tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post2064019506385825691..comments2024-02-15T13:20:14.813-06:00Comments on Gordon's Notes: Boltzmann’s Brain explainedJGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-49470242669669280212007-05-07T11:47:00.000-05:002007-05-07T11:47:00.000-05:00Oh, oops... sorry, I could have been more clear ha...Oh, oops... sorry, I could have been more clear had I known.<BR/><BR/>I've been accused of making my point a thousand different times in a thousand different places, but I don't believe that I've ever made a single point, since my words typically fall on deaf (willfully ignorant) ears.<BR/><BR/>I don't usually fail because I'm not understood... ;)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your time.islandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774086177497447408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-69858694425264478902007-05-06T18:52:00.000-05:002007-05-06T18:52:00.000-05:00Hi Island. No, I'm fine. I just don't know much ph...Hi Island. No, I'm fine. I just don't know much physics. My physics studies ended at the undergrad level 25 years ago, so now I just read popular books. I can't comment on much beyond popular works; I just don't have the mathematical expertise or the scholarship.JGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-29023206649189980642007-05-06T10:14:00.000-05:002007-05-06T10:14:00.000-05:00Well, I didn't expect that to be the final word, a...Well, I didn't expect that to be the final word, and I hope that I didn't say something to offend or alienate you, Gordon.islandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774086177497447408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-75412702295312284022007-05-05T15:29:00.000-05:002007-05-05T15:29:00.000-05:00Hi John... everybody calls you, Gordon, right?Are ...Hi John... everybody calls you, Gordon, right?<BR/><BR/><I>Are you arguing that the universe is designed for some purpose and that purpose is life like us?</I><BR/><BR/>No, I think that the universe is configured from first principles, exactly as was expected before our normal turbulance driven models failed.<BR/><BR/>I believe that I have and can re-established for you good reason to think that islandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774086177497447408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-2077758185385787612007-05-05T13:10:00.000-05:002007-05-05T13:10:00.000-05:00Island, I scanned your web site but couldn't figur...Island, I scanned your web site but couldn't figure out where you were going. Are you arguing that the universe is designed for some purpose and that purpose is life like us?<BR/><BR/>I've heard the argument before, but it's a bit self-referential. <BR/><BR/>If you're trying to argue for design (creator, designer, hacker, deity, automated universe assembly line) I think you'd get more mileage of JGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-72680218200846968312007-05-05T09:46:00.000-05:002007-05-05T09:46:00.000-05:00Very roughly speaking, anthropic arguments would b...<I>Very roughly speaking, anthropic arguments would be more persuasive if our universe was minimally constructed to allow for our existence; e.g. if the vacuum energy were small enough to allow for a single galaxy to arise out of a really rare density fluctuation. Instead we have a hundred billion such galaxies, not to count all of those outside our Hubble radius — an embarassment of riches, islandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774086177497447408noreply@blogger.com