Difference between revisions of "Thought experiment"
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Revision as of 16:19, 19 November 2018
Thought experiments are hypothetical experiments designed to try and help discover a truth. Thought experiments are usually used when a real experiment cannot be conducted, either because they ask abstract questions, or because the necessary technology does not yet exist to perform the test. However, many thought experiments from the past that couldn't have been conducted have since been conducted with improved technology.
- Brain in a vat
- Buridan's ass
- Chinese room
- The cow that wants to be eaten
- Humanity reboot
- Irresistible force paradox
- Is–ought problem
- Laplace's demon
- Newton's cannonball
- Pascal's wager
- Ship of Theseus
- Survival lottery
- Teleportation is death
- Ticking time bomb scenario
- Trolley problem
- Turing test
- Utility monster
- Veil of ignorance
- Zeno's paradox
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Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_experiment - Wikipedia.
