Chapter 353 Truth (Second Update Asking for a Monthly Pass)
After a short round of applause, Douglas smiled and said, "Lucian, in the past month, many arcanists here, including me, have confirmed the existence of cathode rays, and there was no problem with your experiment just now, so we can preliminarily determine that this is a particle smaller than an atom, and as the discoverer, you have the right to name it."
Although the paper on cathode rays was only published in this issue of "Arcane", either the Excellency of the Supreme Council or the high-level arcanists present had enough channels to know that a new ray had been discovered after Lucian submitted the paper and passed the review, and that he could experiment with its properties earlier than other arcanists and try to apply it to their own magical improvements.
With so many great arcanists and high-level arcanists watching, as long as there is any cheating or fraud in Lucian's experiment, it will be discovered, so the results of the experiment are real and credible.
"It has a negative charge and a very small charge, so let's call it an electron." Lucian didn't change the name.
"Yes, the name of electron is very good, it will be our first step into the microscopic world, and it is an important step forward for us to get closer to reality."
Douglas gave a speech to the advanced arcanists, trying to minimize the psychological impact of the collapse of the foundation of atomism and turn it into a glorious victory of the arcane, "However, we cannot be proud of this, we must calm down and think about some questions, why does the electron flow occur in gas discharge? What are the unique properties of electrons, and what is their exact mass and charge? Does it have anything to do with atoms, and what is the internal structure of atoms? Can electrons still be divided...... These questions need to be explored slowly."
Sure enough, it was a Douglas-style speech, Lucian's head swelled when he heard it, and finally understood why his teacher Fernando gave him the nickname "100,000 Whys", which is really appropriate, and he was ashamed of himself - Lucian already knew from Fernando that during the miracle experiment, they were "watching" in the half-plane space upstairs and heard his answer of "100,000 Whys".
His head turned slightly, Lucian's eyes collided with Fernando, and he pursed his mouth, indicating that he just got used to it.
At this time, Oliver smiled and interjected: "Your Excellency, it's better to leave the time to Evans, he is the protagonist today."
When Douglas heard this, he laughed and said, "I'm too excited, so let the young people talk about it."
"Evans, aren't you ready to share with us your experience in the arcane, why you can not be bound by the current arcane theory, not worry about the collapse of the cognitive world, and always put forward subversive views. Florence is a staunch atomist, and I have to take the time to slowly change her perspective, so I'm very curious about how you think, no, it's not forced, everyone has their own secrets, and I have things I don't want to share with others." Oliver smiled elegantly, neither condescending nor old-fashioned.
All the arcanists expressed strong interest in Oliver's questions, including Roland, and Fernando became serious, wanting to hear what his students thought, but Hathaway continued to maintain her usual cold and quiet attitude.
Lucian stood in front of the mirror passage, smiling at the great arcanists, legendary magicians, and high-level arcanists, calmly, without any stage fright, and said: "In this regard, I have a personal philosophical view, I hope to bring some inspiration to your Excellency and gentlemen."
"In my opinion, truths must make a distinction, and I divide them into absolute truth and relative truth."
"Absolute truth is the essence and law of the objective existence of the world, which does not change due to the proposal of any new theory, that is, the truth we seek."
"But limited by our knowledge level, magical power, way of thinking, exploration level, physical soul and other conditions, we can only get close to absolute truth and obtain relative truth under certain conditions, that is, relative truth is an approximation of absolute truth within a certain range, which can solve the problems we encounter under that condition, and once it exceeds this range, relative truth will become wrong."
The smiling and dashing Oliver smile slowly disappeared, his expression was serious and focused, Fernando's red eyes narrowed slightly, he didn't expect Lucian's thoughts to be so special, Douglas's tall body leaned back gently, subconsciously looking for a comfortable sitting position, as if he was in a deep thought, Hathaway held her chin with her right hand, rubbing it silently, just like Natasha's habitual movements.
Other arcanists, including Ravendi, Roland and others, did not expect Lucian to have such a mature mind, not at all relying on the vitality, sharpness and outstanding talent of young people to rampage in the arcane field, as previously thought.
"So many of the theories we overturn and subvert are not meaningless, they are relative truths under certain conditions, but with the development of arcane, the scope of our exploration has exceeded the conditions for their establishment, so they will appear wrong, absurd, and subverted."
"For example, in atomism, in ordinary alchemy reactions and magic potion boiling, as far as we have observed so far, the atom is indeed the most basic substance, and it is the relative truth under this condition."
"For example, during the ancient magic empire, why did their theories seem full of errors to us today, but they were still able to control their own spirits, perform magic, and even become legendary magicians? That's because they are also relative truths under certain conditions."
"As we explore, we get closer and closer to the truth of the world, the scope of truth needs to be applied more and more, and the relative truth obtained is becoming more and more close to the absolute truth, but the world is vast, and we are so small in comparison that it can be imagined that for a long, long time, we will not be able to obtain the absolute truth, and we can only grasp the relative truth that is more and more close to it.
"Therefore, we must always hold this view that what we have in our hands is only relative truth for the time being, containing some absolute truth but not complete, even if we believe in it, use it, and build a cognitive world based on it, it should be limited to certain conditions. This way, we can better face subversive views."
Taking this opportunity to give a speech, Lucian is also sorting out and consolidating his philosophical concepts, laying the foundation for all kinds of strange things he may face in the future, and trying to subtly understand the views of magicians.
However, Lucian also understands that once the three views are established, it is very difficult to change, and the same is true for the cognitive world of magicians, which cannot be changed by a philosophical speech. If a person can subdue his subconscious mind and completely control his body and mind, in earthly terms, he belongs to the category of "holy" and "Buddha".
Therefore, there must be magicians who will get headshot or never improve because of the collapse of the cognitive world in the future, there must be magicians who argue, argue, hate, and assassinate each other because of theoretical conflicts, and there must be magicians who know philosophical views but cannot use them to guide their arcane and magical learning.
After the speech, there was a brief silence in the small conference room.
After a while, Douglas took the lead in applauding and said: "Very good philosophical speculation, from another perspective to explain the development of arcane theory from the magic empire to the council, and the council at all stages. Lucian, you are more mature than I imagined, not only in age, but also here."
He pointed to his head, "I am completely relieved that you have become a member of the audit committee."
It can be seen that he likes philosophy very much.
Many theories and laws of the current arcane system are clearly established everywhere, and they are all laws summarized from the world, and have been confirmed by deducing other phenomena through the laws.
After a short discussion, the high-level arcanists left one after another, and they had to seize the time to explain the contradiction between the law of the elemental cycle and atomism to their students and friends, and gradually spread it, so that the majority of magicians could slowly change their positions.
"Lucian, well, when your paper is officially published, I will convene the senior management to discuss the Holm Crown Award." Morris said to Lucian almost one word at a time, his expression was extremely complicated, and he was relieved by a thick "hatred".
"I have no objection." Lucian couldn't bear to provoke him anymore.
Morris nodded heavily, and when he saw that LaVenti had already walked out of the small conference room, he "smiled" and said: "Actually, the miracle experiment has enough chance to help you get the Immortal Throne Award, it seems that there is no need to take another ring, anyway, there are electronics, hehe, I'm joking, you don't have to take it to heart."
He found the storm lord coming over and quickly turned to leave.
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A few days later, inside Chloe's Magic Tower.
A gas servant was holding a letter and preparing to hand it over to his master, but it only found the message left by the master: "I followed the teacher to conduct an experiment, and when I received a letter, I recorded the keywords and put them separately."
So, the gas servant opened the envelope, read the beginning, and summarized the key words: "...... Chloe, you have a hard time believing it, right? My teacher Roland discovered the contradiction between the laws of the elemental period and atomism, and predicted that there are particles smaller than atoms, which is very contradictory to your insistence that atoms are most likely not the basis of matter! In fact, matter is just people's illusion, energy is the essence of everything!"
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Heidler City, Pale Hand Headquarters, High-Level Meetings.
"Recently, Alinge, Elemental Will Headquarters, and some other places, many high-level arcanists have been secretly spreading problematic remarks about atomism and pointing out many loopholes." Rogerio tapped the table gently, "This matter is very weird."
Pesol sneered: "What's so weird? It is clear that there are experimental results that are not good for atomism, so the council is slowly changing the view of the arcanists, just as we did before."
If you see too many things, it will naturally be easy to guess.
"Very likely. It's a pity that I don't know what kind of experiment it is, otherwise I can secretly give the elemental will a hard blow." An old man wearing an ancient magic empire robe said viciously.
Felipe, who was sitting quietly in a corner, raised his head, glanced at him coldly, and said sarcastically: "Mr. Sosa, do you think you can hide from the council at this time and not make the council angry? Do you think they are all idiots?"
Under the strong suppression of the Parliamentary faction, at least in Alinge, the struggle within the Magic Council is still at a relatively rational level.
"If our experiment is known to us, it is their own fault." Sosa snorted coldly.
Since it was not clear what kind of experiment it was, the meeting ended early after assigning the task of inquiry.
After returning to his magic tower, Felipe bluntly ordered his servant: "Bring Lucian Evans' latest papers."
When the paper was found, Felipe read it again, and the more he looked at it, the more solemn it became: "It's all about cathode rays...... Particle flow? Negatively charged?"
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Holm Glorious Cathedral.
A secret piece of information was sent to the retreat room where several cardinals were located.
It's the last few hours, similar to the previous one, ask for a monthly pass!
(End of this chapter)