I Pioneered Scientific Magic

Chapter 510: Your Probabilistic Theory is a Blasphemy to Demonology!

Lynn's explanation was succinct, but the assembled wizards remained skeptical.

The experiment before them could only be described as eerie, with all changes occurring only after Lynn had activated his domain!

Even those who trusted Lynn as the Star of Magic, like Raphael, couldn't help but harbor a doubt—could it be that someone had tampered with the experiment's results? Although no one voiced this concern, Lynn could tell from their expressions and spoke generously once more.

"The controller of the magic network can only be me, but it doesn't matter who executes the domain!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lynn withdrew his domain. He knew that unless each of them tried it for themselves, no one would believe such an illogical phenomenon could actually exist.

The moment the domain disappeared, the wizards in the hall were freed from their intense perception of the electromagnetic field.

Instead of hurriedly activating their domains, they all turned their attention back to the experiment.

The fluorescent screen changed again, the two streaks formed by light points gradually dissipated, replaced by nine interference stripes, reminiscent of zebra crossings.

"That mysterious interference has started again?!" Sanchez felt like his soul was terrified, his whole person unwell.

"Particles are transmitting along a wave path..." This bizarre sensation completely defied common sense, making one's scalp tingle.

"Let me try it," Harof said gravely, being the first to activate his domain, followed by Lynn linking everyone's perceptions within the magic network.

The trajectory of the electrons became orderly again...

They behaved like normally accelerated particles, passing through the slit and landing on the photosensitive screen behind.

Yet, this normalcy became the abnormal in everyone's eyes. Harof's domain lasted for a minute before he stopped, falling into deep thought, then Victorio and Aurora each took their turn.

"This time it's my turn..." "I don't believe this!" "Let me try too!"

After the Council members, other great wizards personally conducted the experiment, but the electrons played a bizarre game of hide and seek with them, with the photosensitive screen constantly changing.

"Could it be the influence of the domain!" Alade couldn't help but speak up.

He suspected that there might be something in the void that could affect the particle's trajectory after they activated their domains, causing this power to disappear.

"No, it's not the domain. In fact, before conducting this experiment, I've tried with other instruments, like installing detectors behind the two slits, and the results did not change!" Lynn directly refuted Alade's guess.

Choosing to activate the domain was merely to make the observation clearer for the wizards.

"What then is affecting the trajectory of the electrons?" Aurora asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, it might be... observation!" Lynn replied seriously.

Observation?

Lynn's answer completely surprised everyone present, including Raphael, who almost pulled out his beard in disbelief before hesitantly confirming.

"Are you saying that because we were observing the electrons, they behaved like particles, and if we don't observe, they suddenly turn into waves?"

"No, to be precise, in the absence of observation, it simultaneously possesses both wave and particle characteristics..." Lynn corrected Raphael's words. "I call this the wave-particle duality of quantum mechanics!" ȓ₳Ŋ∅BƐṤ

"Ridiculous, how can something be both a particle and a wave?" A great wizard angrily interrupted, clearly offended as if his intelligence had been insulted.

The wizards in the great hall struggled to comprehend this so-called wave-particle duality; their brains simply couldn't imagine such an existence.

"This wave is not the mechanical wave you understand. I call it the probability wave!" Lynn explained.

The so-called probability wave refers to the likelihood of a microscopic element appearing at a certain point in space at a certain time, like an electron passing through a slit. It could land anywhere on the photosensitive screen, though more likely within an interference stripe area.

However, this only applies when unobserved. Once a domain is activated and the position of the electron at that moment is confirmed, the electron then proceeds along the determined trajectory, landing at that specific point.

"That's just too..." Under Lynn's explanation, Sanchez's face twitched continuously, struggling to find the right words, and finally managed to mutter through clenched teeth. "Incredible!"

Lynn's mention of probability waves, even more bizarre than wave-particle duality!

But this naturally wasn't due to luck!

His luck wasn't that good!

In fact, from the moment the coin was tossed, its fate had been determined.

Because he had chosen a trajectory and angle that would land it in the gap, so its destiny had been fixed from the start.

Tossing the coin, he was not only the observer but also the one pushing fate...

In that moment, Lynn felt he had understood something, and his grasp of quantum theory deepened a bit.

Though Lynn had used a coin to illustrate the concepts of probability, choice, and possibility, it was clearly not enough to dispel the doubts of the wizards.

"It's not the same, it's not the same! If everything in the microscopic world is probabilistic, uncertain, then how do they form the macroscopic materials? If I don't look at a flower on the ground, does it disappear?" Sanchez said, utterly confused.

The other wizards also brought up various examples to counter the argument, and the great hall quickly became noisy.

Fortunately, they didn't understand concepts like idealism and materialism; otherwise, they would have accused Lynn of dangerous idealistic thoughts, demanding criticism!

"Regarding how microscopic materials form relatively stable macroscopic materials, that's a question worth delving into," Lynn nodded, not going into a lengthy explanation, as releasing all his points at once would likely make it even harder for the wizards to accept.

Lynn only stated that these issues would be discussed in his forthcoming book, "The World of Probability—Quantum Mechanics."

"Everyone, I need to remind you of one thing—our

understanding needs to match the fundamental logic of the world, not the other way around!"

"This is very important!" Lynn stated emphatically.

The macroscopic world is definite and rule-based, making it especially difficult to understand the laws of the microscopic world.

The so-called probability waves and probability clouds are incredibly counterintuitive but are undoubtedly one of the fundamental logics of how the world operates.

There was once a great scientist, a prominent figure in the field of quantum mechanics, who refused to believe that the world was probabilistic, but undoubtedly, he was proven wrong. Whether it's the federation's centuries of in-depth research and multiple innovations in the microscopic realm, or the numerous scientific achievements regarding quantum mechanics, they can all attest that the world is indeed as bizarre as it gets.

No, in a sense, it's even more bizarre than anyone can imagine!

"Alright, Councilor Lynn, let's pause the discussion on probability waves for now and talk about it later!" Harof suddenly interjected, halting the debate about probability waves.

It wasn't that he didn't want to delve deeper; in fact, these legendary wizards were the most affected!

Next to him, Aurora's body trembled like a wave, almost disintegrating, although she eventually stabilized, her complexion turning poor.

She had lost the ability to convert energy into her body.

Or rather, Aurora didn't dare use this ability anymore, lest she couldn't be sure if her body would disintegrate or become a probability mass?

Victorio wasn't much better off; the deeper he thought, the more he questioned the essence of magic.

"Compared to probability waves, I'm more curious about the second question," Harof slowly began, his voice trembling slightly. "How do electrons know we're observing them?"

As he spoke, the entire great hall fell into a deathly silence.

They had been so caught up debating the probability waves that they had indeed overlooked a very crucial, and even more terrifying, question—how did electrons realize they were being observed, thus collapsing into a single particle?

Alade had thought it was due to the influence of magic within the domain, but Lynn had already ruled out this possibility.

Did this mean that microscopic particles possessed self-awareness, able to detect their observation, thus changing their form...

Thinking this, a chill ran up Alade's back.

An elemental wizard suddenly seemed to have thought of something and exclaimed in terror. "I know, it's the elemental spirits!"