Schrödinger's cat, a well-known experiment, is an important idea in the study of "superposition states" in the quantum field, which involves a very important concept: observation.

What is an observation? Generally speaking, seeing with the eyes is called observation, but if it is extended to the microscopic realm, the so-called observation refers to the participation of human consciousness in "observation".

In the microscopic world, matter has different forms of existence, usually waves and particles, and exists in a "superimposed state" in which the two coexist, and once "observed", this superimposed state will "collapse", and the microscopic matter will immediately choose one of the two and present it in front of the observer.

The Schrödinger's cat experiment is like this, in the experiment, a healthy kitten is put into a completely closed small black box, and a radioactive substance is placed inside, which has a 50% chance of decaying into a toxic substance, killing the kitten, and also has a 50% chance that it will not decay, allowing the kitten to survive.

So, some time after the experiment began, is the kitten dead or alive? No one knew until the box was opened.

If it is explained by classical physics, whether the box is opened or not, the kitten is either dead or alive, and the result is doomed before the box is opened.

However, in the quantum realm, because the box is completely closed, Schrödinger believes that the space inside the box is not "observed", that is, the kitten is in a "superposition" of life and death, dead and alive, and only when the box is opened and given "observation", this superposition state will collapse into an "eigenstate", and will be determined to be a "dead" or "alive" one.

It sounds unbelievable and even counterintuitive for a cat to become a special form that is both dead and alive just because it has not been "observed", but in the real world, this phenomenon has been proven!

Of course, it has only been proven to exist, and no one can explain it thoroughly, let alone apply it in practice.

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As the crowd listened with bated breath, Dr. E explained the experiment of "Schrödinger's cat" in the most understandable words, and also explained the concepts of "observation", "superposition state", "eigenstate" and so on.

I have to say that Dr. E is quite talented in educating people, and these people present, even brave generals who don't know anything about science, have a general understanding.

The chairman dragged his chin in one hand and pondered, and after pondering for a while, he frowned and asked, "You mean that the observance of Fenrir of the Wild Wolf is forbidden to prevent the 'observation' of the outside world and put himself in a 'superimposed state'?" ”

Dr. E clapped symbolically, nodded and said, "Worthy of the chairman, I quickly understood what I meant." ”

At this time, a general asked: "But, don't all the photos take him?" We see it too, isn't this an 'observation'? It wasn't stopped. ”

Dr. E shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed: "It's that simple, things in the quantum realm, who can say clearly, seeing is 'observation'?" How do you know if what you're seeing is the real him? That's just an image formed on your retina, we're just humans, how can we possibly observe all the superposition with the naked eye? ”

The general was obviously only half-understood, and he was confused by Dr. E's explanation, and he knew that his thoughts could not keep up, so he simply did not speak.

The Chairman looked at Dr. E and asked in a deep voice, "So, you're trying to say that Fenrir of the Wolf has now blocked all outside observation of him, turning himself into the cat in Schrödinger's experiment?" ”

"That's right, that's what it means."

"So what is his current state? How do you kill him? ”

"That's the point, how do you kill him?" Dr. E's face was filled with bitterness, and he sighed, "Let me ask you, according to the Schrödinger's cat experiment I just described, how do you think we can make the 'dead and alive' kitten that was locked in a box, isolated from observation, and in a superimposed state?" ”

Another general spoke up: "Open the box and 'observe' it to see if it has been killed by radioactive materials!" If it's dead, it's dead, and if it's not, the experimenter can kill it. ”

"That's right, you're very clear-minded, so don't you understand what I mean? Don't know how to defeat the wolf? Dr. E's face was full of self-deprecating smiles, and the wrinkles on his face deepened, as if he had aged ten years.

"Could it be that if you can't break the realm created by the observation ban that prevents 'observation', Fenrir of the Wild Wolf will be like that cat, all the time in a superimposed state?!" ”

Dr. E closed his eyes and said hoarsely, "That's right, if he can't 'observe' Fenrir of the Wild Wolf, he will always be in this superposition state, unable to be affected by any outside factors!" ”

"Don't say anything about bullets, cannons, nuclear weapons, even if Mars hits the earth, even if the galaxy explodes, as long as the observation ban is used all the time, he will live forever in a superposition state, until the field of the 'observation ban' is broken, until he is given 'observation', and he changes from the 'superposition state' to the 'eigenstate', he can be killed."

"How so?" the chairman slumped back in his chair, and Rokugami asked in a disdainful voice, "So, how do you break the observation ban?" How can you 'observe' Fenrir of the Wild Wolf? How do you make his superposition collapse into a cost sign? ”

Dr. E shook his head and said desolately, "I said, this is a field that the whole of humanity cannot yet comprehend, observations, superposition, eigenstates, these are still conceptual things, and just exploring the surface is enough to consume the energy of generations of scientists!" ”

"Want to break it? It's not impossible to really do this kind of thing. Dr. E suddenly smiled grimly and said faintly, "Send someone to hell and ask my dead teacher, only this person who has personally endowed Fenrir of the Wild Wolf with the ability to 'observe and forbid' knows how to deal with him." ”

Dr. E's words brought the atmosphere to a freezing point, that is, if you want to know the way to defeat the wolf Fenrir, you can't find out the scientist in Dr. E's mouth, but this person has been dead for more than ten years! Where to find it? Human technology has not developed enough to talk to the dead!

Just when everyone was gloomy, Luo Haotian, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up, and he asked a key question: "Dr. E, what does the ability to observe and ban have to do with this tsunami?" How did he exert this power? According to your explanation, he should just be immortal, that's all! ”

Everyone's thoughts were also shifted, and one general chimed in: "Yes, if he just puts himself in a superimposed state, what does that have to do with the flood?" It's just that if it's immortal, it's just that it won't die, so it won't have such a powerful power, right? Is there any other reason? ”

Without warning, Dr. E tapped lightly on Luo Haotian's head, his eyes were as low as water, and he said hoarsely: "I always thought that your comprehension ability was very good, but I didn't expect that there were times when I was confused, when did I say that his observation is forbidden can only keep his physical body from being observed?" ”

At this moment, the entire conference room fell into a grave-like silence, everyone's breathing was suddenly stopped, and the only thing left was probably the faint heartbeat as thin as a cicada's wings.

Luo Haotian took a few steps back with his feet paralyzed, knelt on the ground with his head in his hands, and said tremblingly: "No, can it be..."

"That's right." Dr. E glanced at the frightened, pale crowd and said word by word, "Fenrir's 'Observation Forbidden' of the Wild Wolf can reach a range of up to a thousand kilometers!" He can turn an extremely large area into an unobservable and untouched area. ”

"In this realm, he is God! A true god! ”

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