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karantza t1_j8gpnha wrote

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

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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