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agentchuck t1_j8gihur wrote

Reply to comment by Weed_O_Whirler in Light traveling through a medium that slows it. Does the same photon emerge? by TheGandPTurtle

Can fungible particles be discerned through quantum entanglement?

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karantza t1_j8gpnha wrote

Nope, and this is actually what leads to some of the weirdnesses of entanglement. Since in terms of information, if you have two particles A and B, that are identical, AB and BA are the same states.

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binarycow t1_j8gxbpr wrote

>Nope, and this is actually what leads to some of the weirdnesses of entanglement. Since in terms of information, if you have two particles A and B, that are identical, AB and BA are the same states.

💡That makes a ton of sense. I should have thought of that sooner.

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xenneract t1_j8j579k wrote

> AB and BA are the same states

For bosons, fermions pick up a -1 on exchange

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