The law of causality is no longer applied in quantum theory and the law of conservation of matter is no longer true for the elementary particles. (Werner Heisenberg)

The law of causality is no longer applied in quantum theory and the law of conservation of matter is no longer true for the elementary particles.

Werner Heisenberg

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