Chapter 235 A despicable and shameless nation
In January 2014, a major event happened in the academic circle.
The authoritative journal "Nature" published a breakthrough stem cell research paper, which immediately caused a shock in the academic circle.
How powerful this paper is.
When seeing this paper, relevant industry insiders promoted the author of this paper, Obokata Haruko, as the ‘Island Marie Curie’ who is expected to win the Nobel Prize.
This evaluation is not low, and it can also reflect the power of this paper from the side.
In the island country, Obokata Haruko is known as the goddess of academics.
Obogata Haruko, born in 1983, first studied at Awaida University, and then spent time in the laboratory of Professor Charles Vacanti at Harvard University School of Medicine, where she was engaged in research on pluripotent cells (ips cells).
Because of her beautiful face, Obokata Haruko's development has been extremely smooth.
In 2010, he brought the Japanese stem cell scientist Kobayashi Hiko and the Japanese scientist Yama Teruki who first cloned mice into his research project team.
In March 2013, although Obokata Haruko was only 29 years old, she became the director of the Comprehensive Research Center for Genetic and Regenerative Sciences at the RIKEN Institute of Science and Technology.
The next year, Obokata Haruko submitted two papers, which were published in the journal Nature.
Once the paper was published, all major mainstream media around the world reported on this breakthrough research, especially the media in island countries.
Although some people questioned the content of the paper, the media in the island country turned a blind eye and continued to publicize it. In addition to reporting the revolutionary significance of this research, it also created an inspirational story about a beautiful scientist.
Soon, more people questioned Obokata Haruko’s research. It was revealed that Obokata Haruko’s previous papers were suspected of falsifying experimental data and tampering with pictures. Many top researchers said that they could not replicate Obokata Haruko’s results. Experimental results.
Soon, Obokata Haruko's groundbreaking stem cell research came under scrutiny.
In mid-February, RIKEN, the RIKEN Institute of Science and Technology, and Nature respectively conducted relevant investigations into the accusations of academic misconduct against Haruko Obokata.
On March 5, RIKEN released more detailed information about the preparation process of STAP cells to the outside world, and stated that other experimental methods in Obokata Haruko's research will be published on the website of the journal Nature. The spokesperson claimed that this introduction would help other researchers increase the chance of success in replicating Obokata's experiments. However, this experimental protocol is inconsistent with the published content.
Then it was revealed that the paper published by Obokata Haruko reused two pictures from her doctoral thesis and modified them.
At this point, RIKEN is still being tough and defending Obokata Haruko, claiming that although Obokata Haruko's paper is unnatural, it does not involve misconduct in the category of tampering, and it cannot be judged whether it was intentional or not. Therefore, it cannot be judged as academic misconduct.
At the same time, Obokata Haruko’s doctoral thesis was also exposed as suspected of plagiarism.
At this point, RIKEN announced on April 1 that Obokata Haruko had committed academic misconduct such as fabrication and tampering in her research.
On April 9, Obokata Haruko appeared and held a press conference to apologize for causing trouble to the institute and colleagues, but refused to admit that the paper was false, did not accept the institute's investigation report, and did not agree with it. Withdrawal.
The next thing becomes very simple.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Obokata Haruko’s paper has problems and the content is false.
As long as clear evidence is found, this matter can be nailed down!
Wang Donglai sorted out this matter from beginning to end, and became more and more disgusted with this nation.
Bow forever, apologize forever, but never change!
From the bones, from the depths of the blood, despicable genes flow.
“Since you want to use me to divert your attention, then don’t blame me!”
After being reminded by Phoenix, Wang Donglai didn't know that the interview with Professor Watanabe on the island country's TV station was actually intentional.
The purpose is to divert attention, move away from Obokata Haruko, and reduce the heat.
Obogata Haruko’s academic fraud involved scientists such as Awaida University, the RIKEN Institute of Science and Technology, Kobayashi Hiko and Yamateruki, as well as the cheated island media.
Although the academic fraud has been confirmed, as long as the heat is lower, the face of these people and their organizations can be less lost.
So, I focused my attention on Wang Donglai.
The reason is simple.
If you want to cover up a news, just create a more sensational one.
Although Obokata Haruko's reputation is good, she is still far behind Wang Donglai.
After all, Wang Donglai holds the Wolf Prize in Mathematics and the Abel Prize at this time, and at the upcoming Global Mathematicians Conference, Wang Donglai is a strong contender for the Fields Medal.
Coupled with the relationship between the island country and China, it seems logical to choose Wang Donglai as a partner to do such a thing.
After thinking about this, Wang Donglai had an idea in his mind.
He turned his head, looked in the direction of the island country, and said softly: "I'll let you be happy for two more days. After a while, I hope you can still laugh."
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Island country.
“Professor Watanabe, do you think Wang Donglai’s paper was not written by him?”
"Professor Watanabe, who do you think this year's Fields Medal winner will be, will it be Wang Donglai?"
"Professor Watanabe, for Professor Wang Donglai's proof of the ABC conjecture, Hodge conjecture and Zhou's Guess, what do you think?”
After being interviewed once, Taro Watanabe became a celebrity.
Many reporters have been waiting outside the gate of Capital University, wanting to interview Taro Watanabe.
As soon as Taro Watanabe came out, he was surrounded by many reporters and asked various questions.
These questions all have one thing in common, that is, they don't like Wang Donglai very much, but have a touch of malice in their words.
The setting problems are also not done in good faith.
Watanabe Taro looked at the microphones surrounding him, feeling extremely satisfied, and his vanity was greatly satisfied.
As a professor at the university, Taro Watanabe actually did not have any outstanding papers or discoveries. He was just an ordinary person who studied hard and seized opportunities.
In the school, he has no status. He seems to be called a professor, but it has not brought much change to his life.
Seeing others succeed and become famous, Taro Watanabe felt envious and jealous.
Now, a chance opportunity fell in front of Taro Nishiwatanabe. He didn't think too much at all and agreed immediately.
So, the interview happened.
Now, surrounded by many reporters, Taro Watanabe seemed to be radiating new vitality, and his whole person became extremely energetic. He didn't want to miss such a good opportunity!
A trace of exaggerated doubt appeared on his face, and he said: "The first question is whether Wang Donglai's paper was written by me. Because I am not the person involved, I cannot answer it. I can only It is said that the writing style is sophisticated and the logic is rigorous. It is difficult for ordinary young people to write such an excellent paper. ”
“Second question, I have several guesses about the winner of the Fields Medal. For example, he made special contributions to the theory of stochastic partial differential equations and created a theory for the regularity structure of such equations. Professor Martin Haier, for example, made breakthroughs in the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their simulation spaces. Mariam Mirzakhani for his contributions, or Manuel Barr who developed powerful new methods in the geometry of numbers and used them to calculate ring numbers of small ranks and estimate bounds on the mean rank of elliptic curves. Zaha."
"These professors are all people who I think are very likely to win the award. Their results are also extremely outstanding, and I think they have a high chance of winning the award.”
“As for the third question, I think many people have overlooked one situation, that is, since mathematical problems have been around for so many years, Countless mathematicians have proved it. Although they have not proved it successfully, their This behavior has pushed the proof of mathematical problems a lot forward, at least eliminating many wrong answers, so later people can successfully crack the proof, and part of the factors are attributed to this. ”
Regardless of Taro Watanabe’s character, his basic academic qualities and abilities are still there.
When asked by reporters, his answers were impeccable.
However, it showed that he doubted Wang Donglai without any obvious evidence.
Hearing Taro Watanabe’s answer, the reporters surrounding him suddenly became excited.
"Professor Watanabe, do you think Wang Donglai will not win the Fields Medal this year?"
"Professor Watanabe, can I understand your words as You are not optimistic about Wang Donglai’s mathematical achievements and don’t think he can win the award?”
"Professor Watanabe, will you attend this Global Congress of Mathematicians?"
"If you met Professor Wang Donglai while attending the conference, what would you say?"
One question after another was asked by these reporters.
Some questions cannot be answered, while others can be answered.
Taro Watanabe made the distinction very clearly, so he picked two questions that could be answered and answered them.
“I will also attend this Global Mathematicians Conference!”
“If I see Wang Donglai at the conference, I will definitely have a discussion with him, and I hope he will not disappoint me. Let’s go!”
After answering these two questions, Taro Watanabe stopped answering questions and walked towards the crowd.
The reporters didn’t catch up, and getting this bit of material was enough for them to make a deal.
Watanabe Taro didn’t go far when he was chased by a middle-aged man.
"Hello, Professor Watanabe, I am the executive director of Capital Television. We are going to launch an academic program and we need a university professor to be a guest commentator. Is Professor Watanabe willing?"
After the middle-aged man caught up, he first handed Taro Watanabe a business card and then introduced his purpose of finding Taro Watanabe.
Hearing what the middle-aged man said and looking down at the business card, Watanabe felt excited.
The middle-aged man thought that Taro Watanabe was unwilling, so he continued: "Professor Watanabe, as long as you are willing to participate in our program, we will provide you with three hundred thousand island dollars for each episode. ”
“If you think this remuneration is a little small, you can discuss it again!”
Upon hearing the reward of 300,000 island dollars, Watanabe Taro couldn't bear it anymore, his face was calm, he nodded calmly and said: "Since you have found me, I won't let you down, so I will agree to it. "
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Taro Watanabe acted very calmly.
There was a hint of joy on the middle-aged man's face, and he bowed quickly and said, "Hi, thank you Professor Watanabe!"
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As time passed.
Wang Donglai has also made great progress in proving Goldbach's conjecture.
The analysis of academic scholars is indeed correct. If you want to solve Goldbach's conjecture, you must develop a new mathematical method.
Currently known mathematical methods cannot solve Goldbach's conjecture at all.
At the same time, after Wang Donglai actually got started, he discovered that the difficulty of this mathematical problem may have exceeded the estimates of the academic community.
Because Wang Donglai, who has skills such as [Brain Overclocking] and [Photographic Memory], spent several months. It is conceivable that if it were other scholars, it would probably take just as long. It needs to be done in years, and it must be based on the premise of being a peerless genius.
The opening of the Global Mathematicians Conference is approaching.
Many domestic scholars will attend this grand gathering of mathematics.
Generally those who receive invitations are professors from well-known domestic universities.
In the past, although no one paid attention to it, it did not have much momentum.
But this year is different.
Anyone who knows something about mathematics is looking forward to one thing.
That’s why I hope Wang Donglai will win this year’s Fields Medal.
While Wang Donglai has already won the Wolf Prize in Mathematics and the Abel Prize, only the Fields Medal, the top international award, is left.
Naturally, people are looking forward to it more and more.
Again, the Fields Medal has been established for so many years and awarded so many times, but no pure Chinese has ever won it.
Qiu Chengtong got it, Tao Zhexuan got it.
Although these two people are Chinese, they do not have Chinese nationality, nor did they receive education in China since childhood, so they cannot represent China at all.
Now, Wang Donglai has reached this point with his talent, which has given the Chinese mathematics community the hope of winning the Fields Medal, and naturally everyone wants to witness this historical moment.
Once Wang Donglai wins the award, the meaning it represents is extremely important. It proves that domestic education is fruitful, proves that the level of mathematical research of Chinese people is leading in the world, and proves that China’s mathematical research It is also first-class internationally.
Therefore, this global conference of mathematicians held at home has attracted the attention of many domestic professors and scholars, and many people are preparing to attend.
The professors from Tangdu Jiaotong University who participated in the Global Mathematicians Conference with Wang Donglai this time were Han Hua and Yang Wanpeng.
However, before Wang Donglai could set out, he received good news and bad news.
(End of this chapter)