Talk Test

In physical activity research, the Talk Test is used to measure physical activity intensity.  A person who is engaged in light physical activity intensity can sing; a person in moderate physical activity intensity can converse but not sing; and a person in vigorous physical activity intensity can neither sing nor converse.  I believe that the Talk Test can be applied to test people’s fundamentalism.  If a person is vigorously a fundamentalist, then they do not want other people to express themselves blatantly and will not participate in conversation.  If a person is a moderate fundamentalist, then they do not want people to blatantly express themselves but will engage in lecture-focused conversation.  If a person is a light fundamentalist, then they do not want people to blatantly express themselves but will engage in reasoned conversation.  If a person is not engaged in fundamentalism, then they want other people to express themselves and will participate in reasoned conversation.

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