If electrons behave differently when observed, how do we know what they do when they’re not observed?

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How do we know they behave differently when they’re observed in general? I know they can tell they’re being observed by interacting with the detector but how do we know that their behavior changes?

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It’s proven by the double slit experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment

tl;dr if you point a beam of electrons at a plate with two slits in it and observe which slit the electrons go through, the behavior noticeably diverges from when you don’t observe it.

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