Interestingly, there have been some attempts to run thought experiments in a virtual reality environment to make the dilemma involved more “real”. On the other hand, perhaps the intention of though experiments like the runaway train isn’t to show what we would actually do, but to highlight some of the ethical issues the choice involves. If you’d set up something like the Milgram experiment purely as a thought experiment, I’m sure that very few people would respond that they would give a hypothetical volunteer a potentially lethal electrical shock, but in the simulated reality of the Milgram experiment, in practice a high proportion of people did. What is the neuroscience behind the phenomenon of losing your focus and train of thought once you're interrupted A study released this morning by researchers at the University of California, San. In any case, it would usually be impossible to prove how far a person’s response to a thought experiment corresponds to what they would actually do, since thought experiments often involve situations that would be impossible, unethical, or illegal to recreate in the real world. Carol Schwartz AM is a pioneer in the area of social enterprise in Australia. You’re right that one problem with thought experiments is that in practice what a person says they would do may bear no relation to the choice they would actually make in the real world. As part of our regular segment, Our Community Leaders - Great Australian Leaders in Focus which features the thoughts of some of Australias great leaders, this month we feature Carol Schwartz AM.
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