Darren New wrote:
> You say this, but it's not actually true.  You cannot distinguish two 
> hydrogen atoms as long as you ignore the stuff that lets you distinguish 
> them.  Like, say, their positions.

	Have to agree with andrel here.

> Certainly the hydrogen atoms in my coffee are distinguishable from the 
> hydrogen atoms emitting light eight minutes ago in the sun.

	Nope. Just that the wavefunction will be such that most likely that if 
we ignore that there is another H atom near the sun, the physics near 
your coffee will barely change.


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Give a man a fish and you feed him for one day. Teach him to use the Net 
and he won't bother you for weeks.


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