Yuriko thought for a long time this time, and then said: "This report is conceptual and the content is relatively new, but the important points are missing, so it can only be a fresh look. For us, it is not particularly worthwhile.
Reference content.”
"Before we achieve interstellar navigation capabilities, we are unlikely to encounter more low-level civilizations, so..."
Yu Yifeng nodded in agreement. What about "spiritual level" and so on, it sounds very mysterious. It's not bad to fool a kid like Zhang Peng, but it's not enough to fool Yu Yifeng and others.
In fact, there is not much difference between "spirit level" and "race value" in some games.
It is of no great use to the development of human society. Can people still be classified into thirds, sixths, and ninths? Moreover, the report does not contain any numerical calculation content, and it does not clearly explain what situations can get high scores and what situations will not.
Points deducted...
"But if we can think beyond the contents of this report, we will draw more conclusions."
"We assume that this scoring system does exist, and the content in it is true, then... why do more intelligent alien civilizations come up with this entire system to judge low-level civilizations?" Yuriko asked.
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Why create a scoring system?
Faced with this problem, Yu Yifeng felt a little baffled.
Regarding aliens, who knows what they think. Maybe they just eat too much. Can humans still guess their thoughts?
However, he still listened patiently.
There must be a reason why Yuriko said this.
"I'm wondering if there are many low-level civilizations... If civilizations are very rare, there seems to be no need to spend a lot of effort to design a whole set of ratings, right? Obviously the thinking behind this rating system is very rigorous, and it should be spent
It took a lot of effort.”
When she said this, her tone was a little low: "What I mean is: since the universal law of life is likely to be true in this universe, then... is intelligent civilization also universal?"
"As long as there is a planetary environment that can evolve large-scale organisms, is there a high probability that intelligent civilization will appear?"
"If intelligent civilization is also universal, the value of this scoring system will be higher. Because it can more quickly judge the potential of low-level civilization..."
"If...intelligent civilization is as rare as a rare thing, this scoring system seems to have no effect, right? Rarity, in itself, represents high value!"
Yu Yifeng did not expect these words. After hearing this, he frowned and fell into deep thought.
Everything Yuriko said was just a hypothesis without any basis. It was completely divergent thinking. But overall, this kind of analysis is quite interesting.
From this scoring system, we can think of... Are intelligent civilizations common in this universe?
If civilization is universal, a scoring mechanism will certainly have greater value. If civilization is rare, what is the point of having this kind of scoring?
Not necessarily... Although diamonds on the earth are rare, there are also three, six or nine grades. Although emerald agate is rare, there are various varieties.
That’s not right either… The rarity of diamonds and emeralds, and the “rareness” of the universe are two different concepts…
To be "rare" at the cosmic level, it must be at least one in a billion!
One billionth here is measured in stars, that is, it takes 100 million stars including their planets before an intelligent civilization can appear, whether it is low-level or high-level.
This is truly rare! It is completely incomparable to the diamonds on the street.
And "universal" in the universe does not mean that a planetary system has the density of a civilization.
There are hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way! The entire number is like a crucian carp crossing a river. Even if one civilization appears among 10,000 planetary systems, it is too many... and it can be called common!
Thinking about it this way, what Yuriko said makes sense!
If low-level civilizations are very rare, and interstellar civilizations are very lucky to encounter them, they can completely study and observe slowly instead of making a set of programmed judgments... It can be seen that low-level civilizations should not be very rare.
s things……
At least it’s not rare!
Yu Yifeng was deeply entangled. He was not sure whether this idea was correct...in fact, it was just a wild guess without evidence.
He had thought about this kind of thing before, but he didn't want to think about it deeply.
It's like... facing the biggest fear in the world!
This kind of fear is not the fear of personal life and death, nor the fear of danger, but the fear that comes from the quiet universe, the brilliant galaxy, and the Fermi's Law that makes everyone confused and difficult to crack!
It comes from deep worries about the future of the entire new human civilization!
If civilization is universal, it is really the worst and worst outcome for human beings. There is nothing worse than it!
If civilization is universal, why are interstellar civilizations rare?
Now, people have come into contact with green light civilization, which is a real interstellar civilization, but the two sides have not fought, which shows that the universe is not a completely dark forest.
Since it's not because of the dark forest, nor because of anything else... then what could it be?
The answer is based on the evidence: the great filter of life!
Is there an insurmountable filter of life that blocks countless lower civilizations and filters out almost all civilizations?
Because of this great filter of life, almost all low-level civilizations are trapped on their own planets, without contact with each other until death?
Is it still waiting for humans in the front, quietly waiting for humans to approach?
After people get close, hit them with a stick, completely breaking the human backbone and making it impossible for the human being to get up again?!
The dim starry sky is so quiet. There are no crazy fantasies, only bloody facts.
If this is really the case, what should people do?
This is a question that Yu Yifeng and others don't want to think about, but have to think deeply about.
Human beings, who claim to be the "spirit of all things", are just the spirit of all things on earth. On the scale of the universe, what do they count? Even the most conceited people would not dare to say that humans are the most intelligent species in the universe.
So... what is the virtue and ability of human beings to cross the insurmountable life filter of countless races and challenge the inhumane one in 100 million probability?
Are humans smarter, braver, and more united than other races?
This is a question from the entire universe, and it is also Yu Yifeng’s own self-questioning.
What is the Great Strainer of Life? I don’t know!
What will mankind face? I don’t know!
Yu Yifeng looked straight at Yuriko and found that she was also staring at him with a flustered expression. This girl rarely showed such a confused expression.
This kind of looking at each other is completely the subconscious way of human beings to hold together for warmth...
This is the endless chill from the universe...
It's not just the coldness of falling into an ice hole, but another kind of confusion, confusion about the future...
He moved his throat and his Adam's apple twitched. He originally wanted to say, "This is all just a hypothesis and may not be true."
But suddenly I couldn't say it, it was like escaping.
"We will become an interstellar civilization..." He stood up with difficulty and said in a hoarse voice: "Definitely!"
When I said this sentence, it seemed that I had exhausted all my strength.