角色故事•四（解鎖條件：角色等級80）
許多人認為拉帝奧加入博識學會後，會一改從前的鋒芒，以適應學會講求實際、平和樸實的學術環境。但筆者不得不說，拉帝奧還是那個拉帝奧。以下是筆者節錄的內部記錄原文：
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答辯人：維里塔斯•拉帝奧
題目：邏輯知識論
委員會主席：羅塞思
記錄人：莫里微
答辯實錄：
羅塞思：『拉帝奧先生，您的論文十分精彩，感謝您的講解。現在，有請聽眾提問。』
現場一片沉寂。
羅塞思：『那…拉帝奧先生，我先來吧。』
羅塞思：『我非常贊成你的主要觀點，但對其中一個細節，我依然有些不解。』
維里塔斯•拉帝奧：『每次別人贊同我的時候，我都覺得自己一定錯了。』
羅塞思：『我的問題是，為何您會認為知識是一種特權？』
維里塔斯•拉帝奧：『尊敬的羅塞思教授，您問出這樣的問題，就代表您根本沒有讀懂我的論文，也並不理解我運用的推導方法。』
維里塔斯•拉帝奧：『但若要簡單回答，您倒是提供了一個現成的例子。您無法理解我的觀點，正恰恰說明知識並非人人都能享有。』
維里塔斯•拉帝奧：『倘若愚鈍是一種頑疾，學者的職責便是將其根除，醫治宇宙。』
維里塔斯•拉帝奧走向講台，面向眾人：『所以諸位，對他人的愚蠢視而不見，並非禮儀，而是一種缺德的世故。若要傳播知識，必先讓人理解自身的愚蠢。當然，學會的學者對自己也應當一視同仁。』
羅塞思聳肩苦笑。
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維里塔斯•拉帝奧在一片譁然中退場。
答辯評語：激情的手握住冰冷的劍，這或許是對維里塔斯•拉帝奧先生最形象的評語。維里塔斯•拉帝奧將邏輯、狂熱與批評藝術結合在一起，向我們展現了一個卓越的思想家面對無知的思考與行動。我們堅信，拉帝奧先生的加入會為博識學會帶來莫大的益處。
答辯委員會意見：一致通過。
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博識學會內部素有「庸眾院」的傳聞，據稱這一神秘組織匯集了學會的最強大腦。而拉帝奧以「庸人」自居，仿佛無形中印證了這一流言。聯想到他和天才俱樂部的糾葛，這個名字總令人浮想聯翩。庸人作為天才的反義詞，往往要付出巨大的努力和代價才能追及後者的轍跡。拉帝奧自稱庸人，到底是一種退縮，還是一種嘲諷，抑或是一種宣戰？但無論如何，他以知識治療思想之病的執着，無愧於「真理醫生」之名。
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——摘自《智慧之為特權：解密真理醫生》第二百三十頁
Character Story: Part IV
• Unlocked at Character Level 80
Many believe that after joining the Intelligentsia Guild, Ratio will learn to smooth out his sharp personality to adapt to the Guild's practical and simplistic academic environment. But I must say Ratio is still his old self. Below is the original excerpt from the internal records that I have transcribed:
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Respondent: Veritas Ratio
Subject: Logical Epistemology
Chairman of the Committee: Roseth
Transcriber: Morriway
Defense Transcript:
Roseth: Mr. Ratio, your paper is exceptional. Thank you for your presentation. Now, we will open the floor for questions.
There was a silence.
Roseth: Well, I'll do the honor then.
Roseth: I fully concur with your main ideas, but there's a detail that I find slightly confusing.
Veritas Ratio: Whenever someone agrees with me, I feel like I must be wrong.
Roseth: My question is, why do you think knowledge is a privilege?
Veritas Ratio: Dear Professor Roseth, your question indicates that you haven't fully grasped the content of my paper and do not understand the deductive methods I employed.
Veritas Ratio: To put it simply, you would be a great example. Your inability to comprehend my ideas shows precisely that knowledge is not for everyone.
Veritas Ratio: If ignorance is an ailment, it is the duty of scholars to weed it out and heal the universe.
Veritas Ratio walked to the podium, facing the crowd. Veritas Ratio: So, ladies and gentlemen, turning a blind eye to the folly of others is not an etiquette, but a wicked worldly practice. To spread knowledge, we must first make people realize their folly. The same surely applies to the scholars of the Guild.
Roseth shrugged and smiled bitterly.
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Veritas Ratio left amid the commotion.
Remark: A passionate hand holding an icy sword — that is probably the best way to describe Mr. Veritas Ratio. By blending logic, passion, and the art of criticism into one, Ratio presents to us how a great thinker perceives and reacts to ignorance. We strongly believe that the addition of Mr. Veritas Ratio will bring immeasurable benefits to the Intelligentsia Guild.
Committee Decision: Approved unanimously.
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There are words about a mysterious organization within the Intelligentsia Guild called the "Council of Mundanites" that houses the brightest minds of the Guild. The fact that Ratio calls himself a Mundanite seems to affirm the rumor. It is hard not to read something into the organization's name, given Ratio's entangled history with the Genius Society. The mundane, as opposed to the ingenious, often has to make enormous efforts and sacrifices just to catch up with the latter. Is Ratio calling himself mundane a form of submission, mockery, or declaration of war? Anyway, he does live up to his name of Dr. Ratio with his dedication to curing ill minds with knowledge.
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Extracted from page 230, Wisdom as a Privilege: Decoding Dr. Ratio
