Well the Boltzman Brain idea is deep into the Solopsistic corner of simulation-like hypotheses, so “we” is just as unproven as anything else in my instantaneous experience of memory.
My point is that the concept doesn’t require continuity or persistence. Experience feels continuous, but as far as anyone can tell, that mechanism is via memory and brain-state. And brain-state does not imply that the only way to get that state is via a sequence of changes—perhaps it comes into being instantaneously by luck (or by some agency that’s irrelevant to the thought experiment).
okay, but unfortunately we can’t help but to talk with our human categories, so do you think it should appear for a moment and then dissolve?
Well the Boltzman Brain idea is deep into the Solopsistic corner of simulation-like hypotheses, so “we” is just as unproven as anything else in my instantaneous experience of memory.
My point is that the concept doesn’t require continuity or persistence. Experience feels continuous, but as far as anyone can tell, that mechanism is via memory and brain-state. And brain-state does not imply that the only way to get that state is via a sequence of changes—perhaps it comes into being instantaneously by luck (or by some agency that’s irrelevant to the thought experiment).