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Fantasy after the dream is shattered

When I grow up, I want to... This sentence structure is very classic, almost everyone has answered it. Once, the teacher read us a classmate's composition as a negative example, but I still remember this composition. "When I grow up, I want to build a big fish pond in our village, with electric eels, sharks, whales..." At that time, everyone laughed, and I laughed too. When I was young, I didn't think much about becoming a bank president or a tycoon. Many people said they wanted to be scientists, to research the universe, physics. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people did not achieve their dreams. The neighboring village did not become a large ocean pool, and I did not become a scientist either. Although I can't wrap my head around physics, I still enjoy listening to people discuss physics, the universe. They have a kind of enthusiasm for physics, believing it is the most advanced. But most of it is incomprehensible, which prompts me to seek other outlets. I like physics, but what do I really like? I want to know more truths, more about the universe. Behind this liking and hope, there are very clear pointers. Gods, aliens, space-time, the universe. It is precisely because of these pointed questions that various fantasies emerge. For example, science fiction, can quantum entanglement achieve long-distance communication? No, because quantum entanglement can only transmit meaningless information. But people need a technology for transcending time and space communication, as for how to achieve it, it doesn't matter, as long as it looks passable. What truly constitutes science fiction is not science, but what people are like in different forms. People want to explore, what would it be like if humans had the ability for interstellar travel, what would it be like if there were aliens. The vast majority have not realized their dreams, some dreams seem like fantasies. What truly supports life is one unrealistic fantasy after another. Reasonable fantasies themselves are unreasonable. Just like Qin Shi Huang always wanted to find the elixir of life. Although some fantasies can be realized, like winning the lottery and becoming wealthy. But this kind of fantasy is not really a fantasy. It has a realistic possibility. So what is the standard for distinguishing realistic possibilities? It depends on our understanding of the world. And our understanding comes from our knowledge of the world. So whether it is reasonable or not, fantasy is always closely related to reality. It changes what is impossible. Science and fantasy are truly an interesting contradiction. Centered on fantasy, with science as the body, it is actually a human-centered issue. It serves human needs, its principles are in line with human reasoning. No matter what the fantasy, what the discipline, fantasy is always the core. Other principles are always secondary. Nothing is more exciting than human reasoning.
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