Voyage of the Stars

This time, humans obtained almost all the data of the virtual lattice and the real lattice, and counted them together after all the fleets returned.

Obviously, this is a huge amount of data.

You should know that humans can reach almost ten times the speed of light, and sail for almost two years. Because it is a careful exploration, it cannot always maintain the maximum speed. So after exploration, it is found that this space is about ten light years in radius, as if it is a spherical space.

However, it is obviously not a spherical space, but a space that is folded in an unknown way. It is not only a folded space, but also a space connected from beginning to end. Unfortunately, even if humans visit it once, they still don’t know what kind of folding structure it is. It feels like being in the mountains.

And in such a large space, there is a diamond lattice almost every 0.5 astronomical units.

The data system composed of so many 0s and 1s is undoubtedly very large, and it is not necessarily that a virtual lattice can only represent a 0, and a real lattice does not necessarily represent only a 1, so what lies before humans is a bunch of permutations and combinations of numbers.

However, the combination of solutions is nothing more than an exhaustive list. As long as the computer is powerful enough, it can calculate possible results in a short time.

As for what the possible results are, there are many possibilities.

One is that it may be a digital image like the dynamic image civilization at that time, because it is necessary to convey information to the new generation of civilization billions of years later, and it is possible to convey information using the general light sense. Second, it may be an expression of some laws of cosmic physics, perhaps mathematical expression, or physical expression, but this kind of expression requires knowing the code behind these 0 and 1, just like humans convert 0 and 1 signals into natural language.

If it is the second case, then humans still need to find the code hidden in this universe, which is a bit difficult. After all, after a round, humans have found nothing except virtual lattices and physical lattices.

There is also a third possibility, these numbers are just a bunch of pure numbers, and they may represent some meaning. This possibility also requires humans to know the code behind virtual and real, in other words, what base is 0 and 1 expressed in, and whether the mathematical system used by the pioneers is the same as that of humans.

From the perspective of humans themselves, it is possible that other civilizations use the same mathematical system as humans. The same mathematical system mentioned here does not refer to numbers like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, but means that the concept of 1 defined by other questions is the same as the concept of 1 defined by humans.

The writing systems are likely to be different, but the concept of 1 defined in each writing system is likely to be the same. This is because from the moment of the birth of wisdom, all things that are exposed to have the concept of shape, whether it is as big as a sun or a moon, or as small as an individual, a stone, or a pool of water, there is a concept of 1.

And in the process of life survival and growth, all kinds of things with the concept of 1 will be exposed.

Therefore, most mathematics starts from this concept. Even if it is a civilization with different innate cognition from humans, the world it contacts is also this universe, and it is also the same starry sky. There is always a number of stars in the Milky Way, so their concept of 1 is likely to be the same.

It is for this reason that Galileo said that mathematics is the language of the universe.

With the concept of 1, there must be the feeling that two stones put together are 2, and so on, mathematics is born. Mathematics was born in daily life, or it can be said that mathematics is in the universe, and it is a natural tool for intelligent life to understand the universe.

Of course, we are only talking about the numerical concept of mathematics, and the units are definitely different.

For example, the definition of meter by humans was very sloppy. At the beginning, this unit of length was actually defined by the leg length of a king, just like "step". Emperor Taizong of Tang defined "step" as one step with each foot, and the length of the pharaoh's arm as the unit of measurement when building the pyramids in ancient Egypt.

This will inevitably lead to different meanings of 1

Of course, in 1983, the 17th International Conference on Weights and Measures re-adopted a new definition of meter, which is the length of light in a vacuum in a time interval of 1/299792458 seconds. And a second is 9192631770 times the period of the electromagnetic wave radiated when the two hyperfine energy levels of the ground state of cesium 133 atoms transition.

In this way, mathematical values ​​are linked to the physics of the real world.

And these are the definitions of various physical units used by each civilization, and the hidden meaning behind each number used by each civilization.

Obviously, humans cannot know the code of the pioneers.

So without any clues, guessing will not work unless you can find clues from these 0s and 1s.

So how can we find the clues hidden in these diamond lattices?

Scientists are scientists. The first thing they think of is the speed of light, because many physical concepts are based on the principle of the constancy of the speed of light. The speed of light is also the most basic physical constant in the universe, and the universe is isotropic on the time axis. Therefore, the speed of light billions of years ago must be a constant as it is now.

Without the modification of the laws of physics by god-level civilizations, the speed of light from ancient times to the present is the same.

So, scientists first measure the speed of light here, and then calculate how long it takes for light to cross the distance between the two rhombus lattice. In this way, if the pioneers did not deliberately create difficulties, humans would know the relationship between the pioneer's distance unit and the speed of light.

In this way, the mathematics of humans and pioneers are interoperable to a certain extent. Then they can guess which base system the pioneers used, and finally use the exhaustive method to arrange and combine various base systems and 0 and 1. Through the relationship between numerical values, we can obtain a large number, a string, or a group of numbers that are so numerous that it makes the human head tingle.

The next step is to analyze and observe these massive numbers with the assistance of strong artificial intelligence and find the patterns.

It has to be said that every step here tests the technological strength of a civilization. A civilization that does not have the ability to sail at the speed of light cannot explore the rhombus lattice of the entire space. Without powerful computer technology, it is impossible to complete digital calculations. Without powerful computer technology, it is impossible to complete digital calculations. Strong artificial intelligence technology cannot perform analysis

And these abilities can only be achieved by reaching at least level four civilization.

In other words, the requirements for Pioneers' test subjects seem to be at least a level four civilization.

If this is true, then humans can get a message, that is: the things left by the pioneers must be at least a fourth-level civilization to use.

Science is so great that humans are now beginning to understand the meanings left by pioneers billions of years ago.