I have loved science fiction since childhood.

And so the concept of parallel universes is not new to me.

But is it possible to exist in two parallel universes at the same time?

To be honest, I haven't read anything like this in any of my favorite books.

But with this curious phenomenon I (and not only me) now had a chance to meet in real life.

Ursula Gertrude von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, at a press conference in Brussels: "If you look at the reduction that Russia has made on gas, we have so far been able to fully compensate for gas imports at the expense of other reliable suppliers."

I am glad, infinitely glad - both for Frau Ursula and for her cozy parallel universe, in which Europe effortlessly manages without Russian gas.

But how far does this parallel universe extend?

Apparently not very far.

I even came up with the idea of ​​a bubble in which the President of the European Commission resides.

But what is going on outside this bubble (sorry, outside the parallel universe named Ursula von der Leyen)?

Something much more interesting.

Giorgio Parisi is a famous Italian theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner in 2021, a specialist in the field of quantum field theory.

One of the main achievements of Giorgio Parisi is the co-authorship of the DGLAP equation (according to the first letters of the names of the authors: Dokshitser, Gribov, Lipatov, Altarely, Parisi).

According to reference books, the DGLAP equation is "a perturbative equation,

describing the evolution of parton distributions with a change in the hard parameter in hard hadron reactions.”

You don't understand what I'm talking about?

To be honest, I do too.

The text cited above turned for me into complete gibberish already at the word "perturbative".

But don't worry.

To understand what exactly Professor Parisi did in the past, we, laymen in physics, are not able to.

But we are quite able to assess the depth of his "scientific research" now.

So, the "scientific hit" from the Nobel Prize winner in physics - a detailed explanation of how you can cook spaghetti using the minimum amount of gas: "The most important thing is to keep the lid of the pot closed at all times, a lot of heat is lost through evaporation.

After the pasta comes to a boil, I set the gas to the minimum so that they cook very lightly without wasting the gas.

But you can turn it off.

Obviously you use even less gas this way, and I think pasta cooks the same way.

After all, pasta cooks well even in the mountains, where water boils at 90 degrees.

The lid matters a lot."

Russian readers will obviously not need the advice of Professor Parisi.

Everything is in order with gas in our country.

Everything is fine with gas and in the political universe that Ursula von der Leyen lives in.

As Madam President of the European Commission said, “so far we have been able to fully compensate for gas imports at the expense of other reliable suppliers.”

Hey, where are you, these most "reliable suppliers"?

Why does last year's Nobel laureate have to cook spaghetti in such an unusual way?

Has the size of the Nobel Prize been reduced so much that it is not even enough for gas to cook pasta?

I do not think so.

The size of this award is approximately $1 million. Of course, Giorgio Parisi did not receive the entire Nobel Prize, but only a third of it.

The other two thirds went to professors Shukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselman (we are also waiting for their advice on the culinary and gas topic).

Add to that taxes, which are very high in the European Union.

But, you must admit, Professor Parisi still had to have something from the Nobel Prize!

Advice on how to cook spaghetti is not the best application of his scientific knowledge!

This is the same as using a synchrophasotron (since childhood I want to know what it is!) in order to chop walnuts!

Am I too obsessed with the topic of cooking spaghetti using the smallest amount of gas possible?

Not at all.

Speaking about the scientific research of Professor Parisi, I smoothly approach the thought: does the venerable Ursula von der Leyen accidentally hang noodles on her ears, making her optimistic statements about “other reliable suppliers”?

Logic dictates what hangs.

But on whose ears exactly?

This is more of a mystery.

On the ears of Russia?

It is unlikely.

In addition to the statements of the President of the European Commission, Moscow has a lot of other sources of information about what is happening with "available gas" in the EU.

To the ears of the citizens of the countries of the European Union?

This theory appears to be much closer to the truth.

But citizens of EU states also have "more reliable sources of information" on this topic - for example, their own wallets.

Turkish President Erdogan spoke best of all about what is happening now at a press conference in Belgrade: “I tell those who underestimate Russia: you are mistaken.

Russia is not a country that can be underestimated.

Russia has reduced the supply of natural gas - prices in Europe have risen.

Everything is thoughtful.

Why didn't you think of this before?

Here, of course, Russia will use all the means at its disposal when everyone attacks it.

We hope to reach a peace as soon as possible and put an end to this matter.

May the world find peace again."

May the world find peace, and Ursula von der Leyen remember that the existence of parallel realities has not yet been proven.

It's time for the President of the European Commission to return to the only reality that really exists!

The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editors.