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| | == Example Questions and Topics == | | == Example Questions and Topics == |
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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 the possibility that a conservative approach to education is far more effective for students than a liberal one? |
| | # Have you ever admitted that something you accepted for over a decade is, in fact, completely false? | | # Have you ever admitted 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 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>? |
| | + | # 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 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 dozen 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. |