Chapter 253: James's Doubts

But now that the theory of energy particles has been born, it is clear that something has changed subtly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

First of all, the theory of energy particles is mathematically rigorous. Although there seem to be some problems with the connection between this theory and traditional physical theories, it is at least self-consistent.

Of course, it's just self-consistent, and it's not useful. Superstring theory can also be self-consistent, but it cannot be proven or falsified, so this theory can only stay in theory. And it didn't really work.

But now, in Fermilab, James and the others have experimentally proved some of the inferences and phenomena proposed by this theory, so that this has changed from a pure theory to a theory that can be confirmed by experiments and has practical significance.

Even if this theory is eventually overturned, the research carried out in overturning this theory can still greatly push the existing scientific theory forward.

The significance of this is self-explanatory.

Of course, as Pentagon-funded research, these meanings are of little value to the Pentagon. What they want is to use this theory to research and create powerful weapons that can be compared with the birth of nuclear weapons, so that the United States' military superiority will once again greatly surpass that of any country in the world, so as to ensure the important strategic position of the United States as a global empire and its absolute leading position in human civilization.

Only in this way can the United States, a country of immigrants, be able to gain a foothold in the world. Because the characteristics of the country of immigrants have caused the country to have inherent deficiencies in centripetal force and cohesion. It is not like the nation-state and China, which are large countries with a long history and traditional civilization, that are inherently cohesive.

In particular, the culture of China, the only remaining ancient civilization, determines that it is impossible to divide at all. At least not permanently, even for a long time, there can be no permanent division. Its civilized subjects will pursue unity wherever possible. And this is the unanimous pursuit of all civilized individuals. No matter how much the United States uses spiritual offensive against China, how much division and disintegration, no matter how many public intellectuals preach it, and how many five-cent party trolls up, this pursuit of great reunification will never change.

This has resulted in the country's extreme vitality. Even temporary weakness, temporary decline, will not perish, and sooner or later, it will rise again, and no one can interrupt the process. Especially in the case of a nuclear balance, the rise of this country is inevitable unless everyone intends to die together.

There may be small countries like Japan, in despair that they will never be able to catch up with China, and plan to die together, but a global empire like the United States, I don't know how good it is to live a small life, and it is okay to fight small countries, or to encircle and contain China in many ways, but it is absolutely impossible for them to risk the earth being cleared and replayed.

In short, the United States is not a cohesive country by nature. In the early days of the state, it was even more loosely confederacy. If it weren't for the hypocrisy of the British suzerainty, the thirteen states that were the first to become independent would probably prefer to live a small life calling themselves a country. In the Declaration of Independence, the right to independence of the states is also explicitly written. Although all states that have tried to gain independence from the United States have so far been unsuccessful, that is not to say that the risk of independence does not exist, but only that the interests of independence are not as great as for those who really control the United States.

To put it bluntly, this country is a country that exists because of interests, unlike a country like China that exists because of civilization, and once interests cannot be discussed, division can be predicted.

At a time when the United States cannot maintain the strength of its global empire, continue to be the strongest country on the planet, and continue to exploit and plunder the wealth created by the people of the world through its strongest military, scientific, technological, and economic strength, the United States will face the danger of disintegration.

And among them, the most reliable is the strongest military strength. After all, in this world, big fists are big brothers. The fist is not big, no matter how developed the economy and advanced science and technology are, it is just a piece of fat in the eyes of others.

The Pentagon is well aware of this. They have done too many forcible things themselves, how can they not worry about being painted by others?

As a result, their pursuit of advanced weapons is never-ending.

What's more, the Pentagon is very dissatisfied with the current international situation of nuclear balance. Because this forces them in many places, they have to reluctantly make concessions to nuclear states in order to avoid the outbreak of a nuclear war. Although the forces of capital behind the United States do not mind waging war for the sake of profit, a nuclear war is not in their interests, at least not for now.

This is why the Pentagon is sparing no expense in the research of more advanced weapons such as third-generation nuclear weapons, metallic hydrogen bombs, and antimatter bombs.

So, if there is an advanced weapon that has a destructive power that is as destructive as or even surpasses that of nuclear weapons, but that is not polluting or not very polluting, and is not affected by nuclear deterrence, and such a weapon may exist, the Pentagon will do whatever it takes to make it truly develop.

Therefore, secret weapons research groups and research centers like James, which are funded by the Pentagon and even directly controlled by the Pentagon, can be said to abound in the United States. This is also the basis for the reality of the episode in which the mad scientists in the American blockbuster create weapons that are enough to destroy the earth. Because there is indeed such a possibility, the American audience will recognize this almost vulgar bridge and buy it.

Previously, the risk wasn't huge. After all, it is not so easy for science to develop, especially this most cutting-edge and cutting-edge theoretical physics. Mankind has not thoroughly studied the existing theories of relativity and quantum mechanics, so how can we further propose more advanced theories?

The theory of relativity was also put forward when Newton's classical physics had been studied to a considerable extent, and many people thought that the development of science had come to an end, and even when the director of the United States Patent Office said around 1900 that patents that could be invented by humans had basically been invented, this was born, making human vision more distant.

It is conceivable that when Newton's classical physics has not yet been thoroughly studied and scientific research has not yet entered a bottleneck, will the theory of relativity have a soil for survival? Even if it is proposed, will anyone pay attention to and study it? Obviously, no.

As is the case now, the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics have not been thoroughly studied, and mankind is not capable of proposing more advanced theories, so it is natural that the status of nuclear weapons as the strongest weapon that mankind can achieve by current technological means in the theory of relativity will not be shaken.

It will not be so easy for the Pentagon to develop more powerful and advanced weapons.

Even if there were, the current technical conditions would not be up to the mark. For example, theoretically, anti-material bombs exist, and black hole bombs are also possible. But what means does human beings use to obtain hard-won antimatter? At present, the only ones that have the ability to create antimatter are a few particle research centers with large particle colliders, and they can only produce a few antimatter particles after burning tens of millions of dollars. How is this weaponized?

Even if there were enough antimatter, what would it take to put antimatter in a bomb? Humans can't even do a controlled fusion reaction through magnetic confinement, let alone a more powerful controlled antimatter annihilation reaction.

Not to mention the black hole bomb, a weapon that exists only in the concept.

Even if it does not succeed, the experience and data of these failures, as well as those inventions that are by-products, are also very valuable, and as long as they are converted to civilian use, they can quickly return to their original costs.

Just as the Apollo program itself was significant, the results were not large enough in terms of its goals. The moon landing was successful, but colonizing the moon was still a dream. However, its by-product has enabled the United States to produce a great wave of scientific and technological development after the Cold War, successfully ascending to the throne of the world's most powerful country in science and technology, and far leaving other countries behind, with its leading position reaching 10, 20, 30, and even 50 years.

However, the Pentagon did not expect that when the theory of energy particles appeared, they thought that talking was better than nothing, and the research carried out just for the by-product and to stay ahead of the curve was likely to produce results.

This can be said to be a bonus.

These, James, who was immersed in joy, began to feel a little disgusted after slowly reminiscing about it.

His rejection of Karen, on the one hand, is of course because the other party has made a big mess for science, and on the other hand, why not because of this?

Because he knows that if the energy particle theory is only done for theoretical research, there is no need to worry about being quickly transformed into a weapon in the short term.

After all, just as Albert Einstein proposed the mass-energy equation in 1905, it took 40 years of development for the United States to explode the first atomic bomb in history in 1945 on the Alamogordo Desert in New Mexico. It took 40 years to go from theory to weaponization. The theory of energy particles may take less than 40 years, but it will definitely not be a real weaponization in 10 or even 20 years.

But once the research forces of the occult sciences were added, the situation was different. The study of the supernatural sciences has no shortage of various means of attack. Their problem is that they have no theoretical and experimental support, and can only rely on experience step by step. But with the energy particle theory as a guide, then I am afraid that soon, related weapons will be born.

That's something that Dr. James doesn't want to see. After all, he is still a scientist who prefers pure research rather than the evil Frankenstein who is holding back to create a weapon capable of destroying the world.

"Dr. James, you should understand the meaning. You should also know how much progress will be made to the development of science once supernatural forces are incorporated into existing scientific theories. I know that as a scientist, you are opposed to weapons research, but the application of this theory is not limited to weapons research? Without the research of nuclear weapons, how could there be nuclear power plants? Anyway, with the power of the United States, the weapons you invented may never be used. But the technology that makes it civilian can benefit all mankind!"

Karen clearly understood James's rejection, and advised him on the side: "The key thing is, even if you oppose it, Doctor, is that useful? Instead of vain opposition, Doctor should actively join in, at least to keep abreast of research trends." Even if you want to do sabotage, you have to do it at a critical moment, don't you?"