maybe the desert in aggregate is a boltzmann brain.
This leads to the Boltzmann brain concept: If our current level of organization, having many self-aware entities, is a result of a random fluctuation, it is much less likely than a level of organization which is only just able to create a single self-aware entity. For every universe with the level of organization we see, there should be an enormous number of lone Boltzmann brains floating around in unorganized environments. This refutes the observer argument above: the organization I see is vastly more than what is required to explain my consciousness, and therefore it is highly unlikely that I am the result of a stochastic fluctuation.
The Boltzmann brain paradox is that it is more likely that a brain randomly forms out of the chaos with false memories of its life than that the universe around us would have billions of self-aware brains.
[+] [-] nollidge|16 years ago|reply
Also, that black & white panorama picture [1] with the Milky Way is just gorgeous, and big enough for multi-screen wallpaper as well.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deathvalleysky_nps_big.jpg
[+] [-] proemeth|16 years ago|reply
[+] [-] nazgulnarsil|16 years ago|reply
This leads to the Boltzmann brain concept: If our current level of organization, having many self-aware entities, is a result of a random fluctuation, it is much less likely than a level of organization which is only just able to create a single self-aware entity. For every universe with the level of organization we see, there should be an enormous number of lone Boltzmann brains floating around in unorganized environments. This refutes the observer argument above: the organization I see is vastly more than what is required to explain my consciousness, and therefore it is highly unlikely that I am the result of a stochastic fluctuation.
The Boltzmann brain paradox is that it is more likely that a brain randomly forms out of the chaos with false memories of its life than that the universe around us would have billions of self-aware brains.
[+] [-] idlewords|16 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mcantor|16 years ago|reply
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