Conscious observer requirement
Conscious observers can only exist in an environment capable of evolving complex life, which requires the dissipation of free energy. This cannot occur in a condition at or near thermodynamic equilibrium. Hence observers like us will only be found in regions of the multiverse far from equilibrium.
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Conscious observer requirement
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