Chapter 169: Humans and Computers, Macro and Micro

After listening to this, the viewers in the livestream pondered for a moment, and then the chat flooded with comments.

"I understand now. Teacher Jiang previously said that the macro is composed of countless micro-elements; therefore, the macro is the carrier of human thought. Countless micro-elements are just a refined version of the macro. These micro-elements do not need logic, do not need time, do not really need speed, and do not really need a chronological order; they are essentially a completely chaotic carrier."

"Besides that, the micro is not only chaotic, but it also doesn't cause the micro to collapse. The micro is [disordered], while the macro is [ordered]. Order is man-made, while disorder is inherent to it."

"What could it be? The order of the micro is somewhat chaotic and doesn't quite fit human logic. What could that be?"

"I don't know. Our human DNA doesn't include this information. Indeed, as Teacher Jiang said, we could never imagine a [color] we have never seen before in our entire lives."

"I am a programmer. When I make games, I give machine language to the machine, and then the software runs on its own to produce unexpected results. I suspect that if we understand the order of the [micro] through human eyes, [countless micro-elements] might be a [macro] derived from a kind of [machine]-like self-computation."

"+1. Like the person above, I can only understand it up to this point; I can't go any deeper at all."

"By the way, how does Teacher Jiang understand it?"

When it comes to methods of understanding, programmers are the most capable of understanding the universe.

Comparing the macro and micro of the universe to programmers and computers makes it easy to distinguish.

These comments soon reached the ears of Jiang Zhe.

He smiled appreciatively and said, "Hmm, programmers do understand it thoroughly."

"Actually, according to my personal understanding..."

"The group that originally created [B] is not a [form of intelligence] that we can understand."

"If the macro that created [A] is a group with human-like thinking, then what created [B] is—a special group that even [A] cannot control."

"Just like how we humans cannot intervene in the birth of a machine civilization that might appear on Earth in the future; we can only intervene to ensure that the machine civilization does not wreak havoc on our human civilization as much as possible."

"Let me think..."

Jiang Zhe lowered his head in thought, his expression becoming increasingly complex. Soon, his eyes lit up. "If we compare human civilization to the group that created [A], then what created [B] is the [machine civilization] under our human civilization."

"But one thing is certain: [B] is definitely restricted by [A]."

"Just like a [computer], it must be restricted by [humans]. A computer can only be useful under our operation. Without us humans, the computer would just stay on, sitting there without moving at all."

"If humans were to disappear one day, the computer would also slowly vanish as its power runs out."

"Converted to the scale of the universe, if the macro were to experience a Big Bang one day and annihilate everything, then the micro would also completely disappear with time!"

"This is the limit of what I can imagine; I am very sorry, but I cannot think of a more suitable one!"

"After all, I am also human and cannot understand things beyond the scope of my cognition."

For the experts and the audience, these explanations were already sufficient.

The macro and micro coexist; humans and computers also have a symbiotic relationship.

Human thinking ability is limited and cannot handle massive calculations; computers are limited by the level of human technology, leading to endless calculations.

The order of the macro is limited, the speed of light cannot be crossed, the sequence is stable, and cause precedes effect; this is the computational method of the macro universe—in the micro, the speed of light can be exceeded, and sequence and cause-and-effect can be written in reverse, because micro-computation far exceeds the limitations of the macro.

With this understanding, more and more experts and viewers suddenly realized the truth.

"Good heavens, it's so hard to understand, but I get it now!"

"Yes, yes, yes. The macro and micro are just like humans and computers. Teacher Jiang's explanation is very apt; your limits far exceed my imagination!"

"So, the micro that the Teacher is talking about is actually a huge, invisible [computer] that humans cannot understand?"

"Yes, you can understand it that way; but what it ultimately is, we humans cannot understand."

"Hiss~~ Damn, even I, an elementary school student, actually understood it. I kneel to Teacher Jiang!"

As the viewers continued to discuss heatedly, Jiang Zhe brought the topic back.

"Alright, the digression is finished, let's get back to the main point."

"By now, we can discover that this ability of ours to understand the universe and the desire for knowledge would absolutely never have been produced through natural evolution!"

"Because [exploration] and [desire for knowledge] have absolutely nothing to do with [survival]!"

"When we humans are full, we will explore, discover, seek knowledge, and engage in other such behaviors."

"As for animals, when they are full and satisfied, they will never [explore] why the sky is blue, nor will they [explore] why [seawater] is so salty, and they certainly won't [explore] why humans can build high-rise buildings. They only see clean-looking humans living in tall, warm houses; they cannot understand how these tall houses and delicious food appeared. They only know that these things exist in the human world; thus, some creatures live by attaching themselves to humans."

"Just like how we humans know that there is [mathematics], [physics], [chemistry], and the like in the universe, we can only rely on these [laws and orders] to improve our technology."

"Hmm, speaking of this, some of you in front of the screen might say that animals lack sufficient intelligence; if they were given enough time to develop technology, perhaps they could do it in the future?"

As soon as this question was raised, it immediately caused many people to nod in agreement. Jiang Zhe had touched upon their inner thoughts, and many even felt that Jiang Zhe was being too arbitrary. But soon, he refuted it.

"I am very sorry, but even if you give them billions of years, their intelligence will still be far from enough!"

"Looking back at history, dinosaurs existed for such a long time and didn't develop any technology; we humans, and even our ancestors the hominids, developed today's technological civilization in just these short years."

"Perhaps you will find another excuse, saying that dinosaurs didn't have hands; that using hands can increase intelligence and promote the emergence of civilization."

"Very well, if that were true, then there are quite a few animals that use their hands; even the closest hominids, chimpanzees, have had so much time, and they haven't developed a modern civilization, have they?"

"So, are we humans really ordinary? If we were ordinary, wouldn't this azure planet have animal kingdoms, kingdoms of giants, and kingdoms of little people?"

As his words fell, the viewers' expressions became serious, and they stopped nitpicking. With this explanation from Jiang Zhe, they felt that humans and Earth seemed truly, exceptionally special! Various signs indicated that the appearance of humans seemed not to be random, but inevitable. If one were to calculate based on this, it seems the truth of the fermi paradox would be truly terrifying! Soon, the expressions on the viewers' faces became increasingly grave, and they listened with extreme attentiveness! At this moment, Jiang Zhe spoke again.

"Therefore, we humans are completely different from those animals; they were born for Earth and are imprisoned on Earth for their entire lives."

"Our emergence as humans was not born for Earth at all; we were born for the universe!"

"Therefore, in the 'Earth Special Theory', the existence of Earth and the existence of humans are by no means accidental. We appeared for some purpose to be achieved; this is our human mission."

At this time, a comment suddenly asked: "Why is it that most of our human world is actually uninterested in the universe? Is what you said only applicable to a small portion?" After the director broadcasted the comment, Jiang Zhe suddenly grinned, "Their mission is to watch my livestream and then become interested in the universe."

As soon as these words were spoken, many experts and viewers twitched the corners of their mouths. Good heavens!

"Alright, both the Earth Ordinary Theory and the Earth Special Theory have been explained."

"The above viewpoints are not my personal views, Jiang Zhe's, but are additional viewpoints born from this theory; they are not what I have concluded."

"Since everyone has understood these things, let us now return to the [fermi paradox]. Are there aliens in the universe? If so, where are they? If not, what would that mean?"