Our readingWhat is a korrent?
A thought experiment serves to encourage speculation and logical thinking and to change paradigms.
Drawn from what Shane Parrish said
What these subjects mean
creativity Making something new: where ideas come from, what conditions let them come, and whether a machine can have them.
mental models Thinking tools borrowed across disciplines: inversion, second-order effects, circles of competence, probabilities, incentives.
Mental modelThought experiments
On the topicWhich mental models help you think better?under our view: A thought experiment can test an idea before the world does