Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Hines and Keiko Yamasugi met many years ago.

At that time, Hines had just started his brain science research, and Keiko Yamasugi was his assistant researcher.

"Dr. Hines, the brain science project we worked on before has yielded results. The experimental data from several experiments are similar, which shows that your previous hypothesis was correct." Keiko Yamasugi, dressed in a white lab coat, smiled and handed the experimental report to Hines.

"Thank you for your hard work, Ms. Keiko. You've helped me a lot during this time. I'll treat you to a meal as a way of thanking you after this project is finished."

Keiko Yamasugi was somewhat flattered by these words.

"Ah, Dr. Hines, it's all thanks to you. Without your conjecture in that direction, the experiment wouldn't have been so successful. I just did what I was supposed to do, and I feel very honored to have been able to help you!"

Keiko Yamasugi bowed to Hines and then ran away as if fleeing.

Seeing this, the other researchers nearby couldn't help but tease Hines.

"Dr. Hines, do you like Miss Keiko?"

“Dr. Hines, you should be more proactive. You’re being too gentlemanly. Love is different from other things. You can’t just wait for Miss Keiko to confess to you, can you?”

"Go for it, Bill, get her!"

Hines smiled helplessly.

He didn't know when he fell in love with Keiko Yamasugi. Perhaps it was a gradual development of feelings, or perhaps it was the first time he saw her, but both of them could feel the love emanating from the other.

……

"The first experiment has begun. Please note that when the bright spot turns green, the sixth batch of test questions will be displayed. The question is 'True press the right button,' and the question is 'False press the left button.'"

Hines stood in front of the control panel, adjusting the final parameters, while Lin Xuan watched silently from the side.

"Now, let's begin the experiment."

"Proposition 1: Coal is black."

"Proposition 2, 1+1 equals 2."

"Proposition 3: In the same region, winter is colder than summer."

"Proposition number 4: Men can generally get pregnant."

"Proposition 5: The moon is generally brighter than the sun."

……

Each proposition was presented on a small screen in front of the test taker, with each proposition displayed for 4 seconds.

Subjects pressed buttons on the left and right sides based on their own judgment, while their heads were connected to a consciousness extractor, which in turn connected to the entire supercomputer.

The camera continuously scans their brains via computer, transmitting feedback on their neural activity.

This is Hines's initial experiment in thinking research. He asked Lin Xuan to build such a analytical camera in order to comprehensively observe the neural changes in the human brain when making judgments.

These relatively simple propositions make it easier to capture the brain activity of the subjects, thus serving as the starting point for his and Lin Xuan's experiment.

"A very interesting phenomenon."

Lin Xuan presented the two comparison photos to Hines.

Those were two sets of images of the brain's neural pathways captured by cameras; one set showed the subject's brain in its normal state.

The other is a neural map of the subject's brain captured by a camera during the moment of thinking and making a judgment.

"This proves that my guess was correct."

Hines retrieved the two images from the console and then had the computer mark the differences with red dots.

"Do you see that? A miracle."

Hines pointed to the red dots on the computer screen and said to Lin Xuan.

"Just as I guessed before, judgment does not originate from a specific location in the brain's neural network, but rather from a specific pattern of neural impulse transmission."

He pressed a few buttons on the control panel to search for and locate these neuron patterns, and in an instant, a clear line of neural impulses appeared in front of the two of them.

"If we could understand how the brain makes judgments, could we also change how it judges a matter?"

Lin Xuan, not wanting to wait for Hines to continue rambling, directly steered the conversation onto the right track.

Hines was taken aback.

"how do you know?"

Lin Xuan helplessly shrugged.

"Isn't it obvious? Since even the brain's thought processes can be detected, why not try to modify them?"

"What would we gain from that? A complete change in a person's way of thinking?"

Hines shook his head.

"I don't know, this requires further experimentation."

As Hines spoke, he entered a series of operating instructions on the computer and simultaneously sent a new proposition to all the subjects.

"The water is poisonous!"