Chapter 368

The cultural tradition of the Riley people is to attribute everything to the gods.

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

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

"Although their behavior seems very funny, it's actually not innate stupidity, but because the vast majority of individuals' intelligence has not been developed to the greatest extent, and even some naturally intelligent people are wasted."

Talking here, Zhang Yuan thought of some stories he heard during the earth period. In some areas, it's very common for local people to rob foreigners. This seems to be their culture. They think that since they are poor, it's natural for them to rob others.

In some areas, begging has become a common practice.

Some people are kind-hearted and give money to beggars. They will take it for granted without any gratitude. They believe that the gifts of others are guided by divine gifts. Why be grateful if it is guided by gods?

But if we 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 will not be willing to do such a small thing as they can, and even feel it is an insult

This kind of thinking does exist on the earth, and it is difficult to change. Most of them are remote, poor and small countries.

Then, it's not surprising that these Riley people have been promoted to the present.

"Therefore, a civilized culture is very important, including cultural details and spiritual core, which is the pillar of civilization. Our new civilization has just come to the present by absorbing the excellent foundation of the earth civilization. "

Professor Yamamoto suddenly said: "I found a very important point The ties based on bloodline theory should be the most common social structure in the universe. In fact, Riley's "theory of race hierarchy" is a deep-rooted theory of blood lineage. Some Rileys are born of noble blood, others are born of humble blood, and even These lower race Rileys, I think so

"Just like our earth, many animal communities live together by blood ties, such as wolves, lions, human tribal clans and so on."

"To enlarge to the universe, it should be the same The probability of social creatures developing into intelligent civilization is much higher than that of solitary creatures. Then, the mediocrity of most civilizations may have a lot to do with bloodline theory. "

There is a saying in the state of Xia: the dragon begets the dragon, the Phoenix begets the Phoenix, and the mouse's son can make a hole, which describes the theory of blood lineage.

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

Even if all roads lead to Rome, don't forget that some people were originally born in Rome. When others were on their way day and night in the scorching sun, hungry and thirsty, these natural lucky people were lying in the hall, eating grapes and looking at the scenery. They had reached the end.

In such an unfair situation, it is bound to be difficult for a civilization to really develop its potential. If you are born with 100 potential, maybe you can only play 1 or even 01, then you will be limited by yourself and will not move on.

"Yes, there is such a view in the history of new civilization. The deep-rooted pedigree theory has restricted a large number of civilizations. Then, I have another question... "

Zhang Yuan asked: "the theory of blood lineage must rely on sexual reproduction, which should be an important part of the theory of evolution. If it is asexual reproduction, everyone is born from the same mother, and they are all equal, there will be no bloodline theory or class hierarchy. Why are most of the lives we encounter sexually? In other words, it is mostly hermaphroditism. Why can't it be three sex, four sex and five sex? "

There are many alien species that human beings have encountered, and several different alien civilizations have been investigated.

Both humans and glitzers are bisexual, and most of the creatures on these two planets are bisexual.

The badit, who are imprisoned in the virtual space, can parthenogenesis, but they can also be bisexual. The etiquette of meeting badit people is to exchange germ cells and store them in their own sacs. In most cases, they will choose hermaphroditism rather than parthenogenesis.

It seems that the Riley civilization we just came into contact with should also focus on sexual reproduction

As a result, a large number of different civilizations are of the same nature to a certain extent. Although we are different in appearance and body structure, we have something in common from some aspects of the core.

"The answer, sir, is simple."

Biologist Ichiro Yamamoto explained: "because of the weak mutation ability of asexual reproduction, the evolution speed is extremely slow. In the face of environmental changes, or the invasion of malignant bacteria and viruses, it is easy for asexual reproduction to become extinct For example, one of the bananas, Big Mac banana, died out because of the virus. Unfortunately, the banana we eat now is called Cavendish banana. It does not produce seeds, and it also has the risk of extinction. "There are also some asexual organisms on earth, such as yeast, Paramecium and other unicellular organisms, which reproduce through division. Their division and reproduction speed is very fast, and their mutation speed is also very fast, so they don't have to worry about the risk of extinction.

Some reptiles, insects, fish, and a variant crayfish, which can reproduce without mating, are called parthenogenesis.

Speaking of a species called "American Dragon sting shrimp" is also a biological anecdote. It was discovered by scientists in 1995 that all individuals in the world have the same genes and the same set of chromosomes, just like every lobster is cloned.

"This kind of lobster doesn't need to mate to lay eggs, but if there's a virus against this kind of lobster, it's easy to go extinct and leave none," Yamamoto said

"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 the most stable. In ancient times, when the living environment was bad, where could three, four or five individuals breed together? There may have been species in history where multiple individuals multiplied together, but in the end, they were eliminated. "

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

"We don't doubt that there are some pluripotent civilizations in the universe, but in terms of evolutionary probability, it is absolutely a small probability event They may exist in the galaxy, but it's hard for us to meet them. "

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

Zhang Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "I really want to see what the civilization of more than ten genders is like Maybe even the family system can't be formed The whole society must be totally different from us, right