In junior high school, our teacher already warned us when teaching argumentative essays, "Remember not to come up with titles like 'On Reading' or 'Responsibility and Happiness.' Look at the people who write these articles. You haven't reached that level yet, so you can't come up with such titles." Today is no exception, we are just discussing a very small part of seeking knowledge. Each perspective should be touched upon lightly, which sounds nice as "dipping a toe in the water," but in reality, even if you want to say more, you can't. (After finishing writing, I realized that there is actually no trace of seeking knowledge in it)
It was just about a month ago when a classmate got two collections of Liu Cixin's novels from the teacher. I borrowed them and read a few pieces. I really didn't understand the worldview of "The Mountain" at all, I was confused while reading it. At that time, I finally read the original work of "The Wandering Earth," and then I finally understood the statement that "The Wandering Earth 2 is completely original by the production team" that others commented on. The dedication of the Earth faction is the most touching part of this novel for me. Science may be misunderstood, but those who believe in science will always remain faithful to it. In "The Three-Body Problem," there is a very appropriate saying that top scientists must treat science as their faith and not waver.
Kurata Masaru once likened our universe to a pool of water in his article "The Educational Journey of a Physicist," and we ourselves are the fish in this pool. Suddenly, a fish is taken out of the water, and this physicist fish finds that the world outside the water does not conform to the existing laws, believing that the world outside the water is incomprehensible. We humans may also be like this. In the process of seeking knowledge, we may encounter things that are fundamentally incomprehensible—such as clocks ticking faster than usual, and these things may actually be the laws of this world. Our physics teacher also warns us that in studying physics, we cannot rely on intuition.
In Liu Cixin's novel "Morning Tao," physicists exploring the unified law are seen as futile. Some physicists pay the price of their lives to know this knowledge, hoping to know this law before they die, just like some mathematicians are willing to sacrifice their lives for the ultimate proof of the Goldbach Conjecture.
After obtaining knowledge, they will die, and this knowledge does not contribute to human society. Their actions are only for themselves, for their own scientific beliefs. In the documentary "The Mathematicians Chosen by Mathematics," some mathematicians answer, "I like mathematics because it is very simple and pure."
When people look curiously at the sky, the laws are not far away.