The story of seven apples

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Make a list first, and you can have a general understanding of it, and then talk about it slowly.

The first apple: the apple of Adam and Eve in the Bible.

The second apple: the apple of Eris in Greek mythology

The third apple: Snow White's apple in Grimm's fairy tale.

The fourth apple: Socrates' apple

The fifth apple: Newton's apple

The sixth apple: Turing's apple

The seventh apple: Steve Jobs' apple

Some of these seven apples are abstract and some are real, but in any case, the meaning represented by apples is not beautiful, but more opposite to beauty, that is, ugliness and conspiracy.

Let's talk about the story of these seven apples in detail. The source of the story is the internet, so I will explain it here. Just like Nongfu Spring doesn't make water, I'm just a porter. I put these stories together, make a summary and form an image.

The first apple: the apple of Adam and Eve in the Bible.

Adam and Eve lived a carefree life in the Garden of Eden. One day, the snake told them that the fruit of wisdom was delicious. Before that, God warned them not to eat it, but the temptation of the snake made them forget the warning of God and steal the forbidden fruit. From then on, Adam and Eve were no longer naive and immortal, but became mortals.

Mortal Adam and Eve knew everything they should know, shame, good and evil, good and bad. From then on, things are no longer simple, but complicated. So is such a thing good or bad? Of course, it seems naive to evaluate the world only by binary thinking, but it is undeniable that the world has become complex and full of material desires, and everything is centered on material desires and has evolved into a series of changes.

The second apple: the apple of Eris in Greek mythology

There is more than one story about apple in Greek mythology, but this apple is very representative.

The immortals once held a party, but they didn't invite Eris, who is the master of disputes and the god of discord. Eris was very unhappy because he was not invited, so he made a plan and secretly put a golden apple at the party. The apple is engraved with "For the most beautiful person". The three goddesses attending the meeting, Hera, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and Aphrodite, the god of love and beauty, all thought that they were the most beautiful. They were worthy of golden apples and won the title of "the most beautiful". This matter was taken to Zeus. Zeus must be tried by Paris, the prince of Troy. In order to gain a good reputation, the three goddesses even bribed judge Paris and promised benefits: Hera promised land and wealth; Athena promised generalists and the honor of victory; Aphrodite promised him to be the husband of the most beautiful woman in the world. After weighing, Paris finally awarded the apple to Aphrodite, which naturally annoyed the other two goddesses.

The fairy's promise is true and will be realized. As a result, Paris was helped to kidnap Helen, the queen beauty of Spartan king Meneos, which triggered the "Trojan War" for ten years.

This apple is not cheap. Conspiracy, war, dispute, etc. None of them are beautiful, making people waste money and ruin their lives. Not only the people suffered, but also the immortals paid the price. This apple is strong enough.

The third apple: Snow White's apple in Grimm's fairy tale.

Snow White's apples are relatively simple. Grimm's Fairy Tales tells the story of a princess who was abused by the stepmother of the witch queen. Stepmother thinks she is the most beautiful in the world, but the magic mirror tells her that Snow White is the most beautiful. The stepmother actually ordered the killing of Snow White. However, the soldiers who carried out the task did not obey the orders of the witch queen and let Snow White go. Later, the witch queen knew about Snow White's existence, and Qiao Zhuang went to the forest to let Snow White eat an apple coated with poison. As a result, it is conceivable that Snow White fainted immediately. Fortunately, a prince broke the witch's spell and saved Snow White.

This is another story of conspiracy, jealousy and murder, and it is also because of Apple's participation.

None of the above stories seems to be true. Apple seems to be just an image in the story, but it conveys the fact that the beauty in the world exists only in imagination, as well as intrigue, evil and intrigue. Are all truths in reality.

There seems to be another idea here, that is, beauty will not last long and will not be the final result. It is precisely people's desire for beauty that will eventually disappear. Because the good is single, but the bad is diverse. Good and bad share the world, the good is only a small part of the world. Relatively speaking, goodness is fragile and its viability is insufficient.

In the following story, Apple is real, but what it can represent is also complicated and even not beautiful.

The fourth apple: Socrates' apple

Socrates' apples are interesting. It tells a lesson, which can also be said to be an experiment of Socrates. Once in class, Socrates held an apple in his hand and asked the students present what they smelled. A student replied that he smelled apples. Then, most of the students said they smelled it, but only Plato said that he didn't smell anything.

Plato was right. Socrates took a fake apple, which can't have any taste. But why did some students say they smelled apples? Here is a hint, similar to Cao Cao's "looking at plum to quench thirst", which can also be said to be a conditioned reflex.

Socrates is a speculator. What he wants to emphasize here is to stick to himself, not blindly follow.

The fifth apple: Newton's apple

Newton's apple is more neutral, perhaps just a source, or perhaps just an image.

When Newton was thinking about classical physics, he was inspired by the fall of an apple and discovered the law of universal gravitation. This is just a story. Newton's talk about apples is just talk, and there is no exact fact.

But this image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is a gimmick that people find to do propaganda. Moreover, this kind of stunt is reasonable and often makes people happy to believe. There are similar stories, such as Marx's fixed seat in the library.

Newton's apple is an explanation of the image of gravity and a scientific explanation of the law of gravity, but it does not explain the inevitable relationship between the two, but it is also something that people can understand and accept.

The sixth apple: Turing's apple

Unlike Newton's apples, Turing's apples are a little sad and helpless.

Turing is the father of computer and the pioneer of modern artificial intelligence. Turing is good at calculation, thinking and persistence. Turing graduated from King's College, Cambridge University, England, and then went to Princeton University to study for a doctorate. He is a mathematician, logician, computer scientist and cryptographer. During World War II, Germany's Enigma code cipher was an advanced cipher system, and Germany transmitted information according to this cipher system. The allied forces have long had the idea of cracking the Enigma code, and have done some work, but nothing can be done. Finally, the task fell to Turing. Turing successfully cracked the Enigma code by using machine operation, which played an inestimable role in the victory of the allied forces in World War II.

Turing also put forward the "Turing Test" experiment, which is a pioneer of artificial intelligence thinking.

However, things often don't go according to people's wishes, just like good is always accompanied by evil, and Turing is practicing such a fact. Turing's sexual orientation is different from ordinary people. According to the current statement, it is homosexuality. Now this is not a problem at all, but at that time, it was an intolerable act. In the end, Turing chose freedom between imprisonment and freedom, but at the cost of "chemical castration", which was a kind of harm to Turing and his mind. Two years later, Turing took a bite of an apple coated with potassium cyanide and ended his life at the age of 465,438+0.

With the gradual declassification of World War II, people began to understand Turing, Turing's work and Turing's experience, and people demanded a fair evaluation of Turing. Finally, in 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that he had made a mistake and officially issued a statement apologizing for Turing. In 20 13, with the intervention of the British Minister of Justice, the Queen of England expressed her pardon for Turing's crimes as a tribute to Turing.

Turing's apples are real. If you can imagine Turing didn't bite the apple, what else would Turing bring to the world, because there is still a long time left for Turing.

What killed Turing is a question. Turing opened a window of nature with his own wisdom, bringing a ray of light to the world, but he couldn't open the door of his own life and returned disappointed in the eyes of others' ridicule, sarcasm and disdain. Of course, this is not the crime of Apple, but the crime of the world. Since human beings have changed from gods to mortals, such things will not stop, but the form of occurrence has changed.

The seventh apple: Steve Jobs' apple

This apple is simpler. On the one hand, this apple is around us, and it is still affecting the world. On the other hand, this apple is not for individuals, but for people, but this apple is still a masterpiece of one person, and this person is Jobs.

Of course, Jobs's Apple can also be interpreted in many ways, more from Turing, so it also contains something worth thinking about.

Steve Jobs's Apple can be said to have changed the world, but this change is not for nature, but for the people, or perhaps it can be said to cater to some desire of the people, which is more accurate. What Jobs discovered was not the beauty in human nature, but the fragility in human nature, and he changed the world with this fragility.

Of course, my knowledge is limited, but from Steve Jobs' Apple, can I ask such a question, what is the next step for mankind?

? Well, the story of the seven apples is over. What can we learn from it? Of course, just like tasting an apple, everyone will have different feelings, and of course they can only experience it by themselves.