English Explanatory Dictionary

Boltzmann brain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Boltzmann brain Boltzmann brains

Etymology

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

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