boltzmann brain

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What does boltzmann brain mean?

A hypothetical self-aware entity that arises due to random fluctuations of spacetime.

Where does boltzmann brain come from?

For Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist, on whose ideas it is based.

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