Inside the royal palace of the Holy Helvetic Empire …
Rudolph II had also read 'Basics of Quantum Mechanics and the New Alchemy', which the Congress of Magic did not intentionally keep a secret, through his intelligence channel.
After his adventure in the underground palace of the Sun King, he had been paying attention to the Congress of Magic's research and learned a lot from it. Naturally, he would not let go of the paper that described the most profound laws of the microscopic domain, even though it was only an explanation. After all, he was now a Knight spellcaster without a cognitive world, and he was not scared of collapse and destruction. Of course, the result of the Congress of Magic's research could not directly bring him improvement. He could only figure out his own path by analogy.
"Absurd! Is the nature of the world a die? Determinism cannot be established, and the only result cannot be obtained from all the initial situations strictly? Many processes are irreversible? " Despite his incomplete memory, Rudolph II still had a deep-rooted understanding of 'determinism', which was the crystallization of his experience and wisdom in the past. Therefore, he couldn't help but criticize in a low voice.
However, as he read deeper into the paper, his expression couldn't have been more splendid. Suddenly, his body twisted and spread out, as if he were everywhere.
The spreading clouds collapsed, and Rudolph II returned to normal. He mumbled to himself, half delighted and half confused, "Quantum superposition state?"
Although he had found a way to transform into such a state by studying the mysteries of the primeval devils and the gods when he was Thanos, he had only been able to apply it but had never known what state he was in or what theory he had. Therefore, this path was very dangerous, and he had to rely on luck to succeed.
"Lucien Evans connected the mysteries of demigods and the mysteries of the microscopic world with his inspiration from the Pathway of Immortality?" Rudolph II secretly speculated. The paper was exactly what he was most eager to know, but there was no other convincing evidence or follow-up development. He was rather anxious for a moment. "Is it possible that Lucien Evans has hidden more information about the quantum superposition state? After all, it concerns the mysteries of demigods."
At this moment, the determinism in his head had dimmed, and his own state strongly suggested a lot of things. "It seems that determinism belongs to the nature of the macroscopic world. Transforming oneself into the quantum superposition state equates to entering the microscopic domain, so one can get rid of determinism and become a demigod who can return from the river of fate?"
He understood Lucien's paper based on his own experience. In the end, he sighed. "More experiments and phenomena are needed to prove it. We can't blindly believe it. Otherwise, we will be in big trouble if we are proved to be wrong in the future."
…
Inside the Atomic Universe, Lucien stared at the vast starry sky outside of the window in a daze. There was a thick stack of papers on the table, on which were written "Mental Power? Power of Faith? Special Electromagnetic Wave Convergence? "and other words and symbols.
These were some vague ideas that he had come up with through his research on false gods.
Pinocchio's voice suddenly sounded. "Master, Sir Douglas and Sir Fernando have come to visit."
Lucien was back to himself. Hiding the papers on the table, he went out to greet them.
Fernando was still wearing his crimson magic robe. The moment they met, he asked confidently, "Was the quantum superposition state that you described inspired by the Pathway of Immortality and that state?"
They had obviously thought of that after they calmed down.
Lucien, on the other hand, not only described the cloud of probabilities in his three papers, but he also proposed the concept of the quantum superposition state, which was beyond. He also explained some experiment phenomena with it.
"I was inspired by that." Lucien admitted "frankly".
Led by Lucien to the living room, Douglas said, "But that's a state close to the demigod state. How can the microscopic particles such as electrons have it? Simple analogies and associations are inappropriate. "
His tone was as firm and solemn as before. The mysteries of demigods and immortality made him more cautious, but his belief could not be changed so easily. It was something that had been firm in his whole life. It was the crystallization of his understanding of the world that had been raised to the height of philosophy.
"When I was processing abundant experiment data and considering the interpretation of the wave function, I realized that introducing the state could solve the problem very well. So, I introduced it. It's a bold hypothesis that will have to be verified with rigorous experiments." Lucien said gently.
Fernando nodded his head. "I've browsed through my experiment records. Perhaps the probabilistic explanation is one of the directions. However, probabilities and uncertainties shouldn't be the intrinsic attributes of electrons but must have external reasons. Something must've caused the uncertainties and probabilities of electrons, resulting in the disappearance of the quantum state during the transition from the microscopic world to the macroscopic world. Finding those reasons will help us transform our status and advance into demigods better than Thanos, Viken and the rest of them without any problems."
From the perspective of experimentalism, the probabilistic interpretation was obviously the best theory at present. However, judging from the classical law of causality, Fernando believed that there had to be corresponding reasons for the probabilities and uncertainties.
"At least so far, there are no signs that indicate that. They can only be described as the intrinsic properties of electrons." Lucien said gently but persistently, "Or rather, there are no experiment results that support any external reasons in our current studies. Don't add entities unless it's absolutely necessary."
Fernando glared at him, finding his stubbornness hard to imagine. "We can boldly assume a more inclusive theory, and then carefully verify it. Have you forgotten that? Otherwise, how can we explain the difference between the microscopic world and the macroscopic world? How can we describe the transition? How can we explain the collapse of the wave function? "
"Also, I have opinions about uncertainties too. I've designed a thought experiment to prove it." Listening to their debate quietly, Douglas suddenly opened his mouth. Then, he took out a pen and paper and drew a reference diagram for the experiment. Through a roundabout approach, he determined the position of the electron and calculated its momentum.
Fernando had obviously read the experiment. He stared at Lucien attentively and with great pressure, waiting for his answer.
Lucien picked up the experiment and considered it carefully. It was different from the classic experiments in his Library of the Souls, but the mechanism was similar. So, after reading carefully for a while, he said, "Mr. President, the change of mass will lead to other changes of the gravitational field. You didn't consider that factor …"
Douglas and Fernando had been looking at Lucien the whole time, but after hearing that, they focused their eyes on the paper.
After a long time, Douglas finally said bitterly, "I forgot the general theory of relativity that I've been studying recently."
After that, his bitterness was gone, and he said as firmly as before, "I still believe that your quantum mechanics is incomplete, or there will be great problems. At the very least, you didn't consider the transition from the microscopic world to the macroscopic world. That's perhaps the secrets of demigods and immortality."
It was obvious that the bizarre views in the microscopic world were not projected to the macroscopic world, which meant that there must be internal factors that were related to that.
Holding back his temper, Fernando said in a low voice, "I'll propose a hypothesis to explain the collapse of the wave function …"
The experiment result and the Pathway of Immortality made them less repulsed by the probabilistic explanation and the wave-particle duality. They began to look for the incompleteness of Lucien's theory and tried to explain everything from a higher level.
After that, Douglas and Fernando left at the same time. One of them was tall and the other was short. One was unhurried, and the other was hasty. Both of them seemed to be expressing their solemnity.
Natasha walked in from another door in the small living room. She sighed and said, "Mr. President and Mr. Fernando are truly persistent, if not stubborn …"
"Not necessarily stubborn. Perhaps they are insisting on the truth …" Lucien said with mixed feelings, which confused Natasha.
Because of the effect of the report on the Pathway of Immortality, Brook, Hathaway, Oliver and the rest of them had slightly changed their attitude. They were no longer so against the quantum superposition state and the cloud of probabilities. Instead, they were trying to prove that Lucien's current theory was incomplete and that there would be major problems between the arcana world and reality according to Lucien's explanation right now!
… …
In the past year, Annick and Sprint had often gone to the library to check the latest papers that hadn't been published yet. Their arcana expertise had been making rapid progress, and they were almost qualified to participate in the cutting-edge studies. It was no pressure for them to read the papers, as long as they were not about the general theory of relativity or matrix mechanics.
When they checked the papers, they would undoubtedly check if their teacher's latest research results were available. This time, they successfully found "Basics of Quantum Mechanics and the New Alchemy". Therefore, they began to read it on their way back to the institution.
Annick was tripped by the junk in the corridor and completely forgot to cast his magic. Holding the paper tightly in his hands, he stared at it without blinking.
"Probabilistic explanation … Uncertainty principle …" He kept mumbling such words, and so did Sprint. He had no intention of pulling Annick up.
Hearing the noise, Heidi walked out of the institution. Seeing that one of them was lying on his stomach and the other was like a statue, she asked in shock, "Have you joined a performance art group?"
Because of the development of the economy, the society had become fast-paced. Many bards at the bottom level had adapted light music into pop music that was more suitable for singing and for such a rhythm, which led to the slow change of the general atmosphere in Renstadt. Therefore, some unconventional artists had emerged. Lucien joked that they were "performance artists".
"Probabilistic cloud … Quantum superposition state …" The two of them ignored Heidi at all.
Frowning, Heidi snatched the paper from Sprint's hands and read it on her own. Very soon, she turned into a statue too.
Then, similar changes happened to Katrina, Layria, Chelly, Lowi, Blake, Alfalia and the rest of them. It was not until a long time later that Heidi finally took a long breath. "According to our teacher's description, the microscopic domain is even weirder than magic and more unbelievable than imagination … Have we entered an era of fantasy?"
"But I think it can explain the current experiment results very well. From the perspective of pragmatism, there's no reason why we shouldn't pay attention to it and use it." Sprint expressed his opinion.
Katrina also nodded. "Our teacher's explanation is basically self-consistent. Determinism is just the macroscopic world's …"
They were as good as the senior-rank arcanists in the fields of new alchemy and quantum mechanics. Naturally, they had their own distinguishing abilities. Also, they had been influenced by Lucien for a long time and paid more attention to experiment results and phenomena instead of being bound by past experience and theories.
Annick slowly rose to his feet. "I think that our teacher's theory has really described the wonders of the microscopic world. However, I also believe that such wonders must have their fundamental reasons."
As they spread out, Lucien's paper was known by most people before the new year. Therefore, Onore, Clark and the rest of them in the Holt Magic College lamented that the textbooks of the new alchemy were going to be revised again and that the three papers were deeply confusing and unacceptable. Also, they felt that their hearts were trembling from the bottom of their hearts.
"If the experiment proves it … Too many people will stagnate or have their heads blown up …"
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