Chapter 854: Quantum Suicidal Theory

When a person is in his own realm, then he is God.

Dr. Lee illustrates this firsthand.

In the vast ocean of theories, Dr. Li is like a god who controls everything and does whatever he wants, leaving behind his usual lack of self-confidence, no longer being constrained, and doing his best to release it, becoming talkative and out of control.

The theory of parallel universes, even if he comes into contact with the real situation and already has a large-dimensional worldview, his understanding of it may not be as profound. It's like a goshawk overlooking the earth from above, but it may not know the world better than the ants. Ge Wei had to say a word of admiration for Dr. Li's talent.

Ge Wei thought a lot, Dr. Li was still intoxicated in his realm, and Ge Wei's thoughts continued to follow this wise man while revealing a profound secret of the great universe.

"Whether it is necessity or chance that determines the fate of the universe? Or is God playing with dice?" This is the biggest controversy between quantum mechanics and relativity. Quantum science asserts that the world is determined by uncertain, random events, and this indeterminacy, the latter is called fluctuations, which is actually the contradictory operation of the dialectical claim. The theory of relativity, on the other hand, holds that the world should be ruled by fixed, mechanical laws, and that behind any seemingly accidental event there is a necessity. ”

Dr. Lee was a visionary and tirelessly paced back and forth in the living room.

"Many non-mainstream scientists, including Albert Einstein, are skeptical about Schrödinger's cat, and they believe that the cause is caused by a parallel universe, that is, when we look into the box. The whole world splits into two versions of itself. Both versions are identical in all other respects. The only difference is that in one of the versions. The atom decayed, the cat died, and in another version. The atom did not decay, and the cat was alive. In the quantum many, we choose our own path by participating. In this world we live in, there are no hidden variables, God does not roll the dice, everything is real. There are even more appalling assumptions to this view. ”

Dr. Li suddenly turned to face Ge Wei, and asked another question with burning eyes: "Have you heard of quantum suicide?"

"Quantum suicide?"

"Yes. In quantum mechanics, quantum suicide is an experiment in thought. This creepy experiment was proposed by Hans Moravik and Bruro Michael in the late 80s, and in 1998, a famous cosmologist, Max Stegamark, was highly developed and revisited in his widely publicized paper on parallel universes against the "monster of consciousness" in Copenhagen's "wave function collapse". Max believed that there are more than one universe. Quantum uncertainty is distributed to the universes, and from a subjective point of view, not only can one person never complete suicide, in fact. Once he comes into existence, he will never disappear!"

"Oh?" Ge Wei's heart moved!

"There are always some quantum effects that make a person not age. And according to the parallel universe theory, these are very low probabilities. Always corresponds to some actual world!Anything is possible!" Dr. Lee excitedly continued, "There is an experiment called the quantum suicide experiment. Like that cat. In a device that uses atomic decay to control the trigger of a gun, we can observe when a person is killed, or not. Sooner or later, the person will be killed, because as the probability of atomic decay increases, sooner or later the trigger of the gun will be pulled. But from the point of view of the person himself, this is not the case at all, because the only thing that means to him is 'the world in which he lives'. There will always be a person who lives in a certain world! If the parallel universe theory is correct, then for someone, no matter how much he tries to kill himself, he will not die! If he wipes his neck with a knife, then because the knife is composed of a group of particles that conform to the wave equation, there is always a very, very small possibility that somehow penetrates the person's neck without any damage, so as to keep the person immortal! Of course, this probability is extremely small and almost negligible, but according to the parallel universe theory, everything that can happen actually happens, so this phenomenon will always happen in a certain universe!"

Dr. Li took a deep breath: "Actually, no matter what way you commit suicide, it's the same, whether it's jumping off a building, lying on a rail, or hanging yourself...... There are always universes that keep you alive. From your own point of view, no matter how you die, you can't die! Of course, in other infinite universes, your family and friends will mourn for you. This is actually a live-action version of Schrödinger's cat as well. If the atom decays, the cat is poisoned, and vice versa. The Copenhagen interpretation of this is that the cat is 'dead and alive' before we observe it, and after the observation, the cat's wave function collapses, and the cat is either dead or alive. The parallel universe theory holds that each experiment must produce a living cat and a dead cat at the same time, but they exist in two parallel worlds. ”

Ge Wei fell into deep thought again.

In this way, every time you make a choice, you will always cause the universe to split, splitting into two worlds with different outcomes. From the very beginning to the present, the number of choices he makes, the creation of multiplying parallel universes. This happens all the time.

Then a question arises. Why has he only encountered a derivative of the Green Knife Chufu himself, but never his own derivative?

In other words, why did he never meet the second Qingdao Chufu?

It stands to reason that no matter what Green Knife Chufu does, he is producing another copy of him almost every moment. But why, never encountered it?

Is there some unknown cosmic rule in this?

Ge Wei believes in the theory of relativity and believes that behind everything in the world, there is an inevitability.

So what is hidden behind this question?

Ge Wei faintly felt that this secret was extremely important, and perhaps as long as he understood its principle, he would take more initiative when facing Qingdao Chufu again.

His thoughts were gradually pulled back, and Dr. Li's still talkative voice sounded in Ge Wei's ears.

“...... In this way, Schrödinger's cat, we don't have to worry about the question of life and death. It's just that the universe splits into two, one with a living cat. One has a dead cat. For that universe of live cats, cats are always alive. There is no question of the superposition of dead and alive. For the universe of dead cats, cats literally die the moment they split, without waiting for people to open the box before collapsing. Thus it is concluded that since the birth of the universe there have been countless such splits, and its number has increased exponentially and soon tends to infinity! The universe in which we are now living is but one of them, outside of it. There are very, very many other universes. Some of them are very similar to us, they are branches that have recently separated from the branches. Universes that have parted ways with us since ancient times may be very different! Perhaps there is a universe where asteroids have not hit the Earth and dinosaurs are still the world's masters. In a certain universe, Cleopatra's nose was a little shorter, which did not make Caesar and Antony flutter. The 'nose historians' who oppose historical determinism will be interested in what happens later to see if there really is a butterfly effect. In some universe, Grouchy was not late at Waterloo. And Hitler did not give the order to stop the offensive before Dunkirk...... And in more universes, because of the incompatibility of physical constants, there is no life and no planets at all!"

Dr. Li didn't notice that Ge Wei was slightly distracted, he was completely immersed in the ocean of his thoughts: "It seems that these conclusions. It is possible to relate the whole of quantum mechanics to the theory of relativity, or rather, to replace quantum mechanics with the theory of relativity. But. Note that the parallel universe theory retains the contradictory opposite, ie. The cat of the same universe does not have a superposition of life and death, it dismemberes the unity of contradictions. So that the two sides of the contradiction are located in two different universes, then the fundamental law of dialectics seems to be denied?"

Dr. Lee shook his head as if asking himself: "No, no, no, just think about it, every leap of electrons, every diffraction of photons, when I say every word here, can create a universe? So, how many universes have been created since the Big Bang? Could it be that the number of universes is growing at an alarming rate every second? Our theory seems to be to explain the diffraction of a small electron, and to create a huge universe by a large number of people! And there is no evidence to support this theory, and we have never found that we have the ability to create the universe......"

"So, Dr. Li, do you think that behind all this, is there an unknown constant, this constant, which has caused this seemingly absurd and thought-provoking situation?" asked Ge Wei.

Dr. Li was slightly stunned, thought for a while, and nodded again and again: "Yes, constant, there must be! There are inevitable factors behind the development of anything." God doesn't roll dice. It seems that the anxiety of the overthrow of materialist dialectics can be put aside for the time being, and perhaps in the near future, with the establishment of a unified theory based on quantum mechanics, most likely string theory, dialectics will also be raised to an unprecedented peak to solve this problem. And theories based on dialectics have a solid foundation, yes, that's the fundamental purpose of our study of philosophy and physics, isn't it?"

But Ge Wei didn't seem satisfied with this answer, and he shook his head slowly.

After a deep sigh, Ge Wei pinned his hopes on Dr. Li again. He asked Dr. Lee, "So, what do you inference about this constant?"

"Inference?" Dr. Li was stunned, hesitated, and said, "In fact, the significance of Schrödinger's cat is not only in the existence of macroscopic quantum states, but also in how the wave function of quantum states collapses. At our current level of science, it is too early to say that Schrödinger's cat has been confirmed by only realizing two superposition states of a few particles under extreme conditions, and it will not be too late to wait until the day when the quantum state of macroscopic matter can really be observed......"

Ge Wei shook his head again, stared at Dr. Li with a firm and resolute gaze, and said word by word: "What is your inference?"

Dr. Lee could not understand why this master was so obsessed with such nonsensical inferences, and in his opinion, human science would need to be pushed back at least two hundred years in order to find the constant mentioned earlier. It's like asking the primitive man in the cave to draw a diagram of the arrangement of atomic nuclei on the mud ground with a straw stick, which is difficult for some strong people.

However, when he came into contact with Ge Wei's gaze, his heart couldn't help but tremble. It was like a basin of cold water poured on his head, and he remembered the identity of the other party for a moment, the feeling he had when he first walked into this lounge.

Dr. Li adjusted his breathing, and said in his heart, since this master likes to listen to theories so much, no matter how illusory the theory is, it is nothing, but he has some stock in his stomach, and it is nothing to toss for a while. Since the other party wants to listen, then say it to the other party.

Dr. Li paced the ground a few times, then stood still, looked at Ge Wei, and asked another question: "Do you know 'entropy'?"

"Entropy?" (to be continued......)