Chapter 1216

Physics is a subject that studies the most general laws and basic structure of matter movement.

To make a metaphor that is not accurate but vivid enough, the universe is like a string of analogies like [1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 ]Such an infinite sequence of numbers, and physics is a discipline to study the law of this sequence of numbers.

In the early days of scientific kindling, when people were still arguing about 1 and 2, a physicist sitting under the apple tree was lucky enough to count to 3, so he came to the conclusion that "this series is made up of 123456 Such a conclusion is made up of all natural numbers.

However, with the progress of science and technology, the means of observation are also improving.

When he arrived at Einstein, the physicist of the new era soon found that from the fourth place, it was not 4, but 5. Newton's rule was only applicable to the first three -- the so-called macro conditions.

In order to make his theory more convincing, he has been observing the number seven, that is, 13. Then according to the observed phenomena, the following conclusion is summed up:

[in the series describing the universe, except that the first digit is the unique number "1", the latter digit should be composed of "2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19..." Such a prime number. ]

intelligent children should have discovered a series of profound theories, such as relativity, standard model and quantum mechanics, which is actually such a thing.

It describes the world beyond the fourth digit, which can only be observed with the help of professional equipment and can not be seen by ordinary people.

Fortunately for the scholar sitting under the apple tree, Einstein only saw the seventh place in the series, but his theory worked until the ninth.

According to the "rule" that he summed up, the so-called "standard model", people have successfully observed the two numbers 17 and 19, successively bringing a series of treasures such as Higgs particles, gravitational waves, etc.

Everything is so beautiful.

Unfortunately, this kind of luck is not unlimited.

With the development of science and technology, the lunar Hadron Collider allows people to see more numbers than 19, broaden their horizons to a world more microcosmic than the microcosmic world, or even other dimensions

At this time, people are surprised to find that the 10th digit after 19 in the series describing the universe is not 23. Even in the 11th place, it's not 29 at all.

Even the two numbers 23 and 29 do not appear in the series at all. Instead, they are a series of numbers that have no law or reason at all.

Even it's not a number at all, it's something like ABCD.

Can we find the law in all the sequences?

Not so.

It's like a bunch of irrational numbers.

To describe its laws, I'm afraid it has to use the same amount of information as itself

Professor Milo's theory of "the spirit of the universe" sounds like the nonsense of a certain prodigy, but in fact, he does not describe the omniscient God.

What he really wants to express is that there is such a consciousness body in this universe, which arranges everything in the universe according to its own subjective consciousness.

It's like a child with a branch in his hand, humming a song that only he can understand, writing a string of meaningless numbers on the beach.

The ants on the ground, according to their own behavioral logic, think about what the numbers on the ground mean and why they appear there.

It is not so much that he preaches the theory of "the spirit of the universe".

Rather, it is "the universe has spirit"

……

For the physics community, this day is absolutely a dark time.

The collision experiment in the energy region above 5 TEV is like a black hole, confiscating the efforts of physicists of earth civilization in the past century. Both string theory and big bang theory seem to be swallowed up by this black hole.

Looking at the image on the computer, Professor Witten thought for a long time, and suddenly sighed.

"It's like we've spent half a century studying the laws of the universe, only to prove that there are no laws in the things we study."

Still staring at the seemingly bizarre data, Lu replied casually.

"It feels unacceptable?"

Witten with do not know is joking, or serious tone joking.

"Not only is it hard to accept, I even want to retire."

Lu Zhou: "don't think so. This difficulty won't defeat us, but if you retire, it will definitely be a loss for us."

"Why? Now there are many excellent young physicists, in my opinion, their future achievements will not be inferior to mine. "Professor Witten smiled, his voice suddenly filled with some emotion.

"What's more, my age is coming. I was thinking about it about three or four years ago. If it wasn't for you to invite me to imcrc for help, I might have been sunbathing on the island of Hawaii now."

"Is it? I'm really sorry. "

"Haha, don't be sorry. In fact, I should thank you. If it wasn't for your invitation, I would have missed a lot of interesting things."

At this time, Professor Witten noticed that Lu Zhou had written down the formulas on the rough paper, and his eyebrows were raised with interest.

"Are you still clinging to that extra dimension theory?"

"That's right."

"With all due respect, there seems to be no essential difference between this and spiritualism."

"There are still many differences," Lu said after holding the tip of the pen in his hand and staying on the paper for a while, thinking about it, "at least, I can prove its existence in the sense of mathematics."

This time, Professor Witten's face showed a surprised expression, the eyes seemed to say "how can this be done".

However, for his confusion, Lu Zhou didn't make any more expression, just if he pointed out.

"In general, we in the box can't see the world outside the box. But there's an exception. Remember Schrodinger's cat? "

"Schrodinger's cat? Wait a moment, you mean -- "

the turbid pupils suddenly open a little bit, and Professor Witten's confused look suddenly ignited a strong excitement.

"Yes, you may have guessed that," Lu Zhou smiled, turned his pen and continued, "you can think of us as the cat in the box. For the world outside the box, everything we have is a superposition of chaos. Now, someone has opened the box and watched us. "

"It's not arranged in advance."

"But because of observations from outside the universe, our superposition collapsed and became what we see now."

Looking at Professor Witten, whose brows are locked in contemplation, Lu Zhou continued.

"We have no way of knowing whether the universe is spiritual or not, and no one has the right to define its existence."

"But one thing I can almost confirm is that something outside the box is beckoning to us."

Witten: "but it Or why do they do it? "

"I don't know, maybe it's only him," Lu Zhou continued, shaking his head slightly. "Maybe it's to ask for our help, maybe it's just to announce its existence to us."

"However, whatever they ask for, it should not be a disaster for us in the box, but a great opportunity."

"An opportunity to learn more about the void."

Just at this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the office.

After hearing the footsteps, both Lu Zhou and Wei Teng stopped at the same time and looked towards the door.

The knock on the door rang as scheduled. Before the arrival of the boat, the door opened.

"Sorry! A very, very serious thing happened! "

Looking at elder martial brother Luo who appeared behind the door, Lu Zhou hesitated a little.

"What happened?"

"It's Professor Milo!"

Taking a deep breath, Luo Wenxuan stabilized his breathing.

Looking at the two people who fixed their eyes on themselves, he said the words that let everyone's mood fall to the bottom in a trembling voice.

“…… He's dead. "