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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. For what purpose is the U.S. military experimenting with implanting computer chips in the brains of soldiers?

2. What did premodern humans believe their lives gained for giving up power?

3. What two types of abilities to humans have?

4. Humans can do whatever they choose and are only constrained by what?

5. What does Harari call "The greatest scientific discovery"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Politicians and economists insist growth is vital for what three reasons?

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

4. Why was liberalism criticized by the poor?

5. What is the "Our Boys Didn't Die in Vain" syndrome?

6. What is socialist humanism?

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

8. What is evolutionary humanism?

9. What experience changed journalist Sally Adee's life after she tested the battlefield simulator in Ohio?

10. With the decoupling of intelligence and consciousness, what is the risk to humans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is humanism superior to religion and the belief in God?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Harari's concept of intersubjective reality.

Essay Topic 3

Upon what basis do modern scientists dismiss the existence of God and the existence of the human soul?

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