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# Do you resist admitting the possibility that a conservative approach to education is far more effective for students than a [[liberal]] one?
 
# Do you resist admitting the possibility that a conservative approach to education is far more effective for students than a [[liberal]] one?
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# If it were proved 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?
 
# Do you resist the possibility that [[Hollywood values]] result in significant harm for those who believe in them, and to innocent bystanders?
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# 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 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?
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A dozen such questions can be posed, 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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A dozen or so of 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.
    
== Follow-Up Questions ==
 
== Follow-Up Questions ==
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