It is definitely a nuanced question. The definition of object is surely up for debate as well. A silly example: if one were to define an object as a string of 6

It is definitely a nuanced question. The definition of object is surely up for debate as well. A silly example: if one were to define an object as a string of 64 hex characters, even non-literate people could distinguish between any two distinct objects. echo "hello" | sha256sum >> 5891b5b522d5df086d0ff0b110fbd9d21bb4fc7163af34d08286a2e846f6be03 echo "world" | sha256sum >> e258d248fda94c63753607f7c4494ee0fcbe92f1a76bfdac795c9d84101eb317 But were I to briefly glance at a computer screen, I'd probably confuse these next two: e258d248fda94c63753607f7c4494ee0fcbe92f1a76bfdac795c9d84101eb317 e258d248fda94c63753607f7c4494ee0fcbe92f1a76bfaac795c9d84101eb317