amaotonovel Chapter 2602 Mayfly World (2)
Chapter 2602 Mayfly World (2)
Chapter 2602 Mayfly World (II)
Schiller eats very fast, and he always manages to eat some very disordered food very beautifully, as if there is a special area in his brain responsible for figuring out which dish on a table to eat first and which one to eat later so that it would be quick and delicious.
What's even more amazing is that eating does not affect his talking. When he opens his mouth, there is always no food in it. Stark always suspected that this was a result of his training from giving psychotherapy to others while eating, but he had no evidence.
Stark took two bites of his burger and had no appetite. He asked listlessly, "What business are you talking about?"
"Oh, that's right, Kamar-Taj..."
Schiller briefly described the situation of Kamar-Taj. The more Stark listened, the more he felt something was wrong. He said, "So now Strange wants to help those villages make money, but the magic herbs he made are useless, so he comes to me for help?"
"Probably." Schiller nodded.
Stark burst into laughter, then choked on himself. After taking a few sips of water, he continued with a joyful tone, "Hahahahahahaha, I knew his magic was unreliable! If he had come earlier to ask me to throw a satellite up to connect him to the Internet, would there have been so much trouble?"
Stark's mood was obviously much better, and the expression on his face could be described as beaming with joy. After all, he and Strange had been at odds with each other for a long time. It seemed as if the two of them were incompatible and they couldn't stand each other unless they had a quarrel.
In the field of science and magic research, although the two have cooperated, they are more of a competition. Science envies the convenience of magic, and magic envies the system of science, but neither of them will give in and they have to determine who is better.
Although science is the mainstream in ordinary people's society, and more outstanding scientists have emerged after the implementation of the solar system development plan, magic is too dominant in interstellar exploration, so the two sides can be said to be evenly matched.
When Stark thought that one day Strange would come to him to beg for help, he suddenly felt that the sun was brighter and the food was more delicious. A lot of messy and redundant things were cleared out of his mind in an instant, and his mind was full of ideas about making money.
When a person is in a good mood, his appetite will naturally increase. Now Stark understands why Schiller ordered so many dishes.
He stuffed the burger into his mouth in two or three bites, dragged Schiller's plate to the middle, picked up the knife and fork without hesitation and started to wolf it down.
After that, neither of them spoke, but concentrated on eating. When Schiller worked in the hospital before, he had basically no time to eat properly, and all he ate were some white people's meals to get by.
They didn't know why the portions in Stark's cafeteria were so large, or rather, the portions of the dishes in front of them were so large. The two of them ate so much that they were full before they had almost finished all the dishes.
After finishing his meal, Schiller wiped his mouth and changed the subject, "How is the Star Core Space Station going? The trial run should be going well."
"Nothing serious has gone wrong." Stark said, "Although only the core components are made with my technology, the rest is not difficult. Except for one section of the space station that was always unstable during docking, everything else is pretty good."
"Are all the staff in place?"
"Of course, they have been working for almost two months, and everything is going well." Stark thought for a moment and said, "Humanity has never had such a large space station. In addition to sending astronauts, various countries have also sent some ordinary technical engineers and cleaning staff. They should have settled in by now."
"Is Peter's uncle up there?"
"Yes, he has finished a round of work and is resting at home." Stark said, "Considering that there is sufficient manpower in various countries, they adopt a shift system with a two-month cycle. When the time is up, another group of people will come up."
"This is not bad. After all, many untrained skilled workers cannot stand being separated from their families for a long time."
"In fact, we plan to adopt this system for astronauts and scientists on board. After all, no one wants to be separated from their families for a long time, and there is no shortage of people now."
“What about technical cooperation among countries?”
Stark waved his hand and said, "It's not that many countries, it's mainly a technical cooperation between China and the United States. Some engines are made in Russia, Europe is responsible for electronic chip technology, the small transport aircraft entering and leaving the space station is Wakanda's technology, weak magnetic docking was developed by the mutants, and most of the other countries are just cheering."
"Don't those small countries have any ideas?"
Stark thought about it and said, "The people in the Middle East are more ambitious. They rely on their wealth to pay other countries for technical personnel. They have built more than a dozen laboratories and plan to carry out independent development."
"The Nordic countries are still in the same advanced mental state. They have put all their skills into the aesthetic research of exterior and interior decoration. It seems that they have made up their minds to pursue the path of art students."
"The small countries around the big countries, such as those in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and even the US enclaves, Canada and Australia, basically follow the big countries' path to fill in the gaps."
"The only weird one is India." Stark showed an indescribable expression and said, "They are very motivated and feel they have the ability, but except for their cabin, no department in charge of the entire space station dares to let the Indians get involved. I think they are wise."
"Can't you just reject them?"
"Of course not. After all, it is a big country." Stark sighed and said, "In fact, I don't understand what they want to do. If they want to consolidate their foundation, they should introduce talents like the Middle East, improve hardware standards, and take an independent path. Even if they can't come up with any mainstream technology, they can master a few patents for supplementary technologies to fill in the gaps in mainstream technology, which will be enough to make a living in the interstellar era."
"But not only do they not bring in talent, they also drive scientific and technological talent out. Now all the major laboratories around the world are full of Indians applying for jobs, as if they are trying their best to squeeze in and cause trouble."
"If he wants to be a vassal state, he has allies around him. As long as he shows some sincerity, he can always negotiate some cooperation projects. Even if he only takes over the manufacturing industry, he can make a lot of money. But for such a long time, he hasn't negotiated any projects. Maybe their environment is really not friendly to foreign investment."
Stark shook his head, obviously not understanding India's move. Schiller asked with some concern: "Are you sure the key components were not made for India?"
"Don't worry, China has always had excess production capacity. Our R&D speed cannot keep up with their production speed. Except for some patents that have not yet been released, most of them are made in China."
“So how is the patent cooperation going?”
"This aspect has always been pessimistic." Stark rubbed his temple and said, "Everyone holds on to their own little resources. After the opening up, various restrictions were added. Some do not allow production abroad, and some have requirements on the service life. Nick organized several negotiations, but most of them ended in dissatisfaction."
"So what are you going to do? Do you really plan to stay in the lab forever and come up with technology that's ahead of its time and make them obsolete?"
Stark looked at Schiller in surprise, not understanding why he knew his thoughts, but since he had been seen through, he had to say, "Okay, that's about right. I know this idea is a bit stupid, but at least there's some hope, isn't it?"
“As long as there is one person whose technology can always lead the world, the rest of the people will have to cooperate even if they don’t want to. Otherwise, they will never get a piece of the cutting-edge pie, and no one will be happy about that.”
"But don't you think this is a stupid idea?"
"Of course I know." Stark emphasized again: "But what can I do? As a psychiatrist, don't you know that human nature cannot stand the test? The final answer of game theory is war?"
"It is more difficult than anyone imagines to use peaceful means to move humanity forward," Schiller said. "I certainly understand that, but I think you are just being too picky."
"What do you mean?"
"There is an ancient Eastern proverb that goes, 'One can polish jade with stones from other mountains.'" Schiller said this in Chinese, and then he translated it, "It means that when you find that a head-on confrontation doesn't work, maybe you can find a shortcut."
Stark narrowed his eyes at him, still not sure what he was going to say.
"To defeat science with science, and to defeat all of humanity with one person, the effort required is not something anyone can afford. Doing this will only destroy yourself and make no sense."
"What should I do?"
"Use magic." Schiller shrugged and said, "In some fields, magic is a dimensionality reduction attack on science. The results that may have taken scientists all over the world hundreds of years to come up with are just ordinary spells that little wizards can use in the magic world."
Although Stark didn't want to admit it, he nodded. It was indeed the case. The children in Kamar-Taj who had just been in school for two years could teleport everywhere with the hanging ring. However, at present, the human scientific community still did not have a teleportation technology that could be popularized and widely used on a large scale, otherwise there would be no need for air transportation.
"But magic depends too much on talent," Stark pointed out immediately. "There may not be many magicians among 100 million people. Those great wizards traveled to all countries, but didn't they only find a few hundred students?"
The implication is that although these technologies are good, there is no market if most people cannot use them. Without a market, there is no profit. Without profit, no one will be willing to invest too much in research and development. You can't say that only talented people can use teleportation technology, right?
"That's true." Schiller nodded without denying it, and said, "But maybe there is another way."
"what?"
"What if everyone has a talent for magic?"
"That's impossible." Stark denied it. He said, "You've heard Stephen's long story. Affinity for magical elements comes from the nature of the soul, and the nature of the soul comes from the attunement of the parents' souls. It's completely random."
"But isn't the essence of science to transform randomness?" Schiller smiled and looked at Stark and said, "Isn't artificial control of magical talent the best answer to science defeating magic?"
Stark's heart began to beat wildly.