Chapter 194: Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Civilizations from Different Age Groups

Professor Zhuang and Director Wu naturally shared the same view as these astronomers.

Peaceful development!

It is the only path to becoming an advanced civilization.

While a state of war is often an alternative method that accelerates technological development.

One studied philosophy, the other conducted astronomical research.

At this moment, under Jiang Zhe's question, they actually maintained an eerie similarity.

In fact, not just them, but even scholars from different industries and even the general public who followed Jiang Zhe's livestream room, after extensive discussion, all arrived at one word: [Peace].

However, some middle-aged parents, after seeing the question, specifically interviewed their children who were in elementary, middle, and high school.

They wanted to see how the reactions and insights of people in different age groups would compare.

For example, families with elementary school children.

Parents asked their children: "What is your take on Teacher Jiang's question?"

After reading the question, the fourth-grader gave an innocent answer: "If they can travel between stars... a race capable of interstellar travel must be very powerful aliens!"

The father replied: "Yes, very powerful!"

"If they are very powerful aliens, then we Earthlings must be very weak in their eyes. We can't even leave Earth, so they definitely wouldn't want to bother with us. They might even lend a helping hand when we encounter danger—just like how we treat kittens and puppies, helping them through life-and-death crises, because I often help kittens and puppies as well."

Hearing this, the father became increasingly satisfied and asked curiously: "Why wouldn't the aliens want to manage us Earthlings?"

The child replied with an innocent expression: "Because managing people is too much trouble; they'd have to manage our technology and our culture. If they are very powerful aliens, they naturally wouldn't think much of us humans. We can't understand their writing, and we can't provide any help. They have their own robots for mining, which is much more cost-effective than enslaving us Earthlings. We are like ants; they might take a look, and someone might like us and protect us silently, but in reality, most people just glance at stray cats and dogs and walk away. No one is going to teach stray cats and dogs human language because they can't learn it. I even think that more advanced alien civilizations definitely don't need to speak. They'd just transmit their thoughts directly into their friends' heads, which would save more time and effort, improving learning and work efficiency."

Once this answer came out, the father and mother looked at each other, unable to help but be stunned by their child's views and insights.

These answers were clearly not from textbooks, nor would teachers teach them, and their child didn't even read extracurricular books!

There was only one possibility!

Their child had picked up these peripheral ideas from Jiang Zhe's past science popularization on the television in front of them.

Who would have thought that Jiang Zhe's hosting and casual science popularization could actually have the effect of purifying the soul!!

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Meanwhile, in the homes of middle school students.

Because of their age, the answers their parents received were relatively violent.

This is because most middle schoolers are quite arrogant, fearing nothing under the sun, and are bound to be humbled once they enter society.

The answer they gave was: [Aggression, invasion, crazy invasion]!

Consequently, those middle schoolers were severely lectured by their parents!

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In the homes of high school students.

Their parents obtained relatively mild answers.

Students of this age have undergone the baptism of knowledge and culture, as well as the pressure of the college entrance examination.

Their personalities are slightly more peaceful, and the answers they gave were consistent with those of college students and even expert professors.

"Peace, of course. If I were an alien leader, I wouldn't want a planet like Earth. Earth could just be a tourist spot; it's too much trouble to take over and manage, and it can't provide me with any help."

"As for me, I would probably protect it. After all, the human race is very likely to play itself to death through internal strife. I would issue a warning after Earthlings build weapons that can destroy themselves: [Stop playing with nuclear bombs, be careful not to wipe out Earth's civilization, after all, your birth wasn't easy; you must be extremely careful]. This is like how, after the United States detonated the Peace Bomb in the last century, some UFOs appeared in the deep sea. Those UFOs circled the sea and then left without hurting anyone. I don't know if the story is true or false."

"As for me, I'm a girl and I don't like violence. In ancient times, after a war, a good crown prince who favored recovery and growth would be chosen for the throne to soothe the people and let the world rest. On this point, Dad, my view is actually consistent with the college students and professors in the livestream. The higher the civilization level, the more it tends toward peace. Those races that worship violence will ultimately harm themselves and others; they will eventually go extinct over time due to internal strife. Perhaps this is the true essence of what Teacher Jiang said."

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The parents listened to their high school children with satisfaction, feeling more and more that their education hadn't been in vain.

Of course, there were individual exceptions that were not used as statistical standards.

Thus, a massive amount of bullet comments from different stages and classes were sent into the livestream room.

Seeing that 80% of these bullet comments were filled with [Peace], while 20% stuck to their own opinions, Jiang Zhe gave a hearty smile, "Hahaha!"

"Good, very good!"

"It seems the livestream wasn't in vain. The scholars and citizens watching actually maintain a highly consistent view."

"Then, I, Jiang Zhe, hereby congratulate everyone. You have already grasped the thoughts and mindset of advanced civilizations."

It wasn't just empty talk; in this world, Jiang Zhe could indeed barely be considered a member of an advanced civilization. He truly loved peace, disliked conflict, and would not impose his views on anyone.

"The Bright Forest—the true essence of this cosmic law is just that: peace!"

"What does it mean?"

"It means that the universe, in the eyes of us humans, is pitch black."

"But with the aid of various instruments, the universe is actually incredibly brilliant."

"In this brilliant scene of the starry sky, the universe is like a Bright Forest, dense and overgrown with trees."

"Perhaps there is a bit of darkness beneath the light, but those dark civilizations are still in a stage where technological civilization has not yet developed, similar to the feudal dynasties both at home and abroad during historical periods on our planet."

"Even if we send signals to those feudal planets, they won't see or receive them."

"Any civilization capable of receiving our signals must be developed; they might even be on par with us."

As he finished speaking, the audience and experts nodded repeatedly.

It was indeed true. Backward civilizations that cannot receive signals can't even explain what a signal is, let alone how to reply to one.

At this point in his explanation, Jiang Zhe pondered for a moment, held up a finger, and continued: "If the other party's technological civilization is on par with our Earth's civilization, they will definitely reply to us."