Recent Examples on the WebWhat that thought experiment shows is that children in the fluoridated community face a higher level of risk.—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024 This thought experiment piques the curiosity of researchers who study language and computing.—Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2023 This catchy thought experiment is meant to convey the amazing degree of connectedness in our world.—Kevin O'Marah, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024 American Artist makes thought experiments that mine the history of technology, race and knowledge production, beginning with their legal name change in 2013.—American Artist, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023 Einstein’s Train-and-Embankment Thought Experiment In the 20th century, thought experiments played a key role in defining a physics revolution.—Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2023 Why Trust Us? Twenty years ago, a young artificial intelligence researcher named Eliezer Yudkowsky ran a series of low-stakes thought experiments with fellow researchers on internet relay chat servers.—Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2023 More than 100 technical publications exist on this puzzle, and almost every person who hears about the Sleeping Beauty thought experiment develops their own strong opinion.—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 4 May 2023 But some ideas are, for now, only thought experiments: a result, many say, of political gridlock and policy inertia.—Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
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