I am immortal with scientific thinking

"The mechanism of action, the pattern or method of killing, and the characteristics of the organism... these three points are how our human civilization studies these supernatural beings!"

Fang Zhengyang's steady and powerful voice echoed in the laboratory.

Although in terms of talent, he, who is in his thirties, cannot compare with Lin Chen, a doctoral student in his early twenties; in terms of decisiveness, he, who has been staying in the research institute, cannot compare with Lin Chen, who has never been to the supernatural world but can fight monsters, but this does not mean that he is not excellent.

His level is average, and it is only compared with the same circle. But if he talks to the outside world, he is a top student in the Federation of Human Civilization, a child of destiny, and an upper-middle class in society.

You know, since the establishment of the Federation, there are only about one million people in the world who can be awarded a doctoral degree. Although this number is large, with the total human population of over 10 billion, every doctoral student is one in a million, and their social status is much higher than before the third season.

If placed in a small city, with the skills at hand, one can easily become the richest man with a small goal, or even govern a county or town, and become a member of the upper-middle class of society.

Even if a disaster strikes in the future, every doctoral student is worth the army sending thousands of soldiers to rescue, if for no other reason than because they themselves have great value.

For example, before Lin Chen woke up completely, most of the research and analysis on the remains of the female tree was completed by him and his team.

At this moment, Fang Zhengyang expressed his speculations one by one:
"According to preliminary research, this monster's abilities lie in the biological and brain wave fields. Especially based on the autopsy of the corpse, it is more inclined to the latter."

"According to previous research methods, we can speculate on its existence, but existing technology cannot be used to apply it. We should use its own characteristics to study it."

"But the problem lies in this point. We humans have no verifiable theories or definitive technologies for studying brain waves and the areas of consciousness that we have access to."

"Not to mention that according to the descriptions of many survivors, this seems to not only involve brain waves, but also the soul area that humans have never proven or disproven, and there is no corresponding research direction at all."

"Without the guidance of corresponding theories, we don't know what technology to use to bring out its own characteristics and make it part of our means."

"So it's impossible to use its own characteristics to turn it into our technology. Without a corresponding theory, we can't understand its mechanism and use it. Among the three research methods, we can only find a way to use it by killing people."

"But this time the supernatural object has completely lost its activity. This is very rare in the past. Under normal circumstances, this is a good thing. It greatly reduces the risks involved in research."

"But we humans don't have any theories about its abilities, which means we can't make good use of it. This is the difficulty we are currently studying."

"This thing is dead and can no longer exert its original abilities. We don't have the corresponding theory to analyze and utilize it, which has greatly slowed down the progress of research and even prevented related technological breakthroughs!"

"Is this so..."

Lin Chen stroked his chin, probably understanding what Fang Zhengyang meant.

In the field of science, any research on the unknown must be based on existing theoretical foundations in order to achieve rapid breakthroughs.

For example, if the wreckage of an alien spacecraft landed on the blue planet and scientists captured it and analyzed it, what was the research process like?

The first thing to do is to analyze the material of the spacecraft, whether it is iron, carbon, silicon or some unknown element, so this requires the theory of the periodic table.

If it is discovered that it is made of carbon, then we need to study how the carbon atoms inside are arranged, or how they are expanded in space. This requires scientists to make inferences based on the various carbon atom arrangements that have been summarized in the past.

Then what technology must be used to achieve this method? For example, if it is burned with fire, does it involve nuclear fusion? If it is nailed with force, does it involve the force between microscopic particles? If it is electricity, does it involve superconductivity?

It can be said that any rapid breakthrough in human scientific research is based on a theoretical foundation. This is why locking up human basic theories will lock up science. It is because without a theoretical foundation, it is difficult for humans to make breakthroughs in their research on unknown things.

Take this example. If the composition of the alien spacecraft is not any element known to mankind, and even theory cannot predict the location of this element, or if it is the so-called dark matter, but no known theory can summarize its laws, then the research on this alien spacecraft will trap mankind for many years until a new theory is born!
The same is true of the supernatural things in the present.

Since the outbreak of the disaster of idealistic invasion, countless supernatural events have occurred around the world, but there are only 365 types of research results that can be truly transformed into technology, corresponding to the position of academician of human civilization.

These include exoskeleton armor, information purifiers, cloning culture chambers, new tokamak devices for controlled nuclear fusion, portable industrial parks, ultra-long-range orbital electromagnetic guns... Most of them can only be developed based on existing human theories. There are only a few supernatural things that are utilized through the laws of killing, and there are great uncontrollable risks.

Therefore, basic theory is the most valuable cornerstone of human civilization, even for research on supernatural events!
'Doesn't this mean that even if human civilization is facing a disaster and technology is booming, as long as there is no breakthrough in basic theory or the development of new fields, there is almost no possibility of surviving this disaster.'

'Although many scientists have speculated on various sci-fi weapons in the past, such as artificial black holes, cosmic strings, two-dimensional moirés, time machines, and cosmic restart devices...but based on the existing human theories, they cannot support the research of these things, and we must make theoretical breakthroughs again and again.'

"But now the microscopic world has been locked down. Simply studying these supernatural phenomena, the technologies that are transformed are all based on the original theories of mankind, which are not enough to support us through this disaster. Only theoretical breakthroughs can be achieved, but this requires direction, and requires the existence of geniuses who can rely on their magnificent imagination to create quantum mechanics and classical mechanics..."

At this moment, Lin Chen suddenly realized why every academician of civilization would try their best to preserve the majority of human beings and the elites among them.

Because only with a large enough population base can those geniuses who cannot be judged by common sense be born. Only they can rely on their incredible imagination to see through the nature and phenomena of the universe, create a relatively complete theory and open up a new path in human history.

For example, Planck who proposed quantum mechanics, Newton who proposed classical mechanics, Einstein who proposed the theory of relativity... Only these epoch-making geniuses have pointed out the way forward for mankind. As for the others, they are just scholars used to prove or falsify theories.

Compared with the situation at the beginning of modern and contemporary scientific and technological civilization, human civilization now also needs a new field and a new direction to pursue the possibility of the survival of civilization!

"So this is why so many scientists are studying these supernatural things? Not only to protect themselves, but also to create new theories. Judging from the current situation, it seems that many scholars' research on these supernatural things is based on past theories..."

After pondering for a long time, Lin Chen gradually sorted out the ins and outs of the matter and had an idea. "Junior brother, have you figured out a solution?"

Seeing that Lin Chen, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly put down the hand that was stroking his chin, he knew that the other party seemed to have some ideas. After all, in the past contacts, the other party was first-class in both scientific thinking and innovative ideas, otherwise he would not have been accepted as a closed disciple by Academician Fang Changqing of Civilization, so he continued,
"If we can't find a way to study it, the remains of this monster will have to be sealed forever to prevent it from causing any harm to us!"

"I have some ideas." Lin Chen smiled and said, "You mean, we don't have a corresponding theory to study this thing? If so, why don't we create a theory?"

Make a... theory?
After hearing these words, Fang Zhengyang froze in place.

With his nearly twenty years of academic knowledge and understanding, this was almost the first time he had heard such words.

Theory, how can there be a saying that it is created just by doing?

"Junior brother, science requires rigor!" He couldn't help but say, "The birth of any theory takes a long time!"

"And this monster seems to involve the realm of consciousness and soul that humans have never set foot on. Any theory and research must be rigorous and verifiable, and cannot be casually talked about. This itself is unscientific!"

"Not to mention that we are just suspicious. Whether the other party involves the soul or is related to the soul is just our guess. We can't make comments without evidence!"

"If this misleads the research of our entire scientific community, the consequences will be devastating before the disaster breaks out. If we make one wrong step, the whole civilization will fall into the abyss!"

Speaking of this, Fang Zhengyang, who usually plays the role of a good guy, couldn't help but sound anxious and critical.

Lin Chen just smiled slightly and asked a question that seemed irrelevant to the present:
"Brother, let me ask you, in modern times, can we see gravity with our naked eyes?"

"This..." Fang Zhengyang was stunned when he heard this, and his mind was not able to process for a while, "Of course I can't see it..."

"Does this hinder the birth of the theory of universal gravitation?" Lin Chen asked.

Fang Zhengyang was a little confused, but he still answered subconsciously:
"This... naturally does not hinder."

"Then in modern times when there were no precision instruments, could humans directly observe quantum particles, or in other words, could they see how quantum particles moved?" Lin Chen asked again.

"This... seems to be invisible." Fang Zhengyang seemed to understand something as he listened, but his thoughts were not clear for a moment. All the answers were as unclear as flowers in the fog or the moon in the water.

"Does this hinder the birth of quantum mechanics?" Lin Chen said with a smile.

"It seems that it doesn't hinder..."

"Then how do humans determine that these theories are true and turn them into part of their own scientific edifice?" Lin Chen looked into Fang Zhengyang's eyes and asked slowly.

"Over the long years, countless scientific researchers have proven and disproven this theory..." At this point, Fang Zhengyang understood everything, "Junior Brother, what you mean is..."

"Yes, that's what I mean." Lin Chen directly followed up on what Fang Zhengyang wanted to say, "Science itself is a process of proposing a hypothesis based on an objective phenomenon, and then proving and falsifying it!"

"Countless sages proposed their own theories and hypotheses through their observations of the natural world and the universe. Then, countless scholars in later generations proved and falsified their theories, which led to the formation of our current vast and brilliant scientific civilization!"

"We don't have any corresponding theoretical research on the corpse of this monster, because it is closely related to brain waves, consciousness, and even involves areas we have never touched before, that is, what countless people say, the soul of the idealistic world!"

“Whether the soul is idealistic or materialistic, as long as it exists objectively, we can hypothesize or summarize its laws, and then incorporate it into our materialistic worldview through the process of being proven and falsified by countless comrades and future generations, forming a soul science that belongs to us humans!”

"But the birth of this theory must have objective phenomena, otherwise it is just imagination. But we can't observe the soul now..." Fang Zhengyang felt inexplicably touched when he heard it, but he quickly realized the key point.

"Then let's first roughly hypothesize the laws of the soul based on our previous knowledge, and then use these related supernatural things to prove or disprove my hypothesis!" Lin Chen stood with his hands behind his back, walking like a dragon or a tiger, with an indescribable bearing.

"Suppose... the law of the soul?"

"That's right, assume first, then verify!"

At this moment, Lin Chen looked at the remains of the female tree in the safe container with a gloomy expression. Past experiences appeared in his mind one after another, and finally turned into these words:
"In my opinion, there are only three laws of the soul."

“First, memory is the foundation of the soul.

Second, the soul is related to matter.

Third, perception determines the continuation of memory, which is the extension of the soul.

And this is what I have postulated, the Three Laws of the Soul! ” (End of this chapter)