>
>
> I've almost certainly misunderstood this quote, but how can a mask
> possibly cause a single photon to cast a shadow?  A shadow is just the
> contrast between high and low light areas, so with a single photon how can
> the shape of this area be defined?


Sounds like a relative of the two-slit experiment, in some ways.
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