An associate professor in life engineering travels to a medieval European fantasy world. Using modern biochemistry, he discovers that viruses, bacteria, and parasites extinct in human history are a...
"However, Leviathan believed that the principle of majority rule should not be used to judge whether a person is guilty. If, during a trial vote, the result of 100 people's assessment is 51 to 49, can the defendant be found guilty simply because there are two more people? Therefore, Leviathan hoped to use the deductive method, that is, to deduce all the possible consequences of a person's words and deeds, and to judge the possible results one by one to determine whether the person is guilty."
Rachel questioned, "Leviathan's method is difficult to achieve, just like the book in your hometown says, when a butterfly flaps its wings, it can cause a storm on the other side of the ocean."
Todd said, "You're right, one thing can have too many consequences, and it's difficult for us to cover every single one. But you have to admit that if we could deduce every possible outcome of a thing, then Leviathan's method would indeed be more reasonable than Scáthach's method."
Todd paused for a moment, then continued to Rachel, "How to monitor words and actions? How to determine guilt? These two questions aren't the most difficult ones. The most troublesome thing is..."
Rachel said, "How do we end the life of a sinner and bring his soul to the scales of fate?"
Todd nodded: "Suppose we really find someone guilty, and believe that if his words and actions continue, they will endanger the balance of the entire world, or even cause species extinction, then in order to stop him, we will have to end his life."
“But that would mean we would have to take this person’s right to life. But the key issue is that he has not committed a crime punishable by death, and the reason for taking his life is simply because we think he might be harmful.”
"If living people knew they could be taken from them at any moment simply because they were predicted to be harmful, can you imagine the chaos the world would descend into?"
Rachel whispered, "Questioning, rebellion, god-slaying."