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Why I Am Not a Boltzmann Brain

2025/01/01 by Sinan Dogramaci, Miriam Schoenfield · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Philosophy and History of Science #Philosophy and Theoretical Science

paper · doi:10.1215/00318108-11591068

Abstract

This article gives a Bayesian argument showing that, even if your total empirical evidence confirms that you have zillions of duplicate Boltzmann Brains, that evidence does not confirm that you are a Boltzmann Brain. The article also attempts to explain what goes wrong with several of the sources of the temptation for thinking that such evidence does have skeptical implications.

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