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For example, the Weasley family has a prophet's clock, which is handed down from their ancestors, which can reflect the status of family members in real time, and the Marauder's Map, which is also one of the applications of divination for "divination of the present". One, all of these must be done by wizards who are proficient in divination.

Finally, divination of the future.

The difficulty of divination for the future is very high, and as the [time interval] of divination increases, and the accuracy of divination [target positioning] increases, the difficulty of divination will increase exponentially.

As far as the time interval is concerned, the future that wizards can accurately predict... usually does not exceed 10 seconds.

Take a chestnut.

In the Quidditch game, it is known that the Quaffle will score in the circle in the next second. At this time, it is necessary to predict whether the goalkeeper Wood will use the left whip kick or the right whip kick first when defending... This is future divination. Divinating the future after one second is simple after all, and it is difficult to calculate it by pinching your fingers.

But as the future you want to divination becomes longer...for example, if you want to use divination to predict the result of the game at the beginning of the game, it is very, very difficult, almost impossible.

Otherwise, why not play a Quidditch match and let the two prophets go to the middle of the field to announce the result?

If a wizard forcibly divines the long-term future, his eyes will be blackened and he will not be able to see anything.

Every minute, every second, every choice of every person... will determine the future direction, and there are too many "variables" that affect the future.

The above is the divination difficulty classification in various situations. Next, students turn to the second page of the textbook, and we will talk about the divination principles of divination... (knock on the blackboard!)

When wizards perform divination, they must form a magic circle first. It is a complex compound magic pattern. There are many genres. Most people cannot draw a magic circle by themselves, so they usually use magic tools that describe the magic circle, such as magic circles. mirror, crystal ball and tarot cards.

After preparing the props, what the fortune-teller has to do is to "input instructions" and "analyze answers". How to correctly input instructions and analyze answers is the content to be taught in the divination class. Just one point? That is - the results of divination are not calculated by wizards.

This is the main reason why Connor would say that divination is somewhat like a computer.

Because divination is like a "program" belonging to the world itself - as long as you input "variables" into it, it will output a "result" to you instantly through a series of "calculations".

Speaking of which? Everyone should understand why Professor Victor is excited.

After understanding the basic operating principles of computers, Victor also discovered the similarities between divination and computers.

Input variables—information processing—and get results. This is the basic process that Professor Victor saw on the computer? It seems to be the same as divination.

The more and more detailed input variables, the faster and more accurate the output results will be? And when there are too many "variables" to measure, the future is naturally impossible to predict.

Divination does not involve information processing. Divination is just a tool for input and output. So what is the real calculation?

Controversial in the wizarding world? But Professor Victor thinks he's discovered the truth? Maybe she'll live on this subject...  

Okay, after talking about the basic principles of divination, let's move on to the final content of this lesson, the practical application and practice of divination? Finally, we will talk about the most cutting-edge research results and research directions of divination... ( Wake up! Slap the blackboard!)

Although it is difficult for wizards to accurately predict the future, it does not mean that wizards cannot "divinate the future".

Wizards actually realized early on that divination is difficult to predict the future? They know that it is very difficult to accurately predict the future, but this does not mean that they give up using this "program" that belongs to the world. On the contrary, they think of tricks The only way to "predict the future" is to start with divination's [Target Positioning].

What does that mean?In fact, it is very simple. Since the accurate result is difficult to predict, then we should blur this positioning and make the result of divination "high probability" accurate. Therefore, arithmetic divination came into being.

Let's take another chestnut.

Captain Wood wanted to win the next Quidditch match, so he asked classmate A, who was proficient in arithmetic and divination, to help him. Then classmate A, who was proficient in arithmetic and divination, took out a set of tarot cards, did a fortune telling for Wood, and got A bunch of decks that can be interpreted in any way other people think.

Then classmate A mysteriously told Wood that you have a high winning rate in this game, but there may be a bloody disaster, you must remember not to be careless, dodge a lot, and the secret must not be leaked, you need rat tail juice and so on...

After a flick, Wood left happily, and finally the result of the game came out, and Gryffindor won, but Quaffle didn't talk about Wood, and dealt with him face to face, causing him to vomit three liters of blood and leave the field midway. Everything was exactly in line with the divination result.

Question, from this point of view, is this arithmetic and divination reliable? (spread hands)

From the professional point of view of wizards, this is of course reliable. Wizards no longer go to accurately predict the future, but to calculate the "probability" of events, and then after thousands of years of studying this set of "laws of nature" To sum up, it becomes one of the practical applications of arithmetic divination - Tarot cards.

Although the results of divination may be vague and ambiguous, it is indeed a proven and useful magic. Most importantly, divination is very objective and will not change with the subjective will of the caster. of...

It means that when you want to divination the outcome of an event, no matter who you switch to divination, the conclusion you get will be the same, the only difference lies in the level of detail of the divination.

Unless...you have the blood of the Prophet.

The next thing I want to talk about is the cutting-edge research on divination in the wizarding world.

What I said before was just the general wizard's understanding of divination, but there are always some unique people in this world, such as the blood of the prophet, they can predict the accurate future unreasonably.

Wizards have never given up on the exploration of prophecy. They all want to understand the difference between ordinary wizards and prophet blood.

The explanation generally accepted by wizarding scholars today is "cost theory".

The price to be paid for divination by ordinary wizards is different from that of prophetic bloodlines. Ordinary wizards only need to pay magic power for divination, while the price for divination by prophetic bloodlines is vitality.

Wizarding scholars believe that divination is more of a "deal" than ordinary magic, a deal with the world itself.

You are responsible for providing information, paying the price, and the world will return you some information according to the "rules". If the price you pay is high enough (life), the information you get will be precious enough-for example, from the future with thousands of possibilities , find a node where all worldlines intersect.

However, under normal circumstances, ordinary wizards simply cannot find this window to trade life with the world.

[Wizards without "spiritual vision" cannot make predictions], this is the news revealed by the blood of the prophets, so many wizards believe that this so-called "spiritual vision" is actually a window to pay the price to the world. The blood of the Prophet can be seen.

The previous wizards couldn't prove this conjecture, but Professor Victor felt that this conjecture might be confirmed here, as long as she could complete the project sent by the students—make a computer that belonged to the wizard!

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Hogwarts, Headmaster's Office.

A document was thrown on the table and slid from one side of the table to the other. The old man sitting on the main seat was expressionless. It is very rare for him to be expressionless, which shows the mood of this old man at the moment Not pleasant.

"This is the plan submitted to me by Settima..." Dumbledore drooped his half-moon glasses, staring at Connor who was sitting obediently on the opposite side, and said:

"Connor, what the hell are you doing? I was running back and forth outside because of the mess that happened at your Lake's house. When I got back to school, before I had time to catch my breath, you made me do this again... this "About What exactly is "The Preliminary Idea and Development Plan of the Magic Computer"? You must explain it to me."

This stinky old man is probably angry at himself for not telling him beforehand, tsk, he is already a big man, and he is still like a child, so shameless...

"How can this be considered a ghost? This is obviously a very serious and serious academic research..."

Connor rolled his eyes twitching, trying to pass the test with cuteness.

Dumbledore is indeed very busy recently. I haven't seen him in school since the opening ceremony. He is indeed "helping" Lake's family with the Sorcerer's Stone...

Wizards from all over the world were shocked when they learned that the precious Philosopher's Stone could be mass-produced.

Afterwards, other countries began to watch this matter closely, which led to a lot of pressure on the British Ministry of Magic recently. After all, a large number of foreign friends squatted at your door and refused to leave. The pressure cannot be small, so the magic side has always been there Request the Lake family to quickly inspect the goods for those "foreigners" and send them back as soon as possible.

The Lake family agreed to this matter, and also promised that the first batch of ordering partners can deliver the goods in advance, as long as the contracts are signed and they will be released at the same time.

And the reason why the Lake family was able to deliver the goods ahead of schedule...it was naturally because of Artoria's hard work and selfless dedication...

The accumulation of magic stones in the warehouse seems to be much faster than expected, and it is not a problem to meet the first batch of supplies.

In order to prevent accidents that no one would like to see during the delivery, the strongest wizard in the country, the special advisor of the Lake family, and Nicolas May's year-end friend—Dumbledore must be present on the occasion of the first delivery. The principal is in charge.