为什么用（？->物质->生命->意识->？）为标题？[^0]

(English Version)

什么？（“创生”之前是什么？）

在物质/反物质（？）及宇宙/反宇宙（？）于150亿或200亿138亿年前（？）诞生（？）时，在它们之前有任何东西和意义存在吗？以目前的科学知识而言，这些问题的答案还是无法确定。它们可以是任何东西，从虚无到其他不同维度的宇宙存在，或甚至是一个造物者都可能。由于用现有的知识，我们确实无法知道也无从判断情况，所以对于这方面的无知只好用“什么？”做为代表。

 

物质（物质的“创生”）

物质的“创生”和人们现今所知宇宙的启始（？），都是通过.大爆炸*.[^1]从无中生有（？）产生的。在宇宙被“创生”之后数十亿年，我们的太阳系才形成。

 

生命（生命的“创生”）

生命的“创生”是通过各种化学反应（？），在地球形成后大约10亿年，才从无生命的物质中化合“创生”的（？）。

 

意识（人类意识的“创生”）

.人类意识*.[^2]的“创生”是通过生物-化学的反应（？），经过大约30亿年的演化，才从有生命的生物演化为有生命及意识的生物和人类。

 

什么？（生命之后是什么？）

做为有意识的人类，我们似乎是地球上唯一（？）会对本身生物体寿命的死亡和意义沉思的生物（？）。也许这是因为受了“个体的意识似乎会随生物体寿命的死亡而结束”的影响而产生的思索。对我而言，这种思索，正好表达了（无论是公开的或隐藏于潜意识的）人类希望能够在生物体寿命死亡后保存自己意识的愿望。

现有地球上的各种生命形式以及人类的意识是经由数十亿年的演化发展才得以形成。但生物体的生命形式是意识得以形成和存在的唯一途径吗？演化会否进一步发展出其他形式的生命以至不只生物的特征和形体上的遗传，而是包括意识，都可以经由生物的生殖系统繁殖保存呢？又或者新的生命形式可能是由个别的“生物体的生命存在”和“意识的存在”所组合而成，所以生物体的生命死亡就不会必然导至意识的死亡？

上述的各种可能性都不能被排除。因为从演化可以长达数十亿年的漫长时间幅度看来，任何发展都似乎有可能成真。然而，这一切并不意谓着我们可以排除生物体及意识死亡的意义。因为死亡也许是走向领悟生命存在真理的唯一途径也说不定（能长生不死并不必然等同于已经了解生命存在的真理）？

由于我们至今确实不知道生命死亡之后是什么，也不知道人类最终是否能长生不死（尽管我似乎对此相当乐观），所以只好用“什么？”来代表这些未知和无法确定的问题。

很自然的，在这个标题下，我将寻思人类有意识以来所提出的种种问题。我的观点也许不正确，但我陈述的方式将尽量符合科学的态度与精神。

 

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Why use ( ? -> Matter -> Life -> Consciousness -> ? ) as Topic Name?[^0]

(中文版)

What? (What lie before "Creation")

Are there any things and meanings prior to the birth (?) of matters / anti-matters (?) and Universe / anti-Universe (?) at about 15 billions or 20 billions 13.8 billions (?) years ago? As far as what we can understand scientifically today, the answer to this question remains uncertain. It could be any things from Nothingness to Existence of other dimensional Universes or even a Creator? As we really do not know and unable to judge at this point of time with our knowledge, therefore the best way is to represent this ignorance with a "What?".

 

Matter ("Creation" of matters)

The "Creation" of Matters from Nothingness (?) through .The Big Bang*.[^3] begins the Universe (?) we know today. After the Universe was "created" it took some more billions of years before our Solar System was formed.

 

Life ("Creation" of Lives)

The "Creation" of Living Things from Matters (through Chemical Reactions?) on planet Earth took about 1 billion years.

 

Consciousness ("Creation" of Conscious Human Beings)

The "Creation" of .Conscious Human Beings*.[^4] from Living Things through Evolution (and Bio-Chemical Reactions?) took about 3 billions years.

 

What? (What lie after Life?)

As Conscious Human Beings, we seem to be the only Living Things (?) on Earth that will ponder upon the meaning of our biological death? Probably this is because one's consciousness seems to end together with biological death. To me, the pondering on this issue by Conscious Human Beings is an expression (either openly or hidden sub-consciously) of Human wish to preserve their Consciousness beyond biological death.

It has taken Evolution billions of years to evolve and develop the existing state of biological life forms and Human Consciousness on Earth. But is biological life form the only way that Consciousness can exist? Or will the Evolution evolve further into other types of life forms in which not only biological and physical heritage can be preserved through biological re-production system, but also human consciousness? Or perhaps new life forms may mean a combination of consciousness existence besides biological existence, thereby disengage the link from biological death to consciousness death?

All these possibilities can not be ruled out when we look at the time scale of Evolution, which takes billions of years. However, these does not ruled out the meanings of biological and consciousness death either. Death may be the only path to the Truth of Life?

Again, at this point of time, we really do not know what will lie beyond death or whether human can become immortal eventually (although I seem quite optimistic about the latter); therefore a "What?" is used to represent questions and uncertainties in these areas.

It follows quite naturally that under this topic, I will ponder upon the many questions that human beings have asked since the beginning of the conscious human history. My views may not be correct, but I will try not to deviate too much from scientific approach that I prefer.

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• [^0] 上网日期Posted: 11/July/1999(7月11号) --- 更新日期Updated: 31/May/2002(5月31号) --- 草稿Draft: (原稿dd/mm/yyyy) (发稿dd/mm/yyyy, [x]) (修稿dd/mm/yyyy) (ChangedTo改成HTML5版本，添加一个注解[^0]，18/03/2021。将宇宙年龄修改为138亿年，20/03/2021)
  
  
• [^1] 大爆炸
  
  这是宇宙学的用语。它是研究宇宙学的物理学家根据现有的证据推导出来的理论。这个理论认为，如今的宇宙是在150亿至200亿138亿@年前，从一个小原点爆炸产生出来的。这个爆炸因此被定名为大爆炸（理论）。
  
  
• [^2] 人类意识
  
  事实上，全部的生物都有意识。它们都能以某种模式对周围环境的变化做出反应。这些反应明显的将它们与无生命的物质及物质的化学反应区分开来。所以当我用“人类意识”或“有意识的人类”一词时，它并不是说其他的生物都没有意识。而是认为在地球上，人类的意识似乎比其他生物的意识发展的更先进。因此下一波的演化（我称为有意识的演化），将会因为我们有意识的参与而得到加强（不过一个先决条件是：我们会小心的善加利用我们的意识能力，为全部生物的生存谋求福利）。
  
  
• [^3] The Big Bang
  
  This is a term use in cosmology in which cosmos physicists suggest from existing evidences that the Universe we know today was "emerged" from a single origin "point" during an Explosion some 15 to 20 13.8 billions@ years ago. This Explosion is subsequently called "The Big Bang".
  
  
• [^4] Conscious Human Beings
  
  Actually, all Living Things are Conscious. They can react with certain patterns, which differentiate them clearly away from Matters and Matters' chemical reactions. Therefore when I use the term "Conscious Human Begins", it does not suggest that all other Living Things are non-conscious. It simply suggests that the Human Consciousness seem to be much developed than other Living Things' Consciousness on Earth. Therefore the next stage of Evolution, which I call Conscious Evolution, will be enhanced by our Conscious involvement (provided we are careful and use our Conscious abilities for the good and survival of ALL Living Things).