September 11, 2008, New York, Columbia University.

On the stone steps of the library, where students like to gather during protests, there are people on the left commemorating 911, and on the right there are people complaining about transgender lovers.

In the corner at the top of the stairs, a handsome boy with black hair and yellow skin, a typical appearance of a domestic overseas student, looked at the female classmate who was holding a sign that refused to boil prawns alive under the statue of the Goddess of Wisdom in front of the library, and once again fell into deep thought.

More than a year after his rebirth, Li Zhiyi still couldn't figure out why he was so good at licking in the first place, and why he actually traveled all the way from China to abroad to attend this mental school.

Yes, he is a reborn person and has been for more than a year. Now he is a second-year undergraduate student at Columbia University.

In his sophomore year of high school, Li Zhiyi met a girl through a summer camp. The girl was beautiful and well-educated. She was versatile and could be summed up in one word as a "goddess".

The goddess told him that after high school she would study in the United States and go to Columbia University. Then Li Zhiyi stuck out his tongue and drooled while working hard, determined to advance and retreat together with the goddess.

Later, the goddess applied to Columbia University but was rejected and went to New York University. He was rejected by New York University and came to Columbia out of desperation.

The reason why New York University rejected him was very strange. The interviewer, who spoke with a pickle-like accent, thought his speech sounded like a bad guy.

However, it was precisely because they were not in the same school that licking took more energy. He gave up licking after four years and chose to return to China to work after graduating from college.

The goddess then went to Columbia College (Barnard) to pursue her dream of becoming a graduate student. He also helped write letters of recommendation as an Ivy League alumnus, and they never met again.

Until before his rebirth, Li Zhiyi saw the goddess posting wedding photos in QQ space saying that she was getting married. The goddess in the photos was still so bright and beautiful, but he was busy working on his own fund all day long and had no time to take care of relationships, and even died suddenly from overwork.

At the beginning of his rebirth, Li Zhiyi was excited and smug. He thought of many plans to reach the top of his life, nine, nine!

But his parents only used a basin of cold water to cool down his surging heart. If you want to make money, your family will give you capital to start a business, but if you don't study, you won't be able to drop out of school and return to China, unless both of us are dead.

So Li Zhiyi could only go to Columbia University, a school for mental illness, to make some money in the secondary financial investment market at an extremely slow speed while studying.

"Hi, classmate, what do you think about animal protection?"

At some point, the female classmate who refused to cook the prawns alive came over. Li Zhiyi recovered his thoughts and casually replied: "I think the meat of the prawns cooked alive is more tender."

"Oh my god! Don't you think it's cruel to do this? Shrimps are sentient..."

"Sorry, I don't believe in God." Li Zhiyi interrupted the girl with a chuckle.

Don't be led into a conversation by a psychopath. This is what he learned from experience. The most effective way to refuse communication is for her to say "city gate building" and you to say "crotch axis".

"What, what did you say?" Bai Niu's female classmate immediately began to chant: "The omniscient and almighty Lord..."

Li Zhiyi smiled with satisfaction and was about to leave. At this time, a Latino boy passing by from the library interjected: "Can God create a stone that he cannot move?"

Bai Niu was stunned and said: "What is your belief?"

"My belief is communism." The boy answered seriously while holding the book.

Bai Niu was stunned. After two or three seconds, she said equally seriously: "There are logical loopholes in this argument. The way you concluded that God does not exist is through reductio ad absurdum, and there is also an implicit assumption..."

Listening to the conversation between the two gods, Li Zhiyi turned around and left quickly.

The reason why he said that Columbia is a school for the insane and not a school for idiots is because there are many students like Bai Niu. Do you think people like Bai Niu are normal? They often perform cerebral palsy operations. Do you think they are abnormal? IQ, knowledge, reaction

The speed is also great.

The conversation between the two of them just now was a classic "paradox of omnipotence".

The deep meaning of the Latino boy's first sentence is that God does not exist. The simple understanding is that because he is not omnipotent, he does not exist.

So Bai Niu asked what your belief is, which means that you should first demonstrate your belief in the omnipotence of God.

Then Latino boys became communists... The white girl was confused and quickly adjusted her thinking. I am not demonstrating that God is omnipotent, but I am demonstrating the logical loopholes in your question.

The reductio ad absurdum she refers to is to deny assumptions by deriving contradictions. The Latino boy first assumes that there is an omniscient and omnipotent thing (God), and that there are stones that God cannot lift, and then infers that God does not exist.

This is the same as someone asking Li Zhiyi, "Have your college entrance examination scores reached the Qingbei admission threshold?" If he has achieved good academic performance, he has not reached the level of poor academic performance, but in fact he did not take the college entrance examination at all.

And the most important thing is that when the Latino boy talked about communism, he intentionally or unintentionally steered the conversation toward philosophy. The white girl could obviously end the conversation with the simplest theology, but she chose to refute it with logic.

Li Zhiyi was extremely troubled by people like Bai Niu. As the old saying goes, there is nothing to be afraid of when it comes to lunacy. The only thing to be afraid of is lunacy.

Li Zhiyi walked through several protest groups and walked towards the business school directly in front of the library. At this time, a group of students and professors also walked out of the business school.

It is said that Columbia University's liberal arts department is very strong, which makes it a famous "free-thinking" institution in the United States. Students often like to run to the library to hold protests.

This year's September 11th is not only the anniversary of 9/11, but also the eve of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest investment bank on Wall Street. The financial tsunami sweeping the world is about to come.

The general public may not be aware of this, but elite students at Columbia University smell the danger, and they hold up slogans such as destroy Wall Street and capture Washington in protest.

"Good afternoon, Professor Mishkin." Li Zhiyi smiled and greeted an old man with curly hair in the crowd.

Mishkin looked at the protest sign not far away that said he would be taken to court and said in a low voice: "Actually, I am not very good,"

"Don't worry about that. When a tsunami comes, there is only a limit to what an individual can do. I believe that you, Professor, have fulfilled your responsibility." Li Zhiyi comforted him while holding back a smile.

In addition to being a professor at Columbia Business School, the old man Mishkin was also a member of the Federal Reserve Board of the United States. As a result, he ran away at the critical moment when a financial crisis was about to occur.

Oh no, it should be said that he resigned from the reserve committee. The reason for this gentleman is to go back to school and compile textbooks.

There are seven people in this committee. Counting three of his departures, one can only imagine what the young student group's attitude will be towards him.

"Thank you for your understanding. Are you the classmate Li who sent me the email?"

Mishkin was not in the mood to be polite. After asking in a positive tone, he took out a note with Zhang's phone number: "I have made an appointment for you to visit Goldman Sachs next Monday. This is the contact information of the staff. You must get it with him first."

connect."

"Okay, thank you very much. Is there anything I can do for you?" Li Zhiyi thanked him with a faint smile.

Mishkin shook his head and said: "Becoming an excellent Columbia student is what you need to do, and helping you become an excellent Columbia student is what I need to do."

Hearing this, Li Zhiyi was slightly startled. Mishkin patted him on the shoulder without saying another word, and hurried to the next class.

Watching Mishkin walk away, Li Zhiyi put away the contempt in his heart, carefully folded the note and put it in his pocket.

In fact, he and Mishkin didn't know each other. He was in the CC Undergraduate College and the old man was teaching in the business school. The reason why he emailed the old man to ask for help in introducing him to Goldman Sachs was completely joking.

Li Zhiyi, this bitch, wrote in the email that he wanted to visit Goldman Sachs but was rejected. I heard that you were a member of the Federal Savings Board not long ago. You have a great reputation. Can you help me?

But in fact, Columbia alumni are all over New York's political and business circles, and the teachers and professors at his own CC college are of top social status. Wanting to visit Goldman Sachs has never been a problem.
Chapter completed!