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| | == Test Your Open-mindedness - 21 Questions == | | == Test Your Open-mindedness - 21 Questions == |
| − | # Do you deny the possibility of an occasional [[angel]], such as the unknown carpenter who built without modern tools the gravity-defying [[Loretto spiral staircase]] in [[Santa Fe]]? Conservatives substitute: Do you accept the view that angels are mythical beings? | + | # Do you deny the possibility of an occasional [[angel]], such as the unknown carpenter who built without modern tools the gravity-defying [[Loretto spiral staircase]] in [[Santa Fe]]? |
| − | # Do you resist admitting the possibility that a [[conservative]] approach to education is far more effective for students than a [[liberal]] one? If you are a conservative, substitute liberal for conservative and ''vice versa''. | + | # Do you resist admitting the possibility that a [[conservative]] approach to education is far more effective for students than a [[liberal]] one? |
| | # If it were proven to your satisfaction that some idea you've been using to bolster a political argument was false, would you keep using that idea in your argument? | | # If it were proven to your satisfaction that some idea you've been using to bolster a political argument was false, would you keep using that idea in your argument? |
| | # Do you resist admitting that something you accepted for over a decade is, in fact, completely false? | | # Do you resist admitting that something you accepted for over a decade is, in fact, completely false? |
| − | # Do you resist the possibility that [[Hollywood values]] result in significant harm for those who believe in them, and to innocent bystanders? Conservatives substitute: Do you refuse to admit that Hollywood can produce works of high art | + | # Do you resist the possibility that [[Hollywood values]] result in significant harm for those who believe in them, and to innocent bystanders? |
| − | # Do you think it is impossible that increased gun ownership reduces the rate of crime? If a conservative substitute: Do you believe that lax gun laws is a contributing cause of mass shootings | + | # Do you think it is impossible that increased gun ownership reduces the rate of crime? |
| | # When President [[Ronald Reagan]] told Mr. [[Gorbachev]] to tear down the Berlin Wall, would you have thought that it was politically impossible for the Berlin Wall to be torn down? | | # When President [[Ronald Reagan]] told Mr. [[Gorbachev]] to tear down the Berlin Wall, would you have thought that it was politically impossible for the Berlin Wall to be torn down? |
| | # Did you think, or still think, that the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] ("Star Wars") is impossible? | | # Did you think, or still think, that the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] ("Star Wars") is impossible? |
| − | # Do you think that it is impossible that the [[Shroud of Turin]] is authentic? For religious people substitute, is a forgery? | + | # Do you think that it is impossible that the [[Shroud of Turin]] is authentic? |
| − | # Do you think that there ''must'' be a purely material-based explanation (such as magnetism) for remarkable [[homing]] and [[migration]] behavior of birds and butterflies? For Christians substitut: Do refuse to accept a purely material-based explanation (such as magnetism) for remarkable [[homing]] and [[migration]] behavior of birds, bees, and butterflies. | + | # Do you think that there ''must'' be a purely material-based explanation (such as magnetism) for remarkable [[homing]] and [[migration]] behavior of birds and butterflies? |
| | # Do you think that it is impossible for the speed of light to have been different in the past? | | # Do you think that it is impossible for the speed of light to have been different in the past? |
| | # Do you think that it is impossible to measure openmindedness? | | # Do you think that it is impossible to measure openmindedness? |
| − | # Do you think that [[evolution]]<ref>By "evolution" is meant the theory of evolution, especially universal common descent.</ref> ''must'' have occurred? Conservatives: Do you believe that Genesis is a myth? | + | # Do you think that [[evolution]]<ref>By "evolution" is meant the theory of evolution, especially universal common descent.</ref> ''must'' have occurred? |
| | # Do you think that is impossible for the power of 2 in Newtonian gravity, whereby the gravitational force is proportional to 1/r<sup>2</sup>, to be more precise with an exponent that is slightly different from 2, such as a gravitational force proportional to 1/r<sup>2.00000001</sup>? | | # Do you think that is impossible for the power of 2 in Newtonian gravity, whereby the gravitational force is proportional to 1/r<sup>2</sup>, to be more precise with an exponent that is slightly different from 2, such as a gravitational force proportional to 1/r<sup>2.00000001</sup>? |
| − | # Do you resist admitting that some things taught to you in school are completely false, and even known to be false by some responsible for the material? Christians and other faiths: Do you believe that somethings taught by your Religion might be false? | + | # Do you resist admitting that some things taught to you in school are completely false, and even known to be false by some responsible for the material? |
| − | # Do you deny that some widely required theories of science, such as the [[evolution|theory of evolution]], may actually impede the progress of science?<ref>*[https://creation.com/back-problems-how-darwinism-misled Back problems: how Darwinism misled researchers]*[https://creation.com/back-problems-how-darwinism-misled Back problems: how Darwinism misled researchers] | + | # Do you deny that some widely required theories of science, such as the [[evolution|theory of evolution]], may actually impede the progress of science?<ref> |
| − | *[https://creation.com/mueller-cells-backwardly-wired-retina-v-dawkins Backwardly wired retina “an optimal structure” New eye discovery further demolishes Dawkins]
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| | *[https://creation.com/back-problems-how-darwinism-misled Back problems: how Darwinism misled researchers] | | *[https://creation.com/back-problems-how-darwinism-misled Back problems: how Darwinism misled researchers] |
| | *[https://creation.com/mueller-cells-backwardly-wired-retina-v-dawkins Backwardly wired retina “an optimal structure” New eye discovery further demolishes Dawkins] | | *[https://creation.com/mueller-cells-backwardly-wired-retina-v-dawkins Backwardly wired retina “an optimal structure” New eye discovery further demolishes Dawkins] |
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| | *[https://creation.com/lingering-death-junk-dna The lingering death of junk DNA] | | *[https://creation.com/lingering-death-junk-dna The lingering death of junk DNA] |
| | *[https://creation.com/15-questions 15 questions that evolutionists cannot satisfactorily answer] | | *[https://creation.com/15-questions 15 questions that evolutionists cannot satisfactorily answer] |
| − | *[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2011/09/questions-for-evolutionists.html Questions for evolutionists - Vox Day]</ref> For conservatives substitute: Do you refuse to accept the idea that all life has developed from primitive unicelled life forms? | + | *[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2011/09/questions-for-evolutionists.html Questions for evolutionists - Vox Day]</ref> |
| − | # Do you deny that the imposition of socialism and same-sex marriage on a nation could harm its competitiveness at international events like the Olympics? For conservatives substitute: that the imposition of socialism and same-sex marriage on a nation causes no harm | + | # Do you deny that the imposition of socialism and same-sex marriage on a nation could harm its competitiveness at international events like the Olympics? |
| − | # Do you refuse to consider the possibility that "experts" may not have all the answers, and that the [[best of the public]] may have valuable insights to which experts are blind? For conservatives: Do you accept that experts are mostly correct? | + | # Do you refuse to consider the possibility that "experts" may not have all the answers, and that the [[best of the public]] may have valuable insights to which experts are blind? |
| | # Do you think that if you read parts of the Bible years ago as a child, you can claim to "have read the Bible" and that you have no reason to read it regularly now? | | # Do you think that if you read parts of the Bible years ago as a child, you can claim to "have read the Bible" and that you have no reason to read it regularly now? |
| | # Do you believe that because the Earth's orbit and rotation are what they are now, they are guaranteed to remain stable for billions of years? | | # Do you believe that because the Earth's orbit and rotation are what they are now, they are guaranteed to remain stable for billions of years? |
| − | # Do you refuse to consider the possibility that the [[Epistle to the Hebrews (Translated)|Epistle to the Hebrews]] might have been authored by Jesus? Conservatives substitute: may not have been authored by Jesus? | + | # Do you refuse to consider the possibility that the [[Epistle to the Hebrews (Translated)|Epistle to the Hebrews]] might have been authored by Jesus? |
| | The above questions can be asked, and one's closed-mindedness can be scored based on how often they answered "yes" above. Answering more than half as "yes" reflects acute closed-mindedness. | | The above questions can be asked, and one's closed-mindedness can be scored based on how often they answered "yes" above. Answering more than half as "yes" reflects acute closed-mindedness. |
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