Chapter 843 - Cosy (2/2)
However, he didn’t care What he wanted to say today was originally for the sake of getting started
He turned around to pick up the marker and wrote three words on the whiteboard
Where are they?
Turning around, Jiang Chen put the azed at all the people in the room
“Where are they? I think everyone here is certainly not unfamiliar with this question Yes, it is the famous Fermi Paradox”
“It is estimated that the number of stars in the observable universe is probably between 10 to the 22 and 10 to the 24, while the amount of sand on Earth is 7510 to the 18 particles” After a pause, Jiang Chen then spread out his hands, “In other words, every grain on Earth can correspond to 10,000 planets in the universe”
“The universe is far greater than our iination, and it is darker than we can think”
“This kind of darkness is not from any aliens In the time scale of 138 billion years, all civilizations are humble and tiny Maybe a civilized fire existed on Mars at the step to our door, but its life depleted a billion or billions of years ago, and when the billion-year-old earth was still a disordered ocean without trilobites”
“This is the so-called the Great Filter The probability of encountering extraterrestrial civilization is negligible, and the probability of discovering each other after encountering each other is even less likely”
“But we still have to make assumptions If we meet with extraterrestrial civilizations and we just happen to find each other and we can understand each other’s existence, then I can assure you that the consequences of a blind contact will be quite dangerous…”
Understanding does not nition, but disapproval will lead to conflict This recognition is embodied in many aspects such as aesthetics and values It is like the undead people who viewed death as thewho praise life
Jiang Chen did not bring too much inspiration to the students in the class Many of the arguments he had made were already discussed by predecessors
He just wanted to see how these students would react when he told theh the reactions of the students, at least a rough assess civilization on Earth
The lecture was nearing its end
“…if I were saying there is a colony shi+p from an extraterrestrial civilization, and it is on the way to the earth And that we don’t knohere it caoodwill If you were the decision makers of Earth’s civilization, what decisions would youthis information?”
“That is your ho Chen noticed that many students in the audience had a very lack of interest after hearing this assignment
Obviously, no one would really take this baffling homework seriously After all, fro They were no longer the childish age that would fantasize about space and is and extraterrestrial civilizations, and iine unrealistic problems
Perhaps a job, a scholarshi+p, or a professor’s topic couldChen chuckled and shook his head
Having read the books on the desk, he coughed and said to the students ere preparing to leave the room
“Okay, I know you are all definitely not interested in this, so I’ll just say it”
“I believe that all of you, if you use a phone, or wear a helmet, must be familiar with the space colonization plan of Celestial Trade The study of extraterrestrial civilization is part of the Celestial Trade’s space colonization progra, but now I can tell you that, this subject has coned is related to this topic”
“The prize for the project is ten thousand dollars, and ten qualified papers will be selected If you are interested, you should submit an essay to me Yes, students who did not take this course can also participate The mailbox is on the whiteboard As I’ive you the prize in person, please include your bank account number in the mailbox as well…”
Before he finished, he noticed that the pairs of eyes looking at him suddenly became different…