Re: Uploading
Chris Hind (chind@juno.com)
Wed, 06 Nov 1996 22:54:29 -0800
>On Tue, 05 Nov 1996 Chris Hind <chind@juno.com> Wrote:
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> >Two atoms look exactly the same but that still doesn't
mean
> >they 'are' the same atom.
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>If the 2 atoms look and act exactly the same then you could exchange them
and
>it would make no difference. Atoms have no individuality, if they can't
even
>give themselves this property how can they give it to us?
But two atoms of exactly the same kind *do* have individuality and that
individuality is that they cannot occupy the same space at the same time.
Their "individuality" is based on spacial location.