Chapter 295
Chapter 295: Chapter 12: World Lines and the Space-Time Clock_3 Chapter 295: Chapter 12: World Lines and the Space-Time Clock_3 Lin Xian still patiently waited for a while, to see if the series of numbers would change in any way.
But they didn’t.
Not at all.
Could this be a stopwatch?
Liu Feng wouldn’t be that idle, would he?
Unable to find any buttons or switches on this strange device, Lin Xian eventually looked up and asked,
“What is this?
A clock?
Or a counter?”
“I’ve never really thought about what to call this thing…
It’s a measuring instrument calibrated with the Planck constant,” Liu Feng explained to Lin Xian:
“Ever since you left Shanxi, I have been researching the constants of the universe at home.
The things you said to me really made a deep impression because I shifted my thinking, just as you mentioned.
Is it possible that the constants of the universe are not merely a mathematical issue?”
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“Once you step outside the framework of mathematics, suddenly there are countless possibilities.I’ve tried many more experiments and even went back to the university to borrow a lab from my advisor to conduct experiments…
Although every result was still wrong, infeasible, I believe, just like you said—”
“The constants of the universe are not incorrect because they are inherently incorrect, but because we have not discovered their correct use!”
When it came to professional issues, Liu Feng became very animated and spoke at length:
“So, I think, the reason why the constants of the universe are incorrect in our conventional theories is perhaps precisely because they are not constants in the conventional sense.
That is to say…
because our world is correct, is orderly, that is why they are incorrect; and if our world were incorrect, disorderly, then maybe the constants of the universe would be correct!”
“Do you…
do you understand what I’m saying, Lin Xian?”
“I don’t quite understand.”
Lin Xian decisively shook his head:
“Actually, you don’t have to break it down for me in such detail, just tell me what this thing does.”
“Alright, let me try explaining it from a different angle,” Liu Feng paused, then continued:
“You’ve heard of the basic concept of the Planck constant, right?”
Lin Xian nodded:
“I know that one, it’s a concept proposed by the famous physicist Max Planck.
It includes Planck length, Planck time, and so on…
The Planck length is considered the shortest distance in the universe, indivisible, uncuttable; and Planck time is considered the shortest unit of time in the universe, with no smaller division of time existing.”
“Exactly,” Liu Feng added:
“The specific value of the Planck constant is 6.626*10^-34, it’s the smallest, most constant unit in the universe, and the energy and mass of all matter in the universe are integer multiples of this value.”
“I believe, since everything in space-time, including the scale of space and time, is composed of the Planck constant…
[then if the Planck constant of a universe changed, wouldn’t that mean the curvature of its space-time changed too?]”
…
Having mulled over what Liu Feng had said for a while, Lin Xian softly spoke:
“You mean…
as Temporal Flux occurs, as the Space-Time Butterfly Effect takes place, the curvature of space-time also changes?
And these changes in the curvature of space-time are reflected in changes in the Planck constant, is that what you mean?”
“So, this device that resembles a clock, to put it simply, is essentially an instrument that detects changes in the Planck constant.”
“You’ve got it right, that’s roughly what I’m saying.” Liu Feng explained with a smile:
“If one day, the numbers on this thing you call a clock change…
it would mean the Planck constant has changed, the curvature of space-time has changed, proving my hypothesis is correct!”
Liu Feng stated emphatically:
“It would prove that—”
“[The curvature of space-time does indeed exist, and, very likely, it has something to do with the constants of the universe!]”
“Of course, what specific relationship it has with the constants of the universe will have to wait until the numbers on this clock change.
Since you think this device is like a clock, I thought about it, and let’s call this instrument for measuring [space-time curvature] the [Space-Time Clock]!”
Space-Time Clock.
Space-Time Curvature.
Hearing these two names, Lin Xian thought of an anime he had seen before, “Steins;Gate,” where these concepts were also mentioned.
However, in that anime, the concept was described using the term “world line.”
The concepts of world line and space-time curvature were both originally proposed by physicist Albert Einstein, and were not intended to describe parallel universes or changes in time lines.
But over time, as they were widely referenced in anime and films, they were given new meanings.
In current general understanding, a world line can be understood as the trajectory of time-space, the future’s path.
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And just like the curvature of space-time, world line curvature has become an adjective to describe the extent of changes in space-time.
According to world line theory:
The journey from the past to the future is a straight line.
If something causes the Space-Time Butterfly Effect, if it leads to Temporal Flux, making the future change…
then at this juncture, the world line shifts, commonly known as world line change.
Just like my own Dream World.
The change from The First Dreamland to the second is a case of world line change, and the curvature of space-time has changed.
Even widespread changes aren’t necessary.
The initial change of Keke Cat’s name to Rhein Cat also signifies a change in the curvature of space-time, just that the curvature is very small, evidently much smaller than the change from The First Dreamland to the second.