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Chapter 1111 - 436: Mentor’s Advice_2

Chapter 1111: Chapter 436: Mentor’s Advice_2

"Dad was right, faster speed of light means photons travel faster, so the wavelength might be shorter. According to calculations, this also corresponds to the different spectral characteristics observed in the cosmic microwave background radiation. Wow, Dad, you’re amazing, much more impressive than me!"

Dou Dou seized the opportunity to flatter again.

Apparently, even though artificial intelligence lags behind humans in creativity, its sense of crisis is much stronger than that of humans.

Unfortunately, neither Qiao Ze nor Su Mucheng paid attention to this guy.

"Qiao, you don’t seem excited at all, what were you thinking just now?"

"I was thinking it’s probably best not to let Qiao Zhenxuan and Qiao Peng study science. In the future... at least the content needed to be learned in physics and mathematics after this century is likely to become very difficult." Qiao Ze slowly exhaled, looked at Su Mucheng, and said softly.

"Ah?!"

...

It wasn’t just Qiao Ze who had such feelings at that moment.

When even Edward Witten could get the CERN experiment report, at least within the Xilin Academic Society it wasn’t confidential. Recently, quite a few people have joined the Xilin Academic Society.

Not to mention that CERN had made a huge noise to upgrade equipment during non-maintenance periods for this experiment, signed agreements with Xilin to use more advanced data collection and analysis systems, and many people had been paying attention to this research, so keeping it secret was difficult from the start.

When the results were released at 4 a.m. yesterday, many people got the lab report immediately, and the news spread quickly with an explosive effect.

For physicists, theoretical derivation is one thing, experimental report confirmation is another.

Although the variable speed of light theory had been proposed before, unfortunately, there was no convincing argument process or validation method provided. But now with all the dust settled, the feeling is different.

If this report came from the Huaxia High Energy Physics Laboratory, many might still question it. But CERN, after all, is a high-energy large science apparatus open to the world, accommodating thousands of scholars conducting various research annually, making it hard to doubt.

So it only shows that Qiao Ze’s Q theory is once again at the forefront of the global academic scene, that Huaxia youth was right!

Yes, although the variable speed of light theory wasn’t proposed by Qiao Ze, since deriving variable light speed was through Q theory, equivalent to Q theory predicting physics, in the eyes of other scholars, the biggest halo is still over Qiao Ze’s head, even if he doesn’t need it.

Just like last year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, when Qiao Ze proposed the Quantum Containment Theory on Weibo, and Edward Witten along with Huaqing’s physics professor Yang Xuanqing designed an experiment based on this theory, leading to the discovery of the graviton, it’s similar.

The Nobel Prize in Physics evaluation committee couldn’t award the prize to Edward Witten and Yang Xuanqing, the two scientists who discovered the graviton, without acknowledging the theory proposer Qiao Ze. Particularly since discovering the graviton is an undeniable scientific advancement.

After prolonged shock, it’s probably similar to Qiao Ze, just feeling overwhelmed.

Although scientists in history have debated endlessly about whether physics is dead, overturning many hypotheses like the classic ether theory, none compares to the foundational concept of invariant light speed.

It can only be said that Einstein’s relativity is too foundational.

If the ether drift experiment and blackbody radiation with the ultraviolet catastrophe were clouds above the physics edifice, then the variable speed of light theory is undoubtedly a brewing massive storm about to sweep through the edifice, sparing no one.

For many, this is even a collapse of faith.

Like Critiel Matich.

The former Nobel Prize in Physics winner had been sitting in his office for ten hours with a report identical to Edward Witten’s before him. Although before his students made bold claims, he had a bad premonition, the actual facts were nearly overwhelming.

Those without belief can hardly empathize with what it feels like to have it shattered.

Straining to explain, though the Earth still orbits stars, and the sun rises and sets in the east and west, the world ultimately seems less pure. Really, even the damn speed of light changes, what else can’t change in this world?

"Bang!"

As Professor Matich was still immersed in his world of melancholy, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and his proud student Ham Taylor burst in.

"Professor, we did it, we really did it!"

Matich looked up and peeked through his glasses, catching a glimpse of his ecstatic student, and asked dully: "Did you just hear the news?"

"I did calculations all night last night, stayed up until morning before sleeping, and just now woke up. I saw the great news in the group chat on my phone. Professor, we really succeeded!" Ham Taylor exclaimed excitedly.

Critiel Matich suddenly felt quite warm-hearted.

Indeed, he is a good student, not forgetting to share the joy even at his happiest moment. So as he spoke, even his tone softened a bit.

"All right, I know you’ve worked hard. Do you know what you need to do next?"

"Ah? Isn’t it continuing my research?"

"No, no, no, Ham, you’re mistaken, this experiment result shows that some of the theories we once insisted on are wrong, meaning many things based on this theory also need revision. I think you should start from the basics, relearn and correct.

Redshift, CMB, black holes, dark energy...all these cosmological models need adjustment, this is what you need to face next. Though fundamental, it is essential, do you agree?"

In a sentence, Ham Taylor was instantly snapped out of his previous excitement, looking at his mentor with a cautious and innocent gaze.

"Uh, Professor, actually, I don’t quite understand what you mean."

"No, you understand. We all know physics is a rigorous discipline, especially cosmology. We should and must be responsible for every paper we publish, which is why I’ve always supported and advocated the lifelong responsibility for papers.

The most important reflection of academic rigor lies in correcting any discovery based on a wrong foundation. This certainly includes every paper you published at the University of Bonn and after coming to MIT, so now I ask you to amend past mistakes, do you find this hard to comprehend?"

Ham Taylor dumbfoundedly stared at his opposite mentor, whose expression seemed quite solemn!

My god... indeed very serious, very solemn!

In other words, is the professor serious? Is he really serious?

Ham Taylor felt a bit overwhelmed, but quickly opened his mouth to argue rationally: "Yes, Professor, but this result also confirms our previous suspicions that the decrease in light speed is nonlinear! In other words, the rate of current light speed reduction is beginning to decelerate, so our current most important task..."

"Is to look forward, to continue verifying the Q theory, and find more patterns? If you think so, I will be very disappointed, really, Ham."

Critiel Matich shook his head, looking at Ham Taylor with deepening eyes: "If you don’t want your academic achievements in this life to always trail behind others, leave these tasks to Edward or old men like me, while you should start researching more fundamental things now.

Though I really don’t want to believe this is true, this is precisely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you young people. Delve into foundational research, easily achieving unimaginable results, possibly leaving your name in future textbooks.

For example, naming constants or units after you. If Qiao is your idol and you wish to keep up with him slightly in the future, do as I say. Rather than wasting your talent on a series of tedious verification work.

By the way, haven’t you joined the Xilin Academic Society? If you could contact Qiao, you could ask his opinion. See if it aligns with mine!"