Chapter 72: I am the world, and the world exists because of me.

Inside the lecture hall of Kyoto University of Science.

Regarding Jiang Zhe's final words, the Quantum Mechanics and philosophy professors present nodded in agreement one after another.

Because Jiang Zhe's statements were not without foundation.

In Quantum Mechanics—[Consciousness determines the outcome].

[As long as my consciousness remains, the world remains; if my consciousness disappears, then this world will also vanish because of me!]

Yes, it was very arrogant and self-centered!

But...

This was shown by actual experimental data!

"This little fellow seems to have a very thorough understanding of Quantum Mechanics!"

"In this discipline, from the microscopic to the macroscopic and even the super-scopic, it's actually all one giant [Superposition State] as large as the universe; when we observe it, the universe appears before our eyes; once no one observes it, this universe also ceases to exist."

"..."

Besides the quantum experts, the philosophers also couldn't help but show satisfied smiles.

Those few sentences had truly struck a chord with the philosophers.

In fact, regardless of whether Jiang Zhe had physical evidence to verify the truth of his words.

The philosophers had already accepted the statement, even if it were false.

Because every philosopher holds the same concept in their heart: [I am the world, and the world is me].

At the moment of death—the mental world of the Near-death patient will determine what the world is like!

Some of them had even fantasized on the spot—if at the moment of death, a complete modern world was reconstructed, could people then live forever in the world they built themselves?

When they simultaneously thought of this, a raging fire like a volcanic eruption ignited in every philosopher's heart!

Meanwhile, in the livestream room, the audience was clearly not as calm.

"Holy crap, for real?"

"Why do I feel like Jiang Zhe is intentionally saying the wrong thing just to get attention?"

"Doesn't he know he'll be reported for spreading misinformation?"

"Don't say that, everyone; actually, he's right—all things exist because of me... If I hadn't studied Quantum Mechanics, I'd definitely think he was lying too!"

"What? Big shot, is what Jiang Zhe said true?"

"Yes, it's true: everything we can see, smell, touch, and so on exists because of me as an individual. If you cancel all observation and shut down your five senses and spiritual consciousness, your connection with this world disappears. Theoretically speaking—the world no longer exists. But even someone in a vegetative state can perceive this world; so shutting down your five senses theoretically only happens in some inhumane scientific experiments."

"What scientific experiments?"

"Brain in a Vat."

"Hiss, Brain in a Vat? That's too deep, I don't even dare to look into that experiment. I still want to ask about the world after death. Could what he said also be true?"

"I don't know about that, ask another expert."

"I'm a psychology worker from Kun City. I've seen what the person above mentioned in foreign medical reports. External instruments are used to observe the brain activity of Near-death patients... At the moment of death, the brain autonomously constructs substances to put the patient at ease. I'm not a biologist, but I think it's Dopamine... I know the Near-death patient's brain secretes Dopamine. But when that patient escapes the near-death state, the mental world of some subjects is indeed as Jiang Zhe said—a world they constructed themselves. If the doctor hadn't resuscitated them, they felt they would have stayed in that world forever."

As the professional reported the professional medical findings...

The audience was instantly filled with excitement, nearly causing their fragile materialistic worldview to collapse.

They had previously thought Jiang Zhe was talking nonsense, but it turned out everything he said was true!!

"For some reason, I'm suddenly looking forward to it."

"Looking forward to what? What if your brain glitches at the moment of death and builds a zombie world? Then you're freaking screwed!"

"Anyway, this is the first time I've encountered this concept Jiang Zhe decoded. It's truly wonderful. I will keep supporting his show until he dies, or I die first."

"Then you'll definitely die first, haha!"

"Screw you!"

"..."

99% of the public were encountering such novel reports and concepts for the first time.

For them, it truly added a touch of spiritual faith to their ordinary lives.

At least, after this information is widely spread, even if it eventually turns out to be false, Near-death patients can offset some of their fear of death.

...

Inside the leadership meeting room.

Station Manager Zhao and Wang Guosheng frowned deeply.

They realized that Jiang Zhe's words might cause serious follow-up effects.

As a public figure, Jiang Zhe seemed to be promoting unverified matters.

Station Manager Zhao could already imagine the flood of report calls from the audience coming in a moment, and if the show was forced to undergo rectification then, the loss would outweigh the gain.

"Old Zhao, don't worry. He just mentioned it in passing; he probably didn't consider whether it was true or false. We just need to handle the follow-up PR."

"I hope the follow-up PR can dispel these effects."

Even Station Manager Zhao and Old Wang found it hard to believe that what Jiang Zhe said was true. After all, these words were too extravagant, detached from reality, and detached from the people...

Just then.

Officer Su Cheng's voice on the big screen refuted Station Manager Zhao and Old Wang.

"The world exists because of you and me."

"I am the world."

"Yes, those who don't understand will say you are promoting falsehoods."

"But in my opinion, you are very professional!"

"When I studied Taoism, Buddhism, Quantum Mechanics, and various philosophies before, these concepts existed in all these different categories of disciplines."

"I don't believe those concepts are just the fantasies of scholars. At least on some level, whether it's science, theology, or even Taoism, they all have unique insights into all things; in the end, different paths lead to the same destination, returning to the source."

"It seems Mr. Jiang not only has achievements in science and philosophy, but also has quite some insights into Buddhism and Taoism!"

Hearing this, Station Manager Zhao and Old Wang were instantly stunned.

They had previously thought Jiang Zhe was lying, intentionally seeking attention for the sake of ratings.

Who would have thought that Officer Su Cheng, as a policeman, would also stand up and agree with this viewpoint?

If what Jiang Zhe said was false, then a policeman absolutely couldn't do this. Once a policeman did such a thing, he wouldn't be far from losing his official post!

"Is Jiang Zhe not spreading false information? Why is even this Officer Su testifying for him? Can police spread false information?"

"Little Wang, is what Jiang Zhe said true?"

Wang Lin's mouth couldn't stop twitching. "Station Manager Zhao, Minister Wang, I understand why you say it's false."

"But biologically, Near-death patients indeed secrete Dopamine to alleviate the pain of the dying."

"During the process of alleviating the pain of a Near-death patient, we outsiders aren't the ones dying. That world can only be seen by the dying person themselves."

"Moreover, there are many clinical trials on Near-death patients in the United States and Europe; there are even medical scientists who take the initiative to inject drugs into healthy people just to investigate the world after death."

"Almost everyone has one thing in common."

"That is: they witnessed deceased relatives, the holy light leading to heaven, or turned into spiritual bodies and floated up, watching the doctors resuscitate them with their own eyes."

"Finally, there are some individual cases where everything in their mental world came to a standstill."

"There are even Near-death patients who returned to the past and observed the development of an entire past era from a third-person perspective; which is what people call traveling through time. When experts later verified it, the results were very surprising!"

"A simple near-death experience turned a person who couldn't even pass history into a god-like figure who knew history like the back of his hand!"

"These examples are all real; they aren't Jiang Zhe's false words. He just didn't elaborate because time was coming to an end."

"More importantly, it's not that Jiang Zhe is promoting falsehoods, but my two dear leaders... you really ought to read more books!"

Wang Lin spoke sincerely, and it was also the honest truth.

Although Xiao Shiyi on the side looked calm, his heart was already in turmoil. He actually held the same view as Station Manager Zhao and Minister Wang.

Fortunately, he hadn't spoken up to ask, otherwise, he would have almost become the fool Wang Lin mentioned.

The two leaders were stunned.

They didn't expect there to be so much more to this?

The two were instantly speechless. It turned out the clowns were ourselves!

At this moment, on the big screen, Jiang Zhe smiled slightly and nodded.

"You're right. In the end, the outcome for all of us, all matters, and all things is that different paths lead to the same destination!"

"By the way: most people who study philosophy are not materialists."

"Officer Su Cheng, since you have learned so much, then you know Plato; he was actually also an idealist."

"Plato believed that the soul is pure. Compared to the physical body, the soul is simple, divine, and the subject of rational understanding."

"He believed that the soul is eternal and immortal, and that the soul should approach good qualities to achieve perfection."

"An idealist has only one faith in this life."

After saying this, he pointed to himself.

"I. Am. Faith. Whatever I believe in until death, that is what I will become when the time comes!"

"No conviction can shake your lifelong devotion to what you believe in; in the end, it will come true!"

"In Plato's era, because there was no complete quantum science, he could only propose this kind of conjecture about the afterlife, the perception of the soul, and the essence of the perception of the world."

"He wasn't just being mysterious all day; it's just that at that time, there were indeed no conditions to study consciousness and the soul."

"Give Plato a complete collection of modern scientific subjects, and I feel he could even play out the world after death."

"Alright, today's science popularization ends here."

"If there are any night owls who want to hear more stories, please move over to Wang Lin's radio station."

"I am Jiang Zhe, see you next time!"

After speaking, Jiang Zhe winked and then raised his hand to snap his fingers.

The director very tacitly cut the live broadcast.

Then, a pure instrumental version of "El Cóndor Pasa" played on the pan flute echoed from the television.

The broadcast was over.

But the subsequent power derived from this broadcast had only just begun!