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2020-11-18: The Arrow of Time and How to Reverse It

  • 06:52: The real-world situation represented by this diagram is called an entropy fluctuation.
  • 08:11: ... if the Big Bang resulted from an insanely improbable, universe-sized entropy fluctuation. ...

2020-03-16: How Do Quantum States Manifest In The Classical World?

  • 16:29: ... key phrase here is "possible future". Do the laws of physics allow an entropy fluctuation large enough to produce a new big bang? Could a random perfect alignment ...

2019-12-09: The Doomsday Argument

  • 11:05: ... you could be a momentary entropy fluctuation that caused a brain with exactly your current mental experience and ...

2019-11-18: Can You Observe a Typical Universe?

  • 09:23: Apparently we aren’t, and so we can probably rule out a simple random entropy fluctuation as a sufficient explanation for our big bang.
  • 08:48: ... a life-bearing planet - so there should be many more observers in small entropy fluctuations than in large ...

2017-04-26: Are You a Boltzmann Brain?

  • 07:45: ... a universe where structure results from entropy fluctuations, the vast majority of conscious experiences that ever occur should be ...
  • 08:00: It sounds ridiculous, but it's the logical conclusion if we assume a Big Bang from entropy fluctuations.
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