1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 607: Multiple Worlds Interpretation! Parallel Universes! Shocking! Universal Wave Function! The Universe is a Wave!
The quantum decoherence interpretation solves the problem of the qualitative change of quantum phenomena from microscopic to macroscopic through mathematical calculations.

The reason why macroscopic objects lose their uncertainty and superposition state is that the interaction between the particles that make up them causes the interference term to become zero.

This interpretation can be said to be the most reasonable explanation at present and has won the recognition of most people.

The bosses were once again shocked by Professor Bruce's strength.

Not only that, even though there is already a quantum decoherence interpretation, Professor Bruce actually has a second interpretation answer.

This aroused great curiosity among everyone.

"What the hell is that?"

At this moment, under the excited and expectant expressions of the crowd, Li Qiwei smiled first, shook his head slightly and said:
"As for the second interpretation, I am still considering whether to announce it now."

Wow!
Everyone looked at each other, confused.

Why is that?
Pauli asked directly:

"Professor Bruce, is there something illogical about the second interpretation that you haven't figured out?"

Li Qiwei smiled and said:
"No."

"The principle of the second interpretation is very simple."

"But it's more incredible than any theory or conjecture I've ever proposed!"

Wow!
Everyone was shocked!

They actually heard the word "unbelievable" from Professor Bruce's mouth.

This is even more unbelievable than unbelievable!
"My God!"

"Professor Bruce has been famous for his wild imagination since his debut."

"I don't know how many times he has overturned people's worldviews and shattered the concepts and thinking of classical physics."

"Is there any other theory that even old people would find shocking?"

"It's unimaginable!"

Everyone was talking about it.

They couldn't imagine what kind of conjecture would make Professor Bruce find it incredible.

And it is about the interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Lorenz couldn't help laughing:

"It's okay, Bruce, just stop keeping us in suspense."

“The quantum interpretation of Bruce Cat is destined to be the biggest challenge left to the physics community by this conference.”

“No matter how outrageous the theory is, everyone will try to accept it.”

"bring it on!"

Everyone held their breath, looking excited.

Li Qiwei heard this and said with a smile:
"Well, I'll brainstorm!"

"The quantum decoherence interpretation just given does not deny the collapse of the wave function."

"The second interpretation denies the process of wave function collapse."

"I call it the Many Worlds Interpretation!"

Wow!
The venue suddenly became lively!

Everyone looked horrified!

"What do you mean by many worlds?"

“Are you sure this isn’t a concept from science fiction?”

The corners of Li Qiwei's clothes moved without wind, and his face looked extremely domineering.

He ignored everyone's shocked expressions and continued:

"If the Schrödinger equation is a description of the real world, then superposition should be the real world."

“Take the position of a particle, for example.”

“When a particle in a superposition of positions is measured, the particle being measured actually appears in all possible places in different realities.”

"In other words, every time a quantum measurement occurs, the universe branches out in different directions."

"Each branch corresponds to a possible measurement outcome."

"I call these branches [Parallel Universes]!"

"This means that after each measurement, the universe will split into multiple parallel universes."

"Each universe has a different measurement outcome, and they all exist simultaneously."

"The core concept of the many-worlds interpretation is the concept of [parallel universes]!"

"The many-worlds interpretation can also perfectly explain the life and death of cats."

"The moment the box is opened, the observation begins."

"Then, the universe immediately split into two parallel universes. In one parallel universe, the cat is alive, and in the other parallel universe, the cat is dead."

"There is no wave function collapse, and every possible outcome of the superposition state has occurred, but in different parallel universes."

"In addition, if we continue to observe in a parallel universe, the parallel universe will continue to split until it is endless."

“That’s what the many-worlds interpretation is about.”

quiet!
Deathly silence!

Everyone was shocked as if struck by lightning, and stood dumbfounded!

They felt as if they had entered some science fiction novel.

Everything seems so unreal, like a dream!
The universe splits!

Parallel universe!

It's unbelievable! It's appalling!

After a few minutes, thunderous cheers broke out in the venue.

"Oh, God!"

"Professor Bruce is kidding!"

"The universe will actually split into countless parallel universes?"

"too exaggerated!"

At this moment, even those present were the world's top physics masters, and they couldn't help but go crazy inside.

They finally understood why Professor Bruce said the second interpretation was absurd.

This is not only unbelievable, it is simply shocking and earth-shattering!
Totally unimaginable!

Since the successful holding of the first International Astronomical Congress, the face of the universe has finally been revealed to the world.

The Milky Way alone is over 100,000 light years across and contains hundreds of billions of stars.

And such a huge Milky Way galaxy is just a drop in the ocean of the universe.

Galaxies of the same level as the Milky Way are as countless as grains of sand in the universe.

The vastness of the universe exceeds the limits of human imagination.

And Professor Bruce actually believes that such a universe will split and give birth to countless parallel universes?
"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"This is a fantasy!"

Compton even joked:
"If parallel universes really exist, maybe in one of them, my status in the physics community is the same as Professor Bruce's."

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry.

But soon, everyone returned to the interpretation itself.

They are physicists and they care about the correctness of the theory, not its science fiction value.

The host Lorenz couldn't help but ask:

"Bruce, your second interpretation is really amazing."

"I can't imagine what it would be like if the universe split apart."

"Just because I looked at the box, the universe split apart?"

"You take me, an old man, a little too seriously."

Everyone smiled.

Planck also asked:

"Bruce, if the universe splits, wouldn't that be equivalent to adding matter and energy out of thin air?"

"Doesn't this violate the law of conservation?"

Li Qiwei smiled and said:

"Professor, you have misunderstood the concept of parallel universes." "If the universe is likened to a crystal ball, placed in the endless void."

"The so-called parallel universe does not mean that the crystal ball splits into two different crystal balls, located in different locations in the void."

"It refers to the different states that appear inside the crystal ball."

"Each state is a different parallel universe."

"All parallel universes share the same material-energy basis of our universe."

"It's just that different results appeared on different timelines."

“Although the universe is splitting, the total energy of the universe has not changed.”

"It is the state that is split, not matter and energy."

Wow!
Everyone nodded after hearing this.

They understand the concept of parallel universes.

It is not a real universe, but several universes of equal size.

All parallel universes are in the same material universe.

It is like a prism. You can see different colors and scenes from different angles, but all the different scenes are based on this prism as the material basis.

The concept of parallel universes is obviously more complicated than prism.

Because according to the many-worlds interpretation, every parallel universe really exists, but people in different parallel universes cannot contact each other.

And as long as quantum-level observations occur, the universe will continue to split.

The universe has been around for at least hundreds of millions of years.

Then the number of parallel universes that will be born will definitely be astronomical.

This is really hard to imagine!
At this time, Bohr asked again:

"Professor, are the laws of physics the same in every parallel universe?"

"Can parallel universes communicate with each other?"

Everyone's eyes lit up; this question was very interesting.

Li Qiwei said:
"Logically, there shouldn't be much difference."

"Because the basis of parallel universes is the same universe, their physical laws must be similar."

"Otherwise, if the cat in the box suddenly turns into a bird flying in the sky in the parallel universe, the experiment will be messed up."

"As for the problem of communication between different parallel universes, it can be strictly proved mathematically that it is impossible!"

"Even interactions without transferring energy and information cannot take place between two parallel universes."

"Otherwise, the world lines would be disrupted, and the wave function and the superposition state itself would become meaningless."

Everyone listened with great interest and looked adorable.

The concept of parallel universes was so amazing that everyone asked questions.

At this time, Einstein asked with admiration:

"Bruce, isn't the Many Worlds Interpretation a bit of an overkill?"

“Does explaining problems in the quantum realm really require changes on a cosmic scale?”

Li Qiwei said:
"No!"

"Although the many-worlds interpretation may seem like science fiction, it is actually the most natural interpretation with the fewest assumptions."

“It replaces the wave function collapse process which cannot be precisely described.”

“Why is it that a quantum system is in a superposition state before measurement, but becomes a definite result after measurement?”

"Simply because each outcome occurred, but we only saw one of them."

"Isn't this a very natural thought?"

Einstein and others carefully pondered the meaning of this passage.

They suddenly discovered that the multiverse interpretation actually has a kind of cosmic philosophical conception.

The more complex the phenomenon, the simpler the principle behind it!
Obviously, the many-worlds interpretation, the concept of parallel universes is very simple.

Even ordinary people can understand it without any obstacles.

Just as everyone was discussing and thinking carefully, Li Qiwei dropped another bombshell!
"Using the many-worlds interpretation, we can explain the mechanism of quantum entanglement!"

boom!
The whole audience was shocked!

This is incredible!
All the interpretations discussed previously, even the quantum decoherence interpretation proposed by Professor Bruce himself, cannot explain the nature of quantum entanglement.

How is it possible to come up with such an incredible interpretation of the parallel universe?
"My God!"

"is this real?"

Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, Li Qiwei said:
“Since the microscopic world is a quantum system, why can’t the macroscopic world be too?”

"To think even more extremely, the universe we live in as a whole is a quantum system, and it also has its own wave function, which I call the [universal wave function]."

"The wave function of the universe also follows the evolution of the Schrödinger equation."

"It has countless eigenstates, and each eigenstate corresponds to a parallel universe."

“Why can two particles infinitely far apart still be entangled with each other? Because they are both part of the wave function of the universe.”

"Quantum entanglement is just a structure of the cosmic wave function."

hiss!
Everyone gasped!
Look of horror!

Treat the universe as a wave function?

What a wild imagination!

It simply beats all the science fiction concepts that claim to break through human imagination!

too exaggerated!

"Oh, God!"

"The universe is a wave?"

"Is there anything more exaggerated than this?"

"But I feel that Professor Bruce's theory makes a lot of sense."

"The many-worlds interpretation not only explains Bruce's cat and superposition, but now also includes quantum entanglement."

"No, I need to calm down."

At this moment, everyone's minds were blank, shocked by the parallel universe and the universe's wave function.

The more I think about it, the more this interpretation makes sense.

Professor Bruce has previously proposed several conjectures about the mechanism of quantum entanglement.

One of them is that quantum entanglement is likely a mechanism.

I didn't expect that it would correspond now.

It's hard to say this is a coincidence.

Maybe it was already destined.

Bohr, Heisenberg and others were all shocked.

Professor Bruce actually applied the wave function to the entire universe.

What a vast realm this is!

The many-worlds interpretation, parallel universes, and cosmic wave functions represent the limits of imagination!

"Professor Bruce is truly a god!"

Rutherford smiled and joked:
"The concept of a parallel universe could open up a whole new science fiction system."

Although the big guys present rarely read novels, all of them have read "Bugs" written by Professor Bruce.

They are well aware of the huge shock that parallel universes will bring to the world of science fiction.

Some people have even imagined a legendary story with ups and downs.

"The protagonist wakes up and finds himself in a parallel world similar to his previous life."

“Here he is.”

The parallel universe is a concept tailor-made for science fiction.

The bosses suddenly felt that Professor Bruce might have come up with such a horrifying theory because he liked science fiction.

Just as everyone was having creative ideas and heatedly discussing the advantages of the many-worlds interpretation in explaining quantum mechanics.

Schrödinger, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked a question.

And this question will lead to another concept that is just as bizarre as the parallel universe.

If the parallel universe brings surprise to everyone, then this concept brings everyone deep terror and despair!

(End of this chapter)