These physicists think we're totally wrong about entropy
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🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN 2Y deal + 4 months extra here → https://nordvpn.com/sabine It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌️ The Boltzmann brain hypothesis states that, between the Big Bang occurring and a fully-formed brain suddenly popping into existence in space, the brain spontaneously appearing is more probable. In a recent paper, a group of physicists have compared the second law of thermodynamics and the Boltzmann brain hypothesis – after analyzing both, they concluded that both are equally legitimate theories of physics. Let’s take a look at what this means and if they might be right. Paper: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/27/12/1227 👕T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ http
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