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[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The Boltzmann brain theory gives the idea that it's more likely for a brain to spawn, complete with memories, in the middle of space than it is for science to have developed (and continue developing) the way it did.

But what if that brain's knowledge of the universe is wrong? What if matter, should it even exist, is not made from atoms and that brain just thinks that?

this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2024
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