Try these thought experiments to test your financial fitness SECTIONS Last Updated: May 09, 2021, 04:15 PM IST Share Synopsis Mutual fund data shows a higher allocation happens in funds that have the best last one-year performance. What do you think these investors are doing? Chasing recent outcomes or process? iStock Related By Amit Grover How Einstein solved difficult problems? He used thought experiments. It’s a tool that uses impossible situations, creates hypnotical scenarios, and tries to think and find solutions. A lot of great thinkers use this method. The purpose of thought experiments is to think wild, push us outside our comfort zone and force us to think about answers which we usually try to avoid.