Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 247 The Good and the Bad

"I want to know whether the God of Destiny affects the luck of people or beasts by affecting the chaos, or by affecting the randomness at the bottom of the universe."

After the start command was sent to the quantum random number generator of each black box, Lu Ming looked at the rows of black boxes outside the window and spoke slowly.

He knows that at this moment, with the arrival of the activation command, the quantum random number generator must have generated random numbers directly related to the randomness of the bottom layer of the universe.At this moment, some of the poisonous gas devices in the black boxes must have been triggered, releasing the poisonous gas and killing the piglets inside. There must also be some black boxes without any change, and the piglets in them are still alive.

Or, to describe it in the language of quantum physics, it is: at this moment, the piglets in the black box are in a superposition state of life and death, they are both dead and alive.However, only after opening the black box, their superposition state will collapse and change into a definite "live state" or "dead state".

In this way, the randomness at the bottom of the universe is amplified by this device, affecting the life forms existing in the real world.

As early as more than 100 years ago, a great scientist named Schrödinger proposed a thought experiment known as "Schrödinger's cat".The basic principle is basically the same as the experiment conducted by Lu Ming at the moment.The only difference is that the pig in the black box was replaced by a cat.

The purpose of Schrödinger's thought experiment was to satirize the so-called superposition state in quantum physics.After all, a microscopic particle can be in a superposition state, how can a macroscopic life like a cat be in a superposition state?
But the final result basically proves that superposition and randomness really exist.

Like Bell's inequality, Schrödinger's cat is notorious for not only failing to falsify quantum physics, but confirming it.

Essentially, Schrödinger's cat, or now Schrödinger's pig, is just a thought experiment.No one is bored enough to reproduce them in the real world.But at this moment, Lu Ming actually reproduced them in the real world.

Facing Lu Ming's words, He Wei still had some doubts in her heart.

"Through this quantum random number generator, we can determine in what way the God of Fate affects these little pigs, uh, is it luck?"

"of course."

Lu Ming nodded: "The probability of each black box's quantum random number generator generating 0 or 1 is strictly 50%. If it generates 0, the piggy will die. If it generates 1, the piggy will not die. And Of the piglets participating in the experiment at this moment, 530 piglets did not participate in the sacrifice, and their luck was normal, while 430 piglets participated in the sacrifice, and their luck was poor.

So, you say, which piglet died more after the experiment?Is it normal luck, or bad luck? "

"Of course the unlucky...uh..."

He Wei fell into hesitation.

She felt that the situation at the moment seemed somewhat contradictory.

According to common sense, since the probability of life and death is 50%, then, of course, piglets with less luck die more.

But at this moment, under strict conditions, there can only be one factor that can cause the piglet to die, and that is whether the poisonous gas is released.Whether the poison gas is released depends on the numbers generated by the quantum random number generator.

From this, a simple conclusion can be drawn. If more unlucky piglets die more, it naturally means that the quantum random number generator generates more 0s.

But the laws of physics dictate that the probability should be 50%, and the number of 0s and 1s should be equal—at least the deviation is not large.

A 50% probability of course does not mean that the quantum random number generator will generate as many 0s as 1s.It is just a statistical concept, that is, in the face of a sufficient number of samples, the statistical results tend to approach 50%.

A small deviation does not mean that the probability is not 50%.But what if the deviation is large enough?

Of course, it means that the probability is not 50%.

However, if the probability is not 50%, it means that the randomness at the bottom of the universe has been affected and changed, and it also means that the God of Destiny has the ability to change the laws at the bottom of the universe. There are ways to reduce piggy's luck.

But what if the death rate of the piglets that participated in the sacrifice was the same as that of the piglets that did not participate in the sacrifice, 50%?
This obviously means that no matter how bad the little pig's luck is, it will not affect the underlying laws of the universe.The underlying laws of the universe are still stable, and their so-called bad luck is only based on the chaos of the universe.

However, the chaos of the universe, or the human world, is based on classical physics, that is, there is a theoretical way of influence and prediction.

Between the two, they are completely different.

He Wei seemed to understand Lu Ming's explanation.After thinking for a while, she asked again: "Is it important to determine whether the way the God of Fate affects the pig's luck is based on chaos or randomness?"

"Very important."

Lu Ming nodded and answered without hesitation: "This is the basis for us to understand the origin of this incident and formulate follow-up plans."

"Ok."

He Wei could only nod.

Time passed bit by bit.According to calculations based on the volume of the black box and the lethal dose of carbon dioxide to piglets, it will take about a few minutes, and the damned piglets should have died.And the piglets that are still alive will not die again in a short time.

Lu Ming checked the time, then got up and walked out the door.He Wei immediately followed behind Lu Ming.

When he came to the test site, he looked at the rows and rows of black boxes, and Lu Ming went straight to the black box numbered 1.

The label on the black box indicated that the piglet in the black box was one of the piglets that did not participate in the sacrifice.

Lu Ming took a deep breath and pressed the button on the black box.After a slight click, a gap appeared between the black box door and the box body.Lu Ming grabbed the handle and opened the door.

In a daze, Lu Ming seemed to see a living piglet and a dead piglet appearing in front of him overlapping each other.The moment he opened the door of the box, the figures of the live pig and the dead pig overlapped instantly.

The pig that was dead and alive turned into a dead pig.

Lu Ming shook his head lightly, shaking this momentary hallucination out of his mind.

A staff member immediately came over and took out the newly born piglet.The following veterinarian stepped forward to conduct a simple inspection, and then reported: "Experiment No. 01 has died. Type 01, the cause of death is carbon dioxide poisoning."

Type 01 means that this little pig has not been sacrificed.

The recorder who also followed quickly recorded the data and sent it to the statistical software.

Lu Ming came to the No. [-] black box again, went through the above process, and opened the door.

"Experiment No. 02 has died. Type 01. The cause of death is carbon dioxide poisoning."

It also died.

After that, there is the No. [-] black box.

"Experiment number 03 has died, type 02, the cause of death is carbon dioxide poisoning."

Type 02 means that this little pig has participated in sacrifices and sacrificed "fate" to the god of fate.

"Subject number 04 survived, type 02."

"Subject number 05 survived, type 01."

……

After some busy work, all 960 activated black boxes were opened.The statistics of the survival and death of a total of 960 piglets were also completed.

Next, there is a comparison between the two types, that is, the piglets who have participated in the sacrifice and have poor luck in theory, and the piglets who have not participated in the sacrifice and have normal luck in theory.

Through this comparison, it is possible to draw a clear conclusion on whether the abnormal luck bestowed by the God of Destiny on the piggy can affect the randomness at the bottom of the universe.

“530头01型小猪，死亡259头，存活271头。死亡率比存活率，为48.87%：51.13%。”

There is no doubt that there is a certain degree of deviation between these two results and the probability of 50%.But that doesn't mean something went wrong in the process.The reason is simple, the sample size in this experiment is too small.The smaller the sample size, the larger the error.

If only one piglet participates in the experiment, and the piglet dies, is the mortality rate 100%?If it is alive, the survival rate is also 100%?

This is obviously impossible.Probability cannot be counted in this way.

Overall, although there are deviations, the deviations are small and within the normal range.This can basically prove that the luck of the piglets who did not participate in the sacrifice is at a normal level.

Looking at this line of numbers, He Wei felt a very strange feeling in her heart.

She always thought that the so-called underlying laws of the universe, the so-called quantum mechanics, etc., were very lofty and far away from her.This kind of thing cannot be related to oneself in life or work.

But now, the influence of the underlying laws of the universe on the macroscopic world is clearly reflected in front of her.

After this report is the second, the experimental data about the batch of piglets that participated in the sacrifice.

“430头02型小猪，死亡169头，存活261头。死亡率比存活率，为39.30%：60.70%。”

In a daze, Lu Ming thought he was wrong.He closed his eyes and opened them again, rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, and looked again, but still saw the exact same data as before before his eyes.

After the sacrifice, according to common sense, the group of piglets who should be less lucky had a mortality rate of only 39.3%, and a survival rate as high as 60.7%.

This has obviously deviated from the category of statistical error!It is no longer explained by the small number of samples! With a 50% probability, no matter how much it deviates, it can't be so big, right?

How can this be?How is this possible? !How is it possible that piglets with bad luck have a higher survival rate and piglets with normal luck have a lower survival rate?

Before the experiment was carried out, Lu Ming had already prepared for the experimental results to prove that the God of Destiny has the ability to affect the randomness at the bottom of the universe.

Regardless of whether the way the God of Destiny influences luck is based on chaos or randomness, Lu Ming can accept it in his heart.

Anyway, this thing is already so strange, if it is a little bit strange, it is not strange, right?

But what he could never have imagined was that the God of Destiny can really affect the randomness at the bottom of the universe, but this randomness makes the unlucky piggy have better luck?
How can this be explained?You tell me how to explain?

When she first saw these data, He Wei was also shocked for a moment.But after a while, she said in a quite firm tone: "Is it the statisticians who reversed the numbers?"

Maybe... the death rate is 60.7%, but the survival rate is 39.3%?

Lu Ming was taken aback for a moment, but then he was relieved.

It could only be so.Only then is it reasonable.

That's right, the two data must be reversed, and the statistician must have made a low-level mistake... Otherwise, the result would be too inexplicable.

Lu Ming was rarely angry.

"Where did Qing Liang transfer this time? This is too, too unprofessional! You, call me the person in charge of statistics!"

The person who was stopped by Lu Ming was taken aback for a moment, looked at the angry Lu Ming with a little fear, agreed, and trotted away.

A moment later, a young man wearing glasses and a slightly dull black top hurried over.

"Sheriff Lu, are you looking for me?"

Lu Ming unfolded the report showing the experimental data of Type 02 piglets in front of him: "What did you guys do? Can the data be reversed? Check it out for me right away!"

The young man widened his eyes, looked at the data on the document, and scratched his head in doubt: "Sheriff Lu, the data... yes, I checked it, and checked it several times."

"That's right? How is it possible?! You take me there."

Lu Ming and He Wei came to the data statistics room and began to trace the source of these data in person, and traced them all the way to the batch of temporarily housed piglets.

After looking at a piglet with an obvious 01 or 02 mark written on its head, and counting the number himself, Lu Ming found that this data...is indeed not wrong.

At this moment, He Wei also hesitated.

"Could it be... Confused Type 01 and Type 02?"

The person in charge of the experiment who accompanied him called out to Qu: "Officer He, you can't wrong me. From the birth of these piglets, to marking, to being released from the cage, to the laboratory over there, and then to being shipped out and put in the black box , everything is recorded on video, you can see it for yourself.”

The "over there laboratory" mentioned by the person in charge of the experiment refers to the sanctuary where the sarcophagus is located.

For the sake of confidentiality, they don't know what is there, and what kind of experiment these piglets were transported there.

There are special insiders who are responsible for offering sacrifices.

"Copy the surveillance video."

Lu Ming gave an order, and a notebook was brought over.Turning on the monitor, Lu Ming and He Wei watched carefully.

After spending several hours, Lu Ming carefully checked every step of this batch of piglets participating in the experiment, and found that the staff did not confuse these two different piglets.

The staff did not make mistakes, and the data statistics did not make mistakes, so... the data in the final experiment report can only be correct.

(End of this chapter)