The hexagonal screen at the top of the podium and the stage lights only lit up for a moment before slowly dimming again.
Only a bright searchlight on the dome suddenly turned on and shone on the empty podium.
At the edge where the searchlight could not reach, everyone seemed to see a man walking down the aisle, slowly walking toward the podium.
Then, the solemn sound of a piano accompanied the man's appearance, resounding melodiously in the venue.
The originally noisy venue became completely silent. The audience consciously shut their mouths and looked toward the podium with curious and expectant expressions.
The screen at the top of the podium slowly lit up. At the same time, several drones responsible for filming descended from the dark dome and hovered in the air. The screen displayed the images they had captured.
At this time, on the six screens at the top of the podium, the man finally walked out of the darkness, into the searchlight, and into the eyes of the audience.
It was a Chinese man whose age could not be discerned.
The man's hair was combed back and he wore a black suit with no distinctive features. He looked young and ordinary, the only thing that stood out was the man's pair of eyes.
It was a pair of bright and piercing eyes with an inexplicable light. It was precisely because of this pair of eyes that people could not tell his true age from his youthful appearance.
If one did not look at his eyes, the man seemed to be only in his twenties. However, after looking at his eyes, one would think that he was in his early thirties, or even more than forty.
It was a pair of eyes that could see through everything, sharp and vicissitudes of life.
"Darwin's' Theory of Evolution 'tells us that we evolved from Primates of the Forest."
Without any preamble, self-introduction, or warm-up of the venue, the man suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse and low.
"But, what is evolution?"
The man raised his hand and gently gestured with his thumb and index finger. "Modern science tells us that evolution is actually the change of genes.
"Many people believe that evolution is a change from simple to complicated and an 'evolution' from a low level to a high level. That is actually wrong. What it means is that the parts of genes that are suitable for the environment are kept, and the parts that are not suitable are eliminated. There is no difference between high level and low level among genes.
The man smiled faintly. "In the Mainland, we used to translate 'The Theory of Evolution' as' The Theory of Evolution '. At the time, it wasn't exactly wrong. The only difference between these two terms is that the former refers to the evolution of disorder while the latter refers to the evolution of order. It's just that modern mainstream science prefers the evolution of disorder."
"It's just like how our ancestors have always lived in Africa, but our relatives had already left Africa more than two million years ago. The accumulation of genetic mutations and mutations, under the selection of different environments, ancient humans embarked on different evolutionary paths."
"Our relatives who came out of Africa became the Denisovans, Neanderthals, and others. Their brains were bigger than ours, and they were stronger than us. They once occupied the entire world."
"It wasn't until 70,000 years ago that our ancestors — Homo sapiens — ventured out of Africa. Homo sapiens began to interact with Neanderthals and Denisovans.
"And then, what happened?"
The man spread his hands and showed a proud expression. "We ate them. We wiped out all of the Homo species. From the fossil remains, it can be seen that other Homo species were once our food.
"Not only that, it only took us 30,000 years to wipe out 75% of the large creatures on Earth. Species extinction before humans usually took millions or even tens of millions of years as a foundation. We increased this speed by a thousand times!"
At this point, the expressions of many people in the audience gradually changed and there was a burst of discussion.
"Here, I want to question, could it be that those extinct creatures, they didn't conform to the theory of evolution?"
The man's voice gradually became louder. "Could it be that those Neanderthals who were smarter and stronger than us were not as adaptable to the environment as our genes?"
"No, that's not it!"
The man's lips curled into a cold smile. "They just couldn't adapt to us."
As soon as he said this, the audience below the stage once again burst into a wave of low exclamations.
The man ignored the changing expressions of the audience below the stage and continued to speak. "Some people may think that I keep using the 'Theory of Evolution' as an example, which has yet to be determined and is likely to be overturned, as an example to go against the spirit of science. However, everyone can rest assured that whether the 'Theory of Evolution' is true or not has nothing to do with the topic of my talk this time because I'm going to talk about a new theory...
"Does everyone still remember what the first sign of human civilization was?"
Following the man's question, countless people below the stage suddenly shouted loudly. "Fire!"
"That's right, it's fire."
The man suddenly reached into his pocket and took out a box of matches. He took one out and gently stroked it against the side of the matchbox. With a swoosh, the match slowly lit up...
However, after that, the man stretched out his other hand and gently pinched with two fingers. Instantly, the burning flame was extinguished.
The huge screen above the man's head gave a close-up of the man's action. The man could be seen casually throwing the match away, raising his head and speaking nonchalantly.
"Lawrence of Arabia liked to put out burning matches with his fingers. His colleague, William Potter, asked him what secret he used to extinguish the fire without hurting himself. Lawrence smiled and said," The secret is... Don't care about the pain. "
Hearing this, there was a burst of laughter in the audience.
The man continued, "Fire is the sign of human civilization. It made humans different from other creatures and completely established a foothold on Earth. Subsequently, in 4000 BC, we invented the wheel; in 800 BC, we invented the sundial; in the 9th century, gunpowder; in the 19th century, the steam engine, railways, electric light, and the theory of relativity; in the 20th century, cars, television, nuclear bombs, the Internet, and quantum mechanics; in the 21st century, biotechnology, nanotechnology, nuclear fusion, and M theory!"
This speech was like a barrage of cannonballs. The man kept pacing on the podium. "We humans, for the past 30,000 years, have almost no evolution in our genes, but we have subverted the entire world. What did we rely on? Could it be those illusory gods? "
As this sentence was said, some of the religious people in the audience suddenly had a change of expression.
"Actually, a little bit."
However, the next second, the man asked and answered his own question. At the same time, he changed the topic. "How were the Neanderthals exterminated? In the North American sci-fi drama 'Westworld', Professor Ford told the robot Bernard that 'we ate the Neanderthals'. Meanwhile, Herali, the author of 'A Brief History of Mankind', believed that 'imagination' was the fundamental reason why our ancestors could survive …
"In the past tens of thousands of years, homo sapiens have continuously evolved from Africa and gradually become more 'imaginative'. This ability gave our ancestors unprecedented motivation in the face of harsh environments, racial cohesion, and cultural transmission. They also created 'fictional imagination' stories to support their spirits, such as' God ',' Witch ',' Totem ', and so on."
"So, religion is actually not completely useless."
The man spread his hands and then said firmly, "But at the end of the day, we still rely on science and technology! Science can help us understand the world, and technology can help us change the world! "
"In fact, technology can help us participate in evolution..."
After a pause, the man continued. "No, on a technological level, this is no longer considered evolution. This is true 'evolution' because we can control the direction of our own evolution, we can evolve more perfectly! And at the end of the day, we want to obtain a longer life, this is the ultimate meaning of evolution!
"As we all know, our Blackwatch Corporation has developed the 'Age-reversal Treatment' project that uses stem cells to delay aging. At the same time, we've also developed three specific drugs for cancer. At the end of the day, this is a form of evolution, an evolution through technological means. This press conference is our attempt at another path of human evolution..."
"This is the new theory I've elaborated — 'Technology Interference Evolution Theory'. We humans can completely use our own method to walk a path of evolution that transcends the natural world, because..."
The man paused. He looked around at the audience below the podium and finally said with a gleam in his eyes.
"We, are God!"
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