Brain-Breaking Thought Experiments

It’s time to take your brain out for a walk.
Brain-Breaking Thought Experiments

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How's that brain of yours? Feeling relaxed and comfortable? Well buckle up, because we're about to break it with some paradoxes and thought experiments.

Don't worry, you won't lose more than a few nights' sleep.

Derek Parfit and David Wiggins's Amoeba Problem Imagine your brain is divided in half. Each half is placed in a new body. The operation produces two
False Positive Paradox Imagine having a device that can identify criminals with an accuracy of 99%. Your job is to identify 10 criminals in 20 -millio
The China Brain thought experiment by Prof. Ned Block If you gave all 1.4 billion people in China a two-way radio and told each of them to simulate on
CRACKEDG THE BarBer's PARADOX COM THERE'S A VILLAGE WHERE THE BARBER SHAVES EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T SHAVE THEMSELVES, BUT NO ONE ELSE. Now ANSWER THIS:
ACCORDING TO THE DRAKE EQUATION, WHICH ESTIMATES CRAUN THE ODDS OF THERE BEING ALIEN LIFE NEARBY... N=Rpnefe fi Fc L ne L the galaxy should be overrun
The Specious Present Paradox Consider that every unit of time, even small units like nanoseconds, can be divided into: 1. Beginning 2. Present 3. End
The Greek philosopher Eubulides posed the following question: Remove from one grain a heap of sand until there is only one grain left. 2 At what point
Can a gouernment ban itself? This was raised by Dale Gribble in season 12, episode 11 of King of the Hill. It's a paradox because the government could
A child is drowning in front of you. You can easily save him, but it would ruin your shoes which are worth $50. Do you jump in? Now let's say a child
Which is more valuable, a diamond or water? The diamond is much more expensive, but water is a basic necessity. So which has more value? This type of
CRACKED COM Robert Nozick's Experience Machine Imagine if there is a machine that, once plugged into your brain, will allow you to eXpERIENCE anything
A falling millet makes no noise. Yet a thousand grains falling will make a sound... (GPNO How can a multitude of nothings create something ?
love my pet pig! & I love bacon... I am suffering from a dissociation disorder known as the MEAT PARADOX. CRACKEDOON

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God either wishes to take awaY evils, and is unable; or He is able, and is unwilling; or He is neither willing nor able, or He is both willing and ab
IMAGINE THE UNIVERSE IN WHICH THERE EXISTS NOTHING BUT A SINGLE GLOVE. The glove has to be either right or left. But it can't be either in relation to
Brain-Breaking Thought Experiments
CRACKED GOM If Pinocchio says My nose is growing, does it grow? Paradox credit: Veronique Eldridge-smith
Here's an experiment. Follow these instructions: 1. Don't think about a pink elephant. 2. That's it. CRAGh You probably thought about a pink elephant.
IF YOU PURSUE HAPPINESS, YOU BECOME MISERABLE. IF YOU PURSUE SOMETHING ELSE; YOU WILL BECOME HAPPY. This is known as the Paradox of Hedonism, but no
CRACKEDCON The Violinist Dilemma by Judith Jarvis Thomson You find yourself in bed with an unconscious violinist, who has a tube connected to your bod
IS HETEROLOGICAL' A HETEROLOGICAL OR AUTOLOGICAL WORD? A heterological word does not describe itself. Like verb (which is a noun) and long (which is
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