Boss Jia still remembered how he admired Edison from the bottom of his heart when he read this text when he was a student.
Edison was already so smart when he was only seven years old. It was so embarrassing that he was still admiring a seven-year-old when he was nine years old.
Later on, as he grew older, he came across this text by chance. Boss Jia felt that his brain had probably been eaten by a zombie. There were so many points to complain about in this text that it could not be any more.
Let's not talk about the writing style of this text. After all, this text was meant for primary school students. There was no way to ask for good writing style.
And to be honest, this writing style was much better than Eat a Pudding's writing style.
First, we have to understand the basic fact that Edison was born in 1847. When he was seven years old, it was 1854. Then, we can continue to complain.
First of all, even if it was acute appendicitis, it would take about a week for the patient to die. It could be delayed until the patient went to the hospital for surgery. Performing the surgery at home was completely disregarding human life.
Of course, there were also cases where the patient died within a day. Although it was rare, let's just say that Edison's mother was unlucky. After all, famous people would naturally receive special treatment.
Then, there was the problem of the mirror. Many people complained that the light from an oil lamp was dim enough. Even if they used a mirror to reflect the light, it would not be able to increase the brightness. It would not be able to become a real shadowless lamp.
Let's not complain about this. What if the doctor had good eyesight? What if the reflection effect of the mirror was awesome?
There was only one point. Did these people who wrote the text know how heavy a mirror was?
This author probably picked up the mirror from his girlfriend's dressing box when he was writing the text and felt that the weight was not a problem.
However, if you really picked up a mirror that was as thick as a book, you would feel that it was very heavy. If it was a mirror that was as big as a computer screen, your arm would start to secrete lactic acid in ten seconds. Then, you would want to throw the mirror away.
If an adult was like this, it would be even worse for a group of children who were only seven or eight years old. They did not even know if they could lift the mirror.
Not to mention, an appendectomy would take at least half an hour. If they were to include suturing, even an hour would be too much for them. If these kids could really handle it, then the Olympic champion would be none other than him.
Oh, I forgot, there was no Olympics at that time.
Of course, you could say that all of the above complaints were for the sake of arguing. I was the one who was overly focused on the details.
So let me say one last thing. Remember when I told everyone at the beginning that Edison was born in 1847?
However, the first appendicitis operation in the world was performed in 1888, which was a very auspicious year. Unfortunately, the patient who had undergone the operation passed away.
So, all the stories we know about Edison are basically nonsense. They were all written by the later generations. This famous elementary school text, "Edison Saves His Mother", was not written by a foreigner, but by a Chinese editor. It was published in the 1980s in the "Children's Literature" magazine by a Chinese editor.
According to the experience of an experienced writer and a non-professional who had participated in media editing for a period of time, the process of the article's creation should be as follows.
The higher-ups gave him a task to write a famous story to educate the children. The request was that it should not be a well-known story in the country. It had to be an unknown story that many people did not know about, and it had to have a sensational literary effect. Only then could the magazine stand out.
Then, the editor accepted the task. For the first few days, he did all sorts of things. On the last day, when it was time to submit the manuscript, he started to cram.
However, he could not find such a famous story that others did not know about, and the deadline was very close. Therefore, the editor decided to write one himself.
Coincidentally, he saw a news article in the newspaper, "There was a blackout in the operating room. Medical workers used flashlights to complete surgery." (This was real news. He had often seen similar news in the past). Therefore, he decided to write the same story and put it on a famous person.
Then, which famous person should he put it on?
It would definitely not work in the country. The people in the country were not that smart. Only foreigners could do such smart things.
It would not work with a flashlight. It was not creative and did not show intelligence. The mirror would reflect the candlelight and the effect would be sensational.
It would not work if it was too late. If it was too late, it would be easy for the evidence to be discovered. He had to make up a story from more than 100 years ago. That way, no one would be able to prove that it was fake.
Finally, it had to be a well-known big shot, a great scientist. Otherwise, it would be too nonsensical and hard to believe.
When all these conditions were put together, there was no one more suitable than Edison. After all, he had more than 2,000 different inventions in his life. It would not be a problem for him to come up with a shadowless lamp in advance.
Since Edison could invent the electric light, why couldn't he invent a shadowless lamp along the way? This logic was so perfect that it couldn't be any more perfect!
Therefore, such an article, "Edison Saves His Mother," appeared openly in the largest children's literature magazine in China at that time, "Children's Literature." As a result, it became a hit and was even compiled into a Chinese textbook in the 1990s.
If Edison knew about it in the netherworld, he would probably be very grateful. He would want to have a chat with the author in the netherworld and try to create an invention for him.
In fact, it was not terrible to create an article. What was terrible was that this article had become a primary school teaching material. What was even more terrible was the Western advanced theory behind this article.
Due to various reasons in that era, Western countries became a paradise in the fantasies of countless people. The people there had quality, freedom, creativity, and wisdom. Even if they lay in bed all day and did not want to do anything, they would feel that they were awesome in all aspects. They could quickly become awesome in the West.
He did not even need to show off his awesomeness. Westerners would see that he was awesome at a glance and then praise him highly. Therefore, he could not live a good life in Hua Xia. That was the fault of the system.
It was also because of this idea that the moon in the West was round that Hua Xia people began to praise the West uncontrollably. Then, they crazily belittled themselves and felt inferior.
Not only did they feel inferior, but they also wanted to leave this inferiority to their descendants and children. They wanted those children to be like them. They were instilled with the idea of the greatness of the West and the inferiority of Hua Xia from an early age. In the end, they cultivated a generation of public knowledge that was like a joke. Therefore, many things in the world that seemed ridiculous and incomprehensible had a reason, and the reason was hidden in these details.
The reason why there was so much talk about this matter and so much nonsense was that, firstly, there was a small amount of water. Secondly, it was to tell everyone a truth. If they did not want to be influenced by all kinds of mixed thoughts and thoughts, they must learn to think for themselves.
It was not the kind of thinking that summarized the central idea of the article, but thinking about whether the central idea of the article was correct and whether it was true. Then, scientific verification could be carried out. Only then could one truly become a person with independent thoughts.
For example, if one carefully thought about the content of this chapter, one would realize that the first appendectomy was not in 1888, but in 1886.
Also, this article did not appear in a children's literature magazine. There was no children's literature magazine in the country from beginning to end. There was only Children's Literature.
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