godfather of surgery

Chapter 1234 Survival Utilitarianism
These seasoned researchers all knew Professor Yang's character, but the new researchers were not familiar with Yang Ping, so they were somewhat hesitant to sit down and chat with him.

"No one who does scientific research can avoid making mistakes. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. I'm not afraid of you making mistakes, I'm afraid of you not daring to try."

Yang Ping continued, and his words resonated in the hearts of these doctoral students, especially the few new ones, who pondered his words repeatedly.

Is what Professor Yang said true?

A new PhD student asked a senior PhD student next to him. He was itching to express his opinion, but the idea was still immature and he himself felt it was somewhat absurd, so he didn't dare to say it.

The senior PhD next to him nodded: "What Professor Yang said is true."

Just as the PhD finished speaking, Yang Ping added, "Our new colleagues may not know our principles yet, but I want to reiterate them here today—speaking the truth and doing practical things are our basic principles."

Yang Ping had repeated this sentence countless times in both the clinical ward and the laboratory, but this was the first time he had said it in front of these new researchers.

Speak the truth and do practical things!
It's difficult for an individual, and even more difficult for a team, but these are the basic qualities of a scientific worker. If you can't even do these basic principles, how can you talk about making scientific achievements?

Since Professor Yang said so, and this was confirmed by his former colleagues, several newly arrived PhDs were eager to express their opinions, but they were hesitant and remained in a wait-and-see mode.

"I just heard everyone discussing the difficulties they're encountering with their current research projects and how confused they are about some issues. Everyone can share their thoughts, whether they're mature or not. There are no mature ideas in cutting-edge research," Yang Ping encouraged everyone to speak freely.

A senior PhD student spoke up: "We are very confused now. The discovery of factor K was an accident. It is very similar to the discovery process of penicillin. However, the discovery of penicillin can clearly identify Penicillium mold. The environment of our factor K at that time was very complex. We used the culture medium that was preserved at that time as research samples and screened various possible bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms, but now we have found nothing."

“Yes, we’ve considered everything. We’ve analyzed the culture medium samples that produced the K factor countless times, studying them almost thoroughly, but we still have no answer. It’s like the K factor just appeared out of thin air,” another PhD student said.

Yang Ping recalled that the process of finding the K factor was indeed an accident. When he discovered this new factor, he was just curious, so he spent his energy studying it.

The most important reason why he was able to conduct research on the inexplicable K factor at that time was that the system space gave him almost zero trial and error costs, which allowed him to dare to study and try anything he was curious about without any psychological burden.

Even without the support of systematic experiments, the reason he was still able to successfully develop K therapy was because the powerful trial-and-error capability of the system space allowed him to be fearless and build unparalleled confidence. He dared to put any wild imagination into practice, instead of being cautious and afraid to think or do anything.

In fact, success is often built on the ability to withstand trial and error. It's like a rich person and a poor person starting a business. The rich person often has a higher success rate. It doesn't matter if the rich person fails many times. They can even try endlessly. As long as they succeed once, they are considered successful.

For the poor, once they fail, they have no chance to turn their lives around. Often, they don't even have a second chance to try. So, the poor naturally dare not try easily. How can they succeed without trying?

"Don't get bogged down in bacteria and other microorganisms. I think you're stuck in a fixed mindset. You need to broaden your thinking. Anything is possible. Why can't factor K be secreted by tumor cells under specific conditions? Or, it could be produced by a chemical reaction in the nutrient solution under specific conditions, or even by other organisms like mosquitoes or other insects. If you focus on bacteria and other microorganisms, you're trapping yourself in a self-imposed circle. Think about it: lightning splits the sky, causing nitrogen and oxygen to form nitrogen oxides. So, why can't factor K be formed in such a complex environment?" "I've also been thinking about whether the tumor itself secretes factor K. Biology is sometimes amazing, beyond our imagination, as if they possess intelligence. For example, viruses and bacteria use mutation to evade drug attacks. Could tumor cells, upon discovering they're growing in an unfamiliar environment, secrete factor K to kill themselves and reduce their size?"

A newly arrived PhD student finally mustered the courage to voice his thoughts. He had been thinking about this issue for a long time, but after much deliberation, he felt that the idea was too absurd. Now, Professor Yang actually had the same idea.

"Then what is the purpose of reducing the scale? Natural selection usually has some kind of survival utilitarianism, right?" someone asked.

Unexpectedly, after Yang Ping encouraged everyone with a few words, they really became bold and spoke out about all their ideas.

Seeing this atmosphere, the newly arrived PhDs clearly abandoned their reserved attitude and began to discuss freely with everyone, putting forward some of their seemingly absurd ideas.

"Survival is the driving force behind their changes. If the tumor itself secretes these substances, why would they kill themselves?"

"If we want to study it from this perspective, we need to start here: what factors affect its survival and why do they need to actively reduce their scale to cope with the survival crisis?"

It seems that everyone has found a new approach, and along this line of thought, they have begun to make bold imaginations and conduct rigorous analyses.

That's how you do scientific research. What's the point of doing research if you're too narrow-minded? At best, you'll just be copying other people's research and publishing a few papers that don't amount to much.

K therapy is now very well-developed; all that remains is to complete the various phases of clinical trials. It can be said that its market launch is just around the corner.

The current task is to unravel the mystery of the origin of factor K, so that it may be possible to obtain more factor K suitable for various tumors and broaden the indications for K therapy.

By this time, several researchers who had gone for a walk outside had returned. These were all seasoned veterans who knew the rules of the lab. There was no clocking in or out here, no fixed working hours, and no one cared whether you were late or left early, or whether you left temporarily to go out for a coffee or a movie.

Anyway, it's very free here. Actually, for these people who need to use their brains to make a living, managing them with a clock-in system is meaningless. Many of their ideas come from flashes of inspiration in a relaxed and free environment, and they definitely can't come up with them by working regular hours every day.

The new PhD students were puzzled when they saw these "undisciplined" veterans come in and sit down to participate in the discussion as if it were perfectly normal, without the slightest fear on their faces.

"Survival utilitarianism is a basic law of life, including microorganisms, and I have always wanted to do some research in this area."

The PhD student who had just come in took over the conversation.