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Miriam Schoenfield (UT Austin)

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 03:00pm - 05:00pm

Why I'm Not a Boltzmann Brain

*Joint Work with Sinan Dogramaci
Abstract: We give a Bayesian argument showing that, even if your total empirical evidence confirms that you have zillions of duplicate Boltzmann Brains, that evidence does not confirm that you are a Boltzmann Brain. We also try to explain what goes wrong with several of the sources of the temptation for thinking that such evidence does have skeptical implications.

Location Philosophy Seminar Room

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