Chapter 216 Economics and Scientific Research

During the meal, Senior Mao Rui went crazy and told Wu Bin that the programmer was good, the programmer was wonderful, and the programmer made money.

But Wu Bin is still indifferent. It's not that he is really not interested in solving this programming problem. On the contrary, he is very interested. However, he has not succeeded in conquering graphene so far, so he really has no intention to do other things that require a lot of time and effort. s project.

Seeing that Wu Bin was so determined, Mao Rui finally gave up lobbying, but still left his contact information, saying that if Wu Bin was interested in this one day, he was welcome to come to him at any time.

"Hey, from the discussion just now, I found that you don't seem to be very interested in making money?" After the procedural questions came to an end, Mao Rui found another topic.

Wu Bin smiled after hearing this, "Who wouldn't be interested in money? It's just that I think making money should come naturally."

"Tsk, tsk, young people are still naive." Mao Rui shook his head, "Do you think that as long as you make achievements in scientific research and have patents, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money?"

"I never thought I could get a lot of it." Wu Bin corrected a word in Mao Rui's words.

"In short, you regard making money as a by-product of scientific research, right?"

Wu Bin didn't say anything after hearing this, so he acquiesced.

"Oh, times are changing. Nowadays, if undergraduates do not learn about economics and finance, they are equivalent to illiteracy. Human beings are social beings, and social beings are economic beings. Whether in life or in scientific research, money cannot be escaped."

After taking a sip of soup, Mao Rui continued: "Which physicist doesn't want to spend hundreds of billions to build a particle collider for research. Even if it doesn't work, building a small black hole would be a dream come true. However, the reality is to do theory. They can’t make money, and those who make applications don’t need such high-end equipment, which is very embarrassing.”

After listening to Mao Rui's remarks, Wu Bin shook his head, "On this point, I have a different view."

"Oh? Tell me." Mao Rui looked at Wu Bin with interest.

"Whether it is national scientific research or corporate scientific research, it is based on a stable national environment, economic foundation and an environment supported by a sound industrial system. Without such soil, it is impossible to continuously cultivate elites, let alone strong talents. Talent pool."

"Yeah." Mao Rui nodded, "Then what?"

"Take the particle collider you just mentioned as an example. This kind of scientific research topic is estimated to cost hundreds of billions. Even if it is placed in countries like South Korea, Germany, Japan and China, it is It will be rejected by a high vote, why? Is it really impossible to build it? No, people who bite the bullet and smash the pot can always do it."

Speaking of this, Wu Bin sighed, "But it is too damaging and will completely break the balance between scientific research and the economy. Especially for scientific research, from proposing hypotheses to verifying hypotheses to revising hypotheses, during this period not only do we need to smash Money must be able to withstand failure.”

"For a long time, it is normal for the money invested in scientific research to get no return. But if a great scientific research success cannot produce economic benefits in the eyes of scientists, then in the eyes of the people, it is just a waste of people and money."

"You mean...the Higgs boson?" Mao Rui tapped his index finger.

"Yes, for knowledgeable people, this result is not just worth the price of admission, it is priceless, and it is a beacon guiding physics, but this does not prevent most people from still thinking that the Large Particle Collider It’s a money-burning scientist toy.”

Speaking of this, Wu Bin suddenly looked at Mao Rui and asked: "Have you seen "The Three-Body Problem"?"

"Of course I have." Mao Rui nodded.

"In the novel, the Trisolarans used sophons to seal the earth's basic scientific research. But in reality, sophons are GDP. If a country really blindly smashes scientific research, it can be said to be no different from militarism."

Mao Rui nodded: "There is something wrong with my expression just now. I didn't say that you can make money to the point where you can play with things like collider. I just want to say that if you have some scientific research that you want to do, you can do it yourself." It will be more comfortable if you have money, at least you don’t have to beg for help.”

At this time, Li Yan, who had been an audience member, suddenly smiled, pointed at Wu Bin and said: "Let me interrupt, there is a sentence he said that made him look too pretentious. Let me tell you, in this guy's eyes, The only thing that can worry him is scientific research projects that are beyond the scope of society. As for the ones below, they are not a problem to him."

"Hahahaha, you are confident enough." Mao Rui laughed a few times, "Confidence is a good thing, it can always make you overcome the failure in front of you."

"Yeah, I think so too."

After listening, Mao Rui stood up and extended his right hand to Wu Bin: "Nice to meet you. Again, I very much hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you on this project. I am waiting for you to contact me at any time."

"If there is a chance, definitely." Wu Bin stood up and stretched out his hand to shake it.

"Then I'll leave first. Those animals are still waiting for me to go to DOTA." After stuffing the laptop back into his bag, Mao Rui waved to the three people.

After saying "goodbye" to each other, Mao Rui left the canteen.

"What you just said was wonderful." Qin Simeng looked at Wu Bin and praised.

"Thank you." Wu Bin nodded towards her.

"Actually, I'm also very curious about the Higgs boson you mentioned. I know it's called the God particle, but what exactly will it do?"

Wu Bin thought for a while and replied: "Have you ever used navigation?"

"I've used it." Qin Simeng nodded.

"For most people, navigation is just like other high technologies. It suddenly appears in their lives with the phrase 'Modern technology is so advanced', but in fact the birth of navigation can be traced back to 1854 when Riemann proposed Let’s start with Riemann’s geometric conjecture.”

"1854..." Qin Simeng muttered to himself.

"Yes, in 1905, Einstein published the special theory of relativity. In 1912, Robert Goddard began to study rockets. In 1916, Einstein published the general theory of relativity and used Riemannian geometry as a mathematical tool in the theory. In 1957, The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was successfully launched. In 1973, the United States decided to develop a global satellite positioning system..."

"Um...do you have the legendary photographic memory?" She could understand that she could remember these events, but remembering the specific year so clearly was a bit exaggerated.

At this time, Li Yan on the side responded quickly: "His memory is very strong, but it is not that good yet. The reason why he has memorized a section by heart is probably so that he can defeat those who do not support large-scale scientific research at some kind of national meeting in the future." Be an economist."

"Have you guessed all this?" Wu Bin glanced at Li Yan.

"That's not true~ It's not in vain that I have known you for so long." Li Yan smiled proudly.