Chapter 844: Cosmology

On the campus of Keluo University, under the shade of green trees, one can see youthful and beautiful figures. Most of them came from China, and some came from the United States on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and many people came from Europe on the back of the earth.

The relaxed and diversified school-running philosophy enables students, no matter where they come from, to quickly integrate into this young university.

At this moment, on the masonry road full of books, students are holding books, walking in groups of three and four, and walking towards the direction of the teaching building. This scene is commonplace in normal times, but it is rare on weekends.

"Hey, have you heard? That Jiang Chen is coming to our school to give an open class!"

"Jiang Chen? Is that Jiang Chen? The chairman of the future people group, the founder of the virtual reality network?"

"Really, really?! What are you talking about, I ask for a class!"

"Cosmology." Wearing glasses, the quiet-looking girl said.

"..."

"...U...cosmology?"

"...Is it science?"

"It's really a surprise. I thought he could talk about economics, the Internet and so on."

"Hee hee, do you still want to go to class? It has nothing to do with our major."

"Nonsense, is there even a need to ask!" A girl said excitedly with little stars in her eyes.

"After all, it is a class given by the richest man in the world! I heard that Harvard University wanted to invite him to explain the artificial intelligence database and the three definitions, but he didn't go!" Another girl also echoed.

Indeed, there are not many opportunities to listen to the lectures of the world's richest man, especially this Mr. Jiang Chen is quite low-key, except for showing his face at last year's opening ceremony, he rarely appears on this campus.

Even though the name of this public elective course is quite strange, and it seems to have nothing to do with Jiang Chen's field, it still doesn't hinder people's curiosity about him.

No matter what the purpose was, when Jiang Chen walked into the auditorium, he saw that the classroom was already full of people.

The classroom, which can accommodate two hundred people, was slowly being filled at the moment. Some people even brought stools from the next classroom and simply sat on the aisle.

Looking at those enthusiastic faces,

Even though he was used to seeing big scenes, Jiang Chen's scalp couldn't help but feel a little numb.

At this time, he remembered Principal Raphael Leif's malicious laughter when he was on the phone yesterday. Sure enough, the old guy was right. If he held this public class, no matter how unpopular the class was, the classroom would definitely be full of seats.

The scalp is numb, and stage fright is of course impossible.

After all, he is also the leader of hundreds of thousands of people, and in the end of the world, he is even a "big warlord" who ruled on one side. There are only a few hundred students in the district, which is not enough to make him frightened.

Smiling and waving his hand to the audience, Jiang Chen turned on the headset hanging by his ear, coughed lightly, tried his voice, and then spoke.

"Everyone here must be wondering, why does the person standing in front of you today choose the inexplicable subject of cosmology instead of imparting some more useful or practical successful experiences?"

The noisy voices in the classroom gradually subsided, and everyone focused on the podium and Jiang Chen's face.

"This question is easy to answer. The famous economist and Wall Street investor James Glassman recently published a book, taking me as his research object, in-depth ... of course it is one-sided in my opinion ... analysis Why did the Future Group, which took me and me, stand at the top of the pyramid from nothing in just three years." As he spoke, Jiang Chen smiled, and looked at all the students sitting, "I don't agree with him process of argument, but I agree with his conclusion."

"That is, my successful experience cannot be copied."

"Since my experience cannot be replicated, it is not a good medicine for you, it may be just a poison."

"But apart from success in business, I don't think I can show any ability that can surpass you in other fields. So, I chose a topic that I am personally interested in and have done some research on, that is, I'm going to talk about cosmology today."

Jiang Chen noticed that many students picked up their mobile phones and were enthusiastically recording videos.

But he didn't care, what he was going to say today was originally for the purpose of throwing bricks and attracting jade.

As he spoke, he turned around and picked up a marker pen, and wrote four words on the whiteboard.

Turning around, Jiang Chen put the marker pen on the table, and turned his gaze to everyone present.

"Where are they? I think everyone here is familiar with this question. Yes, it is the famous Fermi Paradox."

"It is estimated that the number of stars in the observable universe is between 10 to the 24th power of 10, and the amount of sand on the earth is 75*10 to the 18th power." After a pause, Jiang Chen smiled, then spread his hands and said, "In other words, every grain of sand on the earth can correspond to 10,000 planets in the universe."

"The universe is much larger and darker than we imagined."

"This kind of darkness does not come from any aliens. In the face of a time scale of 13.8 billion years, all civilizations are humble and insignificant. Maybe there was a spark of civilization on Mars at our doorstep. It's just that it appeared Lifespan was exhausted a billion or tens of billions of years ago, and the earth a billion years ago was just a chaotic ocean, and even trilobites didn't exist."

"This is the so-called cosmic sieve. The probability of us encountering extraterrestrial civilizations is very small, and the probability of being able to find each other after meeting is very small."

"But we still have to make assumptions. If we meet extraterrestrial civilizations, and we happen to be able to discover each other and understand each other's existence. Then I can assert that the consequences of blind contact will be quite dangerous..."

Understanding does not mean agreement, and disapproval leads to conflict. This identity is reflected in many aspects such as aesthetics, values, and core values, just like the undead who regard death as their beauty, and absolutely cannot accept each other with the living who sing the praises of life.

Jiang Chen didn't expect his class to bring too much inspiration to these students. Many of the arguments he stated were already discussed by the predecessors.

He just wanted to see how the students would react when he told the truth.

Through the responses of these students, at least a rough assessment can be made of the consequences of announcing the crisis facing Earth civilization to the public.

The class is drawing to a close.

"...if, I mean if, there is a colony ship from an extraterrestrial civilization on its way to Earth. We don't know where it came from, and we're not sure if it has good intentions. If you are an Earth civilization The decision maker, what decision will you make after learning this information."

"This is your homework, I hope you will do it carefully."

Jiang Chen noticed that many students in the audience showed a lack of interest after hearing the homework.

Obviously, no one will really take this inexplicable assignment seriously. After all, no matter from which angle you look at it, the homework assignment is really boring. They are no longer at that childish age where they would fantasize about space, the first contact between human beings and extraterrestrial civilizations, and fantasize about those unrealistic problems.

Maybe a job, a scholarship, or a professor's topic will make them more serious.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen couldn't help but shook his head with a smile.

After sorting out the books on the table, he coughed lightly, and said to the students who were about to leave get out of class.

"Well, I know none of you are interested in this, so I'll just say it."

"I believe that everyone who often plays with mobile phones and wears helmets is no stranger to the space colonization plan of the star ring trade. The study of extraterrestrial civilizations is a part of the space colonization plan of the star ring trade. You may find it very boring, but now I will tell you , this topic has commercial value. And the assignment I assigned is related to this topic.”

"The prize for the project is 10,000 U.S. dollars, and ten qualified papers will be selected for distribution. If you are interested, please submit a paper to me. By the way, students who have not selected courses can also participate, and the mailbox is on the whiteboard. I am a person I'm afraid of trouble, so I paste the bank card account number in the mailbox and send it together..."

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Chen noticed.

Those pairs of eyes looked at me differently... (To be continued.)

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