Frost Wings

Bai He has thought about a very serious question, that is, after the body is changed from human to dragon, is he still himself?

The conclusion is that he is still himself, and his memory, the experience he has collected since childhood, and the way he thinks about problems have not changed too much.

But another clear conclusion is:

Although he is still himself, from a biological point of view, he is no longer human.

This made Bai He start to think about several questions that followed:

That is, does the concept of 'I' in philosophy refer to the body of 'I', or the consciousness of 'I'? Especially when thinking about it in terms of changing the body.

The second question is whether the life form of 'human' is indispensable to the concept of 'I'?

The answer is obvious.

Baihe has to admit that as long as consciousness can continue to exist, whether the body is human is not very important to him.

Maybe his idea of ​​transmigrating to a spider ant will be different, but from another perspective: if a wise ant is faced with the choice of transmigrating to a dragon or to a human being, what will it choose?

Further thinking: For human civilization as a whole, the life form of the human body is probably far less important than humans think.

In other words, most humans do not realize that, for themselves, the most important function of the human body is to support the existence of consciousness, not the other way around.

The growth of wisdom of primitive human beings is to live a better life and meet the instinctive needs of survival and development. The model is that consciousness serves the body.

However, when civilization has developed to the stage of modern humans, the master-slave relationship between consciousness and body has long been transformed invisibly.

Even the ancients realized this. The ancient West had alchemy and elixir of life, and the Taoism of the East put forward the concept of disintegrating a corpse into an immortal. Good wishes: that is, the soul does not die!

Bai He still remembers that a certain song company before crossing the road once released a message that they believed that human beings have already stood at the door of the gate of longevity, and that future human beings can introduce the contents of their brains into the mechanical container to achieve a certain sense. Although it is generally regarded as a grandstanding of a certain song company, it can be seen that: in addition to thinking that it is technically impossible, many opponents think that 'if you lose your body, are humans still humans? ’

Undoubtedly, these opponents unconsciously saw a fact: if the statement of a song company is true, the future 'human being' is likely to evolve into a semi-mechanical or even a fully mechanical 'creature'.

This kind of human semi-mechanization or mechanization actually started very early. In 1958, the American Earl Buck invented the portable cardiac pacemaker. Another existence that can be regarded as purely biological.

The deep rejection and fear of the opponents of this possible future is that this kind of "evolution" will destroy all the current moral order that human society relies on and is accustomed to:

Machines do not reproduce, do not need family affection, do not need all kinds of social relationships that depend on emotions, machines do not need carnal desire, do not need sensibility, and do not need beauty derived from sensibility, it is a kind of destruction to society and civilization.

However, Baihe believes that this kind of fear is essentially no different from the fear of changes in social order when the productive forces developed in the past dynasties. From the disintegration of the primitive blood clan to the collapse of the modern township clan, the collapse of the social structure based on kinship is unknown in history. How many times has it happened, how can I know that after this collapse, there will be no new order reorganization?

As for the issue of sensibility and desire, Baihe thinks this is unfounded. If technology develops to the point where even thinking can be perfectly simulated, how difficult is it to create some stimuli to satisfy perceptual thinking? And all kinds of human desires are based on human survival needs, such as eating and reproduction, so when intelligence does not need these, what is the value of their existence? Just to satisfy the mental stimulation? Who knows that there will be no higher sensibility after this transformation is completed?

At the expense of this switched mechanical form, the advantages are obvious:

A theoretically infinite lifetime.

Higher survivability, no need for picky food, no harsh natural environment.

More powerful productivity.

With such a foundation, human beings can completely put aside the low-level needs in Maslow's eyes, such as survival, and instead pursue higher-level things: enjoy and participate in the development of civilization, and explore the mysteries of the universe more deeply.

Cosmic travel, which is calculated in light-years at every turn, is like a natural moat for humans with a lifespan of only a few decades. The complex cosmic environment will cause severe tests to the fragile human body, but it is a smooth journey for mechanical civilization. .

The deeper ethical or philosophical issues brought about by this theory cannot be imagined by Bai He, but he believes that if human beings face such a choice one day and choose to maintain the biological attribute of 'human', Certainly not all, and certainly not the so-called 'most'.

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Then throw this choice in front of the Trisolarans, when their technology can meet the conditions of mechanization, what will their reaction be?

Unless this universe has some mandatory rules to prevent the mechanization of civilization, UU reading www.uukanshu. Otherwise, this technology is absolutely feasible, and the three-body man's reaction undoubtedly confirmed this to Bai He.

Facing an existential crisis that is far more severe than that of human beings, the biological body must be an even greater burden for the Trisolaran civilization!

With the mood of watching the play, Bai He hid in the cultivation tank with peace of mind, but he didn't expect the pre-play to be surprisingly long, and the opening was even more weird.

In Baihe's estimation, in about seven or eight days, he found that no Trisolarans had entered the laboratory, and even the only remaining guard suddenly left the room one day, and the constant noise outside the laboratory was faintly drifting. Come, even the ground shakes occasionally.

Chaos era? ?

Bai He began to feel that something was wrong, and at the same time came confusion.

Judging from the performance of the Trisolarans, the underground facilities they have built are enough for them to withstand the chaotic era when the disaster is not so serious. Many times dehydration is just to save resources. If important people can move in the chaotic era, they will not be dehydrated. I didn't care about Bai Long, an important experimental subject, before.

What kind of chaos era will this be?

Feeling the vibration of the cultivation tank, Bai He was secretly uneasy. Did he really make himself a crow's mouth to say that it was a chaotic era of extinct civilization level such as Three Days Volley and Four Stars? Can I survive such a catastrophe unscathed?

He lowered his head and glanced at the nutrient solution in the culture tank, and began to feel a little worried. The Trisolaran didn't care about him, wouldn't he want to starve him again?

crackling...

While Bai He was thinking about it, the energy supply system of the cultivation tank made a harsh sound. During this sound, the lights went out with a pop, all the instruments in operation stopped, and the whole room suddenly fell into darkness.

The energy supply was interrupted.