Chen Feng's answer is simple.
"The human heart" is the object of his research.
But Wang Qi was very dissatisfied with this conclusion. "Who are you fooling? Can you study such a large project by yourself? Now is not the time when the discipline has just been established. Be specific."
As research deepens, the differentiation of disciplines will become more and more detailed. Take the history of the earth as an example. In Galileo's time, a stronger scientist could study all the physics that could be studied. But by the beginning of the twentieth century, even Einstein could not study all fields of physics.
When Chen Feng says "human heart", it seems too general. According to Wang Qi's previous scientific research methods, one functional area of the human brain is enough to support thousands of researchers.
"To be more specific, it's the formation of the human heart." Chen Feng asked, "Do you know the theory of the Three Purities?"
Wang Qi nodded. "The human heart is divided into three parts. The most fundamental part is the blood instinct, which is called Yuanshi, and it is called Jade Purity. The one that restricts Yuanshi is morality, which is called Great Purity. The duties that the original heart can grasp are called spiritual treasures, and they are called Shangqing."
Chen Feng nodded. "This theory actually has a lot of loopholes and is very primitive and crude, but it gave me a lot of ideas."
"I told you that I am doing two lines of research. One is to study the relationship between brain, soul and thinking, and the other is to study Human Dao and the human heart. The first one is Jade Purity Yuanshi, and the latter one is Great Purity morality."
What is the human heart? What is consciousness?
From different perspectives, there are different answers. The beholder has different opinions and the wise have different opinions.
In the eyes of Wang Qi, a guy reincarnated as a physicist, human consciousness is an existence formed by information organized in the form of negentropy, and may occupy a special position in the physical system. For most biologists, consciousness is not that mysterious. It is just a function of the human brain and the result of a large number of neuron operations.
Chen Feng obviously belongs to the latter. His main research is how this "result" is formed.
"My boss, your idea is a bit strange." Wang Qi frowned. "There is really not much connection between the two sides of this project."
According to his understanding, the former is neuroscience and the latter is Social Sciences. There is a big difference.
Chen Feng shook his head. "I don't study what 'morality' is specifically, nor do I study what 'morality' is ethical. I only study how morality comes into being, and how it interacts with Yuanshi. In the same way, I don't study the use of a certain instinctive reaction, what its mechanism is, and how it arises. I only study how these many reactions form the huge 'Yuanshi', and how 'Yuanshi' interacts with 'morality' to form spiritual treasures."
Wang Qi asked again, "Then why do we involve the big topic of 'Human Dao'?"
"If you want to understand 'morality', you must know where it comes from." Faced with Wang Qi's pointed question, Chen Feng was confident. "Do you know what a 'pseudo-social creature' is?"
Wang Qi shook his head. He only knew about "social creatures", such as ants and bees. As for "pseudosociality", he really didn't know.
"This concept is also a very partial term among Spirit Beast Mountain. It's only normal that you don't know." Chen Feng said sternly, "This word actually refers specifically to the human race."
Human beings are different from typical social creatures. The sociality of ants and bees is rooted in instinct, while human sociality is not based on genetics. If a baby is isolated from the crowd at birth, he will definitely not be able to speak, do not know how to think, and will not show any sociality when he grows up.
At this point, humans are even inferior to wolves.
However, it is difficult for a single person to survive far away from the group. And the power exerted by the group of people is far more powerful than fighting alone.
This is another typical social creature.
This strange phenomenon is called "pseudosociality" by Chen Feng.
"Since human morality does not come from blood, then it must come from Human Dao."
"And Human Dao comes from the gathering of people's hearts."
"The two are actually one."
"I have to admit, I kind of admire you, Boss." Wang Qi couldn't help but applaud. "The idea is very good. So what is your goal?"
Chen Feng knocked on the table and said with a smile, "Human Dao The goal of this line is actually not big, but according to our contract, I can't tell you that much. So please allow me to keep this secret."
This is the modern scientific research team. In addition to the leader of the experimental project, the following apprentices doing the experiment do not need to know the overall plan of the experiment, nor do they need to know the ultimate goal of the experiment - of course, it does not rule out that they cannot understand the experimental data at all.
But it was Chen Feng's secretive expression that made Wang Qi shiver.
Isn't this guy's goal "to unite all the immortal cultivators in China"? Or is it "a ghost, a red ghost lingering in the God Continent"?
In addition to this strictly confidential goal, Chen Feng's other research goals are very clear. His research is actually integrated with his practice, and it is also a complete system.
First, for the study of nerves and souls, the goal is to deepen his understanding of the theoretical basis of the Yangshen Pavilion. Then he will fine-tune the mental method, complete the construction of the golden elixir, and pave the way to Primordial Spirit.
The goal of studying the human heart and human thinking is to strengthen the power of his Illusion Technique-like Law Technique. Only by understanding the human heart well enough can we grasp the human heart.
And this plan also has a sub-project-After Tomorrow's Will, or artificial intelligence.
Constructing a blank will from scratch is of great benefit to Chen Feng in understanding the existence of spirit. And Chen Feng's research on the human heart can also be continuously added to this artificial intelligence.
Wang Qi said in surprise, "Let's not talk about the first two goals for now, how long do you plan to do the latter?"
"Maybe hundreds of years?" Chen Feng smiled and reported a research cycle that earth scientists would never dare to imagine, "There must be some long-term planning."
Okay, I forgot again... For earth scientists, it is a big project that takes several generations to complete, but for the immortal cultivators in this world, it is a long-term plan...
"In other words, my task is to specialize in the last one?" Wang Qi realized. "After Tomorrow's Will is related to calculators and arithmetic logic. My Foundation Establishment's ideas come from calculator theory and calculator architecture. And when it comes to arithmetic logic, I can definitely be said to be number one among my peers - right?"
"Actually, there is still a matter of mathematical modeling for Human Dao, but Jia Ke is responsible for this." Chen Feng said sincerely, "I said at the beginning that this project must be yours."
"That's it?"
"Well, it's written in the contract that processing data is also your job..."