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"Well, I understand."

Wheeler hung up the phone.

"Everything seems to be going well. But...my research shouldn't have much to do with physiology, right?"

Wheeler was a little dubious.

John Archibald Wheeler famously said: "It is not a day well passed until you discover something strange."

But only Wheeler can say this, because strangeness is commonplace in his place. As one of the top theoretical physicists of the 20th century, what he deals with every day is the warping of space-time in Einstein's theory of relativity, or the quantum warping.

The vague uncertainties and impossibilities in physics are, in short, strange things that are enough to burn out a mortal brain.

Even so, on that day in 1978, even Wheeler was shocked. A very strange idea flashed into his mind for the first time, to test our expectations of the behavior of photons. Going forward from then on

Half a century later, quantum physics yielded a shocking insight—it turns out that light has two

Character, sometimes it shows particle nature, as if it is composed of a group of discrete things with a definite trajectory, sometimes it shows a wave side, indefinite form, extending in space. Of course, in fact, in later physics

People have discovered that everything in the quantum world has such dual characteristics.

This is where the question that racked Wheeler's brains arose: which side of light is shown, what determines it, and when the choice is made.

Wheeler's test didn't materialize quickly in the lab, but when it was finally completed, the results were strange. Now, the experiment has been repeated, only making the quantum fog even more troubling. Perhaps,

It's time to give up the specious understanding of these results. Forget about waves, throw away particles, and abandon the belief of either/or! "Reality" is more complicated and confusing than this.

Is the nature of light a particle or a wave?

Hawking said that the world is made of waves and particles, and all we see are illusions.

Wheeler said: There are no waves or particles in this world.

Imagine an explosion, with two fragments flying out in opposite directions. The explosion obeys the conservation of momentum, and the mass and velocity of the two fragments are therefore related. But if you don't know anything about the conservation of momentum, you may easily

Concluding that measuring the properties of one fragment determines the properties of another, without knowing that all results were determined at the time of the explosion. Is the quantum world governed by a similar hidden "reality"?

It was at this time that Wheeler's thought experiment came into being. In order to solve the problem of "what tells the photon how to behave", he used an upgraded version of the double-slit interference experiment. In this thought experiment, the photon had to pass through an interference machine.

Choose either of the two paths of the interferometer. At the other end of the interferometer, the two paths either rejoin,

Either no longer intersect. If the two paths do not intersect, i.e. the interferometer is "on", measuring the photon is equivalent to placing a detector behind one of the two slits of a double slit experiment. You will see a single

The photon reaches the end point along this or that path. The two paths are completely equal, and the probability of taking either one is 50%.

Alternatively, the photons can be measured after their paths intersect, a state called "closure." In this case, what you observe will depend on the lengths of the two paths in the interferometer. If the two paths

If the crests of light waves of equal length arrive at a certain detector at the same time and constructive interference occurs, then the photons will hit this detector 100% of the time.

detector, while there is no signal at all in the other detectors. However, by changing the length of one path, you can break the synchronization of the wavefront and change the interference at that detector from completely constructive to completely destructive, allowing it to receive

Not a single photon. This is equivalent to the double-slit interference experiment where you move from a bright stripe to a nearby dark stripe.

The change Wheeler made was that he postponed the choice of "how to measure the photon". We can wait until the photon has entered the interferometer, and then choose whether the interferometer is "open" or "closed". In this way, the photon

It is impossible to "know" whether to choose one path or both paths at the same time - if it is, as imagined, either a particle or a wave.

This experiment attracted the attention of Hive Labs.

This is why Wheeler is now suspicious.

Because what they focused on was not Wheeler's inquiry.

It's the experiment itself that Wheeler conducted.

What they are concerned about is the quantization of thinking.

The characteristics discovered by Wheeler are somewhat similar to the human mind when it thinks.

Brain waves are active in our brains all the time. Each neuron in the brain has a voltage. As ions flow in and out of the cell, the voltage changes, which in turn stimulates neighboring neurons to change.

When many cells are stimulated at the same time, they can produce brain waves.

By controlling the path of photons by "opening" and "closing", they can change the destination of photons.

This is not an optical brain.

This is completely different from an optical brain that uses light as the transmission unit.

This is using photons themselves as the processing system.

Through interferometers and photons, it is like passing through human thinking patterns.

Once the problem of "how do photons travel" can be solved, it means that it seems possible for humans to use photons instead of electrical signals to think.

This will bring huge changes to the world.

Try to think about it.

A person's thinking mode can still exist in a quantum form, so does this person's physical body still have an impact on this person?

The answer is no.

In another sense, this is...eternal life.

Of course, they have no control over the length of time quantum exists, and there is no way to maintain its existence.

However, this does not hinder their research.

…

"call……"

Catherine yawned.

This was a plane bound for China, and Catherine and Lisa were sitting in the first class cabin of the plane.

As for here, there is no one at all.

Because Catherine took care of it directly.

Catherine's words made Andropov fall into confusion.

Of course, it wasn't just Andropov who was in trouble.

Catherine herself was confused.

"As a result, we still need to modify the plan..."

Catherine thought so, and at this moment, she was sorting out the archives with her eyes closed.

I have to say that soaking your body in formalin... no, soaking it in a sink is the right thing to do.

Because of this, Catherine is now fully able to access the Internet and program anytime and anywhere through neutrino communication technology and extended brain systems.

Although Catherine turned her plan into a mess, it seems that the plan seems to be feasible so far...

"What's wrong, Kate?"

"A little tired..."

Catherine felt light and airy, as if her soul was about to leave her body.

I went to bed too late yesterday.

"Then get some rest, Kate."

Lisa seems to be in good spirits and is deciding to expand her clothing business to China.

Of course, Catherine's goal is another one.

"It's going to be much more troublesome for me when you're on your side..."

Catherine muttered something.

Lisa sells clothes, and the cost is not much.

And when Catherine talks about business, it can easily cost billions or tens of billions. The two sides cannot be the same.

"If possible, I would also plan to deploy the Internet in China... What a pity..."

Catherine shook her head.

She had originally planned to connect the world to the Internet, but China seemed to be preparing to study it. Although the two sides had talked about it, it was difficult for Catherine to install a nationwide network.

"Ha~"

Catherine yawned again.

"What's wrong?"

Lisa couldn't help but look at Catherine worriedly.

"It's a little strange. The more I go online recently, the more tired I feel..."

Catherine rubbed her eyes.

"If you use the Internet too much, you will be tired."

Lisa is a little funny.

"No. It feels...not the same as before..."

It seems to have started since I connected to the extended brain.

Or, not a class, but a strange feeling of exhaustion?

Catherine couldn't describe this feeling.

But this strange feeling really made Catherine feel unable to control herself.

But if it's not full immersion Internet mode, but using a monitor, it doesn't seem to matter at all.

This is really strange.

"Go back and ask Jenny. She should know."

Catherine shook her head and muttered.

"I didn't expect that it would be like this..."

I don’t know why, but Catherine seemed to think of the time when she first came to this world...

"Strange...what's wrong with me?"

She shook her head, and then continued to pull out her plan.

Catherine's next plan is not just to negotiate in China, but Catherine also plans to integrate and explain the concept of seele to the Chinese.

After that, Catherine will go to Japan.

But isn't it? Catherine is now beginning to pay the price for her casual tying of wind.

A "transnational" plan forced Catherine to move back and forth in this world.

In order to make her actions more organized, Catherine simply put together a plan that was entirely her own.

This plan is, of course, the Mohaitower plan.

Such an awesome and popular plan gave Catherine endless headaches before, but how wonderful it would be to think that she could turn this plan into reality!

"Right. Maybe I really should come up with a kind of lcl..."

Catherine muttered again.

lcl is of course the solution that Catherine had thought of before.

The "soup of life" was perfectly used by Catherine to fool poor Mr. Andropov.

At this time, the other party should have been entangled in his own plan, right?

Haha, it’s really interesting when you think about it...

Catherine suddenly realized that maybe she was really awesome.

He even thought of such a thought.

"But unfortunately, although this idea is perfect, this kind of evolution is not what I want..."

Catherine murmured.

"Um...what's the plan?"

Lisa asked.

"What plan do you think there will be? Of course my plan is the best in the world~ Just wait and see the show, there will definitely be a surprise~"

By the way, maybe the previous plan... can also begin to unfold?

Catherine found that she was really happy now. Although she was still a little far away from her dream, at least she had made huge changes from her previous life.

Change is the best step.

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Today’s righteousness is offered...

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