Well there is the underlying unobservable quantum state that seems to be evolving smoothly, just because observations decohere the state into seemingly discrete observables… you might think this means that it’s looks like particles are evolving discontinuously.
The true reality of everything *is* the quantum state, so i don’t think it’s true to say that just because you observe discrete outcomes that particles don’t move continuously, unless you are referring to some other mechanism i have never heard about.
There is even evidence (yale 2019, quanta article here[1]) that quantum decoherence is more of a smooth phenomenon vs an instantaneous, discrete jump.
[1] https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-leaps-long-assumed-to-be-instantaneous-take-time-20190605/
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