Caledonian2 comments on Can You Prove Two Particles Are Identical? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Caledonian2 14 April 2008 11:21:06PM 2 points [-]

We can see where their argument went wrong right now. We don't need to wait for 'someday'.

Chalmers does not make an argument founded in our current understanding, he makes an argument founded on a hypothetical - one that happens to be incoherent. So if his argument held, which it does not, it would only apply if its hypothetical foundation held. Which it, to the best of our knowledge, does not.