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- DictionaryThought ex·per·i·ment/THôt ikˈsperəmənt/
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- 1. an experiment carried out only in the imagination: "the far-sighted politician must do a thought experiment and apply the test of war"
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A thought experiment is a hypothetical situation in which a hypothesis, theory, or principle is laid out for the purpose of thinking through its consequences. The concept is also referred to as a ' within the work of Ernst Mach and includes thoughts about what may have occurred if a different course of action were taken as opposed to what did in fact occur. Wikipedia