Wandering Spaceship in Deep Space Chapter 368: Lineage theory and mediocrity

　　The cultural tradition of the Riley people is to attribute everything to the gods.

　　 Although this approach is easy and trouble-free, everything can be explained from religious texts. This makes Riley people not thinking about the meaning of life, and naturally there is not much confusion.

　　 However, reducing the meaning of one's own existence to the illusory "god" undoubtedly reduces the subjective initiative of the ontology.

　　"Although their behavior looks very funny and ridiculous, it is not innate stupidity in fact, but because-the intelligence of most individuals has not been developed to the greatest extent, even if they are naturally intelligent, they are in vain. It's wasted."

　　 After talking about this, Zhang Yuan remembered some short stories he heard during the earth period. In certain areas, it is very common for locals to **** foreigners. This seems to be a kind of their culture. They feel that since they are poor, it is natural to **** others.

　　 There are some areas where begging has become a commonplace.

　　Some people show kindness and give money to beggars. They will take it for granted, without any gratitude. They think that the gifts of others are guided by the gifts of gods. Since it is guided by the gods, why should we be grateful?

　　 But if you change the way, for example, let the other party throw the stone in the middle of the road to the side of the road, and then give them money, this kind of trivial thing within their ability, they will not want to, and even feel it is an insult... …

　　 This kind of thinking does exist on the earth, and it is difficult to change, mostly in remote and poor countries.

　　 Then, it's no surprise to extend to these Riley people in front of you.

　　"So, a civilized culture is very, very important, including cultural heritage and spiritual core. It is the backbone of civilization. Our new civilization has absorbed the excellent heritage of earth civilization and has gradually come to the present. "

Professor 　　 Yamamoto suddenly said: "I have discovered a very important point... The bond based on descent theory should be the most common social structure in the universe. The Riley’s "ethnic hierarchy", It’s actually a deep-rooted theory of descent. Some Rileys are born with noble ancestry, and some are born with lowliness, even... these low-race Rileys, I think so too."

　　"Like our planet, many animal communities live in groups based on bloodlines, such as wolves, lions, human tribes, etc."

　　 "Amplified to the universe, it should be the same... Social creatures develop into an intelligent civilization, and the probability is much greater than that of solitary creatures. Then, the banality of most civilizations may have a lot to do with pedigree theory."

　　 There is a proverb in Xia State: The dragon gives birth to the dragon, the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, and the son of a mouse will make holes, which describes the theory of descent.

　　 But pedigree theory, this naturally formed system is only applicable to the early stages of civilization, and in the middle and late stages, due to the solidification of the pedigree theory, it will become a hidden obstacle.

　　 Even though all roads lead to Rome, don’t forget that some people were originally born in Rome, and when others are facing the scorching sun, enduring hunger and thirst, these natural lucky people are lying in the main hall. Here, eating grapes comfortably, looking at the scenery, has reached the end.

　　Under such unfair circumstances, it is bound to be difficult for a civilization to truly realize its full potential. If you have the potential of 100 innate, maybe you can only play 1 or even 0.1, you have been restricted by yourself and you will not continue to move forward.

　　 "Yes, there is this view in the history of new civilizations. The theory of descent is deeply rooted and restricts a large number of civilizations. Then, I have one more question..."

　　 Zhang Yuan asked: "The theory of descent must rely on sexual reproduction, which should be an important part of the theory of evolution. If it is asexual reproduction, everyone is born from the same mother, and they are definitely equal, and there is no pedigree and class. There are levels. Why do most of the lives we encounter are sexual reproduction? Or, most of them are bisexual reproduction, why can’t they be three sexes, four sexes, and five sexes?"

　　 The alien species encountered by human beings are not too few, and several different alien civilizations have also been investigated.

　　Humans and Gliese people are both sexual reproduction, including creatures on these two planets, and most of them are mainly sexual reproduction.

　　Badites detained in the virtual space, although they are able to reproduce unisexually, they can also reproduce bisexually. The etiquette for the Badit people to meet is to exchange germ cells and store them in their own sacs. In most cases, they will choose bisexual reproduction instead of parthenogenesis.

　　 The Riley civilization that I just came into contact with, seems to be dominated by bisexual reproduction...

　　This has led to a certain degree of the same nature of a large number of different civilizations. Although everyone is different in appearance and body structure, they have similarities in some core aspects.

　　 "Mr. Captain, the answer is simple."

　　Biologist Ichiro Yamamoto explained: "Because the mutation ability of asexual reproduction is weak, the evolution speed is extremely slow, and when the environment changes, or the invasion of malignant bacteria or viruses, it is easy to be extinct... One kind, the Big Mac banana, was extinct because of the virus. Unfortunately, the banana we eat now is called the Cavendish banana. It does not produce seeds, and there is a risk of extinction."

　　 There are also some asexual organisms on the earth, such as yeast, paramecium and other single-celled organisms, which reproduce through division. They split and multiply very fast, and they mutate very fast, so naturally there is no need to worry about the risk of extinction.

　　Some reptiles, insects, fish, and a mutant crayfish can reproduce without mating, which is called parthenogenesis.

　　 Speaking of a species called "American Dragon Sting Shrimp"~IndoMTL.com~ can also be regarded as an anecdote in biology. The American dragon sting shrimp was discovered by scientists in 1995. It was discovered that all individuals around the world have the same genes and the same set of chromosomes, as if every lobster was cloned.

　　 Yamamoto said: "This kind of lobster does not need to mate to lay eggs, but if there is a virus that targets this kind of lobster, it will easily be wiped out without leaving a single one."

　　 "So, only sexual reproduction can bring genetic diversity, the ability to adapt to the environment is stronger, and it is easy to survive in a complex environment."

　　" Among them, **** reproduction is the best and the most stable. In ancient times, when the living environment was harsh, how could it be possible for three, four, or five individuals to reproduce together? Perhaps there were multiple individuals in history. The species that reproduced together were eliminated in the end."

Professor 　　 Yamamoto slapped his head and added: "Oh, yes, organisms in the Coccidaceae family often reproduce multisexually. It is said that there are thirteen sexes, but they are only bacteria with super reproductive ability, not multicellular organisms. "

　　"We don’t doubt that there are some plethora of civilizations in the universe, but in terms of evolutionary probability, it is definitely a small probability event... They may exist in the galaxy, but it’s hard to meet us."

　　 "That's it, I've learned a lot."

　　 Zhang Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "I really want to see what civilizations of more than a dozen genders are like... Maybe even the family system can't be formed... The whole society is inevitable. Is it totally different from us?"