It's normal to develop some black technology in the future, right?

Chapter 405: Clash of Views

"Now, except for China, the scientific research of other countries has largely stagnated. Whether it is the government or enterprises, when allocating funds to scientific research projects, they will hesitate whether they will invest funds in this niche field. Even if there are results, will they have to face the situation where China uses room-temperature superconducting technology to produce products that are more advantageous than this.

Scientific research projects around the world will have to engage in such argumentation, proving that no matter how China's room-temperature superconducting technology develops, what we are doing is still valuable.

This is just like the protons dropped by the Trisolarans on Earth in the science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem" written by you Chinese people, which locked down the Earth's technology. Now room-temperature superconductors are locking down global technological development.

China only needs to reproduce these technical routes through room-temperature superconductivity from past papers on the application of superconducting technology, and then judge whether they are valuable. If they are valuable, continue to promote them, regardless of whether this technical route is the best technical route for room-temperature superconductivity in this field.

Anyway, only the Chinese have mastered the preparation process of room-temperature superconducting materials.

This is also not a good thing for China, because your technology development path may not be the best. In the absence of competition, we can't do anything, and you can't be sure whether what you are doing is right.

Not making room-temperature superconducting technology public is a crime against all of humanity."

"No, no, no, Elon, I don't agree with you."

"Isn't it? China has now mastered the ability to regularly travel back and forth within the Earth-Moon system through room-temperature superconductors. With the help of the high-energy particle shielding device constructed with room-temperature superconductors, your aircraft has a super-high automatic cruising capability.

The combination of these two means that for a long time to come, only the Chinese will be able to utilize lunar resources in the most efficient way.

Countries other than China have only two choices: either master room-temperature superconducting technology or replicate China's technological route.

Or they can find other alternatives. The problem is that no one knows the specific effects and costs of other technical paths, and whether they will face product dumping from China once they are truly developed.

Isn’t this the most direct form of technical lockout?

Essentially, the Earth's resources are not enough to support 80 billion people in the world to live a materially abundant life, but if we can utilize the resources of the Earth-Moon system, the material problem will be solved.

China’s technological monopoly has severely hampered global economic growth.”

"Of course, I agree with you to a certain extent that you quoted The Three-Body Problem and described room-temperature superconducting technology as the same technology as the sophon in The Three-Body Problem. It does have advantages in many fields that other traditional materials cannot match.

It will directly cause the development of materials science and the technological applications based on it to stagnate, because the bleak prospects will make neither capital nor the government willing to pay for it.

Take the simplest space station as an example. In the past, the EU could cooperate with NASA, and now they can cooperate with us, so they never try to build a space station from scratch. Although there are some research, they are only scattered or preliminary theoretical research.

This is the part I agree with. The other part I disagree with is that not making room-temperature superconducting technology public is a crime against humanity.

First of all, the technical path itself is public, and specific papers can be found in academic journals, but the specific parameters of the synthesis are not public.

Secondly, making it public is a crime against all mankind.

Under our control, we can ensure that room-temperature superconducting technology is limited to the civilian field and will not affect regional stability.

If technology were made public, the world situation would become even more chaotic.

We all know this, don't we? With the help of room-temperature superconducting technology, American arms dealers will spread the flames of war to more areas and cause more casualties. "

"America is not crazy enough to use room-temperature superconducting technology to build hypersonic missiles and then launch these hypersonic missiles.

No one, whether in this White House or the next, will be this crazy.

A planet where the situation is generally peaceful and stable, and where competition is limited to trade, technology and finance, is in the interests of both of us.”

"Elon, don't play dumb. Room-temperature superconductivity is not only used in the missile field. You know, take the high-energy particle protection area constructed this time as an example. It can be applied to the field of drones to create drones that are not affected by electromagnetic interference and have stronger computing power and precision strike capabilities.

I believe that America will not launch long-range missiles and there will be no direct collision between us, but won't these drones, which are more difficult to interfere with and have greater killing capabilities, be used by you in sensitive areas?
You should know this better than I do.

There is one more thing I need to say, that is, China's ability to utilize lunar resources means that the whole world can enjoy the benefits brought by this.

Because Chinese products are supplied globally. You should think about whether you can provide corresponding products to Chinese consumers."

As representatives of China and America in the field of science and technology, Musk and Chen Yuanguang's online podcast has undoubtedly attracted the attention of people from all regions of the world.

Thanks to the development of AI technology, online platforms are now able to translate the conversation content of both parties in real time, and generate subtitles in the language selected by the audience in real time and display them below the live broadcast screen.

"Stop watching it. The exam is coming up soon. If you pass, you can watch it however you want." Ruan Mingde was furious when he saw his son still watching the live broadcast on the computer after returning home.

Initially, the test area only included the 11 ASEAN countries, namely the traditional ten ASEAN countries plus East Timor, the latest country to join ASEAN.

Later, Xiangjiang, Xiangshanao and 4v continued to respond, saying that although they did not belong to Southeast Asia, they also wanted to enjoy this benefit.

So these last three regions were added.

Neon and Goryeo, which were excluded, were very dissatisfied and tried all kinds of methods including protest, denunciation and communication, but to no avail.

It is a counterintuitive fact that the Japanese government is very concerned about whether it can get preferential treatment in China.

Take visa exemption as an example. China previously had a visa-free entry policy for Japan, but it was later terminated due to the virus epidemic. Many countries also had their policies terminated during that wave.

Then in 24 years, China gradually opened the so-called 144-hour transit visa policy to many countries, including Japan.

Every time China opened up a batch of countries, the Japanese media would pay attention to whether Japan was included. However, it was not until China opened up short-term visa-free residence to Goryeo that the Japanese media collectively broke down.

In all relevant reports in the Japanese media, the title part specifically noted that among the countries that enjoy visa-free entry this time is Korea, and then it was written in brackets (excluding Japan).

The fact that Japan was not included in this joint examination also made Japan extremely dissatisfied. Fortunately, Goryeo was not qualified either, which eased the public dissatisfaction.

It is obvious that the joint training examination for aerospace talents organized by China can be said to be gradually rising with the progress of China's aerospace industry. Now it has even reached the point where Japanese and Koreans immigrate to countries with examination qualifications to try to take the examination.

Of course, the destination they chose was definitely not Baiyue, but Singapore and Hong Kong.

This results in the exam having a visibly high threshold. After all, there are only 500 places announced, and with 500 places, the number of people taking the exam is at least over 100,000. This probability is lower than the probability of Shenhai City getting into Peking University or Tsinghua University through the college entrance examination, but better than the four provinces of Shanhe getting into Peking University or Tsinghua University.

"No, Dad, this is an interview program with the God of Light and Musk." Ruan Qinghe explained quickly.

Nguyen Minh Duc is a low-level official with some real power in Ho Chi Minh City. People like him cannot move up. They can send their children to Europe and the United States, but they cannot provide them with a good material life.

For this type of people, their children and grandchildren still need to rely on themselves to fight for their own survival.

Fortunately, his son had good academic performance and had always been at the top of the school, so he had the idea of ​​letting him take part in the China Aerospace Talent Joint Training Examination.

Ruan Mingde took a closer look and saw that the comments on the right side of the computer screen were refreshing very quickly. Chen Yuanguang and Musk were arguing with each other on the screen, and the subtitles below were flashing very quickly.

After the two people's argument about whether room-temperature superconductivity should be made public came to an end, Ruan Mingde came back to his senses.

He looked at his son and said, “Although these two are very powerful, their discussion is meaningless to you.

Their discussions are too far away from you.”

Ruan Qinghe asked: "So who do you think is right between these two people?"

"There is no absolute right or wrong in this world. From the perspective of Baiyue, we obviously have to support China to win this competition." Ruan Mingde was very clear about this issue.

To be precise, this is the view held by the vast majority of Baiyue people.

It's a very simple logic. If America wins, their production capacity will be transferred to Mexico, and if China wins, production capacity will be transferred to Baiyue on a large scale.

If China can truly achieve the global status that America had in the past and become the country on the top of the mountain in the new era, then the status of Baiyue next to China will naturally rise and become a role like Goryeo and Neon in the global system of the new era.

Therefore, from the perspective of maximizing interests, one can waver between America and China and promote the so-called bamboo diplomacy, but when it comes to making a decision and leaning towards one side without hesitation, Baiyue will definitely side with China.

This is determined by historical and cultural factors, but more importantly, by the maximization of interests.

Even though history will not simply repeat itself, China's population is not comparable to that of America, and the amount of cake that China can divide is not as large as that of America, but similarly, the development of productivity has led to a similar amount of cake that can be divided.

Not only Baiyue thinks so, but the small Southeast Asian countries closer to China also think so. In this competition, the greater the chance of China winning, the more they will lean towards China.

Otherwise, why would a country like China hold a joint examination in Southeast Asia that is essentially an examination to siphon their talents? The Ministries of Education of these countries have successively changed the time of their own college entrance examinations to cooperate with China's joint examinations. To put it bluntly, isn't it because China's influence in these places is great enough?

If China had held such exams in these places twenty years ago, firstly, they would not cooperate, and secondly, not many people would participate.

Your strength determines how many cards you can play. Before, there were too many American cards for you to handle, but now there are too many Chinese cards.

"So there is actually no justice in the world?" Ruan Qinghe asked.

“Maybe there is, but not in this case.

America is certainly acting in its own interests, and China is also acting in its own interests, because China can only export the room-temperature superconducting materials themselves, and then strictly control the use of all parties, limiting it to civilian use.

As for the monopoly of room-temperature superconducting materials, they can set a high enough price and invest part of the high profits into supervision. This will not only solve the concerns mentioned by the God of Light, but also share the technological dividends with all mankind.

However, compared with America, China's approach is much better. After all, the synthesis process has been made public, and it is only stuck at the last step.

If America can master this technology, all the processes must be kept strictly confidential," said Ruan Mingde.

The light in Ruan Qinghe's eyes dimmed a little: "Isn't the God of Light a good person?"

“Being a good person is a character, but it doesn’t mean that he has no stance. If he has no stance and makes all decisions from the perspective of all humanity, then he is not a good person, but a saint.

Obviously, this era is no longer the last century, and this era does not need saints. "Ruan Mingde recalled the last era. Compared with that era, although this era has more advanced technology and more abundant materials, there is no more exploration at the social level.

That's why the whole world seems so boring.

Nguyen Thanh Ha seemed to be thinking about something, and he continued, "I am very curious about one thing, that is, America developed the atomic bomb first in the past, and even though they kept the technology highly confidential, other countries soon developed their own atomic bombs one after another.

But why hasn’t room-temperature superconducting materials been developed? China has proactively disclosed so many details about the process of room-temperature superconducting. "

"Because it takes time. It has not even been five years since China conquered room-temperature superconductivity. What is this amount of time enough for? It is not even known whether the process announced by China deliberately concealed the steps. It takes time to catch up with technology.

Obviously, what the Americans are worried about is that the pursuit will take too long, so long that they find that they can no longer catch up. "

"Hello, everyone watching TV, welcome to the Columbia TV program "Science America". I am your old friend Leonard David.

This program is very special, and the guests we invited are very special, including Megan Caldwell, who just returned to Earth from the International Space Station and completed rehabilitation training, Will More, who was stranded on the International Space Station for more than 200 days due to a minor accident, and Mark Robb, a former NASA engineer and current well-known science blogger on YouTube.

The guests this time are all big names and senior professionals in the aerospace field. I hope that our program will have enough depth and breadth to provide a detailed interpretation of recent hot events.

The only regret is that we didn’t get Tim.”

Tim is one of the astronauts who will carry out the mission to return to the moon. After Leonard finished speaking, there was applause in the studio.

(End of this chapter)