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Lobar
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Hi guys. I'm new here and pretty much a layman when it comes to physics and astronomy.
I came across this hypothesis a few months ago, but have been looking at it the last few days.
Anyway, I'm hoping you guys know about this so you can help me. Search wikipedia for it if not. I'm not going to go into detail about what a Boltzmann Brain is.
So, my thoughts on this is that while all the articles on Boltzmann Brains always say that it is much more likely that we are Boltzmann Brains than living in our low entropy universe, I don't agree with this. The thing is though, that I've read numerous discussions and I've never heard one reason why people don't believe that this is the case, even though the physicists behind this problem say it is much more likely. In fact the only place I've read something against this hypothesis is on the wikipedia.
My thoughts are that the people who are working out the probabilities are not taking into consideration that the universe, although starting as low entropy, began as very simple and unorganised particles and energy, while a Boltzmann Brain with all its experiences and knowledge intact would be a far more unlikely quantum fluctuation as it starts immediately as incredibly ordered and structured conscious biological entity. This is my very unknowledgeable viewpoint and I'm hoping you could help me on this.
Up till now, it has only been people who don't know much about the BB Paradox that have said anything like what I've written.
I came across this hypothesis a few months ago, but have been looking at it the last few days.
Anyway, I'm hoping you guys know about this so you can help me. Search wikipedia for it if not. I'm not going to go into detail about what a Boltzmann Brain is.
So, my thoughts on this is that while all the articles on Boltzmann Brains always say that it is much more likely that we are Boltzmann Brains than living in our low entropy universe, I don't agree with this. The thing is though, that I've read numerous discussions and I've never heard one reason why people don't believe that this is the case, even though the physicists behind this problem say it is much more likely. In fact the only place I've read something against this hypothesis is on the wikipedia.
My thoughts are that the people who are working out the probabilities are not taking into consideration that the universe, although starting as low entropy, began as very simple and unorganised particles and energy, while a Boltzmann Brain with all its experiences and knowledge intact would be a far more unlikely quantum fluctuation as it starts immediately as incredibly ordered and structured conscious biological entity. This is my very unknowledgeable viewpoint and I'm hoping you could help me on this.
Up till now, it has only been people who don't know much about the BB Paradox that have said anything like what I've written.