Suppose you were in a universe where particles really did have tags and you really could check them. How do you prove that no two particles have the same tag, implying they are truly interchangeable? As with everything else, there is no true proof either way. (Just evidence)
“Certainty” is an algorithmic optimization your brain performs (and evolution performed on brains) to avoid computing the effects of unlikely scenarios. It is an implementation detail of a decision making algorithm, not some guaranteed facet of decision theory delivered from on high.
It’s kind of strange, when you think about it, how much we project our brain’s strategies for working with the world onto reality itself. As if a chess program would perceive the universe as having some intangible “eightness” or “fourness” to it, because the chess program happens to use a search depth of 4 self moves + 4 opponent moves.
Suppose you were in a universe where particles really did have tags and you really could check them. How do you prove that no two particles have the same tag, implying they are truly interchangeable? As with everything else, there is no true proof either way. (Just evidence)
“Certainty” is an algorithmic optimization your brain performs (and evolution performed on brains) to avoid computing the effects of unlikely scenarios. It is an implementation detail of a decision making algorithm, not some guaranteed facet of decision theory delivered from on high.
It’s kind of strange, when you think about it, how much we project our brain’s strategies for working with the world onto reality itself. As if a chess program would perceive the universe as having some intangible “eightness” or “fourness” to it, because the chess program happens to use a search depth of 4 self moves + 4 opponent moves.