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		svantana on Oct 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What did Mary know? A thought experiment about con... > can the "result" of any thought experiment be surprising, not what you expected? Isn't all of mathematics just thought experiments? No shortage of surprising results there.

narag on Oct 21, 2022 [–]

That's not what thought experiment means.

svantana on Oct 23, 2022 | [–]

Here's a thought experiment for you: consider the hypothesis that you're wrong.

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