Chapter 351 Gaia Biology

Yu Yifeng was worried for a long time, but he had no better way and could only let Xu Yunjin handle the matter by himself.

There is indeed something wrong with the soldier profession...

They have been too comfortable for more than a hundred years. The social order is stable and resources are unprecedentedly developed. What about the contradictions? No……

The entire civilization now has a population of 800,000 and about 10,000 soldiers, accounting for 1.25% of the total population. This ratio is still relatively high. Including scouts, pilots, mechanics, communications troops, etc., there are about 20 different classifications.

With so many soldiers, there must be brave men and women who are not afraid of sacrifice. There is no doubt about this. But after so many years of comfortable environment, the entire army lacked a trace of murderous spirit.

If the soldiers cannot step up at the critical moment, then there will definitely be some problems in the development of new humanity...

"Practice, practice, it's good to make corrections early!"

Yu Yifeng shook his head, no longer thinking about this matter, but focused on this meeting.

The scientists were still discussing intensely, and few noticed that Xu Yunjin and other military committee members sitting in the front had left.

In their mouths, artificial intelligence, giant creatures, "creatures that can become invisible in visible waves", "non-carbonyl creatures", "electromagnetic wave creatures"...all kinds of fantastic ideas popped up.

"If there is a self-aware 'artificial intelligence' or some kind of strange life, will it be of great significance to science? The answer... is yes! I think it is necessary to do further research on this planet. Investigate...find this artificial intelligence!"

One computer expert said enthusiastically.

Strong artificial intelligence, so far, humans are still unable to come up with it, and they don’t even have a clue.

"If there is a strong artificial intelligence template... it will be a huge inspiration to our science!" the scientist said excitedly. He seemed to have forgotten the local war that had just occurred, and also ignored the dangers of investigating the planet at close range.

"wrong!"

Until then, another scientist stepped forward, it was Dr. Rimbaud.

He said loudly: "Everyone, listen to me, I think there is another possibility! It is not an artificial intelligence, but a...Gaia creature composed of microorganisms!"

Yu Yifeng was stunned: "Gaia creature?"

He nodded and said: "Oh... I'm sorry, this is a term I just coined. In layman's terms, it is a collective consciousness composed of microorganisms!"

"We might as well open our minds a little more. We discovered strange algae in the ocean right away. Their structures are quite complex, their biological activities are violent, and they have some unknown animal characteristics!"

"Based on the information currently available, these phytoplankton can produce a weak electromagnetic signal and biological signal. Do they communicate through these signals?

"If all the algae in the world are connected in series, will they form a complex neural network system?"

Rimbaud said as he walked over to the screen and pulled out a microscopic image of an algae creature. His bold conjecture aroused people's thinking...

Yu Yifeng also held his chin and thought deeply. If he wants to generate wisdom and self-awareness, can he really only rely on a brain full of nerve cells?

So far, it seems like this...

Humans have brains, indigenous lizards have brains, Nixans have brains, even the original species of "Black" has a brain!

The structures of these brains are quite similar.

But this evidence is not sufficient. Human beings do not know the reasons for the emergence of intelligence, nor how self-awareness arises...

In the Earth era, there was a term called "hive mind". This word is used to describe a colony of bees in a bee hive as a self-conscious whole.

The magic of "hive mind" is that no single bee can control it, but there is an invisible hand, a hand that emerges from a large number of dull members, controlling the entire colony...

Similarly, if phytoplankton can create synchronized signals and communicate with each other like neurons, then each cubic meter or cubic decimeter of seawater can serve as a unit of consciousness.

The vast ocean is like a mind, and the algae cells are its nerve cells.

Such collective consciousness creatures are called by Dr. Rimbaud...

"Gaia Creatures"!

Gaia, a conjecture that has existed since ancient times. Around 400 BC, Plato proposed a point of view: the earth is a huge living organism.

Therefore, people imagine that the consciousness the planet has is called Gaia consciousness!

"So, Gaia's consciousness is sometimes called the will of the planet. But I think that what we are encountering now cannot replace the will of the entire planet... because land does not seem to be within the scope of its capabilities. At most, it can only control ocean."

"Its capabilities are limited..."

And according to this theory, if Gaia creatures really exist, then there will be a explanation for the huge green eyes.

That is……

Biological telescope!

This kind of Gaia creature is not omnipotent. Although they are huge and spread throughout the ocean, they also need certain unique structures to sense the outside world.

Some scattered cells cannot "see" or "hear" the outside world in a vacuum.

There must be a structure similar to the human eye, that is... a "giant telescope" composed of countless microbial cells, in order to see the outer space thousands of kilometers away!

In this way... it becomes the "giant eye" that people see!

Then it was blown to pieces by a nuclear bomb...

After hearing this explanation, the people in the conference hall fell silent for a while.

"Microbial telescope... In this way, it really looks like all seawater."

The appearance of this "Gaia creature" seems to be beyond the scope of human biology.

Its body composition is scattered, and it seems that as long as the "bee colony mind" on the earth goes one step further and forms greater wisdom, it will become a Gaia creature...

But this step further is a little unimaginable.

If it really exists, humans know almost nothing about its nature!

Another scientist pressed the talk button and said with some concern: "If... the special algae in the sea really developed self-awareness and wisdom... such a large number of units gathered together and connected by some kind of computing method, what level of intelligence can it support?"

"A brain as big as the ocean, with trillions of trillions of cells, or more? Is this IQ in the millions or tens of millions?"

"Humans with an IQ of less than 200 can no longer understand this creature, right?"

Hearing this conjecture, everyone shuddered.

With an IQ of millions, can they go from elementary mathematics to calculus in one day?

In another day, can they come up with the theory of relativity?

Is this the enemy that humans... have to face?

But soon, another biologist jumped up and excitedly refuted this view: "Impossible! Dr. Del, your idea is absolutely not true!"

"Doesn't it take time to transmit communication signals? Just like the transmission speed of neurons in our brains, it is only one or two hundred meters per second, and it is the result of billions of years of optimization!"

"Wanting to connect the entire huge ocean is simply a joke. Is it the speed of light that transmits information?! If this Gaia creature really exists, its intelligence must have an upper limit. It may be very high, indeed higher than ours, but it will definitely not be as high as millions of levels!"

The scientist called Del immediately asked back: "Aren't the trace electromagnetic waves they emit the speed of light?"

The biologist shook his head and said: "...Don't these signals need to be received and digested by cells? This must take time!"

"Unless...the cells that make up Gaia creatures do not need to communicate with each other, but without communication, collective intelligence cannot be generated!"

In the current lack of evidence, people agree with the biologist's opinion.

Gaia creatures, although huge in size, will definitely not have an IQ that is infinitely high!

At least...its current technology is not advanced...