Chapter 174: Explanation of Abilities and Capable Persons
"Hey, Misaka, you'd better stop asking. You won't know if I tell you."
Chen Xiaofeng flipped through the book depressedly. Under normal circumstances, Chen Xiaofeng would go along with what he wanted. After all, his sister was doing it for his own good... But when it came to studying - there was really nothing he could do about it.
It's not that Chen Xiaofeng hasn't taken it seriously, but it has never been effective.
"Eh? Chen Xiaofeng, how do you know that I don't know if you don't tell me~"
"You? How can a middle school student know the knowledge of a high school student... You'd better go back to your class quickly. Senior classes are very dangerous~"
Chen Xiaofeng waved his hands casually, as if dismissing Misaka Mikoto.
"Hmph!" However, Misaka Mikoto snatched the textbook from Chen Xiaofeng's hand unconvinced that day. Chen Xiaofeng felt that it was impossible for Misaka Mikoto to know, so he did not stop her. It was better for her to give up on such a matter.
However……
"Isn't it just 'Schrödinger's cat'? Is this difficult?" Misaka Mikoto's "So it's just that" expression.
"Hey, hey, hey, you see clearly, the question is 'What is Schrödinger's cat'~"
Chen Xiaofeng stood up and pointed at the textbook.
"I know." Misaka Mikoto said lightly.
"Huh? Misaka, you actually know? Then please explain." Chen Xiaofeng still didn't believe that Misaka Mikoto would know, so he deliberately asked for an explanation.
But Misaka Mikoto just smiled and took out a candy box from the pocket of her uniform skirt.
"Because there are no cats here, and the original theory is too cruel, I will simply adapt it and explain it."
After the extremely simple opening remarks, Misaka Mikoto said eloquently: "There is a box here, so, may I ask, what is inside?"
"Do you think I'm an idiot? Of course the candy box contains candy!"
Misaka Mikoto shook her head.
"What a pity, it contains chocolate - hazelnut chocolate balls by the way."
"Huh? What is this? Is it misleading me? Also, what does this have to do with Schrödinger's theory?" Chen Xiaofeng continued to ask in disbelief.
"Don't worry, any theory has its premise~" Misaka Mikoto said and picked up the candy box again, "Then, Chen Xiaofeng, let me ask again, what is in this box?"
"Halo, didn't you say they were hazelnut chocolate balls before? What's the point of this question...do you really know?"
Chen Xiaofeng was still confused at this moment, but Minato and Yu looked like they understood.
"Yes, Chen Xiaofeng, I did say that, but I also have the possibility of lying~"
Misaka Mikoto's words made Chen Xiaofeng feel that he was being fooled, but looking at Minato and Yu, he knew that Misaka Mikoto was explaining in a very simple and easy-to-understand way.
Although this approach seems rather idiotic at the moment.
"There is a 50% chance that this box contains candies, and a 50% chance that it contains hazelnut chocolate. As long as I don't open the box, I can't confirm what is inside."
Chen Xiaofeng listened carefully.
"Then, please take a look." Misaka Mikoto finally opened the box.
snap——
A small orange candy fell out of the candy box.
Misaka Mikoto put the candy back into the box, then raised the box again and asked, "Excuse me, Chen Xiaofeng, what is in this box?"
"Uh... didn't you see it was candy just now? What's the point of this question?"
"Indeed, I did see candy just now, so everyone who saw it will 100% think that it contains candy, but what if there are people who think that it contains chocolate?"
Eh? Seeing candy but believing that there is chocolate inside? Chen Xiaofeng thought inexplicably, such a person is either an idiot or a fool? Although he wanted to complain, Misaka Mikoto's serious look made Chen Xiaofeng continue to listen.
"If you believe in that possibility and realize it..."
Chen Xiaofeng seemed to understand something.
“We call such people who separate from normal reality and obtain their own reality as ‘ability users’, and such abilities as ‘superpowers’.”
Select some of the factors in normal reality, separate them and obtain them, so as to realize your own reality... In other words, make the impossible possible.
As long as you develop these "impossibles", you can become a capable person.
These things are easier to understand if you are an ability person, because you will understand them when developing abilities.
But for Chen Xiaofeng, who is an innate "original stone", this explanation is still a bit vague.
"If you still don't understand, let me give you a more practical example."
"You know Kuroko Shirai, the person with the ability to move in space, right?"
"Yeah, I know."
"Then let me take her as an example."
Misaka Mikoto said:
"Assume that Kuroko Shirai's body is made up of countless elementary particles, and assuming that she is sitting on her own bed, then the probability of a particle in her body appearing on her own bed is 0.9999999, and the probability of appearing on someone else's bed is
0.0000001 Assume that all particles in the body have the same probability of appearing on someone else's bed - by the way, it doesn't matter if they are different, this assumption is mainly for simplicity - then according to probability theory, the probability of her entire body appearing on someone else's bed is 0.0000001
Multiply by 0.0000001 multiplied by 0.0000001... Multiply all the particles in the body. It can be seen that although the possibility of this result is very low, seize this possibility, and then use your own 'ability' to calculate and put it into practice.
, is a successful use of superpowers - what was originally impossible becomes possible."
With such a practical example, Chen Xiaofeng finally understood a little bit about Schrödinger's theory.
"This means that Shirai Kuroko separated himself in reality and used his own reality to appear in other places. Such successful use is a superpower? Is it the focus of Schrödinger's theory?"
Chen Xiaofeng tried to express his thoughts.
"Yes, that's it." Misaka Mikoto nodded in agreement.
"But, Misaka, you are so awesome. It's all high school knowledge, but you actually know it."
Minato, who had been listening in, couldn't help but praise, "Also, the examples are very simple and easy to understand. He is really a good teacher~"
"Yes, yes, you are very powerful, Misaka-sensei~"
Chen Xiaofeng also changed his previous attitude.
"It's nothing~" Misaka Mikoto scratched the back of her head in embarrassment, "If it was because of my part-time job, I don't think I would have completed the high school courses on my own so quickly."
"Self-study?" Several people made surprised sounds, "You still work part-time?"