Elemental ghost... a word that strikes fear into the hearts of all those born in the land of wizards.
No one can forget the research accident that almost brought disaster to the elemental wizards more than ten years ago.
It is said that at that time, the elemental master Artok and the wizards of his school were studying more microscopic areas.
Until today, Harov finally realized what his good friend saw before he went crazy. They must have touched upon the quantum realm, and it is even possible that they had done a similar double-slit interference experiment before!
[It's actually hiding from me. It actually knows that I'm observing it... They are ghosts, elemental ghosts! ]
Harov couldn't help but recall the manuscript left by Artok, the contents of which were chilling.
The rest of the wizards in the exhibition hall were in shock and panic.
Electrons are everywhere and are one of the most critical microscopic particles that constitute elements!
If this thing had consciousness, it would be a terrifying existence...
Seeing that everyone was discussing quantum ghosts and the situation on the field was at risk of getting out of control, Lin En couldn't help but raise his voice and interrupted everyone. "I don't agree with the speculation that microscopic elements have consciousness... At least there is no effective evidence to prove this now!"
"But... the experimental results just now are very clear. It is our observation that caused the trajectory of the electron to change..." said an old wizard with a crazy look on his face.
"Isn't this exactly your judgment, Speaker Lin?" Sanchez added in surprise.
The wizards in the exhibition hall were also arguing with each other, and some even said that "the electrons are afraid of them, so they hide their true form."
Lin En was speechless, so he raised his voice a little and emphasized, "It's just a probability collapse, just like the gold coin just now. For you, its state was also unknown before it was revealed, but can you say it has wisdom?"
"This is totally different!" The old wizard slapped the table excitedly. "Whether we look at it or not, the gold coin is always there, and its status will never change."
This is the difference between the two. For microscopic particles, observation can only confirm the current position and trajectory. Once the observation stops, the state becomes a chaotic probability cloud again.
"At least, if we don't see it, we will never be able to confirm its current state!" Lin En shrugged and then spoke again. "And I already have some preliminary ideas about the collapse of the probability cloud."
Harov and others immediately looked over there, and the exhibition hall immediately became quiet.
Lin En cleared his throat, and without any intention of keeping the question in suspense, he spoke directly.
"I think observation itself is powerful! To see an object, we need light, to hear a sound, we have to sense vibrations. This means that we cannot learn about something without affecting it, and this effect may be the cause of the change in the state of the electron."
"You mean, it's not necessarily the observation that causes the electron to change from a superposition state to a particle state, but other incidental factors?" Harov said thoughtfully. "For example, we use magic to observe, so it has an impact on it."
It's like a fish in the water is firmly bound by a solid fishing net, unable to stretch its body freely and swim in the lake, and can only struggle helplessly in the net.
This explanation is more acceptable.
"No, that's not right!" Vittorio on the side shook his head. Just now, the four of them and the great wizards in the exhibition hall did not just conduct observations, but also did some experiments. The expansion of the field itself would not have any impact on the results of the experiment.
The proof is the interference fringes-like light spots on the electronic screen.
The real change comes at the moment when they start observing, and it doesn't matter which person is the one in question; anyone can observe, and there doesn't seem to be any requirement for strength.
Whether it is an apprentice, a formal wizard, a great wizard or a legendary wizard, they can all do it. Vittorio even suspects that even an ordinary person can cause electrons to transform from a wave-particle superposition state to a stable particle state.
"The power of observation itself?" Aurora's brain was a little confused. The weirdness of the quantum field made her feel a headache to understand. She could only guess that it might be the power of psychic energy that affected everything.
Lynn was also thinking about this question.
In the past, the Federation had actually conducted in-depth research in the quantum field and had made a lot of scientific research results, but how to give a more scientific explanation of the observer effect is still a maddening problem.
In order to crack it, federal researchers racked their brains and tried to restore this phenomenon without observation.
If it is a magnetic field, use a strong magnetic field to interfere. If it is gravity, create a gravitational field. If it is other microscopic elements, create a particle flow to try to intercept electrons.
It turns out that these things can indeed affect the trajectory of electrons, but they can only barely replicate it if they carefully adjust various data.
People only need to take a look at the observation results, or even without using their eyes, and directly input the results into their brains to influence the trajectory of electrons.
Federal researchers were completely baffled, and many refused to believe that observation had caused all this.
After all, humans are simply carbon-based organisms, and there is nothing special about being able to be mass-produced using cloning technology.
It is hard to imagine that such a thing could have such a decisive impact on the mysterious microscopic realm.
But now the situation seems to be a little different. It has been confirmed without a doubt that the soul really exists and can be materialized with the help of magic, and can even be used as a high-level energy.
Lin En quickly broke free from his complicated thoughts, looked at the Speaker who was still frowning in thought and the terrified wizards, and spoke again.
"Electrons exist in every element. If they have intelligence, they won't allow us to do whatever we want. In comparison, they are more like a law, a new law, different from the laws of the macroscopic world!"
Lin En's words slightly alleviated the wizards' fear of elemental ghosts. As he said, if electrons had intelligence, they would not be able to cast spells so smoothly.
"In short, we need experiments, more experiments!" Harov said firmly. "Only more rigorous experiments can answer all these questions!"
Aurora also proposed some experimental ideas. Since the emission and movement trajectory of electrons were irregular, they had no way of "seeing" the electrons at a fixed time and point when they observed them before.
Is it possible to find a way to suddenly observe the electron at the moment it passes through the slit, so as to observe how the electron is transmitted in the form of a probability wave?
You can also increase the number of gaps to three or four to see if the results of the experiment change.
Vittorio even had a brilliant idea and proposed that an instrument could be built to detect the trajectory of electrons, record the process of the double-slit experiment without anyone observing, and then check it afterwards.
Listening to the discussion among several people, the corners of Lin En's mouth twitched involuntarily.
My goodness, this is going to be a more terrifying delayed-choice quantum eraser experiment...
Lin En opened his mouth, wanting to ask them to be quiet for a while, at least until they understood what probability cloud and wave-particle duality were before considering these more profound issues, but after thinking about it, he closed his mouth.
Because there are definitely more people than just Harof who can think of these experimental methods. He cannot stop every wizard from conducting experiments in private. If he lets them research on their own, who knows what sensational theories they might come up with.
It would be better to conduct research in an open and aboveboard manner. At least I could help explain some weird microscopic phenomena and avoid leading people into the ditch with magic science.
After a period of discussion, Harov and others did not choose to put their ideas into action right away, but instead prepared to go back and study how to conduct the next experiment. They immediately announced the end of today's academic seminar.
Glenn and his companions still felt a little dizzy after walking out of the exhibition hall. Lynn's improved double-slit interference experiment completely shattered their previous understanding of the world.
In fact, Glenn's situation was relatively good. Many wizards were still muttering when they left the venue. "Ghosts... Elemental ghosts actually exist!" "This world is fake!" "Magic science no longer exists, magic science no longer exists!"
"Teacher, do you really think that this world is determined by probability?" Fulla said in shock. "This is really... too weird!"
Anthony was also a little shaken. According to Lynn, all microscopic particles have similar properties, and light is no exception.
Could it be that electromagnetic waves are actually particles? Or do they really possess certain properties of particles? After a long while, Anthony came back to his senses, took a deep breath, and answered. "As Speaker Lin En said, the laws governing the operation of the world do not necessarily conform to our cognition..."
"But the specific details still need to be proven through personal experiments!"
Anthony did not deny the experimental results in the exhibition hall, but he did not completely abandon his wave theory.
A double-slit interference experiment is not enough to overturn the cornerstone of magic. Perhaps as they conduct more in-depth research on the microscopic field, there will be many more novel discoveries that can prove that the world is still consistent with cognition, but some key factors have been ignored before.
There are many people who think like Anthony. After leaving the seminar, great wizards who support particle theory, such as Sanchez and Arad, wanted to find evidence to refute the probability wave.
They will never believe that this world is determined by probability and that everything must follow its own rules!
On the other side, at the seminar, Lin En was directing Johnny and others to put away the various instruments on the experimental table. He could already imagine what kind of uproar would be caused after the Magic Daily announced the results of this experiment tomorrow.
Quantum theory's challenge to traditional magical concepts is subversive and is bound to have a huge impact, so he deliberately came up with a disclaimer.
No matter what, this difficulty and mental obstacle must be overcome eventually, otherwise the study of magic will probably stop here, and they will never be able to defeat the high and mighty God! "Chairman Lin En."
Behind him, a shout interrupted Lynn's thoughts.
"Speaker Aurora, do you have any questions you need me to answer?" Lin En turned his head and asked with a smile.
"Of course I have a lot of questions, but I want to ask about the Secret Society." Aurora said bluntly.
The expression on Lynn's face remained unchanged, and he was not surprised that the other party would ask this.
After all, he and Harof and others had said before that the main body of the [Arcane Society] was within the empire.
Today, the army of the Magic Kingdom has occupied more than 70% of the empire's territory. Even though he had made some preparations before and recruited many talented wizards to join the [Arcane Society] to expand the number of wizards, there is still a substantial problem that has not been solved.
That is where the leaders of the [Society of Secret Arts], the "legendary wizards" are going!
In the past, they could use the unclear situation as an excuse, but now that they have defeated Ella, it is obviously unreasonable for these people not to show up.
In fact, Lin En had already thought of a solution. He was surprised that Aurora and the others could wait until now to ask about it.
“Since it’s about the [Secret Society], why not just hold a legendary meeting and ask in person? Although I’m also a member of the [Secret Society], I’m not as familiar with the society as teachers like Albert and Isaac.” Lynn said with a smile.
Aurora paused for a moment, then she remembered that she, who possessed the [Ring of Mysticism], did have the authority to convene a legendary meeting, but she had never used it.
"Well, why don't we set the meeting time at twelve o'clock tonight." Aurora nodded and said freely.
It was indeed more to her liking to ask in person. In addition to the confusion about the [Secret Law Society], perhaps they could also discuss together the various counterintuitive phenomena in the quantum field.
It was only a few months since Lin En was promoted to Legendary. No matter how talented this Magic Star was, he couldn't have such a deep understanding of the microscopic field in such a short time. So she guessed that some of Lin En's research materials on microscopic particles must have come from the [Secret Society]...
"By the way, call Harov and Speaker Vittorio." Lin En reminded. It has been delayed for so long, and now is the time to resolve it!
(End of this chapter)