Chapter 624: Chapter 397: The Hypocrisy of Civilization (4500 words, seeking monthly votes) _1

Harrison Clark pondered for about five seconds.

But in the end, he didn’t stand up to explicitly support Dr. Ethan Evans’s view, but only ambiguously said, “Dr. Ethan Evans’s analysis has some validity and is consistent with my personal guesswork, but there is no conclusive evidence at present. The mysteries Dr. Ethan Evans said I saw that others couldn’t see, those don’t exist.”

“I have just integrated the achievements of my predecessors and added my own bold speculations to draw these conclusions. But since I named my book the ‘Madman’s Conjecture’, it means that these theoretical findings are my very presumptuous conjectures, and they still need your joint efforts to verify or falsify them in the coming years.”

His words were very cautious and did not endorse Ethan Evans’s view.

Of course, this once again demonstrated his audacity.

He openly admitted that the knowledge in the field of physics and biology in ‘The Madman’s Conjectures Collection’ was unexamined speculation.

Skipping rigorous scientific experiments and going straight to the answers.

He appeared arrogant.

If someone else had been so bold, they would have been drowned by a torrent of criticism.

However, the mathematical problems in the ‘Madman’s Conjecture’ had been gradually verified.

Clark’s Theorems, one after another, were being verified at a rate of one per week and serialized in several top-tier mathematical academic journals.

For someone who could achieve so much in the field of mathematics at the age of twenty-five, even if he seemed to be talking nonsense in other fields, people couldn’t help but ponder before questioning.

Ethan Evans was obviously disappointed with Harrison Clark’s attitude, but he didn’t say much and returned to his seat next to Harrison Clark after concluding his topic.

“Mr. Clark, why did you…”

After about two minutes, Ethan Evans finally asked.

Harrison Clark smiled and shook his head, “The time is not ripe. You tend to consider issues more from an academic standpoint, but I cannot only consider these. In the current era, the social productivity is still insufficient, and there are still many contradictions to be resolved. Such as those between nations, social classes, races, and even between two neighboring regions within the same country, where competition will exacerbate conflicts. Before addressing these issues, neither ordinary people nor leaders are ready to contemplate such matters.”

Ethan Evans nodded.

He understood.

Previously, he had thought that besides being a musician and a scientist, Harrison Clark could also become an outstanding politician.

Now it seemed that this was indeed the case.

He could always stand at a higher level and view everything in a more comprehensive way.

“I didn’t consider it thoroughly enough. I thought it was a good opportunity before, so I made the decision hastily. I’m sorry.”

Harrison Clark shook his head, “It’s fine, that just proves you are a professional academic.”

“It’s a great fortune for humans to have such a well-rounded and perfect leader as you.”

“You flatter me.”

As the two whispered, the semi-academic and semi-casual lecture on the stage continued.

There weren’t many attendees, but they were all elite scholars from around the world. The speakers on stage also had something to offer.

About an hour later, Harrison Clark heard an interesting argument from a double-expert in social science and economics.

Instead of jumping out of his own field to prove the existence of aliens, he completed a large-scale social experiment over five years.

Today was the day of his concluding report.

The conference was also convened by him.

The social experiment he conducted involved two aspects.

First, he invited up to half a million volunteers in a remote small town to participate.

The content of the experiment was themed simulated life titled ‘What if the End of the World Arrives in 10/100/1000 Years?’, which was carried out periodically.

The participating volunteers ranged from billionaires to vagrants, perfectly simulating a small social community.

Over the course of five years, the professor held up to twenty-one social experiments in the town, each revolving around the suspense of these three time frames.

Second, he conducted millions of large-scale questionnaires, the content of which was consistent with the themed simulated life.

These two aspects complemented each other; one was theoretical speculation, and the other was practical exercise.

The experimental results were interesting and presented extremely diversified and multidimensional feedback.

The responses from the people varied greatly depending on the time frame of the apocalypse and the different circumstances of the volunteers themselves.

Assuming that the end of days would come in ten years, most ordinary people participating in the themed simulation and questionnaire said that it was a matter of ten years from now, they had to consider it, but it couldn’t occupy their entire lives at the moment. They had to deal with their current credit card bills, and when there was some extra money, they had to stock up on ammunition, and then find a safe place in the countryside to stay.

If they were single, they might think about going wild once the disaster was about to happen.

If they were middle-class, they would try to maintain their business and career, still stockpile weapons and ammunition, and attempt to build their own team.

If they were successful businessmen in high society, they would try even more to build alliances and support Musk to expedite the research and exploration of space travel on top of what the middle class had prepared.

If there was a chance, they had to get a ticket.

As the problem shifted to one hundred years later, people’s feedback changed.