Considering hypothesis, theory, or principle for the purpose of thinking through its consequences.
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Examples for "thought experiment"
Examples for "thought experiment"
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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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Like many thought experiments, however, the answers one offers are not especially meaningful.
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What may have been, what could have been, are now only thought experiments.
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What about the use of thought experiments in justifying policy measures with regard to violence?
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Still, such models can only be thought experiments.
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I'm a lab rat in his thought experiments.