Lesson 1: "Personal, Career, and Financial Security"
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This quiz is primarily taken from "A Bluestocking Guide: Building a Personal Model for Success" (by Jane A Williams, Bluestocking Press, 2004) and is based on the book "Uncle Eric Talks About Personal Career, and Financial Security" (by Richard J. Maybury, Bluestocking Press, 2004).
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True of False: Models are how humans understand their world.
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When faced with a contradiction between data and a model, we almost always throw out the ______, not the ______.
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When someone makes a big change to a model or drops it altogether and adopts a new one, this is called a ______.
What is one of the key uses for models?
True or False: When trying to learn something, start by asking for the model.
I.e., asking yourself for the model, looking for the model or justification behind it.
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True or False: Uncle Eric believes there is a Higher Law than any government's law.
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True or False: The more important the model, the lower should be your standard of proof.
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On things that are important, what should we continually ask?
True or False: The less evidence you have for committing your money to something, the closer you are to outright gambling.
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True or False: Uncle Eric believe that we have an inborn tendency to create models automatically, through experience.
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According to Uncle Eric, what is one of the most dangerous weaknesses in traditional education?
According to Uncle Eric, is the scientific method a good model for choosing models and for discovering facts?
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The key to the scientific method is the ability to ______.
Define tautology (circular reasoning).
What is cognitive dissonance?
Certainty stops ______.
True of False: Our models should be always under construction, never finished, and always open to question because we are human and humans make mistakes.
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Use your business to earn money, and your investments to ______ that money.
Studies show the best low-risk "real" (adjusted for inflation) return you can expect on your investments is ______ percent per year.
What four questions does Uncle Eric suggest you ask to assure a high standard of proof?
What are the two models that Uncle Eric believes are crucially important for everyone to learn?
What is the six-step procedure used in the scientific method?
Name the four models that Uncle Eric suggest swill provide a practical foundation to help you understand the world in which you live.
What is the economic model that most closely dovetails with the principles on which America was founded?
What is the legal model that includes the principles on which America was founded and most closely agrees with the economic principles on which America was founded?
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