I Made Scientific Magic

  Chapter 517 Lynn's Quantum Cat

  Although Lynn threw light quanta, wavelength formula, and probability cloud model one after another, all the wizards present fell into thinking about these theories.

   But after all, many people still remember their purpose of coming to surround this magic star!

   That is to save the magical foundation that has been left with few pieces under the impact of quantum theory...

  Allard is very clear that if they cannot defeat Lynn today, the wave-particle duality and element probability cloud model will be recognized by the parliament in the future and become the most mainstream magic theory!

  The magic tower built by order and law in the past will also collapse!

  Thinking of this, Allard turned his head and motioned to Boulder beside him.

   Now it's time for him to play!

  The great wizard named Boulder nodded, then clapped his hands, and several apprentices lifted out a huge, fully enclosed cage.

   "This is a gift I prepared for you, Speaker Lynn!" Boulder said, pointing to the cage.

  Lin En glanced at it twice, and such a large size made him somewhat curious.

   "There is a camel beast inside. Of course, according to your quantum theory, it is probably a dead and alive camel beast!" Boulder introduced with a smile.

  In this cage, he releases a toxin that delays death. A healthy camel beast usually faints and dies within six to ten hours.

   "And now seven hours have passed, it may be dead or alive, so we can say that it is now in a superposition state of being both dead and alive?" Boulder said triumphantly.

  The wizards present all laughed.

   This is of course impossible!

  Even without observing them, they knew that the camel in the cage must have only one state, either dead or alive!

   I have to say that Boulder's metaphor of the opposition of life and death to waves and particles is very appropriate, because logically speaking, they cannot coexist.

  A creature cannot be both alive and dead, and an object cannot be both a particle and a wave.

   Allard and other great wizards turned their heads to look at Lynn, curious as to how this star of magic would answer this sharp question.

  The complacent expression on Boulder's face gradually disappeared, and he felt vaguely uneasy, and began to think about whether this "big gift" he gave would offend the newly promoted speaker too much.

  Although he heard that this star of magic had always been open-minded in his debates on magic, it was just a rumor after all.

  Bolder somewhat doubted whether he was too credulous about the instigation of Jeffrey and others.

   Under everyone's attention, Lynn suddenly raised his hand and reached out to Boulder.

  Just as the great wizards wondered if the star of magic was angry, they saw that he just patted Boulder on the shoulder, and then spoke in admiration.

   "Your understanding of quantum science is very good, Master Boulder!"

   "Huh? Ah?!" Boulder paused, almost thinking that he had heard it wrong.

  Allard and the others also froze in place, completely unable to understand why the star of magic would speak in praise of Boulder for bringing out the camel beast in the cage.

   This is clearly used to ridicule his wave-particle duality and probability theory.

  However, Lynn didn't care about this. He glanced at the bewildered Boulder and explained with a smile. "A camel beast that is in a closed state and may die at any time can indeed explain part of the quantum properties..."

   "But the state of this camel beast can only be dead or alive, not their superposition state!" A great wizard couldn't help but interrupted. "Whether you observe it or not, it is absolutely impossible to be dead and alive at the same time!"

   "But without observing it, we really can't confirm its true state, can't we?" Lynn raised his brows, and then looked at Boulder before the other party continued to speak, and spoke again.

   "Your idea is very good, but this description is not appropriate enough, so let's modify the conditions a little bit!"

   "Change? How?" Boulder looked confused.

   "First of all, this cage is not closed enough. You can add magic to isolate perception and detection, and ensure that there is sufficient oxygen inside." Lynn knocked on the big iron box in front of him that contained the camel beast.

  Bolder's consideration was obviously insufficient. The oxygen in this closed cage is limited, and the poisoned camel beast would have been suffocated to death long ago!

   "Secondly, put a living creature in it! Considering, as for what to put..."

   "Just think of it as a cat!" Lin En showed a smile at the corner of his mouth. "Then put a device in the closed box, and put poison gas in it, the kind that will kill you if you touch it!"

   "The condition for activating the poisonous gas is that the switch of the device is hit by decay particles!"

"We assume that the radioactive elements in the device have a 50% probability of releasing alpha particles every second, and the probability of the particles being free to diverge and hit the switch is also 50%, which is more like a quantum superposition state! "Lin En stretched out his hand while speaking, and a black, fully sealed box made of magic power appeared in his palm.

   "Now I ask you, is it alive or dead at this moment!"

  Lin En's voice kept echoing in the large exhibition hall.

   All the wizards present looked at the black box in Lynn's hand!

  Although they all knew that the box was temporarily created and nothing was put in it, Arad and the others seemed to see a strange quantum cat in the box!

  Every momentary element may decay, which means that this cat is always in the boundary between life and death!

  The corners of Boulder's mouth couldn't help twitching. He thought his caged camel was already weird enough, but now it pales in comparison to this quantum cat!

"I'm not entirely sure whether it's dead or alive, but I know there's a one-in-four chance that the cat will be killed, and over time, it's almost certain!" said a wizard eagerly. Out of words to refute.

   "Yes, it's possible, that's just possible!" Lynn laughed. "I can also tell you that the continuously emitted electrons, after a hundred observations, they have a great possibility to fall in the area I drew, and as time goes by, this probability will become greater and greater! "

   "This is my probability cloud theory!"

  The state of the cat inside the box is unknown, and it cannot affect the outside world.

  For outside observers, this cat has always been in a state of probability of death, only the moment the box is opened, the result is fixed!

  (end of this chapter)