What is this?
Purely Hypothetical is a daily exploration of impossible, improbable, and thought-provoking questions. Each day, a new hypothetical gets the deep-dive treatment — not a quick answer, but a genuine attempt to think through what would actually happen.
Some questions are scientific. Some are philosophical. Some are absurd. All of them are worth thinking about.
Who writes this?
I’m Mark Andrews — a writer and thinker who has always been fascinated by “what if” questions. The kind that keep you up at night, or spark a two-hour conversation over dinner.
I started this site because I noticed something: the internet is full of listicles with hundreds of hypothetical questions crammed onto one page, but almost nobody takes the time to actually explore them properly. Each question deserves more than a bullet point.
Why hypothetical questions?
Hypothetical questions are how we test our understanding of the world. They’re how scientists design experiments, how philosophers probe ethics, and how children learn about cause and effect.
They’re also just fun.