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1. What is the best definition of the term "wisdom"?
a. Wisdom is that special quality one is either born with or is condemned to do without. b. Wisdom is the ability to collect, store and retrieve information. c. Wisdom is that ability to see the future and never make past mistakes, so as to have power over others and decide what is best for others. d. Wisdom is the ability to apply intelligence towards securing life and improving the quality of life. e. Wisdom is the same as intelligence.
2. Which of these attributes best define a wise mind?
a. Smarts, Enjoyment, Concensus. b. Open Mindedness, Long Term Orientedness, Deep Thinking. c. Intelligence, Witt, Humor. d. Love, Truth, Devotion. e. Introspect, Solitude, Introversion.
3. Should one be concerned about Mass Phenomena Effect? (Mass Phenomena Effect or MPE is the idea that if enough people think and behave a certain way then certain positive or negative things will happen that would not happen if only one or a very few persons thought and behaved in a certain way. Examples of MPE: the rise of Fascism and Nazism, the overall harmful effects of high housing costs that prevent honest working class people from being able to live in relatively safe and healthy circumstances, the tendency of people to consider the opinions of someone who is already very famous more important than someone who is not or less famous.)
a.Yes, because too often people attempt to justify their ideas and actions without considering the overall implications to the rest of the world (and thus to themselves) of such thoughts and behavior. b. No, because such a thing cannot really exist in the real world where laws and competition from others prevent any one way of thinking or behaving from being able to have any severe negative or significant positive effects. c. MPE is absolute nonsense.
4. Which of the following best characterizes the way of someone who is truly wise?
a. One's ability to attain great wealth and keep most of it forever. b. One who has a great deal of knowledge and can remember almost anything. c. One who thinks about the possible effect of anything one is about to say, and before saying anything considers whether the words used will be properly understood, will convey what is meant with a minimum risk of misunderstanding, will be likely to accomplish their intended objective and will not be regretted later on.
5. If it were considered proven as fact that the totality of all that ever was, is and will be is a finite totality then it follows that;
a. There is not even nothing beyond the point of all limits of space, time and physical entities. c. Nothing would make sense at all and we might just as well go back into the cave of darkness and ignorance from which we have just relatively recently peeked out of. d. I do not understand this question.
6. The totality of all that is, was and shall be is infinite, but because most people who concern themselves with physics and the origins of the universe are too insecure to accept the notion of something that is so alien to their personal experiences this concept of the infinity of physical and non-physical reality is deliberately attacked and people who dare propose it are labeled as illogical and mentally ill. Is this statement false, true, more or less one or the other? (Choose the answer which is closest to your own answer, supposing, for example, your answer was "No, but..." then choose "False" or "To some extent yes..." then choose "True").
a. True. b. False.
7. If someone is fat it is because they are lazy and do not exercise enough. Is this true or false?
a. True. b. False.
8. If someone is poor it is because they have done something to deserve being poor in their previous life. Is this absolutely true or absolutely false?
a. Absolutely false. b. Absolutely true.
9. Those who are wealthy are wealthy because they worked very hard, made it all on their own without any help from anyone else, and deserve every penny of their wealth. Is this true or false?
a. True. b. False.
10. Pedro loves Mary, but Mary does not love Pedro. Is what Pedro feels for Mary true love or simply the desire for true love not reciprocated?
a. It is true love. b. It is, at best, only the desire for true love.
11. A truly wise person avoids conflict, even if the immediate or long-term future of humanity is at stake. Is this true or false?
a. True. b. False.
12. No one being, not even what we might call God, can create infinity. Is this true or false?
a. False. b. True.
13. Because science can only measure and prove physical things and properties and never prove or disprove that which would have to be non-physical, spirit or soul does not exist. Is this true or false?
a. True. b. False.
14. God is religious and only one religion is the right one, and God is good because he lets every person know which religion to choose but most people reject God and his religion. Is this true or false?
a. False. b. True.
15. Freedom does not really exist and we should all stop trying to be free and let someone or others rule us. Is this true or false?
a. True. b. False.
16. Those who are fortunate enough to have a good life need not concern themselves with helping others have a good life. True or false?
a. False. b. True.
17. Education and housing should never be human rights, but should be provided only to those who have the means to pay for them. True or false?
a. True. b. False.
18. The government and higher institutions of learning should be required to seriously help motivate, inspire, instigate and stimulate people to seek wisdom, think about the deep philosophical questions of life, death, existence, etc., and want to learn more about the world at large and the environmental and social issues, concerns and problems that face them. True or false?
a. False. b. True.
19. The death penalty is not a threat to the rights of any individual, or to a truly democratic society and works well as a deterrent to prevent psychotic and other seriously deranged persons from risking it by committing murder and other violent crimes. True or false?
a. False. b. True.
20. There are only two types of people; those who are for abortions and against life and those who are against abortions and for life, and there was no good reason why abortions were ever legalized at all.
a. True. b. False.
21. What do the following images mean to you? (click on to enlarge...write brief answers)
