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I don't know the answer to this question. But it does not seem unreasonable that we might sometimes want to sabotage questionnaires if we believe that the truth will just create more confusion.

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I don’t know the answer to this question. But, given this erudite readership, I would like to know your opinions. 

What I want to know is this. When you are asked on any form, governmental or otherwise, to state your religion or ethnicity should you leave these sections blank? Or might it be better to lie? Or to answer “other”? Or would it be better to t…

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