MadRocketSci comments on Can You Prove Two Particles Are Identical? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hairyfigment 03 July 2014 05:21:11PM -1 points [-]

This seems like a great example of a theory that Occam's Razor should slash, or assign low probability. Though our best formal definition of the Razor is wrong.

Comment author: MadRocketSci 03 July 2014 05:54:02PM *  -1 points [-]

My point isn't that it is unreasonable to use symmetric (/antisymmetric) wavefunctions until we discover something that requires us to use a more complicated model. My objection is to an error in thinking that holds that such potential future discoveries are a-priori impossible. I'm with philosopher Bob on this one.