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Assignemnt: Business Reading Questions
1. Why does business seek to hire people with critical thinking skills?
2. Give one example of a Type 1 Error in business.
3. Give one example of a Type 2 Error in business.
4. Describe what it means when someone says "the probability of knowing" equals 0/1 or zero.
5. Charles Darwin is the father of modern biology. Explain briefly his discovery of error prevention in evolution.
6. Sigmund Freud is the father of modern psychology. Explain briefly his diagnosis of human social errors.
7. Heisenberg is one of the fathers of modern quantum mechanics in Physics. Explain how his discovery affects our ability to determine the future of something.
8. Briefly outline the contradiction between Determinism and Free-will.
9. How would you explain Critical Thinking to a friend? (Do not say, "think outside the box." <--that is a metaphor and the style guide says avoid metaphors. Only complete sentences will count as an answer. No fragments. This goes for all homework questions. )
10. Explain what Rhetoric is.
11. Explain what Dialectic is.
12. Explain what Reason is.
13. Why is nonsense such a problem in Business?
14. Describe why it is not possible to know something in the future?
15. What are the benefits of being calm and dispassionate in seeking the truth?
16. Who was Parmenides of Elea, and what was his dream poem about? This question can be answered without doing any reading other than this reading. You do not need to look up the poem online.
17. If you were Parmenides, describe your feelings about whether or not you have the courage to open the doors to the temple of reality. Do you? This question can be answered without doing any reading other than this reading. You do not need to look up the poem online.
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