Artur Zadikyan
Parallel Worlds pro et contra
– All right, all right," Ruthra tried to stop him. – I, and I think everyone else, understands your point. We've all tried to visualize this very multiverse of worlds as you see it. Give us time to think, to study your theory thoroughly. I'll say for myself, I have faith in all this. Judging by your past, no less fantastic ideas, which you managed to realize, – parallel worlds can be quite possible too.
– I'm telling you: let's conduct an experiment with the transfer of consciousness within the Earth, you can even within our center, – the scientist calmly suggested, which, remembering his past prank, everyone laughed.
– Good, good. We'll leave the council to decide the division of influence between the corporations in terms of future colonization of Mars, and you and I and Amita will go to your office and confirm some dates for the experiment. I hope no one minds. It's worth a try, since we've approved the preparations.
– Yes, of course. And anyway – we should have done the experiment first, and then asked for resources to implement a mind-boggling, unbelievable idea on a global level," the head of the finance unit replied to Rutra, like everyone else.
Ruthra nodded to those present, took Amita lightly by the shoulder, and headed for the door; the scientist and the lady followed him. They passed through the corridor in silence, and at the door of the scientist's office Ruthra asked:
– So who – and who – do you want to relocate to?
– Don't be like that, it's our program. I told them about the effect of one world on the other with your help. The other thing is who and how much risk they're willing to take. You and the council have been studying my arguments for a long time and, as I see it, accept them, since this madam is with you, especially since the council has approved her admission. I've opened myself up to her.
– That's right, yes, I've been looking into it, I admit to you, though what's there to admit to – you've already figured it out perfectly well… it's not my decision alone. I'm not just referring to Amita's presence here, but the training itself. You've already been told the reason for trusting you is because of your past accomplishments. Accurately cloning a body, and in such a short period of time, was also unbelievable and improbable, but it was accomplished.
– Okay, enough with the lovely lady playing dry scientists and talking in your language.
They grinned.
– That was your idea, too, by the way. Cloning.
Chapter 13. Amita and the clone
They entered the office of the servant of science, which, in fact, was his workplace and looked like something out of the fairy-tale fantasies that a man with a future-oriented mind might draw for himself. One of the wonders of the office was a machine made by him, which directed an invisible, intangible beam into the pupils, thus changing the space in front of the person. It was possible to set any program – and the person present saw the corresponding picture, the environment. For example, at the moment the machine was programmed for an aquarium: water, coral, and all sorts of bizarre underwater creatures. Ruthra knew this and enjoyed flirting with the octopus without surprise. Amita, not sure where she was, reflexively clung to Rutra, trying to understand what was happening.
– Calm down, there's no such thing. It's just a friend of ours having fun," Ruthra explained, and he looked her in the eye and raised his eyebrows.
They already had their own gesture for attention. Ruthra didn't want their more than friendly relationship to be too visible to others, so he gently guided the scientist, who was young himself and therefore interested in women, to the topic of their discussion.
– So, about what we've been saying. In these matters, the plan is not spontaneously approved. According to our rules, an alternative version is prepared, so to speak, so as not to waste time and resources. Of course, you are aware of this, the program of preparation, or rather, testing of our version has been going on for almost a year. We need to work through what you said, what you suggested," Ruthra made a gesture as if he were stirring something in his hands.
Then he looked at Amita, who, of course, already understood many things, was less skeptical, less distrustful and wary. The main thing Ruthra had achieved was to endear himself to her, even though he had to sacrifice protocol and have a personal relationship with Amita, which the council did not recommend. However, knowing Rutra and having entrusted him with the main role in the project, not only because of his incredible flair, but also for developing evidence with the scientist that made the program possible, no one wanted to, nor could they, forbid him to behave in the manner they were already accustomed to with their employees. And certainly everyone allowed the possibility of romantic relations, because, firstly, Rutra was entrusted to find a woman for the experiment, although the artificial intelligence was looking for her according to the necessary criteria, and secondly, Rutra had already had some transitions of working relations into personal ones.
Amita trusted him, so Ruthra said without embarrassment:
– Okay, we'll do this experiment as soon as the body is ready. In fact, it is ready.
Although Amita had already heard fantastic things in the "new world"-as she called the Sphere system-she was wary and, judging by the intense look in her eyes, was thinking intensely about what she had heard.
– It's okay. I'll tell you everything," Ruthra said, turning to her.
Amita smiled understandingly and looked at him hopefully. She was very much attracted to mystery, novelty and even danger, both in life and in actions, which was expressed by agreeing to participate in the mysterious program. It could not be otherwise, as these very qualities were decisive in the selection of her among many other applicants by the artificial intelligence. But, of course, it was Rutra who finally approved the candidacy and defended his choice before the council.
There was something Ruthra was hiding from Amita, too… Whatever personal relationships he had developed, the program required cold calculation. And the relationship itself (perhaps Ruthra was not entirely honest about this) was part of the program. Ruthra was hiding from her the existence of two other applicants. They were the same ladies with interesting names and no less interesting backgrounds – IuLia and YatSan.
Noticing the interest with which Amita was looking at everything, the master of the office suggested:
– Amita… can I address you that way?
She nodded, and in his manner, without even waiting for an answer, he was already continuing:
– Amita, you have probably already been informed that although you see everyone by sight, you will not recognize their names. So address me as Parmenides. This is the luminary of science of the ancient world, the first person who asserted that the Earth has a spherical shape, and your guide to the world of the unknown, that is me, speaks about what people find it difficult to understand and perceive because of viewing the surrounding reality on the plane that their senses allow them.
Amita, already knowing her interlocutor quite well, smiled.
– Nice to meet you. But can I call you Parmen?
– You can, no question.
Rutra, meanwhile, had gone to the other end of the room and was doing something. Amita at first tried to see through the "sea kingdom" what he was doing, but then, apparently realizing that he was not a guest here, she looked at Parmen and smiled at him again. It was as if he had been waiting for this, determined to enthrall her with a story. Parmen, though, didn't know her level of knowledge, her awareness of the details of the program, her origins, or even her reasons for coming to the center. This in fact no one knew. As a character in the program – Amita was never discussed, though the scientist had little insight into character selection as it was. Knowing Rutra's status, besides being on friendly terms, Parmen waited for an explanation from him. A young person, between 20 and 25 years old, sweet, beautiful, well-mannered, in facial features you can find something in common with peoples from Gibraltar to the Caucasus and further from India to southeast Asia. Acts like she knows Rutra very well, to say the least. Doesn't ask much in the way of questions. He was lost in speculation.
– Amita, tell me, at what speed are we moving through the universe?
– I can't say for sure. It depends on where you look.
– Oh! That gave me an idea.
– I'd love to hear about it. And another thing about the round Earth. Did your namesake argue that before our era?
– Yeah, imagine that.
– So why have we only been using this knowledge since the Middle Ages?
– I'll tell you this: some people still don't know it.
They grinned.
– And I will also say this: we live under the hood and hypnosis of religion, particularly the church. All these great paintings, works and the like, even wars, have become famous and significant, that is, we know them because they were significant for the preaching of the idea of approved power.
– Somehow you've made it very complicated.
– I get that you get it.
They smiled again.
– And about the point… here let's take the original one. You are standing still right now and you don't feel that the Earth is spinning on its axis at a breakneck speed of about 1,700 km/h. However, this is not such a great speed compared to other cosmic speeds. Just like the other planets in the solar system, the Earth revolves around the Sun. In this circular orbit, it moves at a speed of 30 km/s. per second! And in an hour, we travel about 108,000 kilometers this way. But even the Sun doesn't stand still. It with all the stars and planets, yes, with everything, even space dust, moves around the center of the Milky Way galaxy at a speed of about 200-220 km / s, making a complete revolution every 220-250 million years. The Milky Way is pulled towards itself by other galaxies, and everything around it experiences gravitational pull – and consequently, everything twists and turns. To understand who is spinning and how and why, scientists use data from so-called relic radiation, which has been preserved since the big bang. This is because the universe was formed by the big bang 13.8 billion years ago and is still expanding and cooling. This radiation, like a changing picture at a distance, shows what and how it has changed over time. If you look at the Earth from space from afar, for example, you will see that it is round, blue. So there's an atmosphere. Knowing the radiation spectrum of each chemical element, you can tell what it's made of. Yes, yes, each element has its own type of radiation that we can't see. As you get closer, you'll see continents, that is, land and water. When you get even closer, you see mountains, then cliffs, plateaus and elevations, forests. Further you can see the smallest plants and wildlife, and if you conduct research and excavations, then the ancient culture that inhabited this region, as well as the ancient history of flora and fauna, the process of formation of mountains. I hope you understand what I mean?
– Quite. All of this can be gleaned from this radiation? Until now?
– Yes. You can "see" this radiation yourself. The interference that occurs on an empty TV channel, if you use a simple antenna, is 1% caused by relic radiation.
Amita was embarrassed to switch to you, so she decided to still address her as you.
– I'm sorry, did you determine that yourself? Exactly what the excavation is about," she asked, afraid that the scientist would take it as a sneer on her part.
He continued as if he had not heard, from which Amita concluded that Parmen had already wanted to tell her everything in advance. For him, "in advance" could mean a minute before the moment. The most interesting thing for Amita was that the scientist didn't even ask if she was interested.
– There is such a concept – the Doppler effect. I will not talk about it in detail, I will only say that this effect occurs when the observer moves relative to the source of radiation (or vice versa) and consists in a change in the wavelength or frequency of the signal; simply put, in the form of light as we perceive it. Most importantly, it helps us determine the distance and speed of stars, for example. With it, we learned that our solar system is moving relative to relic radiation at 370 km/s, and the local group of galaxies, including the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy and the Triangle Galaxy, is moving at 650 km/s, again relative to relic radiation. Do you have any idea how those billions of stars travel at that speed? What force has thrown them so much that they have been flying like that for more than 10 billion years, and I can't imagine.
– I certainly am. If you look into it, really, how can a galaxy, and more than one, be traveling at this speed?
– Here. They also say there can't be parallel worlds. Everything is possible. And relic radiation is the primary, original, ancient radiation, the glow of the universe. That's what's left from that force, from that explosion that's still spinning and twisting everything. And these are not all the velocities of galaxies. There are other speeds that come from the expansion of the universe. That's the way it is, my friend.
"A friend??? What a quick thing to say," Amita said to herself. But only Irene heard it, except for herself. Amita did not dare to say it aloud. Parmen was not more than forty years old, and he looked rather athletic, so this kind of address and the passing of the word to you as if by the way, gave her a slight shiver, and it was not in unison with her resonant frequency of the heart, especially in the presence of Rutra, though he did not hear it, or perhaps he did hear it without letting her know, for it was Rutra.
– Thanks to the residual radiation from the Big Bang, we can see how everything in the universe is constantly moving and changing. And our galaxy is just one part of that process. And now I invite you to my table and give up my chair," the scientist said almost solemnly.
Amita, on the other hand, was lost in his manners. "You again…" and then, "I yield my chair." What could that mean? And why was I invited here in the first place?" – she thought as she sat down in a chair that looked like a fantasy installation. As Amita sat in it, the chair spoke to her. She jumped up in surprise.
– Uh-oh, stranger. I don't like to carry strangers," the chair squealed.
And after Amita stood up, the chair said:
– Okay, okay, I like you. I'm ready for you.
This both surprised and embarrassed Amita. Ruthra came up, laughing with Parmen.
– Get used to it, even a spoon can talk here," he told her while gesturing to the scientist, who nodded.
Ruthra kissed Amita on the top of her head, and Parmen smiled as he looked at her. She made a satisfied face, smiling back, though she realized that the scientist was not flirting with her. Amita had already realized the peculiarity of his character.
– I'll do a little digging while he entertains you," Ruthra said and kissed her again, now on the cheek.
– That's enough, that's enough," the scientist became indignant and, for some reason taking himself by the throat with all the fingers of his left palm, added: "This is already a breach of protocol. I protest," he said loudly, smiling to mark the jocularity of what he had said.
– Let me tell you how we break the laws around here.
– Is there such a thing? – Amita also asked in a joking tone.
– You bet. First, what we're violating. The speed of light in a vacuum is the absolute value of the speed of propagation of electromagnetic waves in a vacuum. I hope you agree with me that any event can have an effect on what happens after it and cannot have an effect on what happened before it. And from this it follows that the speed of any signal and elementary particle cannot exceed the speed of light. Thus, the speed of light in vacuum is the limiting speed of particle motion and propagation of interactions.
– We'll pretend that you've explained very clearly," Amita copied the accepted mannerisms Amita had noticed between Rutra and her colleagues, and jokingly made it clear that the scientist was asserting a pattern in science, but not explaining why or how.
He, however, already accustomed to her, continued:
– In nature, visible light and other types of electromagnetic radiation, radio waves, X-rays, gamma quanta and presumably gravitational waves propagate at the speed of light. However.
Parmen narrowed his eyes and raised his index finger upwards. Amita realized that here it was a peculiar gesture that could be interpreted in different ways.
– …there is also superluminal motion. But about this… – having said the last, the scientist put his finger to his lips, making it clear that this was secret information.
Amita, understanding him, smiled.
– This is such a world, which everyone calls as he/she understands: otherworldly, subtle, parallel. It is believed that if you fly at a speed greater than the speed of light, then a situation is possible when, say, you flew at the same time from one and the same place together with the light, then flew where this light has not yet reached, then returned and on the way met with this light. Confused?
Amita smiled, shrugging her shoulders.
– For some reason it is believed that it is light that determines chronology, that is, the movement of the passage of time, but I believe it does not. Imagine sound and light. Let's say they flew out together. The light flew away quickly, reached the target, did its job, for example, took some message, then came back and met the sound and said to it, "The information you are carrying is wrong, here is new data. By the time you get there, it's too late. I'm interpreting, but if you imagine someone flying at those speeds and something like that happens, it's not surprising. Now, once upon a time, people didn't know about the speed of light; they could compare, say, the speed of one thing to another, but if they were told, "Hey, while you're poking around, the light has already gone and come!" – that would be surprising to them. If they were told the magnitude of the speed of light, compared to the speeds they knew, they probably couldn't even imagine such a thing. For some reason it is now believed that there can be nothing faster than the speed of light, because, you see, it contradicts the formula. However, everyone sees quantum entanglement as clear as day, that is, how one particle transmits a signal to another particle at instantaneous speed and over any distance. So this proves, firstly, that someone sees without light, and secondly, that massless, supposedly massless, particles form their world. And negative mass particles? They've already found the antiproton. Have you heard of it?
– Found it.
– Surprising?
Amita smiled again, tilted her head to the side and lifted her left shoulder.
– And I defined "antivice." And it turns out it's the other way around in that world. You've studied a lot of things, as far as I know. And your education is not far removed from this topic, you've heard about it.
– About what?
– On quantum teleportation.
– Oh, no. It's a dark horse for me.
– In fact, there is nothing surprising about it. Since 2006, it has been shown that in the so-called quantum teleportation effect, the apparent mutual interaction of particles propagates faster than the speed of light. For example, in 2008, the research group of Dr. Nicholas Giesen from the University of Geneva, studying entangled photonic states separated by 18 kilometers in space, showed that this apparent interaction between particles is carried out at a speed of about one hundred thousand times greater than the speed of light. Surprised?
– I'm shocked, if you believe physics, but at the same time completely at ease because of my faith in you.
Amita smiled, and again a slight fright ran through her face: she thought that her interlocutor would take what she said not as a joke, but as sarcasm. Parmen's demeanor spoke of the impossibility of poking him. He continued in his spirit.....
Amita was aware of her misunderstanding of the meaning of all that was said, but she knew exactly where the "luminary of science" was going with his story. He obviously wanted to convince her in his scientific justification of the possibility of not only the existence of parallel worlds, but also the possibility of instantaneous travel between worlds. She was silent, sometimes nodding her head. The scientist, enjoying her attention, told her, gesticulating like a conductor. Sometimes, as if by magic, particles, formulas, images of cosmic objects appeared directly in the zone of his gesticulation, right in the air in front of them. This amused Amita, and Parmen found himself in an even greater state of scientific excitement.
– You think I'm wrong about something? Look, even without our secrecy, scientists already realize that something is wrong in this world. Physicists have discovered a particle that travels faster than the speed of light. They've conducted an experiment that has cast doubt on Einstein's theory and, with it, shaken the foundations of modern physics. Even a prominent mind like Niels Bohr suggested that the law of conservation of energy was a bit, to put it mildly, wrong. Can you even imagine such a bright mind suggesting such a thing?
– So what?
– Imagine that the energy goes somewhere and disappears – it is absurd; I would say that even a student cannot imagine it. Well, let's say a literate high school student. And the younger ones would realize that matter, no matter how you hide it, is still somewhere. So energy goes from one state to another. We may not see it – it has changed into another form. For example, solar energy that hits us. It seems to be just warm and light, but in fact we feed on it, and not only us, all plants, animals, everything. So the sun hits a flower – from it a fruit is born, a cow eats it, we drink milk. I think I understand. And on the speed of light, let me put it to you this way. The fact that in physics and astronomy, speeds exceeding the speed of light in vacuum are possible and do occur, has long been well known. A light spot ("sun bunny") or, for example, the point of intersection of the blades of guillotine scissors can change position at superluminal speed. If we take the point and the moment of intersection, for example, of blades, then, reducing the distance to molecular, we can get a proportional speed, capable of being equal to infinity, and reducing to atoms… Well you understand me.
Amita nodded, smiling, and looked around for Rutra. When she couldn't find him through the holograms of sea and ocean creatures, she looked at Parmen without a smile. He raised his open palm upward, waved it a little, and the surroundings changed completely. Now they were in outer space, among stars, planets, comets and other "inhabitants" of the universe. It was amazing and fun. Amita clearly liked this scenery, especially since it didn't fill the room as much, she could see Rutra quickly. Parmen, seeing Amita distracted, clapped his hands. Amita realized that it was necessary to listen to his story, not fully realizing why she needed to.
Parmen continued:
– Intelligent people like me realized long ago that there must be a new particle with the mass of an electron and an electric charge of opposite sign; such a particle was indeed discovered in 1932 by Anderson and named positron. The positron is the antiparticle of the electron. It belongs to antimatter. So the cage is slammed shut. And they have nothing to say.
– To whom?" asked Amita.
– To unbelieving Thomas and his brigade. Ha ha ha.
Even though Parmen didn't really laugh, but merely faked laughter with words – it infected Amita, and she jumped heartily.
– The positron was the first antiparticle to be discovered. But the point is, it proves the existence of an opposite, and here's the moment of truth, parallel world. Yeah, yeah. It's still a shock to you because you haven't been there yet. People once learned that the Earth is round, there are spots on the Sun, there are molecules and atoms, these atoms are not the solid foundation of our world. They, it turns out, are also fissionable. And the universe doesn't end at our Sun, not even in our galaxy. Now if I say that it doesn't end in our observable universe, I'll be accused of delusion. But I will say that our world is not one, everything does not end there, on the contrary, perhaps, it begins. We live in a ring of worlds, and at some stage our world is the first, from which all copies come. And what I'm telling you now…
– …tells exactly the same scientist, that is your copy somewhere," Amita continued, almost laughing, interrupting.
– I'm very glad you interrupted me.
– I too would be very happy if I understood the hardest part.
– How can some worlds be reflected in other worlds?
– No, I don't.
– Why, sweetheart?
– Milochka wants to understand why the luminary of science is back and forth between you and her.
She got a little more settled and daring, kept smiling, and it smoothed out the awkwardness of the moment.
– The luminary of science believes that it is a useless phenomenon in the human vocabulary, to refer to you or you only to denote your own-stranger, distant-close, important-simple and the like.
– And yet?
– And yet, yet. It's my way of signaling when to understand me scientifically, and when to understand me on a mundane level. Although I get confused myself. Don't pay much attention.
– Here we go again. So, scientifically.
– Then you're a very good girl.
– Yeah, the girl's 25 years old.
Amita smiled broadly again and infected Parmen with her smile. Rutra watched their dialog, trying to absorb it.
– What do you have? How do we understand the subject? – He turned to the scientist, curious about Amita.
– That's great. We tell her once, then we put her in the rig, charge her brain with information, and go on our journey.
– You don't need to ask me, I'm telling you right away," Amita said with a chuckle.
Already knowing her well, Ruthra realized this was such a display of resentment.
– It's gonna be okay. Listen to this real quick. You know, it's necessary. I need to get an overview. I'm gonna do some more checking. By the way, I'm preparing some information for you. Listen to him, take your time, especially since he's trying for you.
Ruthra and Parmen smiled as they looked at each other. Amita smiled at them too, sat back in her chair, and tilted her head slightly to the side with a "listening" expression on her face.
– So, what are we listening to next? Well, what we're going to listen to is this. The electron and the positron orbit around their common center. Then they fight and become particle and antiparticle into some other particle, different from them. It's like having babies that look like their neighbor.
The scientist laughed lightly, Amita on the other hand did not take the joke, though she showed a smile. Realizing that he wanted to know about her awareness of annihilation, she replied:
– That's good. So what's left of this particle, namely the positron, the two gamma quanta fly off in strictly opposite directions.
The scientist was clearly surprised at this turn. He began to speak slowly:
– Well it's a complicated thing, but that's not the point.
– In what? – Amita shrugged this time.
– In that, applying the same scheme, having enough data about the beginning of the process, one can accurately establish the coordinates of the double, and if we think more broadly, it means all the particles that formed the planets. That is, the double of our planet, and then, applying the formula of time shift, all its copies shifted in space and time.
– Oh, boy. Simple as that.
– Don't rush, don't rush. You'll tell me when you're there.
– The more I listen to all of this, the more I wonder why me?
– Just don't ask your sensei that question," the scientist said and pointed to Rutru, who was already in front of another machine, sitting in his helmet, performing manipulations.
– I know. He doesn't like it when ladies ask him that question. It's not like I'm interested.
– And that's pretty much the same thing for him. He has very often confused work and personal relationships. Being determines consciousness. You know the key word? Confused.
– Scientific again. Confused. Everything you have here is confused – electron, positrons, quantum entanglement, and your brains are all confused.
– Oh-oh, radiation, radiation, save me," Parmen chanted like a prayer, waved his hand and continued: – Antimatter is a substance consisting of antiparticles, which is not really stable in nature in the usual human sense of the word. The observed part of the universe consists almost exclusively of matter, and logically there should be other places filled, on the contrary, almost entirely with antimatter. The first object composed entirely of antiparticles was the antideutron synthesized in 1965. Antimatter is known as the most expensive substance on Earth. Independent scientists estimate that one gram of antihydrogen would cost 62.5 trillion dollars. The properties of antimatter are exactly the same as those of ordinary matter viewed through a mirror. So are those worlds. Let me try to explain. The way we see when there is light, you know what I mean, it turns out that in order to see something, light must first reach us. Imagine, you are in space in a place where the light has not reached yet, there is light and something faster than light coming to you at the same time. For example, there are these fictional particles called tachyons, which are supposed to travel faster than light. So, it is considered, if a tachyon moves faster than light – to see its approach is impossible. It follows from this that it is quite real that there are many such particles, which form the so-called "otherworld", that is, a parallel universe. Because they can form their own world, which we simply do not see, and if we see it, then in the past tense. Let's say that we are not surprised when an airplane flying at supersonic speed we first see and then hear. Or, for example, lightning. First we see it, and then we hear the thunder, that is, what this lightning generated, and at the same time, what generated this lightning. Am I explaining it well?
