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Re:Boltzmann Brain by klodolph on Friday January 17, 2020 @05:47PM (#22080386)
If you like these thought experiments, consider that I’m not actually responding to your comment, but I am actually mashing the keys randomly and it only appears to form a response by coincidence. We are not actually communicating with each other.
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Re:Boltzmann Brain by dsr_ on Friday January 17, 2020 @06:14PM (#22080650)
You are not mashing the keys, because nothing happens except that God wills it so. It just happens that God keeps making miracles that you have interpreted as the effects of your actions on the world.
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Re:Boltzmann Brain by dsr_ on Friday January 17, 2020 @07:46PM (#22081310)
This is the first time I've been downvoted for paraphrasing David Hume :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume

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