Traditionally, thought experiments are highly-structured hypothetical questions that employ “What if?” in some fashion in the fields of philosophy, physics and other sciences.  I use the term “Thought Experiment” in the broadest and loosest sense of the term.  My thought experiments are designed to: Help us understand the way we think through reflection on the experiment. Identify flaws in the way we have been educated. Help us find the right question.  For example, it does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing.  The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful? Show how all things are subject to interpretation. Show how to look at the same thing as everyone else and see something different Encourage different ways of thinking. Encourage fluidity in thought. Challenge functional fixedness which is a cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way is traditionally used. Promote thinking beyond the boundaries of already established fact.