DanielLC comments on Boltzmann Brains and Anthropic Reference Classes (Updated) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 04 June 2012 07:12:28AM 3 points [-]

I don't see why they'd be unlikely a priori. You'd expect them to pop up in an infinitely long-lasting universe, unless there's something that makes them get continually less likely, rather than approaching a certain probability as entropy maxes out.