There are two cases of thought experiments: gedanken experiment and thought experiment.

思维实验可分为两种情况：理想实验和思想实验。

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Fourth, model users should be trained to think of models as “Gedanken experiments”, used to illustrate a theory but never meant to be physically carried out – such as Schrödinger's cat.

第四，应对模型使用者进行培训，让他们将模型视为“想象实验”(Gedanken experiments)——即用来证明一个理论但从来不会付诸实践的实验，如薛定锷的猫(Schrodinger's Cat)。

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Fourth, model users should be trained to think of models as “Gedanken experiments”, used to illustrate a theory but never meant to be physically carried out – such as Schrödinger's cat.

第四，应对模型使用者进行培训，让他们将模型视为“想象实验”(Gedanken experiments)——即用来证明一个理论但从来不会付诸实践的实验，如薛定锷的猫(Schrodinger's Cat)。

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