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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 21 October 2011 12:09:18AM 1 point [-]

Consider: carbon. It has six electrons. If they are identical, none of them can be in the same state by the Pauli exclusion principle, and organic chemistry is a fairly direct consequence. If they are distinct, they all fall into an S1 orbital, and Carbon chemistry is just like Hydrogen chemistry but more so.

Would you say that's an observable difference?