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AMA | May 2026

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Boltzmann Brains and Good vs. Bad Anthropic Reasoning

Sean argues Boltzmann-dominated cosmologies are cognitively unstable and contrasts careful anthropic reasoning with bad typicality moves.

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