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For decades, the Zeno effect was treated as a mathematical paradox, a quirk of quantum theory that seemed too strange to be true. Many physicists doubted it could ever be demonstrated in a lab. Today, it has evolved from a mind-bending puzzle into a foundational tool for quantum engineering, proving that yesterday's paradoxes often become tomorrow's technologies.
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Supporting arguments
- Proposed theoretically in 1977 but dismissed by skeptics
- First major experimental proofs only succeeded in the late 1980s
- Now used as a standard technique in quantum error control
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