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| | 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? | | 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? |
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| − | Did our subject think, or still think, that the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] is impossible? | + | Did you think, or still think, that the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] is impossible? |
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| − | Does our subject 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? |
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| − | Does our subject 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? |
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| − | Does our subject think that it is impossible to measure openmindedness?
| + | Do you think that it is impossible to measure openmindedness? |
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| − | Does our subject think that it is impossible that evolution could have occurred?
| + | Do you think that it is impossible that evolution could have occurred? |
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| − | Does our subject think that it is impossible that he/she could be mistaken about the truth of the Bible?
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| − | Does our subject think that it is impossible that homosexuality is a natural behavior?
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| − | Does our subject think that it is impossible that the global climate is currently warming as a result of human behavior?
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| | A series of ten 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 series of ten 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. |