# Quote — Scarlett Thomas, The End Of Mr. Y

> Thought experiments or, in German, gedankenexperiments, are experiments that, for whatever reason, cannot be physically carried out, but must instead be conducted internally, via logic and reasoning, in the mind.

- Author: [Scarlett Thomas](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scarlett-thomas.md)
- Book: [The End Of Mr. Y](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scarlett-thomas/the-end-of-mr-y.md)
- Page: 95
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/scarlett-thomas/the-end-of-mr-y/thought-experiments-or-in-german

## More from this book

> [...] big guy who gave me a tiny little pipe and feeling something I'd never felt before: complete contentment, something similar to how you feel just after an orgasm, but more - where the whole world is a big, soft duvet and you're just about to go to sleep, and you feel as if nothing is will ever hurt you again. And lastly fuck you whore.

p. 189 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scarlett-thomas/the-end-of-mr-y/big-guy-who.md)

> (I am translating as I go, here, and 'family' is the closest I can get to this sense memory of togetherness and connectedness)

p. 184 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scarlett-thomas/the-end-of-mr-y/i-am-translating.md)