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200 | Solo: The Philosophy of the Multiverse

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Are You a Bolsman Brain?

There are multiple copies of the same kind of observer. They're identical except for where they are located in the universe. That's self locating uncertainty. Which one are you? And finally, for the boltsman brain, slash, eternally fluctuating universe scenario, right? A, are you sure? Are you a boltsman something else? Or are you really, really confident that youare an ordinary observer? If so, does that lead you to reject the hypothesis that there are boltman brains at all? Ok, all very good questions. All questions that require careful philosophical analysis.

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