Chapter 108: Soul-searching questions that make thinker Socrates' CPU burn out!
In reality, it is quite difficult to implement democracy in a country as there are too many factors to consider.
But in the Assassin's Creed copy there are only three steps.
The first step is to convince Socrates to support Pericles.
As a great philosopher of the Enlightenment, Socrates' name has long been known to everyone in Athens and he has many followers.
Even people in other countries have heard of it.
If he could stand up for Pericles, it would lead some people to agree with him, thus completing the first step in promoting democracy.
The second step was to help Hippocrates consolidate his achievements in medicine and allow people to recognize the truth about medicine.
In ancient Greece, most people believed that birth, aging, sickness and death were all controlled by the god of life.
Illness is caused by angering the gods and being punished by them.
After curing the people, all the doctors would also piously say, "This is the rebirth given to you by the gods," as if curing diseases and saving lives had nothing to do with doctors and it was all the will of God.
But Hippocrates was different.
As the founder of Western medicine, also known as the father of medicine in the medical industry, he always resisted the idea of "God-given disease".
He proposed the theory of humors and risked his life to dissect corpses privately to further understand the muscle tissue and bone structure of the human body. (The religion at that time prohibited the dismemberment of the dead.)
If we can help Hippocrates promote medicine and overturn the theory of "God-given diseases" from the root, it will shake the foundation of people's faith in the gods.
It is also conducive to the promotion of democracy.
And the third step.
It is also Xu Mu’s best move.
Assassinate Cleon.
Kill Pericles’ biggest competitor directly!
If no one were promoting monarchy all day long, there would be much less resistance to the implementation of democracy.
This three-step combination of punches cannot be said to have an immediate effect, but at least it is a sure thing.
After sorting out his thoughts, Xu Mu walked straight forward.
At this time, many players in Athens had already asked passers-by NPCs along the way, and while Xu Mu was thinking, they found Pericles first.
They all accepted the super stealth mission and left.
Faintly, Xu Mu also heard the whispered conversations of the players passing by.
"The mission is in hand, but how do I accomplish it? I just rushed over here on impulse, but I feel like the implementation of democracy is too difficult to implement."
"I haven't even graduated from junior high school, and you're asking me?"
"Is there a possibility, I mean if, that the mission is to promote democracy in our streets?"
"Distributing flyers, huh?"
"Yes, it has a similar effect. If you do more propaganda and brainwashing, you will always be able to attract a group of believers."
"elbow!"
…
A super hidden mission indeed attracted countless players.
There was even a long queue to meet Pericles.
After another group of players in front of Pericles left, it was finally Xu Mu's turn.
He just took two steps forward.
Suddenly, the guards around also took a step forward, tightly gripping their spears and looking at Xu Mu nervously.
"Don't come near!"
It was mainly because the aura emanating from Xu Mu made the guards feel a distinct sense of oppression, which was completely different from the aura of those players just now!
Especially the broken spear he carried behind him, which looked extremely dangerous!
"Okay, everyone, leave." Pericles waved his hand to call away the guards, and said with a slightly tired look on his face: "Are you here to help me promote democracy as well?"
"Then let's follow the old rules. If you produce results, I will reward you. What do you want, my warrior?" Even his voice became weak.
The attitude towards Xu Mu is no different from that towards other players.
In Pericles' eyes.
This group of mercenaries swarmed over, and no one knew where they got the news from, but they all surrounded us in a flash.
But let's be honest, the promotion of democracy depends on a group of cunning mercenaries who live on the edge of a knife?
Pericles saw no hope.
This is a group of people who put profit above all else. They can do anything for profit, including murder, arson, robbery and looting.
But in line with democratic ideas, Pericles still allowed these mercenaries to approach him and accept the reward.
At least they have the freedom to choose.
"I want a ship, a big ship that can withstand the storm." Xu Mu said in a deep voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, Pericles' face suddenly showed a bit of surprise, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Xu Mu was less tired and more serious.
"A ship? To be honest, you are the first one among all the mercenaries who wants a ship. You are special."
"Why not money, pearls, women, slaves, these more practical things?"
"Because I'm going to Andros Island." After Xu Mu said this, Pericles' expression became even more surprised.
"The island cursed by the evil god?"
"Yes, my faith is there, and I will follow my faith until death." Xu Mu made up a story.
But when Pericles heard , he was immediately filled with awe!
A brutal and murderous mercenary actually has his own beliefs?
This is like a farmer carrying a hoe and talking to himself about governing the country and the law.
It's incredible.
"My brave warrior, as long as you can show the effectiveness of promoting democracy, I will not only give you a good ship, but also equip you with 20 of the best sailors in our city of Athens!"
"Moreover, the gates of Athens will always be open to you! You can enjoy all the benefits of a normal Athenian citizen!" Pericles said solemnly.
To be honest, the conditions offered by Pericles would be put into practice today.
It is equivalent to a country's leader personally issuing a permanent pass to a foreign citizen, which is of great significance.
"So, do you have any preliminary ideas?" In addition to making a promise, Pericles found that he had unprecedented feelings for a mercenary.
Xu Mu was not shy about it and generously shared his democratic trilogy with him.
After hearing this, Pericles's admiration grew even stronger!
I was right about him!
This mercenary is indeed foresighted and well prepared!
"But all three are difficult to accomplish. Socrates is a well-known stubborn person. He doesn't like to interfere in politics. I have tried to persuade him many times but to no avail."
"Hippocrates...Alas, the theory of divinely-given diseases that has been around for thousands of years is hard to shake."
"Perhaps, you can help me complete the last task, just the last task, and I will give you an extremely generous reward!" Pericles took the initiative to help Xu Mu reduce the difficulty of the task.
This surprised Xu Mu very much.
He glanced at the task he had received on the light screen.
It is also a super hidden mission, but there is only one option among them - assassinate Cleon.
The difficulty has been greatly reduced! But the rewards have not been reduced.
"I didn't expect that being familiar with the strategy could bring such benefits?" Xu Mu pondered.
However, he still wanted to try to complete the other two tasks at the same time.
With the help of a strategy, the difficulty is not that great, and you might even get something extra.
"I will do it." After accepting the task, Xu Mu strode away without saying anything.
Pericles looked at Xu Mu's departing back, and inexplicably a strange feeling arose in his heart.
This mercenary...may really bring about a qualitative change in myself!
Such thoughts even troubled Pericles during subsequent interviews.
Until finally all the mercenaries who came were received.
He had never met another person like Xu Mu who came to him to give him rewards other than money, equipment, and women.
…
When Xu Mu found Socrates, he was walking along the town streets with his students and asking questions frequently.
This was a short middle-aged man wearing a sleeveless blue robe. He had a thick, dirty beard that had grown to his chest, and even looked a little ugly.
But his voice was very gentle.
"I have made you think deeply, but I still feel that your thoughts are not deep enough. I will help you a little more. If a thief steals something, is he righteous or evil?"
"Evil." A student answered.
"Such unclean people should be put to death!" Some students were angry.
"What if the thief stole the things to support his family? He has a wife who just gave birth and doesn't even have food for the next day."
Seven or eight students were silent.
But soon, someone else expressed his opinion.
"That is also evil. He shouldn't share his suffering with others. The owner himself did nothing wrong."
"Very good." Socrates smiled as he walked.
After a moment, he turned back with a smile and asked the last question.
"What if you are the thief's wife?"
"You know, your husband steals so that you won't starve to death."
"So, is he righteous, or evil?"
This time, the students were completely silent.
You look at me and I look at you.
I wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in my throat.
Indeed, if we look at it from the perspective of an outsider, any crime will be brought to justice.
But once you are in the situation, your perspective will change instantly.
Similar ways of thinking are not uncommon in modern times. Modern people have classified and summarized many philosophical systems, some of which are more profound than the current "thief theory".
But in that era, human thinking had not yet exploded.
This kind of problem is enough to cause the CPU to burn out.
Only when something is created from nothing can its value be revealed.
"Teacher... I don't know. I can't do this question." A seemingly honest child shook his head helplessly.
The students also shook their heads.
Socrates laughed again.
"Justice and evil can never be simply separated, and as human beings, we should think more about the 'justice' behind this matter, and not just jump to conclusions on the surface."
Just as Socrates was summarizing, Xu Mu had already walked forward with his arms folded and stood in front of Socrates.
The students saw Xu Mu, dressed as a mercenary, blocking the road, and carrying various dangerous weapons on his back.
He was immediately frightened and hid behind Socrates.
Xu Mu began to explain why he came.
After he finished speaking, Socrates smiled and shook his head.
"Mercenary, it's rare that you can think about these things, but the reason why I don't support democracy is that democracy will not bring true fairness. In my opinion, it is not much different from monarchy, so I don't like to interfere in politics. How about I ask you a few questions..."
Xu Mu waved his hand to interrupt Socrates and asked, "I know you want to ask, but don't ask yet. Let me ask you a few questions first."
Xu Mu knew that Socrates had a most famous set of dialectics, which was still active in various debate competitions.
The general direction is to establish a core, and then stimulate the other party's thinking through continuous questioning, until the other party finally agrees with what you say.
There is a famous Socratic debate topic: "What is a table? Why is a chair not called a table? How to define a table as a table?"
In the original game, the player does not have much room for options in the conversation with Socrates.
Most of the time, players listen to Socrates' story and then give the official answers given by the game.
In the dungeons with higher degrees of freedom, many tasks do not have the guaranteed option of "must be completed".
If Socrates is allowed to get into his own rhythm, then the task will be accomplished.
Xu Mu interrupted decisively, and then spoke slowly: "There is never absolute fairness in this world."
"No, maybe it does exist." Socrates retorted: "If we can build such a world, assuming that there is a god who can control everything and judge everything absolutely fairly. He can appear anywhere in an instant and directly kill those who violate the law and oath. Everything is distributed fairly in strict accordance with his requirements, and violators will be punished immediately. Even if it is an illusion, if such a world exists, then there is absolute fairness in this world, isn't it?"
The debate between Socrates and Xu Mu immediately attracted the attention of many residents around.
In particular, Socrates' words aroused the approval of many residents.
"Yes, I have always believed that God has the ability to give us an absolutely fair world."
"It's just that we humans haven't done well enough and our faith in God is not devout enough."
"God is testing us, but a country of absolute fairness will come one day!"
"Socrates's thinking ability is so strong that I almost suspect he is the reincarnation of the gods."
After the students learned that the mercenary Xu Mu had no ill intentions, they all came out from behind Socrates.
There was a bit of pride and pride on his face.
"Mercenary, our teacher's ideas are unmatched!"
"I suggest you become our teacher's student. You can learn a lot from him."
"Our teacher will not support any political party. If you want to persuade him to support Pericles, I advise you to give up this idea!"
Xu Mu glanced at the smiling Socrates, the proud students, and the people who believed in Socrates' words.
The corner of his mouth slowly formed a smile.
Although you are indeed an enlightener of thought.
But are you sure you want to clash with modern people's way of thinking?
This can no longer be described as a dimensionality reduction attack.
"Well, let's deduce a possible situation based on this absolutely fair world you created."
"You say." Socrates was still smiling.
"First of all, I want to make it clear that even in such an environment, there will definitely be criminals, right?"
"That's right. Absolute fairness does not mean that there will be no evil people among humans." Socrates nodded.
"Well, let's assume there is a fork in the cave with a narrow terrain. There is a perverted murderer who tied five people to the ground on the left fork and one person to the ground on the right fork."
Xu Mu spoke slowly and everyone listened attentively, wanting to see what other tricks this mercenary could come up with.
They did not realize the seriousness of the problem at this time.
Xu Mu took in everyone's amused expressions and continued, "At this moment, you are riding a horse and are supposed to go to the fork on the left. But if you go to the fork on the left, the horse's hooves will trample the five people in the cave on the left to death."
"If you deliberately turn the horse's head and head to the cave on the right, the horse's hooves will trample someone on the right to death."
"Excuse me, when the horses are out of control and cannot turn back, which side would you choose to let die? Would that be absolutely fair?"
"Of course it is..." After hearing the question, Socrates straightened his chest and was about to answer.
But after careful consideration, his expression became more solemn.
The smile on his face disappeared, replaced by deepening confusion and a frown on his brows.
"Of course..." He just felt his throat a little dry.
It started to become difficult to breathe.
"Yes..." Socrates gritted his teeth with difficulty, sweat oozing from his forehead, and his brain had reached its limit.
But still no answer was given.
It's not just Socrates.
The students behind him and the residents around him.
The expressions were exactly the same as Socrates'.
The playful expressions had long disappeared, and everyone's face was filled with trouble and confusion, and even a bit of fear.
Because everyone was horrified.
This question... has no solution!
The phenomenon reflected by the unsolvable nature of this problem is that... absolute fairness no longer exists!
Even in an imaginary world of absolute fairness, this unsolvable problem still exists.
This means that the God they believe in is unable to handle everything in the world.
An omniscient and omnipotent God is itself a paradox.
The process of arriving at this answer was extremely difficult, and it shook everyone's deep faith in the gods.
But after getting the final unsolvable answer.
Everyone raised their heads at the same time, looking at Xu Mu with strong shock in their eyes! !
This young mercenary, with just a few words, has taken the thoughts to such a deep level!
Even Socrates, their unrivaled local thinker, could not answer the questions he raised.
"My gods... maybe he is the true reincarnation of God!!" someone shouted while gasping for air.
"He is the god of thought!"
"God above, please accept the worship of your most sincere believer!"
I don't know who started it, but the first person actually knelt down and crawled on the ground.
Soon others followed suit.
Until the end, the people around, and even a few students beside Socrates, began to follow suit and kneel down to worship Xu Mu.
Respect him like a god.
After all, theism is still a deeply rooted product today, as solid as modern materialism.
Xu Mu was actually quite speechless about this result.
Although I know that the trolley problem is a dimensionality reduction attack on the thinking of today's people.
But the force of this dimensionality reduction attack was too strong, and it directly burned all their CPUs...
Even Socrates hesitated whether to kneel.
Xu Mu directly held his wrist and told him to give Pericles a chance and listen carefully to what Pericles said.
After saying that, Xu Mu turned around and walked away amid the exclamations of the crowd.
…
After completing the first task easily, Xu Mu quickly came to where Hippocrates was.
This is a temporary life-saving point converted from a courtyard.
As soon as I walked to the gate, I could hear the wailing of countless patients.
Not to mention the house, even the ground outside the yard was filled with all kinds of injured patients.
A white-haired old man in simple clothes was busy dealing with the crowd.
This person is the second mission target that Xu Mu is looking for, Hippocrates!
