A monkey keeps typing away on a typewriter, and one day it will be able to type out the complete works of Shakespeare.
People often use the metaphor of monkeys and typewriters to illustrate that no matter how small the probability of something happening, it is possible as long as it occurs over an infinitely long time scale.
Many people believe that there are countless planets in the vast universe. Even if the probability of life giving birth to a planet is very small, humans will never be the only intelligent life in the universe.
So, when scientists announced this hypothesis, many people scoffed at it.
The reason why scientists announced this hypothesis so early is actually to give people in this world a shot of prevention.
Monkeys can type out the complete works of Shakespeare by pressing keys randomly on a typewriter, but after typing out the complete works of Shakespeare, if they continue to press keys randomly, how long will it take to type out the complete works of Shakespeare again
No one can prove that the universe is truly infinite. Perhaps after countless years of expansion, it has its own boundaries.
The universe is only a little over 13 billion years old.
The limited age multiplied by the limited boundary, multiplied by the possibility of life appearing.
Perhaps, theirs is the only civilization that has ever existed in this universe.
It is difficult to exceed the speed of light in the universe. The starry sky that humans see on the planet is from hundreds or even dozens of years ago.
The light observed now does not mean that there is no life on the planet at that location.
In this vast universe, there may be other planets with life and civilizations, but they could not escape the disasters caused by various reasons.
Human exploration is still ongoing, and more conclusive evidence is needed to completely determine that there is no life on a planet.
If you want to get completely conclusive evidence, you need to land on the planet and see it for yourself.
So, humanity held a nationwide vote and selected three Earth-like planets where life might exist, and their interstellar exploration ships launched high-tech probes to conduct their explorations.
As a child, Wundt watched those three exciting explorations with his parents.
To everyone's surprise, the high-tech detectors they sent out, going up the mountains and into the sea, did not find any signs of life.
The "green jungle" of one planet is nothing more than green glass accidentally exposed on the ground.
The result at that time was unbelievable to everyone.
Human beings may be lonely, and this becomes more and more evident in people's hearts.
After the enthusiasm subsided, only desolation remained. The extraterrestrial life that was once hotly discussed in the streets and alleys was swept into the dustbin of history.
Humans have come to accept failure.
But sometimes, things tend to take a turn for the better in unexpected places.
A few years after the Great Exploration, the huge space exploration ship jointly built by mankind received a message:
"Dear friends of humanity, it's nice to meet you."
This piece of news instantly ignited the flame that had once been dormant. People cheered and regained their enthusiasm for exploring the universe.
However, many people expressed doubts and started to play the conspiracy theory that "this is just fake news released by the government to restore our enthusiasm."
The subsequent intelligence sent by the space exploration ship refuted this conspiracy theory:
"I am very surprised that you can make such a huge thing and come here.
The strength you possess is enough to attract my attention.
My name is Spade, and I am the goddess who created this world.
In the near future, I will lead my family to visit you.
I hope to have a very peaceful conversation with you about the fate of the universe."
Along with this news came a photo of a huge light emanating from the universe.
No one expected this to be the result.
Goddess? God
Does such a thing really exist in this world
Perhaps, only by meeting each other can we know.
Before the gods came to this world, humans living in the world had many speculations about the identities of the gods, which were roughly divided into two groups:
There are two schools of thought: "Gods really exist in this world, and this world was created by Gods." There are also two schools of thought: "Gods do not exist in the world at all, and that God is just a disguised being of other advanced civilizations, and they must have some unspeakable secrets."
Amidst all the discussions, the goddess really came into the world with her followers.
The heads of all walks of life received the "Goddess" and the "Angel" on behalf of all mankind, and the video of the meeting with the Goddess was broadcast live to the whole world at the same time.
The group that supported the goddess saw the goddess and was overwhelmed by her brilliance, and became more certain of what they wanted;
Those who believed that the goddess was a high-level civilization saw that the goddess and her family were exactly as described in the books, and they were more certain that the so-called goddess was just a high-level civilization. The reason why they became the appearance in the myth books must be for some other purpose.
The goddess didn't stay for long. She just showed her face in front of everyone, said a few words, and then it was over.
After it was over, the goddess and the angel passed through the portal near the moon and disappeared completely.
The subsequent developments were beyond everyone's expectations.
After the goddess came, people who believed in her gradually gathered together into a group, and religion began to be restored in society.
Although Lukaism is called a sect, its existence is to enable people to better accept knowledge and understand the existence of this world.
We will not ask someone to make efforts in a certain area for the benefit of certain people or for the beautiful fairy tales woven by certain people.
The world's top leaders soon noticed this.
After several careful considerations, the top leaders of the world are more inclined to the view that "the goddess who appears here now is just a civilization that is slightly more advanced than theirs."
The top leaders of the world decided to laugh off the sudden appearance of the goddess and observe for a while.
But after a few years, the Goddess Sect developed faster than they had imagined.
People no longer use the science they once believed in to explain everything that happens in life, but instead turn to various metaphysics.
Many frontline personnel who once dedicated themselves to humanity have gradually become deeply involved in it.
The top leaders of the worlds soon realized that this was most likely the reason why the goddess announced her identity. She most likely wanted to gain the trust of ordinary civilizations in this bloodless way while blocking the development of their civilization.
Although the technology that could implant memories in people and reduce learning costs was already available at that time, it was impossible for everyone to use such technology. Most people relied on knowledge and weapons on the Internet to protect themselves.
With the development of technology, technology that reduces learning costs will one day be popularized to everyone, allowing everyone to gain wisdom from knowledge.
But in that era, it was still a minority of people who were driving history forward.
Those human resources who are not being utilized feel that their talents are not appreciated and naturally attribute some problems to external factors. This part of their emotions is most likely to be exploited by others.
(End of this chapter)