Primordial Ancient Serpent-Chapter 52 - : The End of Science Is Theology

"Is practicing the technique of Chaos Eight Trigrams actually creating a supercomputer?"

Gu Chuan squinted his eyes as he began to grasp the deeper mystery of the Chaos Eight Trigrams.

The reason the Chaos Eight Trigrams can deduce endless mysteries in the world is because of its immense computational power. It is capable of calculating trillions of possibilities in a single second, with speed that knows no bounds.

For example, consider how modern forensic technology helps the police solve a murder case. They gather traces such as smells, footprints, fingerprints, and even DNA left by the murderer. With such information, even if the murderer tries to deny their involvement, there is no way to escape the irrefutable evidence.

This principle applies here as well.

To deduce the laws governing the universe, one needs to understand the fundamental details of various things and then continue to deduce based on their development until the final result is reached.

However, in the process of deduction, there are always countless unforeseen variables. Each variable can lead to different results, which in turn create countless possible futures.

But with computational power that surpasses everything else, millions of outcomes can be calculated in an instant based on these variables, and the most probable result can be chosen.

This is how predicting the future works.

It's similar to the artificial intelligence program AlphaGo. AlphaGo records every Go move made throughout history and even simulates moves by playing against itself, constantly evolving and deducing the best strategies. Often, after humans make their first move, AlphaGo already knows what the opponent will do next, what the result will be, and how to respond.

This is the power of artificial intelligence: knowing everything with absolute clarity and predicting the future.

How can humans compete with artificial intelligence when the computing power is on entirely different levels? Top-level chess players can calculate up to seven moves ahead, but computers can calculate millions of moves into the future. How could humans possibly compare?

In truth, this is not about predicting the future, but rather calculating based on various factors to arrive at the inevitable outcome — from cause to effect. It is simply determining the inevitable event.

But to an outsider, this seems like predicting the future.

Of course, the rules of chess are fixed, and predicting outcomes in chess is relatively simple. Predicting changes in the weather or the movement of planets is much more complicated.

But such things are not impossible to predict.

What's lacking is computing power. If computing speed reaches the speed of light — or even exceeds it — then everything can truly be deduced and the future predicted.

The Chaos Eight Trigrams technique condensed by Gu Chuan possesses such power. It's as though he has refined a super-optical brain that is continuously evolving.

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Its computational power is improving rapidly.

Once its computing power reaches its peak, it will be able to calculate the laws of chaos and all the changes in the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

"Is the improvement of Chaos Eight Trigrams just an increase in computing power? Is it similar to the continuous upgrading of computers in future generations?"

Gu Chuan began to develop a deeper understanding of this ability.

However, this ability is not omnipotent.

After all, this is merely the result of deduction. Even with a 99% success rate, there will always be a 1% failure rate. This is the variable produced within chaos.

Such variables are beyond the control of anyone, even a Saint.

"A variable?"

At that moment, Gu Chuan's eyes lit up as he finally understood why Saints in later generations often speak of variables and why they are so fearful of them.

Because they have reached the level of a Saint, their brain's computational speed has reached the speed of light, allowing them to deduce many future changes at will, with everything under control.

But variables are something they cannot control. It's beyond their imagination.

For Saints, who seek to hold everything in their grasp, variables are intolerable.

Some Saints despise them because they disrupt their control and bring about change. Others might welcome them, as they can break the plans of other Saints and lead to more favorable outcomes for themselves.

But regardless of their personal feelings, no Saint can control a variable — not even the most powerful one.

In fact, when Gu Chuan entered this chaotic world, he was never just another variable.

"Interesting... The Great Way of Heaven and Earth, the Law of Chaos, Magical Ability, and Chaos Eight Trigrams can all be explained by science," Gu Chuan smiled, a sense of wonder and awe in his heart.

But this is to be expected. What we call science is simply a way for humans to observe and understand the world. It's a method of comprehending all the principles governing existence.

Science is objective, provable, and disprovable. It constantly evolves, and ultimately its goal is to master the laws of all things in the world, granting even mortal beings the power of the gods.

In earlier times, humans could not fly, so they invented airplanes. Swimming long distances was difficult, so they invented ships. Their speed was limited, so they invented cars and trains.

These are all ways in which mortals have harnessed power beyond that of beasts.

Thus, some scientists believe that when science reaches its final stage, it may transform into theology.