• 🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    27
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Bolzmann brain moment.

    The important part is the paradoxical nature of that a bolzmann brain, as far as the universes lifespan is concerned, is more likely to emerge than a habitable universe.

    It’s simple maths. There’s a higher chance that you’re a bolzmann brain than real

    • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.de
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      29
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      I wouldn’t consider it simple math, nor accurate math.

      It is a bold statement that makes assumptions about underlying probabilities that are simply impossible to quantify realistically. Even more so as the theory was developed well before computers and human space exploration.

      It is an intriguing thought experiment, but not an established scientific theory.

      • dalekcaan@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, this bit always gets me too when people say that we’re statistically almost certain to live in a simulation.

        Ah, statistics. The branch of mathematics famous for being reliable and accurate when extrapolating from a single point of data.

        • OctopusKurwa @lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          1 year ago

          Not necessarily, Random fluctuations could also produce a structure in which the Boltzmann brain could survive. Which could give it plenty of time to imagine our shitty universe.

      • Sotuanduso@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        1 year ago

        If you were a Bolzmann brain, your memories of reality would likely be much less consistent, probably akin to a dream.

    • nodsocket@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      That’s only if the universe is old enough. For a universe that’s only 13 billion years old the chance of a Boltzmann brain forming is much lower.