pragmatist comments on Boltzmann Brains and Anthropic Reference Classes (Updated) - Less Wrong
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I'm not sure what you mean by this. I'm claiming we need not consider the possibility that we are Boltzmann brains when we are reasoning anthropically. I'm not claiming that Boltzmann brains are not observers (although they may not be), nor am I claiming that they do not exist. I also think that if a Boltzmann brain were reasoning anthropically (if it could), then it should include Boltzmann brains in its reference class. So I don't think the claims I'm making can be extrapolated to all observers. They can be extrapolated to other observers sufficiently similar to me.