Started as a thought experiment, game theory in the '50s.

一开始是一个50年代的思维实验 一个游戏理论。

So are people who watch a comedy clip before doing the thought experiment.

同样地，如果进行思想实验前受试者观看了喜剧短片，那他们也更容易做出类似的判断。

To fully explore what that means, let's start with a thought experiment.

为了充分探讨这意味着什么，让我们从一个思想实验开始。

So, in this thought experiment, do you think Mittens is dead or alive?

那在这项思想实验里，你认为小奶猫是生是死呢？

Actually, Nozick initially proposed this thought experiment to refute hedonism.

实际上，诺齐克最初提出这个思想实验是为了反驳享乐主义。

That's what Nozick believed he was demonstrating through his Experience Machine thought experiment.

这也正是诺齐克想要通过体验机器实验所要证实的。

Let me put forth a simplified thought experiment that may help clarify our dilemma.

让我做一个简化版的思想实验，或许能够使我们茅塞顿开。

Now you see why I think this is a good thought experiment to discuss.

现在你明白为什么我认为这是一个很值得讨论的思想实验了。

At this point in the thought experiment, I would like to lay out some definitions.

在思维实验这个阶段，我将列出一些定义。

As flawed as this classification may be, this thought experiment is already telling us interesting things.

尽管这种分类方法可能存在缺陷，但这个思维实验已经告诉了我们一些有趣的事情。

That's the question philosopher Robert Nozick posed through a thought experiment he called the Experience Machine.

这个问题是由哲学家罗伯特 · 诺齐克所提出的由此，他展开了一项被称作“体验机器”的思想实验。

She said the study of quantum information should not be seen as just a theoretical thought experiment.

她说，量子信息的研究不应该仅仅被视为一种理论思维实验。

Anyway, so Einstein was the master of thought experiments, he really liked doing thought experiments thinking about the way the world works.

总之，爱因斯坦是思想实验的大师，他很喜欢用思想实验来思考世界的运行方式。

The subject of the study is challenged with thought experiments involving a runaway railway trolley or train carriage.

该研究的主体要受到一些思维实验的考验，是有关一列运行中的有轨电车或是火车。

That was the idea behind a thought experiment that several scientists at NASA JPL put together in 2015.

这个想法基于一个由数位 NASA JPL 的科学家在2015年构建的思想实验。

Intuition pumps are what Mr Dennett calls thought experiments that aim to get at the nub of concepts.

直觉泵是丹尼特用来称呼思想实验的一个词语。所谓思想实验就是一种意在探究概念核心内容的实验。

This thought experiment vividly illustrates the clash between our everyday experiences and the counterintuitive behavior of the quantum world.

这个思想实验生动地说明了我们的日常经验与量子世界的反直觉行为之间的冲突。

Aristotle came up with this thought experiment: Drop a marble in honey, and it'll sink pretty slowly.

亚里士多德提出了这个思想实验：把一颗大理石扔进蜂蜜里，它会慢慢下沉。

And what's amazing about the argument is that it works on the basis of a pure thought experiment.

这个论证令人吃惊的就是它完全只靠思想实验。

Well, in a famous thought experiment proposed by Nick Bostrom, AI was asked to produce and maximize the paper clips.

尼克·博斯特罗姆曾提出这样一个著名的思想实验，要求 AI 产生最大量的回形针。