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Can Humans Mentally Handle Immortality?
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Is mathematics a discovery or invention?
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'Energy' - is it an adjective or noun?
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Does Thinking Burn as Many Calories as Physical Activity?
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PF PHOTO CONTEST Reflexion (Dec 28 - Jan 3)
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Where is the arsenic in the Six Jars Puzzle?
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News Is Obama a Socialist or a Capitalist?
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Which interpretation is your favourite?
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Which one is worse? Incest (consenting) or unequal sex.
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News Were the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justified to End WWII?
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About ancient ruins- missing blocks and stone?
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News Stimulus spending (split from cap& trade thread)
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