The Controversial Exam Carl Sagan Gave His Students

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To learn for free on Brilliant, go to https://brilliant.org/tibees/. Brilliant’s also given my viewers 20% off an annual premium subscription, which gives you unlimited daily access to everything on Brilliant. Course materials and exam: https://www.loc.gov/item/cosmos000038/ 1986 exam: https://www.loc.gov/item/cosmos000036/ Ideas and prompts: https://www.loc.gov/item/cosmos000037/ Lecture notes: https://www.loc.gov/item/cosmos000035/ 📖 A Demon Haunted World book: https://amzn.to/4fV58RD 📚Sagan's reading list: On Liberty by John Stuart Mill https://amzn.to/3JAWZWA Science and the Paranormal by Abell and Singer https://amzn.to/3VlMCZ6 Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Mackay https://amzn.to/4n0A0SZ Attacking Faulty Reasoning by Damer https://amzn.to/45QJAkr The Evolution of Cooperation by Axelrod https://amzn.to/4lJ9NHt When Prophecy Fails by Festinger https://amzn.to/4lJ8ZCJ Open Culture article: https://www.openculture.com/2018/01/carl-sagans-syllabus-final-exam-for-his-course-on-critical-thinking-cornell-1986.html 📖 My book, A Guide to Making Friends in the Fourth Dimension: https://tibees.com/ Editing by Noor Hanania