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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All particles behave differently if they’re being observed vs when they’re not, not just electrons.

The way we know this is by looking at the results when they aren’t observed. Probably the most famous example of this is the double slit experiment, where._not_ measuring which skit a particle goes through results in an interference pattern on the target past the slits.

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