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Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness (view source)
Revision as of 23:32, January 9, 2008
, 23:32, January 9, 2008→Example Questions and Topics: numbered 1-10
== Example Questions and Topics ==
== Example Questions and Topics ==
Do you think it is impossible that more widespread gun ownership reduces the rate of crime?
# Do you think it is impossible that more widespread gun ownership reduces the rate of crime?
# When President [[Ronald Reagan]] told Mr. [[Gorbachev]] to tear down the Berlin Wall, did you think that it was impossible for the Berlin Wall to be torn down?
When President [[Ronald Reagan]] told Mr. [[Gorbachev]] to tear down the Berlin Wall, did you think that it was impossible for the Berlin Wall to be torn down?
# Did you think, or still think, that the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] is impossible?
# Do you think that it is impossible that the [[Shroud of Turin]] is authentic?
Did you think, or still think, that the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] is impossible?
# Do you think that there ''must'' be a material explanation 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 that the [[Shroud of Turin]] is authentic?
# Do you think that it is impossible to measure openmindedness?
# Do you think that it is possible that there is no god?
Do you think that there ''must'' be a material explanation for remarkable [[homing]] and [[migration]] behavior of birds and butterflies?
# Do you think that it is possible that evolution did not occur?
# 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 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 possible that there is no god?
Do you think that it is possible that evolution did not occur?
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>?
A series of ten such questions can be posed, and one's openmindedness can be scored based on how often they declare something to be impossible and thereby demonstrate a level of being "receptive" to ideas.
A series of ten such questions can be posed, and one's openmindedness can be scored based on how often they declare something to be impossible and thereby demonstrate a level of being "receptive" to ideas.