True Success: Doing a Good Deed That Impacts More People for a Longer Time
Human civilization has almost entirely revolved around two major fields: the exploration of the mysteries of the universe and the exploration of the mysteries of life. The universe above us is boundless and infinite, exploration is endless, and human life is always limited by the universe, which leads to curiosity and awe. Human moral principles are equally related to the continuation of human life, otherwise humans would destroy themselves. Exploring the universe and exploring life are almost all human creative discoveries.
Einstein said: the most difficult thing to understand in the universe is that it is actually understandable. The universe is boundless and infinitely distant, and we can still use our own power to explore the mysteries of the universe. Kant said: 'There are two things that, the more we think about them deeply and persistently, the greater our astonishment and awe will be; these are the starry sky and my own moral principles.' Human life, besides maintaining the existence of life, is left to explore the mysteries of the universe and life. We must first climb onto the shoulders of giants, then we can do something that stands on the shoulders of giants. The more we do such things, the better humans can survive and reproduce.
1Exploring the mysteries of the universe and nature.
The universe is endless and seemingly has a day of silence and destruction. According to the physical principle of entropy: all matter in the universe will slowly decrease to absolute zero temperature, and orderly things will tend to decompose into disorderly things. Just like temperature only transmits from hot objects to cold objects, after the heat dissipation, it will be difficult to gather again. Whether it's a thing made by humans, or the entire universe, it applies to this law, and it's irreversible.
Human built a large cargo ship, which is a process of establishing order. After the ship's use period is no more than a few decades. When it is stranded on the beach or sinks to the bottom of the sea, the time it takes to rot is far longer than the time humans use it, and eventually the ship will disappear completely.
The sun is also a fiery ball of order, constantly radiating heat. The Earth's interior also radiates heat continuously, and the entire universe also does, most planets will gradually turn to darkness, silence, or destruction. The sun will burn for another 50 billion years, and then it will start to collapse internally, at the same time the sun's atmosphere will expand into a giant red giant, the red giant will exist for millions of years, during which time the sun will release more light and become particularly bright. At the same time, the sun's atmosphere will swallow the earth, and all life on earth will disappear. After that, the sun will collapse into a white dwarf with a volume similar to the Earth, and the rate of radiation will also decrease, and after another hundred billion years, all similar stars in the universe will gradually extinguish, becoming dark. After even more billions of years, the temperature inside the sun will gradually approach the absolute zero of the universe, at this time most of the stars in the universe will disappear, even black holes will eventually disappear, everything will gradually return to darkness and silence.
This is the most far-reaching prediction we can make based on our current understanding, and no one can prevent the gradual decay of orderly things. However, the emergence of life is a miracle. Life can maintain its orderly stability by taking in food, although it will eventually succumb to the laws of nature in the long run. But who would have thought that there would be life on Earth, all life is maintained by external intake of matter and energy to prevent life order from being destroyed, and this order is constantly evolving to better adapt to the environment. In this field, human exploration has never stopped, and more and more people have joined this line.
2Human existence is also a miracle
Since humans appeared in the world, humans have made all kinds of creations and discoveries day and night. To understand the entire universe and life, many astronomers have emerged, such as Zhang Heng, Copernicus, Newton, and Einstein. Human beings have discovered relativity, quantum mechanics, the whole principle of the universe, and various ways to explore the universe. Relying on these methods, our cognitive boundaries are constantly expanding.
Helping us understand the existence of life, there are medical progress, Nietzsche said: 'A culture that does not understand the wisdom of life is not a culture, it is only performing a trick.' In the 21st century, there may be many brilliant ones, such as gene science, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and mathematics. These can help us further understand the mysteries of life.
In addition to this, there are philosophy and religion. All living beings, regardless of the circumstances, want their own life and descendants to continue. All philosophical and religious teachings at the apex are the same: everyone wants to provide a stable mind and body to the people, allowing them to continue living. Life is always here, and to grasp and fulfill the present moment is to live. Human beings will not be able to destroy themselves if there is no philosophy and religion, and no philosophical thinking is elevated, it is very likely that human beings will destroy themselves.
Finally, let's quote Cai Zhitong: 'When a person dies, anyone who knows him dies, whether or not this person has been to Earth, no one knows. Unless he can make the Earth's philosophy stand on the shoulders of giants. True success is to make what you want to make, how much positive influence it has on people, and how long it lasts. That's success.' I wish everyone could use our own hands to create and discover a better world, influence more people, and last longer, and get a better self.
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