The Rise Of Australasia-Chapter 1300 - 949 Alan Mathison Turing_2

Chapter 1300: Chapter 949: Alan Mathison Turing_2

Chapter 1300 -949: Alan Mathison Turing_2

But the number of people who could be received by Arthur was perhaps only about a hundred. This was not only a very special honor but also something all Australasians were extremely excited about and always anticipating.

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Actually, this was quite normal. Although the glittering age of monarchism had gradually come to an end, the monarchy’s position was still relatively stable at this time.

As long as monarchical countries like the British Empire and the Australasian Empire remained standing, monarchism, though it might weaken, would definitely not be extinguished.

In such monarchical countries, people naturally had greater admiration and fervor for their monarch.

Not to mention Arthur, a monarch who founded the nation and led it to become a superpower, coupled with various welfare policies, the people’s fervor for Arthur was from the heart, which is also why everyone received by Arthur would be very excited.

Even in an age when monarchism was still quite splendid, let alone a hundred years later, it is simply impossible for an ordinary person suddenly receiving closeness and encouragement from a high official not to be excited.

Arthur’s level was not that of an ordinary high official but that of a country’s supreme ruler. Even in later generations when the republican and democratic system had deeply entered people’s hearts, how could an ordinary person not be excited if received and encouraged by the country’s ruler?

Of course, all this depended on one premise, that the person being received felt a sense of identity with the country and a sense of honor with their nationality.

If the recipient were a spy, that would also be exciting, after all, a prime opportunity for assassination was right before their eyes.

Arthur had a brief individual conversation with each person, and after the conversation, he announced the specific appointments for the laboratory.

Considering Turing was of British nationality and was only studying for his PhD in Australasia, Arthur appointed Turing as a computing expert in the laboratory but did not make him the head of the laboratory.

But being a computing expert was by no means an ordinary member. Since there are only about ten people in the laboratory, apart from the main responsible person, the computing expert is the highest-ranking and most influential person in the laboratory.

Even if there was a disagreement in computing matters, the computing expert’s authority would still be higher than that of the actual head.

Arthur’s appointment of Turing to such a high position also had a purpose. First, it could demonstrate Arthur’s high regard for Turing.

After all, it was simply impossible not to take seriously a foreign PhD student who could become the computing expert of the newly established computing laboratory in Australasia.

Secondly, securing the title of computing expert above many professors and mathematical geniuses was somewhat grievous to others.

However, considering Arthur’s tremendous prestige, these professors, and mathematical geniuses’ dissatisfaction would not target Arthur but rather Turing, who was above them.

This was also a kind of test by Arthur for Turing in this world. If Turing could gain the recognition of these professors and mathematical geniuses, it would prove that Turing’s abilities were genuinely worthy of his reputation as the father of computer science, and he would naturally deserve to be courted by Australasia.

But if Turing could not surpass others in a small laboratory competition, then why would Arthur rely on Australasian native talent to develop computers?

After all, if the capability was not much different, Arthur would trust more in the geniuses cultivated natively by Australasia.

They had a higher degree of recognition for Australasia, higher loyalty to the country, were less likely to be infiltrated by spies, and thus less likely to betray national secrets.

Arthur’s decision not to appoint Turing as the head of the laboratory was also to take into account the feelings of the native talent.

If Turing was capable, he would quickly become the head of the laboratory, and fully in charge of the development work related to computers.

But if Turing failed in the internal competition of the laboratory, Arthur would not consider courting Turing but would re-select talent within the laboratory and start Australasia’s own computer development work.

Of course, for such talented individuals who might threaten his position in the future, Arthur would not let them go unchecked.

If Turing had been willing to stay and work in Australasia after his failed competition, Arthur would not have minded the story of a talented individual.

However, if Turing remained loyal to the United Kingdom, there was nothing to be done; Australasian Protestantism strongly rejected homosexuality, sanctioning Turing through religious means.

This was the advantage of controlling religion. For Arthur, it was entirely possible to subtly influence the choices of all Australasians by changing religious doctrines.

The influence of religion on people was unquestionable. Although Europe was one of the most developed regions at the time, the ignorance of the Europeans during the Middle Ages led to a high degree of religious obedience.

After all, considering the so-called European Renaissance and the secularization of religion lasted only about two to three hundred years, the zeal and obedience towards religion among the people had not completely dissipated.

Even in later generations, the Vatican City, merely the size of a church, remained the center of all Catholicism in the world, a sacred place in the hearts of all Catholic followers.

That was Europe’s situation nearly a hundred years later, still believing in Catholicism. A hundred years earlier, the people’s fanaticism towards religion was even more intense, and the influence of religion was indeed higher.

However, this was a good thing for Arthur. Since Australasian Protestantism was under his control, the people’s faith in Australasian Protestantism was essentially a faith in the imperial authority.

Religion posed no threat to imperial power; on the contrary, it became a powerful means for the Emperor of Australasia to control the entire Empire.

Because of this, Arthur vigorously developed Australasian Protestantism and propagated it among all immigrants.

At present, Australasia was composed of four major ethnic groups: British Descendants, Russian Descent, German Descendants, and Indigenous Peoples of Australasia.

Among them, the proportion of British Descendants and Indigenous Peoples of Australasia had stabilized around 61%, which was a relatively healthy figure, and the country was more stable.

It is worth mentioning that about 77% of the population in Australasia who adhered to Protestantism represented that a portion of the German Descendants and those of Russian Descent were also followers of Australasian Protestantism.

After all, Protestantism was one of the two major religions in Germany, so it was not surprising that many German Immigrants believed in Protestantism.

As for Russians converting to Protestantism, it was actually a trend in the development of Australasia.

Although Australasia maintained religious diversity, apart from a few Urban Cities, there were not many Eastern Orthodox Churches in small urban and town areas.

The prevalent sights were Australasian Protestant Churches and some Catholic Churches, coupled with the presence of Protestant followers throughout the nation. These Russians had no choice but to change their faith after completely immigrating to Australasia in order to better integrate into the country.

However, Arthur did not enforce this aspect forcefully. Apart from mandating that everyone must learn the unique English of Australasia, he merely promoted faith and religion.

But this was already sufficient. According to the current growth rate of Protestantism, the influence of Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox Church in Australasia would continue to decline.

Arthur never considered completely eliminating these two religions within the territory of Australasia. After all, both were branches of Christianity, and there were no significant conflicts in religious beliefs.

Instead, the religion followed by the Kalimantan Indigenous Peoples was fundamentally conflicting with Christianity in terms of principles.

In Arthur’s strategic deployment of influence, both the Philippines and Kalimantan were targeted for religious indoctrination and control.

Fortunately, after experiencing colonization by Spain and the United States, many Filipinos had adopted Catholicism and Protestantism.

Overall, converting religion in the Philippines was much easier than in Kalimantan. Simply making Christianity one of the main religions in the Philippines and Kalimantan was already in line with Arthur’s expectations and plans.