Chapter 1218 Faith in Physics

This is probably the closest Lu Zhou was to death.

This statement may be somewhat ambiguous, or to put it another way... This is the closest he is to a dead person.

Apartment Building 1 at IMCRC.

There were police cars parked downstairs.

Standing outside the isolation belt, an old man dressed in plain clothes stood there. The wrinkles on his face were huddled together because of self-blame and sadness, facing his clasped palms, he sobbed softly as if he was confessing.

"It's all my fault... I signed that piece of paper..."

He patted Professor Wilczek on the shoulder comfortingly, and Professor Witten, who was standing beside him, said comfortingly.

"I can't blame you for this. A soul who is about to travel far, no matter where he is, he will eventually go in the same direction. I hope he can get the answer he expects on the other side of the world."

"As for us, whether it is life or the road under our feet, we have to continue."

Beside the two stood many IMCRC researchers and interns who came here to work and study with their mentors.

Many of them have heard of the deeds of Professor Miro and the novel "cosmic animism".

Even if most people disagree, there are a few people who think that this theory seems to make sense.

Different from the "gods" understood by ordinary people, Professor Miro's theory is more like expounding a concept similar to "the universe is unreasonable" and "disordered higher consciousness dominates the laws of nature" .

It's just that it sounds a little scary.

If all this is true, then physics is like studying the laws of a long list of irrational numbers, which really doesn't make much sense.

Looking at the room with the curtains drawn, many people whispered.

"It's kind of scary..."

"yes."

"Professor Miro is an excellent physicist. I don't understand why he chose to end his life. If we discovered new physics, it would have been a happy thing."

"It's not entirely happy, at least my mentor doesn't seem to be very emotional."

"What is your tutor studying?"

"Quantum Lattice Computational Methods."

"Congratulations."

"Is there a possibility that Professor Miro saw something terrible?"

"Hey, don't be like this. This is IMCRC, not a haunted house in an amusement park. The collider is more than 300,000 kilometers away from us. Even if it is exposed to high-energy rays, this is not justified."

Just then.

The chattering voices suddenly stopped.

Passing through the crowd, a young man in a windbreaker walked to the edge of the isolation belt and stopped.

The policeman who was standing behind the isolation zone to maintain order noticed him, and quickly walked towards him, saying in a respectful tone.

"Hello, Academician Lu."

Nodding to him, Lu Zhou turned his gaze to the window with the curtains closed.

He was not familiar with Professor Miro, but he had a few conversations over coffee that time, and he heard that this professor seemed to have won some physics awards that he didn't care much about. He was considered an excellent young scholar.

The occurrence of such a thing undoubtedly caused a lot of negative impact on IMCRC.

Now there are voices circulating on the Internet that Professor Miro died under the academic authority of the IMCRC committee because he was squeezed out by mainstream physicists.

His believers even threatened to take over the "torch" from him, to avenge IMCRC for his death and so on...

After being silent for a while, Lu Zhou looked at the policeman and said.

"Can you briefly tell me what's going on inside?"

Hearing this sentence, the policeman hesitated for a moment, as if he was considering whether it was a good idea to do so.

However, thinking that Professor Lu in front of him is probably higher in rank than his boss's boss, even if something goes wrong, it will not be his responsibility, so he said.

"It was suicide."

"He took an overdose of cephalosporins ... and alcohol."

"As for more details, we are still investigating. The US embassy has been notified, and they will be responsible for contacting the family members of the deceased..."

Lu Zhou nodded, indicating that he knew.

Then, he continued.

"Can I go in?"

Compared with the previous request, this request is a bit embarrassing.

The policeman hesitated for a moment, but didn't let go immediately.

But at this moment, Wang Peng took out a certificate from his pocket and handed it to him.

"The National Security Bureau has taken over this case."

After seeing this certificate, the policeman was stunned for a moment, and then solemnly said.

"...I need to ask my superiors for instructions."

Wang Peng nodded.

"go quickly."

...

Without waiting for a long time, Lu Zhou was allowed to pass through the cordon and walked into Professor Miro's room.

Contrary to what Lu Zhou imagined, the physics professor's living space is very tidy, and it is even obvious that there are traces of cleaning within two days.

"This is probably the most bizarre case I have handled in the past two years..."

Looking at the stroked white line drawn on the ground with a complicated expression, the slightly aged policeman said with a complicated expression, "Judging from his living conditions, he is far healthier than ordinary people."

Lu Zhou didn't make any comments, just walked into his study and opened the drawer.

For a scholar with a regular schedule, he usually abides by a code of conduct. That is what is being studied, and it must be placed within reach.

Sure enough, Lu Zhou found something like a research notebook from his drawer.

Opening the title page of the notes, he followed the neat lines of handwriting and calculations, and continued to read, and a bit of surprise gradually appeared in his eyes.

This kind of surprise did not stem from being surprised by Professor Miro's academic attainments. In fact, no one in this world could bring him more surprises in this regard.

What surprised Lu Zhou was that he originally thought that Professor Miro had just fallen into the madness of "cosmic animism", but he did not expect that this guy would actually establish a complete theoretical system for this conjecture...or Talk about a religious program.

To put it simply, in his theoretical system, "cosmic animism" is the core of the entire theoretical system, and further down is derived "the universe is a projection of the subjective behavior of a higher consciousness", "everything is the ultimate good arrangements" and "this cosmic consciousness is not incommunicable".

And this seems to be saying that the "spirit of the universe" in the abstract sense can communicate in a certain sense.

This sounds like a spiritual theory.

On the basis of God's creation theory and cosmic animism, consciousness determinism is superimposed.

If you let Lu Zhou, a materialist who is appraised, evaluate it, it is simply full of five poisons.

However, it is worth noting that, for the part of cosmic animism, this Professor Miro has undergone rigorous theoretical demonstrations. Even though this process incorporates a lot of psychological terms and self-created words that only he can understand, at least it can be seen that he has tried to analyze this theory with scientific thinking.

However, when it came to the part of consciousness determinism—that is, the part of "the spirit of the universe can communicate with it", he seemed to give up thinking about it completely, and wrote it as a conclusion as if he had acquiesced in this matter. down.

There is no doubt that this approach is imprecise.

At the very least, he should have added words like "maybe" and "maybe" to his argument.

After about 20 minutes, Lu Zhou finally turned the notebook from beginning to end, took a deep breath, closed it, and then looked at the policeman who came in with him behind him.

"Can I take this notebook with me?"

"I'm afraid not," the policeman said in an apologetic tone with a troubled expression on his face. "This is the relic of the deceased, and it is also part of the evidence related to the case. I'm afraid you will have to wait until the case is closed and negotiate with the family of the deceased before you can Take it away."

Lu Zhou nodded without saying anything, then took out his phone from his pocket, turned on the video function, flipped through the notes at a constant speed, and took pictures of all the contents inside.

Strictly speaking, this is also not allowed, but the people standing by turned a blind eye.

After doing these things, Lu Zhou put away his phone and looked at Wang Peng.

"Let's go back."

Wang Peng hesitated a little, and asked.

"Is that enough?"

"Well," Lu Zhou nodded, "I think... I probably have found the answer."

Walking out of Professor Miro's apartment, Lu Zhou followed Wang Peng and walked straight to the parking place.

Seeing Lu Zhou walking out of the cordon, Wei Teng quickly squeezed out of the crowd and greeted him.

"Did you find anything in there? Professor Milo why on earth did he—"

Lu Zhou shook his head.

"There's nothing particularly noteworthy inside. Professor Miro doesn't have many research materials in the apartment. He doesn't seem like someone who would bring his work home."

Seeing the complex expression on Professor Weiteng's face, Lu Zhou paused for a moment, then continued.

"However, I found a notebook in his drawer."

Witten hurriedly continued to ask: "What is written on it?"

"Some of his analysis of the latest IMCRC experimental data, his conjectures on cosmic animism, and the theoretical system built around this conjecture... It seems that he has been doing this during his vacation. .”

After taking off the glasses on the bridge of his nose, Wei Teng pinched the bridge of his nose with some headaches.

"This is really..."

Lu Zhou: "It's regrettable, isn't it?"

"Yes...it's not just regrettable, it's disturbing."

This anxiety not only pervades the sky above the IMCRC headquarters, but also permeates the hearts of every physicist. The vast majority of people do not believe in the explanation of the animism of the universe, let alone believe that the theory they have studied for centuries is as useless as analyzing the law after the decimal point of pi.

Is physics without faith?

In fact there are.

Just like the turmoil caused by the neutrino super-light experiment.

Even if it is impossible to find out what went wrong with the experiment of the "Opera" project team, most people can still make a judgment like "this is a low-level mistake" without knowing the situation at all .

The situation facing IMCRC this time is the same, and what is being shaken is something more fundamental.

Before the experiment started, I don’t know how many people were praying, hoping that all this is an oolong, that the new experimental results can cover the past “mistakes”, and that the building of physics will return to the framework of the standard model. Well until the end of the world...

Looking at Professor Weiteng who fell into silence, Lu Zhou thought for a while and said.

"I know you have a lot of confusion now, maybe...I mean maybe, I can answer part of it."

"...the extra-dimensional theory?"

"Yes," Lu Zhou nodded, "but it will take a little time."

"You don't have to wait for a long time, at most a week... Soon I will give an answer that, although not perfect, will probably satisfy the vast majority of people—"

"About, the future of our physics."