657 Incompleteness (1/2)

Inside the royal palace of the Holy Heilz Empire…

Rudolf II also saw 'Basics of Quantum Mechanics and the New Alchemy' that the Congress of Magic did not keep confidential through his intelligence channels.

Ever since the 'incident' in the underground palace of the Sun King, he had been paying attention to the studies of the Congress of Magic and benefited a lot from it. Naturally, he wouldn't let go of the paper which described the most fundamental law of the microscopic domain, even though it was merely an explanation so far. After all, as a knight caster, he did not have a cognitive world and was not scared of its collapse and destruction, but of course, the side effect was that the research products of the Congress of Magic could not improve him directly. He could only seek inspiration from them to figure out his own path.

”Absurd! Is the nature of the world a die? Determinism does not work, and all the initial statues cannot lead to a unique result? Many processes are irreversible?” However incomplete his memories were, Rudolf II believed in 'determinism' from the bottom of his heart. That was the essence of his experience and wisdom in the past. He couldn't help but criticize it angrily.

However, as he read on, his face became rather interesting. Suddenly, his body was twisted and spread out, as if he existed everywhere.

The spreading cloud collapsed, and Rudolf II became normal. He talked to himself half in delight and half in confusion, ”Quantum superposition?”

Although he had found a way to transform into such a state by studying the mysteries of the primeval devils and gods when he was still Thanos, he knew only the application but never knew what the state was and on which theory it was based. Therefore, his path entailed a lot of dangers, and one needed a bit of luck in order to succeed.

”Lucien Evans was inspired by the Pathway of Immortality, which allowed him to associate the mysteries of demigods with the mysteries of the microworld?” Rudolf II thought to himself. The paper was exactly what he was most desperate to know, but he was more or less anxious since it did not have any convincing proof or subsequent developments. ”Is Lucien Evans keeping more information about the quantum superposition to himself, considering that it is about the demigods after all?”

At this moment, the determinism in his head was already very dim, because his own status had suggested a lot of things. ”It seems that determinism is a nature of the macroscopic world. By transforming oneself into the state of quantum superposition, one would be entering the microscopic domain and getting rid of determinism, thereby turning into a demigod who could return from the river of fate?”

He tried to understand Lucien's paper according to his experience. In the end, he sighed and said, ”I need more experiments and phenomena to prove it instead of believing it blindly, or it will be very troublesome if it is proven wrong later.”

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Inside the Atomic Universe, Lucien was gazing at the vast starry sky out of the window. A thick pile of papers were placed on his desk, with words and symbols such as 'power of mind?', 'power of faith?' and 'congregation of special electromagnetic waves?'.

They were the vague thoughts that he came up with after studying the fake gods.

Pinocchio's voice suddenly echoed. ”Master, Mr. Douglas and Mr. Fernando have come.”

Lucien was suddenly back to himself. Hiding the papers on his desk, he went out to greet the guests.

Fernando was still wearing his bright red magic robe. He asked loudly the moment they met, ”The quantum superposition you described was inspired by the Pathway of Immortality and the status inside?”

They had obviously found the connection after they calmed down.

In Lucien's papers, not only was the cloud of probabilities described, but he had also proposed the notion of quantum superposition and even explained certain experiments with it.

”It's true that I was partly inspired by that.” Lucien admitted 'frankly'.

While walking to the drawing room under Lucien's lead, Douglas said, ”But it's a status close to the demigods. How can a microscopic particle like the electron boast that? Simple analogies and comparisons are inappropriate.”

He sounded as firm and determined as before. The mysteries of demigods and immortality made him more considerate, but his beliefs could not be changed so easily. That was his understanding about the world throughout his life.

”When I processed the experiment data and considered the explanation of the wave function, I discovered that it would be easier to solve the problems after introducing the status, so I did it. It was merely a bold hypothesis, and what we should do next is to verify it with rigorous experiments.” Said Lucien gently.

Fernando nodded. ”I checked my experiment record. Perhaps, the probabilistic explanation is one way to go, but probabilities and uncertainties shouldn't be an intrinsic nature of the electron but are caused by external reasons. There must be a certain situation that leads to the electron's uncertainties and probabilities. As a result, the quantum state is gone when the micro scope transitions to the macro scope. As long as we find the reasons, we will be able to transform and become demigods with fewer flaws and insidious problems than Thanos and Viken did.”

The probabilistic explanation was obviously the best theory so far from the perspective of experimentalism. However, Fernando had reached a conclusion from the classic law of causality. Now that the result of probabilities and uncertainties had appeared, there must've been a reason that caused it.

”Up until now, no signs have indicated that. They can only be described as the intrinsic nature of the electron.” Lucien said gently but persistently, ”Or rather, in our current studies, there are still experiments that support external reasons. Do not multiply entities without necessity.”

Fernando glared at him, unable to understand his doggedness. ”We can boldly assume a theory that includes a broader range, before we verify it carefully. Have you even forgotten that? How are you going to explain the differences between the micro scope and the macro scope? How can you describe the transition? How can you explain the collapse of the wave function?”

”Also, I have my own ideas about uncertainties, and I've devised a thought experiment to falsify it.” Douglas suddenly interjected when he listened to their debate. Then, he took out paper and a pen, drawing a picture to illustrate his experiment where an indirect approach was adopted to calculate an electron's momentum while determining its location.

Fernando had obviously seen the experiment before. He looked at Lucien attentively and intimidatingly, waiting for his answer.