Paranormal incident investigation notes

"I want to know whether the God of Destiny affects the luck of humans or animals by affecting the chaos, or by affecting the randomness at the bottom of the universe."

After the start command was sent to the quantum random number generator of each black box, Lu Ming looked at the rows and rows of black boxes outside the window and spoke slowly.

He knew that with the arrival of the start command at this moment, the quantum random number generator must have generated random numbers directly related to the underlying randomness of the universe. At this moment, the poison gas devices in some black boxes must have been triggered, releasing poisonous gas and killing the piglets inside. There must also be some black boxes that have not changed at all, and the piglets in them are still alive and well.

Or, to describe it in the language of quantum physics, it is: the piglets in the black box at this moment are in a superposition state of life and death, they are dead and alive at the same time. However, only after the black box is opened, their superposition state will collapse and change into a clear "living state" or "dead state".

In this way, the randomness at the bottom of the universe is amplified by this device, affecting the life forms that exist in the real world.

As early as more than a hundred years ago, a great scientist named Schrödinger proposed a thought experiment known as "Schrödinger's Cat". The basic principle is basically consistent with the experiment Lu Ming is conducting at this moment. The only difference is that the pig in the black box has been replaced by a cat.

The purpose of Schrödinger's thought experiment was just to satirize the so-called superposition state of quantum physics. After all, a microscopic particle can be in a superposition state. How can a macroscopic life form like a cat be in a superposition state?

But the final result basically proved that superposition and randomness really exist.

Like Bell's inequality, Schrödinger's cat is widely known for not only failing to falsify quantum physics, but actually confirming it.

At its core, Schrödinger's cat, or now Schrödinger's pig, is just a thought experiment. No one is bored enough to reproduce them in the real world. But at this moment, Lu Ming actually reproduced them in the real world.

Facing Lu Ming's words, He Wei still had some doubts in her heart.

"With this quantum random number generator, we can determine how the God of Destiny affects these piglets, uh, luck?"

"certainly."

Lu Ming nodded: "The probability of each black box quantum random number generator generating 0 or 1 is strictly 50%. If it generates 0, the piggy will die. If it generates 1, the piggy will not die. And if it generates 1, the piggy will not die. At this moment, 530 of the piglets participating in the experiment did not participate in the sacrifice, and their luck was normal. There were 430 piglets that participated in the sacrifice, and they had worse luck.

So, tell me, which piglet died more after the experiment? Is it normal luck or bad luck? "

"Of course it's the less lucky ones... uh..."

He Wei fell into hesitation.

She felt that the situation at this moment seemed somewhat contradictory.

According to common sense, since the probabilities of life and death are each 50%, of course, piglets with less luck will die more often.

But at this moment, under strict restrictions, there can only be one factor that can lead to the death of the piglet, and that is whether the poison gas is released. Whether the poison gas is released depends on the numbers generated by the quantum random number generator.

From this, we can draw a simple conclusion. If more unlucky piglets die, it naturally means that the quantum random number generator generates more 0s.

However, the laws of physics determine that the probability should be 50%, and the number of 0s and 1s should be equal—at least the deviation is not large.

Of course, a 50% probability does not mean that the quantum random number generator will generate the same number of 0s and 1s. It is just a statistical concept, that is, with a sufficient number of samples, the statistical results tend to be closer to 50%.

A small deviation does not mean the probability is not 50%. But what if the deviation is large enough?

Of course this means that the probability is not 50%.

But if the probability is not 50%, it means that the randomness at the bottom of the universe has been affected and changed, which also means that the God of Destiny has the ability to change the underlying laws of the universe. The extremely high probability means that it is through this A way to reduce the piggy's luck.

But what if the mortality rate of the piglets that participated in the sacrifice was similar to that of the piglets that did not participate in the sacrifice, both 50%?

This obviously means that no matter how bad Piggy's luck is, it will not affect the underlying laws of the universe. The underlying laws of the universe are still stable, and their so-called bad luck is only due to the chaotic nature of the universe.

However, the chaos of the universe, or the human world, is based on classical physics, that is, there are theoretical ways to influence and predict it.

The two are completely different.

Hearing Lu Ming's explanation, He Wei seemed to understand. After thinking for a moment, she asked: "Is it important to determine whether the way the God of Destiny affects the piggy's luck is based on chaos or randomness?"

"Very important."

Lu Ming nodded and answered without hesitation: "This is the basis for us to understand the origin of this incident and formulate follow-up plans."

"All right."

He Wei could only nod.

Time passed bit by bit. Based on the data of the volume of the black box and the lethality of carbon dioxide to piglets, it would take about a few minutes for the damn piglet to be dead. And the piglets that are still alive will not die again in a short time.

Lu Ming looked at the time, then stood up and walked out the door. He Wei immediately followed Lu Ming.

Arriving at the testing site and looking at the rows and columns of black boxes, Lu Ming walked straight to the black box numbered 1.

The label on the black box indicates that the piglet in the black box is one of the piglets that did not participate in the sacrifice.

Lu Ming took a deep breath and pressed the button on the black box. After a slight click, a gap appeared between the black box door and the box body. Lu Ming pulled the handle and opened the box door.

In a daze, Lu Ming seemed to see a living piglet and a dead piglet overlapped in front of him. The moment he opened the door of the box, the figures of the live pig and the dead pig overlapped instantly.

The pig that was both dead and alive turned into a dead pig.

Lu Ming shook his head gently, shaking this momentary hallucination out of his mind.

A staff member nearby came over immediately and took out the newly born piglet. The veterinarian who followed came forward and conducted a simple examination, and then reported: "Experimental subject No. 01 has died. Type 01, the cause of death was carbon dioxide poisoning."

Type 01 means that the piglet has not been sacrificed.

The recorder who also followed quickly recorded the data and sent it to the statistical software.

Lu Ming came to black box No. 2 again, went through the same process, and opened the door.

"Experimental subject number 02 has died. Type 01, the cause of death was carbon dioxide poisoning."

It is also dead.

After that, there is black box number three.

"Experimental subject number 03 has died, type 02, and the cause of death was carbon dioxide poisoning."

Type 02 means that this little pig participated in sacrifices and sacrificed "destiny" to the God of Destiny.

"Experimental subject number 04 survives, type 02."

"Experimental subject number 05 survives, type 01."

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After a lot of work, all 960 enabled black boxes were opened. Statistics on the survival and death of a total of 960 piglets have also been completed.

Next, there is a comparison between two types, that is, piglets who have participated in sacrifices and have theoretically poor luck, and piglets who have not participated in sacrifices and have normal luck in theory.

Through this comparison, we can clearly draw conclusions about whether the unusual luck given to the piggy by the god of fate can affect the underlying randomness of the universe.

"Of the 530 type 01 piglets, 259 died and 271 survived. The mortality ratio than the survival rate was 48.87%: 51.13%."

There is no doubt that there is a certain degree of deviation between these two results and the 50% probability. But that doesn't mean something went wrong in the process. The reason is simple: the number of samples in this trial was too small. The smaller the sample size, the greater the error.

If only one piglet participates in the experiment and the piglet dies, is the mortality rate 100%? If it is alive, then the survival rate is also 100%?

This is obviously impossible. Probabilities cannot be calculated in this way.

Overall, although there is a deviation, it is small and within the normal range. This basically proves that the luck of the piglets who did not participate in the sacrifice is normal.

Looking at this line of numbers, He Wei suddenly felt a very strange feeling in his heart.

She had always thought that the so-called underlying laws of the universe, so-called quantum mechanics, were very high-level things that were very far away from her. This kind of thing cannot be related to oneself in life or work.

But now, the impact of the underlying laws of the universe on the macroscopic world was truly reflected in front of her.

After this report, there is the second one, experimental data about the batch of piglets that participated in the sacrifice.

"Of the 430 type 02 piglets, 169 died and 261 survived. The mortality ratio than the survival rate was 39.30%: 60.70%."

In a daze, Lu Ming thought he had seen it wrong. He closed his eyes and opened them again, rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, and looked again, but he still saw exactly the same data before his eyes.

After the sacrifice, according to common sense, this group of piglets should have poor luck. The mortality rate was only 39.3%, and the survival rate was as high as 60.7%.

This has clearly deviated from the scope of statistical error! It can no longer be explained by the small number of samples! The probability of 50%, no matter how wrong it is, can't be so big, right?

How can this be? How could this be? ! How is it possible that piglets with bad luck have a higher survival rate, but piglets with normal luck have a lower survival rate?

Before the experiment was carried out, Lu Ming was mentally prepared for the experimental results to prove that the God of Destiny had the ability to influence the underlying randomness of the universe.

Regardless of whether the way the God of Destiny affects luck is based on chaos or randomness, Lu Ming can accept it in his heart.

Anyway, this thing is already so weird. It wouldn’t be weird if it got a little weirder, right?

But what he could never have imagined was that the God of Destiny could really affect the randomness at the bottom of the universe, but would this randomness lead to a pig with bad luck having better luck?

How to explain this? How do you explain it to me?

When he first saw these data, He Wei was shocked for a moment. But after a moment, she said in a rather firm tone: "Did the statisticians get the numbers wrong?"

Maybe...the mortality rate is 60.7%, and the survival rate is 39.3%?

Lu Ming was startled, then relieved.

This can only be the case. Only this is reasonable.

Yes, the two data must be reversed, and the statisticians must have made a low-level mistake... Otherwise, the result would be too inexplicable.

Lu Ming was unusually angry.

"Where did Qing Liang transfer people from this time? This is so, so unprofessional! You, call the person in charge of data statistics over here!"

The man who was stopped by Lu Ming was startled, looked at the angry Lu Ming with some fear, agreed, and trotted away.

After a while, a young man wearing glasses and a slightly dull black top hurried over.

"Chief Lu, are you looking for me?"

Lu Ming directly unfolded the report showing the experimental data of Type 02 piglet in front of him: "What did you do? Can the data be reversed? Check it with me immediately!"

The young man's eyes widened, he looked at the data on the document, and scratched his head in confusion: "Chief Lu, this data... is correct. I checked it several times."

"That's right? How is that possible?! Take me there."

Lu Ming and He Wei came to the data statistics room and personally began to trace the source of the data, all the way to the batch of piglets that had been temporarily housed.

After looking at the piglets with clearly marked 01 or 02 marks on their heads, and counting the number himself, Lu Ming discovered that the data... was indeed correct.

At this moment, He Wei also hesitated.

"Could it be that...the Type 01 and Type 02 are confused?"

The person in charge of the experiment who accompanied him called out to Qu: "Chief He, you can't accuse me wrongly. From the time these piglets are born, to being marked, to being taken out of the cage, to being transported to the laboratory over there, and then being transported out and placed in the black box. , everything is recorded on video, you can see it for yourself.”

The "laboratory over there" mentioned by the person in charge of the experiment refers to the sanctuary where the sarcophagus is located.

Due to confidentiality reasons, they did not know what was actually there and what experiments were done on the piglets when they were transported there.

There are specialized insiders there who are responsible for the sacrifices.

"Copy the surveillance video."

Lu Ming gave the order, and a laptop was brought over. Turning on the surveillance camera, Lu Ming and He Wei looked at it carefully.

After spending several hours, Lu Ming carefully checked every step of the piglets' participation in the experiment, and found that the staff did not confuse the two different piglets.

The staff made no mistakes, and the data statistics made no mistakes, then... the data in the final experimental report can only be correct.