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Boltzmann brain problem: a standalone construct

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Cosmology

the argument that in some cosmologies isolated observers formed by random fluctuations would far outnumber ordinary ones, a reductio against those models.

In cosmology, Boltzmann brain problem refers to the argument that in some cosmologies isolated observers formed by random fluctuations would far outnumber ordinary ones, a reductio against those models. This meaning comes from Dyson (2002) in Journal of High Energy Physics.[1]

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Dyson, L., Kleban, M., & Susskind, L. (2002). Disturbing Implications of a Cosmological Constant. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2002(10), 011-011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2002/10/011

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