Chapter 18 Chapter Fourteen

It is a good principle in science to never believe any "fact", no matter how well tested, unless it fits with some other accepted phenomenon.Of course, occasionally a new observation will overthrow the original theoretical framework and force people to revise and establish a new theoretical framework, but this phenomenon is very rare after all.Such brilliant and outstanding geniuses as Galileo and Einstein are rare, just as it is rare for human beings to find peace for thousands of years. Paul fully accepted the truth that he would not believe his nephew's discovery unless he could find an explanation, which seemed to him almost impossible except with the help of God.He thought it was likely that Vandenberg had made a mistake, and if so, the mistake should have been easy to spot.

Uncle Paul was really taken aback this time, for the nephew's discovery was hard to prove wrong.Analyzing radar remote sensing data is a very professional and highly skilled knowledge. Paul asked many experts, and after a long period of analysis, they all gave the same response. They all asked: "Where did you come from?" Where did you get these records?" "I'm sorry," he replied, "I can't tell." The next step is to hypothesize that this improbable phenomenon is real, and to start looking for the relevant literature.It could be a huge job, because Paul doesn't even know where to start, but one thing is for certain, that using a strong frontal impact is bound to fail; Rays, the next morning began to search for an explanation in the physics journals, and the information he needed did not appear until several years later.

But luckily Paul knew that at least the knowledge he was looking for was likely hidden somewhere in existing scientific knowledge.Paul carefully built an automatic search program that can eliminate irrelevant data and collect relevant data at the same time; it must first eliminate all earth-related documents (these materials must exceed millions) , and then focus on material related to alien planets. Due to Paul's high status, he has an unlimited budget for computers, which is part of the fees he asks for institutions that borrow his wisdom, so although this search operation may be expensive, he does not have to pay for it. Don't worry about banknotes.

The cost turned out to be very small.He was very lucky, and it only took two hours and thirty-seven minutes to find the information he needed in the 21,456 documents. The title of this document will suffice.Paul was amazed that his own computer didn't recognize his voice, so he had to repeat the password for the full printout. As soon as he quickly scanned the page of an article published in Nature in 1981 (about five years before his birth), he knew his nephew was right, and more Importantly, he also knew how this miracle would happen. The editor of this eighty-year-old publication must be a person with a great sense of humor.This kind of article discussing alien planets does not attract the attention and interest of ordinary readers, but this article has an unusual and surprising title.His computer was quick to tell him that the title was once the lyrics of a famous song, but that didn't matter.

Because anyway, Dr. Paul Craigie has never heard the Beatles, let alone their soul-searching fantasies.