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michael879
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I don't really understand what it means to call a non-fundamental object a boson. For example, the helium atom. Its made of fermions, so wouldn't that prevent it from acting like a boson? If you can't have two protons, neutrons, or electrons occupy the same state, how could you have two helium atoms occupying the same state? If they can't occupy the same state, how can they be called bosons?