We live...
in outer space.
GOD'S PUZZLE
This particle accelerator's name is 'Mugen',
Japanese for infinity.
lt is shaped like infinity; thus the name.
An accelerator which produces elementary particles...
accelerating protons and electrons to the speed of light.
As they collide, they're disassembled
into elementary particles.
Like the micro world similar to the advent
of our universe...
right after the big bang.
Observing these particles scientists investigate...
the genesis of our cosmos and
how matter came about.
Particle accelerators are ordinarily shaped in a line or a ring.
However, Mugen was designed using
a new system called cross-tron...
with two rings aligned side by side.
The person who devised this method was
a Japanese woman named Saraka Homizu.
Surprisingly, she's 17.
Saraka is Japanese
but was born in San Francisco.
She doesn't know her father
because she was an lVF child.
Her mother selected a donor from a US sperm bank.
Saraka displayed amazing talents in
physics and math.
At 12, she entered Carnegie Mellon University.
After graduation, she entered the
PhD program in computer science.
Her cross-tron graduate thesis
was adopted in Japan...
and she's returned for this reason.
'Mugen' will start testing its
beam firing system momentarily.
We interviewed Saraka Homizu...
who is involved in the official
operation this fall.
What are your roots?
Outer space.
Not Japan or America?
So now you'll dispel any doubt
about the secret of your birthplace?
This has been Jennifer Collins reporting from Tokyo.
SUMO HlGHLlGHTS KlYOFUJl SUSHl
Welcome.
Working hard Motokazu?
Working my ass off.
l doubt it.
Why watch those nude fatsos
while eating sushi?
You.....
You always change the channel during the match!
A fish needs water;
All rockers do.
Got a job for you.
Something big is clogging the toilet.
Yours?
What?
Thought he graduated cooking school
cutting fish the way he does.
Makes pretty damn good sushi
for an amateur.
Him?
l should've hired his brother.
He's got a brother?
He came to lunch once.
A very well mannered guy.
There you are.
She's fuckin' beautiful.
She was going with a friend said she'd...
have to cancel unless l came.
A sure thing on a southern island!
lsland? Where?
Pipi
Pipi ?
Thailand.
Just show up for roll call at uni.
The labs are small with no roll call.
You don't have to go.
Feel free to use my place.
l got my own life dude.
Why change the sheets if you're going?
You may not mind but
any girl you bring here will.
Clean sheets are best.
Bought you new ones.
College girls love clean sheets.
Figured you'd know how to please the ladies!
Mommy, these flowers are pretty like you.
Yoshikazu? You think so?
Yoshikazu.
Listen up.
l don't care 'bout...
Putting up a photo like helps too.
My...Shiratori?
Got no boyfriend now.
Goddamnit.
He's forever the ladies man!
#Chasing pussy, my dumb brother...
#flew off to a southern island at sonic speed.
#l was chasing pussy too...
#which had me challenging
the enigma of creating a universe.
So, now...
beneath your asses silently sitting
in those chairs.
Both fat and skinny ones.
Beneath your asses our 1 3,000 km Earth
lies in an expanding universe.
And it extends upwards too.
So what exactly is it?
Put simply: matter.
This is matter; l'm also matter.
You're matter and so's the air.
The universe seems to be full of matter.
So what percentage of
the universe is matter?
Only 4% .
So what's the other 96% ?
Around 23% is dark matter.
And about 73% is dark energy.
Yet their makeup is unknown.
We live our daily lives in
a mysterious universe.
ln classical physics...
matter defined as particles.
Light was considered to flow in waves.
But in the world of quantum physics...
both matter and light are particles.
Both act in waves.
Even one renders a wave.
ln quantum physics, one can equal a wave.
One particle is a wave.
But simultaneously,
a particle possesses both features.
This is the basics of quantum mechanics.
Quantum position and movement can't be calculated simultaneously.
The result is always greater than
Planck constant H.
Planck constant H is incredibly small.
What the heck are 'elements' and 'waves'?
They're, you know...
Was he talking about sperm?
Whatever.
Student?
Auditing student.
Getting old and wanna go out in style.
Thought you could never graduate.
Come on.
Why choose...
There are easier, more interesting
majors, right?
Last year...my wife passed away.
Retired with my wife gone...
suddenly with time on my hands...
l thought, where am l?
What am l?
Dying without knowing that, it's too sad.
Excuse me, you're?
Watanuki.
Hashizume.
Then Watanuki...
you think our universe was created
accidentally from nihil?
lf that's what people say.
lf accidentally created from emptiness...
couldn't humans make their own?
The universe?
lmpossible, right?
Why not?
lmpossible if you believe
in God's act of creation.
But if you don't, the answer lies in this 'nihil'.
Like using a particle accelerator...
to create anti-matter
which doesn't exist in nature.
Let's talk theoretics.
Theoretically, is it possible?
Watanuki.
Got a moment?
lt wouldn't take long, follow me.
See you then.
OK.
Heard you're good at asking girls out.
Let's just say,
l've got a way with words.
Sit down.
!
l want a certain student for our lab.
Shiratori...
said you were the man
for the job.
Shiratori...
wants me to help her?
DELUSlON
And your reward for helping is my body.
Bring Homizu to our class.
Who?
Saraka Homizu.
She was supposed to join our lab.
The administration is letting
her graduate without attending class.
Despite low attendance,
she's reached the level of our class.
l want her to graduate
under the same conditions as others.
You there?
Aunty Physics asked for my help.
What should l do?
#Do what you want.
l ain't coming back soon.
What...happened?
#Life sucks.
Her 'friend' was...
#a dude.# A dude?
#Her ex-boyfriend appeared right before take off.
#l thought we were delayed. lt was his fault.
#He came in, apologized all over.
#She was so moved she hugged him.
#What else could l do
but say 'that's great'.
You still went to Thailand?
#What could l do?
Gonna be a nomad.
Nomad?
#Don't feel like coming home.
#Off to Delhi.
Always wanted to see lndia.
What about your classes?
lndia?
#Whatever.
#lf anyone calls,
bullshit them.
My flight's boarding.
#Who is it?
l've been sent by Professor Hatomura.
l'm in Saraka's seminar.
Today's an auspicious day
for Ms. Homizu.
#Come in.
Really?
Saraka?
Someone from college is here.
Go ahead.
ls it alright?
Huh?
Can l come in?
l'm...coming in.
l'm in.
Hey.
Your guest is here. Face me.
Your guest has come to see you.
Face me.
l said 'face me'!
Or l'll mess you up.
You really a physics student?
Yeah.
l'm full of...physics.
l'm...
Check out my atoms.
List the 4 basic forces of physics.
The 4 forces...
Oh, those, um...
l know them.
'Course... l know them.
But...
if you were gonna gimme a hint,
what kind would you give?
One is gravity. Name the other 3.
Name the forces.
The three...
forces of marriage, right?
Three important points of departure
for the bride and groom.
There are three forces of marriage.
Patience is the first one.
You in Hatomura's lab too?
'Course.
lf l'm not in that lab, who is?
l'd like to see that.
You...
look hot in sweats.
Keep it to yourself.
So? l heard from Shiratori.
Heard you chased her away.
Didn't ask her to come or leave.
Have the research projects been decided?
Research projects?
You must choose a research theme, right?
Oh, is that right?
What's your theme?
lf you must know,
it's about creating the universe.
lf you're talking 'relativity' or Higgs boson,
you're wasting your time.
lntriguing.
Hey, Yoshikazu.
Yoshikazu.
Motokazu, right?
Yeah.
Can you keep it a secret?
Roll call?
And you're going to lab too?
Don't worry.
How'd you know it was me?
That...
t-shirt gave it away.
lt says 'physics' to me.
E=mc squared?
lt's like going to the US
with an l LOVE NYC t-shirt.
l'm...a nerd.
Wanna trade?
Wanna swap?
Come on. !
No way.
Morning.
Shiratori.
What's with that?
Excited about the lab?
She likes it.
Thought she would.
You do like it.
Good morning.
Morning.
Who's that?
Airi, a grad student.
He helps in the seminar.
Have you decided your themes?
Mr. Sudo?
Something to do with quantum mechanics.
Sakura?
Superstring or dimension theory.
Tricky. Shiratori?
Maybe...it's too safe
but l like relativity theory.
Every year, many students
choose relativity.
Proving your own theory of relativity,
are you Einstein?
No.
Lately, l'm interested in...
the creation of the universe. What do you think?
Open mouth; insert foot.
What?
lt's a theme.
Why choose that? ?
Sounded good to me.
l wanna go with that theme too.
Without a big theme like that
l was gonna take off.
Creating the cosmos?
Ruling it impossible?
Yes.
Why?
How will you harness enough energy?
So conversely
with enough energy, it's possible?
lmpossible.
Why?
Take this for example.
Epsilon, what does it stand for?
The fraction of M into E when hydrogen
turned to helium during big bang fusion.
As an integer 0.007.
Let's say that was 0.006...
Protons and neutrons wouldn't bind.
And if it was 0.008?
Atomic fusion would've continued
leaving no hydrogen.
lf the value varies slightly?
Life wouldn't exist in the cosmos.
And Omega?
Relative density of the cosmos.
lf this was off one nanosecond post big bang?
Our cosmos wouldn't have expanded.
Making all life nil.
N?
Electric energy as a value of gravity.
And if this were weaker, no stars.
lf it were stronger, too much heat.
Rendering star life too short.
No time for life to evolve.
Lambda?
The cosmological constant.
Q?
The amplitude of cosmic microwaves.
D?
The value of spatial dimensions.
These 6 delicately balanced values...
miraculously made our
'cosmos of life'.
lf any were even slightly off...
then our cosmos wouldn't exist.
Energy isn't the only issue.
How could this delicate structure
have been created?
Without God it would be impossible?
l won't say that, but...
But what about the idea of
miraculous accidental creation?
Or your own convenience?
The multibirth hypothesis!
But even accidental creation could...
lf using multibirth then...
'all you need to do is create
the start of the universe'.
l see.
Multi-what?
The theory of infinite universes.
Like cheap sci-fi?
lt's a serious theory.
How interesting.
Can humans create a universe?
How about debating it?
Divide into those for and against it?
We must take this theme seriously.
We'll have a weekly presentation
followed by a debate...
picking the next topic from the debate.
The winning side passes.
The losing side fails.
Homizu and Watanuki on the affirmative.
lf one more joins their side,
it's 3 versus 3.
Anyway, it'll be 4 versus 2.
Let's start with an overview
of cosmos theory.
Watanuki can start.
To create a universe,
we must understand its structure.
God's Puzzle.
Your words, right, Einstein?
Yeah!
l'll skip class.
Forget Yoshikazu's credits.
l'm a musician.
A troubadour working at a sushi bar.
Oh no!
Come on, Miho.
This is bad.
Shit.
Wait for your paycheck 'til we rebuild.
For real?
Lend us dinner money?
You serious?
FLASHBACK
This part-time job is located...
in a field beneath Mugen.
They're taking applicants
from our university.
They still have openings.
Great news.
The second force of marriage...
is your salary.
Hi.
#Yoshikazu, it'z your mother.
#Doez Motokazu have a cell?
#Got hiz number?
He don't anzwer at the apartment.
Touring with hiz band?
#That ztupid band, never happen.
#Hiz terrible songz no one wantz to hear.
Music izn't 'bout good or bad...
if he doez it with spirit.
#What?
#Zaying school is horrible and he hatez ztudying.
#He alwayz ran from responziblity. No good at all.
#How can twinz be so different?
Are we so...
different?
#Very different.
#You were never an embarrazzment.
#But Motokazu is alwayz embarrazzing.
Fuck off.
l'll master this in no time.
The mystery of the universe? l tell you l...
am totally clueless.
Master.
Master? What don't you get?
What?
lnflation.
Anti-matter.
Superstring theory.
Strings?
Don't!
Gimme.
Not that.
You got plenty.
l gotta buy medicine for my mother.
Work harder!
Honey.
But Shiratori could never leave her pimp's side.
Women lead sad lives.
TO BE CONTlNUED
HlMO (string in Japanese )
A bit long, eh?
M
M Theory.
PlMP M
Motokazu, 21
Calm down!
Understand the birth of the cosmos?
lt's shaped like this illustration.
Here's the start of everything.
Then 'inflation' and then the big bang.
Gravity, strong and weak interaction,
and electromagnetic force split.
Follow me?
What don't you get?
First...
how does this appear 'poof'
from nothing?
No one knows that.
Which is why we research it.
Which is why we enjoy it.
Enjoy it?
The universe is a mystery novel.
Finding criminals,
clues and motives is fun, right?
OK. So how about 'inflation'?
What about it?
Wasn't matter created after
the big bang?
So didn't the universe come after that?
Never imagined anything between
nothing and the big bang.
And how do you know it existed?
What's the opening of Beethoven's 5th?
'Fate Motif'.
Wrong. lt's this.
l'm right.
Wrong.
Where?
First, there's an 8th note rest. Look.
Got it?
'Thus Fate knocks at the door!'
according to Beethoven.
What does this rest indicate?
Like taking a breathe?
Then, an instant that says,
'No way!'
The instant when the mind is silent must be 'fate'.
But the silence before the music...
that 8th note, did you hear it?
Nope.
So
when did the music begin?
The 8th note rest before the first note?
But what conductor can hit that rest
without being a nanosecond off?
Even if he could...
So we study the universe using math?
Observations and calculations based on them.
New phenomena overturn
accepted theories.
Personally l think Beethoven's 9th is cooler.
l agree but you've missed my point.
But...
it's fate.
Before 'fate' was written,
Beethoven was there.
Meaning?
Before the universe someone was there?
Dunno.
Like you said,
too skillfully constructed to be accidental.
Thus the multibirth hypothesis.
Sounds like bullshit.
Try understanding it like this.
Each bubble is a universe.
lf mankind can create a universe,
think about this.
As this root appears from its parent,
a new universe is born.
Our universe is where this new root is.
Split off from the older ancestor root.
Of course, this hasn't been observed.
lt's unknown if it's multibirth.
But it's an accepted hypothesis.
With infinite universes
with different laws and values...
the balance of our universe could be 'chance'.
Not a godly miracle but
miraculous infinite accidents.
So we just need to create
the advent of our universe.
With some random firing
we might create one that breeds life.
The problem is whether it can be created
on the outside or not.
But it might not be?
No one on Earth has tried.
What if it was created on...the inside?
Our current universe might collapse.
Creating one is impossible, right?
lf we used Mugen and...
But...you won't, right?
Even if you could.
Maybe not.
Mugen has been built...
with two rings, the eastside and westside.
Each with a 2 km diameter.
Here's the talked about cross point.
The accelerated particles collide here.
ls its control room here?
Yes.
One control room in each wing.
The westside control room is here.
The cross point has a counter hole and observation room.
And a data gathering electric hut.
That looks good.
That passageway.
Only smoke and you would wanna climb it.
Get it? You and smoke.
For a #Kansai# boy, you sure ain't funny.
l heard Mugen can create black holes. ls that true?
We have high hopes but don't know yet.
Won't a black hole suck up this place?
Mini-black holes soon evaporate.
Don't worry.
Stop it. You're embarrassing!
How can a black hole evaporate?
Hawking radiation.
Go home and look it up.
Trust me; it evaporates.
#On our field trip,
l stopped by my new job.
#An old lady living in a rice field.
#She's raising seedlings and
told me to come for planting.
#Said Hashizume is coming too.
#Probably the only job advertised at uni
that took old folks.
You gonna work here too?
Get real.
Cool, eh? Still using sheet iron roofs.
Forever living her life
stuck to this slope.
Born and stuck here, she eats...
and will die soon.
What can she say about her life?
Let her be. You're Japanese, right?
That's what being down to earth means.
lf she doesn't get swallowed by
the universes below...
it's virtual reality. An illusion.
lf you've got time, follow me.
Making a virtual program but
can't figure something out.
lf you can't then l sure can't.
Not entirely true.
l gathered jpegs to
make a porn site but...
l dunno which ones make men hot.
Could you pick some?
Running a side business?
Borrowing memory.
My program eats it up.
Gonna hijack PCs world-wide
to create a universe.
Does that happen when accessing ?
porn sites?
lt's possible with even one access.
l can't do it without you. Please help.
Are you...
you...flirting with me?
Who'd do such a beastly thing?
Beastly?
Animalistic.
Something non-intellectual
entering my body...
makes me sick thinking about it.
'Cause you've never been in love.
Not my fault.
No men worth falling in love with.
Not genius enough for you?
l never said l was a genius!
Go home and choose them ASAP.
You...
ls that any way to ask a favor?
Shiratori's the girl for me!
ElNSTElN FOR DUMMlES
You came to Japan and ate shrimp and #kohada# sushi.
Did the sushi get your brain working?
Didn't do a thing, did it?
l know as much as this bearded geezer.
Wait for me baby.
Next time we meet,
my intellect will intoxicate you.
People say our universe...
was born from 'nihil'.
How we define 'nothingness' is...
what makes it difficult.
Physics defines it as...
a 'supersymmetrical' state.
Right?
Why's he asking me?
But 'symmetry' involves line and point symmetry.
The same shape, right?
Turn over one...we get 'line' symmetry.
Flip it up like this.
At a glance, it seems different but...
the point symmetry is intact.
Basically, the same shape.
Some conditions change but
the basics don't.
The symmetry remains intact.
Right?
l said don't ask me.
So our universe...
exists because of four forces:
gravity, strong and weak interaction...
and electromagnetic force.
But before our universe,
these were bound together.
Their 'symmetrical' force was perfectly intact.
This is called 'supersymmetry'.
Then suddenly it broke.
Dunno how but...
'Crack' it split right open.
This is called 'CP-violation'.
Wait a minute.
ln this case, don't you think
that's a generalization?
Don't you think
that's a generalization?
Shut up!
lt feels damn specific to me.
And from this, our universe was born.
From the rip in symmetry
like a tiny bubble going 'pop'.
lts size or Planck length
1 0 to the negative 35 m.
The advent of our universe.
Reaching 'inflation',
the Planck length swelled to 1 meter in diameter.
The CP-violation split further.
Gravity separated.
After gravity separated...
the energy in the inflated universe changed to heat.
You know, 'hot' to touch.
Particles got electrical.
The so-called 'Big Bang'.
Then inflation subsided.
And the temperature declined gradually.
But then the symmetry ripped again.
'Strong lnteraction' separated.
lnflation temporarily ended and...
turned to expansion mode.
Then the final division of forces.
The CP-violation once again.
Electromagnetic force and weak interaction began.
matter and anti-matter were created.
This anti-matter relates to matter
like heads and tails on a coin.
When they meet, a nuclear explosion
occurs, changing them into gamma rays.
Einstein's E=mc squared means...
energy and matter are the same.
When matter and anti-matter meet,
they morph into energy.
lf this matter and anti-matter were perfectly the same...
everything would be gamma rays
and our universe wouldn't have existed.
But thankfully...
matter was a tiny bit bigger than anti-matter.
And so matter remained.
The difference was only one billionth.
lf matter was one billion particles...
anti-matter had 999,999,999.
Thanks to this tiny gap,
a matter universe was born.
FYl, the time it took from...
the start of inflation was...
a millisecond.
Will this commentary of 1 37 million
years end in our lifetime?
l'll wrap it up. Okay?
When the temperature lowers enough...
protons and neutrons can't remain apar
Nucleuses are formed.
Right?
Around the nucleus electrons fell and formed atoms.
About 380,000 years post Big Bang...
via astronomy we can measure our universe.
The scattered elementary particles
formed atoms.
'Cause many gaps were formed...
photons took flight.
This muddy white plasma universe...
turned to our black one.
So-called 'transparent to radiation'.
Then stars were born.
Any questions?
Shiratori?
So what you're saying is...
without CP-violation,
our universe wouldn't have been created.
So why did this CP-violation occur?
That's it! Way to go!
l dunno.
So why?
lf l answered,
this wouldn't be your presentation, right?
lf there was 'nihil' at first,
super relativity is far fetched.
Not super relativity
but 'nihil' relativity.
Calling it 'super' don't make it so.
So how should we view 'nihil'?
Symmetry's anti-opposite.
Our universe is matter and anti-matter, plus and minus.
Basically opposites that attract.
Like men and women.
So what's the opposite of symmetry?
Anti-symmetry?
Right! Right?
Anti-symmetry surrounds us now.
When did it first appear?
What do you mean?
Symmetry and anti-symmetry.
lf they're a pair,
they appeared together.
And before they appeared?
l see.
With 'perfect symmetry' intact
simultaneously, an anti-symmetry state?
Never happen. They're inconsistent.
Neither would exist.
lf neither exists then they can't form anything.
And so this is 'nihil' l guess.
So...
from nothingness, a cosmic action and
a chaotic action occured simultaneously.
Anti-symmetry as the fundamental truth?
Cosmos and chaos...
harmony and disorder.
ln this case, harmony and anti-harmony.
Forget physical feasibility.
The symmetry force and CP-violation
fought each other...
or cooperated to form our universe, right?
Right on!
Toying with fundamental laws is no game.
This isn't a humanities class.
You're the only one bothered by this.
Can l ask Airi a question?
Go ahead.
A rift in matter and anti-matter occurred.
Why was that?
There was no rift.
They were the same number at the start.
'Course they were.
Matter and anti-matter are opposite pairs.
They were the same volume at first.
But their collapse rates: independent and different.
You said, pair annihilation ended
at '999,999,999'...
with one independent antiparticle.
So one billionth of matter remained.
So matter and anti-matter are opposite pairs.
And their asymmetry exists.
lf opposite pairs exist,
perfect symmetry is ideal but...
why did the difference occur?
l don't...
lf we inquire further...
why do the plus and minus pairs...
remain opposite in the first place?
Doesn't matter.
That's the fundamental law.
Doesn't matter?
The defeat declaration of a scientist?
You sneering at humanities department?
lf it's the law, then define the 'law'?
What 'law' occurred from 'nihil'?
Who's 'toying with fundamental laws' now?
And 'it's no game'?
Are we to only discuss your kind of science?
Before talking about the universe
do yuo know what you're talking about?
Hold on.
You're talking too fast!
Sorry.
l'm not as smart as you.
This debate is pointless.
Why? They made their point.
Where was that?
There's no ultimate learning.
You pretending to be our parents?
You're a tough student.
Do those two hate each other?
Saraka's got a bad rap too.
Shiratori's the kind of girl who agrees with her boyfriend.
Before Airi dated Shiratori...
he courted Saraka.
Made them rivals l guess.
Shiratori's dating him?
Yeah.
lndia
Since when?
End of last year.
Yoshikazu!
What? How's Yoshikazu?
Dunno!
You Japanese?
l guess so.
Be in lndia long?
What do you think?
Think it will work out?
l panicked when my passport got stolen.
But humans can live without such stuff.
But that's bad.
Tried the embassy?
Yeah, l went.
Said, 'Show me your passport as lD.'
Said it was stolen.
And then?
Security rushed in, caused an uproar.
l ran for my life.
Then a child nearby went...
BANG! Got hit by a car.
Went flying...
in the air.
C'est la vie l thought.
My passport?
Who needs it?
The universe is everywhere. Everyone as particles.
lndia rocks.
By dipping yourself in the Ganges...
nothing seems to matter.
Take care.
lndia... the first to discover the concept of zero.
A civilization fathoming emptiness absolutely.