"Okay, let's get over to the next one." Madeleine knew that Junxin would not state her clear position, so she did not delve into this issue, but changed the subject and asked, "As far as I know, a very strange thing has happened in the scientific community, I wonder if you can explain the reason for this matter?" ”

"I want to hear about it!" Junxin made a gesture of please.

"As far as I know, you discovered this substance, named quasicrystal, at the end of December last year, and published the first article on its research in March of this year. However, I am curious that since the publication of the article, there has been almost no opposition from the entire scientific community to the emergence of the substance of alignment crystals, nothing? ”

"I think there are two reasons." Junxin muttered, "First, the unique nature of chemistry; The second is from the perspective of the difference between opposition and pro. ”

"First of all, let's talk about the first point, as we all know, chemistry is an experimental science, and no matter what kind of development has been undertaken, what determines the nature of chemistry has always been experimental. In other words, in the world of chemistry, no matter how many theories you say, how many statements you create, and how many models you build, there is no decisive use. In chemistry, there are only experiments that can play a decisive role in the end. ”

"The discovery of quasicrystals can be said to be a great rebellion in the field of traditional classical crystallography, in fact, I am also quite apprehensive about the existence of quasicrystals, because it does not conform to the principles of nature. However, in any case, the experiments and repeated experiments on quasicrystals not only proved that my experimental data were completely correct and accurate, but also proved that the quasicrystals also exist completely. So there will be a debate in the scientific community about this, but the focus of the debate will not be whether there is such a thing as quasicrystals, but some unknown things about quasicrystals. ”

"And what about the second point?" Junxin's eloquence made Madeleine feel very rare, so after Junxin had just finished saying the first reason, she couldn't wait to ask.

"The second reason is actually based on the first." Junxin said with a serious expression, "It's just that the second question involves far more than chemistry. More likely to apply to the physical aspect. ”

"How so?" As a former top student, although Madeleine is engaged in journalism, she is obviously interested in Junxin's words.

"The second reason I mentioned is the divergent angle of opposition and pro. This phenomenon is most severe in physics, especially in theoretical physics. ”

"For example, the first two decades of the twentieth century were the collapse of classical physics established by Newton and others, and the establishment of new physics by Einstein, Planck and others. In the era of classical physics, the development of physics was more studied by analogy, such as Faraday and others who regarded force as an object of a tube and studied it by analogy. However, in the era of quantum physics and relativistic physics, this kind of analogical reasoning has not kept up with the development of the times, and has been replaced by logical abstract reasoning and computational reasoning. ”

"At the intersection of old and new knowledge, it is difficult for people's thinking to metamorphose, and they simply do not believe that physics is based on quantum mechanics and relativity. Although some people have realized that it is possible to achieve greater success with this method. The former is like Sir Kelvin, the founder of thermodynamics, and the latter is like Sir Rayleigh. ”

"Those who are in favor of it are from the point of view that there are phenomena in physics that cannot be explained by classical physics, but can be solved by quantum mechanics or relativity. Opponents stand on the basis of Newton's theory that classical mechanics is completely correct, and they refuse to accept the new theory. ”

"In fact, the famous scientist Sir Rayleigh, former president of the Royal Academy of Sciences, has explained this question, and I think it makes sense: when I was young, we had our own standards for beauty, and because of this standard I married wives whom I thought were beautiful. However, when I got old, I was suddenly told that the standard of virtue was a different one, and that by their standards, my wife was not beautiful, or even ugly. However, for me, my wife will always be the most beautiful one in my eyes. ”

"Sir Rayleigh is indeed an opponent. Although he realized that the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics were correct physical theories, he still stubbornly adhered to his system for Newton's classical mechanics, who had believed in it for most of his life. ”

Such examples do have a great influence on theoretical disciplines, but for some experimental disciplines, they are not remarkable. Because of the experimental discipline, the ideas and pillars they uphold are never a set of inherent theories, but direct experimental results. ”

"Chemistry is one of the most rigorous experimental disciplines, and it is different from physics in that it has a rigorous and realistic nature. If I make a theoretical conclusion that has not been experimentally verified, then I think there will be a lot of opponents. But in fact, my results have been completely experimentally verified, and both my predictive and repetitive experiments have been successful, so chemists who believe that experiments explain everything have no objections, and naturally they will not raise objections. ”

"Okay thanks, thank you for your perspective." Madeleine didn't say anything about Junxin's tirade, but simply commented a few words, and instead asked, "When I interviewed Professor Unger from Princeton University two days ago, Professor Unger once said that you are an exchange student at Princeton University, right?" ”

"Yes, it does!" Junxin nodded in affirmation, "In the first half of this year, my school, China Shuimu University and Princeton University, reached an educational cooperation and exchange program, and decided to send exchange students to each other. I was a freshman in the Department of Mathematics at Mizuki University, and I was just about to enter my sophomore year, so I was also included in the list and became one of the exchange students in this batch. Professor Unger was not wrong. But by the time I get to Princeton, it's probably time for school to start in September. ”

"How does your school perceive achieving so much as a student? What kind of rewards do they give you? ”

"I'm still a student." Jun Xinshou identified himself, and then said, "But since proving the Modell conjecture, I have served as a professor-level researcher at our school's Institute of Applied Mathematics. Since the discovery of quasicrystals, the school has independently given me a school-level quasicrystalline laboratory, and so on..."