- Does 1+1 equal something other than 2?
- Have you seen an alien?
- Was the Holocaust a fabrication?
- Was the moon landing a fabrication?
- Do you think Creationism or Intelligent Design qualify as scientific theories deserving of being taught in public school science classes?
- Do you put any credence in a horoscope?
- Does the US Constitution protect a child's right to participate in organized prayer in public school?
- Given all we know about the execution of the Iraq War, if you could go back in time, would you still support going to war?
- Despite all the reports about warming, is the Earth fine with no reason to change anything?
- Do you respect draft dodgers who criticize wounded and decorated veterans as a political ploy?
- Do you respect Senators with medical degrees pronouncing diagnoses based on a video of a patient?
- Do you consume more than one gallon of gas in your one-way commute to work each day?
- Are you so computer-partisan that you have any OS-affiliated adornments in your office (e.g. Microsoft/Apple/Linux poster)?
- Are you so lazy that you make a habit of (i) littering (ii) pressing the "handicap" switch to open a door?
- Do you generally associate certain cars with genders, such as "I couldn't drive a minivan instead of an SUV" or "That's a girl's car"?
- Do you regular (i) use the left-most lane of highway for cruising? (ii) refuse to signal turns (iii) refuse to turn on your lights when it's raining?
- Have you ever forwarded some internet story which you later came to realize was a complete hoax or urban myth?
- Are you still unclear about how to score this test?
Presenting the "other" side of academic physics, where people backstab and give lousy talks. Where people are sometimes lazy or incompetent, and the best don't get the credit or the job. From the perspective of someone lucky enough to have landed a tenure-track professorship.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Sanity Test
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