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Do 'we' see the world as we assume it exists?
- onycho
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What Are the Implications of a Woman Being Charged with Raping a Man in Norway
- Adam
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What is the purpose of our lives?
- donkon
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Are Humans Merely Programmed Robots?
- timejim
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Why Is a Man Suing His Cable Company for Personal Issues?
- wasteofo2
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Proving We Are All Goats: A Logical Argument
- jimmy p
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News Is Police Authority Excessively Powerful in America?
- timejim
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Does Consciousness Influence Our Perception of Time?
- mikelus
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The Scientific Method: Induction and Deduction in the Pursuit of Truth
- Sikz
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Is deductive logic consistent and how does it influence other systems?
- caumaan
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Do voices below 40 Hz suggest consciousness survives death?
- wahoo q
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- Poll
News Is the U.S. Pursuing Global Domination Through Its Foreign Policies?
- bloodsucker666
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News Is communism pro-individual or anti-individual?
- The_Professional
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News Is the UN an Effective Mediator in International Conflicts?
- Adam
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News Free Speech Zone" - James Bovard, The American Conservative
- Carlos Hernandez
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Corporate execs who give the advertisers orders
- skywise
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How do you cope with your mortality?
- plum
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Contended Theories in Science And Who?
- Another God
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Do Particles Exhibit Self-Awareness?
- Sikz
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Do East and West Ever Truly Meet?
- Mentat
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Can Russell's paradox disprove solipsism?
- Mentat
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Is Cartesian Dualism Logically Consistent with Modern Philosophy?
- hypnagogue
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What Happens If You Die While Time Traveling?
- timejim
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Are there truly non-redundant statements of truth?
- Mentat
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What's your all-time favorite movie scene?
- Ivan Seeking
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News Is Iran Considered a Third World Country?
- Adam
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How Many Meanings Can Mean Have?
- Monique
- · Replies 38 ·
Can Stores Legally Refuse Large Bills?
- Monique
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Why is marijuana treated differently from legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco?
- timejim
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Is Hedonism a Harmful Philosophy?
- Carlos Hernandez
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News How Did Franz Josef Strauss's Vision Shape Germany's Global Power Resurgence?
- David Ben-Ariel
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Sentience, flaw in scientific method
- the_truth
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An ethical comparison of a few situations
- Dissident Dan
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News Supreme Court Judges should be ELECTED
- timejim
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News USA marines, war crimes, caught on video
- Adam
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News What percentage of the world is first, second or third world countries?
- Monique
- · Replies 14 ·
Where did the Scientific Method actually come from?
- Sikz
- · Replies 21 ·
National Intelligence and Suicide Rates
- Carlos Hernandez
- · Replies 9 ·
What Are We Unknowingly Aware Of in Our Lives?
- phoenixthoth
- · Replies 10 ·
What is Transtopianism?
- Carlos Hernandez
- · Replies 6 ·
Why do we dream and what is its role in consciousness?
- Rader
- · Replies 56 ·
Materialism (aka Non-materialists in denial)
- FZ+
- · Replies 56 ·
Philosophical Thoughts On Our Perceptions of Reality
- Carlos Hernandez
- · Replies 5 ·
Interview with Jon Entine: African-Americans in Sports
- Carlos Hernandez
- · Replies 13 ·
Can we miss logical inconsistencies in reality like we do in dreams?
- Sikz
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The Most Under-Reported Story of the Year
- Carlos Hernandez
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News Does the Constitution say anything about murder?
- Zero
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Do people actually wear their high school class rings after graduation?
- Greg Bernhardt
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Is the Beauty of Knowledge Enough?
- FZ+
- · Replies 49 ·
A New Naturalist Philosophy On the Rise
- Carlos Hernandez
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Is human knowledge just shared illusions based on individual experience?
- plum
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News Should captured leaders face the same treatment they inflicted?
- Adam
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News Rebuff for Bush on civil liberties
- Adam
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Did You See the Most Hilarious Sci-Fi Special Ever?
- wasteofo2
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News Former FBI Agent Gives Insight Into Terrorism
- Carlos Hernandez
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News Half of Israelis see Sharon as untrustworthy
- Carlos Hernandez
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Skeptic Magazine Interview With Robert Sternberg on The Bell Curve
- Carlos Hernandez
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The Flynn Effect and U.S. Policies. The Impact of Rising IQ Scores
- Carlos Hernandez
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What Is Decision Theory?
- Mentat
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News 50th anniversary of Playboy Magazine
- JOEBIALEK
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How Do Mind and Body Interact in Dualism?
- seeker03
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Can Meat Be Sentient and Create Technology?
- Mentat
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Is Online Casino Use Legal Under 21?
- Greg Bernhardt
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News Sayeret Matkal reservists refuse occupied territories service
- Carlos Hernandez
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News Does Holocaust trauma shape Israeli policy toward Palestinians?
- exeric
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News Flash Materialists Caught in Denial
- Les Sleeth
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What counts as intelligence and can machines have it?
- caumaan
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News America is a peace-loving nation: George W. Bush
- Carlos Hernandez
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Should Equality Take Precedence Over Liberty in a Just Social Order?
- wasteofo2
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Rationalism vs Atheism: Niels Bohr's Perspective
- Niels Bohr
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News I Would Like to Recommend A Huge Politics Forum
- Carlos Hernandez
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The advantages of contact with aliens
- plum
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News Libya Ceases Development of NBC Weapons
- Adam
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What Defines True Popularity?
- thevoid
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Planning to catch the LOTR trilogy marathon this week
- mikehuntsloose
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What controversial topics exist in logic?
- Turtle
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Does Tradition Stifle Progress or Foster Stability?
- Dissident Dan
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Is John Edwards doing more harm than good if his readings help grieving people?
- Ivan Seeking
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My Philosophies on Life: Musings and Realizations
- Gale
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News So, What Exactly is Going On With All the Other Third World Countries?
- Carlos Hernandez
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Are Badgers Getting High on Something?
- dduardo
- · Replies 12 ·
News Who Will Win the US Presidential Elections and Why?
- The_Professional
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News You're cheering because Saddam is 'caught' Why?
- Adam
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Is free will an emergent property of the human brain?
- Adam
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News China Occupies Florida: What is American Resistance?
- Adam
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Trading lives and innocence/guilt
- Dissident Dan
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News RE: Saddam Capture discussion -> closed
- Integral0
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News France's ban on religious symbols in public schools
- Monique
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Digital Camera Shopping - Finding the Best Option Under $300
- Moni
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What are your career goals in science and engineering?
- jhirlo
- · Replies 9 ·
News Salary europarlementary from €9000 to €100000
- Monique
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News Yeah, Saddams caught all well and good
- amp
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Did Saddam really say that about water and the bathroom?
- zoobyshoe
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News New Abortion Laws: Texas Law & Sources for Info
- Mattius_
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