Chapter 33 This chapter is about popular science_1

Ding Yi saw the mathematical model of the macro atomic nuclei might be the result of Zhang Bin and his wife's entangled thoughts at the quantum level in Quantum Space, which could only be called a probability miracle.

The levels of human thought involve the quantum level, and there is a certain probability that it will become entangled with the causal laws of Quantum Space, which involves High-Dimensional Space and quantum harmonic oscillators (also known as dark matter), more on this later.

As for the scenes of Lin Yun with the children that Ding Yi saw in the photographs, which no one had ever seen, not even Dr. Chen, the protagonist of Ball Lightning, perhaps those were just his own thoughts, and perhaps this already foreshadowed that it was "nonexistent."

The appearance of a Quantum Blue Rose in Dr. Chen's vase at the end also emphasized this point. The blue rose symbolizes the nonexistent, the impossible, the miraculous; this Quantum Blue Rose might be a beautiful vision the author has left us.

It is "existent," but almost has no impact on this world anymore, is almost incapable of having an impact, such an "existence" is one that we cannot comprehend, or perhaps it is... non-existent.

Quantum life is so fragile that it cannot even undergo "observation," not even by satellites, existing in another spatial dimension, which can be called Quantum Space.

The quantum probability clouds we see are the result of things in Quantum Space casting projections into our space, and perhaps only when our technological level reaches this stage, can we truly glimpse its secrets.

Furthermore, the "observer effect" in Ball Lightning is different from what is commonly understood in the double-slit experiment where the observer cannot be present, to avoid misunderstandings, let's clarify this here.

In reality, many people have been misled by a group of pseudo-scientists who know little about physics. A simple double-slit interference experiment is often explained with mysticism, but it's just a bit counterintuitive, much like how it's hard for us in our younger days to explain why large and small objects would hit the ground simultaneously. It's equally counterintuitive, but on closer inspection, it's the most logical explanation. Common sense might deceive us, but logic won't.

The double-slit interference experiment proves that light is both a wave and a particle, that is, wave-particle duality. Some of the conventional phenomena of the experiment are not repeated here, let's just address a few points that are often puzzling:

First, in the double-slit interference experiment, individual photons pass through the two slits one by one, emitting one photon through the left slit, then another through the right… These different photons shouldn't interfere with one another, so why is there still an interference pattern at the end?

Actually, we are influenced by the term photon, thinking of it as a particle. Photons are in a quantum state, and can be understood as the smallest unit of wave. Quantum-state photons do not follow a straight trajectory, so it's normal for photons passing through two slits separately to create an interference pattern.

Photons have the properties of waves, and waves are diffused throughout space. This experiment is meant to demonstrate the wave-particle duality of photons, yet we interpret light as a particle, thus the confusion naturally arises.

Second, the addition of an observer in the double-slit interference experiment prevents the appearance of interference fringes. This is the so-called "observer effect" often hyped by sensationalist accounts, suggesting that consciousness determines the results of the experiment, which is completely misleading.

The "observer effect" in the double-slit interference experiment has nothing to do with the observer's consciousness. Photons are in a quantum state, quantum-state matter has excited and collapsed states, and when excited, it can display different states. We don't need to focus on these, nor can this experiment prove them; we only need to understand simply what is observation?

In this experiment, when observers want to observe the behavior of photons or tiny particles through the double slits, they must use particles such as photons or electrons to make the observation.

When observers monitor the behavior of photons passing through a double slit using some method, such as an electronic eye, they actually change the state of the particles. The original properties of the photons also change, and this experiment is used to confirm other characteristics of quantum mechanics, having nothing to do with metaphysical consciousness.

What we should consider is why the interfered photons display different properties, instead of focusing on the observer effect; using the observer effect here is a fallacy.

Thirdly, particles are in an uncertain state before they are observed (excited and collapsed). So, is it the act of observation that collapses them to a definite state, or were they already in a definite state before observation?

For example, we have a box. We know there is a glove inside, but we don't know whether it's a left-handed glove or a right-handed one. According to common sense, we would think that whether the box is open or not, the glove inside the box is definite, we just are unable to verify.

However, deduced from the mathematical model of quantum mechanics, before opening the box, the glove inside can change to either left-handed or right-handed at any time; it's completely uncertain.

This is often used to illustrate that the future determines the present, which violates causality. It seems counterintuitive, but it is understandable. Things that cannot be observed can change, and there is nothing surprising about that.

We need to get used to thinking about quantum wave properties: it is about motion and transformation diffused in space. If everything were definite, it would imply there is no change, and then would it still have wave properties? Or maybe that transformation is also definite, but it's beyond our current level of science, perhaps requiring exploration into high-dimensional spaces or micro-level exploration down to the femtometer scale.

We cannot verify this point with experiments for the time being, but undoubtedly, this is the most logical and mathematically coherent. It has nothing to do with consciousness determining outcomes or violating causality.

The uncertainty principle also applies here: it's not that quantum entities are incomprehensible but rather that measurement interferes. The issue is simply that our means of measurement is insufficient. For instance, when measuring the temperature of water in a cup with a thermometer, the heat also transfers to the thermometer, so the water temperature we measure is not its original temperature. Of course, this has no effect on the macroscopic level, but on the microscopic scale, the impact is significant.

The uncertainty principle states that it is impossible to determine precisely both the position and the momentum of a fundamental particle at the same time. The principle is complex, but at its core, it's a matter of the means of measurement. The quantum world is indeed full of counterintuitive aspects, but it's not against logic. Photons are a type of quantum entity. Using quantum to explore quantum is like playing a game of hide and seek; it would be odd if it were accurate.

Our exploration of things should not stay at the surface, but delve into their essence. Many sensational accounts often mislead us, turning a simple matter into a mysterious affair which might attract attention, but it can mislead your thinking.

Sometimes even the names of physical concepts deceive us, like relativity; this is a rather poor name and translation. It should be more accurately referred to as invariance since it studies the invariance of the speed of light, the transforming relationship between time and space, having nothing to do with motion and reference frames.

All of the above is just to clarify one thing: there is no need to think of quantum as very mysterious; it completely aligns with our view of physical reality. Any matter is both wave and particle, representable by a wave function. It describes the state and intrinsic properties of a particle, as well as quantum mechanical effects such as quantum tunneling and particle decay.

Wave functions have the property of superposition, allowing them to interfere with each other like waves. All matter possesses this wave characteristic. In fact, even the human body has it, but the larger the mass of the substance, the smaller the wave property, to the point where the wave property of the human body is negligible.

The unimaginable in physics might just be a few equations, like the universal formula for gravitation. Even without knowing the essence of gravity, it doesn't prevent us from using the formula to deduce planetary motion.