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Do you mind explaining why 1. a single universe implies Boltzmann brains, and 2. a multiverse makes statistical prediction unworkable? The link you provided
by throwawaymath 8y ago
Do you mind explaining why
1. a single universe implies Boltzmann brains, and
2. a multiverse makes statistical prediction unworkable?
The link you provided is taking a while to load for me, but if it's easier to just throw another link at me I'm fine reading that instead. I mainly want to understand why what you're saying is true.
- yters 8y agoThe big problem is the principle of maximum entropy, which posits that all order we see is accidental. This manifests itself in various ways with current cosmological models. http://cosmos.nautil.us/feature/120/the-crisis-of-the-multiverse http://cosmos.nautil.us/feature/120/the-crisis-of-the-multiv... My solution is to posit the universe was created by a halting oracle, and this allows us to assume perceived order is real order.