Hypothetical
adjective
Based on an idea or situation that is not real, but imagined for the purpose of discussion or analysis.
Let's consider a hypothetical situation where you win the lottery. What would you do?
Often appears as...
- hypothetical question
- hypothetical situation
adjective
Used in logic to describe a proposition or statement that is true by virtue of its form, regardless of whether the facts it contains are true.
In a conditional or hypothetical statement, if the antecedent is true, the consequent must be true.
Often appears as...
- hypothetical proposition
- hypothetical syllogism
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Based on an idea or situation that is not real, but imagined for the purpose of discussion or analysis.
Let's consider a hypothetical situation where you win the lottery. What would you do?
Often appears as...
- hypothetical question
- hypothetical situation
adjective
Used in logic to describe a proposition or statement that is true by virtue of its form, regardless of whether the facts it contains are true.
In a conditional or hypothetical statement, if the antecedent is true, the consequent must be true.
Often appears as...
- hypothetical proposition
- hypothetical syllogism
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Imaginary Conditions
Used when discussing scenarios that have not happened, often to explore possible outcomes.
If I were the president, in this hypothetical case, I'd reform education.
Pro Tip 2/3Discussion Stimulator
Raises 'what if' questions that can lead to lively debates or profound analysis.
In our hypothetical debate, who would be a better leader?
Pro Tip 3/3Problem-Solving Tool
Helps to brainstorm and plan for various possible scenarios, even unlikely ones.
Let's work out a hypothetical plan in case the market crashes.
Pro Tip 1/3Imaginary Conditions
Used when discussing scenarios that have not happened, often to explore possible outcomes.
If I were the president, in this hypothetical case, I'd reform education.
Pro Tip 2/3Discussion Stimulator
Raises 'what if' questions that can lead to lively debates or profound analysis.
In our hypothetical debate, who would be a better leader?
Pro Tip 3/3Problem-Solving Tool
Helps to brainstorm and plan for various possible scenarios, even unlikely ones.
Let's work out a hypothetical plan in case the market crashes.
Pro Tip 1/3Imaginary Conditions
Used when discussing scenarios that have not happened, often to explore possible outcomes.
If I were the president, in this hypothetical case, I'd reform education.
Pro Tip 2/3Discussion Stimulator
Raises 'what if' questions that can lead to lively debates or profound analysis.
In our hypothetical debate, who would be a better leader?
Pro Tip 3/3Problem-Solving Tool
Helps to brainstorm and plan for various possible scenarios, even unlikely ones.
Let's work out a hypothetical plan in case the market crashes.
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How visionary leaders...
the way that she communicates she's actually one of the clearest communicators we've ever measured the third distinguishing factor we found about visionaries is we thought they would be power driven and hypothetical but in fact when visionaries talk they use sixty percent more second person pronouns like you and your and there's
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The science of...
touch turns out to be crucial for romance. In this experiment, not realizing the study had begun, participants were asked to briefly hold the coffee, either hot or iced. Later, the participants read a story about a hypothetical person, and were asked to rate their personality.
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How statistics can be...
sometimes known as a lurking variable, which is a hidden additional factor that significantly influences results. Here, the hidden factor is the relative proportion of patients who arrive in good or poor health. Simpson's paradox isn't just a hypothetical scenario.
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Where does gold come...
But these machines can only construct gold atom by atom. So it would take almost the age of the universe to produce one gram at a cost vastly exceeding the current value of gold. So that's not a very good solution. But if we were to reach a hypothetical point
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Can you solve the three...
will yield 'ozo' if the hypothetical question is true and 'ulu' if it's false regardless of what each word actually means. Unfortunately, this doesn't help us with Arr. But don't worry, we can use our first question to identify one alien lord
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Why our IQ levels are...
new mental habits, new habits of mind. And these include things like clothing that concrete world with classification, introducing abstractions that we try to make logically consistent, and also taking the hypothetical seriously,
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The language of lying —...
In his denial, Armstrong described a hypothetical situation focused on someone else, removing himself from the situation entirely. In his admission, he owns his statements, delving into his personal emotions and motivations.
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What is entropy? - Jeff...
there is an 8% chance that the hot object would get hotter. Why doesn't this ever happen in real life? It's all about the size of the system. Our hypothetical solids only had six bonds each.
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Would you sacrifice one...
to address the complex problem of programming ethics into machines, which goes to show that even hypothetical dilemmas can wind up on a collision course with the real world.
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VA Finalist PIPE National...
learning world hunger issue and I were to hypothetically be Clint
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How visionary leaders...
the way that she communicates she's actually one of the clearest communicators we've ever measured the third distinguishing factor we found about visionaries is we thought they would be power driven and hypothetical but in fact when visionaries talk they use sixty percent more second person pronouns like you and your and there's
Video examples
The science of...
touch turns out to be crucial for romance. In this experiment, not realizing the study had begun, participants were asked to briefly hold the coffee, either hot or iced. Later, the participants read a story about a hypothetical person, and were asked to rate their personality.
Video examples
How statistics can be...
sometimes known as a lurking variable, which is a hidden additional factor that significantly influences results. Here, the hidden factor is the relative proportion of patients who arrive in good or poor health. Simpson's paradox isn't just a hypothetical scenario.
Video examples
Where does gold come...
But these machines can only construct gold atom by atom. So it would take almost the age of the universe to produce one gram at a cost vastly exceeding the current value of gold. So that's not a very good solution. But if we were to reach a hypothetical point
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Can you solve the three...
will yield 'ozo' if the hypothetical question is true and 'ulu' if it's false regardless of what each word actually means. Unfortunately, this doesn't help us with Arr. But don't worry, we can use our first question to identify one alien lord
Video examples
Why our IQ levels are...
new mental habits, new habits of mind. And these include things like clothing that concrete world with classification, introducing abstractions that we try to make logically consistent, and also taking the hypothetical seriously,
Video examples
The language of lying —...
In his denial, Armstrong described a hypothetical situation focused on someone else, removing himself from the situation entirely. In his admission, he owns his statements, delving into his personal emotions and motivations.
Video examples
What is entropy? - Jeff...
there is an 8% chance that the hot object would get hotter. Why doesn't this ever happen in real life? It's all about the size of the system. Our hypothetical solids only had six bonds each.
Video examples
Would you sacrifice one...
to address the complex problem of programming ethics into machines, which goes to show that even hypothetical dilemmas can wind up on a collision course with the real world.
Video examples
VA Finalist PIPE National...
learning world hunger issue and I were to hypothetically be Clint
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Quote examples
Martin Seligman
American Psychologist
Suppose you could be hooked up to a hypothetical 'experience machine' that, for the rest of your life, would stimulate your brain and give you any positive feelings you desire. Most people to whom I offer this imaginary choice refuse the machine. It is not just positive feelings we want: we want to be entitled to our positive feelings.
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Charles Soule
American Author
I like writing characters that seem different from one another. So if you were to hypothetically look at a bunch of lines from books I've written, just out of context, hopefully you would be able to determine who said what. That's the goal, anyway. I try to strongly differentiate through dialogue.
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Lewis B. Smedes
American Author
Sometimes I like to list the strongest arguments I can find to support a point of view I think is wrong. When I have them before me, I am up against a real opponent rather than a hypothetical one that is an easy target for me to hit.
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Jenny Zhang
Chinese Actress
Early in my life, without any supporting evidence, I fretted over what I believed was my fate: accidentally becoming an international pop star. The pages of my diary were filled with hypothetical ethical dilemmas.
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Robert Lanza
American Scientist
We have failed to protect science against speculative extensions of nature, continuing to assign physical and mathematical properties to hypothetical entities beyond what is observable in nature.
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Ryan Mason
That's all hypothetical - if we win, if we do this.' I've said all along my only focus is on the next game, I'm really not silly enough to starting thinking ahead of certain situations.
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Nora Fatehi
Canadian Dancer
I welcome people into my life. If they are genuine, they will stay, and if not, they might just leave. Hypothetically speaking, that's their loss. I keep it moving.
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Mark Helprin
American Novelist
The trick in nuclear strategy is to maintain stability by balancing potentials and thus to discourage events from converting the hypothetical to the actual.
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Andrew Sarris
American Critic
I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.
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Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis
British Politician
I don't answer deeply hypothetical questions.
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Martin Seligman
American Psychologist
Suppose you could be hooked up to a hypothetical 'experience machine' that, for the rest of your life, would stimulate your brain and give you any positive feelings you desire. Most people to whom I offer this imaginary choice refuse the machine. It is not just positive feelings we want: we want to be entitled to our positive feelings.
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Charles Soule
American Author
I like writing characters that seem different from one another. So if you were to hypothetically look at a bunch of lines from books I've written, just out of context, hopefully you would be able to determine who said what. That's the goal, anyway. I try to strongly differentiate through dialogue.
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Lewis B. Smedes
American Author
Sometimes I like to list the strongest arguments I can find to support a point of view I think is wrong. When I have them before me, I am up against a real opponent rather than a hypothetical one that is an easy target for me to hit.
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Jenny Zhang
Chinese Actress
Early in my life, without any supporting evidence, I fretted over what I believed was my fate: accidentally becoming an international pop star. The pages of my diary were filled with hypothetical ethical dilemmas.
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Robert Lanza
American Scientist
We have failed to protect science against speculative extensions of nature, continuing to assign physical and mathematical properties to hypothetical entities beyond what is observable in nature.
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Ryan Mason
That's all hypothetical - if we win, if we do this.' I've said all along my only focus is on the next game, I'm really not silly enough to starting thinking ahead of certain situations.
Quote examples
Nora Fatehi
Canadian Dancer
I welcome people into my life. If they are genuine, they will stay, and if not, they might just leave. Hypothetically speaking, that's their loss. I keep it moving.
Quote examples
Mark Helprin
American Novelist
The trick in nuclear strategy is to maintain stability by balancing potentials and thus to discourage events from converting the hypothetical to the actual.
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Andrew Sarris
American Critic
I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.
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Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis
British Politician
I don't answer deeply hypothetical questions.
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