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воображаемый эксперимент Portuguese
experiência de pensamento Spanish
experimento imaginario Catalan
experiment mental Considering hypothesis, theory, or principle for the purpose of thinking through its consequences.
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Unfortunately not, say spacecraft designers, but it's still a worthwhile thought experiment.
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My thought experiment crystallized a key tension I've noticed in the Bible.
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Now, as a thought experiment, imagine a British equivalent to this film.
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Now, with nitrofurantoin, that thought experiment is playing out in real life.
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And I wonder actually if you might explain the thought experiment.
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Elaborations of the thought experiment present a series of increasingly teasing moral conundrums.
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For the purposes of this thought experiment, what might come next?
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To envision what such a victory might look like, permit a thought experiment.
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To illustrate the extent of our problem-solving abilities, here's a fanciful thought experiment.
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A thought experiment is one you carry out in your head.
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In an ideal world this would be only a thought experiment.
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It's not a parody any more than a thought experiment is a parody.
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Kamal, I want you to do a little thought experiment with me, okay?
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Consider the following thought experiment borrowed from my friends Aaron Brown and Paul Wilmott:
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There is a great thought experiment Plato did called the allegory of the cave.
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We can do that of course in a thought experiment.