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Chapter 1097 - 430: We Have Reason to Believe...

Chapter 1097: Chapter 430: We Have Reason to Believe...

"Oh God, Lotte, you did something foolish, you shouldn’t have asked that question."

"Do you mean I will bring trouble to Qiao Ze?"

"No, you will bring trouble to yourself."

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In the small private room of the restaurant, Edward Witten and Roth Dugan sat face to face, casually chatting.

The cafeteria at Xilin Mathematics Research Institute fully considered the exchange needs of scholars during international conferences. The second floor private rooms are designed in various formats. The largest room can accommodate twenty people dining at the same time, and there are also small rooms for four people, suitable for more private gatherings.

After the afternoon seminar, they took forty minutes, and after listening to Ham Taylor’s report, the two found a small room, dining while chatting about trivial matters.

After all, being old friends who haven’t met for a long time, there are always things to talk about.

"I don’t quite understand, what trouble could I have? Are they not going to let me go back to the United States?" Roth Dugan joked.

Edward Witten shook his head and said, "You shouldn’t have any dealings with Langley, really. They’re like hungry wolves, and as soon as they see an opportunity, they will keep taking until they can’t extract any value at all."

Roth Dugan shrugged, noncommittal.

"Ah..." Edward Witten sighed heavily and said, "You know? Lately, I’ve been reading some history, suggested by Qiao Ze. He said that if academic work is stuck, looking at the trajectory of history can help expand thinking."

"Oh? Do you find it useful?" Roth Dugan asked with interest.

To be honest, he wasn’t interested in history.

But if it could truly make his thinking smoother, he wouldn’t mind giving it a try.

"Not much use to academia, but I found enjoyment in it. After all, Huaxia’s history isn’t as dull as Western history. But the inertia of history has always existed and determines the entirely different thinking patterns between Huaxia people and Westerners." Edward Witten shrugged.

"So, are you going to become a historical physicist after being a mathematical physicist?" Roth Dugan casually teased.

Edward Witten ignored Roth Dugan’s teasing and continued to say, "Western thinking patterns tend to be more aggressive thinking. The common problem of ocean civilizations, we went through the great pirate era, accustomed to the rule that might is right. Think about it, in the ocean, is there any real court to judge right from wrong?

Perhaps it is precisely because of Westerners’ yearning and pursuit of the ocean, the steam engine was perfected on the island of Britain. The emergence of steam-powered ships made Britain truly The Empire Where the Sun Never Sets during that era! You know the rest of the story, the era of grand adventures at sea officially began.

They established thirteen colonies on the East Coast of North America, and even the most impoverished people got a ticket to live in North America. What happened next, we all know, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, France... a bunch of countries started migrating to North America, and then your motherland was born, at the cost of countless Native Americans in North America being scalped."

Roth Dugan frowned; this wasn’t a very glorious history.

"Edward, this doesn’t sound like you. Okay, I admit all this happened, but civilization developed from the most primitive barbarism. Darwin’s theory of evolution is also a science; it’s just the survival of the fittest era. Besides, you are also American."

"We’re just discussing history, aren’t we?" Edward Witten smiled and said.

"I thought you were discussing why I got into trouble." Roth Dugan said unpleasantly.

Honestly, old Dugan was already in a bad mood.

The answer he got from Qiao Ze had already exceeded his imagination, and now listening to Edward Witten blabbering was only making him more irritated.

"But the answer to your trouble can be found in history." Edward Witten wasn’t annoyed, casually retorted.

"Then please get directly to the point."

"The point is under the dominance of historical inertia, Western thinking patterns actually are more result-oriented. For instance, the way of thinking of those in power is closer. If they are convinced that what they are doing is right, then they only ask for results, not the means."

"I don’t agree with that. Maybe you forgot about what is known as procedural justice, what the rights of Milan are! That’s what countless people are pursuing!"

"Haha, Lotte, don’t deceive yourself! So-called procedural justice is merely a veil to cover things up, a tool to embellish. The real situation is procedural justice helps the powerful acquit, leaving the proletariat helpless. That’s the truth.

Especially for those in power, when procedural justice is troublesome, they have a hundred ways to eliminate those bothersome creatures from the physical realm. We all know, this is the real world; in fact, they often do this. _{f\r(e)ewe.b no\vel.com}

Just like in the great pirate era, if a dispute arose, the powerful would directly throw the weak into the sea, thus resolving the conflict! Few would care about one less weak person! For others, this is even a good thing, as with one less denominator, everyone could get more spoils!

So don’t you see? Since you asked this question, you’ve already boarded a pirate ship. You think providing them the answer is the end? No, this is just the beginning. When they cannot get the information they want from here through other channels, they will think of you.