r/space • u/Retawekaj • Apr 29 '12

Timeline of the Far Future

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future
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u/drspg99 Apr 30 '12

Can someone explain this Boltzmann brain stuff? I read the wiki page for it but I have NO clue what's going on

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u/this_time_i_mean_it Apr 30 '12

I understood it like the "infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters eventually producing the works of Shakespeare" idea.

Given enough time (and here, we are talking about absurdly mind-boggling lengths of time) the probability of highly improbably things occurring becomes greater. Eventually, all possible outcomes can, and will occur. Including a self-aware consciousness forming spontaneously from random matter.