Chapter 375

Riley's cultural tradition is to attribute everything to the gods

Although this approach is easy and easy, everything can be explained from religious classics, which makes Riley people not think about the meaning of life, and naturally there is not much confusion.

However, attributing the meaning of self existence to the ethereal "gods" undoubtedly reduces the subjective initiative of noumenon.

"Although their behavior looks very funny, it is not innate stupidity, but because - the intelligence of most individuals has not been developed to the greatest extent, and even some naturally intelligent people have been wasted."

Talking here, Zhang Yuan thought of some small stories he heard during the earth period. In some areas, it is common for natives to rob foreigners. This seems to be their culture. Since they are poor, they take it for granted to rob others.

In other areas, begging has become a common practice.

Some people are kind and give money to beggars. They will take it for granted without any gratitude. They believe that the gifts of others are guided by the gifts of God. Since it is guided by the gods, why should we be grateful?

But if you change the way, for example, let the other party throw the stone in the middle of the road to the side of the road, and then give them money, they are unwilling to do such a small thing within their power, and even feel it is an insult

This kind of thinking does exist on the earth and is difficult to change. It is mostly in some remote poor and small countries.

Then, it is not surprising that these Riley people have been popularized to the eyes.

"Therefore, a civilized culture is very, very important, including cultural heritage and spiritual core. It is the pillar of civilization. Our new civilization has gradually come to the present by absorbing the excellent details of the earth's civilization. "

Professor Yamamoto suddenly said: "I found a very important point... The bond based on lineage theory should be the most common social structure in the universe. Riley's "racial hierarchy" is actually a deep-rooted theory of descent. Some Riley people are born with noble blood, others are born with low blood, and even... These low race Riley people, I think so. "

"Just like our earth, many animal communities live in groups linked by blood, such as wolves, lions, human tribes, clans and so on."

"The same should be true when you zoom into the universe... The probability of social creatures developing into intelligent civilization is much greater than that of solitary creatures. Then, the mediocrity of most civilizations may have a lot to do with bloodline theory. "

There is a proverb in the state of Xia: the dragon begets the dragon, the Phoenix begets the Phoenix, and the mouse's son can make a hole. It describes the theory of descent.

However, this naturally formed system of lineage theory is only applicable to the early stage of civilization. In the middle and late stage, due to the class solidification formed by lineage theory, it will become a hidden obstacle.

Even though all roads lead to Rome, don't forget that some people were originally born in Rome. When others are driving day and night in the scorching sun, hungry and thirsty, these naturally lucky children are lying in the hall, eating grapes comfortably and watching the scenery, and have reached the end.

Under such unfair circumstances, it is bound to be difficult for a civilization to really give full play to its full potential. If you are born with 100 potential, maybe you can only play 1, or even 0.1, you have been limited by yourself and will not continue to move forward.

"Yes, there is such a view in the history of new civilization. The deep-rooted theory of lineage limits a large number of civilizations. Well, I have another question... "

Zhang Yuan asked, "Genealogy must rely on sexual reproduction, which should be an important part of evolution. If it is asexual reproduction and everyone is born from the same mother, they must be equal, and there will be no lineage theory and class hierarchy. Why do most of the lives we encounter have sexual reproduction? In other words, most of them are bisexual reproduction. Why can't they be three, four and five? "

Human beings have encountered many alien species and investigated several different alien civilizations.

Both humans and Gliese are bisexual reproduction, including the creatures of these two planets, and most of them are bisexual reproduction.

The badit people imprisoned in the virtual space can reproduce both sexes, although they can reproduce alone. The etiquette for badit people to meet is to exchange germ cells and store them in their own capsule. In most cases, they will choose bisexual reproduction rather than unisexual reproduction.

The Riley civilization I just came into contact with seems to be dominated by sexual reproduction

As a result, a large number of different civilizations have produced a certain degree of identity. Although everyone looks different and has different body structures, they have some similarities in some core aspects.

"Mr. captain, the answer is very simple."

Biologist Ichiro Yamamoto explained: "because of the weak mutation ability of asexual reproduction and the extremely slow evolution speed, it is easy to become extinct in the face of environmental changes or the invasion of malignant bacteria and viruses... Like one of bananas, Big Mac banana, it became extinct because of the virus. Unfortunately, the banana we eat now is called Cavendish banana, It does not produce seeds and there is a risk of extinction. "

There are also some asexual organisms on earth, such as single celled organisms such as yeast and Paramecium, which reproduce by division. Their division and reproduction speed is very fast, and their mutation speed is also very fast. Naturally, they don't have to worry about the risk of extinction.

Some reptiles, insects, fish, and a mutant crayfish can reproduce without mating, which is called parthenogenetic reproduction.

Speaking of a species called "American Dragon stinging shrimp", it is also an anecdote in biology. The American Dragon stinging shrimp was discovered by scientists only in 1995. People found that all individuals around the world are actually the same gene and the same set of chromosomes, just like every lobster is cloned.

Yamamoto said: "this kind of lobster can lay eggs without mating, but if there is a virus against this kind of lobster, it is easy to exterminate all of them and leave none."

"Therefore, sexual reproduction can bring genetic diversity, better ability to adapt to the environment, and easy to survive in a complex environment."

"Among them, sexual reproduction is the best and most stable. In ancient times, when the living environment was bad, where could three, four or five individuals breed together? Perhaps there have been species in history where many individuals reproduce together, but in the end, they have been eliminated. "

Professor Yamamoto patted his head and added: "Oh, by the way, organisms of coccaceae often multiply. It is said that there are 13 genders, but they are only bacteria with strong reproductive ability, not multicellular organisms."

"We don't doubt that there are some multi sexual breeding civilizations in the universe, but in terms of evolutionary probability, they are absolutely small probability events... They may exist in the Milky way, but it's difficult for us to meet them."

"I see. I've seen a lot."

Zhang Yuan nodded, smiled and said, "I'd like to see what the civilization of more than a dozen genders is... Maybe even the family system can't be formed... The whole society must be earth shaking different from us?"