Re: More on identifiers

robur.6_at_gmail.com wrote:

> On Jun 5, 1:25 pm, "Walter Mitty" <wami..._at_verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Consider two electrons. They both have the same mass, and they have the
>> same charge. They might have opposite spins. But the minute we add a third
>> electron, the spin of two of them is going to be identical. It seems that,
>> on the surface at least, electrons do not have enough properties to carry
>> identity.
>
> If objects are really not distinguishable then why someone would want
> to artificially identify them? Wouldn¢t be better to record just their
> quantity?

Amen to that, brother.

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Roy