Act 495. Baltic Conference (Part II)

Sure enough, it still appeared, this half-immortal cat.

Reiner was a little emotional, but didn't back down.

On Earth, this thought experiment proposed by Schrödinger has for a long time been a sword of judgment in the head of quantum mechanics, representing an irreconcilable contradiction between logical common sense and mathematical hypothesis.

Because objective laws and facts are not transferred by human will, that is, whether human observation or not, the life and death of cats is an established fact and will not change because of observation, but Schrödinger's cat shows that in the quantum world, the life and death of cats are determined by human observations, and at the same time as observing this behavior, the life and death of cats are also determined, which is a huge contradiction.

Even deriving from this, in order to explain Schrödinger's cat, some scholars put forward the theory of parallel worlds, that is, cats are not superimposed on life and death, but derive two worlds, one of which is dead, and the cat in the other world is alive.

But such assumptions are contrary to the Razor Principle, that is, many unnecessary assumptions are added to explain a phenomenon, so that they exist only as a possibility and are not accepted by the general public.

And Schrödinger himself, in the various jokes that added fuel and vinegar in later generations, also inexplicably got the nickname of a cat sadist.

Reiner had expected a mage to ask a similar question, but he didn't expect that even in this world, it was not a rabbit or a puppy that was put in a box, or the hapless cat, and it seemed that no matter what world it was, this poor cat could not escape the fate of becoming the focus of debate among scholars.

Turning his gaze back to the problem, Lord Braggs's hypothesis has a very clever point, according to Reiner's previous explanation, the reason why macroscopic objects do not exhibit quantum effects is because the wavelength of their Ian Gray waves is too small relative to their own size to cause fluctuations, so Lord Braggs uses an independent quantum system as a switch, and through the uncertainty of the quantum system itself, it affects the state of macroscopic objects, thus extending microscopic quantum effects to the macroscopic world.

Reiner was first extremely surprised, knowing that none of the mages here had been exposed to any knowledge of quantum theory before, and they had not even thought deeply about the problems related to it, until they saw Reiner's paper, they had a qualitative understanding of this theory.

His Excellency Braggs, on the other hand, had completely digested the theoretical connotations put forward by Reiner in such a short period of time, and found the possible problems and contradictions in them, and put forward a fairly mature thought experiment.

Reiner has always believed that legendary mages are very knowledgeable, and this knowledge is not limited to magic, but more about understanding, which is the ability to absorb and understand new knowledge, and summarize it, so to speak, even if these legendary mages are allowed to travel to a world without magic, they can quickly learn the knowledge of that world, quickly adapt and make some achievements.

However, the hypothesis of Lord Braggs, this half-immortal cat, has one of the biggest flaws.

Reiner thought that he had naturally considered the question about the cat, and had his own answer, so he replied.

"Your Excellency Pragues, Excellencies, I have my own explanation for this question."

He looked His Excellency Braggs in the eye without any doubt or hesitation.

"For an atom that may decay, this is a microscopic quantum system, and its decay or not can be expressed by a wave function, while the life and death of a cat is a macroscopic system, and the state of the macroscopic system does not apply to quantum theory, the key contradiction of this hypothesis is that the change of the microscopic system causes the change of the macroscopic system, thus extending the microscopic quantum system to the macroscopic quantum system, and such an incredible conclusion is derived."

Lord Alberton's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, and the subtle sound echoed in the quiet conference room, and he looked at Reiner, his mind thinking at the same time.

"My point of view is that this is actually a microscopic quantum system, not a combination of macroscopic and microscopic quantum systems, from beginning to end, it is the microscopic particles that produce quantum effects, not the cat, and the life and death of the cat is not determined by the macroscopic system in which it is located, but by the atoms that may decay, so in essence, the wave function of the cat's life and death is the wave function of whether the atom decays."

Reiner explained, and with a wave of his hand, the projection that had imprisoned the kitten that had been floating on the table suddenly changed, and the kitten vanished, replaced by a shimmering atom.

"We can change the conditions of this experiment and take that innocent kitten out and put it into an atom that changes in nature due to the decay of particles released by other atoms, and in this system, the problem is very intuitive."

The same architecture, but the original cat was replaced with atoms, and the whole system seemed to be quite in harmony with Reiner's initial assumptions, and it was through this replacement that the mages suddenly woke up.

The problem with this thought experiment is that it uses the method of transmitting the results of the experiment to argue, and if it is true, then it can actually be extended to the whole universe, and such an argument method is obviously impossible to establish in the experiment.

To explain it simply, whether the atom decays is the cause, and the life and death of the cat is the result, and whether the decay itself follows the quantum theory, and then a result is obtained, which determines the life and death of the cat, and the collapse of the wave function actually exists in the microscopic system composed of decay atoms, and has nothing to do with the cat of the macroscopic system.

If such an experiment really occurs in reality, then before opening the box, it is indeed impossible to determine the life and death of the cat, and even a wave function can be used to describe the life and death of the cat, but the life and death of the cat will not change because of observation, which is in line with the principle that the objective law is not transferred by human will.

"I still have a problem, according to the quantum hypothesis, even if it is an objectively real object, its existence or not is determined by probability, but simply because its scale is too large to be affected by collapse, coupled with Ian Gray's uncertainty principle, our measurement of particles can only be described in terms of probability, but I think that the world should not be so random and disordered."

His Excellency Calvados said that her eyes were fixed on the laws of the whole world, and that the astrological field she studied did not allow such probabilities to determine the existence of material ideas.

"Reiner, the world doesn't roll dice."

Hearing the other party's words, Reiner smiled slightly, and then replied.

"Your Excellency Calvados, please don't dictate what the world should do."