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Ludwig Boltzmann, after whom Boltzmann brains are named. The Boltzmann brain thought experiment suggests that it might be more likely for a brain to spontaneously form in space, complete with a memory of having existed in our universe, rather than for the entire universe to come about in the manner cosmologists think it actually did.
Boltzmann brain: If the universe we observe resulted from a random thermodynamic fluctuation, it would be vastly more likely to be a simple one than the complex one we observe. The simplest case would be just a brain floating in vacuum, having the thoughts and sensations an ostensible observer has.
Ludwig Boltzmann was an Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics. Boltzmann may also refer to: 24712 Boltzmann, a main-belt asteroid; the Boltzmann brain, a thought experiment; Boltzmann constant; Boltzmann (crater), an old lunar crater; Boltzmann distribution
An MTA cleaner allegedly slashed a man who confronted him for pouring bleach near the spot where he’d been sleeping on a Brooklyn subway platform early Monday, cops and sources said.
It is more transparent to just avoid such terms. The reworked content is avoiding using these loaded terms altogether and using instead meaningful terms like "Boltzmann brain" and "non-Boltzmann brain" and "other spontaneously formed entities" which are plain and precise terms for the subject matter.
The San Francisco 49ers on Monday suspended linebacker De'Vondre Campbell for the final three games of the regular season for refusing to play Thursday night against the Los Angeles Rams.. Niners ...
The crash comes as law enforcement agencies around the world have been on edge this holiday season after an anti-Islam activist plowed his car into a Christmas market in Germany last week, killing ...
In early 1994, Sega released Sonic 3, which had been developed in secret at a secure facility in Silicon Valley, thousands of miles from Sega's Japanese headquarters. Nine-year-old Ben was "very impressed," he says now, noting the "updated design, expansive levels and the fact you could turn Super Sonic" -- when the hedgehog gained speed and ...