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- nazgulnarsil 17y agomaybe the desert in aggregate is a boltzmann brain. This leads to the Boltzmann brain concept: If our current level of organization, having many self-aware entities, is a result of a random fluctuation, it is much less likely than a level of organization which is only just able to create a single self-aware entity. For every universe with the level of organization we see, there should be an enormous number of lone Boltzmann brains floating around in unorganized environments. This refutes the observer argument above: the organization I see is vastly more than what is required to explain my consciousness, and therefore it is highly unlikely that I am the result of a stochastic fluctuation. The Boltzmann brain paradox is that it is more likely that a brain randomly forms out of the chaos with false memories of its life than that the universe around us would have billions of self-aware brains.
- idlewords 17y agoFar, far more likely that you are. And I'm guessing a very baked Boltzmann brain.
- nollidge 17y agoThis is a fantastic phenomenon. Also, that black & white panorama picture [1] with the Milky Way is just gorgeous, and big enough for multi-screen wallpaper as well. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deathvalleysky_nps_big.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deathvalleysky_nps_big.jpg
- grannyg00se 17y agoThis sounded really creepy and supernatural until I read that there are 90MPH wind gusts and ice involved. That's a very strong wind force against a large, flat rock face.
- proemeth 17y ago"I had reached the age of six hundred and fifty miles."
- mcantor 17y agoI love this planet.