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Professor Ding continued: "...my best years were around the age of 30-40. I had enough experience to know how much I weighed, and I also had the patience to complete some complex and boring work."

"At that time, I was very satisfied with my state. No matter how small things add up, they will become fruitful fruits."

His voice suddenly dropped: "But at the age of 56, as my energy continued to decline, I suddenly realized that my life seemed to be frozen like this. Human cognition is always limited, and it is impossible Total insight into the world.”

"I don't know when I started to become easily irritable and anxious. I used to be able to program in front of the computer screen for more than ten hours, and then study for several hours. But after the age of 56, I began to be unable to learn new things. content, my desire to explore is slowly disappearing.”

"I realized that there are indeed no two identical leaves in the world, but most of the leaves are worthless and withered..."

"Until one day, I discovered that one of my talented students, a young man in his 20s, came up with a very interesting idea. This idea shocked me. My first thought was not to congratulate him, but to possess him. Such an interesting idea! At that time, I had deep doubts about myself...Do I really need to plagiarize students' ideas to prove my worth?"

"This kind of doubt made me less confident, which further affected my work."

His voice became high-pitched, even a little loud, with a faint smile on his face: "It lasted until I used the brain chip, which changed my way of thinking. Now, I feel like I am in my twenties with the same thoughts and ideas. State, I am different. There are no two identical leaves in the world. This unique leaf must leave something to the world! Plagiarizing students’ ideas is simply an insult to myself! Why did I do this before? When I think about it, it’s completely unbelievable and baffling.”

"I can obviously create more with my own power! Look, this is a change, a change in my entire life."

There was a burst of laughter in the venue, but many people fell into deep thought about this simple little story.

Even great men in the scientific community have emotions and desires, and it’s normal to have some thoughts of taking shortcuts... Everyone has some dark side in their heart, but they just don’t put it into practice.

When Ding Yiwei said this, he narrowed the distance and seemed more reliable.

And in the past two short years, Ding Yiwei's mental state has indeed been different. According to subsequent follow-up surveys, his voice has increased by 4.2 decibels in the past two years, and the frequency of arguments with his peers has increased by 102%! Working hours increased by 21%, and happiness index increased by more than 50%.

He now considers himself to be highly happy and very satisfied with this state of affairs.

"But, are you still the same person you were in the past? Even your thoughts have changed, and you haven't answered this question yet." Natasha pursued her and raised philosophical questions again.

Ding Yiwei thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Human beings' ideas change all the time. The 20-year-old me and the 60-year-old me are completely different, whether it is patience, experience, or creativity. Same."

"This is like the saying about the Ship of Theseus. If the wood on Theseus' ship was gradually replaced until all the wood was no longer the original wood, would the ship still be the same ship?"

"If it is, but it no longer has any of the original wood; if not, when did it cease to exist? Can anyone answer this question?"

Natasha was stunned for a moment and raised her eyebrows.

"The same is true for human thinking. When I wake up today, I am a little different from yesterday. Tomorrow I will be a little different from today. How do you define whether I have been replaced?"

"My memory is exactly the same as the past me. What's wrong with choosing to become a better version of myself?" Ding Yiwei laughed, "What's more, human beings have now become a long-lived species, but culture is a short-lived species. The culture, it’s a mismatch.”

"The institution of marriage is a product of a short-lived species, because it does not match modern life and is disintegrating. Even if we still wish young people to fall in love, we are not urging marriage now, are we? No one requires you to get married and have children at the age of 30 , the government just requires you to donate your reproductive cells when you are 30 years old.”

"Many young people choose robot companions, and the Kunlun Mountain government has no objection."

"But there are some things that will not disintegrate quickly, such as certain ideas deep in your genes that affect every aspect of your life. For example, is sexual freedom a good thing or does it need to be strictly prohibited? We currently have no way of knowing."

"I am now 66 years old. According to the perspective of long-lived species, I am still in the growth stage. I have a lot to do in the future. But in the past, short-lived species thought that I was old and frail, so I became anxious and wanted to leave as soon as possible. As a result, it’s an implicit way of thinking.”

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"Human willpower alone cannot suppress this innate instinctive thought."

"But now, we can use the power of technology to forcibly suppress genetic instincts. This is the future. The infinite future brought by customized personalities will make our society better!"

Natasha asked again: "Professor Ding, some people think that the brain chip is essentially a Lexi chip. It just adjusts people's happiness mechanism to achieve a certain personality they want, such as feeling happy when studying and cooking. Feel happy when you feel happy. What do you think about this point of view? Artificially adjusting the happiness mechanism seems to go against the creation of nature."

Professor Ding was silent for a moment and said: "Nature's creations have limits, and nature's creations are not perfect creatures. If humans want to be perfect, they must take a brave step forward through their own minds."

"We can indeed only regulate people's happiness mechanism at present. Some more complex emotions, such as pain, sadness, etc., cannot be regulated for the time being. But I believe that as the technology gradually matures, we will completely supplement the 'Human Philosophical Behavior Paradigm' , if you want to experience what depression feels like, you may be able to do so in the not-too-distant future.”

“What I need to state here is that this is different from taking drugs. All hormone adjustments are based on the ‘Human Philosophical Behavior Paradigm’ and will not exceed the threshold that humans can bear.”

"And the behavioral patterns that can be changed are currently quite limited, and we are still looking for ways to fill this framework."

"There is currently a view that the pursuit of happiness is only a relatively rudimentary behavioral regulation mode."

"If we want to break through this framework in the future, we must think about something else. We have only taken a small first step in climbing the philosophical tree. We know and we exist."

The host Natasha asked again: "In the future, can we directly enter the virtual world through the brain chip? A virtual world that is completely free and can be entered by imagination?"

"Theoretically it is possible... but the current government will not provide relevant technology. We are not confident about our self-control ability. This technology is mainly used for scientific research purposes, especially to improve the brain's attention. Alertness is related to the thalamus. , Orientation is related to the prefrontal eye movement area, and control is related to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. After a series of adjustments, attention can be increased."

"Yes, it is suitable for everyone to study hard and make progress every day."

After saying this, the audience burst into laughter again.

Seeing that it was getting late, Natasha asked her last question: "I probably understand what you mean. The 'Human Philosophical Behavior Paradigm' is the most popular research direction in recent times, and more human sample cases are needed. And the brain chip can slightly change human behavior patterns through pleasure regulation."

"For example, concentration can produce a series of pleasures, and seeing a partner can also produce subtle pleasures, leading to the emergence of some lifelong partners."

"What do you think of changes in ethics? Do we really have the ability to control our own behavior? Is this full freedom for all human beings, or is it extreme unfreedom? It urges us all to become the same moral character and think The same creature in exactly the same way?"

"Many of our scholars believe that this path is a shortcut to a perfect society." Professor Ding Yiwei on the TV station was silent for a moment, "About freedom and unfreedom. I think I am highly free at the moment."

"I have returned to a certain mentality in the past. The government did not force me to work overtime. It was me who chose my current life and I am very satisfied with my current situation."

"As for all human beings, will their personalities be homogeneous? I think not. Because in the future, with the improvement of the framework structure, we will have more personalities to choose from. Whether it is a hobby of learning or a hobby of doing You can freely choose whether you like food or fishing, and the Kunlun Mountain government cannot force you to choose any personality traits."

"Homogeneity at the personality level is not possible in this case."

"Personally, I still agree with this kind of modification, as long as it does not exceed the boundaries of human beings. In this way, we will have enough error correction capabilities."

The TV program ends here, but the storm of public opinion generated in Kunlun Mountains is far from dissipating. Some people with relatively new ideas have already signed up to accept the experiment, but most people are still in a wait-and-see state.

The Kunlun Mountain Government also solemnly announced: "The installation of brain chips is only based on individual free choice. The government will not force everyone to install it, not only today, but also in the future."

The debate on "human freedom" officially started at this moment. "Correction mechanism" and "spiritual freedom" became the main keywords, which will never disappear in the next few decades.

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