Are your memories illusions? New study disentangles the Boltzmann brain paradox - Phys.org
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Are your memories illusions? New study disentangles the Boltzmann brain paradox - Phys.org

Source:Phys.Org
Author:Santa Fe Institute

In a recent paper, SFI Professor David Wolpert, SFI Fractal Faculty member Carlo Rovelli, and physicist Jordan Scharnhorst examine a longstanding, paradoxical thought experiment in statistical physics and cosmology known as the “Boltzmann brain” hypothesis—th…