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[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bolzmann brain moment.

The important part is the paradoxical nature of that a bolzmann brain, as far as the universes lifespan is concerned, is more likely to emerge than a habitable universe.

It's simple maths. There's a higher chance that you're a bolzmann brain than real

[-] tryptaminev@feddit.de 28 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't consider it simple math, nor accurate math.

It is a bold statement that makes assumptions about underlying probabilities that are simply impossible to quantify realistically. Even more so as the theory was developed well before computers and human space exploration.

It is an intriguing thought experiment, but not an established scientific theory.

[-] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this bit always gets me too when people say that we're statistically almost certain to live in a simulation.

Ah, statistics. The branch of mathematics famous for being reliable and accurate when extrapolating from a single point of data.

[-] OmegaMouse@feddit.uk 14 points 1 year ago

Oh man, why couldn't my bolzmann brain construct a better reality?

[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Shh it will all be over in a femtosecond (your structure can not be maintained longer than one instance of sentience before it dissipates back into a cloud of gasses)

[-] OmegaMouse@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

Finally the sweet release of dissipation

[-] OctopusKurwa@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Not necessarily, Random fluctuations could also produce a structure in which the Boltzmann brain could survive. Which could give it plenty of time to imagine our shitty universe.

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

If you were a Bolzmann brain, your memories of reality would likely be much less consistent, probably akin to a dream.

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

That's only if the universe is old enough. For a universe that's only 13 billion years old the chance of a Boltzmann brain forming is much lower.

[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Interesting note here. Nothing about this is true unless, as stated, xyz is true. Along that same line of logic, in an infinite applesauce packet, I'm actually a salmon, holds true as well. However, because there is no impending dread to it, that can affect the reader, irrational or otherwise, and thus, it is disregarded, but equally as nonsensical by measure.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good, maybe one of them will be clever enough to run a timing attack on the sub-structure of reality and rm -rf the universe

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