Difference between revisions of "Thought experiments"
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_curious creatures_
*Laplace's demon (physics) *Faddeev–Popov ghost (physics) *Maxwell's demon (physics) *Floating Man (philosophy) *Brain in a vat (philosophy) *the monster group (math) *a monster state (physics) *Utility monster (philosophy) *gremlins (comsci general)
_curious animals_
*Schrödinger's cat *Infinite monkey theorem *infinite pigeons in infinite holes *Buridan's ass *Buttered cat paradox
_curious objects_
*devil's staircase *gabriel's horn *Feynman sprinkler *Galileo's ship *Heisenberg's microscope *Ladder paradox *Newton's cannonball *Sticky bead argument *big book *infinite library *Brainstorm machine *Ship of Theseus *Plank of Carneades *plato's cave *zeno's arrow
_curious persons_
*Elitzur–Vaidman bomb-tester *Twin paradox *Wigner's friend *Prisoner's dilemma *The Monkey and the Hunter *Quantum suicide and immortality *Two Generals' Problem *Dining philosophers problem *Violinist (ethics)
