thought experiment
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・UK /θɔ:t iksˈperimənt/
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n.NounA mental exercise involving a scenario designed to explore a concept, theory, or principle.
The scientist designed a thought experiment to test the limits of quantum mechanics.
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How to Master Networking in 14 Minutes
- And we're gonna learn that mindset through the lens of a thought experiment, where I'm actually gonna have you close your eyes and imagine that you're scrolling on your phone, checking your email.
And we're gonna learn that mindset through the lens of a thought experiment, where I'm actually gonna have you close your eyes and imagine that you're scrolling on your phone, checking your email.
- And we're going to learn that mindset through the lens of a thought experiment where I'm actually going to have you close your eyes and imagine that you're scrolling on your phone, checking your email.
And we're going to learn that mindset through the lens of a thought experiment where I'm actually going to have you close your eyes and imagine that you're scrolling on your phone, checking your email.
How useful is AI for programming? | Marc Andreessen and Lex Fridman
- And so I'm looking, I'm waiting for the company where it's like, no, we're going to have like, you know, and the cliche, here's a thought experiment, right?
And so I'm looking, I'm waiting for the company where it's like, no, we're going to have like, you know, and the cliche, here's a thought experiment, right?
- the cliché—here's a thought experiment, right?
the cliché—here's a thought experiment, right?
The Philosophy of Rick and Morty – Wisecrack Edition
- cats are floating around, a reference to the 1935 thought experiment by Erwin Schrodinger.
cats are floating around, a reference to the 1935 thought experiment by Erwin Schrodinger.
- Outside, a sea of Schrödinger's cats are floating around, a reference to the 1935 thought experiment by Erwin Schrödinger.
Outside, a sea of Schrödinger's cats are floating around, a reference to the 1935 thought experiment by Erwin Schrödinger.
Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument
- All of this is based on a lot of assumptions that we can't really test right now, so many scientists disagree with this whole thought experiment.
All of this is based on a lot of assumptions that we can't really test right now, so many scientists disagree with this whole thought experiment.
- So many scientists disagree with
this whole thought experiment.
So many scientists disagree with this whole thought experiment.
Career Values - Why we work, what motivate us
- Let's perform a little thought experiment. Let's say that you are offered two jobs.
Let's perform a little thought experiment. Let's say that you are offered two jobs.
- Let's perform a little thought experiment.
Let's perform a little thought experiment.
Why Strategy Always Beats Talent (w/Seth Godin)
- So let's try this thought experiment.
So let's try this thought experiment.
- Um, so let's try this thought experiment.
Um, so let's try this thought experiment.
Why the Marvel Cinematic Universe feels empty | Vox
- The Tommy Westphall universe is a thought experiment.
The Tommy Westphall universe is a thought experiment.
- The Tommy Westfall Universe is a thought experiment.
The Tommy Westfall Universe is a thought experiment.
How to Focus Intensely
- But before we discuss the tactical advice, let's construct a thought experiment that will let us get to the heart of what it actually means to focus.
But before we discuss the tactical advice, let's construct a thought experiment that will let us get to the heart of what it actually means to focus.
- But, before we discuss the tactical advice,
let's construct a thought experiment that
But, before we discuss the tactical advice, let's construct a thought experiment that
Casually Explained: Flirting
- What's good about this is that because it's a thought experiment, you can do it whenever you have a free moment, whether you're on the bus or at the gym or just bent over the kitchen counter.
What's good about this is that because it's a thought experiment, you can do it whenever you have a free moment, whether you're on the bus or at the gym or just bent over the kitchen counter.
- What's good about this is that because it's a thought experiment, you can do it whenever you have a free moment.
What's good about this is that because it's a thought experiment, you can do it whenever you have a free moment.
When Religions Go Bad And Cause Harm
- I did a video on TikTok yesterday where we, or last week, where I went into Alex O'Connor's thought experiment that he did with a Christian apologist where he said, if you are, you know, you're Christian today, but if you wake up tomorrow and you are, you time traveled and you're a Canaanite and you have a wife and a family, but you know, because you know the
I did a video on TikTok yesterday where we, or last week, where I went into Alex O'Connor's thought experiment that he did with a Christian apologist where he said, if you are, you know, you're Christian today, but if you wake up tomorrow and you are, you time traveled and you're a Canaanite and you have a wife and a family, but you know, because you know the
- I did a video on TikTok yesterday where we or last week where I went into Alex O'Connor's thought experiment that he did with a Christian apologist, where he said, "If you are you know, you're Christian today,
I did a video on TikTok yesterday where we or last week where I went into Alex O'Connor's thought experiment that he did with a Christian apologist, where he said, "If you are you know, you're Christian today,