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in the sense that we could be "brains in boxes" like in the matrix, one could argue that this reality we experience could happen to a boltzmann brain as well. s
by officialjunk 7y ago
in the sense that we could be "brains in boxes" like in the matrix, one could argue that this reality we experience could happen to a boltzmann brain as well. similar to a dream, in which the dream reality is a result of feeding all the senses with data from within.
- dahfizz 7y agoAn important distinction is that a boltzman brain only "works" for an instant before the harsh environment of space destroys it. There's simply no time for a whole dream matrix reality to play out.
- quakeguy 7y agoWhy? The time passed for the Boltzmann Brain won’t necessarily be tied to its real frame of existence i think, it may simulate any timeframe imaginable, depending on its starting conditions.
- nfc 7y agoIn fact the simulation of any timeframe would be constrained by physical laws. For example for a Boltzmann Brain with a similar chemical composition as ours the speed at which chemical reactions occur would limit the speed of experience. For a Boltzmann Brain that simulates ours with a very different physical substrate the speed of light would still be a limit.
- red75prime 7y agoAnother Boltzmann brain can pop up, which contains a short term memory of being previous Boltzmann brain. Sensory inputs aren't constrained though. Most probable sequence of such brains should feel like noise all over your senses, I think.
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- marcosdumay 7y agoAnother Boltzmann brain can pop up with the result of whatever decision the previous brain could have made, the actual decision it made is irrelevant.