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jaketodd
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A silly question I'm sure about Feynman's "many paths"
I've been reading about Feynman's many-paths idea. And I've read that according to his idea, an electron, for example, takes every possible path in the universe and they cancel out (the arrows pointing different directions) to a definite path. But if the electron took every possible path, then wouldn't they all cancel and the electron would go nowhere since the arrows point in every direction and would cancel completely to no path? Don't be too hard on me.![Red Face :redface: :redface:](https://www.physicsforums.com/styles/physicsforums/xenforo/smilies/oldschool/redface.gif)
I've been reading about Feynman's many-paths idea. And I've read that according to his idea, an electron, for example, takes every possible path in the universe and they cancel out (the arrows pointing different directions) to a definite path. But if the electron took every possible path, then wouldn't they all cancel and the electron would go nowhere since the arrows point in every direction and would cancel completely to no path? Don't be too hard on me.
![Red Face :redface: :redface:](https://www.physicsforums.com/styles/physicsforums/xenforo/smilies/oldschool/redface.gif)