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thermonuclear
Consider a photon which is sent towards a detector. The instant before the photon hits the detector, let's say one mm-light (the time the light travels one millimeter), the photon should be located at a position of one mm far away from the detector.
But since the photon has an associated wavefunction, the photon might be theoretically in any point of space with some probability. This means that with some probability different from zero, the photon might have hit the detector already.
The question: does this contradict special relativity, i.e. the principle that there is nothing which travels faster than c?
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But since the photon has an associated wavefunction, the photon might be theoretically in any point of space with some probability. This means that with some probability different from zero, the photon might have hit the detector already.
The question: does this contradict special relativity, i.e. the principle that there is nothing which travels faster than c?
Have a nice day.