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6 Post author: AlexMennen 22 January 2011 09:11PM

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Comment author: Document 24 January 2011 10:30:27AM 0 points [-]

Inherent paradoxes of causal-loop-style time travel aside, isn't the Big Bang where a Boltzmann brain is most likely to be in the first place?

Comment author: Pavitra 26 January 2011 03:14:37AM 0 points [-]

Not that I have actual relevant technical knowledge or anything, but why would it be in the relatively small amount of space and time shortly following the Big Bang, as opposed to the vastly larger entire rest of the universe?

Comment author: Document 26 January 2011 06:31:22AM 0 points [-]

Not sure, actually; thanks for the question. The rest of the universe might contain proportionally less computation due to lower temperatures, but probably not enough to make up the difference in duration.