While watching the "Three-Body Problem" TV series, I particularly noticed one of the thought-provoking theories, namely the farmer theory. This theory was first developed by the British philosopher PortlandRussellPresented, it passed oneTurkeyThe observation raises questions about the laws of the universe in which we live. TurkeyOn the farm, food is given every day at eleven o'clock at noon until one dayTurkeyA pattern was discovered: "Every day at eleven o'clock in the morning, food arrives." "However, whenThanksgivingWhen no food came that day, the farmer took it allTurkeyAnd kill them. This simple example reminds us that let's assume that welifeIn a similarTurkeyWhat we think of as a law may be the product of someone else's feeding, but it doesn't really existThe laws of nature
This interesting farmer theory gives rise to a lot of food for thought. For example:InternetBy constantly feeding the platform, we summarize a certain pattern based on its data, and carry out various behaviors based on it. "However, whenInternetWhen the platform fails to feed according to the rules, the laws we have summarized before may become invalid, and the past efforts and achievements may even be sealed. In addition, some of the rules that we have summarized over a long period of time include ".I Chingmay be erroneous or non-existent. The possibility is imaginable.
I ChingAs a treasure of traditional Chinese culture, it is a treasure of Chinese history and peoplelifeIt had a profound impact. However, when we look back at ".I ChingWhen the birth and application process of ", I couldn't help but feel a little daunted. 《I ChingThe origin of the book is related to the story of Fuxi's observation of the heavens at night, and Fuxi hopes to summarize a natural law by observing the celestial phenomena and apply themlifeand personnel. When he was in a daze, he metA dragonA strange animal with the body of a horse, this magical creature is called Ryoma. On Ryoma's back, Fuxi found a pattern, the famousRiver Chart。PassedRiver ChartFu Xi finally studied itInnate Bagua Diagram。ThisBagua diagramIt has been widely used in architectural feng shui, traditional Chinese medicine, and mathematics.
However, we are working on the ".I ChingofBagua diagramApplied to realitylife, only to find that sometimes it is accurate, sometimes it is inaccurate. For example, some excellent feng shui emperor tombs were destroyed by later generationsI ChingThe auspicious places specified in the regulations will also change hands. Those imperial families who longed for longevity eventually became just ordinary people. Similarly, in the process of traditional Chinese medicine, if the medicine is only adjusted according to the theory of yin and yang and the five elements without taking into account the actual situation, many patients may die due to mistakes. I still remember my grandfather, who was a very famous gentleman in the township. He had predicted that he would die around the age of seventy, but thanks to advances in medicine, he was saved to the brink of life many times and is now ninety years old. These examples are a reminder that although ".I Chingis largely true, at least 80 percent valid, but there is still about 20 percent uncertainty in it.
Yang ZhenningIn 2004, he published an article in the journal Nature, questioning the ".I ChingThe logic is even rightScienceThe development of the development has created an obstacle. Although I'm not completely negative about ".I Chinghas had a huge impact on Chinese culture and history, because it is still valid for the most part, at least eighty percent of it. This 80 percent can be compared to the farmer's theory of being fed on time at 11 o'clock every day, and we can see the same pattern as sunrise and sunset, the full moon every day, and even the celestial phenomena appear in the corresponding direction on time according to the season. We have made a calendar based on these days and hours that appear on time, letFarmersFarming and paying taxes according to the time prescribed by the calendar.
However, another twenty percent or so of uncertainty is starting to emerge, likeYang ZhenningIt's the same when you observe that the data is not right several times. The calendar became invalid, and there was a deviation from the astronomical observations, which eventually led toFarmersThe rice planted was not well grown, and it was forced to be harvested to pay taxes. In the past few years, the tax had to be paid in advance for several consecutive times when the rice did not growFarmersUnder the oppression of the officials, they had no choice but to revolt and rebel. Each time a dynasty was rebuilt, it became necessary to revise a more accurate calendar, as the previous calendar was no longer valid. In Chinese history, there have been solar calendars, lunar calendars, lunisolar calendars and other calendarsHou Yi shoots the sunIn fact, it is a ten-month calendar that changes the solar calendar.
The reason for this is that the heavens, the earth and the stars, the macroscopic laws of the scale are relatively stable and unchanging, but the microscopic laws are always changing. In this process of quantitative change, there will be small changes every day, until a certain time, a qualitative change will occur. This unfathomable law loophole is mindfulBlack holes。Could it be that this law of inadmissibility is deliberately designed by external creatures?Thanksgivingand then dedicate everything we have created by means of destructionPerhaps Lao Tzu's "Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs" is revealing all this. So are we just the dogs who are ready to be sacrificed?TurkeyWhat about it?That oneTurkeyTechnologyWhether the law it thinks is only the result of feeding and not really existing?The laws of natureWhat about it?
These questions raise doubts about the existence of laws, but they also remind us to be humble and vigilant in the application of laws, not to blindly believe in all the laws that have been summarized in the past, and to remain sensitive to change and uncertainty. We need to constantly review and revise our cognition, and learn and explore with the times, in order to better adapt and cope with this uncertain world.