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Revision as of 22:40, 6 December 2018
A thought experiment is hypothetical experiment designed to try and get closer to a truth about reality. Thought experiments are usually used when a real experiment cannot be conducted, either because they ask abstract questions, or because the necessary technology to perform the test does not yet exist. Many thought experiments from the past that couldn't have been conducted have since been conducted with improved technology.
- The Arab and the ice
- Brain in a vat
- Buridan's ass
- Chinese room
- The cow that wants to be eaten
- Ethical suicide bomber
- Euthyphro's dilemma
- Free speech booth
- Gradient problem
- Hidden art (should we save art that nobody can see?)
- Humanity reboot
- The invisible dragon
- Irresistible force paradox
- Is–ought problem
- Laplace's demon
- Newton's cannonball
- Pascal's wager
- Plato's cave
- Ship of Theseus
- Split in two
- Survival lottery
- Teleportation is death
- Ticking time bomb scenario
- Trolley problem
- Turing test
- Utility monster
- Veil of ignorance
- The violinist
- Zeno's paradox
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Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_experiment - Wikipedia.
