Paranormal incident investigation notes

At this moment, facing this solid data, Lu Ming had to admit that the piglets who had undergone this batch of sacrifices, and who should theoretically have worse luck, had better luck... indeed.

At the same time, there is another point that is basically certain, that is, there is a high probability that the God of Destiny really has the ability to influence the underlying laws of the universe.

The reason why it is said to be a high probability rather than completely certain is that the experimental samples are too small. After all, from a probability perspective, there is still a certain possibility that the results of a single test deviate from the normal value in a wide range.

This ability has exceeded the limit of human technological strength at this stage. At this stage, humans are still in the process of exploring even the underlying laws of the universe, let alone influencing and changing them.

This is something that can only be accomplished by super alien civilizations whose technology has surpassed humanity by an unknown amount. Even in Lu Ming's comparison, the alien civilization in the "Mountain God" incident that led him to join the Planetary Security Bureau's Action Team 2 and almost killed him was unlikely to have this ability. .

That alien civilization currently only has the ability to travel faster than the speed of light. And if it is just a technology of faster-than-light navigation, its technical content is undoubtedly much lower than "changing the underlying laws of the universe."

But this did not make Lu Ming feel scared, but instead inspired his fighting spirit.

"Even if it is a super alien civilization, it can be analyzed and understood by us humans. What's more, this sarcophagus basically cannot represent the entirety of that super alien civilization. At most, it is just that super alien civilization. A tool, an artifact left behind by the star civilization.”

"The experiment continues."

Lu Ming gave the order.

The results of a single test may have large deviations, but repeated tests can flatten this deviation as much as possible and make it close to the true probability.

So, under Lu Ming's order, the experiment continued.

During this period, more than 150 sows gave birth to a total of 1,269 piglets. 630 of them were sent to the sanctuary and participated in the sacrifice. The remaining 639 heads were not processed in any way.

The second "Schrödinger pig" experiment has officially begun.

Lu Ming still adopted the method of first taking a random number as a delay, and then automatically triggering the start command. The reason for doing this is to eliminate human factors as much as possible and leave everything in the experimental process to "God's will" and random decisions.

This time, Lu Ming personally participated in the statistical work. He watched with his own eyes the piglets being taken out of the black box, dead or alive, and watched the numbers of the sacrificed piglets and the unsacrified piglets continue to grow, and finally got statistics. data.

"Of the 639 type 01 piglets, 314 died and 325 survived. The mortality ratio than the survival rate was 49.17%: 50.83%."

This time the statistics are closer to the 50% statistical probability.

After that, there are statistics related to the sacrificed piglets.

"Of 630 type 02 piglets, 271 died and 359 survived. The mortality ratio than the survival rate was 43.02%: 56.98%."

The same as the first statistical result, the mortality rate of the second batch of piglets that participated in the sacrifice was still significantly deviated from 50% compared to the survival rate.

If the first result was just due to coincidence and deviation, then the second result is also the same, which undoubtedly minimizes the possibility of "coincidence and deviation".

It's impossible for both experiments to be coincidental, right? This is too much of a coincidence.

"Keep experimenting."

Under Lu Ming's order, the third, fourth, and subsequent experiments were carried out one after another. Groups of piglets were sent to the sanctuary to participate in the sacrifice, and then were sent to the black box together with the piglets that did not participate in the sacrifice to accept the judgment of "fate".

When all one thousand pregnant sows have given birth, the experiment is over. During the entire experiment, a total of 8,925 piglets participated in the experiment, of which 4,480 were sacrificed and 4,445 were not sacrificed.

Among these two types of piglets, the overall mortality and survival rates were 49.26%: 50.74%, and 36.55%: 63.45%, respectively.

From these two numbers, we can already see a lot of things.

The first is the piglets that have not been sacrificed. After expanding the number of experimental samples, it can be clearly noticed that the final proportion is closer to 50%. This undoubtedly verifies the impact of the underlying randomness of the universe in the real world.

As for the piglets that participated in the sacrifice, the comparison between the mortality rate and survival rate not only did not move closer to 50%, but instead tended to further widen the gap.

If all the piglets in the test site participated in the sacrifice and this value was finally obtained, then one can also wonder whether it was due to other off-site factors. But now, the two kinds of piglets receive the same feed supply, unified living environment and venue, unified drinking water, and unified personnel care. They were even mixed together before, and those responsible for taking care of the piglets The staff simply don’t know the difference between the two types of piglets.

The black box used in the Schrödinger pig experiment was also used completely randomly. It is not a black box fixed for piglets that participated in the sacrifice or those that were not sacrificed. Maybe the person who entered the black box this time was someone who participated in the sacrifice, and the next time it was someone who didn't participate in the sacrifice.

It can be said that, except for whether to participate in the sacrifice, any other factors that may cause deviation in the results have been eliminated by Lu Ming in advance.

In this case, we can only think that the sacrifice to the God of Destiny caused the results to deviate, and it can be concluded that the God of Destiny actually has the ability to affect the underlying randomness of the universe.

Extrapolating from this result, we can draw the next conclusion: The God of Destiny has a high probability of affecting the luck of the target life—whether it is a human or an animal—by affecting the randomness at the bottom of the universe.

After all, it has been proven at this moment that Destiny has this ability. However, since it has this ability, it ends up letting this ability go unused, and instead uses methods that affect chaos to affect luck. This is obviously unreasonable.

However, after proving this point and drawing this conclusion, a new question appeared in front of Lu Ming.

Why do piglets that should have bad luck in theory have better luck and a higher survival rate in experiments?

What went wrong? Or... the true ability of this sarcophagus is actually to improve the luck of people or animals, and then just because of a mistake in a certain link, the final result is reversed?

Lu Ming realized that if the truth of the matter turned out to be this, then his own strategy might need to be changed. After all, a sarcophagus that can make people have bad luck and a sarcophagus that can make people have good luck should be treated differently.

If its true ability is the latter, then maybe what we want to think about is not to "end" this incident, but to find ways to maximize its use.

Think about it, if you can find a way to improve the luck of a core scientist who has participated in a major scientific research project, does this mean that your own side is more likely to have a scientific and technological breakthrough?

If a soldier going on a dangerous mission can receive the "blessing" of the sarcophagus in advance, can many casualties be avoided and many lives saved?

If all this is true, the benefits are simply endless.

After thinking about it, Lu Ming made a decision.

"This batch of sows and piglets should not be transported back to the pig farm for the time being. They will be kept here to be raised."

Raising here will make it easier for you to monitor the subsequent fate of this batch of piglets.

"yes."

Lu Ming's order was immediately conveyed to the relevant breeders.

It should be pointed out that from the beginning, these front-line personnel had no idea of ​​the inside story of this trial, nor did they know the difference between the two piglets. In reality, these two types of piglets are completely mixed together and raised uniformly.

Only core personnel know the difference between the two types of piglets.

In this way, it is equivalent to a double-blind experiment, which can ensure the accuracy of the experimental data to the greatest extent.

As a result, these thousands of piglets who survived the trial of "fate" lived in this luxuriously built manor with beautiful scenery, and were monitored by ubiquitous cameras at all times.

These data were once again gathered by the data analysts and input into the luck value statistical model.

Every time the piglets fight for milk, every play, every wrestling, every time they eat and drink, every time they get sick, every time they get vaccinated...

All data is collected.

Seven days later, Lu Ming got the final statistics.

"Based on the real life environment of piglets, the average luck value of type 01 piglets is 4.96, which is slightly lower than the average. However, the deviation is very small and can basically be considered normal. The average luck value of type 02 piglets is 4.26, which is slightly lower than the average. A significant deviation from the average can basically be considered bad luck.”

This final statistical data once again exceeded Lu Ming's expectations.

In the Schrödinger pig experiment, the piglets that clearly had better luck are now having bad luck?

How is this going?

In the video conference room, Lu Qingliang and He Wei looked at the final result and were silent for a long time.

They didn't know how to evaluate the results.

Obviously the luck is worse, but the survival rate is higher. Obviously the survival rate is high, but in reality the luck is even worse.

Lu Ming pondered for a moment and finally shook his head.

"Perhaps, we thought wrong from the beginning. Perhaps...the God of Destiny, well, the ability of this sarcophagus does not actually affect the luck of living beings such as humans or animals. It simply affects the randomness at the bottom of the universe. That’s all.”

Lu Qingliang and He Wei looked at each other. They didn't understand the meaning of Lu Ming's words.

"Good or bad luck is not actually the essence of things. They are just a concept defined by us. Its essence should be similar to, similar to..."

Lu Ming thought for a moment and said a word: "Probiotics. Or, beneficial insects, pests, beneficial beasts, harmful beasts, etc."

A flash of understanding appeared in He Wei's eyes.

"I probably understand."

She said: "The so-called probiotics or germs, beneficial insects or pests, beneficial animals or harmful beasts are actually just a concept defined by us. We call the bacteria, insects, and beasts that are beneficial to us probiotics, beneficial insects, and beneficial animals. Beasts, those that are harmful to us are called germs, pests, and pests. But in essence... Do bacteria, insects, and beasts care about this classification? Or, this classification, in essence, changes them Are you in survival mode?"

The answer is obvious, no.

Insects are defined as beneficial insects. In order to maintain their survival, they eat and reproduce. Defining insects as pests, they are also eating and reproducing. The difference is simply that one behavior is beneficial to humans and the other is harmful to humans.

That's all.

However defined, they are still what they are.

Regarding the so-called good luck and bad luck, what the God of Destiny, or the sarcophagus, does is only affect the randomness at the bottom of the universe. It just happened that this influence showed unlucky characteristics in the macro world, so it was regarded as bad luck.

Because of this, it seems reasonable that in the Schrödinger pig experiment, the less lucky piglets had a higher survival rate. Because the God of Destiny has not affected their luck at all. It only affects randomness, nothing more.

Following He Wei's explanation, Lu Qingliang gradually understood.

"That's how it should be."

This experiment not only allowed Lu Ming to understand the way in which the God of Destiny affects the luck of living beings, but also allowed him to know the nature of this influence.

Then, a new question was placed in front of Lu Ming and the entire second action team.

"What should we do next?"

Yes... Even if you know these things, how should you plan your next actions?

Knowing the path and the essence, there is still no obvious instruction for the arrangement of subsequent specific matters.

Find out more specifically why the God of Destiny or the sarcophagus can affect the probability, and by what means - is it a fantasy method or a scientific method - to affect the probability, or is it random?

It is obvious that, at least at this stage, this is not possible.

This is beyond the limits of human technology.

Lu Ming didn't think about this issue at the moment. What he was thinking about was another thing.

Lu Ming remained silent, as did Lu Qingliang and He Wei.

At this stage, with Zhang Dingshan having to remain in a coma and the things he faced being so treacherous, Lu Ming's brain was the only thing he could rely on.

After a long time, Lu Ming sighed silently.

"What I'm thinking about is...what is the essence of so-called probability and so-called randomness?"

Lu Qingliang and He Wei looked at each other again.

What is essence? Random is random, probability is probability, this thing... also has an essence?

Lu Ming shook his head: "I know, this question is too profound, even close to the field of philosophy, but... sigh."

He sighed again.