Occam's Razor, Wigner's Friend, and Boltzmann's Brain by Charles Bennett

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Join Charles Bennett as he delves into the importance of disequilibrium in enabling self-organization, classicality, stable memory, etc. Discover how being away from thermodynamic equilibrium brings life and complexity to systems.

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Keywords: Bennett, Occam's Razor, Disequilibrium