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I like your word choice of “self-aware systems,” as I’m curious if there are other permutations of atoms that can give consciousness. Maybe I’m leaning too heav
by baetylus 6y ago
I like your word choice of “self-aware systems,” as I’m curious if there are other permutations of atoms that can give consciousness. Maybe I’m leaning too heavily into the sci-fi realm though.
- raducu 6y agoBoltzmann brains aeons upon aeons after the death of the last star, or Boltzmann brains before the Big Bang as result of quantum fluctuations?
- BlueTemplar 6y agoI'm not sure that before the big bang even means something?
- sooheon 6y agoTed Chiang's Exhalation is one of the very best I've read in this vein (also in the GP's sense of "life on different entropic timescales"). Highly recommended if you haven't read it yet.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoThanks a lot for the recommendation, it's a great collection of short stories.