Futurism/Quiz

Futurism is a lecture from the economics school about a specific economy, a predictable one.

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Quiz
{True or False, By combining the best of three different approaches to futurism--crisis futurism, evolutionary futurism, and spiritual futurism--we can realize vast human potentials and, perhaps, even attain the next stage of human evolution. + TRUE - FALSE
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{True or False, A dominant group regarding a futurism differs from a control group in that it rules the treatment of the control group. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Evidence that demonstrates that a model or idea for a futurism versus a control group is feasible is called a { proof of concept (i) }.
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{Yes or No, The effort to think systematically about the future began little more than a half-century ago, and the results so far have not been impressive. + Yes - No
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{True or False, A control group may be used in a futurism to demonstrate no effect or a standard effect versus a novel effort applied to a treatment group. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: A short or { incomplete (i) } realization of a certain { method (i) } or idea to { demonstrate (i) } a treament's feasibility for any futurism is called a proof of { concept (i) }.
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{Yes or No, Today's futurists hope that more sophisticated methods will allow them to provide a better picture of what tomorrow may bring. + Yes - No
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{True or False, Part of the problem with accurately predicting or trying to predict the future is that hedging and investment specialists are more likely to try to own the future and its inventors and inventions to maximize their gain, especially the more accurate the predictions become. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: A proof-of-concept structure, including a control group, consists of { background (i) }, procedures, findings, and { interpretation (i) }.
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{True or False, The purpose of a treatment group for a futurism is to describe natural processes or phenomena for the first time relative to a control group. + TRUE - FALSE
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Hypotheses

 * 1) A futurism economy can be a functioning economy when those endeavors which are profit-making are adequately balanced by the other endeavors which are not.