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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were animal rights activists concerned about the robo-rat experiments?

2. What experiment do scientists conduct in robo-rat laboratories?

3. The first Cognitive Revolution made Homo sapiens rulers of the planet. What could the Second Cognitive Revolution do?

4. What life-changing experience did journalist Sally Adee have when she used a battlefield simulator?

5. Humanism claims that instead of looking to a supreme being or authority to define meaning, people should rely on _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do many research professors find volunteers for their experiments and tests?

2. Why was liberalism criticized by the poor?

3. What happened in 1975 that was a blow to the liberalism ideology?

4. What experiments are the U.S. military currently studying in relation to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

5. According to Harari, what two concepts are being decoupled?

6. What did the computer Watson do that changed the perception of artificial intelligence?

7. What is evolutionary humanism?

8. What is the modern covenant Harari refers to?

9. What do socialist humanists claim happens when liberal humanists focus only on themselves?

10. In the mid-twentieth century, what was the treatment used for individuals with epilepsy when all other treatments failed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the commandments of the new Data Religion?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how faulty definitions of religion are the cause of most misunderstandings between science and religion.

Essay Topic 3

Harari states that terrorists are weak and they use others to accomplish their desired ends. On what premise does Harari base this claim?

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