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As a higher intelligent animal, the biggest difference between us and ordinary animals is that we have thoughts and reason. However, in ancient times, humans were no different from other birds and beasts, but in the later evolutionary process, the level of consciousness suddenly improved tremendously, and now humans are already changing the blue planet under their feet with practical actions.
Now in the third decade of the 21st century, we are thinking about more than simple survival, institutions, economies, and strategies, but also the origins, past, and future of human beings.
Material existence and conscious existence
On September 14, 2015, scientists discovered gravitational waves from collisions hundreds of millions of years ago, and from a human perspective, hundreds of millions of years are enough to call it a long time, and even species can change several times, but the wonderful thing is that because this gravitational wave took hundreds of millions of years to come to Earth, we have the privilege of witnessing the past.
This experience not only proves that earth's science and technology can intercept the memory and history of the universe, but also confirms Einstein's fable that gravitational waves do exist in the universe.
The gravitational waves captured in 2015 mainly came from the collision of two black holes, although the signal was already very weak when it came to Earth, but fortunately, the instruments developed by scientists are sophisticated enough, and it is precisely because of this trace that the astrophysics community has sparked a huge discussion.
If the existence of gravitational waves proves the perturbation of space-time itself, can humans break through the limitations of current knowledge in this way?
Quite possibly. If humans could detect the very early moments of only a dozen to 30 square seconds after the Big Bang through it, then human beings would have a deeper understanding of the physical processes and the origin of life at the beginning of the Big Bang.
But the question arises again, why should human beings spend so much time and energy to study the universe and the stars, and even to explore the origin of human beings? How do these relate to an ordinary Earthling?
Before answering these questions, we need to understand the nature of consciousness. Among the many creatures, only people are conscious and want to explore more information about the earth.
Human beings have always wanted to control their own destiny, and the premise of mastering their own destiny is to explore all the mysteries.
Humanity will encounter many obstacles on the road to knowledge, but in short, we have been moving forward, but in the form of a spiral.
In the process of exploration, classical physics theories do not fully explain the current scientific findings, and even Einstein's theory of the symmetry of the universe has been met with many doubts.
But quantum mechanics, which is of interest, explains many things and provokes deep thinking. Next, I will introduce you to the three strange phenomena in the theory of quantum mechanics, each of which can make you drop your jaw.
The first is the electron double-slit interference experiment, in the process of performing this experiment, a single electron can pass through two slits at the same time and leave interference fringes on the screen, mainly because light is a particle and also the duality of waves.
But just when the experimenters used the detection instrument to observe how a single electron crossed the two slits, the electrons appeared as particles, which would pass through only one of the gaps in the double slits and leave a dotted image on the screen.
Could it be that the single electron knows that humans are observing it, so it changes its choice? So far, this experiment has not been reasonably and scientifically explained.
It's like parallel universes, there are countless you in countless universes, and each of you will have a different destiny and choice.
The second phenomenon is quantum entanglement, which, in simple terms, is the behavior of two particles entangled with each other and sensing each other. Even if they are hundreds of millions of light-years apart, the two can instantly sense each other's changes and change synchronously, even faster than the speed of light.
The third is quantum tunneling. In the real world, it is impossible for a person to directly pass through a physical wall, but in the microscopic world, particles have a probability of passing through obstacles.
But anyone who understands the above three experiments has to wonder if the world they live in will be just a matrix game of higher civilizations, and humans will only be characters or NPCs in the game.
The reason why quantum theory is so fascinating is precisely because it is full of mysterious qualities, and perhaps there are many unknown things hidden behind it, all of which are waiting for later people to continue to dig.
If life is destined from the beginning, then all the struggles are in vain.
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Author | Tommy
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参考资料：Bruk, A., Scholl, S. G., & Bless, H. (2018). Beautiful mess effect: Self–other differences in evaluation of showing vulnerability. Journal of personality and social psychology, 115(2), 192-205