Electroweak Unification Theory
Scientific progress cannot be achieved overnight, and after realizing that this path was not feasible, humanity was unable to find a new research route immediately.
As a result, for some time afterward, all scientists involved in human research were exploring new avenues.
Deng Bangmin was one of them.
He was an experimental physicist, not very old; he was only three hundred years old when humanity was caught in a wrong path in the development of thrust technology.
At three hundred years old, he had become a member of Yu Nanfeng's team and had worked there for decades.
In fact, a year before the successful development of the Electron-Positron Annihilation thruster, he felt that this path was not feasible. However, due to Yu Nanfeng's prestige and achievements in propulsion mechanics, and because he did not have any solid evidence, he did not tell his mentor Yu Nanfeng about his ideas.
However, after the scientists at the conference determined that this approach was not feasible, he finally presented his idea, which he had been pondering for half a year but was still incomplete, at a Technology Seminar.
It was also Technology Seminar, but this conference was different from the previous ones. The main achievement of the previous conference was to qualitatively define hybrid power systems, while this time, the focus was on building upon that qualitative understanding and making further progress.
In fact, Deng Bangmin is the eleventh generation descendant of Deng Pete. However, according to the rules of human society today, people are no longer considered relatives after three generations. Therefore, his becoming an experimental physicist has nothing to do with Zhu Pete.
The two have different surnames because Deng Bangmin took his mother's surname.
After the research approach to hybrid power was rejected by the scientific community, for a long period of time, people held a meeting every now and then.
Yue Yuan participated in almost every single one.
In these meetings, sometimes Yue Yuan personally chaired them, and sometimes the scientists who put forward important arguments chaired them. For example, this time, Yue Yuan attended the meeting as an observer.
The meeting was chaired by Yu Nanfeng, but the main topic of discussion was not proposed by Yu Nanfeng, but by Deng Bangmin, a member of his research team.
As soon as the meeting began, Yue Yuan, who was sitting in the corner of the Conference Room, saw Deng Bangmin walk to the podium, put his mouth to the microphone, and say, "Gentlemen, five years have passed since it was determined that the hybrid power system was a dead end. In these five years, countless Research Team have tried to find a new route, but almost none of them have found it. Now, I have some humble opinions that I would like to discuss with you."
Humans can now speak without traditional microphones, but the Conference Room on the Lyra has not been upgraded, so it still uses the original microphone equipment.
Deng Bangmin's Magnetic Boots firmly held him to the floor. After saying this inarticulate opening, he went straight to the point. "At first, I also thought that since the 'Silver Mist Consciousness's' claim about the technological route of Level 3 Civilization was a lie, a misleading statement about humanity, then there must be a new fundamental physical theory supporting it, just like the history of human development. Only in this way can humanity break through the current energy level and achieve the navigation capabilities that Level 3 Civilization should have."
Since the navigation technology route described by the 'Silver Mist Consciousness' was defined as a hoax, the views of human scientists have split into two parts.
Some argue that Level 3 Civilization haven't made any progress in navigation technology at all; at most, they've added an Electron-Positron Annihilation thruster, which has further optimized the Propulsion System of their spaceships and warships, but hasn't improved their energy levels.
Another group believes that Level 3 Civilization do possess navigation technology, and that there are alternative routes that would allow human warships and spaceships to reach 50% of the speed of light, or a similar speed, for a short period of time.
Deng Bangmin is the latter.
He firmly believes that there is another technological path, and that the reason why humanity has stagnated in this area before is because it has been trapped in a deception.
But things are different now. Humanity has moved beyond narrow-mindedness and begun to embrace an open and inclusive attitude towards technological stagnation.
Under these circumstances, all viewpoints can be raised at every meeting, and it was under these circumstances that Deng Bangmin stood up to express his views.
After finishing his opening remarks and some polite words, Deng Bangmin continued, "Initially, like you all, I thought that to achieve the advancement of technology for Level 3 Civilization, we needed new theoretical support. But later I realized that this wasn't necessarily the case. Have you all thought about what a new theory actually is?"
As the main speaker at the conference, Deng Bangmin did not wait for the scientists present to answer, but instead asked and answered himself, "In my opinion, the so-called new theory is just what we think is a new force. The actual new force may refer to a theory that does not exist in the normal development of Level 2 Civilization. It is true that we humans are Level 2 Civilization, but my colleagues should not forget what the Awakeners said back then."
In fact, Deng Bangmin was not born in the era when humanity encountered the Awakeners, but during his growth and learning process, he saw relevant records in human databases and learning materials.
This is a historical event for humankind, and almost every human being who grows and learns needs to learn about it, so he knows everything about how humanity encountered the Awakeners back then.
The words of the Awakeners from back then! Upon hearing these words, the scientists present all looked up or turned to look at Deng Bangmin on the stage.
However, before anyone could speak, Deng Bangmin continued, "This is common knowledge. You all must remember the initial evaluation of us humans by the Awakeners. The individual Awakeners who initially called us 'little guys' referred to us as Human Civilization when he left."
I believe this wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision by the Awakeners, but rather the result of a shift in his attitude after learning about the development of our human theories. The Awakeners went from initially being indifferent and acting casually to now recognizing our progress as a transformation of Human Civilization.
During that incident, I remember the Awakeners saying something like, "We humans are very talented." Yes, very talented, but what did that talent refer to? The Awakeners didn't specify.
"However, considering the situation at the time and our team's research, I believe that the talent the Awakeners mentioned refers to humanity's far-reaching lead in theoretical physics."
"Based on this, I believe that the so-called new theories required to achieve Level 3 Civilization navigation technology do not refer to theories that we do not currently possess, but rather to forces that have not yet been explored by us, such as the Electroweak Unification Theory, Yang-Mills Theory, and Parity Violation Theory."
"Various theories were proposed by our ancestors as early as Earth Era, but very few have actually been put into practice and implemented in reality. Therefore, after several years of research, our team believes that perhaps we can find the answer in the forces of the past, rather than blindly rushing into the exploration of new forces, because we humans are indeed very gifted!"
When Deng Bangmin said, "We humans are so talented," a proud look appeared on his face. He was not born in the Earth Era, but when he read about the Earth Era in his life and studies, especially the great explosion of scientific theories in the 20th century, he couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.
He felt that the scientists of the 20th century were simply a gift from heaven to humanity in the field of theoretical physics; all the top scientists appeared at that time, which was nothing short of a miracle.
It's important to understand that even if humanity achieves True Nanotechnology and Strong Artificial Intelligence, the fundamental physical theories used will still be products of the Earth Era. Although some theories have been supplemented, the overall framework was still established at that time.
Among all those theories, Deng Bangmin believed that the most promising ones for helping humanity achieve Level 3 Civilization technology were Yang-Mills Theory and Electroweak Unification Theory.
He has always believed that humanity has not fully explored the practical value of these two theories, nor their potential to be transformed into real-world technologies.
"The Electroweak Theory, the unification of Electromagnetic Force and Weak Force, was proposed by our ancestors at the beginning of the 20th century and has been further supplemented since then. Although this approach has provided us with a theoretical foundation in many fields in subsequent developments, I believe we still haven't fully explored its value," said Deng Bangmin.
"After years of research, our team believes that the Electroweak Unification Theory is the most promising way to help us achieve Level 3 Civilization navigation technology, or that this theory is the foundation for Level 3 Civilization advancement technology. Only a civilization that has theoretically Weak Interaction Force and the Electromagnetic Force is qualified to reach the level of a true Level 3 Civilization."
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