Chapter 13 Adventure

The solution of genius is still the escape of genius. We can't pick them out one by one, but we can pick them out at once. Countless pairs of socks——God Cai's answer Northtown Northtown weird "sock" How can you choose countless pairs of socks. - sock problem When I woke up from the transmitter in the laboratory, I realized that Ai Wan had already fallen asleep on the sofa.The next day I asked him why I couldn't stop Changed places and came back in a short time.He said that he was really sleepy, and he was afraid that there would be problems after a long time, so he set the time and place,

It will stop automatically at that time. It turned out that I was dismissed like this. This is a rare time travel!This Ai Wan was too careless. Later, I gradually mastered the basic operation of the machine, but I didn't expect Ai Wan to explore the secrets of the pyramids first.So I sent him out , but I am still a little worried that that place may not be safe.I can only stare at him closely, and stop as soon as there is a slight change. Sure enough, after I quickly turned off the machine, the first thing Ai Wan said was, "I was scared to death!" It turned out that he had encountered a group of robbers in the desert.

. I've been busy with work for a while, and I don't have time to go to play again.One day, I suddenly received an email from a friend I hadn’t contacted for many years, inviting me to borrow a job So I went to his place to have a look, and said that there was something I wanted to ask for my help.So I wrote an application for inspection, and planned to inspect the Novias Peninsula by the way. protection of wetlands. The Novias wetland is the best preserved wetland ecosystem in the world today. My friend Gavel teaches in the town of Novias not far from the wetland. He Can be called an idealistic volunteer.When he heard that the culture and education in this place was backward, he decided to leave the city and become a teacher in North Town

.I haven't seen him for a long time, I don't know how he is now. Gavel is a maverick and a maverick.He used to sit on the row all afternoon, waiting until the sun went down over the mountains to the west.I After I went there, I sat with him like this for most of the time, hardly talking, because every time I was about to speak, he interrupted me and asked me to look at the sky or Those who close their eyes and meditate, in short, be quiet.At first I was very uncomfortable and couldn't sit still. Slowly, I seemed to be communicating with nature.White clouds, trees, rocks, seedlings,

The worms, even the smoke from the kitchen in the distance can talk, so soft, so warm, the most exciting thing is the sunset glow when the sun sets, and the colorful clouds in the sky... I I can't describe it, you still have time to experience it yourself. Jiawei Le is teaching in the village, as if he never existed.But if I don't know him, if I don't come to see him, if I don't want to sit with him So, if I can't sit still, if I can't feel quietly, if... Then maybe I will never be able to get the joy of communicating with nature.at least i Thank you for such an ordinary person.

The night in the village is very quiet, and one can hear one's own heartbeat. In the sound of heartbeat, a person can feel the existence of one's own life so strongly.he and me I talked a lot about the local customs and folk customs, but unfortunately I forgot most of them. One of the stories left a deep impression on me.This story is about " socks". The following is what he said (not the original words, the dialogue was changed to a narrative form, and only the gist of it was recorded). The climate of the British Isles is very different from that of continental Europe. In fact, for those who are not used to the climate of the UK, they may have to pay for living in the UK.

Dedicate some energy to fight against the climate, the result of this tempering may be two completely different performances.One is the outbreak after continuous endurance, thus shaping the glory of the British Empire; the other is the quiet gentlemanly demeanor, which is reflected in the thinking and never-ending recollection of history.The combination of these two personalities It is the best description of Russell, his meditation and wisdom are always accompanied by his quiet back, while his thoughts are constantly bursting out in the night sky.his thoughts Involved in philosophy, logic, mathematics, politics and other fields, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Russell once thought about such a problem: We can choose half of the shoes from countless pairs of shoes according to certain rules; Some method or rule to do a similar selection from an infinite number of pairs of socks? This is a very strange question, isn't it? Let me explain first: "According to a certain rule or method" means, for example, in shoes, we can stipulate that only the right foot (or left foot) is taken , then we only need to take out one by one according to this rule, and it must be half of them in the end.But what about socks?Also note here that the quantity is

——Innumerable, if it is finite, we can, for example, realize it by counting, but because it is infinite, we have no way to count. Countless pairs of socks are piled up together, is there a way for us to take out half of them in principle? The solution of genius or the escape of genius We cannot pick out one by one, But we can pick it out at once, Countless pairs of socks. ——An answer from a genius I don't know if you have already thought of a solution, I have also thought about some, but it is not what the question really wants to say.I imagined that all socks could be Arranged in a row, we only need to take out every other one, isn't it all right!But there is another problem here. There are countless socks.

Wait to be able to finish, let alone have to pick it up again.Seems like a hard problem to solve when it comes to counting, I sometimes wish I never heard This question, how peaceful it is! But isn't such a strange question worth thinking about? Later, I couldn't help asking him what was going on. At that time, I thought that if it was some kind of brain teaser question, wouldn't it be a great injustice for me to keep thinking about it? in vain.For example, although socks do not distinguish between left-foot socks and right-foot socks, there are now socks that can be distinguished from left and right feet for individualized considerations.

In addition, we can also make a mark for the left and right feet of each pair of socks to show the difference, just like some brand socks are woven with marks on the side. The problem is not solved. But these thoughts are not Russell's "socks" in the story we are talking about now.Because what Russell's "sock" is trying to tell us is not whether It may be possible to distinguish socks or how to distinguish them, but I want to tell us a more incredible truth.He explained a whole lot, and I ended up with the succinct The statement summarizes the content as follows (of course, the socks here do not consider left and right): Really, until now I still don't quite believe that those wise people solved it like this: They say that we really can't follow a fixed procedure or step implement this choice.The meaning of this statement is: Suppose it is possible to use a computer program to direct a robot to do this, but the problem is that we will never design it now. Create such a program to command the robot.Similarly, such a program can be designed for shoes, for example, there is a command "take the left shoe". command, the robot will continue to execute the command.But not for socks.So: since there are infinite pairs of socks, I don't have to have one Not only take it, but take out half of the countless pairs of socks at once.Since taking one is also taking, taking countless ones is still just taking it.Of course here It is recognized that there can be countless things, just like a finite number of chicken burgers placed there, French fries are close to infinite! In reality, many scientists do not accept this conclusion, thinking that it is too beyond our intuition, but is our intuition correct? In the end, I was almost falling asleep, and I asked him vaguely, "What is this, and is it useful?" Niang, just like a National Geographic photographer finally saw the paradise on earth, full of yearning and respect, said slowly, "choose-choose-public- reason--……" That night I dreamed that I was sleeping on the sunset glow. Novias Wetlands Novias Wetlands The cleanliness of the world comes from this turbid place. Any form of protection is another breach. —— Ecological Paradox The next day I asked Gavel to take me to the Novias Wetland for investigation.Soon after we set off, the scenery around us began to become messy and unfamiliar. There were so many plants and animals that we hadn't seen anywhere else before that we had to go on foot.According to Gaveler, this wetland preserves the wetland All characteristic ecological species.Now what keeps stimulating our sense of smell is the smell of rotting vegetation mixed with sludge, mixed with something like The pungent smell of organic manure.Is this the best preserved wetland in the world?Or do I simply not understand what a wetland is? Gavel told me that to truly understand the wetlands we have to wait until nighttime.I was a little scared suddenly, this wetland looked worse than the jungle Measure the height, what will the night here be like? Jiaweile grabbed a handful of sludge, "These are rotten plants and soil mixed together and gradually turned into chemical reactions, but they have It works a lot. " "what's the effect?sink your foot in? ""Do not make jokes. "We turned a very small part of the whole wetland and felt I'm a little tired, and Gavel has already prepared to spend the night here. In fact, he wants me to observe this place more. At noon we found a drier place in this wetland to rest and eat.But the surrounding smell is not suitable for eating.Gavel said: " Aren't the living animals here doing this every day? " "But we are not them." ""That's right, but human beings can change this place and become our own. world. "I think there is something in his words, "Is this place also to be developed?" "It is said to be so." " "But now everyone knows that we Wetlands must be protected, or we are destroying ourselves! "Gavelle said: "What does that matter? There is a need here. Is it only allowed to Destroying wetlands everywhere in exchange for so-called wealth, is it not allowed to do the same here? "I couldn't answer him. But when the night just fell, I felt as if all the life here began to move around.Occasionally there is a rustling sound from behind, my spine I felt a bit of coolness.As the night got darker, my heart became more and more tense. Although I knew that Gavel was familiar with this place, the kind of feeling was so strange. The resulting fear is lingering. We got on the boat parked in the depression and gradually rowed to the depths of the wetland.Suddenly there were a few "children" shouts, "What is that, here How can there be children? "Gavelle said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, it's an owl. "It's the first time I've noticed that owls can sound like newborn humans sound.With the light in Gaveler's hand, I really saw an owl. It turned its head and stared at us, not knowing what it was thinking. At this moment, I caught a glimpse of a black shadow shaking in front of us on the left, and quickly took a picture of it, and there was silence. "Gavelle, I seem to see I saw something move. Gavel stared at it for a while, "It's okay, there are many animals here, maybe frogs or something." " "here has something big "There will be crocodiles, too, or giant pythons." " "what?Are we going to continue to stay in this place? " There was another crash, and this time Gavel saw it too. It turned out to be a small boat with two local aborigines sitting on it.Gavel told them After a few words I couldn't understand, the two natives rowed the boat and disappeared into the darkness.An occasional gust of wind always makes me shiver all over. For some reason, I always There is a feeling of wanting to escape. I wondered if I was still on the earth. At this moment, our boat swayed suddenly, and I fell into the muddy water with a splash. In an instant, I felt My whole body was cold, and Jiawei Le pulled me up. At this moment, I heard the sound of animal teeth touching from behind, and I broke out in sweat.then There was a pop, followed by a loud noise, the boat kept shaking, and water splashed in all directions.When I calmed down and looked back, a huge crocodile had already died on my shoulders. At the place where it fell into the water just now, the crocodile had a long javelin stuck in its body. I said with lingering fear: "Gavelle, you saved me." "They saved us." At this time, a small boat was rowing through a tall grass When we came out, two indigenous friends waved to us, and then rowed towards the crocodile. My body was getting colder and colder, and we had to end this wetland "expedition" ahead of schedule. Gavel looked a little embarrassed in the flickering flames, "I really shouldn't have let you and me stay there at night." "See what you're talking about." , In fact, this is the latest time I have been in contact with wetlands.Although it is a bit thrilling, after all, I have a better understanding of the survival rules of the wetland.But I still don't understand , Is this the best protected wetland in the world? " Gavel looked at me, "I don't understand what you mean." "I mean, residents can kill crocodiles and other animals at will. Can such a situation be called 'protection'?" "Then how do you think it can be called 'protection'?" "At least you can't allow casual killing of animals!" Gavel seemed to say with some kind of admiration: "They've been living like this for a long time, and now all I know is that the wetlands or living things here are The ecosystem is still the most natural and original, far more harmonious than any place protected by humans. " "More harmonious? People hunt and kill animals, and you think that's harmonious." "In fact, people are also part of the ecological environment and a link in the biological chain. Why can't they kill animals? The problem is not to use various machines to kill them. For all animals, human development and plundering of the natural world have actually exaggerated themselves from a link in the biological chain to an end point. " I was silent and didn't know what to say. Gavel also said: "In fact, the natural world does not need human protection, it just needs human beings not to destroy. Any form of protection is another kind of destruction. "This kind of thinking seems familiar, maybe only all the people who really feel the nature have such a consistent point of view. Although I know the importance of wetlands, to be honest, I don't have a good impression of them. I didn't really take it seriously until Gaveler said a slightly contradictory sentence. Be aware of your own narrowness.He said: "The cleanliness of the world comes from this turbid place." Suddenly, I saw the blue planet spinning happily in the night sky-with her children! Tasso's story Tasso's story Everything is possible, and so is the impossible. — Paradox of Nature The purpose of Jiawei Le calling me this time is not to inspect the wetlands, nor to allow me to experience nature, these are just additional programs.but i still Many thanks to him. He didn't tell me until the third day. Still in his small quiet courtyard, we looked at the sunset in the sky.He suddenly said: "The main reason for letting you come this time is to ask you to do me a favor." . " I almost forgot he said this in the letter, "Oh, what's the matter, just say it." "Actually, I can't tell." "Don't be kidding, Gavel, you called me all the way before you knew what was going on, maybe it was just to show me the crocodile." Gavel smiled, "Really, I can't explain clearly, but you still listen to me slowly, and then we will think together." "Okay, take your time, but don't talk about brains, I really want to rest. Better tell a fairy tale or something." "Although this is not a fairy tale, it is at least a mysterious 'legend'." "Legend? Let's hear it." I don't know why I am more interested in the weird and even impossible than the things that are within reach. West is stronger.Is it human nature to seek out mysteries? Gavel said: "I heard this story a few years ago from an old man named Tasso who lived here at the age of 111. died that year.This story is his own experience. " "Can that be called a legend? It should be a past event!" "But I think it's more like a legend." "Speak quickly, and make a decision after listening." When Tasso was young, he often went fishing with his companions, and once encountered a storm in the deep sea. The "Young One" sailed eastward on the calm sea, and Captain Levy and the crew were enjoying the sunshine and sea breeze on the deck. Captain Levy said happily: "This is a bumper harvest, at least everyone can rest for a while." The crew also opened the wine bottles to celebrate the upcoming victory. Celebrate.Just when everyone was enthusiastic, Captain Levy suddenly smelled a faint salty smell from the sea breeze. Based on his many years of experience, he felt the least Things you would like to see may be around the corner. He stared into the distance alone, hoping it was just an illusion.But he has already seen the faint dark clouds moving in the distance, Captain Levi Immediately called the crew, "Everyone hurry back to their respective positions, the storm is coming soon." The monitoring room has not sounded the alarm yet.The storm and the tsunami will reach this area at the same time, and their "Young One" fishing boat is in the southwest of this area .Captain Levy ordered to immediately turn around and return to the western sea, trying to get out of this sea area. But the storm came too fast, and the "Younger" had just sailed a few nautical miles away, and the strong wind mixed with sea water had already rushed towards it.Thanks to Tasso He and the other four companions have already lowered the sails, otherwise the "Younger" may have begun to sink by now.The sea water poured into the cabin continuously, the sky It has also become like night, and the tranquility just now seems to have become a distant memory in an instant. The largest ship in North Town became like a helpless sea bird in the roar of the sea, fluttering its wings but unable to move an inch. Captain Levy himself steered the helm, and the hero of the sea could only hold on a little longer.Although the crew are experienced sailors, But in the embrace of the sea, he still looks like a powerless child. With a click, the main mast was broken by the strong wind and disappeared into the darkness instantly.Tasso was wearing a life jacket, holding a broken plank tightly, he knew The next step is to wait. The "Younger" sank. In fact, every sailor knows that the only miracle that can be expected at this time is to be able to survive. Don't even think about the harvest. Most of the crew are already unconscious in the sea water, and the possibility of being rescued or persisting is very slim. When Tasso opened his eyes, he knew he was alive because he saw the sun again. When Tasso stood up, he saw something that surprised him even more. All the crew members were lying on a piece of grass, and the wounds of the sailors had been bandaged up.How is this going? Tasso said to himself: "How is this possible?" "Everything is possible, and so is the impossible." A voice came from behind.Tasso turned around and saw a middle-aged man coming out of the bushes behind him Come. i'm leaving i'm leaving A grain of wheat does not make a heap, Not two pills, not three pills... So no matter how much wheat there is, it is not a heap of wheat. ——The Paradox of the Wheat Stack The sailors woke up slowly, and Tasso asked this man: "Why is it possible to say 'impossible'?" "If everything is possible, and 'impossible' is included in 'everything', so it is also possible." "but……" "Did you think you might survive?" "impossible." "But you're still alive, aren't you?" Of course everyone knows that they are still alive, but what happened?Isn't this the world? "You come with me." Everyone looked at Captain Levy, and Captain Levy said: "Everyone should listen to him, I am like you now." It turned out that this middle-aged man was the village chief named Luo Xiute.The head of Luo Xiute arranged accommodation for everyone without any explanation.The next day, Captain Levy and several The crew found that the people in the village were busy building a castle, so everyone participated in the construction of the castle for the next two months.No No one can explain to everyone what happened, and finally Tasso couldn't help asking Captain Levi when they plan to return to North Town, and Captain Levi didn't know what to do. What to do, so Captain Levi took Tasso and two other crew members to find the village chief Luo Xiute. Captain Levy said: "Mr. Luo Xiute, you saved our lives, but we still don't know what happened, we know the truth of the matter. " Village Chief Luo Xiute was silent for a while, "Do you want to go back?" Tasso said: "Yes, Village Chief Luo Xiute, this is not our home after all." The village head said: "Yes, in fact, you can leave anytime." "But we'd love to know what happened." "Actually, it's nothing. The people in the village saw your boat sinking, so everyone can't wait to save you." "But we haven't seen any islands in this sea at all?" "Maybe you didn't pay attention, this village has existed for hundreds of years." Everyone can only accept this statement, although the crew members know that this place is indeed not marked on the map of this sea area, or it may be that the mappers did not Find. The village head of Luo Xiute continued: "If you want to stay, you can stay. After the castle is completed, everyone will have nothing to do. Young people usually only It is to think about some problems without doing anything. " Captain Levy said, "But we still have family." "It's okay, Captain Levy, we won't stop those who want to go home, but the way back is also very dangerous." In fact, this place is surprisingly beautiful. In the past two months, everyone has fallen in love with this place, and some people are still reluctant to leave.because most The crew are all young people, and their nostalgia for their hometown is far less intense than that of Captain Levy.Captain Levi told everyone that if anyone doesn’t want to go back, the village chief Luoxiet Promise to stay.But he must go back, because his wife and children are still waiting for him! Two months later, the crew and the villagers helped Captain Levi and several companions who were going home repair a boat, so Captain Levi, Tasso and the other four The three crew members bid farewell to the head of Luo Xiute, his companions and the villagers, and sailed to North Town. Everyone prayed that there would be no more storms.It was another fine weather with sunshine and breeze, and Tasso remembered what village chief Luo Xiute told them when he parted. A question that the village is thinking about. The village chief Luo Xiute asked them: "Does a grain of wheat count as a pile of wheat?" They looked at each other, "Of course not." "Then do two grains of wheat count?" "Not counting." "What about three grains?" "Not counting." "Four, five, six..." "..." The head of Luo Xiute said: "If this goes on, it means that no matter how many grains of wheat there are, it will not count as a pile, but we can see the pile of wheat after all. what on earth is this kind of happenings? " Everyone couldn't make it clear for a while, and the village chief Luo Xiute said: "You can take this question back and think about it. I wish you all the best." In fact, during the few months here, everyone has heard a lot of various questions, and some people decided to stay because they were attracted by these questions At this time, the village chief said: "A five-year-old child in our village proposed a solution to this problem, which has been accepted by the elders. In fact, I What I want to tell you is that after you go back, in addition to running around for your life, you should also think more in your spare time. I believe you will have many unexpected gains. " Tasso couldn't help asking: "Village Chief Luo Xiute, do you know the name of this kid?" The village chief Luo Xiute smiled, "Why do you want to know his name?" "I think he will be a very famous wise man when he grows up." "Yes, he will be a wise man, but not very famous." "why?" The village chief paused, "I mean maybe, his name is Wei Gu, the Wei of the breeze, the valley of the valley." revisit old place revisit old place "What? Weigu?" Gavel was stunned for a moment, "Have you heard of it?" "Oh, go ahead and talk." Captain Levi and Tasso finally returned to North Town smoothly, and the people in the town were grateful for what happened to them.But Tasso never forgets The most important thing is that mysterious place. Unexpectedly, this experience has become a lifelong concern for Tasso.Later, Captain Levy and his companions who had been to that place together They all passed away one after another, and Tasso was no longer young.One year a young man came to North Town, and Tasso told him about this experience. One day the young man found Tasso again, saying that he had found a solution to the "wheat pile problem". He said the question is not how many grains of wheat make a heap, but what is called a "heap".Tasso and some people who know about the problem are I was very puzzled, "wheat pile" is just a pile of wheat, can it be something else.The young man said: "That's the problem. In fact, very few A handful of wheat, as long as we pile it together, can also be called a 'wheat pile'. "Yes, no one said that the wheat pile must be very big. The young man took He said: "So the key now is how we define the 'wheat pile'." "How?" "Yes, if we stipulate that a hundred grains of wheat can be called a heap, then a hundred grains of wheat are a heap." "That's not reasonable. If I spread a hundred grains of wheat on the ground, it wouldn't be a pile of wheat anyway." The young man smiled, "That's right, so we have to stipulate the method of placing the wheat, such as making the floor area occupied by the wheat as small as possible. To put it simply, let these wheat pile up as high as possible on the ground or on the table, so that the contact area between them and the plane will be smaller. Seek the minimum.Is it placed in this way what we usually call a 'wheat pile'? "It seems to be like this, and no one can say anything about this. Opinion up. "So this paradox about the heap of wheat is actually using a vague concept, because we don't say how many grains of wheat are called 'heap of wheat' in daily life, but only It is generally pointing to some random wheat piled together like we just said, saying 'that is a wheat pile'.This paradox exploits the argument loose inferences made by the ambiguity of " Tasso thought about it carefully, "Yes, so that's the case." Later, Tasso had another idea, but he didn't know if the young man would like to .After a while, the young man came to Tasso and said he had a request, of course it depends on Tasso's intention. They coincided with each other. It turns out that the young people yearned for that place very much, and Tasso also wanted to take the young people to that place again. Of course, they hit it off immediately. combine. This time it was much more convenient. They flew to a city not far from that place, and finally found it. Impossible is not a possibility! - New nature paradox What Tasso didn't expect was that he ran into his former companion here again.When Tasso and the young man came to this place, he saw some of his fellow The companion was working in the field, and he went to greet them, and they recognized Tasso. "Hi, hello, it's been decades since I last saw you. I didn't expect you to come here again. Let's go back to the village together later." Tasso said: "Okay, but you are old, why don't you let young people work?" "They all have their own business." "It's weird how you talk, I'm Tasso!" "We know you are Tasso. Didn't you leave after living in our village for several months? Is your captain okay?" "Hey, I said Darov, last time we were companions who were blown together by the storm, why are you confused?" "You were confused. You were blown here by the storm, and the people in our village rescued you together. Didn't you go home by boat afterwards?" Tasso looked at the young man who came with him, "What's wrong with them? If they have amnesia, they should have forgotten everything, but he They still remember.Only the content has changed. " The young man said: "I feel that their memory has been changed by some strange power. If it is only because of the long time, then the memory It will be blurred and not as clear as they say it is now. " "Could it be that after staying here for a long time, the memory gradually changed." "No, if that's the case, I'd rather believe that your memory is wrong." "Why do you doubt me?" "Because you are the only one in this world who says this, and they all deny your statement, do you think I should believe the majority or the minority?" Tasso sighed, "Indeed, I don't know how to prove myself, maybe it's impossible at all." The young man said: "Impossible is not a possibility!" Tasso was stunned for a moment, he had heard similar words when he first came to this place, but the village chief Luo Xiute probably passed away long ago . strange memory strange memory The two of them returned to the village with the villagers. When Tasso asked if Weigu was in the village, everyone paid him more respect. Individuals will know their elders.In fact, Tasso had never seen Weigu before, and Weigu was only a few years old at that time. The villagers took them to a main hall and found Weigu who was thinking about problems inside.At this time, Wei Gu was already an old man.He listened to Tasso and then said: "Tomorrow I will explain to you two what I know." The next day, Weigu only invited Tasso and the others, and Weigu took them to the back of the main hall, and then walked along a path for more than half an hour.tower Suo finally recognized them. They had reached the place where the whole crew was rescued from the storm. This is the place he saw when he woke up from a coma. . Weigu pondered for a long time before saying: "Many years after you left, when I was chatting with Village Chief Luo Xiute, he inadvertently said that some crew members stayed Come down, but he stops right away.But when I inquired about this in the village, no one knew about it. They all said that all the crew had left. I think if there were any crew members left back then, they must have known about it, but I didn't find these people, or I don't know who they were. remaining crew.So I began to suspect that the village chief Luo Xiute must have made a mistake when he said that there were crew members staying behind, but after hearing what you said yesterday, I felt that there was something in it There must be other secrets. " Tasso said: "Yes, I saw my former companions yesterday, but they seem to have forgotten, but they know that I have been here. I am really happy now." It's very confusing. " The young man asked, "Then did Village Chief Luo Xiute mention it again?" Wei Gu said: "No, in the second year after I asked this question, the village chief Luo Xiute passed away." The young man said, "Is there anything strange about it?" Weigu looked at the young man, "Yes, in fact, no one saw the death of the village chief, the village chief Luo Xiute just walked into a hut in the hall by himself. , Telling everyone that he was about to pass away, the hut has been locked since then, and no one has ever entered it again.Because everyone doesn't want to disturb the village chief's rest . " The young man asked again: "The village chief Luo Xiute really left like this?" "Yes, the old man must have left, because as soon as he entered, someone locked the door of the house and never opened it again." The young man asked again: "Didn't he even say a word when he left?" Weigu thought for a while and said: "When you ask this way, I recall that the village chief said 'it's time to go back'. Everyone thought it was just a person When my life was about to end, but now I feel a little strange, because looking back at the appearance of the village head at that time, it seemed that he was really going away from home for a long time. went home. " "I don't know if there are any other strange things in the village." Wei Gu shook his head, then he looked up at the young man and asked him: "Can I ask how to address you now? It seems that you haven't introduced yourself until now." already. " The young man pondered for a while and said: "Actually, there is no secret. The old man Tasso also asked me, but I didn't tell him, because I was wandering around just to know puzzle.I don’t care if the name is not the name, but speaking of it, I still like a name I chose, because I have been to a place with an ancient culture. Ming Dynasty, I like their characters very much, so I named them Qian Sizhe. " "Ah, Qian Sizhe!" I finally couldn't help shouting out. At this time, my heart was very excited. When Jiawei Le mentioned the name of Weigu, I already knew that this place was where Mai Li and I had been—— Hyde Village.It's just that the story behind made me more curious, so that I couldn't speak at all, but when I heard Qian Sizhe's name, I still called out. Gavel looked at me strangely and asked, "Do you know their stories?" "I don't know, but I have met Qian Sizhe." "What? You don't have hallucinations, do you?" "It's a long story. You finish the story first, and I'll tell you later." Gavel became agitated.But Gavel still suppressed his curiosity. Continue to tell the story later. Tasso also said at this time: "At that time, the village chief Luo Xiute said that 'impossible is also possible'. I wonder if there are other meanings?" 微谷说：“按当时的情景来说，这句话一定还有别的意思。不过单就这句话来说，还是有问题的。你觉得呢 ?钱思哲。 " 钱思哲说：“是的，其实这里有一个前提，'如果一切都是可能的'，但是并非一切都是可能的，如果按照 类似的说法，岂不是有'如果一切都是不可能的，那么可能也是不可能的'。 " 微谷点点头说：“不错，'可能'是指一件事情不一定会怎样，而'不可能'是指一定不会怎样。如果在事 情发生之前我们不能确定这件事情是否会发生，那时我们就只能说这件事是'可能的'；而如果我们事先就知道 一件事情一定不会发生我们就会说这件事是'不可能的'。其实与'不可能'相对的不是'可能'而是'一定会 '，也可以叫做'必然'。 " 塔索没想到这两个人这么爱讨论问题，但无论如何他们还是想不出这个村子到底有什么秘密。后来钱思哲答 应微谷留下了，虽然洛修特村长告诉微谷这个村子今后允许外界人进来却不要留下他们，微谷希望钱思哲能够继 续探究这个只有他们两个人知道的秘密。塔索不得不独自一人返回诺斯来。 幸亏塔索回来了，见到了嘉维勒，把故事告诉了他，否则就真的没人知道这一切了，因为钱思哲已经永远地 留在海德村里了，而又没有人愿意相信上百岁的塔索讲的这个奇怪的故事。 感谢你，嘉维勒感谢你，嘉维勒 你买了一百磅的土豆，它们含水99%。 将它们晾在外面，你会发现风干后的土豆现在含水98%， 但令人惊讶的是它们的重量成了五十磅! ——土豆悖论 嘉维勒说：“塔索老人开始并没给我讲这段故事，而是在我们认识一段时间后才聊起来的。” 我问道：“这又是怎么回事？” 原来塔索把这些经历告诉镇里的人，结果没人相信他，都说他是编出来的，至于问题嘛也一定是他自己想出 来给大家开玩笑的。可是我觉得这些问题并不是不可理解的，为什么大家会不以为然呢？ 嘉维勒来了后常给学生们出一些有趣的问题，有一天，塔索老人来找嘉维勒，说想向他请教一个问题。嘉维 勒从未接触过塔索，但在镇里也对他早有耳闻，不知这次他要问什么问题？ 塔索说他曾经听到过一个关于土豆的问题，他不明白，想请教嘉维勒。 问题是：一个人买了一百磅的土豆，它们含水99%。将它们晾在外面，这个人发现风干后的土豆含水98%，但 令人惊讶的是它们的重量成了五十磅! How is this going? 嘉维勒听完想了一会儿说：“这应该是一个数学上的问题，并不太难。” 塔索说：“对，是数学上的，你看，我说给别人，他们都说是我自己编的，我干嘛要编吗？嘉维勒，你说这 个问题是不是导致了矛盾的结果？ " 嘉维勒说：“没有矛盾。咱们来看，一百磅土豆，含水99%，也就是说共有水九十九磅，还有一磅是其他固 体物。土豆被晾干的意思是指水分被蒸发了，但这一磅的固体物没有被蒸发，所以剩下的土豆还是含有这一磅的 ，现在还剩五十磅，也就是还有水四十九磅，四十九磅水，五十磅总重量，含水不就是98%吗？ " “对呀，那为什么这个问题看上去好像有些奇怪？” “主要是两个百分数捣的乱。因为从表面上看，好像只减少了一个百分点，但重量却减少了五十磅，其实只 要细心一算就明白了。 " 塔索点点头，“这个问题其实是我在一个很神秘的地方听到的，只是这个问题并不像其他问题那么奇怪，因 为你刚才已经给出了这个问题的答案，但是我以前碰到的一些问题似乎都没有答案。不过这个问题的确是当地一 位爱好研究数字的人告诉我的。 " 于是当天傍晚，塔索找到嘉维勒将上面所说的经历告诉了他。嘉维勒没有怀疑这个地方的存在，只是一点也 摸不出头脑。嘉维勒本想央求塔索带他去找那个地方，但是塔索年事已高，再没有机会去了。塔索去世后，这个 地方就时时出现在嘉维勒的梦中，他终于想到了我。 嘉维勒说完看着我，“我最近越来越想找到这个地方，终于忍不住把你叫来了，我想你经常在各处跑动，也 许能听到一些关于这个地方的消息。现在看来我是找对人了。 " “没错，不过我也是碰巧才到了那里。”于是我将自己到希思城，然后和麦力一起去海德村的经历讲给了嘉 维勒。 最后我说：“谢谢你，嘉维勒。” “我也要谢谢你。” “看来还要再去一次海德村了。” 探秘海德村探秘海德村 Preparations before departure 我们并不知道自己在做什么， 但却乐此不疲。 ——我的悖论 嘉维勒听我说完后，情绪非常激动，可是夜已经很深了。 第二天我要回去了，毕竟还要向公司提交一份关于诺维亚斯湿地的考察报告。我与嘉维勒约好等他们学校放 假后一起去海德村。其实等我走了以后，我一直在想我们想去海德村的动机到底是为了什么？难道正如一些哲学 家说的这都是源于“生命的冲动”吗？ 令我没想到的事是我回来后写的关于诺维亚斯湿地的报告竟然获得了当年的全球生态保护论文奖，其实报告 里面只是不断地重复着一个观念：人类如果想要真正的保护一个地方，那么最好的办法就是人类远离这个区域， 或者像其他生物一样融入这个区域的生态之中，而不要采取任何自以为是的举动，哪怕是充满爱心的一点点举动 都将是多余的。 这个观点多少有些近于偏执了，但是我从诺维亚斯湿地回来后的确就只有这么一个强烈的感受，我也希望人 类能对自己的行为做出些补偿性的贡献，但是这次考察使我宁可相信任何举动都只能事与愿违。 在嘉维勒到来之前的一段日子里，我与艾皖一直在讨论一个问题。我们不知道当我们通过时间机器回到过去 的时候，我们为什么会是另一个人？唯一的解释是过去的那个人与自己一定有某些关系，但会是什么关系就不得 而知了。另外艾皖提出一个问题，如果在同一时间出现在两个或几个不同的地方，那么我们会不会同时变成过去 的好几个人？我不知道，但有一个可能的解释是：一个人不可能同时出现在多个地方，因为即便利用时间机器也 只能分别出现在不同的地方。如果说是在相对应的时间里出现在不同地方，那么可能解释是：在某个地方有可能 是以非人的样子出现的。比如可能是一棵树，但我们不可能知道当时的那棵树会不会思考。 其实说白了，我们并不知道自己做了什么，也不知道自己正在做什么，将来会做出什么。 秋天还没来到的时候，嘉维勒来了。 他来了以后恨不得马上就飞到目的地。但是艾皖问道：“你们到底想去做什么？如果只是想去见识一下，那 倒不必有什么特别的准备了。 " “我不明白这是什么意思。” 艾皖说：“如果我猜得不错其实你们是想知道这个村子的来龙去脉，也就是解开这个村子的所有的秘密。” 直到这时嘉维勒和我似乎才有些明白自己想做的是什么。 "may be." “可是如果你们现在到了那个村子，又会和你上次去有什么区别呢？不过是多知道了一些关于村子的事情， 但还不足以解开其中的各种谜团。其实上次长老们已经将他们一直思考的问题告诉你了，难道这次你们会得到的 更多吗？” 除了机器以外，艾皖什么时候也变得这么聪明了？ 嘉维勒略显焦急地问：“那你的意思是我们根本就没有去的必要？” 艾皖说：“不是，但要看怎么去。” 我瞪着艾皖说：“您能不能不卖关子呀！如果有办法就说，如果没有我们就走。” 艾皖摆出一副蛮酷的表情，“其实很简单！”顺着他的手指我们就看见了那台时间机器。 经过改装的时间机器终于可以挤下两个人了，我们约好了到那儿以后的暗号：我们都在自己的左手上画一个 手表。并决定每隔两个小时由艾皖给我们调换约二十年的时间段，一共大概需要十个小时，在海德村一个时段大 概也就是四五天的样子。临行时我想起来提醒艾皖，外面的一天是海德村的两天。拜托了，艾皖君。 神奇的遭遇神奇的遭遇 嘉维勒和我不知道会遇到什么，其实最让我担心的是那次暴风雨，我们该不会正好出现在那艘船上吧！ 一片茂密的森林，时不时地可以看见几只小鹿在奔跑，偶尔会听到几声巨响，就像是狮子或者黑熊的动静。 草丛中咝咝的响声不会是色彩斑斓的响尾蛇吧？ What is this place? “嘉维勒，你在哪儿？” “我在这，听到了吗？” 我顺着声音走到了一个小灌木丛，只听嘉维勒大声喊道：“快来帮我。”可是出现在我眼前的是一个原始部 落的男人。“你是嘉维勒吗？”我试探地问道。 他也盯着我，“我们约好的暗号是什么？” “在左手画一个手表。可是为什么是手表？” “我们要时刻紧记时间。”对上了。 我低头一看原来自己也是身披兽皮的原始人打扮。我帮着嘉维勒从灌木丛中爬出来，这里除了我俩什么人也 No. “会不会找错了地方？” “应该不会吧，我知道希思城的位置，艾皖的技术不会出现这么大的误差。” 没想到嘉维勒也会有些担心了，“可是这是什么地方呀！我们还要待几天？” “大概四五天的样子。”其实我又何尝不担心，难道我们就要在这个丛林中生活几天，可是怎么活下去呢？ 与兽为伍吗？ 我们找到一个较为开阔的地方，居然用一些干柴燃起了一堆篝火，由于当时我东张西望、心不在焉，导致我 至今也没搞明白嘉维勒是怎么把那些木头点着的，虽然有可能是我们扮演的土著角色已经掌握了钻木取火的本领 ，或者是嘉维勒在诺斯镇野外掌握了一些生存技巧。 天渐渐的暗下来了，我们越来越担心，既没有食物又害怕夜晚出现野兽。我想如果我们能顺利地回去，第一 件要做的事就是改进时间机器，使两个时空的人可以通过某种方式相互传达信息。可是现在该怎么办？ 就在这时我感到右腿外侧像是被针扎了一下，我伸手去摸，只感觉手背碰到了一个滑滑的东西，定睛一看， snake! 幸亏我从小不怕蛇，“嘉维勒，我可能是被蛇咬了。” “什么？”嘉维勒一下跳了起来。 “嘘，小点声，别惊走了它。还要用它当晚饭呢！” 嘉维勒蹑手蹑脚地走到我身边，这时那条蛇似乎感觉到有人接近了，蛇头一下立了起来，蛇信子发出咝咝的 sound.嘉维勒小声地说：“抓住它的七寸。” 我心想我哪知道它的七寸在哪儿，可是也来不及狡辩了，大概位置吧！我趁着这条蛇注意嘉维勒的位置时， 一把抓住蛇头下面的部位，另一只手同时掐住了蛇的头部，身体在这瞬间也扑了过去，嘉维勒几乎也是同时用双 手死死的卡住了蛇的双颚，我用抓住蛇身的手使劲的从上到下将蛇身捋了一遍，据说这样一来蛇的骨头就酥了。 这条蛇终于在我俩的不停摔打下不动了。 可是这时我的右腿感到有些痒，渐渐地有些肿了，然后很快就开始感到伤口疼痛。嘉维勒一边麻利地撕开一 些树皮，一边说：“这可能是神经性蛇毒，要比出血性蛇毒好一点。” “好一点是什么意思？” “最长可以多支持一天左右。”我还以为他有什么办法呢，多一天当然好，可是也好不到哪去。伤口处有两 个较大的牙印，嘉维勒用力将搓好的树皮系在伤口的上方，然后扶着我走到一条小溪边，不停地用冷水冲洗伤口 ，十几分钟后我感到右腿渐渐的没有了知觉，他忙又将树皮绳放松，过了两三分钟重新又系上，反反复复了几次 ，可是我越来越觉得呼吸急促起来。 艾皖跑到哪里去了？按理说此时我在实验室里也一定会有反应的，这个家伙不是这么靠不住的人呀！ 这时嘉维勒不停地用力挤伤口里的毒血，而我的意识也开始渐渐的模糊了。 天空黑的厉害，狂风随之大作，天空飘起了雨，几乎是在几秒钟的时间里，雨水就变得像是有人在我们头上 拿着大盆往下不停的泼水似的，这里下雨的加速度未免太快了，小溪里的水不断的长高，嘉维勒扶着我快步地向 刚才的火堆方向走去。火当然早已灭了，但是这里有一块凹进去的山体，权当作避雨的地方吧。 闪电夹着雷鸣，伴着狂风和暴雨，还夹杂着树木的断裂声，山坡上的泥石流声，海水不停地奋力拍打海岸的 声音，东窜西跳、无处可藏的动物们发出的声音…… 整个大地似乎都已陷入可怕的黑暗与混乱之中，而此时嘉维勒和我却只能静静的呆在这一片小小的岩石边， at a loss. 更可怕的是我竟然看见一道亮光从天际落入了不远的丛林中，这令我想起了来世的召唤。我想也许我该走了 ，因为我已经渐渐地听不到这混乱的大地上所发出的一切声音了，这黑暗中的混乱似乎离我越来越远，终于消失 up... 一股暖流传遍了我的右半身，我慢慢地睁开眼睛，天空清明，白云飘忽，阳光灿烂，空气清新，嘉维勒在看 着我笑…… 难道这就是天堂的模样？ “你终于醒了。” 救命的“乒乓球”救命的“乒乓球” 乒乓球与地球一样大？ ——结构悖论 “你们必须回答我提出的问题，否则没人能活下去。”一个中年人的声音从我的头顶上方传来。 嘉维勒看着那个中年人的方向，“如果我们根本回答不出呢？” “你们只要思考就足够了，没人一定要你们找到什么答案。”这个人似乎也受了什么伤，语气显得无力并且 急躁，但却含着一种说不出的力量，这种力量大概是来自他说的即将消失的每个人的生命吧。 "Say it!" “乒乓球与地球哪个大？” 嘉维勒毫不犹豫地回答道：“地球。” 那个声音显得有些生气和不耐烦，“要用你的脑子思考，我还没说完。” 我没想到我还能笑，这说明我的生命一时半会儿还没问题。 那个声音接着说道：“如果我从乒乓球上找到一个点，同时我也可以在地球上找到一个对应的点，乒乓球上 的每个点我都能在地球上找到对应的点。有问题吗?” "No." “所以说乒乓球和地球一样大。” 嘉维勒想了一会儿说：“但是您知道，地球不是圆的，至少没有乒乓球那么圆，所以它们之间的点不可能一 一对应。 " 那个声音显得有了些力气，“你倒是很细致，不过我们可以假定地球就像乒乓球一样圆，这时你又怎么解决 这个问题？ " 嘉维勒陷入了思考之中，此时我也开始想这个奇怪的问题。 的确，无论是不是用乒乓球和地球作比较都无关这个问题本身，因为对任何两个大小不同的球体都可以作这 样的询问。既然在它们之间可以找到一一对应的点，那么也就是说，乒乓球上的点不会比地球上的更少，而地球 上的也不会比乒乓球上的更多，所以它们就是一样大。可是这怎么可能，至少我可以站在地球上，而不能站在乒 乓球上呀！如果它们一样大，那么我到哪去了？按照这个道理，岂不是还有一个小我在乒乓球上可以与我相对应 ，并且我们是一样大小的。这都是什么呀？ 时间静静的流逝着，我们越是着急就越迷惑。 那个中年人这时站起身来说：“你们表现的很好，现在你们和我一起去救人。”嘉维勒奇怪的问他：“我们 还没回答出来，何况我这位伙伴被毒蛇咬伤了，根本不能走动。 " “他已经可以走了，毒已经解了。” 我将信将疑，慢慢地用力起身，哪有半点障碍！What's going on here? 感觉更奇怪的是嘉维勒，因为在我昏迷后他一直在我身边，后来雨停了、星星出现在夜空中，嘉维勒看见不 远处有火光就背着我走过去，这个人就坐在火堆边，嘉维勒把我也放在火堆边，问此人是怎么到这里来的，没有 Reply.就这样一直坐到天明，直到我睁开眼睛。 嘉维勒说那个人一动都没动过，直到我醒来他才开口说话，并且上来就问了个奇怪的问题。并且我们只能相 信那个人的话，是这个问题救了我们几个人的命。 还有点奇怪的是，嘉维勒和我，包括那个中年人这么长时间都没吃过任何食物，但是当我起身和嘉维勒跟着 他走向丛林中的时候，我们三个都显得神采奕奕，精神矍铄，体力充沛，就好似吃了什么仙丹妙药似的。 当我们穿过一片丛林后，嘉维勒和我的眼珠子都快瞪出来了，在我们面前居然是一个优美的小村庄。而这个 地方昨天似乎还只是一片不毛之地，难道是我们在丛林中迷了路根本就没走到过这个地方，可是这个位置我们大 致还记得就是嘉维勒给我洗伤口的小溪所在的位置。 嘉维勒看了看我，我看了看嘉维勒，现在我们比自己上了天堂还要迷惑。 相遇海边相遇海边 我们跟着中年人到了村子里，村民们都围过来看我们俩，中年人说：“给他们拿两件衣服换上，我们还要去 救人。 " 原来他们把我俩当成原始人了，可是还要去救什么人？ 我们换好衣服，就和大家一起走向海边。嘉维勒拽了拽我的衣袖，“会不会是去救塔索他们？” 我恍然大悟，我们终于找对地方了。 到了海边，果然看见大海里漂浮着船板的碎片，村民们有的直接游过去救人，有的在忙着准备药品和纱布， 嘉维勒和我也忙着接应被救到岸边的船员。大家忙碌了大半天，终于将全部船员都救上岸了。那个中年人大概就 是洛修特村长了，他说：“你们都先回去吧，我在这儿等他们醒来后带他们回村子。” 村民们都陆续返回村子了，嘉维勒和我还想在这儿看看情况，迟迟未动。洛修特村长说：“你们也先回