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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Our Future?, Star Trek or Not?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What equation will be able to determine the wave function for information?
(a) Popper.
(b) Heisenberg.
(c) Schrodinger.
(d) Rossinger.

2. What made DNA obsolete as the only source of information about humans?
(a) Language.
(b) Song.
(c) Quantum theory.
(d) Culture.

3. According to Hawking, what lies ahead in the future if no great disaster occurs?
(a) Improving the quality of life for all humans.
(b) Improving human genetics.
(c) Improving animal genetics.
(d) Improving human morals.

4. What does time not have apart from the universe?
(a) Illegitimate significance.
(b) Dependent meaning.
(c) Independent meaning.
(d) Futuristic tendencies.

5. What does Hawking explain particles do not have?
(a) Molecular shapes.
(b) Well-defined positions or velocities.
(c) Easily-shaped positions.
(d) Round-bodied physics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do models based on imaginary time make?

2. What is intuitive to think about the "ground state" or stationary state of an object?

3. As the brain increases in size, what may become slower as it grows more complex?

4. What do black holes absorb?

5. In what realm of physics is it important to consider the Schrodinger equation?

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