That night, the inexplicable public elective course "Cosmology" on S at the University of Cologne was already on the screen.
Many troublesome students filmed their classes into videos and uploaded them to school forums, personal spaces, and even internationally renowned video websites. For a time, it became a hot topic on major social platforms such as Future People 1.0, scarf, and Moments.
"Cosmology? Hold the grass, this is a perfect pretense!"
"The Future People Group is going to heaven!"
"Side by side with the sun!"
"Extraterrestrial civilization? This topic is too simple! It must be that... dark forest! Give me ten thousand US dollars!"
"It seems that the space colonization plan announced by Star Circle Trading is not a lie. Even something as mysterious as the exploration of extraterrestrial civilization has been used to set up a special subject. If it is not a 'one-way ticket', I would like to try it try… "
Compared with the hot discussion on the Internet, many news and self-media have also published similar headlines full of gimmicks, reporting on this matter with different emphasis.
[A wealthy professor drives a Lamborghini to class. Who made universities a profit-seeking field for capital?]
[Classroom assignment paper, reward of US$10,000! The most expensive homework ever!]
[Research on extraterrestrial civilization becomes a subject of the star ring trade project? Is it the fantasy of a fool, or the ambition to conquer the stars and the sea?]
[Amazing information was revealed in class, and more details of the Star Ring Trading space colonization plan were exposed... ]
"As of noon, the number of aerospace volunteer immigration applications has doubled compared to last month. If the aerospace training base is not expanded, I am afraid that the training venue will not be enough. How about temporarily closing it to the public first?" Kerr Wen suggested to Jiang Chen.
"No need," Jiang Chen shook his head, "If you don't have enough money, go to the Finance Department to apply. The early stage of aerospace is a money-losing project, so don't worry too much about this. As long as every penny is spent where it should be spent, you don't have to Be polite to me.”
"Yes." Kerwin breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.
To be honest, the entire group has been losing money for the project department he leads, and the losses are particularly severe. They are burning tens of billions of dollars! Although Jiang Chen kept telling him not to worry about money and just build this space elevator, it was absolutely impossible to say that there was no psychological burden.
After Kerwin left, Jiang Chen put the work documents aside, turned on his watch, clicked on his mailbox, and browsed the assignments submitted by his students.
Perhaps because of the $10,000 bonus, all the students submitted their homework seriously! Especially the Chinese students abroad, who inherited the fine tradition of education in China, wrote a paper of more than 100,000 words eloquently and quoted dozens of documents. Finally, my father-in-law wrote down the conclusions he drew neatly, and finally attached Teacher, thank you for your hard work.
Jiang Chen was moved, but also extremely ashamed.
It was his negligence. He should tell these students that they only need to submit a conjecture. There is no need to write a lot of proofs, because this kind of problem has never happened, no matter how many previous documents are cited, it cannot be solved. Get the absolute answer.
He just wanted to take this opportunity to find out what most people thought about contact with aliens.
After the command line retrieves all papers, it lists the central ideas of each paper and sorts them into categories according to certain rules.
There were a total of 1,173 papers, and Jiang Chen was surprised to receive 87 completely different views.
Perhaps because they have been influenced by political correctness for many years, many students from the West, especially students from Western Europe, generally put forward views that are more holy.
Some people have proposed setting up special ecological reserves on earth to accommodate these extraterrestrial visitors. Or set up an embassy to resolve possible differences between the two sides through dialogue. Some people also say that it may be inappropriate to establish a protected area for extraterrestrial civilizations on Earth. After all, they are not sure whether the other party is suitable for the atmospheric environment. Maybe the oxygen we rely on for survival is poison to them. They should be placed on the moon, or Mars...
For students from Asia, the answers tend to be more conservative.
That is, before believing that the other party has good intentions, first doubt whether the other party is hostile.
This may be related to being on the invaded side in modern wars. When facing foreign civilizations, Asian civilizations are more vigilant and more inclined to show off their weapons before showing an olive branch.
Someone suggested that no matter what the other party’s purpose is, we can “fire a shot” at it from a distance. If they are still alive, we are considering contacting them. Some people also pointed out that exchanges and dialogue are necessary, but the prerequisite is that the force of earth civilization must be shown to the other party. That is, dispatch the fleet of Earth civilization to greet them with military might.
But there are also pessimists who suggest that if they cannot resist, they should build their own colony ships to escape, and let at least some people escape and find a new home away from the solar system...
There are also some interesting points that point out that since the other party can conduct star navigation, it has been proved that the other party's technological level is higher than ours. Instead of trying to find ways to contact or confront them, it is better to think about how to be cute and please the aliens. Being a pet is much better than being a domestic animal...
There are also some female classmates who didn't bother to mention it at all. They just posted photos of themselves without any trace of photoshop in the email, and asked insinuatingly, "Are you free on the weekend night?" "Can you take me for a ride?" and other chats. If it's naughty...
Looking at these opinions, Jiang Chen just smiled and shook his head helplessly.
Excluding the boring stuff, opinions can be divided into three categories.
The peace faction, the war faction, and the surrender faction.
After excluding those papers that were obviously not intended to answer the questions properly, Jiang Chen discovered that among these students, the surrender faction actually accounted for 50%, while the peace faction also accounted for 30%, and only those who supported armed resistance accounted for only 20%. That’s all.
Moreover, among the two adults, there is also a slight swing in opinions.
After all, let alone a spaceship, even the "dry dock" of the spaceship - the space elevator has not yet been built.
Although many people were very optimistic when they wrote that when the earth's civilization comes into contact with extraterrestrial civilization, there will definitely be spaceships, as well as giant ships and cannons. But they don't have much idea about how to possess these magical weapons...
"It seems like it's too early?" Jiang Chen murmured to himself and turned his attention to the world map hanging on the wall of his office.
If this issue were left to the United Nations to decide, what conclusion would they ultimately come to
Should we embrace destruction with hope, abandon our unrealistic fantasies, and fight it, or should we fight our own people first
Everything is unknown.
He has a way to prove that the colonial ship is on the way. All he needs is an astronomical telescope. Anyway, he even knows the coordinates. But he had no way to prove its aggressiveness, and he had no confidence to convince everyone that the colonial ship was hostile to Chi Guo.
Jiang Chen randomly selected ten relatively representative papers and gave them qualified evaluations. Jiang Chen transferred 10,000 US dollars to the accounts of these ten lucky people.
That may be a lot of money to these students, but it was nothing to him.
Although it is a bit regretful, looking at it now, it is not the best time to disclose the coordinates of the harmonious civilization and the colony ship information. (.)