Chapter 20 Chapter 19: The End of Time——Part 1: Orange Space

One time I was chatting with a good friend, because he was a psychiatrist in the hospital, so I talked about the teenager who could see "absolute four-dimensional creatures". He found it very interesting, but at the same time told me , A patient in their hospital is simply a fairy.The patient was an old man, in his sixties at the time, and had been in their hospital for more than ten years.They all call him "the treasure of the town courtyard".This is not only because his ideas are interesting, but more because he is "contagious". At first, the old man was in the same ward with several people, and everyone in the room had their own problems: some were rowing in bed all day (there was also one who helped hang the sail and anchored), some were writing novels (without pen and paper), There are also those who like to stand in front of the window in the middle of the night and wait for the aliens to pick them up (7 years, and the aliens have not come), and everyone who sees them will report their work: "It's okay, come to drink after I kill Hua Xiong It's not too late for this drink!" In that environment, the old man chatted with other patients when he had nothing to do, and after spending more than half a year, he managed to unify those people with various diseases—all with the same caliber as himself.We often get together to discuss issues fiercely—not the kind of people talking about each other, but really discussing some issues, but few doctors and nurses can understand what they are talking about.

A small number of patients who talked with him were discharged quickly, which is very unpredictable.Those who have been discharged from the hospital will come back to see him occasionally, and they are very respectful to the old man, and they are also called teachers.However, some of the illnesses got worse...the hospital changed the room several times and it was the same.Later, the hospital couldn't take it anymore, and with the consent of the family, the old man was allowed to live in a single room.At first, family members often came to visit, but when they came, they were stopped and said things that no one could understand, and gradually fewer children came.Fortunately, the material conditions of the children are very good, the payments are made on time, and they basically don't show up at ordinary times.It is reasonable to say that a person who likes to chat so much can't bear it if he lives by himself for a few days, but the old man is fine, he has lived for more than ten years, sometimes it doesn't matter if he doesn't talk to anyone for a month, and he doesn't mutter to himself, he is happy every day They eat, sleep, read newspapers, or take a stroll around the house.The current situation, according to my friend, is: "When our home is a nursing home, the place we live in is called nourishing! Just take care of the meals on time, clean up the ward by yourself, take care of yourself, and even stop the medicine, which is very worry-free. But He has to be watched by someone for his walks every day, and he cannot be allowed to chat with others, because once he chats with other patients, he can excite them in a short while, and no one can bear this."

At the instigation of my friends and my curiosity, two weeks after the chat, I visited the "Treasure of the Town Yard".To be honest, I really want to know what he said. After entering the door, I saw an old man standing in front of the window. He was not tall, with a medium build and gray hair. When he heard the door open, he turned his head back. It was backlit and couldn't see clearly. Physician: "This is a friend of mine who came to see you." At this time, I saw clearly, an old man with a kind face and a square face. The old man strolled over to the bed and sat down, with his legs crossed naturally, and I sat on the only chair in the room, with an atmosphere of preaching.

The friend said he had something to do and left, and gave me a smirk before closing the door, and I looked at the old man in front of me a little uneasy after hearing the sound of him locking the door. He spoke slowly, very comfortably, without feeling oppressive: "Don't be afraid, I'm not violent, haha." Me: "That's not... I heard that some of your ideas are very strange." He: "I just said a lot of things that everyone doesn't know, isn't it strange?" Me: "Do you like chatting?" He: "Well, chatting is more interesting, and I can digest and absorb a lot of things after I say them. Maybe I can come up with new ideas."

I think this makes sense. Me: "I heard that you 'cured' some patients?" He: "Haha, where can I cure diseases? I just took them to another world. Do you want to go?" I figured that if the old man rushed over with a fierce look in his eyes, I would grab a chair and beat him up, and I would have to shout.Now I have to rely on myself, running is useless. He laughed: "Don't be nervous, I didn't mean that." Me: "What is the other world you mentioned?" He: "It's the end of time." Me: "The end of time? Is there an end to time?" At that time, I already had some knowledge of quantum physics.

He has." Me: "Where is it?" He: "In the balance caused by the distortion of gravity." I thought it was boring, at first I thought it was something funny, but now it seems like pure bullshit. Me: "What do you mean by that distortion?" While speaking, I took out my mobile phone and prepared to text my friend to ask him to open the door. He was still unhurried: "It seems that you don't have much knowledge in this area, why don't I explain it to you in detail?" I thought about it, clutched my phone and decided to listen for a few more minutes.

He: "You know we live in a distorted space, right?" I have no idea." He: "It doesn't matter if I don't know. If you use an analogy, it will be very simple. If you find a few more people, we will hold a large piece of plastic film together, and each person will pull one side to tighten the film... Is this conceivable?" Me: "That's fine, but why tighten the film?" He: "Let's assume that this stretched film is the space of the universe. At this time, you put an orange on it, what will happen to the film?" Me: "What will happen to the film? Will it sink into a piece?"

He: "Yes, that's right, there is an arc-shaped depression. That arc-shaped depression is the distorted space." Me: "The arc is concave? We are talking about the universe? How can the space be concave?" The old man smiled and said nothing. I froze for a moment and understood: "Uh, sorry, I forgot, gravity." He continued: "Yes, it's gravitation. The orange caused the distortion of space. At this time, if you roll a small steel ball through the depression of the orange, it will slide down in a circle, right? If you have a good grasp of the strength and angle Well, when the small steel ball passes by the arc caused by the orange, the dent in the arc of the orange and the inertia of the small steel ball moving and thrown out have reached a balance, what will happen?"

Me: "Walking around the oranges? Is it such a coincidence?" He: "Of course, the solar system is such a coincidence, and the moon surrounds the earth is also such a coincidence? Isn't it right?" Me: "...well, it's like this... so it's such a coincidence..." He: "Now I understand the distorted space? The environment we live in is the distorted space, right?" I have to admit. He: "It's easy to say when you understand. If we put a big steel ball on it at this time, will there be a deeper depression?" Me: "Yes, you want to say that is the sun?"

He: "It's not just the sun, what if that big steel ball is heavy enough?" Me: "Will the membrane break? Is it a black hole?" He: "That's right, it's a black hole. This is what the scientific community thinks is 'a black hole is massive enough to tear space'. If the membrane is not broken, there will be a deep, deep depression, which is a wormhole." Me: "So that's the wormhole... After tearing apart... the steel ball... Uh, I mean where did the black hole go?" He: "I don't know, maybe it's somewhere else, maybe because the self-depletion has been neutralized when the space is torn apart, it may not exist anymore, but the sunken space and the torn space will still exist for a while. "

Me: "I don't understand this, let's not talk about where it went. There are no steel balls, how can there be spaces for depressions and tears?" He smiled: "This is gravitational inertia. If a planet suddenly disappears, the surrounding distorted space will still exist for a while, and it will not disappear immediately." Me: "What about the scientific basis?" He: "Saturn's halo is just that. Although the original satellite was torn apart by Saturn's gravity and its own inertia, its residual gravitational field is still there. It is this gravitational field that caused Saturn's halo to remain in orbit. But , maybe it will disappear after hundreds of millions of years, maybe hundreds of thousands of years?" Me: "Not sure?" He: "Not sure, because it hasn't been long since we found out." Me: "Oh...then what balance do you mean at the beginning?" He: "Not exactly, but it is related to this. Now we put a few more large steel balls, so that there will be many large depressions on the film. You agree with this. Then if the positions of those depressions are very Well, a well-balanced area will be reached on the film. The objects in that area, affected by the gravity of all aspects, cannot cause depressions by themselves, but they have reached a balance and will not slide into any gravity depression. This, is Balance caused by gravitational distortion." I tried to imagine that wonderful position. He: "If there is a planet at that balance point, then affected by the balance gravity, that planet neither rotates nor revolves, and at the same time it will not be torn apart by various gravitational fields, so it just stays there. And Most of its own gravitational field has been eaten away by the surrounding large gravitational field, and that planet is the end of time." Me: "I don't understand why you say this is the end of time?" He: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, because you don't study physics. If you don't understand physics, you should go back to school for a few more years. It's general relativity. You can understand it after you have time. And, for my To make you understand that some intentionally did not use the word 'space-time', but used space. In fact, it is space-time that is distorted." Me: "Well... But, how do you know that there is such a place? It is the end of the time you mentioned... Uh, the planet?" The old man smiled proudly: "I have been there!" What the patient means is: at the distorted equilibrium point of several large gravitational fields, the time and space are distorted and then the balance is reached, so the time and space where the planet is located is itself extended by several gravitational forces.To put it more bluntly: Several heavy objects have already dented and tightened the film. At this time, if an object with a relatively small mass is placed at that equilibrium point, it is difficult for that object to cause the film to sag, even if there is one. Very small, just to maintain its own stay.Recommended Reading: General Relativity - Albert Einstein