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Chapter 1014 The faster you go, the harder it is to turn

After leaving the pub, Yan Yu'an asked Wang Yunxiao in a low voice: "What did that guy talk to you about? I saw that you two were having such a good time."

"Not happy."

Wang Yunxiao thought to himself that there were a lot of things he didn’t understand, so he just skipped them.

"To put it simply, he suspected that there was something wrong with Avalon, but he couldn't produce any actual evidence. Or, his theory was incomprehensible to others, and they were unwilling to believe it, thinking he was talking nonsense."

Of course, it can also be understood as a problem of academic cliques.

One of the core characteristics of science is falsifiability. Scientific theories allow for the existence of counterexamples, that is, they can be overturned or falsified by empirical evidence. This property makes scientific theories relatively correct, rather than absolute truths.

But scientific falsification does not take human nature into account.

What is an academic clique?

To put it bluntly, I am a big shot in the industry and I once founded my own school. My disciples and followers make a living by writing papers on the school. The research funds I have invested have reached hundreds of millions or even billions.

Now you, a young man, come out to prove my falsehood and want to ruin this multi-billion dollar project.

Young man, this is not just an academic issue.

"There must be something wrong with Avalon. They know it themselves, but they are unwilling to admit it. If they admit that there is a problem, it would be equivalent to admitting that the most top genius think tank in the past hundred years is a waste and has been fooled."

Yan Yu'an nodded and said, "Maynard Keynes is the representative they sent. He is a top student of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Although he has not yet become a professor, the economic theories he studied have already shown signs of establishing a new school of thought. I think the only reasonable explanation for him coming to our side is that he is observing the policy trends over there."

"I've finished my work here, what about you?"

He turned and looked at Cheng Feng.

"Let me see the map. Where are we now?"

"here."

"Well, it's a little far, and there's no carriage in this poor place, so let's walk slowly."

So the three men walked into the fog again.

There are almost no living people in the ground urban area of ​​Lanton, and to be honest, it is indeed not suitable for living people to survive.

The omnipresent thick fog blocked the view and nothing could be seen clearly beyond a few meters.

Occasionally, something moved in the fog, but it didn't sound like a human, and it was not a threat to Wang Yunxiao and the others.

To sum it up in one sentence, the risk is low, but the environment is harsh.

"Speaking of which, I thought of a story."

Cheng Feng had a gas mask on his face and his voice was a little dull.

"It means that in ancient times, you were a commoner with nothing. You heard that there was a rich young man who was kind and generous and took in retainers, so you went to seek refuge with him. The young man did not despise you for being poor and weak, and treated you with courtesy. He not only provided you with food, clothing and shelter, but also gave you money to spend. When you came of age, he also found a marriage for you. You now have a wife and children. You have been eating and drinking for free with his money for half your life, and now you are middle-aged."

"The young master came to you today and said that he had encountered a difficult problem. Someone was trying to frame him. He had no choice but to come to you for advice."

"You have been training your muscles for half your life, and now you happen to have a sharp sword in your hand..." The answer is naturally self-evident.

"The Eagles... their technology is advancing too fast. For example, the Mathematical Transgressor, that kind of supercomputer, is simply not something that should exist in our era."

Wang Yunxiao couldn't help but wonder, "Is this the technology they brought to this point in time from the future?"

“It’s not such a simple question.”

Cheng Feng shook his head and said, "If we could do this, we would have been using the high technology of the future by now. This involves a problem called cognitive barrier. Simply put, our cognitive level cannot keep up with the speed of technological evolution."

"Take Tianmen City as an example. You all know that cars are luxury goods, and the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau happens to have a car production line that can produce cars, but how many people can actually afford a car? Even if they buy a car, where does the gasoline come from? The oil wells in the northeast have just been built. If you want to drive a car, you have to import gasoline from abroad, and that stuff is not cheaper than cars."

Is there anyone in Tianmen who can buy a car, or who wants to buy a car? Of course there are. But how many are there? Can they sell 100 or 200 cars? Are there that many professional drivers?
With this sales volume, I’m afraid we can’t even recover the cost of modifying the production line.

The country's productivity is insufficient and the people's cultural quality is not high, so a demand market cannot be formed, and thus a commodity economy cannot emerge.

"Lanton is facing this dilemma right now - those scientists cannot refuse the science and technology that is ahead of their time, just like the retainers and loyalists trained by the nobleman, who know their own fate but cannot refuse the material temptation."

"But the problem is that they eat whatever they are given, and this is not a healthy scientific system. While they are evolving rapidly, they are also locking themselves in their own evolutionary path."

Cheng Feng seemed to know a lot, but due to the principles of his job, he could not reveal too much.

The road in the fog seemed endless. After walking for an unknown amount of time, Cheng Feng stopped only after taking a look at the house numbers of the buildings on the street.

Wang Yunxiao followed his line of sight and took a look.
All I saw was the nameplate with "221 Baker Street" engraved on it.

There were no lights on in the building, and like the other buildings on the street, it looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.

Cheng Feng walked up and knocked on the door. After waiting for about three minutes, he heard hurried footsteps from inside.

The person who opened the door was a young woman, and from the looks of her, she seemed to be looking for a gas mask.

"Good evening, ma'am."

Cheng Feng took off his hat and nodded, "We are here to visit Mr. Holmes."

"Of course. Who else could it be? Come in with me and close the door."

The young woman held up her skirt in one hand and carried a kerosene lamp in the other, then turned and walked down the stairs.

This house seemed to have undergone a certain degree of renovation. In any case, Wang Yunxiao had never seen anyone build a basement in the entrance hall of his own house.

After closing the sealed iron door of the basement, the young woman immediately took off her mask and took a few long breaths: "I know that the time outside is meaningless now, and I can't tell whether it is morning or evening, but isn't it too late for you to come at this time?"

Indeed, Wang Yunxiao just glanced at his watch and it was already two o'clock in the morning when they got here.

"I'm so sorry, we are from out of town and didn't notice the time issue."

Cheng Feng apologized very politely: "If Mr. Holmes has gone to bed, we can wait here for a while."

"I'll go and take a look, who knows."

(End of this chapter)