Chapter 405

Zhang Yuan said softly: "so, this civilization is slightly different from the development of human beings, but it is easy to understand. The abolition of slavery has always been determined by productive forces, rather than by moral changes or the appeal of a few people of insight. "

"Economic architecture determines the superstructure. 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. "

"As far as the present is concerned, these small countries that retain slavery have basically not yet realized 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 managing these countries at all. "

"Coupled with the inconvenient transportation, no satellite, no big country to be a global police, blaming human rights and so on, it is simply thankless."

"A planet is too big to be a good thing. With more natural resources and larger land area, it is more troublesome to unify ideas. In this era, there are still some countries in the state of losing contact, which is unimaginable on earth. "

If a planet is too big, there are indeed some 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's easier to create sparks of science.

Due to the limitation of domestication of livestock and underdeveloped transportation, it is difficult for the country here to occupy millions of square kilometers at any time like the country in the earth age. Because there is not enough communication security, the country is easy to lose control of its own borders, leading to division.

In the middle ages, the largest country once reached 3 million square kilometers. These countries just wanted to invade and plunder more slaves, but they died because of their huge territory.

This kind of area, fell into the curse of long-term Dynasty reincarnation, one dynasty overthrows another Dynasty, mixed with slave uprising, but there is no special essence of great progress.

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

The invention of waterwheel and steamer impelled the Taipu people to think about the deeper nature of mechanics, which became the origin of modern civilization.

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

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

Every country has risen from the cruel primitive war. Without the brave and fearless ancestors, there would be no current taps. Therefore, it is natural to worship the great ancestors.

There is only one commanding point in the spiritual level. Since "ancestor worship" has the advantage, it is difficult for the worship of gods to catch up.

However, the religious way of ancestor worship is 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 them into national hatred.

"The way of ancestor worship can't explain all the doubts and hinder the development of science, but the spiritual shackles are much smaller than the worship of gods Some thaps think that the words of their ancestors are absolutely correct and not allowed to be violated, but some thaps think that their ancestors are not necessarily correct, that the Dynasty will be overthrown, and that nothing is absolute. "

“…… If religion does not have enough strong political influence, it will be difficult to interfere with the normal development of society, but it will also have a certain degree of promotion. "

This kind of simple belief is easy to understand, which is equivalent to human beings in Kunlun mountain. They believe that they originated from the solar system and the earth. This is not a symbol of pure cultural significance, but a spiritual value symbol of blood relationship and culture in the spiritual layer.

If the identification of one's own origin is an important factor for the cohesion of a civilization, even if the origin is not the same, why should one strive for the same goal?

Just like the former Soviet Union, it has the largest number of nationalities and the most complicated 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 its achievements in the construction of a nation-state.

However, in the process of democratic reform and allowing the people to choose, all 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 collapse of the Soviet Union.

Practice has proved that the Soviet Union's practice of dividing administrative regions according to nationalities is not conducive to maintaining the unity of the country, and eventually becomes an important reason for the disintegration of the Soviet Union. 【1】

the human beings in Kunlun Mountain have no such problems. We all agree that they originated from the earth. Under the impact of time, all countries in the past have no sense of identity for a long time. We all agree that we originated from the solar system, the earth, and this common starting point is enough.

“…… But for countries with deep-rooted ancestor worship, they did not take the lead in developing science and technology. ""On the contrary, it was a small country rising from the ruins, which initiated the industrial revolution and became the most powerful country on the planet."

As for the reason, it is too complicated. There are a lot of social works in the TAPP civilization itself, trying to explain this fact.

Some sociologists think that the thinking mode of "ancestor worship" has hindered the progress of some big countries. In order to maintain social stability, rulers will claim that "what ancestors said is all right, and the law of ancestors is immutable." then the axiomatic core system of "natural philosophy system" and "formal logic system" and "finding causality through scientific experiments" It is very difficult for the "department" to really appear.

Other sociologists have put forward the theory of "insufficient demand". These once powerful countries have been trapped in the mode of thinking by constantly fighting with foreign countries to obtain benefits.

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

On the contrary, the inconvenience of transportation has become a benefit. At the most time, there are even more than 20000 countries on this planet, and each country has its own ideas. Finally, because there are enough countries in the world and the samples are large enough, small probability events appear.

"Science" appeared.