Professor Ding continued: "...My best time was about 30-40 years old. I have enough experience to know how much I weigh and have the patience to complete some complicated and boring work."

"At that time, I was very satisfied with my condition. No matter how small the things are added up, they will become fruitful."

His voice suddenly fell: "But at the age of 56, as my energy continued to decline, I suddenly realized that my life seemed to be frozen in what I am now. Human cognition is always limited, and it is impossible to fully understand the world."

"I don't know when it starts, but I become prone to irritability and anxiety. I was able to program in front of the computer screen for more than ten hours, and then learn for a few more hours. But after I was 56 years old, I began to be unable to learn new content, and my desire to explore was slowly disappearing."

"I realized that there are indeed no two identical leaves in the world, but most leaves just wither without value..."

"Until one day, I discovered a talented student of my own, a young man in his 20s, and came up with a very interesting idea, which shocked me. My first idea was not to congratulate him, but to possess this interesting idea! At that time, I had deep doubts about myself... Do I really need to plagiarize the students' creativity to prove my value?"

"This suspicion made me start to feel unconfident, which further affected my work."

His voice became loud and even a little loud, with a faint smile on his face: "It continued until the use of brain chips changed my way of thinking. Now, I feel that I am in my twenties and I am unique. There are no two identical leaves in the world. This unique leaf must leave something for the world! Plagiarizing the students' ideas is simply an insult to myself! Why did I think like this in the past? It was completely incredible and inexplicable."

"I can clearly create more with my own strength! Look, this is the change, the change to my entire life."

There was a burst of laughter in the venue, but many people fell into deep thought for this simple little story.

Even the big guys in the scientific world have seven emotions and six desires, and it is normal to have some ideas of taking shortcuts... Everyone has more or less dark sides in their hearts, but they are not put into practice.

Ding Yiwei said this, which made the distance closer and more reliable.

Moreover, in the past two years, Ding Yiwei's mental state has indeed been different. According to the follow-up investigation, in the past two years, his voice has increased by 4.2 decibels, and his arguments with his peers have increased by 102%! His working hours have increased by 21%, and his happiness index has increased by more than 50%.

He now thinks he is highly happy and very satisfied with this state.

"But, are you the same as you in the past? Even your ideas have changed, and you have not answered this question yet." Natasha pursued her relentlessly and asked again the philosophical question.

Ding Yiwei thought for a moment and smiled and said, "Human ideas are changing every moment. The 20-year-old me and the 60-year-old me are completely different. Whether it is patience, experience, or creativity, they are different."

"This is like the saying of the ship of Theseus. If the wood on Theseus's ship is gradually replaced until all the wood is not the original wood, then is the ship still the original ship?"

"If it is, but it has no original wood anymore; if it isn't, then when is it not? Can anyone answer this question?"

Natasha was stunned for a moment and raised her eyebrows.

"The same is true for human thinking. When I woke up today, it was a little different from yesterday. Tomorrow, it was a little different from today. How do you define whether I was replaced?"

"My memory is exactly the same as in the past. What's the mistake of choosing to be a better self?" Ding Yiwei laughed, "What's more, human beings have now become a long-lived species, but culture is a culture of short-lived species, which is a mismatch."

"The marriage system is the product of a short-lived species because it does not match modern life and is disintegrating. Even if we still wish young people a happy ending, we don't urge them to get married now, right? No one asks you to get married at the age of 30, and the government just asks you to donate your own germ cells when you are 30."

"Many young people choose robot partners, and the Kunlun Mountain government does not object."

"But some things will not collapse quickly, such as some thoughts deep in the genes, affecting all aspects of your life. For example, is sexual freedom a good thing, does it require a strong ban? We cannot know at the moment."

"I am 66 years old now. According to the view of long-lived species, I am still in the growth stage. I have great potential in the future. But in the thinking of short-lived species in the past, I am old and weak, so I become anxious and want to achieve results as soon as possible. This is a subtle way of thinking."

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"The human will alone cannot suppress this innate instinctive idea."

"But now, we can use the power of technology to force ourselves to hold down our genetic instincts. This is the future. The infinite future brought by customized personality can make our society better!"

Natasha asked again: "Professor Ding, some people believe that brain chips are essentially Lesi chips. They only regulate people's happiness mechanisms to achieve a certain personality they want, such as feeling happy when learning and feeling happy when cooking. What do you think about this view? Artificial adjustment of happiness mechanisms seems to violate the creation of nature."

Professor Ding was silent for a moment and said, "Natural creation has its limits, and natural creation is not a perfect creature. If humans want perfection, they must take a brave step forward through their own minds."

"We can really only adjust human happiness mechanisms at present, some more complex emotions, pain, sadness, etc., which cannot be adjusted for the time being. But I believe that as the technology gradually matures, we will fully supplement the 'human philosophical behavior paradigm'. If you want to experience the feeling of depression, you may be able to do it in the near future."

"What I need to declare here is that this is different from drug use. All hormone regulation is based on the 'human philosophical behavior paradigm' and will not exceed the threshold that humans can bear."

"And the current behavior patterns that can be changed are quite limited, and we are still trying to fill in this framework."

"There is a view that the pursuit of happiness is just a relatively primary behavioral regulation model."

"If we want to break through this framework in the future, we must think about other things. We only take a small first step in climbing the philosophy tree. We recognize that we exist."

Host Natasha asked again: "Can we, in the future, directly enter the virtual world through brain chips? A virtual world that can be entered completely free and can be entered by imagination?"

"It is feasible in theory...but the current government will not provide relevant technologies. We are not at ease with our own self-control ability. This technology is mainly used for scientific research purposes, especially to enhance the brain's attention. Alert is related to the thalamus, direction is related to the prefrontal ocular movement area, and control is related to the dorsolateral prefrontal lobe. After a series of adjustments, attention can be increased a little."

"Yes, it's suitable for everyone to study hard and improve every day."

After saying this, a burst of laughter rang out from the audience again.

Seeing that it was getting late, Natasha asked the last question: "I probably understand what you mean. The 'Human Philosophical Behavior Paradigm' is the most popular research direction in recent times, and more human sample cases are needed. The brain chip can slightly change human behavior patterns through pleasure regulation."

"For example, concentration will produce a series of pleasure, and when you see a partner, you will also produce subtle pleasure, which will lead to some lifelong partners."

"How do you view ethical changes? Are we really capable of manipulating our way of behavior? Is this the whole human being enjoying full freedom, or is it extreme unfreedom? It prompts all of us to become creatures with exactly the same moral qualities and the same way of thinking?"

"Many of us scholars believe that this path is a shortcut to a perfect society." Professor Ding Yiwei on the TV station was silent for a moment, "On the view on freedom and non-freedom. I think I am currently highly free."

"I have returned to a certain mentality of the past. It was not that the government forced me to work overtime. It was because I chose my current life and I am very satisfied with my current state."

"As for all humans, will their personalities be homogenized. I don't think so. Because in the future, with the improvement of the framework structure, we will have more personalities to choose freely. Whether it is a hobby of learning, cooking, or fishing, you can choose freely. The Kunlun Mountain Government cannot force you to choose what kind of personality traits."

“In this case, it is impossible to have a homogeneity on the personality level.”

"I personally agree with this modification, provided that it does not exceed the boundaries of human beings. In this way, we have sufficient error correction capabilities."

The TV program ends here, but the public opinion storm that arose in Kunlun Mountains is far from dissipating. Some of the more trendy ideas have signed up to choose to accept the experiment, but most people are still waiting and watching.

The Kunlun Mountain Government also solemnly announced: "The installation of brain chips is based only on personal freedom. The government will not force everyone to install them, not only today, but also in the future."

The debate on "human freedom" officially started at this moment, with "correction mechanism" and "spiritual freedom" becoming the main keyword and will not dissipate for a long time in the next few decades.
Chapter completed!