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One-electron universe theory
All electrons are one electron moving through time.
In brief
All electrons are one electron moving through time. All electrons and positrons are a single electron moving forward and backward in time. Originally reported by Wikipedia.
Origin
Theoretical physicist John Wheeler proposed the idea in 1940.
Core concept
All electrons and positrons are one electron moving through time.
World lines
Electrons trace tangled world lines across spacetime.
Antiparticles
Backward sections of world lines represent positrons.
Feynman's insight
Feynman credited Wheeler for the electron charge uniformity explanation.
Later applications
Nambu extended the concept to all particle-antiparticle pairs.
In short
All electrons and positrons are a single electron moving forward and backward in time.
