"I think it is meaningless to study the theory of the Hall of Thought, which can neither be proven nor falsified..." Hugo put down the book in his hand, looked at Brand opposite, and continued: "Brand
Doctor, you think so too, right?"
"If you are referring to the paper Schiller published before, then I can only say, sorry, my research direction is pathology, and you should discuss the part about psychological theory with him."
But Hugo didn't seem to hear Brand's refusal to discuss. He still said to himself: "Thinking Hall memory method, let me count it as a memory method. It is a variant of spatial memory method.
It means that people build a building made of memories in their minds, and then put their memories into categories..."
"Of course human memories can be classified, sorted and summarized, but it is too exaggerated to say that you can build a specific building in your mind and put memories in it for easy access, just like visiting a library.
, or in other words, this is just a kind of conjecture that people have about extremely high wisdom."
"The human brain is not a mechanical storage device. 'Forgetting' is the most important component of the brain and is also the self-protection mechanism of the human brain."
"If people really build a library in their brain, it means that they must have blocked the function of forgetting. If this is the case, then the information capacity and real-time computing power in his brain definitely exceed the limit of what his body can carry.
…”
"Furthermore, no one can prove the existence of such a thing, because even if you open his skull and take out the brain, you can't see whether he really has such a building in his conscious space."
Brand lowered his head to write the medical record and said: "But you can't prove it either, because you can't deny that some people who claim to have this ability do have better memory than others."
"I said, I admit that it is a memory method. It may indeed be able to sort out scattered memories and organize them into categories like a file archive, but it is by no means a huge memory method as boasted in some papers.
Buildings are used to store countless information, which can be retrieved at will when needed..."
"What's even more ridiculous is that some people even said in their papers that living creatures can exist in the memory palace, or that they can be concrete expressions of personality, and they can even communicate with each other. This is completely nonsense..."
Hugo's voice was calm and his words were very organized. He pushed up his glasses, looked at the book in his hand and said, "But it seems that our Professor Rodriguez admires this very much."
"But yes, people are always interested in concepts like fantasy novels. If you exaggerate them a little more and describe them in interesting language, your book will definitely sell well."
"With all due respect, in terms of academics, this theory is not tenable. There may be very extreme geniuses who can do this, but the proportion of such people in the human population must be very small. In terms of probability,
It is almost negligible in academic terms, so it has no research value."
Hugo put down the book again, and the book collided with the table, making a dull sound. He continued: "Perhaps our Professor Schiller is this kind of genius that is unique in billions. I don't know if he can find him in his lifetime."
of the same kind, and then put his fantasy-like theory into practice, provide evidence, and maintain his current academic status..."
Brand heard the sarcasm in Hugo's tone, but he did not refute it at all. He just lowered his head in silence and wrote the medical record.
The opinions expressed were not affirmed or even responded to, which did not dissuade Hugo from talking freely. After all, in the school where he worked before, he was not very popular. No one was willing to talk to him, and there was no professional in this field.
People can communicate with him.
So he didn't mind at all that Brand just acted silently as a listener. He went on to say: "Compared with this unrealistic theory, I still feel that 'emotions' are more external, easily observed, and more researched.
the value of."
"In fact, the topic I am working on now is the theory of emotional amplification. I have always believed that human emotions have strong genealogical characteristics. Once they are systematized and then amplified through some means, many things can be done...
"
"There is also mind reading, which is also based on this theory. People's strong emotions will produce a kind of brain waves. When these brain waves blend with each other, it may be possible to truly read minds."
"Maybe it's more than that, you can even enter other people's brains and control other people's thoughts..."
Hugo's tone became more and more excited, and it was obvious that he was very confident in this theory.
This is not his fantasy. The difference between Hugo and other psychologists is that he not only has professional knowledge in psychology, but is also a physicist and biologist who is proficient in mechanics.
The way he provides support for his theory is not just by writing papers or doing paper research. He has sufficient hands-on ability to carry out biological anatomy and mechanical design.
Hugo, who was eager to prove his theory, once conducted many cruel and illegal experiments regardless of the consequences. Needless to say the details, but there were indeed some results.
However, at the critical moment of his research, his illegal experiments were discovered, so he was expelled from his original unit and came here.
Hugo came to Gotham with more motivation to study because it was a lawless place. More importantly, academically, he was more authoritative, had a higher status, and was more famous. Schiller Rodriguez was also here.
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The research directions of Hugo and Schiller cannot be said to be opposite, nor can they be said to be unrelated, and even some directions are in conflict.
In recent years, one of the most outstanding papers Schiller published is still on the study of the palace of thought. In this paper, he elaborated on this concept in detail and extended it into many different branches, almost turning it into a unique
His own special discipline.
No one has ever perfected this theory so completely and logically before. In recent years, many people in the industry have spread the word that this will be the future development direction of psychology, but Hugo dismissed it.
Schiller's research direction is how human beings can explore deeper into their own consciousness and thinking, and how to control their brains, while Hugo is exactly the opposite. His research direction is the connection between brains, which is what a person should do.
How to explore and manipulate other people's brains.
Of course Hugo insists that his theory is the direction of human development in the future. More importantly, if he really masters this technology and can control other people's brains at will, then there is nothing he can't do in this world.
Woolen cloth?
Based on the ambition brought about by various reasons, Hugo's research enthusiasm was very high, but the first problem he faced was that he needed experimental subjects.
Now that he's now a doctor at Arkham Asylum, who better to be a guinea pig than a patient?
Schiller did not hand over work to Hugo when he left, and there is indeed nothing to hand over here because there are basically no mental patients here.
Knowing that there were either gang bosses or family members and lovers of gang bosses in the hospital, Hugo did not act rashly. He knew that using this group of people as guinea pigs would most likely lead to his previous predicament, which was to be discovered and then arrested.
Chase.
Hugo thought it would be better to be cautious before he perfected his technique.
But he also inherited medical records, treatment reports and schedules from Schiller. Among these materials, Hugo discovered that although there were few real mental patients in this mental hospital, there were still several in Schiller's treatment records.
Patients with special circumstances.
The first case Hugo saw was about Cobot, and it was this one that interested him the most.
Teenagers are immature mentally and have relatively fragile psychological defenses, making them a good target. Moreover, judging from the medical records, Cobot suffers from catatonic schizophrenia, which means that he himself has a mental disorder. Even if Hugo
Some of the experiments done on him had bad consequences, which can also be attributed to his own mental illness.
In this way, Hugo made an appointment with Cobot over the phone for a follow-up visit. Cobot didn't know about Schiller's resignation yet and thought he was just asking his colleague to call.
When he found out that the person who wanted to treat him was Hugo, he didn't think much about it, thinking that Dr. Schiller was just too busy and asked his friend to take over.
His condition has improved a lot recently, and there is no need to attach too much importance to this routine review, Cobot thought until he saw Hugo pushing out a strange machine from the preparation room.
It was an egg-shaped instrument with a row of round indicator lights on the surface.
"What is this?" Cobot asked him.
"This is a new type of treatment device." Hugo said to Cobot: "It's normal that you haven't seen it before, because this is the most advanced mental treatment equipment in the world, not to mention Gotham, even the entire East
There is no second station on the coast.”
Cobot narrowed his eyes, but Hugo did not care about his affection. Instead, he said to Cobot: "Don't care about it, you don't need to use your body to touch it, and I won't do anything with you."
, just put it next to you, so you don’t have to feel nervous at all..."
"Okay, let's do a simple hypnosis test first..."
Cobot's brows furrowed even more tightly and he said, "Dr. Schiller has never done any hypnosis test on me..."
"I took a look at your medical records." Hugo took a medical record from the side and said, "I have absolutely no intention to slander Professor Rodriguez, but I can see that he does not have enough experience in adolescent psychology research.
Rich, and I happen to be studying this.”
"Don't worry, I will stay far away from you, and this machine will never come close to you. You just need to sit on the chair and imagine based on my words. I swear it is very fast and only takes less than 10
minute."
After saying that, Hugo pressed a button on the weird machine. When the indicator light on it started to flash, Cobot slowly closed his eyes, but Hugo walked to the machine and looked at it from behind.
He pulled out several tubes connected to the patches, and then attached them to his head one by one.
As the hum of the machine became louder and louder, Cobot's brows furrowed tighter and tighter. An invisible force appeared in the sky above the room. The brain waves of Cobot and Hugo were amplified, and then gradually merged into each other.
Together.
Consciousness fell downwards from the darkness, and then a white light flashed, and Hugo came to Cobot's mind.
He was not too surprised, because this was something he had been able to do before, and now, his research was one step closer.
Before Hugo could make any other moves, he made a confused sound: "...Huh???"