An argument about the proper derivation of the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution raises questions of the distinguishability of particles with a bearing on whether quantum mechanics is really classical.
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Maddox, J. Telling one particle from another. Nature 329, 579 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/329579a0
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