five-minute hypothesis

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What does five-minute hypothesis mean?

The skeptical hypothesis that the world came into existence, with all apparent signs of history and the past fully-formed, only five minutes ago.

Where does five-minute hypothesis come from?

Initially conceived, and likely coined by Bertrand Russell.

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