Chương 1703: Chapter 1153: Professor (16)_1

Bruce curled his lips and said, "Yes, a 'regular person' who can immediately think of the method of committing murder upon seeing a homicide, solving two cases of serial killers in three days."

As soon as these words left his mouth, Bruce's expression stiffened for a moment. He realized that the way he speaks is becoming more and more like Shiller.

Shiller, however, spread his hands and chuckled: "Can't ordinary people have special skills? But you've touched on the key point. That's the major optimization in this upgrade."

"Not just those serial killers, but you and I…we're the same. Due to certain superior circumstances we were born into, there's a gulf between us and regular people."

"Serial killers lack emotional depth, cannot empathize, cannot experience the joys and sorrows of ordinary people. You possess a high IQ and are incredibly rich, destined to gradually distance yourself from the society of ordinary people. As for me, I was born with mental conditions that prevent me from comprehending the world in a normal way."

"We've all separated ourselves from the lives of ordinary people, only able to guess how they actually live through our own imaginations. Even if you were to give up your wealthy identity and delve into the lower ranks, the differences in IQ and brain structure would make it hard for you to completely see the world from the perspective of a regular person."

"In your view, how can anyone not understand calculus? How can anyone be unable to memorize three books overnight? How can anyone not understand the mechanical structure inside a machine? However, many ordinary people simply cannot."

"So, you start suspecting: are they genuinely stupid, or do they just refuse to think?" Shiller looked into Bruce's eyes, but the usual cold laughter was missing from his gaze, indicating that he wasn't mocking anyone.

However, the words of Shiller were still sharp and to the point. Bruce was silent as he looked at Shiller. He admitted that he had indeed pondered over thequestion.

Likewise, when faced with ordinary people who were stumped by certain problems, Bruce felt perplexed. From his perspective, those were not even challenging, let alone considered as problems. With a little thought, the answers would easily appear.

So why couldn't they figure out the answers? Were they genuinely putting in the effort with their brains? Was their seeming indifference towards certain issues due to an inability to solve them, or were they just too lazy to think?

"I guess your answer would be – it's both." Shiller voiced the answer in Bruce's heart, continuing, "some can't solve it, some are too lazy to think, others pretend to be too lazy because they can't solve it."

"But it's undeniable that their behavior has formed your impression of ordinary people as being chaotic, confused, and a complete mess."

"To them, the world is full of mysteries. The answers they seek are unattainable, the things they want to do can't be done. They're unsure where they come from or where they're going, like lost ghosts in a vast land."

Bruce noticed that Shiller's gaze had changed. In the past, whenever he looked into Shiller's eyes, they resembled boundless abyss, always deep and profound, seeming to harbor countless secrets like a dam amidst a stormy sea that had no end.

But now, Shiller's gaze was crystal clear, his thoughts and emotions plainly visible, as if they were pebbles by a garden pond.

"But it's not like that." Shiller turned around, giving an answer that startled Bruce. Bruce had already agreed with Shiller's last line. In his view, the lives of ordinary people were indeed that and nothing more - confusing, ignorant, only focusing on the present.

Shiller returned to his desk, with sunlight streaming in through the window beside it, his expression focused as he looked at Bruce and said:

"You've been to a slum, seen scavengers struggling for survival, seen dock workers laboring just to get by. Their lives in comparison to yours, an affluent man, are utterly miserable. Their IQ and memory aren't comparable either."

"So, you feel that their lives hold nothing but hardship, as if they're walking through hell. It's truly pitiful. You think they must be dull, stupid, and utterly lacking in creativity."

Shiller gently shook his head: "The world of ordinary people is much richer and colorful than you imagine. Every person rushing about on the street, although they bear their own fatigue, also have their own hopes. They often feel pain but can always find joy. Each has their own monotony, but also their own humor."

"They each have their own uniqueness, their own talents. While they may seem mediocre in many aspects, they sometimes show glimmers of brilliance. They may not have the chance to follow the path of art, but they can use their abundant emotions to create astonishing masterpieces."

"They don't know much, but they find satisfaction easily. They often feel disappointed and sad, but their solutions are as simple as going to sleep."

"A scavenger might find happiness by hearing his favorite song play as he passes by an audio store. A dock worker might feel pleased because they made an impressive knot that day."

"Bruce..." When Shiller called Bruce's name, Bruce saw another person in his face. That person was once his nightmare, perhaps a friend, that individual who was always trying to get him to crack a smile.

"You think that ordinary people laugh because besides laughter, they have no other way to deal with life's hardships. However, this viewpoint is too serious and arrogant. Is it not possible that they're simply happy for the sake of being happy?"

Shiller pursed his lips, gave Bruce a broad smile, and said: "You pity them for their less prosperous material lives, and they pity you because you rarely experience genuine happiness."

Shiller shifted a bit, leaning on one side of the armrest, and looked at Bruce, asking, "What's your view on laziness?"

"I don't like laziness," Bruce replied.

"Indeed, none of us like laziness. Therefore, a long time ago, when my Thought Palace was just established, I did not have this personality trait of sloth."

"Fundamentally, sloth is actually an indication of lost mental control. For ordinary people, their ability to concentrate completely is limited. When their focus reaches its limit, they will instinctively start to get distracted."

"However, vast majority of people cannot reach this limit of concentration. Before that, something interferes with them, causing them to lose focus prematurely. This phenomenon is what we call laziness."

"If a person is extremely tired and goes to rest, it's not laziness, it's self-protection. But if a person isn't tired, both mentally and physically healthy, and simply doesn't want to do something, it could be rejection and evasion."

"If a person is not tired, wants to do something, but finds they can't focus on it, can't commit completely, repeatedly something is blocking them from giving their all - this is what we call laziness."

"At its root, this is because ordinary people can't precisely control their own thoughts, specifically, turning the components of the mind that generate motivation to work at maximum efficiency, and totally shutting down the parts that create obstacles."

"But we can do it." Shiller tapped lightly on the table with his hand, looking at Bruce. Bruce walked over and sat across from him. He was also quite curious about how Shiller's personality had come about.

"Whether one can shield oneself from lazy thoughts is crucial to a person's execution ability. Some people are clearly intelligent and their plans have no issues, but they always give up halfway. They fail to accomplish things because they can't block the lazy thoughts in their minds."

"On the contrary, beings like us, perhaps because of innate extraordinary intelligence, or because of some inherent mental disorder, do not experience laziness."

"As long as our physiological and psychological conditions have not reached their limits, and we want to do something, we can invariably executive all parts with precision."

"Our thoughts operate like a precision machine. When we want a component to move, it will move. There will never be some unknown part suddenly in motion, obstructing our actions."

"So, there was originally no component of laziness in my thought process. So when my personality shattered, producing countless fragments of traits, the fragment of laziness was naturally not carried over."

"So when did you appear?" Bruce inquired.

"After I received professional psychological therapy," Shiller answered, continuing to explain to Bruce: "Before that, I didn't know what the situation was like for other people. I assumed the whole world was like me."

"Therefore, when some people give up halfway through a task and then regret it afterward, I would be extremely puzzled. I didn't understand, they wanted to do it, so why not do it? Why give up after starting? Why regret after giving up?"

"I didn't get it, what was hindering them, and later, a doctor told me it was simply laziness." Shiller stared into Bruce's eyes: "He also told me that lacking laziness is not entirely a good thing."

"The component of the mind that generates motivation will make people experience various positive emotions in the process of completing a task, such as excitement and anticipation before starting, steadiness and calm during the process, and the sense of achievement afterward."

"When these emotions are generated, our brain has to respond accordingly, to cool down when excitement heats up too high, to fuel the fire when rational consideration causes emotions to dip, and to affirm oneself and assign higher values when the sense of achievement appears."

"But the part of laziness generates various negative emotions when one fails to complete a task, such as hesitation before starting, annoyance during the process, regret and sadness after giving up halfway, as well as self-denial."

"When these negative emotions occur, the brain also needs to respond accordingly, such as urging when there is too much hesitation, calming the mood when annoyed, comforting oneself when regretful, and striving to balance when self-denying."

"If a person only has the motivating component and generates only positive emotions, then their brain will constantly work to balance these positive emotions, which can very likely lead to overcorrection."

"For instance, if the brain is always suppressing excitement and anticipation, and has trained this ability to be exceptionally strong, it is very likely that it will erase all positive emotions when they are not that extreme, leaving people always in a state of disappointment and depression."

"When rationally thinking or in a low-emotion state, one might fan the flames excessively, leading to the emergence of irritability and even violent behavior."

"When the sense of achievement appears, one might engage in excessive self-affirmation, becoming arrogant and narcissistic, unwilling to listen to other people's opinions."

Shiller looked at Bruce with a smile and emphasized, "Such people can be quite terrifying, don't you think, 'Bruce'?"

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