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by moring 1363 days ago
That's something I wondered too, but I doubt it. The model used to explain benzene's bonds superficially sounds like superposition, and I can't really speak about the electrons involved (way too complex for me to even imagine), but when you look at the nuclei involved, it sounds implausible that the superposition of irregularly-positioned nuclei results in regularly-positioned nuclei. Implausible because they are too heavy and therefore localized.

But that's my layman's knowledge. I'd like to be corrected!