Chapter 45 - Yuriko's secret

What is the self-consciousness of man? As of now, no one can say clearly. Some say it's the soul, others say it's the whole brain working together, and the various statements are inconclusive.

For example, a person accidentally kicks a table leg, and the neurons from the leg transmit the pain message to the spinal cord.

Does the spinal cord then feel the pain? Of course not. The spinal cord is only an information processing intermediary, and it is the spinal cord that transmits the pain information to the cerebral cortex that makes the person feel the pain.

Does this mean that the cerebral cortex is the ultimate essence of consciousness?

No. The cerebral cortex can also be subdivided into a large number of neurons, and it is only the information processed by these neurons that makes a person feel pain.

However, neurons process, only bio-currents of varying frequency and intensity and related bio-signals.

So ultimately, it is these bio-currents as well as the signals that make a person feel pain?

Could it be that these bio-currents are the ultimate human consciousness? Can a group of currents feel pain and scream?

Ultimately, what is the "self" and what exactly feels the pain? Scientists can't understand these kinds of questions. ...

Humans do not know anything about their own bodies. This has led to the birth of souls, religions and other things. There is no way to confirm whether these claims are right or wrong.

This kind of question is too roundabout, Oliver thought for a while and gave up, "Do you have any guesses?"

"Because humans have never known the nature of self-awareness, and there's no way to study perfectin well, progress has been stuck here for decades ..."

In the past, humans have used dying volunteers as well as various death row inmates to do a large number of human experiments, no doubt, all failed. During the experiments, their brain waves were rapidly disrupted, leading to eventual brain death.

"I was thinking ... we have a successful example, perhaps we can do something with this example. We intend to find some people similar to you to see if there is a possibility of success."

"Like you, yourself, are a telepathic power user. So we suspect that people with telepathic phenomena are the ones who can become superhuman." Kairi looked at Oliver with burning eyes.

"Of course, this conjecture is not necessarily correct, the United Government has also experimented with psychic ability people, they still failed ..."

Then the question arises, what exactly is psychic ability and why is it created?

If there really is a "soul" in the world, "self-awareness" and various psychic abilities will have a better explanation, and it is not impossible to attribute all kinds of paranormal phenomena to the soul... ...

But then, a new question arises: What is the soul? Can the soul influence matter?

Oliver got only three words in reply, "I don't know!"

His brow furrowed, really is a bit baffled, these scientists do not know the east and the west, what else can they know?

But when you think about it, you can't blame them all. As these scientists say, people have made several big steps on the path of natural science, but almost nothing in the science of the mind ...

If man wants to study his own mind, he must at least achieve more in the life sciences.

Current science cannot prove the existence of the soul, but it must not deny its existence either. Logically speaking, it is easy to prove that something exists, just come up with a sample.

And to prove that something does not exist unless one searches the entire space and cannot find it, but at present mankind's exploration of space is limited to a small part of the universe, and very little is known about that part.

"But whether or not souls exist ... the human brain does have the ability to influence matter." Dr. Kelly explained.

"The human brain is the electrochemical organ, bioelectrical signals transmit information between brain cells, and powerful magnetic fields affect those signals and produce strange sensations of sight, touch and hearing. The electromagnetic field acting on the human brain can also lead to different emotions, such as fear, tension, excitement, etc."

"In contrast, the human brain can also emit bioelectric and electromagnetic waves to the outside world."

"This phenomenon could try to explain your psychic abilities. Perhaps, as a super human, you are able to emit a unique magnetic field that is what gives us a sun-like warm feeling ... Of course it doesn't have to be a magnetic field, maybe it's something else."

"Magnetic fields are easily shielded, I don't think it's a magnetic field ..." said Dr. Roman, waving his hand, "If souls do exist, maybe it's another supernatural effect... ..."

When it comes to the general topic of metaphysics, traditional scientists like Roman no longer know what to say.

Only Kelly is an expert in this area, when it comes to the soul, it always involves religion and so on, feeling very "pseudoscience".

Oliver's receptivity is very strong, on the one hand he expressed doubt, on the other hand, since there is no better explanation ... let's believe their words ...

"So, people with psychic abilities are more likely to become superhuman, is there any basis for this claim?"

"Actually, there is no basis, it's all our guess." Roman shook his head, there is a feeling of no face, after so long research, they actually do not know anything.

Even Dr. Kelly also blushed, in this environment of universal workaholism, what they did, in turn, was a bit like a waste of time. They really didn't come up with anything.

"Because you're a psychic, we think that only psychics can become superhumans!" Kairi spat out her tongue, feeling very embarrassed.

"This kind of thing ..." Oliver scratched the back of his head, this logic doesn't work either, "Are there any other psychic abilities among our 50,000 people?"

"Yes, there are at least three." Dr. Roman said suddenly.

"One is Calvin from the prison, one is Quentin, an engineer from the Coyote Design Bureau, and one ... is Yuriko."

Oliver's heart moved, the other two he knew, one is the mysterious "prophet", and another is to help Ding Yidong build a nuclear bomb super engineer, how Yuriko is also?

He had read the files of the moon base and found nothing wrong with it.

Dr. Roman also saw Oliver's confusion, eyes staring at the ceiling, slowly recalled, "Yuriko ah, poor child, I adopted her 10 years ago ..."

Yuriko was born in a small Japanese town called "Tanabe", and at a very young age, she showed her unusual abilities.

She was cute and always won the hearts of the adults with her actions. It can be said that she has never made a mistake since she was a child!

But this kind of likable good behavior is actually abnormal ...

"In fact, she had a unique psychic ability when she was small, that is - reading people's minds!"

"Yes, mind reading ... she can read most people's minds!"

Mind reading, a terrifying ability that made her early from childhood and intellectually higher than people of the same age. At first, no one felt the abnormality, not even her parents.

They all thought that this good behavior of Yuriko was just more intelligent ...

Yuriko was born with this psychic ability, and she herself may have gotten used to it and didn't feel any different.

She was always able to read what the adults were thinking and thus avoid dropping some mistakes. What adults like, she does, and what adults don't like, she doesn't do.

"Her family was in a poor condition. Moreover, her father has a tendency to serious domestic violence, she was raised in this environment ..." Roman said somewhat heavily.

Oliver empathized, so this girl has this kind of story, really quite poor.

"The adult mind, dirty and complex, and her age is so young ... because of the mind reading, we do not know what she saw and learned during that time. Perhaps that's what led to her silent personality ..."

Dr. Roman suddenly sighed.

"Maybe she really is too smart, too well behaved, and not too bad looking. Many people in places like Japan have a twisted personality ... loli control is very much the word, I think?"

"Anyway, a local yakuza leader somehow took a liking to her. Her scumbag father not only didn't protect her, but sold her because of some money ..."

Dr. Roman told a general story in a few words. oliver but vaguely felt how much was hidden in it ...