If Boltzmann had a brain like Trump,
It'd bluster, it'd brag, it'd thump -
"All entropy’s fake,
A Dem hoax, a mistake!"
Then collapse in a hot, noisy lump.

#limerick
#BoltzmannBrain

More people writing/talking about organic molecules in space as if it’s a new idea.

But I wonder ... if a given volume of spacetime has a simple organic molecule in it — glycine, say, as compared to just an atom of hydrogen — does that increase the probability of the occurrence of a #BoltzmannBrain round it and perhaps increase its durability?  Long enough to write a microblog post perhaps? 🤔

Maybe that just happened?

Has anyone tried to quantify this?

#physics #virtualBiology #askFedi

#KenOlum - What Can't be #Predicted in #Physics?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNFmW7FzwrA

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #Science #PhilosophyOfCosmology #Cosmology #Probability #Boltzmann #Fluctuation #BoltzmannBrain #Infinity #Observer #Physics #Universe #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#SeanCarroll - The #Physics of #Eternity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZELIjeqfDgo&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

#Philosophy #Science #PhilosophyOfScience #PhilosophyOfCosmology #Cosmology #Time #BigBang #BigBangTheory #Astrophysics #GR #GeneralRelativity #QM #QuantumMechanics #QuantumPhysics #Entropy #LowEntropy #ArrowOfTime #Boltzmann #BoltzmannBrain #BoltzmannBrains #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#FabioPacucci - The #BoltzmannBrain #Paradox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpohbXB_JZU&ab_channel=TED-Ed

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #Probability #Statistics #Metaphysics #Physics #Cosmology #Observation #Measurement #MeasureProblem #TheMeasureProblem #Boltzmann #LudwigBoltzmann #Thermodynamics #Entropy #BoltzmannBrains #Infinity #InfiniteAge #Randomness #Fluctuations #Multiverse #TEDED #TED

What Would An #Infinite #Cosmos Mean?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux0UuMoc_LY&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

#FQXI #Time #Philosophy #Cosmology #PhilosophyOfCosmology #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Physics #Infinity #Probability #InfiniteCosmos #InfiniteUniverse #Boltzmann #BoltzmannBrain #BoltzmannBrains #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#SethLloyd - The #Physics of #Eternity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX-9E9Fy2OI&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

#Science #Cosmology #Time #Space #SpaceTime #BigBang #Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #PhilosophyOfCosmology #InfiniteTime #Boltzmann #BoltzmannBrain #BoltzmannBrains #Entropy #Probability #HeatDeathOfTheUniverse #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

I was just re-reading "Why Boltzmann Brains Are Bad", by Sean Carroll [1]. There Carroll notes (on page 13) that

"There is a possibility of confusion here, due to the sloppy way in which physicists use the word “quantum fluctuation.” It’s helpful to distinguish between three different notions [44]."

Indeed. 🙂 #physics #boltzmannbrain

References
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[1] "Why Boltzmann Brains Are Bad", https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.00850.pdf

[2] "Is The Boltzmann Brain Theory Plausible?", https://medium.com/@amesett/is-the-boltzmann-brain-theory-plausible-85cf7b776c6d