Boris Shustov, as usual, finished his sausage and milk before arriving at the research institute to begin his day's research.
Since the launch of the Spectro-RG observatory, their sky observation program has been progressing steadily.
The Spectro-RG observatory was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2019 and carries two X-ray telescopes.
Shustov is satisfied with the progress so far, having completed an X-ray map of the entire sky, which will allow him and his team to make their mark on the history of astronomy.
He walked into the office and turned on the light, and was startled to see a burly man wearing a black beanie sitting at his desk.
"Professor, hello! It's been a long time!"
It turned out he was one of his former students, who later went to work at a military research institute. "Hello! I'm old and can't take being scared anymore. Don't appear out of nowhere like this again!"
"Professor, we don't need to observe the entire sky now; we just need to find planets that might harbor life."
Shustov was clearly unable to accept this devastating news:
"We only need about five years to complete the mapping of the entire sky, which will be of great significance to the entire astronomical community!"
"You have no right to do that."
"Moreover, there are specialized teams doing the search for planets that may harbor life; there's no need for an old man like me to get involved."
The only known X-ray sky map in the world dates back 20 years and was created by the German satellite ROSAT.
"I'm sorry, this is an order. The sky map can be drawn later, but once a planet that may harbor life is occupied by someone else, it will be too late."
"Surkin's team will be fully integrated with yours."
The man continued, "I'm telling you in advance that you'll receive orders from the Academy of Sciences later."
Shustov found it incomprehensible:
"Occupied by others? Forget about celestial bodies in deep space, we can't even get to Mars!"
The man explained:
"The word 'occupation' here means 'discovery.' Currently, some people have developed a way to locate the coordinates of planets in the universe. As long as you are the first to find the coordinates of a planet with intelligent life, then that planet belongs to you in a sense."
Shustov was even more puzzled. After all, this is the 21st century, not the Middle Ages. People are eager to publish their latest research findings and crave attention.
The more people research a particular area, the more valuable that area becomes.
"What? I haven't seen any related findings. If such a discovery were true, there would definitely be related papers published in the Astrophysical Journal or the Monthly Notice for the Royal Astronomical Society!"
The man tried to calm the agitated Shustov:
"I'll send you the contents of the cosmic coordinate system later. Now all you need to do is to revise the plan and stop drawing sky maps and start looking for planets that may have life."
"In addition, all applications from other countries to participate in the Spectroscopic-Ultraviolet Astronomical Observatory were rejected, including those that had already been approved."
"But..."
"No buts!"
......
Boris Shustov often recalled that day, and later, as information was gradually released, he learned the whole story.
"No wonder China's FAST telescope only announced its acceptance of external access in March, but closed its application in May."
As Shustov gained a deeper understanding of the project, he was incredibly impressed by the invention of the cosmic coordinate system, realizing that it was a remarkable achievement to measure all the planets within a single coordinate system.
Because planets are constantly in motion, and motion is absolute while stillness is relative, it is entirely possible to determine the three-dimensional coordinates of a planet at a specific time.
Alternatively, it is also feasible to introduce the concept of time, treat time as the fourth dimension, and determine the four-dimensional coordinates of a planet.
However, determining the universal coordinates of a planet is more of a mathematical challenge.
When Shustov was talking to Drifeld, the latter said that it was equivalent to finding a universal property for all smooth manifolds.
That is, every smooth manifold has a uniquely determined "center".
However, he remained noncommittal regarding the Haber algorithm and the Haber constant.
Theoretically, there is no problem, but in reality, whether this theory is true or not, Earth currently has no ability to falsify it.
Just like Goldbach's conjecture, no one can find a counterexample to disprove it, but no one can prove it either.
Based solely on Merlin's experiments on observing the soul and influencing reality with will, everyone assumed that what Merlin said was true.
Moreover, for example, a planet may not have intelligent life, but intelligent life on other planets in the same planetary system may transform it into a habitable planet and then migrate to it.
Do these planets satisfy the Hayfir algorithm?
This wasn't just his feeling; many scientists on Earth had countless questions about Merlin's theory and wanted to ask him about it.
After so much research, scientific research teams from various countries have gained a better understanding of the soul, but this understanding is still based on observation.
For example, some dogs have souls while others don't. Can there be differences in souls among creatures of the same species?
The soul can manifest under certain wavelengths of light. Why can't it be observed while a person is alive? And why does the soul leave the body after a person dies?
In what form do souls dissipate into the air, and what impact does this have on the environment?
The scientists on Earth had no idea how to approach the study of the soul, what kind of controlled experiments to conduct, or what their goal was, let alone make any research achievements.
It's like giving ancient people X-rays; they only knew how to use them, but didn't understand the underlying principles.
At the Oak Grove Laboratory, 2019 Nobel laureate Gerhard has been working here for six months, but his research has made no progress whatsoever.
He felt that he didn't know any more than he did six months ago.
The fundamental question of the soul has not been addressed in the slightest.
Jha said, "We need to conduct a qualitative analysis of the soul. What exactly is the soul of an intelligent being after death?"
"We have experimentally verified that it is not a fundamental particle that we have never known before."
"Could string theory be correct? The fundamental unit of nature is a closed string. Different vibrations of a closed string produce different fundamental particles. Is the soul a fundamental particle that we haven't been able to discover?"
Witten was also invited to the Oak Grove Laboratory, where, at only seventy years old, his mind remained sharp:
"It's possible, but these are purely our conjectures; there's no evidence to prove them!"
Jha joked, "If string theory can be indirectly proven through the existence of the soul, then that achievement alone is enough to win the Nobel Prize in Physics."
"With M-theory added, you can get two!"
Witten: "I'd trade two Nobel Prizes for one Magic Coin. Simmons's been bragging about it to me a lot!"
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