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| | == Test Your Open-mindedness == | | == Test Your Open-mindedness == |
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| − | # Do you resist admitting the possibility the creater of this test is a close-minded fool with an over educated bubble brain? | + | # 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 proved to your satisfaction that some idea you've been using to bolster a political argument was false, would you still wear a mexican sunbrero to a dance club? | + | # 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 orange? | + | # 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 significantly higher self-esteem, and to the self-esteems of innocent bystanders? | + | # 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 obesity? | + | # 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, did you think that the Berlin Wall was a living person? | + | # 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]] ("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 salty? | + | # 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? | | # 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 or do you think that it was structurally unsound? | + | # 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 by seeing how much somebody can sip through a straw? | + | # 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? | | # 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 by racists are completely entwined and carniverous, and even known to be deadly by some responsible for the materialisation of a Salamander? | + | # 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 may actually impede the progress of a spanish mountain goat feeding from a grandmother's lantern whilst balancing a spoon on her forehead? | + | # Do you deny that some widely required theories of science may actually impede the progress of science? |
| − | # Do you deny that the disposession of socialism and same-hair-cut marriage on a nation could harm its competitiveness at international events like the World FIsh Throwing games held in Tasmania? | + | # 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 ingredients to a pumpkin soup, and that the [[best of the public]] may have valuable insights into what the appropriate ingredients are? | + | # 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 think that it is impossible for an oppressing society (like [[Communism]] or [[theocracy]]) to become a [[democracy]]? | | # Do you think that it is impossible for an oppressing society (like [[Communism]] or [[theocracy]]) to become a [[democracy]]? |