From university academician to chief academician

Jinling, Space Research Institute, in the laboratory!

Ye Fei sat on a round stool, surrounded by many researchers.

On the first day after returning from Kyoto, Ye Fei summoned researchers from the institute to discuss academic matters.

Ye Fei has a habit of keeping the atmosphere very relaxed when discussing academic matters with others.

Only in a relaxed environment can everyone relax physically and mentally, the brain's thinking can be more open, the thinking can be more active, and the inspiration can be more.

Ye Fei smiled and said: "Many of you must have watched the event I held in Kyoto this time!"

Everyone smiled, they would naturally watch such an important live broadcast.

Not only them, but many people in the entire academic world have watched it.

Ye Feidao: "Come on, can any of you tell me what you think after reading it?"

Next some researchers expressed their thoughts.

Of course, the level of the event held by Ye Fei was too high, and all the participants were the world's top scholars. Most of the researchers present could not understand what they said.

Therefore, their ideas are relatively simple.

After a long time, Ye Fei said: "Everyone said very well. Let me tell you what I gained from this meeting."

"I won't talk about some gains in mathematics. Let me talk about physics."

"We have been studying Schrödinger's cat. The experiment of Schrödinger's cat was just a problem of the quantum superposition principle at the microscopic scale."

"Later, as I studied the problem, I cleverly connected the existence form of microscopic matter as particles or waves after observation with the macroscopic cat, so as to verify the existence form of quantum when observation intervenes."

“Some time ago, our research added consciousness to Schrödinger’s cat, or in other words, consciousness was added to quantum superposition.”

As mentioned earlier, Ye Fei added consciousness to quantum entanglement to develop information that can be transmitted instantly.

Quantum entanglement is called entangled state, and quantum superposition is called superposition state.

The entangled state is a superposition state of a multi-particle system or a multi-degree-of-freedom system that cannot be expressed as a direct product.

Therefore, the entangled state is a superposition state.

Therefore, it is correct to say that Schrödinger’s cat studies superposition states.

"This gives Schrödinger's cat an additional direction to study the macroscopic world."

"After my discussions with many physicists during this period, I found that Schrödinger's cat should also be studied in the direction of parallel universes."

"As we all know, the concept of parallel universes was not proposed because of the time travel paradox. It comes from quantum mechanics."

"Because there is an uncertainty in quantum mechanics, which is quantum uncertainty."

"Suppose Schrödinger's cat should live in two worlds, and these two worlds are parallel universes."

"Live cats are in one universe, dead cats are in another universe."

"It follows that the problem with Schrödinger's cat is not whether the radioactive atom in the box decays, but that it both decays and does not decay."

"When an observer looks into the box, the wave function itself collapses and the entire world splits into two versions of itself."

"The two versions are identical in every other respect, the only difference being that in one version the atom decays and the cat dies."

"And in the other version, the atoms didn't decay and the cat was still alive."

When everyone heard Ye Fei's explanation, they looked at Ye Fei with wide eyes in surprise.

The hypothesis put forward by Ye Fei is both bold and crazy.

Because the hypothesis put forward by Ye Fei acknowledges the existence of parallel universes.

Moreover, the two parallel universes are exactly the same.

For a long time, parallel worlds were just a hypothesis, and no one knew whether they existed.

But Ye Fei admitted the existence of parallel universes in his hypothesis of Schrödinger's cat.

This idea is very crazy.

If we admit the existence of parallel universes, then it is possible that there is another self in the space and time where we exist.

If one day people from another parallel universe come to our own universe.

Their first thought is not to integrate into their own universe, but to destroy their own universe.

This will break out a war between the two universes.

This is like the law of the dark forest in the Three-Body Problem.

All civilizations in the universe are in the dark forest. Once discovered by other civilizations, they will definitely be attacked by other civilizations.

The same is true for parallel universes. Each parallel universe is a civilization. Once discovered by other civilizations, it will definitely be attacked by other civilizations.

The more Ye Fei said, the more ideas he gained, and many other topics were derived from this topic.

When he was about a third of the way through, no one could keep up with his train of thought.

But these people didn't care. They encountered this situation many times. Each time, they wrote down what Ye Fei said and studied it slowly when they went back.

Those things that cannot be thoroughly studied will be gradually studied through when doing research with Ye Fei in the future.

After the academic discussion, Ye Fei wrote a paper about the parallel universe and posted it on arxiv.

Furthermore, it proposes this theory as a multiverse interpretation.

Beiliguo, MIT!

Ernie Thorne is the dean of the School of Physics at MIT and a Nobel Prize winner in physics. He mainly studies gravity and quantum particle science in quantum mechanics.

Thorne entered the office early in the morning, sat down, and then turned on the computer to browse arxiv.

Suddenly, a paper caught his attention.

It wasn't the title of the paper that attracted him, but the author of the paper that attracted his attention.

"Huh?" Thorne said in surprise: "Ye Feike rarely publishes physics papers!"

Then, he said with interest: "I want to see what papers he will publish."

With that said, Thorne clicked on the paper.

Soon, his eyes widened in surprise, filled with deep shock.

After a moment, Thorne murmured to himself: "It's so crazy, Ye Fei actually made such a hypothesis."

"Although this assumption makes the Schrödinger wave equation always valid, the wave function never collapses, and it simplifies the basic theory."

"But this idea is too bizarre, and it actually admits that parallel universes really exist."

"If this hypothesis is true, then we must admit the existence of parallel universes, which is impossible."

People like Ye Fei cannot speak nonsense.

Saying the wrong thing can have an impact on the whole world, especially in research.

This is like one day Einstein said that there are aliens many light years away from us.

In a few decades, these aliens will come.

Then, people all over the world will be in a sense of crisis.

This is because the person who said this has a high status and authority and cannot be untargeted. Many people around the world believe what he says.

If Ye Fei's views are recognized by people all over the world, then the existence of parallel universes will also be recognized.

Professionals will know the truth, but ordinary people will not understand.

If ordinary people were to know that there is a world exactly like the earth above their heads, below their feet, or beside them.

You are exactly the same in that world.

At this time, ordinary people would wonder if their version of themselves in another world would suddenly appear next to them and kill them.

In this way, many people will live in fear all day long.

This is like someone knowing that there is always another self around them who wants to kill them.

Thorne's eyes flashed wildly: "If the hypothesis proposed by Ye Fei is true, then it will also be distinguished from a thought experiment on quantum mechanics proposed by Hans Moravec and Bruno Machar in 1980."

The quantum mechanics thought experiment proposed by Hans Moravec and Bruno Machar in 1980 is the most famous interpretation of quantum mechanics, the Copenhagen interpretation.

Thorne continued to look at the paper: "Well... Ye Fei explained the Cernhagen interpretation."

“He calls the Fundamental Hagen interpretation quantum suicide and the many-worlds interpretation quantum immortality.”

Thorne nodded slightly: "This title is very appropriate."

"Quantum suicide, quantum immortality!"

"Quantum suicide is the fundamental Hagen interpretation, which says that a cat has a 50% chance of surviving or not."

"Quantum immortality is a multiverse interpretation, which means that the experiment will have a cat in two unrelated worlds, one of which is alive and the other is dead."

"Then, if the many-worlds interpretation is correct, after any number of experiments, there will always be a world in which cats never die."

The more Thorn thought about Ye Fei's interpretation, the crazier it became.

As someone who studies quantum mechanics, it is difficult for him to accept Ye Fei's idea.

Of course, what Ye Fei put forward was just a hypothesis.

The assumption is that the representation may not necessarily be true.

This is the same as quantum suicide, with a 50% chance of being established or not.

For a long time, Thorne sighed: "It's really crazy. The hypothesis proposed by Ye Fei should be difficult for scientists around the world to accept!"

"After all, parallel universes only exist in theory."

"Moreover, most scientists do not admit the existence of parallel universes, or are unwilling to admit the existence of parallel universes."

Shuimu University, Chen Ning Yang’s office!

Yang Zhenning looked at Ye Fei's paper posted on arxiv on the computer.

Yang Zhenning thought secretly: "Multiverse interpretation?"

"He is assuming the existence of parallel universes, so that he can explain the quantum theory interpretation of various phenomena in the microscopic world."

Quantum theory, also known as quantum theory, is one of the two cornerstones of modern physics. The other cornerstone is the theory of relativity.

"Although this simplifies the basic theory and eliminates the need to consider the collapse of the wave function, it also has a big disadvantage, which is to admit the existence of parallel universes."

"In this way, unless the existence of parallel universes is proven, the multiverse interpretation will not be established."

"But if it is proven that parallel universes exist, the whole world will panic."

"However, from another perspective, the hypothesis proposed by Ye Fei can better study quantum theory."

"More convenient than Copenhagen Interpretation, this can lead a trend!"

Seeing this, Yang Zhenning shook his head slightly and said, "Young people still have ideas!"

"The older I get, the more worried I become. I wouldn't dare to come up with such a crazy idea."

"And young people can think whatever they want, even if they imagine the earth exploding, they dare to think."

"Although his hypothesis is very good, I just don't know if the world can accept it."

"Since Ye Fei has mentioned parallel universes, he will definitely study them in the future, so I will send him the documents on parallel universes!"

"I hope these parallel universe documents will be helpful to him."

After speaking, Yang Zhenning found the parallel universe document, packaged it and sent it to Ye Fei's mailbox.

Jinling, Institute of Space Research!

"Huh?" Ye Fei saw someone sending him an email in the mailbox. After seeing the email, he said in shock: "It was an email sent to me by Mr. Yang. Why did he send an email to me? If you have anything, you can call me directly. me!"

With that said, Ye Fei opened the email and said with some surprise: "It's a document from a parallel universe."

"He must have seen the paper I posted on arxiv, so he sent me the parallel universe document."

"He must have thought I would study parallel universes."

"But I have no idea of ​​studying parallel universes for the time being."

"Parallel universes are too difficult. For me now, they are not suitable for research."

What Ye Fei wanted was to consider studying other fields of quantum mechanics only after he finished studying Schrödinger's cat.

For now, he's only working on Schrödinger's cat.

The road must be walked step by step, and the meal must be eaten bite by bite.

We cannot study Schrödinger’s cat today. If we haven’t studied Schrödinger’s cat yet, we will study parallel universes tomorrow.

This is not feasible.

"Although I won't study it for the time being, you can still take a look."

"Mr. Yang, as the number one person in the world of physics today, should be very in-depth in any field he studies!"

With that said, Ye Fei opened the document and read it.

At this moment, many scholars around the world have seen Ye Fei's paper posted on arxiv, which has aroused heated discussions around the world.

Andrea Hope, a senior researcher at the School of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and winner of the Wolf Prize in Physics, was the first to stand up and refute.

"If Ye Fei's point of view is correct, it means that parallel universes exist."

"The existence of parallel universes means that there are four-dimensional universes."

"Then what are we?"

"What is our world?"

“Is our world, and us, a pasture for aliens to keep in captivity?”

"And we are chickens raised by aliens ready to be slaughtered?"

"Parallel universes are impossible."

"The world we live in is the only world."

"So, Ye Fei's multi-world interpretation is not valid."

Andrea's views are recognized by many scientists.

They cannot accept the existence of parallel universes, which will make many people panic.

Israeli physicist and winner of the Wolf Prize in Physics, Siphivo House, said: "I think the many-worlds interpretation proposed by Ye Fei should not be interpreted this way."

"He just wants to better prove Schrödinger's cat. He does not have to admit the existence of parallel universes."

"After all, the multiverse interpretation proposed by Ye Fei can prove Schrödinger's cat more simply than the Copenhagen interpretation."

"And, did you find out?"

"In the past, we studied quantum mechanics macroscopically and microscopically."

"We simply can't clearly draw the dividing line between micro and macro."

"Until recently, the consciousness proposed by Ye Fei allowed us to find a way to distinguish the dividing line between macro and micro."

"However, this has gone astray and become entangled with self-consciousness. This has long been far away from the original intention of Bohr and the Copenhagen School."

"Also, if we strictly follow the evolution direction of Schrödinger's wave equation, a system will not evolve from a superposition state to a pure state, which means that collapse does not comply with the basic principles of quantum theory."

"But in the face of the results of the electron double-slit interference experiment, collapse must be attached to give a reasonable explanation."

"If consciousness is added, it can explain the electron double-slit interference experiment."

"But it goes against the evolution of the Schrödinger wave equation and the original intention of Bohr and the Copenhagen School."

"But if Ye Fei's multiverse interpretation can kick consciousness away and bypass collapse, it can better explain the problems of quantum theory."

When many people heard this speech, their eyes suddenly lit up.

Yes, Ye Fei's multiverse interpretation not only kicks away consciousness, but also circumvents collapse, which can better explain the problems of quantum theory.

But soon many people were dumbfounded.

Consciousness was proposed by Ye Fei. Not long after he proposed it, before his butt was even hot, he was kicked away by Ye Fei's multiverse interpretation.

In the words of the Xia people, Xiao He is also a success, and Xiao He is a failure!

It was Ye Fei who proposed consciousness, and it was Ye Fei who destroyed consciousness.

After the debate between these two physics giants, many people began to take the multiverse interpretation seriously.

They found that the multiverse interpretation was much more advantageous than the Copenhagen interpretation.

Soon, some people were exclaiming: "This Ye Fei is too strong. I don't know how he grew his brain. He has only just entered the physics world!"

"First, we propose consciousness, distinguish macroscopic and microscopic, and use quantum entanglement to develop instant information transmission."

"Now the multiverse interpretation is proposed!"

"Although the idea is bold, it kicks away consciousness and bypasses collapse, making quantum theory more convenient and concise to study."

"This Ye Fei is really amazing."