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This afternoon, the Möbius Forum of the 2021 World Top Scientists Forum returned to the offline for the first time since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, and nearly 20 top scientists and young scholars gathered to share the cutting-edge scientific and technological stars that are illuminating the future of mankind and imagine a "scientific blueprint" for the future. Yang Xudong, a young scholar at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, asked an interesting question to top scientists: Suppose a person is injured or sick, when new materials gradually replace the "parts" of his body, in the end, is he still human?
"This interesting question is, on the one hand, how will new materials develop in the future?" At the same time, it is also asking, when the application of new materials develops to a certain extent, what will the future look like? Roger Kornberg, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and president of the World Association of Top Scientists, "translated" Yang Xudong's imagination.
Photo: Roger Kornberg, president of the World Association of Top Scientists
Wang Zhonglin, winner of the 2018 Eni Frontier Energy Award, took the lead in answering from a physical point of view, he believes that although the world has changed a lot since the invention of the transistor, the underlying physical properties of the new material are still the same while the new material is developed. He advises young scientists to focus on "new physics" and explore new designs that weren't available before.
Michael Levitt, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and vice president of the Association of The World's Top Scientists, said that from a biological point of view, it is common to think that "natural selection" is a "myth" in evolutionary theory, but diversity is the fundamental principle of evolution. "As we understand more and more biomaterials, more and more materials are being implemented in the lab. Perhaps in the future, the combination of man and machine will be better than man itself or machine itself. "But he stressed that each individual must have different characteristics, whether it is a bionic person, a snake, a dog, each individual must be colorful."
Xinmin Evening News reporter Yi Rong Ma Dan