What are your favorite thought experiment/deep discussions on the Dope?

The ones that you clicked on the title and were utterly fascinated by the subject matter.

For me, anything where Stranger On A Train has dove right in, headfirst. :slight_smile:

Planes and treadmills. Oh the joy!

I like the various rationalizations about why hot water freezes faster than cold, a premise I have yet to believe. I’m sure it’s just badly designed experiments.

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The discussions on the Political Compass were very good. Here is the last one; it includes links to the others.

Regards,
Shodan

Long ago, someone asked, β€œIf you could eliminate one species, would you? Which one?” I thought this question was too easy (HIV or the malaria parasite seemed like obvious choices), so I altered it slightly: β€œIf you could change all members of one species into wiener dogs, would you? Which species?” I still think about it sometimes.

All those dealing with cosmology, the Universe, or quantum mechanics. Not that i understand any, but they are fascinating.

And I agree about any with posts by Stranger. There seems to be no limit to his knowledge about anything arcane.