Failure so far to detect proton decay is not explained by the suggestion that intra-nuclear collisions prevent it. But there is a quantum version of Zeno's paradox to be resolved.
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Maddox, J. Can observation prevent decay?. Nature 306, 111 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/306111a0
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