Blessings to the beautiful stars

Chapter 500 Confused
Is human consciousness continuous?
Zuo Wuyou remembered that he asked his scientific research team this question out of boredom in the afternoon.And they are good teachers, without exception, they stuffed themselves with a bunch of incomprehensible theories in excitement, and made themselves dizzy by talking non-stop.

It wasn't until I couldn't bear it anymore and forced them to use metaphors that even I could understand, the scientific research team explained carefully and patiently under a kind of compassionate gaze——

In short, if the human consciousness is compared to a line segment starting from birth and extending to death at the macro level; then at the micro level, this line segment is essentially countless close points.Just like a computer screen, the straight lines displayed on the screen are composed of bright spots of countless pixels, which can only be displayed.

The same is true for human consciousness. Although it cannot be measured by a simple straight line, it is more complicated. It is a "net" formed by the change of potential signals in neurons. This net flickers periodically and regularly, and the interval between flickers is the human consciousness. interval of consciousness.

This interval is quite short for consciousness itself and can be ignored.But for those pioneer civilizations that have developed in the Milky Way for tens of thousands to 10 years, they can already do a lot of things in this interval.

For example, at a certain point in time, press the backup "Start" button for the entire world, and "continuously" backup all information.

Then, when an accident happened to the creatures in the outside world, at the interval of consciousness, the old "point" that constituted the consciousness had just disappeared, and when the new "point" that should have been continued hadn't been added, the data in the backup was used to replace the creature's Everything about the body and the outside world.

In this way, theoretically speaking, the replaced creature is still the original self.Although in terms of the result, it is no different from the human cloning technology created by the insurance company of the old Imperial Union, but for some individual creatures, it is very meaningful that they are still themselves after replacing their bodies.

Simply sort out the words of Da Khan.

Zuo Wu tilted his head and thought for a while: "You said I should be responsible for Dite? What kind of responsibility method?"

"Hmm... I didn't explain it clearly enough? That's right, even after so long, our Liaoyuan language still lacks structure," Da Khan was a little frustrated:
"Your Excellency, think about it, the pioneer civilization that created the infinite magic machine has already prepared a backup for itself, but why did they perish? Even when we found the infinite magic machine, there was only a memory in it that we wanted to call back to make it. Other than that, it is barren, and there is still a trace that the data in it has been deleted on a large scale."

"Of course, it wasn't caused by foreign enemies. We asked about the AI ​​of the infinite magic machine. It was the civilization that made it that deleted the data used for backup."

Zuo Wu thought for a while: "...It's almost the same as what happened to Dite in the fiction?"

"Yes! Almost the same!"

Khan nodded:

"The backup data must be sealed in the infinite magic machine, and there must be no outside interference. Once someone casts any form of observation on the data, the backup will be interrupted due to the observer effect, and thus rush to its own future! "

"The pioneer civilization that invented the infinite magic machine is a civilization that cares so much about 'I will still be me after rebirth'. In the face of disaster, civilization chose to back up everyone. The data was originally collected smoothly, but the state of backup is so It's haunting."

"Then, when this obsession accumulated to a certain critical point, the scientists of this pioneer civilization finally convinced themselves that they planned to conduct a careful inspection of the data in the infinite magic machine."

Zuo Wu grinned: "The result check is also an observation. After they glance at the backup data, they will have their own life and future?"

Da Khan also laughed: "Your Excellency is very perceptive. That's right, no matter how many plans they have made in advance, the data still has its own independent future. Then... something more interesting happened."

"As I said, that civilization cares so much about 'being itself'. It is the same as the backup, but owns the data of its own future. They don't even accept the fact that they are the backup. The reason is very simple - they are not the only ones being backed up , and the entire sea of ​​stars and the universe.”

"Then, there is the war between virtual and reality in the infinite magic machine. This kind of war is never equal. People in reality can always easily kill the information in the creation. No matter how stubborn the data is, they will not escape and be deleted fate."

"But after all, they fought for a long time, and even severely damaged the vitality of the Infinite God Machine, and made its AI a headache. As a result, this pioneer civilization also missed the window period to avoid disasters, because it is heading for destruction."

"We didn't find it until recently. It's a pity that we only found the main body of the Infinity God Machine, and the supporting creations it used to back up the galaxy are still lost; and because of the war between virtual and reality, its hard disk for storing information is broken. We also only recently found a way to fix it."

Da Khan felt a little emotional: "But after the ring casts darkness, this galaxy should go from bad to worse. It will be worse if the backup starts at one o'clock every night. We need to use some means as soon as possible to reduce the need for collecting information and backing up data. , all integrated on the Tingyi satellites of the men in gray."

"Then, it was you who found the Tingyi satellite. Perhaps it was your desire to find Dilian, which echoed the scope of the work of Diite, and somehow triggered the observer effect, so that they have their own. future and life."

"So, let me think about it. In a sense, you gave them their lives, so I said you have to be responsible for them."

Zuo Wu understood, bowed his head, there was still a dead silence in Tingyi Satellite, and the virtual Dite seemed to have fallen into a thick and thick silence.

In contrast, the young man in gray from the fallen country has been sighing indignantly.Presumably, he didn't understand how the satellite network deployed in his hometown in the most glorious era gave Liaoyuan such a thorough wedding dress.

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The expressions of her companions are different—Ai Shanshan’s face is always showing disdain, she doesn’t believe even a single punctuation mark in Dahan’s words; the face of the scientific research team is extremely excited, and every word of Dahan may remind them of future research Direction of development.

As for Xiao Hui, she seemed to be extremely concerned about the word "virtual", she kept repeating it, chewing it repeatedly, her fists loosened and tightened again.

Then, Ai Shanshan seemed to be aware of Zuo Wu's gaze, she turned her head, and rolled her eyes fiercely: "Your Majesty, don't forget your position with Liaoyuan. The reason why this sweaty pair has been following us , but he uncovered it lightly and cleverly, ha, he is not as inarticulate as he claimed."

Zuo Wu nodded, the sea monster was reminding himself to maintain the most basic suspicion and vigilance against Liaoyuan.

"Khan," Zuo Wu thought about it, "You Liaoyuan have a bad record with me, how do you want me to believe you?"

Khan smiled lightly: "Smug records? But according to my statistics, among the various contracts signed between you humans and our Liaoyuan, the ratio of the number of times you broke the alliance and I breached the contract is about [-] to [-]. Let's say it's the same. "

Zuo Wu grinned: "It's none of my business that the old emperor's union violated the agreement."

"That's right, the object of our betrayal of the alliance is only with the old Imperial Alliance, not with you. With you, our Liaoyuan's credit should be as clean as a piece of white paper." Da Khan's laughter was even worse Being a little reckless, Zuo Wu didn't know how to fight back for a while.

But Da Khan quickly gave Zuo Wu a step:
"Well, it doesn't matter whether you believe me or not, and it doesn't matter what position we will be in in the future. The fact is, my fleet is still more than 90 miles away from you, almost a hundred light-years, about a dozen galaxies. Maybe the distance between these galaxies There is no navigable waterway at all, and we are not much threat to you."

"However, the real Dite and the others are only fourteen light-years away from you, so close. Don't you think about meeting them first before talking about our affairs? My promise to King Li before is still countable, and we have no doubts about the real Didn't have any impact on Dite."

"But... Your Excellency, let me give you a piece of news. Recently, the speed of the fleet sailing to Dite and the others has increased a lot. I don't know if I want to meet you too much, or are I being chased by something?"

"Okay, let's stop with the matter of Di Te. What surprised me the most is that King Li is still alive for so many years. We almost forgot about the war with the old Emperor Alliance. Your Excellency, no Do you mind our chatting about family matters? The relatives of King Lie who are on our side miss her very much."

"What's the name of her baby?"
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Da Khan's request for communication was rejected by King Li'e.Not to mention that King Li'e had long ago made the decision to live in the martyrdom of Yu Xi, and thus become a traitor to his home country; even if he is still under the Zuo Wu fence, he has to refuse to avoid suspicion.

Although he was face-swept, Da Khan was not annoyed, but laughed a few times, hung up the communication boldly, and left a communication port for Zuo Wu alone.

The man in gray on the other side was still resentful.And Ai Shanshan folded his hands, curling his lips to wait and see what action Zuo Wu would take next.

Zuo Wu's hand was still stroking the surface of the Tingyi satellite. Just before that, Da Khan generously passed a guide on how to delete the backup information in the Tingyi satellite to Zuo Wu.Touching the satellite is like touching the lifeblood of the virtual pair Dite inside.

He exhaled and said to the virtual Dite: "So, what do you think?"

It seemed as if he had woken up from a long, shallow dream: "Scared, ah, sorry, what do we think? This is really...too complicated."

Zuo Wu was a little puzzled, because there didn't seem to be much anger and fear in Xuxu's words to Dite, but more of a faint regret.

"What are you regretting?" Zuo Wu asked.

After a few seconds of silence to Dite, he responded: "Unfortunately, there seems to be a natural barrier between us, and it is difficult to cross between virtual and reality. Maybe it is really difficult for us to meet each other in real life."

It's really difficult.

The information backed up by the infinite magic machine can only be turned into reality by the infinite magic machine. It is not possible to find a [-]D printer to reshape the bodies of these false Duites.

The infinite magic machine is currently in the hands of Liao Yuan, and to start the process of turning it into reality, it needs to invest a lot of resources.In today's dilapidated galaxy, no regime can support such a huge burden.

Also, the Infinity God Machine backs up the entire world, not just a few creatures.The virtual pair of Dite's information and the backup of the galaxy are integrated, and it is impossible to shave them out separately.

It's just that Zuo Wu didn't expect them to regret this.

Zuo Wu smiled: "I thought you would feel sorry for not being real."

"...There will definitely be sadness, maybe a little bit. But in fact, we don't have much actual feeling yet,"

Virtually replied to Dite: "Because we also have a dark sea of ​​stars in front of our eyes, and we can also see some stars outside the Milky Way."

"Your Excellency, as the grassroots of the alliance, we have heard many stories. You should not regard us as electronic pets, but this cannot conceal our essence; we have heard that people who become electronic pets should bear the brunt immediately. Pursuing liberation... Your Excellency, do you think we should do this?"

Should the virtual pair be freed?

Zuo Wu pursed his lips, touching the Tingyi satellite, he could indeed kill them, but for some reason, the cold surface of the satellite made him feel hot, terribly hot.

He quickly took his hand away from the surface of the satellite and gritted his teeth: "Determine your life and death? I can't do it."

"... Hehe," he smiled silly at the people on Dite's side: "Your Excellency thinks we are alive? Thank you, thank you very much. Your words are enough. As for what kind of fate we will have in the future, We want to entrust you with full authority, and it is better for you to decide."

Zuo Wu shook his head: "You didn't seek death immediately, isn't it equivalent to making a decision? You must want to live."

"But...for us, what is the meaning of living?"

This time, Dite's voice finally showed a strong and incomparable bewilderment:
"We heard that we only exist because of the observer effect, and we have our own future. Does this mean that the starry sky we face is actually only us alone? No matter how we explore, it is impossible to meet other people. civilization, we are alone;”

"In this way, even if we continue to act, is there any other meaning?"

"So... why don't we pretend that we don't know anything, and then continue our journey. Then you pick a time, cut off our lives, and delete us. In this way, at least we died on the road of exploration, and the result was nothing Will it be a kind of happiness if we can’t catch up with us after all?”

Zuo Wu listened.

It seems to be such a truth, exploration is to appreciate the unknown ahead, and learning is also to acquire knowledge.How empty is it to explore for the sake of exploration and to learn for the sake of learning?

But just kill them?
Zuo Wu gritted his teeth: "I can't do it, I said it, I can't kill you."

"……Your Mightiness."

"Your life belongs to you, whether it's real or fake," Zuo Wu finally thought of a way: "Come on, at least let me take you around in front of the real you and see your faces." How would you feel about yourself?"

The virtual one sighed to Dite: "It should be more empty. In real we can see you, chat with you, you can feel each other's body temperature, we just... can only watch like this."

"That's fine, that's fine, we can take your meeting as our meal replacement in this sea of ​​lonely stars. At least it can give us a little more expectation for the end that will come when we don't know when."

(End of this chapter)