FVN Chapter 159
Chapter 159
Chapter 159: Chapter 7 Waiting for a Meteor Shower Chapter 159: Chapter 7 Waiting for a Meteor Shower “`
“You are...”
Li Qiqi blinked her eyes on the wheelchair, looking at Lin Xian.
Her voice was very faint, she seemed incredibly frail, and under the bright moonlight, her complexion appeared even paler.
“I’m Liu Feng’s friend, Lin Xian,” Lin Xian introduced himself:
“A new friend, just met not long ago.”
Li Qiqi cocked her head:
“I haven’t heard Liu Feng mention you before...
When did you two meet?”
“Just now.”@@@@
Lin Xian answered truthfully:
“Ten minutes ago.”
Pff—
Li Qiqi was amused to laughter; she re-evaluated Lin Xian and seemed to become more familiar with him:
“You really are an interesting person.
To be honest, not many people are willing to be friends with Liu Feng.
He is a good person...
but his personality is indeed a bit odd.”
“I heard about you and your situation from Teacher Qi Yan,” Lin Xian stated his purpose directly.
...
“So...”
Li Qiqi listened patiently until Lin Xian finished and then looked at him with a smile:
“So, do you also believe that Liu Feng’s ‘Introduction to the Cosmological Constant’ is correct?”
Lin Xian nodded:
“Maybe in this world, just the two of us firmly believe that.
Actually, I’m quite curious...
Why doesn’t Liu Feng, as the creator of ‘Introduction to the Cosmological Constant,’ think his own research is correct?”
“When I met with Liu Feng just now and brought up this matter, he admitted quite calmly that the ‘Introduction to the Cosmological Constant’ was wrong, which doesn’t seem like the attitude a scholar should have towards his own research.”
“Because...
But what was puzzling...
If Qi Yan, Liu Feng, and countless experimental data all proved the ‘Introduction to the Cosmological Constant’ to be wrong, and even Li Qiqi herself knew this, then why did Li Qiqi still firmly believe the theory was correct?
This was quite contradictory.
Seeming to sense Lin Xian’s confusion, Li Qiqi continued:
“But even if all the experimental data showed that Liu Feng was wrong, I still don’t think so.”
“Why?”
“Because Liu Feng’s cosmological constant derivations are just too beautiful,” Li Qiqi said with a sweet smile:
“Though I don’t understand those derivations, they are truly beautiful, like music.”
“Although I didn’t major in mathematics in university, my major in astronomy also involves a lot of mathematical and physical formulas.
Without exception...
these formulas are all beautiful.
I think this is the most magical thing in the universe, that every correct theory is elegant.”
“Euler’s formula, Pythagorean theorem, mass-energy equation...
All these formulas are lovely, as if crafted by humans, so exquisite, so concise, and so correct.”
“Liu Feng’s cosmological constant derivations are the same.”
Talking about Liu Feng, Li Qiqi’s face glowed with pride and happiness:
“Its derivations are also beautiful, and I feel that the universe ought to have such a thing.
Even if many experiments prove it wrong...
couldn’t it be possible that what’s mistaken is not the cosmological constant, but current human understanding instead?”
“Sorry, I find it hard to clearly explain this intuition.”
She laughed shyly, looking at Lin Xian:
“I know it’s a bit absurd to define a formula’s correctness by its beauty, but...
nature and the universe itself are inherently beautiful and intricate, and I believe they are meant to be that way.”
...
Lin Xian also nodded along.
Li Qiqi’s thoughts were indeed interesting.
Truly, in both physics and mathematics, all correct formulas are beautiful.
This beauty is difficult to articulate.
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