gedankenexperiment

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gedankenexperiment

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From German Gedankenexperiment (“thought experiment”), from Gedanke (“thought”) + Experiment (“experiment”).

noun gedankenexperiments · gedanken experiment · Gedanken experiment · Gedankenexperiment

thought experiment So here's a gedankenexperiment for ya: what if the DC and Marvel put all their funnybooks on the Web two months after they were shipped to the stores?

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@misc{gedankenexperiment_2026,
  title = {gedankenexperiment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gedankenexperiment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}