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The anthropic principle is one thing, but Boltzmann brains is so close to solipsism that it's worthless for scientific inquiry. While some philosophy background
by BlueTemplar 6y ago
The anthropic principle is one thing, but Boltzmann brains is so close to solipsism that it's worthless for scientific inquiry.
While some philosophy background should be mandatory for physicists, I don't see why they should waste so much of their time on Boltzmann brains ?
- ganzuul 6y agoIt is a decent model for ontology, and ontology is good training for observing cause and effect. We grow up to make a lot of erroneous assumptions so we need to train to become good observers. Basically wrestling with the idea lets you observe some of your own biases.