now, it can only work on plants or single-celled organisms.

Once multicellular animals with intelligence are involved, it triggers their brain death for reasons that are not yet known. The only exception is Oliver, and no one knows why this happens ...

Oliver was thinking that it would be nice if all ordinary people could be transformed into superhumans. By then, both intelligence and physical quality, there will be a qualitative leap.

Superhumans, really too much stronger than ordinary people, how good it would be if 50,000 superhumans ...

He secretly planned, this period of time is still too busy, free time to ask Dr. Roman and the others, it has been so many years, whether the research of perfectin has progressed or not ...

"Well, back to the topic, let's move on to the great filter of life theory, destructive technology is still only the second possibility." Hagel pulled people's thoughts back.

"There is a third possibility, the dark forest theory."

"In one novel, the dark forest theory is described as follows: the universe is a dark forest, each civilization is a hunter with a gun, stalking through the forest like a ghost, gently plucking away the branches in the way, trying not to make a sound with his footsteps, and even breathing must be careful.

He must be careful, because there are hunters stalking everywhere in the forest with him, and if he finds another life, he can do only one thing: shoot to destroy it.

In this forest, other people are hell, is the eternal threat, any life that reveals its presence will soon be eliminated, this is the picture of cosmic civilization, this is the explanation of the Fermi paradox.

Once discovered, what can survive is only one side, or neither can survive ..."

"Therefore, the advanced civilizations are all in silence, they curl their huge bodies, afraid to bring up a small fluctuation. We, the small fish and shrimps, because we know nothing, instead of frolicking joyfully in the shallows, broadcasting our position everywhere."

"Between the civilizations of the universe, perhaps there is only war, no peace ... countless civilizations have been destroyed in war."

"So our home planet, Earth, has been destroyed. Powerful civilizations such as Noah's are not even visible, so one wonders if they have been destroyed?"

"In my opinion, the dark forest theory is a better thing to explain ..."

Hagel's questioning pressed everyone to catch their breath. It is hard to imagine that a female scientist has such a powerful aura, one person suppressing everyone on the field, even Oliver was overwhelmed.

The pessimists have the absolute upper hand in this moment ...

Oliver looked back at Rimbaud, only to see his brow furrowed, seems to be thinking hard about something. Many of the optimistic comrades also looked at Rimbaud in unison ...

A few minutes later, not to be outdone, Rimbaud jumped out again, he gathered all his courage, "I think that the basic assumptions of the dark forest theory and the big filter bucket theory are contradictory, and only one is correct."

"The Great Filtering Bucket Theory of Life, screens out a large number of civilizations that do not meet the requirements, therefore, interstellar civilizations must be sparse, which is also in line with our basic common sense."

"But the Dark Forest theory is based on three premises: survival is the first need of civilization; civilization keeps growing and expanding; and the total amount of matter in the universe remains basically the same."

"To put it bluntly, it is for the sake of survival and development that civilizations begin to grab territory and that wars between you and me occur."

"According to this theory, technological breakthroughs are bound to be simple and interstellar civilizations will be dense. Only a dense interstellar civilization will need to grab territory from each other."

"The Great Filter Theory says that interstellar civilizations are sparse. And the other one instead says it is dense."

"So, the Dark Forest theory and the Big Filter theory are contradictory in their fundamental assumptions! Logically, I lean more towards the Big Filter theory because it has more evidence and supporting points! The dark forest theory, on the other hand, is purely hypothetical and can prove very little. Maybe there are local wars between cosmic civilizations, but it is impossible that the whole universe is at war!"

Under Rimbaud's elaboration, everyone nodded, according to which, the two theories are indeed contradictory. Just like human civilization, if there are enough resources and the territory is big enough, why bother with war?

It's like a planet with only a few tens of thousands of people, all distributed in various corners, so where does war come from? Even if they do not know each other at all, there is no need to fight to the death, right?

"From my personal senses, I still think that interstellar civilizations are rare. Civilizations that can step into the stars should not be so barbaric ... Of course this is only my subjective sense, there is no evidence ... maybe there are also some races with different ideologies from us and love war."

Dr. Rimbaud finished in one breath and sighed lightly, trying to directly refute away the dark forest theory is impossible, because the information is really too little. But he keenly pointed out the contradictions of the two theories. Two theories, only one is correct, until there is no more information can not be judged true or false, depending on which one people actually believe.

Of course, more scientists tend to favor the big filter bucket theory. Although the dark forest theory has "the destruction of the Earth", and "the disappearance of Noah's civilization" these two pieces of evidence, but still not enough! After all, these two pieces of evidence also have other claims, not necessarily explained only by the Dark Forest.

But these words have alerted Oliver, for civilization war preparations must still be!

If a war does break out, it will not be an internal human war, but a war between interstellar civilizations where you die and I live, leaving no room for error.

Human weapons are still too garbage, we must develop more powerful war weapons!

Lasers, electromagnetic cannons, and larger-yielding nuclear bombs!