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Chapter 141: Particles of Light, Waves of Light

At this moment, Su Yu and others had already got off the car and walked towards a dilapidated school. Su Yu asked, "Does your civilization have no school?"

A dragon man replied: "We have no school, only school. This school was run by my teacher. I am very ashamed. He taught me carefully, but I did not study hard and became a scientist."

Su Yu carefully analyzed and then roughly understood the whole situation. He asked: "You Asian Dragons regard science as yours. There are too many scientists appearing every year, but scientific research resources cannot be allocated to all scientists, so some scientists open schools to educate students and cultivate new scientists. Because of this, there is no need for schools to exist."

Long Shisan scratched his head: "Have they developed into this way since they had not entered the Asian Dragon Society for many years?"

Su Yu asked again: "But there are definitely some benefits to educating scientists, otherwise no one would do such a thing. Will your teacher get a student with much subsidy?"

The young man from Dragon Man replied: "The subsidy is available, but it is only 1,500-year energy coins per month. It is pitifully small and I can't do anything at all. However, the teacher once trained a scientist, which gave the teacher a lot of money so that he could continue teaching. But I don't know how long it will last. After all, apart from the fourth senior brother, the teacher has not trained a scientist."

Su Yu nodded: "Okay, let's go in first and see where your civilized technology has reached."

Su Yu originally wanted to go to the research institute, but the young dragon man brought him here.

If it is God, I will definitely help the teacher.

The young dragon man brought Su Yu here with such selfishness, and he was not qualified to go there.

They walked into this shabby school and saw a middle-aged man taking an experiment with a boy of twelve or thirteen years old.

Su Yu took a look and found that it was a double-slit interference experiment.

"As we all know, whenever a wave passes through the double slit, it will cause interference, and a pattern of bright stripes and dull stripes will be obtained."

"However, in the double-slit interference experiment in quantum mechanics, we have achieved terrible results."

Su Yu paused slightly and explained quantum mechanics to such a young child?

The teacher in the school continued: "We use a light source to continuously emit photons and pass through this double slit, so what kind of results will we get on the screen?"

Everyone looked over and then saw a series of interfering fringes with light and darkness.

The student replied very seriously: "This proves that light is volatile."

The teacher taught very seriously. He had great expectations for the student. He said: "Let's continue to look at the next experiment. The light source only emits one photon at a time and continues to let it pass through the double slits. So what kind of results will be obtained on the screen?"

The student thought for a moment and then replied: "Light is also particle. If we release only one photon at a time, we will definitely only pass through one of the slits, either the slits above or the slit below. In this way, we will only get a light spot."

The teacher didn't say anything, but immediately started the experiment. This time, he only emitted one photon at a time. At the beginning, as the students said, there was only one light spot, but gradually, there were still a series of light and dark interference fringes on the screen.

The student was shocked: "What's going on? Didn't it mean that in science, just repeat the same experiment and get the same results? We only shoot one photon at a time without changing any parameters and angles, so each photon should only pass through a slit. How can light and dark interference fringes occur in this case?"

The teacher was very patient. He said: "Don't worry, let's do the third experiment and put a photodetector in the gap. With this thing, we can clearly know where each photon passes through it."

The student stared at the screen of the optical detector.

The experiment continued to begin, and Su Yu and others did not interrupt.

A few minutes later, the result came out. This time, there was no interference fringe between light and dark on the screen, but two beams of light.

The student felt his scalp numb in an instant: "What's going on? The exact same experiment should get the exact same results. Why did we just observe the double slits, but the results of the experiment changed?"

The teacher said: "So far, no scientist can explain this. We have not changed any parameters or variables. We have only conducted observations, but changed the results of the experiment. Does this mean that observations are also one of the variables?"

The student immediately began to scratch his head, and dandruff kept falling. He said, "I am interested in science. I am so curious. Doesn't this mean that the world is not materialistic? Our observations will change the results of the experiment. Doesn't it mean that the world is idealistic? This is terrifying!"

"It's right to be interested!" The teacher finally achieved his goal. "There are too many unsolved mysteries in science, and countless scientists need to solve puzzles, but non-top scientists cannot do this. Xiaojiu, are you willing to become a scientist?"

The student who was called Xiaojiu immediately said, "Teacher, I do!"

But at this moment, a student ran in, holding the transcript in his hand: "Teacher, Xiaojiu's quality test has been released, it's D+, but it's a little better than ordinary people. If you want to become a scientist, I'm afraid..."

The teacher's expression suddenly became ugly, and Xiaojiu lowered her head in shame.

The teacher got the transcript and then tore it to pieces. He said: "Don't be superstitious about quality testing. A truly excellent student does not depend on quality, but on the love and persistence of science, and then one percent of inspiration and ninety-nine percent of sweat, just like your fourth senior brother!"

The student looked sad: "But teacher, you have trained more than a dozen students, and only the fourth brother has become a scientist. Others either escaped or entered other industries. Only I still persisted, but when will the inspiration come?"

This student looks twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.

The teacher clenched his fists and finally sighed, looking aged a lot.

The young dragon man walked forward: "Teacher, I'm back."

The teacher said, "I have seen you a long time ago, come in."

After saying that, the teacher opened the heavy school gate and everyone else followed.

"Xiao Wu, what are you doing recently?" the teacher asked.

Xiaowu immediately became excited: "Teacher, I planned to go climbing not long ago. I bought all the equipment and went to the foot of the mountain. I met them, Long Shisan, the legendary character, and..."

"Long Shisan? He is not dead yet?" the teacher suddenly interrupted.

Long Shisan frowned.

"Sorry, sorry!" The teacher put on his glasses, then saw Long Shisan, and then spoke in surprise, "Climber Long Shisan? Are you really alive? Are you an ancient existence? How could you still be alive?"

Long Shisan said: "There are many things that are beyond your scientists' cognition. Not only did I live, but I also climbed to the top of Longshan, and I also saw God!"

"god?"

Then everyone looked at Su Yu, who was fiddling with the photon emitter outside the house.

Xiaojiu was squatting on the ground and listening to Su Yu's speech. Su Yu said: "There are indeed many unsolved mysteries in science, just like this light. Why does its speed represent the limit of speed in the universe? Why can it still move in this static space and space?"
Chapter completed!
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