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Philosophers use imagined scenarios not to reach a "correct" answer but to spark new ideas.

Drawn from what Shane Parrish said

Subjectcreativity
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creativity Making something new: where ideas come from, what conditions let them come, and whether a machine can have them.

Mental modelThought experiments

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What Shane Parrish actually said

  1. Shane Parrish Founder of Farnam Street (fs.blog) and host of The Knowledge Project podcast
    With the aim of illustrating a particular concept (such as free will or mortality), philosophers explore imagined scenarios. The goal is not to uncover a ‘correct’ answer, but to spark new ideas.

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    ↗Thought Experiment: How Einstein Solved Difficult Problemsfs.blog

    1 Feb 2022

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