Todd, who was sitting on the throne in the audience hall, looked at the report in his hand carefully and said without raising his head: "Have you done this soul experiment nearly seventy times?"
Wayne, who was sitting on the chair, changed out of the dirty robe he was wearing before, and his appearance was obviously tidy up. He respectfully said to Todd: "Your Majesty, after you left Muxi University last time, I spent a lot of time.
It took me three days to compile all the data on hand. Due to the length limit of the report, you only saw a part of all the experiments."
Todd flipped through the report in his hand and gestured to Huggins beside him. Later, two cups of warm honey milk wine and a plate of fried noodles were brought to Terrence and Wayne.
"Among your experimental subjects, there are old people and children, as well as men and women." Todd paused for a while, then continued: "There are also all kinds of animals."
Wayne nodded and said: "Yes, in order to compare the differences and changes in the souls of different creatures, I conducted at least ten experiments on each creature to ensure that the data error was minimized."
Todd turned to the last page of the report, read it three times, and finally said, "Your conclusions are really interesting."
Wayne rubbed his palms and said excitedly: "I think that at the moment of death, some kind of substance must be released. Perhaps that is the essence of the soul."
Todd read the original text of the report word for word: "This substance is invisible and intangible. It can cause certain tiny particles to change in mass and energy, and escape several meters deep in a very short period of time."
underground room, and disappeared in a fixed direction.”
Terrence took a sip of the honey milk wine and couldn't help complaining: "This is simply a fantasy!"
Wayne ignored the ridicule of the old scholar and said seriously: "In my experiments, I found that the more intelligent the creature, the greater the change in mass and energy caused when it dies. For example, what happened three days ago
An old man in the immigration area, at the moment of his death, his body weight suddenly decreased by three grams, and the magnetic field indicator also showed a deviation of ±1.5."
Terrence closed his eyes and said with a wry smile: "The reduction in body weight may be due to the evaporation of water in the body; the deflection of the magnetic field may be due to the metal material. These experimental results of yours cannot explain the embodiment of the soul at all.
.”
Wayne shook his head vigorously and argued: "At first I thought it was due to evaporation and metal, but after repeated experiments, I found more and more surprising consistency when all the experimental subjects died."
"The higher the level of education, the older the age at death, and the richer the life experience, the more weight will be lost and the greater the deflection of the magnetic field will be when death occurs. From the beginning to the present, the experimental results of dozens of people have proven this.
A conclusion. In comparison, when animals die, except for orangutans and apes, which are creatures with rudimentary intelligence, other species will not cause changes in mass and magnetic field."
Terrence covered his forehead with his hands and said helplessly: "Wayne Dunlop, these don't mean anything at all."
"Wayne, I think your experiment is very interesting." Todd said this, everyone was shocked.
Terrence widened his eyes, looked at Todd, and stammered: "Your Majesty, you...don't you really think that his experimental results are effective..."
Todd waved his hand: "I did not admit the results of this experiment, I just said that this experiment was very interesting."
Wayne straightened up and said excitedly: "Your Majesty! Do you mean to support my experiment?!"
Contrary to his expectations, Todd shook his head slightly.
The king held up Wayne's report and said seriously: "I invite you two here today. In addition to confirming the report data, the most important thing is to talk about using humans as experimental subjects."
After listening to Todd's words, Terrence immediately agreed: "I am not opposed to using animals for this experiment, but using humans to do this is a bit beyond the bottom line."
Todd's next words made Terrence freeze in place again.
"I am not opposed to human experiments, but they should be distinguished from animal experiments, and this type of experiments should have strict prerequisites in terms of academic ethics."
Talking about his experiment, Wayne retorted: "I don't understand the difference between the two. If we look at the teachings of the Bible, animals and humans are the same people of God, and there is no difference in the value of their lives."
"If we use the yardstick of truth to judge, animals have contributed a lot of data in academic experiments, why can't humans?"
Terrence was speechless for a moment when he heard Wayne's words. The latter looked at this tall, thin and frail scholar, shaking his head and sighing.
Todd heard the debate between the two, slowly closed the report, thought for a while, and said to Wayne: "Have you ever eaten pork?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I have eaten it."
“What about the beef?”
"I've eaten it too."
Todd stared into Wayne's eyes and said in a serious tone: "What about human flesh?"
The latter was stunned, shook his head and said: "...No...Never."
Todd leaned forward: "Then let me change the question. If you knew that there was a person who loved to eat human flesh, how would you react?"
Wayne frowned and his voice became smaller and smaller: "I think I will curse him, or even beat him, and don't warn others to stay away from this person."
"So what would you do if you met someone who loved beef?"
"How? I don't think I can do anything..."
Todd patted the report with his hand and said calmly: "On the road to pursuing truth, using one's own kind as experimental subjects. The taboos touched by this move are not only derived from religion, but also from religion.
The fear in the human heart.”
When Wayne heard this, he looked at Master Terrence next to him and asked Todd: "Your Majesty, we don't understand what you said."
Todd recalled that when he was in graduate school in his previous life, in the scientific ethics class, the old professor with white hair and beard talked about the psychological paradox of life research.
"Looking at the entire world, among so many species, only humans have the most complete wisdom and moral system. All of this is inseparable from a trait in humans, which is called empathy." Looking at it.
Terrence and Wayne still looked confused. Todd continued to explain: "Empathy refers to the ability of human beings to understand the thoughts of other similar people when engaging in social activities, and to be willing to put themselves in others' shoes and stand in their shoes."
Analyze and deal with problems from other people’s perspective.”
“Let’s analyze what we just said about using animals and humans as experimental subjects. People with low empathy believe that humans should be used as experimental subjects for academic research like animals; people with moderate empathy
People with high levels of empathy believe that animals can be used as experimental subjects, but humans cannot; while people with higher empathy even believe that animals also have emotions and should not be used as subjects of experiments.”
Todd looked at the thoughtful expressions of several people in the hall and said softly: "The lower the empathy, the easier it is for people to commit cruel and serious acts against their own kind. Although they have more convenient access to
It is the nature of things, but it can easily arouse public anger and even attack."
At this time, Wayne suddenly made a questioning voice: "Exploring the nature of life requires a large amount of human research. Won't this so-called empathy hinder academic progress?"
"That's a good question!" Todd put down the report in his hand, walked between Terrence and Wayne, and said slowly: "Empathy is a double-edged sword for academics. Empathy is too high.
Scholars with low empathy will inevitably be hesitant and hesitant when conducting experiments and research; while scholars with low empathy abandon all human nature and morality on the path of pursuing the truth and explore from the perspective of pure interests.
Facing unknown things often leads to disastrous consequences."
Todd paused for a moment, then turned his attention to Wayne: "So, the biggest problem for a scholar is how to keep his empathy at a relatively neutral level in academic research and scientific ethics."
For this kind of thought involving the direction of scientific ethics, Wayne, who came from the Middle Ages, still couldn't fully accept it: "What about war? In a life-and-death war, do you still have to uphold the so-called empathy and ignore the possible consequences?
Is it technology that advances national power?”
Hearing the word war, Todd's eyes dimmed, and he said in a sad tone: "Water accounts for about 70% of the human body. Do you know how this conclusion came about?"
Everyone present looked at each other and shook their heads.
"A group of crazy beasts on the battlefield, under the guise of academic research, got this result after roasting dozens of people alive." Todd's eyes flashed with anger and anger, and the skin under his clothes faintly grew scales: "War
It is the ugliest thing in this world, but it is also the most helpless. The death and destruction that fills your eyes every day is enough to turn anyone into an evil ghost..."
Todd stared into Wayne's eyes: "Wayne Dunlop, this is what I want to say to you. Our country is at war, but this does not mean that we must become evil ghosts. Your soul experiment is in
In my opinion, it is a very valuable subject. But using money to force those poor people to sell their lives and let them die in humiliation and sorrow, your behavior has touched the bottom line of the general public's empathy.
.”
Wayne gritted his teeth and pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty, I understand what you mean. But as long as my experiment can be carried out smoothly, I don't recommend taking on these infamy."
Todd tapped his temple with the fingers of his right hand, with a look of hatred on his face: "Wayne, you don't understand what I mean. What I want to say is that you don't need to use money to force others to participate in the experiment.
, in fact, you can definitely find volunteers and let them take the initiative to join your experiment."
Terrence stood up in surprise: "Your Majesty, do you mean that someone would voluntarily join this ridiculous experiment?"
Todd nodded: "In the world I know, there are people who are willing to donate their bodies for medical research; there are people who are willing to donate their organs after death to save those who need them. And now, Twilight
There are nearly 2,000 scholars in the West City who yearn for the truth. They just want others to record the moment of their death. How come no one tries?"
Terrence opened his mouth wide: "Donate your body and organs? Are you telling the truth? In another world, are there really such incredible things?"
Todd smiled and nodded and said: "Wayne, I agree to continue your experiment, but the premise is that you completely decouple sacred academics from vulgar money, and adhere to certain standards of academic ethics."
Wayne said awkwardly: "But Your Majesty, I'm really not sure if anyone will voluntarily participate in my experiment."
Todd returned to his seat, picked up the report with his hand, shook it in the air, and said loudly: "Use your data, use your report, use your academic enthusiasm and pursuit of truth to speak and publicize, and tell people
Death is not a terrible thing, the secrets of the spiritual world may be unlocked in your hands!"