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Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness (view source)
Revision as of 15:20, May 9, 2008
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# 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 it is possible that evolution did not occur?
# 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 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 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.
== Follow-Up Questions ==
== Follow-Up Questions ==