Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty Can You Really Predict the Future?
After hearing this, Lao Zhu was silent for a long time, looked up at Han Du, and asked in a deep voice: "Why are you so sure?"
Why am I so sure? Of course it’s because I am a pure materialist. Let alone now, even in the era of quantum computers running rampant a few hundred years later, it will be impossible to predict the future.
, I have never seen anyone truly successful. Occasionally, a person appears who claims to have invented a method to predict the future. Within a few days, it is proven that he is a liar and quickly disappears from the public eye.
But how should I explain it to Lao Zhu? I can’t tell Lao Zhu that in an era where future calculations are so advanced, predicting the future is just wishful thinking?
Han Du thought for a moment and gave Lao Zhu an example, "Your Majesty, please look at this tea cup." He stretched out his hand and pointed at the tea cup, "Put this tea cup here. I can say that I am 90% sure that it will still be here tomorrow."
, this is also equivalent to a kind of foretelling. Because I knew it one day in advance, there is a 90% chance that it will still be here."
"But now, let's extend the time a little longer, say a month. I don't dare to say that this tea cup will still be here a month later. Because in this month, too many accidents can happen. Maybe it is being watched.
When it was taken away, maybe someone accidentally touched the coffee table and knocked it to the ground."
Han Du chuckled and said, "This is still in the emperor's study room. If it were in the home of ordinary people, there would be even more surprises. Maybe it was hidden by someone, maybe it was seen and stolen by outsiders, maybe
Some people are greedy for its value and rob homes. There are too many variables during this period. Do you dare to say that this teacup will still be here in a month?"
Lao Zhu pondered and shook his head slightly.
Han Du smiled with satisfaction and continued: "As for a dead object like a teacup, we can't tell whether it will still be there in a month. What's more, the so-called prophet is dealing with people. I dare to ask again.
A question for your Majesty, can a person step into the same river twice?"
Can you step into the same river twice?
What is the problem? Lao Zhu was stunned when he heard this.
Lao Zhu couldn't help but chuckled and said: "Of course people can step into the same river twice. Not only can they step in twice, but they can also step in as many times as they want."
After hearing this, Han Du lowered his head and smiled, and asked: "Is it true? Compared with the first time when we stepped into the river for the second time, although nothing changed at the bottom of the river on both sides of the river, the emperor must not forget that water has no permanent shape.
Does your Majesty think that the water flowing through you when you step in for the second time is the same as the water flowing through when you step in for the first time?"
this!!!
Lao Zhu's eyes widened and he looked at Han Du in a daze. What Han Du said is not unreasonable. Although the river bank has not changed, the water has always been flowing. If you think about it this way, people cannot do it twice.
Step into the same river.
When Han Du saw that it was almost done, he spread his hands and said to Lao Zhu: "Look, Your Majesty, I just added a variable here, which makes it impossible for people to do the same thing as last time. Let alone people.
What's more, there are thousands of people in this world? Every person, every action at every moment, is a variable. When so many variables are piled up, it is an unimaginable number. So many variables
Stacking them up, trying to calculate clearly, and trying to predict the future, is undoubtedly a fool's errand."
In the past, when Lao Zhu heard about the prophet, he always had a desire to obtain this unspeakable power. But at the same time, Lao Zhu also had a deep fear. He was afraid that this power would be obtained by others.
pose a threat to him.
But now Han Du told him that there is no need to worry, this kind of power is nonsense. Lao Zhu carefully considered Han Du's words, with mixed emotions of joy and disappointment.
"I dare to say one more thing. Since ancient times, smart people have encountered two big pitfalls. One is to seek immortality, and the other is to know the future. Both of these are impossible to achieve. Anyway, as far as I know, this is the case. But throughout the ages, I don't know
How many heroes and heroes ran hard on the road chasing these two, but in the end they were all sadly buried." Han Du shook his head and sighed, and looked secretly at Lao Zhu.
Han Du really doesn’t want Lao Zhu to fall into the big pit of wanting to know the future. This pit is really too deep, even deeper than seeking immortality. Although Lao Zhu looks tall and majestic, once he falls,
Going in, it is obviously impossible to fill this pit.
When Lao Zhu heard the tone of Han Du's words, which contained a hint of preaching, he immediately snorted dissatisfied. "Do I still need you to remind me? I have never been afraid of death, and immortality is nonsense to me.
I will write this article into the ancestral precepts next, and any of my descendants who dare to seek immortality will be expelled from the clan’s mansion."
Zhu Yuanzhang is truly worthy of being an emperor from the lowest background. His arrogance is something that few emperors in history can match. After all, the temptation of immortality for emperors is much greater than that of ordinary people. I have never seen even Qin Shihuang, the emperor of the ages,
Can’t you get up after jumping into this pit? As for the emperors after Qin Shihuang, they jumped into this pit one after another, so I won’t go into details one by one.
But Zhu Yuanzhang is different. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I have never heard of him believing in Buddhism or Taoism. The real reason is that Lao Zhu believes in nothing but himself. Lao Zhu has never mentioned things like immortality.
Pass.
Expelled from the clan mansion?
This is a good idea, and Han Du felt happy when he heard it. It is best not only to seek immortality, but also to those who play crickets and work as carpenters. If they are not doing their jobs day by day, they should all be expelled from the sect.
Go to the house.
Lao Zhu pondered for a while and said slowly: "But this is a prophet..." He sighed and said, "I didn't believe it at first, but there are some things that I have seen with my own eyes, and I have to believe it."
Han Du shook his head after hearing this. Judging from Lao Zhu's appearance, he was probably very deceived by the liar. He just didn't know who had the courage to deceive Lao Zhu, and it seemed that he was successfully deceived.
With a smile on his face, Han Du asked calmly: "I don't know what the emperor has seen with his own eyes, but I guess it is probably something incomprehensible. Is the emperor interested in hearing what I have to say?"
"It doesn't matter if you say so."
Han Du straightened his back, took a deep breath, and said: "Your Majesty, have you seen those people who perform tricks on the street? In the eyes of ordinary people who don't know what's going on, which one of those tricks doesn't look like magic by gods? But in
In the eyes of people who know what's going on, that's just what it is."