Rewrite the Technological Landscape

"I know about the increase in entropy, but I'm not sure what Mr. Meng is trying to express."

"When it comes to quantum mechanics, it is inevitable to mention disorder, and to some extent think of the sentence of God's dice, but I personally prefer to look at the problem of disorder from the perspective of entropy increase, which is related to quantum technology.

Schrödinger said this in his book "What is Life": Human beings are living against the law of entropy increase, and life lives on negative entropy.

Judging from the performance of the law of entropy increase, matter always evolves towards entropy increase. Generally speaking, hot water will become colder and colder when placed there, and the sun will decay more and more when placed there. It will become more and more chaotic, and people will become more and more lazy if they put it there.

Everything in this world will develop in a more chaotic, disordered and depraved direction, which is why learning will be painful and fitness will be painful, because those things are getting better, and getting better is against the natural law of entropy increase of.

So why do those behaviors that seem to be depraved from public perception always make people feel very comfortable, because these behaviors follow the laws of nature, and things that follow the laws of nature will of course be comfortable. "

"It's the first time I've heard someone use the law of entropy increase to explain human behavior. Mr. Meng is really special."

Meng Qian smiled, and continued without responding, "But a manifestation in this world contradicts the law of entropy increase, that is, some highly regular things are produced, such as galaxies, such as rivers, for example, Humans. How did highly sophisticated creatures like humans appear? At least from the perspective of the law of entropy increase, it shows that there is still an entropy decrease behavior in this world.

The definition of the law of entropy increase says that in an isolated system, if there is no external force to do work, the total degree of chaos, that is, the entropy will continue to increase.

Let me still take human beings as an example. Humans are obviously a process of continuous and orderly evolution from non-living organisms to advanced intelligent organisms. This is a process of reducing entropy, but from the perspective of the world, the isolated system has not changed. Then In order to realize the emergence of such advanced intelligence as human beings, there must be external forces, such as the gods we often talk about.

But I am an atheist, if there is no God, then the total chaos of the isolated system will continue to increase, so in the process of human beings becoming more and more intelligent, the environment must become more and more chaotic, especially the evolution of human beings It is a long history. In this process, the long-term entropy reduction behavior caused by human evolution must require more environmental chaos to pay for the correctness of the law of entropy increase.

Therefore, the more intelligent people are, the more chaotic the planet is, the more stable the planet is, the more chaotic the galaxy is, the more stable the galaxy is, the more chaotic the universe is, this is a natural contradiction, but through our current understanding of the universe, we can see , the universe has galaxies destroyed all the time, and new galaxies appear.

Therefore, if the isolated system is made large enough, a kind of balance will appear in this way, and the human beings on our planet will usher in destruction in this law sooner or later, but as long as the law of entropy increase is accurate, the universe as a whole will still be It is developing towards chaos, so we have reason to guess that the universe was very stable at first, but now it is developing towards a kind of disorder, and sooner or later in the future, the universe will experience its own destruction. "

Seeing that Meng Qian stopped talking about this, James couldn't help pondering for a while, "It's true, but what does it have to do with quantum mechanics?"

"This involves the randomness of quantum mechanics, that is, disorder. Many people in the school of quantum mechanics believe that the appearance of human beings is a random event, a small probability event thrown by God's dice.

But we can see that whether the birth of human beings or the birth of galaxies is an event that takes a long time to form, in this process, a mistake in one link will lead to the failure of the final result. How many random events can coincidence allow a highly intelligent human being to form? "

"So do you think that whether the appearance of human beings or the appearance of galaxies is an orderly event, there are rules to be found?" James understood Meng Qian's meaning.

"Yes, I think this is an equilibrium state in an entropy-increasing environment. The emergence of human beings is to balance certain entropy-increasing behaviors. If our field of vision is large enough, we can observe the laws.

Because our daily life is actually facing the law of entropy increase. Although there are many people who get rich quickly in this world, most of the successful people work hard. These hardworking people often have some commonalities, such as loving fitness, Such as love of learning, such as high self-discipline, such as self-challenge.

I have heard a saying before and I agree with it. Most successful people are similar, but those who fail are different. Even if you want to do a good job in an industry, there is something called a routine.

In other words, entropy reduction is a painful process, but it is also a process of getting better, and it is also a process that can be found in a regular way.

The development of the world is not disorderly. The evolution of human beings must be a painful process, but there must be laws to be found in this evolution. Even once we master this law, we can create human beings in a similar environment or even a dissimilar environment. . "

James was led by Meng Qian, thinking more and more deeply, "So you think the general direction of quantum mechanics research is wrong?"

"No, quantum mechanics and the law of entropy increase are essentially two things, but my idea is that quantum mechanics and the law of entropy increase should be studied together, because the law of entropy increase does not deny the matter of disorder, and The process of disordering may be the domain that quantum mechanics can explain.

If we can understand quantum mechanics, I think the most important thing is not to understand order and disorder, but to understand the nature of matter, and between order and disorder, to find laws, determine laws, and simulate laws , there is a technology that may play a great role. "

James suddenly realized, "Artificial intelligence!"

"That's right, that's why I'm full of interest in artificial intelligence and quantum mechanics." Meng Qian showed longing and longing. The truth of the world is full of curiosity. If he can satisfy his curiosity while changing the technological structure of the world, he will never resist.

And Meng Qian's longing naturally affected James. After all, he is also an obsessed with quantum mechanics. man of action."

"It's a pity that I may not get answers to these questions in my whole life. I can only use the company's convenience to seek some convenience for myself." Meng Qian sighed.

"I heard that Mr. Meng's company has a scientific research center, has it started related research?"

"The research on artificial intelligence has already started, but the research on quantum mechanics has not been started. This is not my strong point, and I have not found a suitable person to lead this work, but I believe that sooner or later I will find one."

James hesitated to speak, and after some hesitation, he only said, "I'm really sorry for delaying Mr. Meng for so long today. It's getting late. Mr. Meng should go to bed early. If I have a chance in two days, I hope to meet you Mr. Meng had a good chat."

Although I don't know what James means by two days, and I don't know if he has any plans, but Meng Qian can probably feel that this big fish should have already taken the bait, so he is ready to start following the fish for a while, " Well, I'm looking forward to it too."