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obey
We know the equation that the electron obeys: iℏ(∂ψ/∂t) = Ĥψ
This is quite common phrase in physics: 'the system obeys those equations' or something like 'the system is governed by those equations'. I personally have used it hundreds of times.
It has been said: when you become dust, you will realize the land does not belong do you, you belong to the land.
I am starting to think that the particles are not governed, nor they obey.
A walking bag of atoms, obeying Schrödinger's equation. OBEY!