In the movie “After the dark (2013),” some thought experiments are done. The entire movie deals with the concept of “value” and “purpose” as the central part of the movie runs through 3 “shelter” experiments where the participants (the class) have to make choices and decisions. The topic is exciting, but critics are right that it falls off or even nose dives towards the end. But the movie illustrates how shallow philosophy is without help from the hard sciences. The first part, where the film is most vital, the “infinite monkey paradox” and the “trolley paradox” thought experiments appear:
