Chapter 245
Gliese people have indeed known the existence of electricity, and with some small revelations given by the "Enlightenment Civilization", they have the possibility of jumping directly from the Stone Age to the electricity age.
But unfortunately, this step is very, very difficult.
For one hundred thousand years, countless capable wise men have launched attacks again and again, but no one has taken this crucial step.
It’s just because there is no oxygen...
When I saw this, the discussion in the Conference Hall increased greatly. There were doubts and curiosities, and some even said Is questioning the correctness and reliability of this report.
"No technology was born? It took them so long or no real technology was born?"
"Could it be that the real technology was given to the second batch of aliens? They!"
The professor on the stage laughed meaningfully, as if he expected that everyone in the room would react like this: "Everyone, I have a question. If human beings face this dilemma, Without oxygen, but with a certain amount of scientific thinking, is it possible to jump directly from the Stone Age to the electricity age."
Everyone fell silent and began to think seriously.
"...It's very difficult, incredibly big." Captain Zhao sitting in front gently shook the head.
The absence of oxygen means that there is no natural combustion phenomenon, which makes the development of science extremely difficult. In this case, it is almost impossible to smelt copper or iron on a large scale.
For humans, the simplest way to smelt copper and iron is the carbon reduction method. At higher temperatures, carbon is used as a reducing agent to perform oxidation-reduction reactions on metal minerals to smelt elemental metal. .
But this method requires a very high temperature. For Gliese people who have no burning phenomenon, it is undoubtedly difficult to reach a high temperature of thousands of degrees as heavenly ascension...
Unless a natural active volcano can be found and the temperature of the volcano can be used, there can be so little probability.
But the Gliese people encountered a volcano and it was too late to escape. How could they risk mortal danger to make iron? They don't even know the so-called chemical reaction equation!
So, besides the carbon reduction method, is there any other way? Of course there is: electrolysis! Most metals can be smelted by electrolysis, but the electrolysis method must first have electricity!
In other words, without the burning phenomenon, it is impossible to enter the age of bronze or black iron. Their technological progress can only stay in the Stone Age, and it is difficult to increase productivity.
The development of science is step by step. Even if they already have good scientific thinking, they still need experiments to support their opinions.
Science is a methodology. After putting forward a point of view, if it meets the experimental results, then it can be considered correct for the time being.
If it does not conform to the facts, this view will undoubtedly be discarded.
But the question is, how to experiment?
For a simple example, if you want to study biological cells, you must first have a Microscope, right? If you want to own a Microscope, you have to learn to burn glass and make a lens, right? But there is no fire, how to burn glass?
Inventing new experimental tools is no less important to scientific research than proposing new theories.
There are too many similar difficulties, even if the Gliese people, under the guidance of the Enlightenment’s civilization, already knew that “electricity”, a magical natural phenomenon, can be transformed into a huge power. But there is no iron, no copper, no conductors, how to study electricity?
The scholar sitting in front of Zhang Yuan turned his head and discussed: "In this case, I can think of two ways. The first is to know clearly what electricity is all about. . Just like our group of people have mastered this knowledge, if you suddenly go to the Stone Age, you can jump directly to technology, skip bronze and black iron."
Zhang Yuan shook the head:" No, I don’t know why. Enlightened civilization only told them the existence of electricity, but did not tell them the nature of electricity, let alone the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction, so they can only blindly explore in the fog."
"Then, the second plan, with the power of the whole country, put the priority of electric power research first, relying on a large number of talents to attack these bottlenecks. Their planet has low oxygen content, iron, copper, Magnets also exist as simple substances in nature...Depending on these natural materials, there is still a little possibility."
"Professor, your statement is too difficult and too ideal..." Another Experts questioned: "It can only be a dictatorship... Only when a dictator is crazy, will such an order be issued. There is no such possibility for a democratic government. The people have long been ousted."
Listen With these arguments, Zhang Yuan sighed: "That is to say, human beings will get stuck in that situation with a high probability. There is no excuse. How could they try to study wire and magnet when they only know the term electricity? , Electromagnetic induction?"
"Continue to deduct, in the universe, without the planet of oxygen, it is difficult to develop real technology? This is really...very strange."
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"I thought of another method, biological smelting! Life changes are unlimited. On Earth, there are some bacteria that have a good accumulation effect on soluble metals under high temperature conditions. Maybe some Planet creatures can smelt metals on their own?"
"This probability is not unavailable, but it is very low. You are impossible to require those creatures with oxygen-free planet, each of which has evolved the ability of biosmelting... …"
When he came to this conclusion, Zhang Yuan had to lament the good luck of mankind.
This condition is indeed a bit harsh. Planets with a large amount of oxygen must be rare. Oxygen is produced by photosynthesis of plants, and impossible was born out of thin air. The active chemical nature of oxygen means that if it cannot be produced continuously, it will quickly react with other substances and be exhausted.
The anaerobic planet is the majority.
Because of this, the productivity of Gliese civilization has always been in the Stone Age. There is no way to separate natural elements in chemistry, and there is no way to study electrical energy in physics.
When squally winds and rains, lightning occurs. This is the only natural phenomenon they can observe that is related to electricity. Various physical models have been proposed one after another, and some people even gave their lives in order to touch the lightning!
But what is the point of all this when the production tools are still stone and wood?
This kind of tragedy and the degree of difficulty are really hard for outsiders to tell...
"I don’t know, we don’t know anything...We don’t know anything about this World, as if we have A layer of darkness covers our eyes and obscures our way forward. We know the existence of electricity and know that it can exert its magical power."
"But all attempts have yielded nothing..."
This wise man studied from youth to middle age, and then to old age. He exhausted all his efforts, but achieved nothing. He sadly wrote in his diary: " The damn electricity, what is it?!" At this time, it has been... 30,000 years since the Enlightenment's civilization left.
The moment I saw this passage, it seemed that something hit Zhang Yuan's heartstrings. As a scientific researcher, didn't he often express such emotions?
The universe is so ruthless, a civilization is stuck to death, only a little Catalyst is missing.
Just because there is no oxygen.
There is no ridicule. Compared with the Gliese civilization, human beings are just a little bit more lucky. At least they have developed their own technology and penetrated the sporadic truth of the universe.
"Oh...Earth civilization’s technology has been stuck for a long time. Is it also missing something we don’t know?"
"Lack of something Thinking, or reasons we don’t know...or something else..."
The evolution of history is still going on, not for the will of any life...
In the case of long-term unsuccessful exploration, science has slowly lost its momentum. Physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine are all in a state of stagnation, and no one is willing to study these things anymore.
Mathematics is booming. Because mathematics does not require experimental verification, it is not limited to productivity, as long as it is logical.
One year after year, ten thousand years after ten thousand years...
The science and technology tree of Gliese civilization began to have serious deviations, mathematics took the lead, and other subjects were in a mess!
A ridiculous thing happened, and its mathematical level has even surpassed that of humans! However, the tools used are still the most primordial tools like stone and wood!