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The thought experiment is a method with which to create ideas of the future in a creative way.
In the htought thought experiment, a statement is presented about something which is different in the future. The thought experiment can base itself on researched future anticipation, wild guesses, or a combination of these.
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You can test the depth of your experiment with the followinf following questions:
- What are the intentions of the creator of the thought experiment when he presents it?
- What facts are presumed in the thought experiment?
- Are the presumed facts true?
- Is the scenario physically possible in our world?
- Is the scenario coherent? Are there any principal conflicts within the presumed facts?
- What does the thought experiment reveal about our world, our ways and moral intuition?
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