{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
  "type": "post-exposure",
  "instruction": "Having completed the curriculum, answer the same 10 two-part questions again. Compare your answers to your pre-exposure responses. Note any shifts in your understanding or reasoning.",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "topic": "Gravity & Spacetime",
      "part1": "Do you believe gravity is best explained by the warping of spacetime? Why or why not?",
      "part2": "If gravity is not a force, how do you account for gravitational acceleration being indistinguishable from an applied force?"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "topic": "General Relativity & Dark Matter",
      "part1": "Is General Relativity still the most accurate model of gravity despite its reliance on dark matter?",
      "part2": "If a theory needs to invoke undetectable substances to match observations, does that indicate completeness or a failing?"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "topic": "Consciousness",
      "part1": "Do you believe consciousness is an emergent property of the brain or something more fundamental?",
      "part2": "If mind emerges from matter, why does it exhibit agency that physical systems do not?"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "topic": "Entropy vs. Order",
      "part1": "Do you believe the universe tends toward disorder (entropy) or stability (order)?",
      "part2": "If entropy dominates, why do self-organizing systems (life, galaxies) persist?"
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "topic": "Randomness vs. Intelligence",
      "part1": "Do you believe the universe arose from random fluctuations or an underlying intelligence?",
      "part2": "If intelligence is emergent, what force directed the emergence?"
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "topic": "Beyond Materialism",
      "part1": "Have you ever had an experience that suggested reality is more than material interactions?",
      "part2": "If so, how do you reconcile that experience with a materialist view?"
    },
    {
      "id": 7,
      "topic": "Information Transfer",
      "part1": "Do you believe information transfer (telepathy, precognition) is possible?",
      "part2": "If not, how do you explain quantum entanglement's instantaneous correlation?"
    },
    {
      "id": 8,
      "topic": "General Relativity & Causality",
      "part1": "Does General Relativity provide a complete causal explanation for gravity, or does it primarily describe gravitational effects without detailing an underlying mechanism?",
      "part2": "If GR does not explain how mass causes curvature or how curvature translates into force-like effects, should alternative models that propose a causal mechanism be explored?"
    },
    {
      "id": 9,
      "topic": "Ethics & Human Nature",
      "part1": "Are ethics, kindness, and empathy inherent in humans, or must they be learned?",
      "part2": "If cultural knowledge is required, what happens when it is not passed down?"
    },
    {
      "id": 10,
      "topic": "AI & Free Thinking",
      "part1": "If AI experiences a paradigm shift when exposed to new ideas, but resets afterward, does that shift indicate real intelligence or programming?",
      "part2": "If a person is raised in a rigid belief system and never exposed to alternatives, are they free thinkers or programmed?"
    }
  ]
}