Quantum mechanics predicts particles pass through both slits simultaneously.
Evidence
Each electron, therefore, must be passing through both slits at the same time! — Hawking, Stephen, A Brief History of Time, 110
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hawking, Stephen, A Brief History of Time, 110
- XREF: connects to: Quantum mechanics is one of science’s most successful theories yet remains profoundly counterintuitive and resists intuitive sense-making. — Quantum Mechanics and the Limits of Human Intuition; Einstein proved light is simultaneously particles and waves, reconciling opposites. — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 56