▲ 183 ▼ What is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Disgrace6412@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 169 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Meh. If the universe is infinite, the likelihood of the super gradual evolution of something like us is 1. We are observer selection bias. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheUnicornOfPerfidy@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) This doesn't solve the problem. If the universe is indeed infinite then there are infinite cases of our evaluation and infinite identical yous out there. If the Boltzmann brain hypothesis is true though, there are vastly "more" of those. It's a larger infinity, making it much more lively you are a Bultzmann brain than a full physical person. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheUnicornOfPerfidy@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) This doesn't solve the problem. If the universe is indeed infinite then there are infinite cases of our evaluation and infinite identical yous out there. If the Boltzmann brain hypothesis is true though, there are vastly "more" of those. It's a larger infinity, making it much more lively you are a Bultzmann brain than a full physical person. permalink fedilink source parent