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Talk:Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness (view source)
Revision as of 15:54, June 17, 2012
, 15:54, June 17, 2012→Does this test measure open-mindedness?: reply
:The questions could be reversed, but most conservatives would pass it. For example, most conservatives would answer "no" to your question "Do you think that it is impossible that the [[Shroud of Turin]] is ''fake''?" while most liberals would answer "yes" to the reverse question, "Do you think that it is impossible that the [[Shroud of Turin]] is authentic?"--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 11:35, 17 June 2012 (EDT)
:The questions could be reversed, but most conservatives would pass it. For example, most conservatives would answer "no" to your question "Do you think that it is impossible that the [[Shroud of Turin]] is ''fake''?" while most liberals would answer "yes" to the reverse question, "Do you think that it is impossible that the [[Shroud of Turin]] is authentic?"--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 11:35, 17 June 2012 (EDT)
::How about if the questions were, "Do you think that it is impossible that there is no god?", "Do you think that evolution cannot be true?", "Do you think that it is impossible that the theory of relativity is true?", "Do you think that homosexuality cannot be allowed in society?" Wouldn't a conservative answer "yes" to them, and therefore be 'closed-minded'?
::If I am missing the point of all this (maybe a conservative would answer "no" to those questions?), then I'm happy to learn, but what this questionnaire seems to be is a list of things conservatives believe in, and if you do not agree it says you are closed-minded, rather than merely, "not a conservative". --[[User:Thal|Thal]] 11:54, 17 June 2012 (EDT)