Paintings of Terror

Ke Xun's question suddenly made everyone confused. Using scientific theory to explain a supernatural event seems a bit wrong.

If supernatural forces really exist in this world, is all scientific research still meaningful?Is it just as those scientists once worried that if the events in the universe are really random events, or unpredictable events, or events beyond the scope of natural laws, science will become a completely useless science?

People who thought of this couldn't help shivering. Deng Lin gritted his teeth and said, "No, even though I have no way to explain what I see in front of me, I still believe in science. Unexplainable phenomena don't mean they are It is probably only because our cognition is still too little, and our existing knowledge is insignificant compared to the entire universe, so things that are beyond our knowledge will be regarded as Supernatural phenomena, but I think all phenomena are natural phenomena!"

Zhu Haowen nodded, and said, "Your views are similar to Einstein's in a sense, and the fundamental problem of the debate between the two schools of physics mentioned just now is here.

"The orthodox school, that is, the school that supports randomness, believes that the physical quantities in the microscopic world have a certain degree of randomness and cannot be accurately predicted. All measured results are just probabilistic results. Even the quantum states of particles cannot be accurately predicted, so how can we predict the macroscopic material world?

"For example, there are many things in this world that cannot be predicted precisely, such as the outcome of a lottery, such as the size and speed of the wind, tomorrow's weather conditions, and the number of points in the next roll of the dice.

"Einstein thought that these things are not really random, but because our knowledge is limited now, we don't have correspondingly more knowledge to predict these things.

"For example, lottery lottery, as long as we know the force of each point of the lottery ball and the flow velocity distribution of the surrounding air, we can predict the result of the lottery ball. Another example, if we can grasp the movement of each air molecule, You can accurately determine the future weather.①

"The reason why these phenomena seem random now is because we don't have the knowledge to master them, and we don't have enough data to support them. Therefore, in Einstein's eyes, there is no real randomness in the world. The so-called randomness , It’s just a manifestation of people’s lack of knowledge leading to insufficient cognition.”

"So you mean," Shao Ling looked at Zhu Haowen, "what we have experienced is not necessarily supernatural power, but another scientific phenomenon that exists in this world, but human beings have not yet Master it, and discover knowledge about it?"

"I don't think so," Zhu Haowen said indifferently, "The mechanical determinism represented by Einstein has been derived from fatalism by some people. Fatalists believe that since Einstein said that all phenomena in the universe are like machines , has a certain law and trajectory, and the last moment determines the next moment, so doesn't it mean that the fate of all of us has long been doomed, and everything is proceeding according to the pre-set procedures , and our life and death have long been doomed, so no matter how hard we try now, the damned will still die? And I am not a fatalist, I do not believe in fate."

"In fact, Einstein did not completely deny the randomness of quantum phenomena," said Mu Yiran. "He just believed that random phenomena in the microcosm cannot represent the essence of the entire universe, and we should try to establish a new theory to explain these randomness."

"Brothers," Luo Wei raised his hand, "I still don't understand why we started talking about quantum mechanics and other topics from dice throwing? You remind me of the fear of being dominated by a physics teacher in high school."

"I think the phrase 'God does not roll dice' mentioned by the program is not a meaningless lunatic, he must have a purpose." Zhu Haowen said, "After all, in the history of physics, Einstein Shortly after finishing this famous sentence, the famous "Schrödinger's cat" theory was born. You must know that the issue of Schrödinger's cat was proposed by Schrödinger, who was also a member of the classic school with Einstein, and this picture The painting is also named after this, and I think there is an inevitable connection between the two.”

"I don't understand the significance of this experiment," Deng Lin frowned. "Cats are both alive and dead. This kind of situation is impossible in the real world."

As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced at Qi Muhuan and Dong Yao. At this moment, these two people were still fainting on the ground, their faces lost their mouths, and they looked extraordinarily weird. When he said the words "both dead and alive", When it was time, the half-dead state of these two people was even more creepy.

Deng Lin couldn't help shivering, and quickly looked away, looking at Qin Ci who seemed to have the best temper among the old members.

Qin Ci looked at Zhu Haowen: "Let's let Haowen explain this problem. I didn't do well in science when I was in school."

"That's the meaning," Zhu Haowen continued Deng Lin's question just now, "Light has wave-particle duality, you must know this."

"So?" Deng Lin asked.

"Light has always been considered as the smallest substance, it is an electromagnetic wave, and has particle characteristics." Zhu Haowen said, "The 'matter-wave hypothesis' believes that the wave-particle duality is not limited to photons, but to all microscopic particles. Both have wave-particle duality.

"And all matter in the macroscopic world, including human beings, is composed of a large number of microscopic particles, so it is equivalent to human beings and cats having wave-particle duality.

"Then here comes the problem. The orthodox believe that quantum phenomena are random and uncertain. Without measuring it, it is impossible to determine its position, mass, and velocity. At this time, all possible states of it are entangled. , can also be understood as a 'superposition state'.

"Schrödinger of the classical school therefore proposed the cat experiment, since the cat is also composed of a large number of microscopic particles, then it also has wave-particle duality and the so-called randomness and uncertainty of the orthodox school.

"Putting the cat in a box containing poison gas, before opening the box, which is equivalent to measuring it, according to the orthodox, the state of the cat is now 'entangled', that is, For the so-called superposition state of life and death, only by opening the box, that is, by 'measuring' it, can it be determined whether it is life or death.

"However, as you said, in the real world, even if the cat is locked in a box, it cannot be a superposition state of life and death. This state cannot exist. Schrödinger used this example to satirize the orthodox so-called Uncertainties of quantum phenomena."

"Then what does this cat have to do with rolling dice?" asked the shawl-haired girl.

"Maybe if we find the relationship between them, we can find the signature." Zhu Haowen said.

"Using dice to determine the way to test us, does it represent the randomness of fate?" Ke Xun asked.

"So I think that Cheng Cheng is on the side of the orthodox." It was Mu Yiran who answered the conversation, "Ke Xun and I learned from visiting Cheng Cheng's neighbors, relatives and friends that Cheng Cheng had a strong interest in physics when he was in school. This interest also affects the style and thoughtfulness of his paintings. The reason why he is considered to be on the side of the orthodox is that he uses the randomness of rolling dice to determine the way to test us, and the name of the painting is " "Schrödinger's Cat" probably has another deep meaning. I think it is closely related to finding his son, as far as I know..."

Mu Yiran had just said this when he was suddenly interrupted by a warning sound. Everyone hurriedly looked towards the big screen on the wall, and saw a line of huge black characters flashing non-stop: [Please roll the dice, the countdown is 60 seconds 】

Everyone was startled, Wei Dong scratched his hair: "This is starting again? How long have we been resting? Is the time of each round of dice rolling also random?"

Ke Xun suddenly thought of something, hurried over to check on Dong Yao and Qi Muhuan, only to find that the two had lost their breath some time ago and turned into two corpses.

Ke Xun took out his mobile phone from his pocket to check the time, and saw that it was nine o'clock in the morning.

"The time is wrong," Ke Xun said, "the time inside is faster than outside. I feel that we only spent two or three hours analyzing the clues just now, and the time on the phone obviously follows the time in the painting. Yes, an afternoon and a whole night have passed in the painting."

"It's too late to think about the reason, the time is only 10 seconds left." Shao Ling said, "We have to—"

Before he finished speaking, Fang Fei had already walked over two steps away, and reached out and tapped on the icon of the dice.

The dice spun rapidly, and then stopped slowly after a while. What was displayed in front of everyone was a 4.

Everyone raised their vigilance and stared at the big screen in front of them. The icon of the dice disappeared and new writing appeared:

【Father, must all the theorems and laws be correct? 】

[At least, within the scientific system built by human cognition, the cognitions defined as theorems are all correct. 】

[In other words, if one day humans make a new discovery, and this new discovery overturns the previous theorem, then the previous theorem is wrong? 】

[Yes, not only theorems, but also many situations. For example, when Dad was young, people always believed that there were nine planets in the solar system. However, in 2006, Pluto, one of the nine planets, was removed from it and redefined as "Dwarf planet".The reason is that the astronomers of country M have always misestimated the mass of Pluto. Its mass is lower than that of the moon, and in its orbit, some celestial bodies are larger than it. fit.This is a typical example of subverting old cognition with new cognition. 】

[So, Dad, I personally think that what schools should teach us is how to question and discover what is known and what is unknown in this world, instead of teaching us to unconditionally believe in things that are similar to those defined by "M country astronomers", They are likely to be overthrown one day like the Nine Planets.

Since everything that happens in this world cannot be sure that it will always and completely run according to theorems and rules, then rote memorization cannot be questioned, and it is used as an exam to determine the quality of students and the future direction of life. meaning?

I think the purpose of learning should not be to use an exam to determine the direction of our life and define our wisdom, but to let us learn how to understand the truth, sober, objective, speculative, thorough and imaginative A powerful way to think about life and create life. 】

After the dialogue between the program and the son disappeared, it was replaced by new text:

【Law World】