Zhao Yi had previously thought about independently developing an earth simulator, which required rich data support from many scientists, and the most abundant resources for these scientists were in various universities across the country.
Tianwen University happens to be a full-discipline university with a large scale. Although it is not yet able to promote each discipline to the top domestic or international level, it is still connected to each discipline after all.
As for the data provision method for the earth simulator in his plan, he will fund it himself and be led by Tianwen University. Experts and professors from various universities across the country will participate to jointly promote this plan.
In this case, it will be of great benefit to Zhao Yi, Tianwen University and various universities. Zhao Yi only needs to pay to get the data he wants.
Tianwen University took advantage of this opportunity to take the lead to raise its presence in the country by several levels, and in cooperating with various universities, it was also able to actively learn from the experiences of each university.
For various universities, funding issues will always be a real issue, now and in the future. Through this cooperation, they can obtain scientific research funds and enable their various disciplines to achieve tremendous development and breakthroughs.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yiyi said to Principal Jiang: "There is a project that involves a wide range of scientific categories and requires the participation of scientific personnel from various fields to provide real and effective data support.
Therefore, this involves the development of many scientific research projects. The project will be independently invested by me, and Tianwen University will take the lead in organizing domestic academics to participate and complete the project. "
When Principal Jiang heard this, he immediately became interested. Zhao Yi spoke so carefully and explained in advance that the subject categories involved in this project were very wide, which aroused his curiosity.
Although there are not many interdisciplinary subjects in academia now, they are all relatively simple, and only two or three subjects are involved in a certain research. This is already an amazing research project.
Zhao Yi's tone just now basically covers all scientific categories, and even social sciences and humanities disciplines will be moderately involved, which is very interesting.
Although the Earth Simulator is only a project to simulate the earth, and the natural sciences account for the absolute share, if you want to simulate changes and trends in social forms, you need the participation of social sciences and humanities disciplines.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that this project involves all disciplines. It is just that the initial focus is on natural subjects and the construction of an earth simulator based on natural attributes.
After this step is almost completed, experts and professors in social sciences and humanities will need to participate to provide their research results in this area, and finally form a complete human society simulation on the earth simulator.
"Oh, tell me, I'm curious about what big project requires the participation of so many people and disciplines." Principal Jiang said quickly.
"Actually, the establishment of this project was a whim of mine. I called it Earth Simulator. In other words, this project is to build a virtual Earth that highly restores the real Earth.
If you want to build this earth simulator, you must have in-depth research and understanding of our planet and the galaxy where the planet is located. Only in this way will the simulation be more realistic.
This involves almost all current disciplines, and if this plan is really implemented, it will have unparalleled benefits for our understanding of our planet.
Of course, in the process of this research, it will also have a great promotion effect on various disciplines in our country. It can lead to the establishment of a large number of research projects and cultivate more professional talents. " Zhao Yi said.
After hearing this, Principal Jiang was stunned. He really wanted to ask how Zhao Yi came up with this project, because it was too difficult, the time span was too long, and more importantly, the cost would be considerable. huge.
The earth simulator is a scientific project, not a game project. All data should not be taken for granted. If there are parameters and actual initial inputs that are too large, it will have serious consequences and lead to the overall failure of the project.
Although President Jiang is an academic, he certainly welcomes the launch of such a large-scale project. After all, the benefits are very obvious. Even if it does not succeed in the end, it will leave a large legacy.
But as Zhao Yi's friend, he still had to worry about Zhao Yi's idea. Although Zhao Yi did have money, in his opinion, it was unlikely that he could support this project.
Zhao Yi made money by making money, which was sustainable, but the Earth Simulator was not the case. The huge investment was foreseeable, but the possibility of recovering the investment had not yet occurred to him.
This kind of purely money-burning project is beyond the capabilities of the country even if it is carried out with the strength of the country. After all, if it really has a 100% earth simulation degree, it means that all disciplines have basically reached their peak.
At that time, the small earth will definitely not be able to hold back the pace of human beings, and human civilization will directly achieve a breakthrough. It is hard to say what higher-level civilization will be, but at least it will be more than enough to break through the first-level civilization.
It can be seen from here that Zhao Yi wants to raise the level of human civilization on the entire earth with one fell swoop. The difficulty can be imagined.
"Although this idea is good and has great research value, I feel that it is not very reliable. Moreover, it is still up to you to invest independently. The risk is too great." Principal Jiang shook his head and said.
His subtext has two meanings. The first one is that the benefits are not proportional to the investment. This is for Zhao alone. The risks are basically borne by him personally, while the benefits belong to the country or the entire human race.
The second meaning is that the risk is too great. Human beings will not care about the gain or loss of interests unless they are at a critical moment of life and death. They must pool all the wealth and wisdom of mankind to do one thing. Otherwise, under other circumstances, they will be very lucky if they are not constrained. .
Moreover, this project was not established in the name of the country, but in the name of individuals. By then, the span will be more than ten years or even decades, and it will be a common thing, and no one can afford it.
More importantly, Principal Jiang could not see how much benefit Zhao Yi could get from this project. Small benefits had little positive effect on the entire investment, and big benefits could not be seen.
When Zhao heard Principal Jiang's words, he also smiled, because the project itself was a whimsical project. How could he not know the difficulty and huge cost involved
It's just that he didn't expect to achieve 100% simulation level from the beginning. Instead, he wanted to use this project to promote the development of various domestic scientific undertakings and promote the improvement of the entire domestic civilization level.
Of course, he can also gain great benefits from this. The smaller benefits are, as mentioned before, provided to the military for network simulation exercises and to the government to simulate global geopolitics and international relations.
Even if it is provided to the scientific community, it is of great value, such as simulating climate change, simulating global environmental changes, or simulating other research projects involving earth sciences.
These are all visible benefits. Although these benefits may be very different from the investment in the entire project, they can also be regarded as a source of income.
In addition, Zhao Yi also plans to build a virtual world in the future. When the brain-computer interface is ready, humans will be able to swim in the virtual world with their consciousness.
Even in the future, almost all human activities can be completed in this virtual world, such as learning, scientific research, work, etc. Human beings only need to maintain basic physiological needs in the real world.
Just think about it and you will know how big the benefits are. This is equivalent to him mastering a virtual world that belongs entirely to him, and he can charge a certain percentage of the economic output in it.
Even in Zhao Yi's view, the virtual world is not the greatest benefit. The greatest benefit is the transformation and colonization of alien planets. This is the greatest benefit.
Earth simulators involve many subjects, but the most important one is the study of the earth's environment. Although it is a study of the earth, it is actually a study of how a planet can be suitable for human survival.
After this research is understood, as long as the technical conditions are met, it will become very simple for humans to start planetary transformation. This will greatly expand the living space of humans and prevent the entire civilization from being wiped out due to fluctuations in the universe.
The universe is changing all the time. Although it takes a long time for the impact of this change to be reflected back to humans, this change is actually accompanied by various risks.
If human beings want to survive in this universe for a long time, they cannot stay in one place forever. They need to migrate appropriately according to changes in the cosmic environment, so as to overcome the adverse effects of changes in the universe.
Therefore, going into the universe and colonizing other countries is the path that humans must take. If there are no planets in the universe that are naturally suitable for human survival, at least they must be very few in number, and there are too few options to choose from.
This requires us to master planet transformation technology and fully understand the living environment we humans need, so that we can survive wherever we go.
Of course, this is just to let the environment adapt to human survival. In fact, there is another way, which is to let human beings adapt to the environment so that they can survive.
In other words, in order for humans to adapt to various environments in the universe, they need to constantly change their genetic structure and body structure to achieve the purpose of adapting to the environment.
If we just do this, will humans still be the same humans as before? Zhao Yi cannot give an accurate answer for the time being. This is not a technical issue, this is a philosophical issue.
It can be seen from here that through this project, Zhao Yi is not unable to obtain benefits, but with Principal Jiang's current vision, he cannot imagine the interest issues behind this project.
As for whether this project can achieve the goals required by Zhao Yi, he is not too worried. First, it is not urgently needed yet. Humanity has not faced such great difficulties in a short period of time. Therefore, although the annual investment capital is huge, it can still be afforded. Affordable.
The second is that he still has a golden finger in his hand. Since the Zhouling Space can instantly generate 100% restoration of the laws of the universe, these things are also applicable when taken out.
In other words, no matter whether these participating scientists can complete the goals of the project by then, he will have a way to complete the project. It just depends on whether he needs to personally participate in it.
Because of his confidence, he was not too worried that the project would fail and he would end up miserable.
Of course, judging from the golden finger he has, even if the Earth Simulator project fails, he will only lose money at most, and the rest will not have a big impact on him. It is very easy to make a comeback.
"In fact, there is no need to worry too much. This project is destined to be a long-term project. In fact, the initial cost is not large. It only requires an annual investment of more than 10 billion yuan to carry out this work.
Moreover, modern science has been developing for hundreds of years, and some superficial scientific theories are relatively complete. In the early stage, it is only necessary to summarize the existing scientific results and then apply them to this project.
After this step is completed, the difficult moment will come, and we will need to carry out more basic research. At that time, the investment will be much greater, but in my estimation, if we want to get to this step, it will be the fastest. It will take more than ten years.
At that time, the financial pressure I will face will be much less, and I can invest more funds in this project, so overall, the pressure will not be very great. " Zhao Yi explained to Principal Jiang.
Hearing what Zhao Yi said, Principal Jiang felt a lot more relieved. He was just worried before. This was not only due to the relationship between friends, but also out of consideration for the development of Tianwen University.
Although Tianwen University is the biggest beneficiary of such a huge investment of funds, if Zhao Yi really collapses, it is easy to say that Tianwen University can survive on its own. If not, it will have to change from a private university to a public university.
Although it can survive relying on the government, it also means that its autonomy will be greatly weakened. Unlike now, it has a high degree of autonomy in many things and can run the university almost entirely according to its own ideas for running a school.
Now that it has been confirmed that the project will be established, the specific implementation steps must be discussed, otherwise, things will not go so smoothly later.
The first is the issue of funding. Zhao Yi promised Principal Jiang that after he returned, he would immediately inject 10 billion yuan into the project team to carry out preliminary work.
If you want other universities to follow Tianwen University's baton, they must have sufficient interests, and funding is a very important aspect.
Although 10 billion yuan is not a huge amount among Zhao Yi's previous investments, it is still enough for the establishment of the initial project organization, the establishment of relevant laboratories and academic cooperation with various universities.
And this 10 billion yuan is not a limit. If things go smoothly and the 10 billion yuan is used up in advance, Zhao Yi will continue to inject capital.
The second step is to establish the organizational structure and contact various schools. In this regard, the support Zhao Yi can provide is limited. Unless he personally participates, then he alone can take over half of the project team.
It's just that he is unwilling to do this, otherwise he would not announce the project to the outside world. Can't he just do it secretly by himself, and it can also save a lot of capital costs.
If we really do this, although the main purpose will be achieved, many related purposes will not be produced, such as improving the scientific research literacy of the whole people and raising the level of civilization of the whole people.
Moreover, this project is not just a scientific research project, but also a scientific research organization project. Although scientific research is very important, organizational skills, especially the training of large-scale scientific research organizational skills, are also very important.
In the future, scientific research projects will rarely be carried out alone. Many scientific research projects are very complex and involve a very large number of people. This requires scientific and reasonable organizational methods to ensure the smooth progress of the project.
At present, our country is still relatively weak in this aspect. Personal scientific literacy can also be exercised through cultural education and daily scientific research projects. However, it is difficult to gain access to this kind of large-scale scientific research organizational capabilities.
The Earth Simulator project involves many scientific categories, a long time span, a large scale of funds, and a large number of participants. It is a project that can truly cultivate the organizational capabilities of my country's scientific research community.
Even if this project ultimately fails, the talents who come out of it can also be put into other large-scale scientific research projects and become major players, able to take the lead in large-scale scientific research projects.
Therefore, Zhao Yi himself cannot participate too much in this matter, but is prepared to exist as the main funder, and other tasks can be left to others.
At present, the best candidate for this organizational work is of course Tianwen University. Whether it is due to personal relationships or the disciplinary strength that can be mobilized, Tianwen University is the best.
Other universities have a very clear focus in subject setting. Although they may have a good foundation in a certain subject, there are some subjects that their school does not have at all.
Although Tianwen University is not first-rate in all subjects, its strength in the country is not that weak. After all, it has hired so many master-level figures with high salaries, so it will not be much worse.
Moreover, Tianwen University's current weak subjects can also be greatly improved through this project. Even if they are not ranked first, they will not be very weak.
More importantly, through this project, a large number of scientific research organization talents can be cultivated for Tianwen University, providing a talent base for other large-scale projects that Zhao Yi will carry out in the future.
For example, planetary transformation is a step that humans will eventually take, especially after controllable nuclear fusion is completed, then the space program can be launched in full swing.
Instead of like now, the actual application project is to launch some satellites around the earth. As for the farther ones, they can only be scientific research projects, and the cost is high and the intensity is low.
The last step is to build the foundation of the project. Since it is an earth simulator, there must be a software to simulate the earth. Although this seems simple, it is actually not easy at all.
This is not only reflected in the huge amount of programming workload, but also in the scalability and integrability of the architecture. Currently, there are no such talents in the world who can complete this work.
General programming is predictable, so that targeted logic programming can be carried out, but the uncertainty of the earth simulator is very strong, and parameter corrections and other work are often performed.
More importantly, you still don’t know which discipline will make a big breakthrough in the future and which theory will be born. If you don’t build the architecture in the early stage, programming alone will be extremely difficult in the future.
So only Zhao Yi can do this part of the work himself, and he also has advantages in this regard. This advantage is brought by primary artificial intelligence. With artificial intelligence to do it, not only the workload is small, the cost is low, but also there is no need to face projects. crash situation.
After discussing all these aspects, Zhao Yi finally completed his trip to Tianwen University. Zhao Yi opened a special bank account for this project on the spot, and the money was transferred to this account.
The remaining work is mainly done by Tianwen University, which has little to do with Zhao Yi, and Principal Jiang is also very willing to take on this work. After all, the benefits are very obvious. (End of chapter)