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Are You a Boltzmann Brain?
March 15, 2018 at 11:50 am
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Well? What do you think? Are you the result of random fluctuations spontaneously bringing you forth into existence with "memories" and "past experiences" intact, and all this spontaneous generation occurring just a few minutes ago, only to last for a few more minutes? Nah, I think it's all bullshit. My view, and I say this with confidence, is that ... *distortions* *gradual (spontaneous?) warping into "nothingness"*
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RE: Are You a Boltzmann Brain?
March 15, 2018 at 12:39 pm
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pletely implausible. So to recap, yeah I think that is quite
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RE: Are You a Boltzmann Brain?
March 16, 2018 at 3:37 am
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How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here
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No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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RE: Are You a Boltzmann Brain?
April 2, 2018 at 12:09 am
What we call or observe as randomness or order, or even what we calculate and conclude as being such is all relative.
There really is no such thing as chaos. It may have unseen and unrecognized order, so our perceptions and conclusions are purely related to what other people think and doesn't necessarily have anything to do with intelligence etc.
Who is to say that a particular state is no longer able to produce useful mechanical work?
If you are going to judge the universe, remember that the mind is puny and limited.
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RE: Are You a Boltzmann Brain?
April 2, 2018 at 1:15 am
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Quote:What we call or observe as randomness or order, or even what we calculate and conclude as being such is all relative.
Nope what is randomness . What is order . What is we do calculate and conclude is so by any reasonable standard . The burden falls on those who insist there is more then what is observed .
Quote:There really is no such thing as chaos. It may have unseen and unrecognized order, so our perceptions and conclusions are purely related to what other people think and doesn't necessarily have anything to do with intelligence etc.
This is tripe
Quote:Who is to say that a particular state is no longer able to produce useful mechanical work?
Any reasonable standard .
Quote:If you are going to judge the universe, remember that the mind is puny and limited.
The limitation of the human mind is not a justification for imposing voodoo . Or derpy magical speculation .
Quote:"Oh no, Banned, we be as gods knowing all things..."
Your derpy luddite strawman and nothing else .
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RE: Are You a Boltzmann Brain?
April 2, 2018 at 9:41 pm
I loved that video. It really does demonstrate that considering oneself a boltzmann brain is a logically untenable position.
