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Causality and quantum jumps are incompatible

 ... Natural science Physics Field (physics) Principle of locality Causality Causality in quantum mechanics
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If something does a quantum jump, what causes it to decide doing so at a particular time and not another? It is expected that a continuous cause would have continuous effects.
This concern was raised immediately by Rutherford while reviewing the Bohr model in 1913 as mentioned in The Quantum Story by Jim Baggott (2011) page 32.

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