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Recent Examples on the Web When is a work of philosophical fiction more useful than a thought experiment? — Sheon Han, The New Republic, "Why Are Literature and Philosophy Such an Awkward Match?," 23 Feb. 2021 At the heart of their argument is a thought experiment in which physicists measure the spin of particles. — John Horgan, Scientific American, "Quantum Mechanics, Free Will and the Game of Life," 14 Feb. 2021 The thought experiment is actually a large scale version of a scenario the U.S. Air Force once contemplated during the heady, anything-goes days of the Cold War. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Watch What Would Happen If We Nuked the Moon," 17 Dec. 2020 Or consider Zeno’s paradox, the famous thought experiment in which a frog halves its distance across a pond—and literally never gets to the other side. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, "A Mathematician Has Finally Solved the Infamous Goat Problem," 24 Dec. 2020 So far, double-dipping with vaccines is mostly a thought experiment. — Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Science, "Should people take more than one type of COVID-19 vaccine?," 18 Dec. 2020 The goal of this thought experiment is to highlight the immense power of vaccines and the impetus to immunize. — Zach Nayer, STAT, "On the road to herd immunity, vaccination speeds the journey," 17 Dec. 2020 His actions speaking louder than any thought experiment’s words. — John Edgar Wideman, The New Yorker, "Rwanda," 7 Dec. 2020 As a thought experiment, Slater endeavors to find viable alternatives to the fighting that forced many Palestinians out of their homes. — Mike Watson, National Review, "Israel and Her Critics," 3 Dec. 2020

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