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Welcome to the Critical Balance Pop Quiz.
This is a fun little quiz to help you find out if you are a full blown conspiracy theorist, a mainstream sheep, a debunking science nerd or if you have just turned your back on whole mess.
This short quiz will make it clear if you are a critical thinker, or if you are just being critical.
Oh and just so we are clear - we dont log your information anywhere. This is totally anonymous and only for your own entertainment - you believe us - right?
ok then - Let's go!
A: I read the newspapers (paper or online) and watch the news on TV.
B: I look for information on certain websites and internet forums where they write the real truth.
C: I search for news in all places and also read scientific litterature to verify the thing I read.
D: I don't read the news or watch TV.
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A: Knowledge for me are the things that we can agree on as a society, that can be backed up by experts. Experts know much more than me, so I trust them?
B: So much of what we hear in the media is fake news. I get my knowledge from the people who have done their homework and tell the real truth, even though it contradicts the mainstream.
C: Knowledge can be many different things. I like to do my own research and I use many kinds of scientific sources to make sense of the world. I like to fact-check everything I hear.
D: I already know what I need to know, and I use my common sense to guide me. What most people think they know are really just their opinion. At least I'm honest about that.
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A: I like to debate with people, even if I disagree with them, but not if they seem crazy. I only want to talk about the real world.
B: I engage all kinds of debates, online and in person. Even if I'm the only one believing what I do. People need to wake up! I have done my homework - have you?
C: I love to debate people. I like it when I’m able to prove people wrong. Too many people are caught up in their own beliefs, and it feels good to hit them with the latest science.
D: I don't like debates. But I will tell people my opinion, if they ask for it. Most people think they know the truth, but in fact that's just their opinion, and they probably just heard it from somebody else anyway.
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A: I refer to experts on most issues anyway, so I don't think that my beliefs is the greatest indicator of me as a person. There are many other things that make up who I am.
B: My beliefs are strong indicators for my core values and who I am as a person. I strongly identify with what I know and believe in.
C: What I believe changes with the information that I find in my research. It is a constant process of adjustment. My beliefs are constantly constructed and reconstructed.
D: I know who I am. My identity is not based on what I believe, or what people think of me.
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A: I welcome new information. But I only trust it if
it is verified by acclaimed experts. If it goes against my existing knowledge,
I have to have a good reason to believe it.
B: I don't believe much of what I hear in mainstream media. So many so-called experts are in the pocket of the political establishment, and you can’t trust what they say.
C: I welcome new knowledge, but I will always fact-check it before accepting it as a part of my general knowledge base.
D: Most new information is just somebody’s opinions. Nobody agrees with each other anyway, so I just stick to what I know from my own experience.
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A: An expert is a person who is generally recognized for his/her knowledge. It can be a scientist or a researcher or someone who has a long work experience.
B: Most mainstream experts are just puppets. The real experts have done their own research and are not afraid to speak up even if nobody believes in them.
C: Since there are many different fields of knowledge, experts should be understood as representing different sciences and not the truth.
D: There are many different types of experts, and they never seem to agree on anything. I will believe what they say if it makes sense to me.
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A: I dont know, but from what I heard in school and in documentaries Lee Harvey Oswald was the one who Killed JFK, I don’t believe the wild conspiracy theories.
B: There is no way that Lee Harvey Oswald could have pulled that off alone. Did you see the “magic bullet theory” what a joke!
C: I was on the fence about this one for many years, but I finally did the reseach and my conclusion was that the most probable shooter was, in fact, Lee Harvey Oswald.
D: That was so long ago, and It doesn’t matter anymore who did it. And I’m sure we will never find out who really did it anyway.
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A: 9/11 was just a horrible terrorist attack on western society. I still can’t understand why they did it, but I think we did the right thing by going to war in Afghanistan. But maybe not in Iraq.
B: 9/11 was totally an inside job. The science proved that those towers could not have fallen like that on their own. Jet fuel doesn't melt steal beams! And down get me started on Building 7!
C: For many years I have battled with 9/11 truthers online and even though there are many different aspects of that case most of them can be explained by simple scientific explanations. There was no grand conspiracy.
D: Who knows who was behind 9/11? We will never learn the truth anyway. But I would like to stop the wars in the middle east. Let’s just start there!
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A: NO of course not. The lockdowns were a necessary action to take in order to keep people from dying.
B: Yes! The disease was even created in a Chinese lab for this very reason. At least in some countries the lockdown was totally unnecessary and was only meant to take peoples rights away.
C: Well. Politics in an uncertain situation can be difficult, so it’s easy just to do what they did in the other countries. This could seem as part of a grand scheme, but in fact most countries had very different policies towards the lockdowns, just look at Sweden.
D: I’m just glad that is over. I don’t even think the politicians knew what they were doing half the time. I was OK working from home, but it’s nice to be able to go out again. It’s like it never even happened at this point.
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Clearly, you don't fit in just one of these groups.
The answers you have given matches with these groups.
Remember, you can always take the quiz again if you don't think you belong here.
A: The Mainstreamer
You are a Mainstreamer!
See if you can reconize yourself in this short video.
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B: You are a true Conspiracist!
See if you can reconize yourself in this short video.
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C: The Sceptic
You are a sceptic!
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D: The Disillusioned
You are disillusioned!
See if you can reconize yourself in this short video.
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Have fun!
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