Does my total evidence support that I’m a Boltzmann Brain?
@article{Dogramaci2019DoesMT, title={Does my total evidence support that I’m a Boltzmann Brain?}, author={Sinan Dogramaci}, journal={Philosophical Studies}, year={2019}, volume={177}, pages={1-7} }
A Boltzmann Brain, haphazardly formed through the unlikely but still possible random assembly of physical particles, is a conscious brain having experiences just like an ordinary person. The skeptical possibility of being a Boltzmann Brain is an especially gripping one: scientific evidence suggests our actual universe’s full history may ultimately contain countless short-lived Boltzmann Brains with experiences just like yours or mine. I propose a solution to the skeptical challenge posed by…
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