• 6mementomori@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d add to this that, if I’m not mistaken, it’s because light takes all possible paths and the average measured time is longer

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      1 year ago

      The probability of a path it takes is the sum of all possible paths. Richard Feynman uses this exact swimmer in the water example during one of his lectures of physics.