Boltzmann swampwoman brains are metaphysically possible.
Or: I cannot conceive of why enough cosmic stuff necessarily can’t spit out a god
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10 min readJul 29, 2023
Consider the very cool and very interesting idea of a Boltzmann brain. The idea is simple to grasp. Instead of a sentient brain that processes information emerging through evolutionary adaptive processes, a Boltzmann brain just spontaneously appears, formed from an available cosmic soup of matter and energy.