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 "
1 Unfortunately not, say spacecraft designers, but it's still a worthwhile thought experiment .
2 My thought experiment crystallized a key tension I've noticed in the Bible.
3 Now, as a thought experiment , imagine a British equivalent to this film.
4 Now, with nitrofurantoin, that thought experiment is playing out in real life.
5 And I wonder actually if you might explain the thought experiment .
1 Like many thought experiments , however, the answers one offers are not especially meaningful.
2 What may have been, what could have been, are now only thought experiments .
3 What about the use of thought experiments in justifying policy measures with regard to violence?
4 Still, such models can only be thought experiments .
5 I'm a lab rat in his thought experiments .
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Translations for gedankenexperiment