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Category: Thought Experiments

Thought Experiments

Random ideas for a short story

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on April 20, 2017 Posted in Thought Experiments

fate vs free choice a secret reason a quiet sacrifice betrayal of an old relative flirting with a stranger flirting with an old friend predator vs prey a symbolic object jealousy second language words or phrases specialty jargon animal captivity …

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The Most Important Choice of All

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on March 24, 2011 Posted in Thought Experiments

Suppose there is a genie with the power to turn back time to before you were born. She gives you the opportunity to decide who you want to be. Would you choose to be you? If so, does this show …

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Tagged with: choices, genie, greek mythology, Hero, odysseus, plato, self-esteem, swan

The Next Dr. Frankenstein

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on March 24, 2011 Posted in Thought Experiments

Suppose you are going to make a monster out of body parts robbed from graves. For the monster’s brain, you will use the brain of a dead criminal. Little did you know that this criminal’s last thought before dying was …

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Tagged with: body parts, brain, deaths, dr frankenstein, first thought, God, monster

An Island of Your Very Own

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on March 24, 2011 Posted in Thought Experiments

For your birthday, your best friend gives you a lottery ticket. “It may only have cost a dollar,” he says, “but if you win, you will become the sole owner of a beautiful tropic island, along with 1 billion dollars …

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Tagged with: 1 billion dollars, inhabitants, lottery ticket, safeguards, tropic island, violence

The Grandchildren That Never Where

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on March 24, 2011 Posted in Thought Experiments

It is the year 2100. In the year 2090, World War III began. In the year 2095, a biological weapon that destroys the human immune system only was released and used by both sides in the war. As a result, …

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Tagged with: biological weapon, birds, grandchildren, human beings, human immune system, love, sacrifices, world war iii

Desert Dessert

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on March 23, 2011 Posted in Thought Experiments

Imagine that you are babysitting a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old. The parents have left some treats for dessert: two bananas, a lollipop, and an ice cream bar. The parents instructions were to allow each child to choose one treat. Unfortunately, …

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The Pleasure Centers

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on March 23, 2011 Posted in Thought Experiments

Imagine scientists have mapped out the pleasure centers of the brain, so they know exactly which brain cells “fire” when you experience the pleasure associated with eating and drinking, exercise, sex, etc. Suppose further that the scientists can insert electrodes …

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Time Traveling Yourself Out of Existence

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on March 23, 2011 Posted in Thought Experiments

Imagine you’ve been studying the history of warfare in the 20th century. Then you travel back in time to 1939 and tell someone how the Nazis could win World War II. Suppose your information is overheard by someone else who …

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Tagged with: existence, history of warfare, nazi victory, Nazis, paradox, time travel, world war ii

The Mob and the Scapegoat

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on March 8, 2011 Posted in Thought Experiments

On a hot summer evening, Thomas is driving through a central Alberta city where two racially motivated murders have just occurred. Mobs have formed, and it looks as if there will be riots with severe loss of life if nothing …

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Tagged with: central alberta, mob, mobs, murders, rcmp, Riots, scapegoat, sergeant

Just the Way You Are

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on March 8, 2011 Posted in Thought Experiments

Imagine that it is the year 2050 and it has become popular to select children that are tall and have clear skin. Your parents, however, could not afford genetic selection, and you are short and have acne. Imagine further that …

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Tagged with: acne, fetuses, genes, genetic selection, parents

The Nature of Art

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on March 7, 2011 Posted in Thought Experiments

Suppose you find a beautiful rock formation while out in the woods. Experts study it and declare that it is a statue made by a primitive and now extinct group of people. So, you donate it to an art museum, …

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Tagged with: art museum, cave wall, museum of natural history, natural rock formation, nature of art, new evidence, rain

Seeing Beauty

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on March 7, 2011 Posted in Thought Experiments

Imagine you are on a tour of an art museum. The guide stops your group in front of a painting, “Isn’t it beautiful?” she asks. You look at your friend Alec and shrug your shoulders. He says, “Whatever.” The guide …

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Tagged with: Art, art museum, balance, beauty, colous, composition, painting

The Replacement Brother

By Mr. D. Sader Posted on March 7, 2011 Posted in Thought Experiments

Suppose you have a brother named Jimmy whom you love very much. One day, a crazy magician kills Jimmy, but then instantly replaces him with an exact copy. This copy is the same as Jimmy in every way, including implanted …

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Tagged with: brother, exact copy, magician, memories, plato

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