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Disentangling the Boltzmann brain hypothesis: Memory, entropy, and time
January 21, 2026
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 21 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release:

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Disentangling the Boltzmann brain hypothesis: Memory, entropy, and time

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In a recent paper, SFI Professor David Wolpert, SFI Fractal Faculty member Carlo Rovelli, and physicist Jordan Scharnhorst examine a longstanding, paradoxical thought experiment in statistical physics and cosmology known as the "Boltzmann brain" hy . . .

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