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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Mind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wilson say evidence from the natural sciences says about Enlightenment thinkers?
(a) They made correct assumptions about the presence of dinosaurs.
(b) They made correct assumptions about the nature of divinity.
(c) They made correct assumptions about the material world.
(d) They made correct assumptions about the evolution of species.

2. What decision was effectively made in human evolution as the brain found its present size?
(a) Excess over efficiency.
(b) Curiosity over security.
(c) Intelligence over strength.
(d) Dreams over experiences.

3. What event marks the end of the Enlightenment, in Wilson's account?
(a) The birth of Wordsworth.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The death of de Sade.
(d) The American Revolution.

4. Under what circumstances are theories accepted universally?
(a) When a theory promises to explain phenomena.
(b) When experimental data can be confirmed.
(c) When evidence is supported by interlocking theories.
(d) When a hypothesis explains phenomena.

5. What does Wilson say matters in science?
(a) Paradigm shifts.
(b) Hypothesis.
(c) Final results.
(d) Publications.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosophical assumption underlay the notion that evolution followed simple laws?

2. What field does Wilson say philosophers and scientists should collaborate in?

3. When was complexity theory formed?

4. What qualities of mind drove the techno-scientific age?

5. What purpose does Wilson say dreams serve?

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