文/北欧时报评论员|By Nordic Chinese Times Editorial Board
一、从“奇迹”到科学
1.From“Miracle”to Science
2025年诺贝尔物理学奖再次引发公众热议：
三位美国科学家约翰·克拉克、米歇尔·德沃雷和约翰·马蒂尼斯因发现宏观量子隧穿效应与能量量子化而获奖。
他们的研究揭示了一个惊人的事实——
量子现象不仅存在于电子或原子中，也能在肉眼可见的电路系统中出现。
The2025Nobel Prize in Physics has once again stirred global curiosity.
Three American scientists—John Clarke,Michel Devoret,and John Martinis—were awarded for their discovery ofmacroscopic quantum tunnelling and energy quantisation.
Their work revealed a stunning truth:
quantum phenomena do not only occur in atoms or electrons but can manifest incircuits large enough to hold in one’s hand.
许多人惊叹：“这不是和人类传说中的‘隔墙识字’一样神奇吗？”
然而，科学的奇迹与玄学的幻想，虽然都挑战常识，却走着完全不同的道路。
Some may exclaim,“Isn’t that like the mystical ability to‘see through walls’?”
But though both challenge our sense of reality,science and mysticism travel on very different paths.
二、“穿墙术”的科学真相
2.The Scientific Reality of“Passing Through Walls”
量子隧穿效应是物理学中可精确验证的现象。
在微观世界中，粒子面对一道能量势垒时，虽然按经典物理应被挡住，
但由于其“波动性”，它有一定几率**“穿越”障碍，出现在另一边。
Quantum tunnelling is a precisely verified physical effect.
In the microscopic world,when a particle encounters an energy barrier,classical physics says it should be stopped—
yet,because of its wave-like nature,there is a certain probability it willtunnel throughand appear on the other side.
它不是魔法，而是数学。
科学家可以用薛定谔方程预测这种概率，
并利用这一机制制造隧道二极管、量子芯片和扫描隧道显微镜等现代技术。
It is not magic—it is mathematics.
Physicists can calculate this probability using Schrödinger’s equation
and harness it in technologies liketunnel diodes,quantum chips,and scanning tunnelling microscopes.
三、“隔墙识字”的神秘叙事
3.The Mystical Narrative of“Seeing Through Walls”
与之相比，所谓“隔墙识字”属于超自然传说。
据说个别人能透过实墙看到字迹或图像，
但在任何严格的实验条件下，都从未被重复验证。
By contrast,the so-called“mind reading through walls”belongs to the realm of legend.
It claims that certain individuals can see words or images through solid walls,
yet such phenomena havenever been replicated under controlled scientific conditions.
它缺乏数学模型、能量机制，也没有可测信号。
更可能是一种心理错觉、暗示反应，或刻意伪造。
There is no mathematical model,no energy mechanism,and no measurable signal behind it.
More likely,it is a product ofpsychological illusion,suggestion,or deliberate fabrication.
四、相似的象征，不同的世界
4.Symbolic Similarity,Scientific Difference
从象征意义上看，这两者确实有趣的相似之处：
量子隧穿突破了物理障碍，
而“隔墙识字”象征人类渴望突破认知障碍。
Symbolically,the resemblance is fascinating:
quantum tunnelling breaks through physical barriers,
while“seeing through walls”represents humanity’s desire to transcend mental barriers.
科学的“穿墙术”是自然界自身的智慧；
玄学的“隔墙术”是人类对未知的诗意幻想。
Scientific tunnelling is nature’s own intelligence;
mystical wall-reading is humanity’s poetic imagination of the unknown.
五、科学与玄学的分水岭
5.The Boundary Between Science and Mysticism
科学的核心是可验证性。
任何现象都必须能被重复观测、数学描述、逻辑推演。
而玄学的魅力在于象征与信仰——它解释的是意义，而非机制。
The core of science isverifiability.
Every phenomenon must be repeatable,mathematically describable,and logically derived.
Mysticism,however,draws its charm fromsymbolism and belief—it explains meaning,not mechanism.
正因如此，量子隧穿虽然听起来像“超能力”，
但它是被写进方程的“奇迹”；
而特异功能虽然浪漫，却仍停留在信念与故事的层面。
Thus,while quantum tunnelling sounds like a superpower,
it is a“miracle written in equations”;
while psychic abilities may sound romantic,they remain in the realm of faith and storytelling.
六、讨论：科学的奇迹，不需神秘加持
6.Epilogue:Science Needs No Supernatural Add-On
量子力学让我们看见：
自然界的“不可思议”并非超越理性，而是理性更深处的奇迹。
科学与玄学的边界，不是冷与热、信与疑的对立，
而是——一个可被验证的世界，与一个用来想象的世界。
Quantum mechanics shows us that
the“incredible”in nature is not beyond reason—it isreason itself in its most wondrous form.
The boundary between science and mysticism is not a conflict of belief and doubt,
but simply this:one world can be tested,the other can only be imagined.
