Blooming America

Chapter 988: Solicit

Where do we come from, and where will we go. What is the meaning of life, and how should we recognize ourselves?

-"The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins.

Catherine, who watched this book carefully, didn't know that it was a book that came out more than half a year in advance.

But this book gave Catherine a lot of inspiration.

Richard Dawkins is an academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences, a professor at Oxford University, a famous science writer, and a biologist. He is the most famous atheist in the world.

Richard Dawkins publicly declared his identity as an atheist on April 30, 2005, so at this time, the other party was actually "undercover".

Thanks to Jenny being able to find such a book that hadn't been published long ago.

But Catherine... is a little bit ignorant about this knowledge.

Similarly, Richard Dawkins is also the most controversial evolutionary biologist in the world. The book "The Selfish Gene" published by Dawkins in 1976—but it seems to be a little earlier because of the butterfly effect—put him into the spotlight as a handsome and irritable representative of humanity in scientific reductionism. .

This book believes that natural selection only exerts the power of its creation through genes—not through species or individuals. It causes countless reactions from anger to joy. He declared in this book that human beings are nothing more than "genetic survival machines."

After reading this book, Hayflick seemed to be quite interested. He also said: "The higher form of life will be the existence free from the **** of genes. Then at this time I. Working in the opposite direction..."

This sentence is actually a joke, after all, no one is like this.

No one knows what a higher form of life is.

It's as if the difference between humans and animals is the same. With the IQ of animals. They will not recognize the huge gap between them and human beings.

Originally, Catherine wanted to find a way to contact this person, but soon, Catherine realized that she had another way.

——They are all members of the Mensa Association.

So Catherine got in touch with Richard Dawkins through this channel.

In Catherine's view, such a person with in-depth knowledge and research on genes will definitely have a positive impact on his experiments. Maybe the next research will be better?

Catherine got in touch with the other party with this idea.

Catherine's long-distance call has a feature. That is, it is free to answer the phone, and here is Catherine who pays, so no matter how long the phone call is, it is not a problem.

Perhaps because of Hayflick's joking words, Catherine seemed to be more interested in "evolution".

"This is Dawkins."

When the call gets through. Catherine was finally relieved.

"Hello, Mr. Dawkins. This is Catherine Edson. I am also a member of Mensah."

In the previous life, it was not clear whether Dawkins was a Mensa member or not Catherine, but in this life, the other party seemed to be just fine.

"Catherine Edson...? Is this the Catherine Edson who invented the Internet?!"

The other party clearly recognized Catherine's identity.

And this time. Catherine probably guessed that the other party might have a great interest in the Internet.

Generally speaking, when others know their identity, they are probably film actors.

But Catherine was different this time.

The other party actually proposed the "Internet" first.

That is to say. The other party is probably more interested in the Internet.

Probably the other party is also interested in computers, but the other party first put forward the words "Internet". That is to say, in the heart of the other party. The Internet is even more important.

It is very likely that the other party conducts some academic exchanges through the Internet-after all, the only one who can communicate with scientists all over the world is the Internet.

"I recently read your book "The Selfish Gene". This book has deeply attracted me."

Starting from the book, Catherine wanted to get closer to each other.

This person is not an ordinary person. Such a technician is absolutely powerful, and it is very likely that like Hayflick, he can help herself to solve some difficult puzzles, so Catherine needs the help of the other party.

"You position the selection unit of evolution from the individual to the gene that creates the individual. This is very surprising to me..."

Well, in fact, the Hive Lab started research based on this, Katherine also said.

But who doesn't like being praised by others?

"To be honest, I was ready to be scolded, but I didn't expect that the first person who called me would actually praise me."

The other party's words seemed quite self-deprecating.

But who knows Catherine, what the other party said, this is almost a fact.

Because this is the mainstream of this era, it is not the idea at all, even those who are also in favor of evolution do not think so.

To be honest, after reading this book, Catherine really thought it was a good story.

Selfish genes do not think, but the genes created by these genes can not only understand ourselves, but also get an unprecedented opportunity to get rid of their silent control.

Dawkins said in the book: "Let's try to instill generosity and altruism into people's minds through education! Because we are born selfish. Let us know where our selfish genes are. Because in this way we At least there is a chance to disrupt their plans, which other species have never hoped to achieve."

This is a book on "The Theory of Evil Nature", and his views are partly similar to Mencius.

He put forward the idea that human selfishness is derived from human genes.

This is also a desperate book.

But in this book that made some people desperate, the author's interpretation of human civilization. But to a large extent is the greatest value of this book.

In the book, Dawkins jokingly uses the coined word meme to describe the concepts in the human mind. For the spread and survival of these concepts, Dawkins believes that it can be explored by Darwin's theory of evolution.

Following each other's book, the two quickly opened up the topic.

Dawkins communicated with others via the Internet. So although this book was written earlier than in history, the value of this book now is higher than in history.

After opening the topic, the following words are much more convenient, and then Catherine asked the question about evolution, and she was going to start from this topic.

"The forms of life have been changing since ancient times, but unfortunately, so far. There are only a few people in the world who can accept the theory of species evolution."

Catherine cut into the topic like this.

And this seemed to hit the "g" point of the other party, and Dawkins said: "Some people often say that because evolution happened in the past. And we haven't seen it happen, so there is no direct evidence for evolution. This is of course Nonsense. This is more like a detective coming to the crime scene-obviously after the crime occurred-and then looking at the clues left to find out what must have happened. For evolution, there are countless clues like this. No matter what. How, this cannot be changed."

"The clues to evolution come from the dna codes, protein sequences, and morphological characteristics that have been analyzed in great detail throughout the animal and plant kingdom. Everything fits a concept. That is, there is a simple branching tree. If evolution is one In fact, you will find that the distribution of species on islands and continents all over the world is in line with the theory of evolution. If evolution is a fact, you will find that the temporal and spatial distribution of fossils is in line with the theory of evolution. Countless facts all point in the same direction, none of them. The facts point in the wrong direction. The truth is established. It is there, but it’s a pity. Many people have chosen to ignore it."

"It sounds really regrettable." Catherine smiled.

The other party has already taken the bait.

"Human beings are constantly evolving, and we can always find some surprises..."

Catherine was going to tell this Mr. Dawkins about the recent code-named "a" protein. Then arouse the interest of the other party, and finally lure him over with a high salary...

"Yes, but unfortunately, in human society, there are always people preventing our discovery of freedom..."

"what……"

Catherine, who was about to change the subject, did not expect that Richard Dawkins over there suddenly became heartbroken... What is the situation?

Then, Catherine patted her forehead and understood.

I'm still too reserved.

In China, the relationship between people is something that must be dealt with, but in Europe and America, interests are more important. Because they don’t have so many populations, they don’t need to deal with complicated interpersonal relationships. Of course, there is no need to deal with them. Too troublesome.

So Catherine simply said at this time: "I believe, Mr. Dawkins, you must be interested in the magical rejuvenating drugs from earlier times?"

"...Do you want to invite me to the Hive Lab?"

Speaking straight, the other party really understands.

Catherine burst into tears.

"Yes, I think your talents are very helpful for the next development. This kind of medicine born from the existence of ancient genes, I believe it will definitely interest you, and the salary I paid is definitely equivalent. Considerable."

Catherine finally got the idea.

And Dawkins over there, but also turned over the stormy sea in his heart.

Such a thing, then will fall to oneself?

Dawkins raised his brows~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and thought it was a bit strange.

Dawkins also studied the magical, rejuvenating medicine. At that time, he doubted whether it was a genetic medicine.

And now, I have an opportunity to prove my thoughts.

"You convinced me..."

After hearing these words, Catherine was finally relieved.

yeah! Another great scientist was abducted!

Hmm...Speaking of which, Hawking seems to be in the UK now, right?

Shall we abduct them together...?

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