Boltzmann: The chances that you will start in high entropy and spontaneously move down to lower entropy are exactly as big as the chances that you would have started randomly in the low entropy state to start with. Casey Mahone says, do you have any mindless or repetitive hobbies you use to help you relax? Boltzmann: Probably the closest I would come is just playing mindless repetitive games on the iPad for a few minutes before going to bed at night. Brendan asks if being an atheist comes down to the probability one gives in there being a god.
Welcome to the March 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
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