Chapter 4: Quantum Mechanics and Telepathy

"Before we solve the 'Grandfather Paradox', we need to understand the person who proposed it: René Barjavel."

"When he first proposed this argument, its essence was to prove that time travel is impossible."

"Because if I kill my grandfather, I would cease to exist; and if I don't exist, no one can kill my grandfather."

"To circumvent this issue, he could only derive a single answer: Parallel Universes."

At this point in his narration, Jiang Zhe paused slightly, listening to the report from the backstage staff through his earpiece.

The bullet chats online were indeed in agreement.

When the Grandfather Paradox was first proposed, it was indeed to prove that time travel could not exist in reality, and it had been recognized by a vast number of experts.

"Since it is a space-time paradox, if we negate time travel altogether, then this paradox becomes meaningless and wouldn't be ranked among the top ten paradoxes."

"Therefore, I do not agree with the person who proposed this paradox."

"Today, I will break down and explain this paradox in detail."

"1: Does time travel exist?"

He posed a question.

As soon as he said this, the audience was instantly confused.

"Of course it doesn't exist!"

"If you say it exists, you're being unprofessional!"

"How could it possibly exist? This is just a space-time paradox. If you say it exists, it shows you don't understand the paradox at all!"

"..."

To everyone's surprise, Jiang Zhe gave the answer directly: "It exists."

As his voice fell, the audience's brows furrowed.

So unprofessional?

A paradox is just a paradox; why bring up time travel?

The viewers who had come because of his reputation were actually there to see Jiang Zhe make a fool of himself.

They thought Jiang Zhe would be like other show hosts, finishing after a few deceptive remarks.

Who would have thought Jiang Zhe would actually start getting serious about whether time travel exists? This scene immediately made the wavering viewers stay, ready to expose his character at any moment.

"This host is doing the opposite; he's a bit different from the others."

"Right, others agonize over the paradox being unexplainable, but he agonizes over whether space-time can be traversed..."

"Other hosts just ignore 'time travel' directly, but look at you, you're actually getting serious about it."

"Just for this point, this show is worth watching. After all, I really want to expose your lack of professionalism!"

"..."

Where there was opposition, there was naturally support.

This scene made the expressions of everyone in the leadership conference room increasingly awkward.

Time travel simply cannot be explained and cannot possibly exist!

Great, it's going to be a broadcast accident!

At this moment, the interviewees standing in the corner of the studio hall had triumphant smiles on their faces.

Just then, Jiang Zhe's explanation came from the broadcasting desk.

"I know many people must be laughing at my lack of professionalism."

"But in fact, time travel does exist."

"According to General Relativity, one can slow down their own time (through high-speed motion), thereby 'traveling' to the future."

"In addition, one can also make their own time flow at a different rate from others, which can also achieve time travel."

"So how do you slow down your own time?"

"It's very simple: directly increase the Gravity in your immediate vicinity. Note that it's Gravity, not weight."

"Being near a high-Gravity celestial body, such as a star like the Sun, or near the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, will do."

"When someone can quickly go near a black hole for a few seconds or dozens of seconds and then return, they will be surprised to find that hundreds or even thousands of years have passed on Earth, while that person still looks young."

As Jiang Zhe gave his detailed explanation, the audience began to listen seriously.

Most people felt that time travel could only appear in science fiction works; only a small number of professionals were aware of these facts.

This also prompted more ordinary citizens to stop and continue watching.

"However, this only allows travel to the future, not back to the past."

"So here is the question: can we travel back to past time and space?"

"This also aligns with the core of the Grandfather Paradox: can we travel back and kill our grandfather?"

At this point, Jiang Zhe smiled slightly and continued to explain, "The core of the Grandfather Paradox is actually: can the killing of the grandfather be accomplished?"

"To kill the grandfather, does it have to be me personally killing him face-to-face?"

"Not necessarily."

"Essentially, it's just to cause the grandfather's death, making my existence uncertain, and thus creating the paradox."

"Since it's about killing the grandfather, can we have the grandson in the present time use some special method to induce the grandfather in the past time period to commit suicide?"

"If this can be done, the outcome is still at the core of the paradox: do I still exist at this moment, or not?"

As soon as he said this, the audience was stunned, as if something in their minds had been opened.

It was indeed so!

Although the concept had been shifted slightly.

In fact, Jiang Zhe's statement still satisfied the condition of killing the grandfather and making one's own existence uncertain.

This still fit the core of the Grandfather Paradox!

"No, something's not right!"

"Inducing the grandfather to commit suicide, and the mastermind must be the grandson himself—that seems possible!"

"Wait, wait, isn't this about decrypting the Grandfather Paradox? How did it turn into a lecture on how to kill your grandfather in the past?"

"..."

A doubt arose in the minds of most viewers.

Can inducing the grandfather to commit suicide solve the Grandfather Paradox?

Setting aside solving the paradox, how exactly do you induce a grandfather to commit suicide, and specifically in the past?

"He seems to be taking a hosting route that no one in our world has ever taken before!"

Inside the conference room.

Wang Guosheng's eyes lit up, though he was still puzzled.

But he could see Jiang Zhe was trying to solve the Grandfather Paradox in a novel way, and he felt an inexplicable sense of intrigue.

"I think I'm starting to understand him."

Old Zhao squinted his eyes; his view of Jiang Zhe as just a rookie host had undergone a qualitative change.

If Jiang Zhe really used parallel worlds to solve the Grandfather Paradox step-by-step...

There would be no hook at all!

There would be no way to keep the people of Su City watching!

Just then.

Old Zhao's phone rang again.

As soon as he answered, Old Wang's excited voice came through.

"Great news! The online viewership has broken 80,000, and it's still steadily rising."

"What on earth is Jiang Zhe saying to make the numbers jump like this?"

It wasn't that Old Wang had an issue with the viewership numbers; he just didn't believe someone could actually make the public like and fall in love with science popularization, especially with such a large number of people in a short time!

The two hosts, Xiao Shiyi and Wang Lin, were questioning their lives.

The combined online viewership of their shows might not even reach 80,000.

Neither of them blamed anyone; after all, what Jiang Zhe was talking about did have some substance.

Old Zhao was excited for a moment, his eyes constantly fixed on the large screen.

"The viewership is rising, but don't get too outrageous; inducing a grandfather to commit suicide in the past—how could that possibly be done?"

"Once you can't back it up, the viewership will drop below freezing point again!"

That was what he was worried about.

Anyone can make grand claims...

The key was whether Jiang Zhe could continue to retain the audience.

It was at this moment.

Jiang Zhe wrote a term on the whiteboard on his desk: [Quantum Entanglement].

He then held it up in front of him, aiming it at the camera.

"Wanting to kill the grandfather in the past time period is very simple!"

"Use the method of Quantum Entanglement."

"Let me explain: what is Quantum Entanglement?"

"Quantum Entanglement refers to two or more particles being correlated in certain situations."

"Even if they are separated, they will influence each other in some mysterious way."

"The speed of this influence has exceeded the speed of light, so we can say there is an 'entangled' relationship between them."

"Quantum Entanglement can be said to be inconsistent with macro-world physics, so it belongs to 'Quantum Mechanics', the physics of the microscopic world."

He paused for a second, furrowed his brows, and realized that the Television Station's audience wasn't entirely made up of university students from his previous life.

This kind of explanation seemed a bit unfriendly to the elderly and young children.

So, he gave a more vivid example.

"Let me give a simple example: twins."

"The twins are A and B. A is the older sister, living and working in Tianjin."

"B is the younger sister, living in Africa for a long time."

"They are more than ten thousand kilometers apart."

"One day, while entering the African savanna, the younger sister is attacked and killed by a wild beast."

"At the same time, the older sister, A, is at home watching television."

"At this moment, while watching a mundane romance show, sister A will most likely inexplicably sense some incomprehensible anomalies—"

"Such as hair suddenly standing on end, goosebumps abruptly appearing, pupils inexplicably dilating, the heart inexplicably trembling with panic, and cold sweat inexplicably pouring down."

"At first, sister A thought it was just the weather being a bit cold and didn't pay much attention, until..."

"When news came from Africa that the younger sister had died under the teeth of a wild beast, sister A realized in hindsight the abnormal state of her body earlier..."

"All of this actually came from the younger sister's state of struggle and survival in the jaws of a beast, ten thousand kilometers away on the savanna."

"This satisfies 'Quantum Entanglement' and further proves that Quantum Entanglement ignores distance and space."

Hearing this, the interviewees, the audience, and the leaders were all dumbfounded, the hair on their bodies standing on end.

Because everyone realized, more or less, in hindsight...

That everything Jiang Zhe said could be found in hundreds of thousands of real-life examples!!!