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  • This makes science-fiction similar to the idea of gedanken-experiment thought-experiment.

    My definition is this... Sci-Fi Gene 2008

  • This makes science-fiction similar to the idea of gedanken-experiment thought-experiment.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2008

  • Many people might not realize that, rather than the "gedanken" experiments popular in some sub-genres of science fiction, the stories of this type that I write are based in considerable research on actual, real potential technologies or challenges.

    Stories Available on Anthology Builder 2009

  • Many people might not realize that, rather than the "gedanken" experiments popular in some sub-genres of science fiction, the stories of this type that I write are based in considerable research on actual, real potential technologies or challenges.

    July 2009 2009

  • Many people might not realize that, rather than the "gedanken" experiments popular in some sub-genres of science fiction, the stories of this type that I write are based in considerable research on actual, real potential technologies or challenges.

    Stories Available on Anthology Builder 2009

  • We're both working with hypothticals, so it's more a "gedanken" than anything else.

    Hot Air » Top Picks 2009

  • Our gedanken experiment requires that we imagine that Einstein is indeed still here, and we try to put ourselves in his spiritual shoes.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • But before we consider this new approach, it will help us to conduct a related Einstein gedanken experiment, or thought experiment—one carried out by proposing a mental hypothesis only.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • Our gedanken experiment requires that we imagine that Einstein is indeed still here, and we try to put ourselves in his spiritual shoes.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • Einstein loved gedanken experiments; his most famous was imagining as a boy that he was riding alongside a light beam traveling at the speed of light.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

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