Chapter 413

Zhang Yuan whispered: "so, this civilization is slightly different from the development process of mankind, but it is easy to understand. The abolition of slavery has always been determined by productivity, not by moral transformation or the appeal of several people of insight... "

"Economic structure determines the upper foundation. It will be overthrown by the general trend only when it really hinders the progress of the times. This should be something that some civilizations have in common. "

"At present, these small countries that retain slavery have basically not yet achieved industrialization, and slaves can still play a great role. The planet is too big and the transportation is not convenient. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Other countries are not interested in governing these countries. "

"Coupled with the inconvenient transportation, no satellites, and no big country to be a global policeman, accusations of human rights are simply thankless."

"A planet is too big, and it's not necessarily a good thing. With more natural resources and larger land area, it is more troublesome to unify ideas. In this era, some countries are lost, which is unimaginable on earth. "

A planet is too big. There are indeed problems. A large number of countries are in a state of old age and death. But there are more variables in this phenomenon - that is, it is easier to produce the spark of science.

Due to the restrictions on the domestication of livestock and the underdeveloped transportation, it is difficult for the country here to occupy millions of square kilometers like the country in the earth age. Without adequate communication security, the country can easily lose control of its borders and lead to division.

In the middle ages, the largest countries once reached 3 million square kilometers. These countries just wanted to invade and plunder more slaves. They declined because their territory was too large.

Such areas fell into the curse of long-term Dynasty reincarnation. One dynasty overthrew another, mixed with slave uprising, but there was no significant progress in particular.

There are also some remote small areas that want to develop various technologies, especially in some two river basins with superior geographical conditions and fertile land. The large-scale use of water power makes these TEP people's ideas more flexible.

The invention of the waterwheel and the ship prompted the TEP people to think about the deeper essence of mechanics, which has become the origin of modern civilization.

Hearing this, Zhang Yuan raised his hand and said, "Professor Luo, what about the religion of TEP civilization? Not too much trouble for development? "

Professor Luo, standing on the stage, said: "the development process of this civilization has not been plagued by religious factors, mainly because... Most powerful countries advocate ancestor worship, not God worship."

Every country rose from the cruel primitive war. Without brave ancestors, there would be no current TEP people. Therefore, it is very natural to worship great ancestors.

There is only one commanding height at the spiritual level. Since "ancestor worship" occupies an advantage, it is difficult for God worship to catch up.

The religious way of ancestor worship is also difficult to form a unified global religion.

If your ancestors are different from mine, they will not believe in each other. If there are contradictions in history, it is difficult to eliminate them and turn into national hatred.

"The way of ancestor worship can not explain all the doubts, but also has a certain obstacle to the development of science, but the spiritual shackles are undoubtedly much smaller than the worship of gods... Some tepp people feel that the words of their ancestors are absolutely correct and are not allowed to be violated, but some tepp people feel that their ancestors are not necessarily correct, the Dynasty will be overthrown, and nothing is absolute."

"... if religion does not have strong enough political influence, it will be difficult to interfere with the normal development of society. On the contrary, it can also promote to a certain extent."

This simple belief is easy to understand. It is equivalent to the human beings in the Kunlun Mountains who believe that they originated from the solar system and the earth. This is not a symbol of simple cultural significance, but a spiritual value symbol of blood, culture and other aspects on the spiritual level.

The identification of one's own origin is an important factor in the cohesion of a civilization. If the origin is different, why should one strive for the same goal?

Just like the Soviet Union, it has the most nationalities and the most complex problems in the world. In order to solve the national problems, the Soviet Union has deliberately shaped the "Soviet people" and has been vigorously publicizing the achievements of national state construction.

However, in the process of democratization reform and allowing the people to make choices, the participating republics put their national and national interests above the overall interests of the Soviet Union. The lack of national identity directly led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

Practice has proved that the Soviet Union's practice of dividing administrative regions according to nationalities did not help to maintain national unity, and eventually became an important reason for the disintegration of the Soviet Union【 1】

The human beings in Kunlun Mountains have no such problems. Everyone agrees that they originated from the earth. Once, under the impact of time, all countries had no sense of identity for a long time. Everyone agrees that they originated from the solar system and the earth. This common starting point is enough.

"... but countries with deep-rooted ancestor worship did not take the lead in developing science and technology."

"On the contrary, it is a small country rising from the ruins, taking the lead in opening the industrial revolution and becoming the most powerful country on the planet."

As for the reason, it is too complicated. The TEP civilization itself has a large number of social works trying to explain this fact.

Some sociologists think that the thinking mode of "ancestor worship" hinders the progress of some big countries. In order to maintain social stability, rulers will declare that "what ancestors say is all right, and the law of ancestors is immutable", Then "natural philosophy system" with axiom as the core system and "formal logic system and discovering causality through scientific experiments" are difficult to really appear.

Other sociologists have put forward the theory of "insufficient demand". These once powerful countries have fallen into a thinking pattern by constantly fighting foreign wars to obtain benefits.

Even if the dynasty is overthrown and a new one is completed, it is the same set of ruling mode. Naturally, there is no intention to ponder the basic principles of technology.

On the contrary, the inconvenience of transportation has become a benefit. At most, there are even more than 20000 countries on this planet, and each country has its own concept. All kinds of difficulties, finally because there are enough countries in the world and the sample is large enough, there are small probability events.

"Science" appeared.