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Thought Experiments · Grades 6–8

Stories That Sharpen Thinking

Story-based dilemmas that connect AI, identity, and fairness to questions philosophers have wrestled with for centuries. Read-aloud is one click away. Counter-arguments are built in — because the strongest answer always considers its strongest opposition.

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Intro comic

Harder questions can still be safe questions

Middle school comics prepare students for identity, fairness, reality, AI, and counterarguments.

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The Deepfake Dilemma

The video looks real. The election is tomorrow. Sharing takes one tap.

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The Self-Driving Trolley

A classroom simulator forces one impossible choice, then asks why a second one feels different.

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The Biased Algorithm

The robot says it is neutral, but its pattern tells another story.

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Robot Replacement Parts

The robot keeps its name, memories, and habits. Every part still changes.

IdentityLogic→
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Your Self-Driving Car

The safest car in town still has to decide whose safety counts first.

AI EthicsEthics→
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Are You Sure You're Real?

A perfect simulation would not feel fake from the inside.

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The Veil of Ignorance

Design the rules before you know whether the rules will protect you.

JusticeFairness→
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The Shared Pasture

Every person takes a little extra until the shared thing can no longer recover.

EthicsJustice→
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This Sentence Is False

A sentence points at itself and the truth starts looping.

Logic→
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When Does a Heap Stop Being a Heap?

One grain changes almost nothing. Enough almost-nothings change everything.

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Explaining Red

A new classmate has never seen color. Does knowing the wavelength tell you what red looks like?

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