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Re:Boltzmann Brain by dahfizz on Friday January 17, 2020 @10:10PM (#22081971)
An important distinction is that a boltzman brain only "works" for an instant before the harsh environment of space destroys it. There's simply no time for a whole dream matrix reality to play out.
Re:Boltzmann Brain by red75prime on Saturday January 18, 2020 @04:04AM (#22083312)
Another Boltzmann brain can pop up, which contains a short term memory of being previous Boltzmann brain. Sensory inputs aren't constrained though. Most probable sequence of such brains should feel like noise all over your senses, I think.
Re:Boltzmann Brain by marcosdumay on Saturday January 18, 2020 @08:51AM (#22084427)
Another Boltzmann brain can pop up with the result of whatever decision the previous brain could have made, the actual decision it made is irrelevant.
Re:Boltzmann Brain by quakeguy on Friday January 17, 2020 @11:03PM (#22082183)
Why? The time passed for the Boltzmann Brain won’t necessarily be tied to its real frame of existence i think, it may simulate any timeframe imaginable, depending on its starting conditions.
Re:Boltzmann Brain by nfc on Saturday January 18, 2020 @12:29AM (#22082521)
In fact the simulation of any timeframe would be constrained by physical laws.

For example for a Boltzmann Brain with a similar chemical composition as ours the speed at which chemical reactions occur would limit the speed of experience.

For a Boltzmann Brain that simulates ours with a very different physical substrate the speed of light would still be a limit.