Sentence examples for a thought experiment on from inspiring English sources

"The Next Generation" was wholesale utopia, a thought experiment on how humans would behave under terminally improved material circumstances.

He describes "$20 Per Gallon" as "a thought experiment on the what-ifs of high gas prices focusing on tangible changes rather than abstract ones".

Yet a thought experiment on the economics of threat control shows that prioritization is imperative.

Or simply on the side of Richard Pryor? "I wanted to test you to your motherfuckin' soul," he continued, as if the anger he'd unleashed was a thought experiment on his part, a trial he'd designed to winkle out the truth in their hearts.

In effect, Darwin had begun performing a thought experiment on the extinction and appearance of species.

Butler suggested a thought experiment of a monarchy run on virtuous principles (Analogy III §20) and argued that it would tend to be happier and more powerful than other regimes if allowed to flourish, eventually becoming a universal monarchy.

He used a thought experiment to explain his thinking: imagine you fired a cannonball horizontally from the top of a mountain on Earth.

They relied on thought experiments, and a thought experiment is like a historical narrative.

If you doubt this trait, try a thought experiment.

P.S.: This has been, in effect, a thought experiment.

Consider it a thought experiment.