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Quantum principle
Оглавление– Sir, we are to be in square AGZ6835YB the day after tomorrow!
– Sure, Hans, we will!
– Yes, but sir, we need to be in square QGAPU364F concurrently!
– So what, Hans? It’s almost the same distance to them, we can manage!
– I’m afraid we can’t, sir, they are in different galaxies, we cannot be in both of them simultaneously!
– You mean, in two days we must be in two different places at the same time?
– Exactly, sir!
– I wonder, who planned the route?
– I’m afraid you did, sir!
– And who is responsible for the navigation and in addition the junior in rank?
– I guess it is me, sir!
– That is, we both are to blame! See, we’ve already split the problem in half! Not bad for a start!
– It hardly helps, sir! Maybe we can send a message and cancel one of the missions?
– Impossible, Hans, we are in another galaxy. The signal will go there for thousands of years.
– How are we going to do the trick, sir?
– We will apply the quantum principle!
– How’s that, sir?
– We will be in both places at the same time with a 50% probability!
– Great idea, sir! But I don’t quite understand how to implement it!
– What is it that you don’t understand, Hans?
– Which half do we fly with this quantum principle to?
– Hans, we are not flying at all, but flying with a probability of 50%, and in different directions!
– That is, sir?
– That is, we are not flying at all! If it’s easier for you to comprehend. Imagine that we fly to one place, others will look for us, and they will find us for sure, and they will also find out that we weren’t intending to fly to them at all. Is that so, Hans?
– Yes, sir!
– And they will also find out that we flew to others.
– Just so, sir!
– Respectively, we will offend them by showing that they are not important to us, but those others are! What are we getting as a result?
– What, sir?
– A lot of mess, actually! We will cause a competition between them on who is more important. Somebody will inevitably complain to the High Council, we’ll get troubles, prosecutions, and so forth. Do we need all that, Hans?
– We don’t, sir!
– That’s why I announce two days’ urgent work to troubleshoot the navigation system! Mark this in the journal and send the message to the base!
– But the navigation system is alright, sir!
– There you’re again! Who brought us into this jungle of the Universe? Who forced us to choose between two squares of space in the middle of the third square of space, who failed to warn us about an error in navigation? It’s all this blasted system!
– Serving the System, sir!
– You’d better, Hans! Mind you, in two days we may come up with something better…
