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Why do people ask highly improbable "what if" questions?
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March 13th, 2010
What if automobiles were sentient beings? What if we flew all of Mars’ water back to Earth? What if aliens landed in New York City? What if paintings could talk? What if our shoes could fly?
What is the point? All of these situations are perfectly absurd. What kind of thought experiments are they? How are they useful? What purpose do they serve us? Are askers just trying to generate conversation, or do they really want answers? Do they believe the questions are useful, or is it just a kind of boredom that motivates them to ask?
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