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The first line of the included link provides clues to the usefulness of imagination and how it shapes both how we learn and epiphany. Thought experiments are devices of the imagination used to investigate the nature of things. Everyone is capable of contributing through their own insight into "using your head is the key to solving anything" as expounded by the online think tank at the Hedtke Institute.
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Which of the following is the best description of an independent variable?
An independent variable is the factor that is manipulated or changed by the researcher in an experiment to observe its effect on the dependent variable. It is the variable that is thought to cause a change in the dependent variable.
What are the advantages of a thought experiment?
A thought experiment isn't an experiment really, so does not compete with physical experiments. It is more of one way scientists explore ideas with each other by posing hypothetical situations. The advantage of that is that it is free to do, the only equipment it requires is a mind, and even the most impossible experiments can be proposed. e.g. "What would happen if Saturn were moved to Mar's orbit?"
In the original experiment participants thought the study was about what in the obedience study?
Participants in the original obedience study conducted by Stanley Milgram were led to believe that the study was about the effects of punishment on learning and memory. They were told that the study was investigating the role of punishment in improving memory retention.
What are milgrams views on the two assumptions bearing his experiment?
Milgram believed that individuals are willing to obey authority figures even when it conflicts with their own moral beliefs. He also thought that ordinary people are capable of committing harmful actions when instructed to do so by an authority figure.
What is the past tense of the word thought?
"Thought" is the past tense form of the verb "to think."
Something that is hypothetical is often called a?
A thought experiment.
Is the cat in Schrdinger's thought experiment alive or dead?
In Schrdinger's thought experiment, the cat is considered to be both alive and dead until the box is opened and its state is observed.
What thought experiment did Erwin Schrodinger create?
Erwin Schrödinger created the famous "Schrödinger's Cat" thought experiment to illustrate the paradox of quantum superposition. In this experiment, a cat in a sealed box is both alive and dead at the same time until the box is opened and its state is observed.
What is the purpose of the drowning child thought experiment?
The purpose of the drowning child thought experiment is to explore ethical dilemmas and the moral obligations individuals have to help others in need, even if it requires personal sacrifice.
Can you explain what a thought experiment is in philosophy?
A thought experiment in philosophy is a hypothetical scenario created to explore and analyze complex ideas or concepts. It allows philosophers to consider different possibilities and outcomes without needing to physically test them in reality.
Why does doctor doom hate Reed?
Doom thought Richards was responsible for his failed experiment.
If an experiment is well thought out and properly run it can lead the experimenter to?
accept their original hypothisis
Why did Galileo use a thought experiment instead of working with real object?
He got a car and did do
Can you give me an experiment?
If you mean a science experiment, you could test whether playing certain types of music affect a student's performance on a test. *Just a thought*
What does the word experiment mean?
An experiment is an investigation or test that is required to either prove or disprove a hypothesis(an educated guess or a thought anwer to a question that is unproven). Simply put an experiment is a test that is carried out to find a solution to a problem.
Why Galileo's thought experiment about the ball rolling forever on a level surface could only be a thought experiment?
Schrödinger's exp involved a cat placed inside a box w/ a vial of poisonous gas, released when an radioactive atom decays. Awnser by Jake Henderson
Why Galileo's thought experiment about the ball rolling forever on a level surface could only be a thought experiment.?
Schrödinger's exp involved a cat placed inside a box w/ a vial of poisonous gas, released when an radioactive atom decays. Awnser by Jake Henderson
