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| | # If it were proven 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? | | # If it were proven 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 to those who believe in them, and to innocent bystanders? |
| | # Do you think it is impossible that increased gun ownership reduces the rate of crime? | | # 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]], would you have thought that it was politically impossible for the Berlin Wall to be torn down? | | # When President [[Ronald Reagan]] told Mr. [[Gorbachev]] to tear down the [[Berlin Wall]], would you have thought that it was politically 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 authentic? | | # 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 the 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 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 [[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 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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| | Mathematically, the edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki can be expressed as: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki = E % BE, where E is the number of edits to the wiki and BE equals the number of blocked editor accounts of the wiki. | | Mathematically, the edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki can be expressed as: Edits to blocked editor accounts ratio at a wiki = E % BE, where E is the number of edits to the wiki and BE equals the number of blocked editor accounts of the wiki. |
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| − | The edits to blocked editor accounts ratio was partly inspired by [[Andrew Schlafly]]'s essay Quantifying Openmindedness. | + | The edits to the blocked editor accounts ratio were partly inspired by [[Andrew Schlafly]]'s essay Quantifying Openmindedness. |
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