Chapter 354: Neither Life nor Death
"So you mean, since there is no necessary connection between 'cause' and 'effect', all our knowledge of the world is not necessarily correct, so the idea that we are convinced that the world is real may also be just an illusion? Is that what it means? Zhao Qiqi was the first to speak.
"Oh, I seem to understand what he meant. What he means is that since no cause can infer a result, then all the knowledge we humans have about the world because of cause and effect can be overturned, which means that the world may be very likely to be false. Is that so? ”
Although Zhang Qiang couldn't read, his mind turned fast, and after listening to Zhao Qiqi's explanation, he immediately began to think about it on his own.
Du Deming listened to the words of the two and understood a little.
He glanced at nonsense, then walked up to my side and said in a low voice: "We probably all understand what he wants to say, but Gao Wei, why do you think he has to think like this?" I mean, what do you think is the reason why he insists on thinking like that? ”
When I heard this, my eyes flashed, and suddenly I thought of something.
Turning my head, I looked at Zhao Qiqi's position: "Qiqi, come here!" ”
As I spoke, I walked to a position relatively far away from Hu Yanzhi and beckoned to Zhao Qiqi.
Zhao Qiqi frowned slightly, but still walked over.
"What's the matter, did you find anything?" There was an incomprehensible light in his dark eyes, and Zhao Qiqi asked.
I nodded: "I feel that the most important reason why this university professor has been emphasizing this argument is that his daughter is dead, but if you look at it from the point of view of Hume's paradox, even if they see his daughter lying there and stop breathing, they can't prove that her daughter is dead, because cause and effect are only contingent, not inevitable." That is, only then will he have a glimmer of sad hope that he will feel that his daughter is not dead. ”
You're right, that's why he agrees with Mina's claim that this world is false. Because since the world is already false, then that is to say, the death of his daughter will also be fake, and all the blows he has suffered, including the imminent collapse of the company, the possibility of expelling him from the school, etc., do not exist. Now he is like an ostrich, and only such a thought can save him. Zhao Qiqi thought about it, and nodded in agreement: "So ......"
"So, as long as we follow his intentions, we may be able to dig up more clues." I said in a voice that only Zhao Qiqi could hear.
But...... What exactly should I say?
Thinking like this, I subconsciously reached out and touched my chin.
looked at Hu Yanzhi, but found that Zhang Qiang was clever at this time, and before we could remind him, he had already stepped forward and started talking to this patient with bipolar disorder.
Though...... Hu Yanzhi didn't seem to want to talk to him that much.
Fortunately, Zhang Qiang is cheeky enough, and he is not afraid that he will not speak, so he keeps talking about it like that, buying time for us.
Seeing this, Situ Cao and Du Deming also joined the team of small talk.
As for Wang Yi...... He always stood closest to the door, looking guarded.
I frowned slightly, forcing myself to turn my attention to what I had just been thinking about.
After thinking for a while, I raised my head and walked back to Hu Yanzhi's side.
"Professor Hu, I feel that your statement is very reasonable, in fact, many scientists and philosophers in the world have discovered this mysterious law, such as Schrödinger's cat, which has been used in various rotten thought experiments, and quantum entanglement, a phenomenon that occurs purely in quantum systems, and so on. All of this corroborates Mina's claims, am I right? "I tried to follow the ramblings, trying to find out more useful information.
"Well, I have a little question, what is Schrödinger's cat? And what is quantum and quantum entanglement, who can popularize science with me first? Zhang Qiang shrunk his neck and raised his hand timidly.
"Hehe, you're right, there are indeed different interpretations of this view in various disciplines. Since you're asking, I'll explain it to you briefly! In order for you to understand, let's start with the concept of Schrödinger's cat! Ay...... Speaking of which, in recent years, there seems to be a lot of literature that has introduced it, but we are not talking about literature now, so we will just give the simplest explanation. "When Hu Yanzhi saw me mention these topics, he immediately came to his senses, and his eyes were no longer dull, and he didn't seem to be a mentally ill person at all.
He still looked at us in that very distorted posture, and slowly spoke: "Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment proposed by Schrödinger, and I think some of you may have heard of it. He proposed that a cat be placed in a confined space or container with small amounts of radium and cyanide, or any other poison. Radium has a chance to decay and a chance not to decay. If it decays, it will cause the bottle containing cyanide to break and the cat to die. If it does not decay, then nothing will happen and the cat survives. A similar experiment could also be called Schrödinger's cat. In short, in the theory of quantum mechanics, as long as the box or experimental space is not opened, then the cat is in a double superposition state of death or life, neither life nor death. He called this cat, either dead or alive, 'Schrödinger's cat'. As for the cat's end, it can only be known the moment you open the box or the experimental space. This is the first step for you to understand what I am going to say. ”
Speaking of this, Hu Yan subconsciously licked his somewhat chapped lips.
I was stunned for a moment, and then turned my head: "Deming, you go out and find a bottle of water!" ”
As I spoke, I turned my eyes to the position of the nonsense.
Du Deming nodded and was about to go out, but Hu Yanzhi shook his head a little excitedly.
"No, no! I'm not thirsty! I'm not thirsty!! I don't drink water!!! The more he spoke, the more excited he became, his eyes instantly became bloodshot, and he had the urge to fight with someone.
Everyone was taken aback by his sudden reaction, and they all didn't understand, it was fine just now, why was it like this all of a sudden?
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry, it's me who didn't think about it properly, don't get excited!" I hurriedly apologized, coaxed a child, and coaxed nonsense.