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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - Homo Sapiens Loses Control: The Great Decoupling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What revolutionary strategy did Oakland Athletics manager Billy Beane use to select the best baseball players?
(a) He posted information on Twitter.
(b) He used a computer algorithm developed by economists.
(c) He developed the system of player statistics.
(d) He hacked the competition's database.

2. What artificial intelligence success did the computer called Deep Blue achieve?
(a) It learned to play chess with only verbal instructions.
(b) It had the highest score in the world on Pac-Man.
(c) It beat the world chess champion.
(d) It changed the rules of chess.

3. Who developed the theory of evolution?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Harry Harlow.

4. Humans can do whatever they choose and are only constrained by what?
(a) Their power in society.
(b) Their access to education.
(c) Their understanding of technology.
(d) Their own ignorance.

5. Why does money have value?
(a) It is the only way to buy things.
(b) It is an exchange of goods.
(c) Because people believe it has value.
(d) It represents our wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What artificial organ was successfully tested by Yale University in 2014?

2. What percentage of Americans believe God created humans in their current form?

3. What kept people in the Middle Ages from making advances in science?

4. What is the danger humans face as intelligence and consciousness are uncoupled?

5. Which country was the first to recognize animals as sentient beings?

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