Ok, so I strongly dissagree that you can fully capture the significant experience of one of your children dying just through a thought experience. Whatever crazy pills you you can take to believe that... I want some! Just one look in the eye of a parent that has lost a child should be enough to convince you that YOU have never, and hopefully WILL never feel anything that deep.
If you want to run an experiment that is easier to conduct and much less gut wrenching, try an empathy experiment. Unfortunatly this only works if you are male I can't think of an equivalent experience for women (Maybe the embaressment of having an erection in class?). Use your imagination to "feel" the pain, bloating, and hormonal effects of menstruation. Now go up to any female you know and explain in detail how you fully understand how she feels. After she rips your face off you might want to consider the difference between imagined experiences and REAL ones!
Rhizo
If you want to run an experiment that is easier to conduct and much less gut wrenching, try an empathy experiment. Unfortunatly this only works if you are male I can't think of an equivalent experience for women (Maybe the embaressment of having an erection in class?). Use your imagination to "feel" the pain, bloating, and hormonal effects of menstruation. Now go up to any female you know and explain in detail how you fully understand how she feels. After she rips your face off you might want to consider the difference between imagined experiences and REAL ones!
Rhizo
