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How to create language without self-contradiction?
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How would one choose between Solipsism and Realism/materialism?
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Consciousness and the Ship of Theseus
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Are the 2012 Paralympic Games more exciting to watch than the Olympics?
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Are We Significant? ET Life, Discovery of Earth & Carbon-Based Life
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What are your Thoughts on the Philosophy of Mathematics?
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Logical proofs: Empirical evidence for constant gravity in the past and future
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News Is Anders Breivik's Lack of Isolation in Prison a Risk for Propaganda Spread?
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News Any secular arguments against artificial contraceptives?
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How do you calculate cost per unit of electricity?
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MHB In memory of Svetozar Gligoric....
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Near-Death Experience: Investigating Theoretical Implications
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Scientific Publication without providing company affiliation
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Do abstract things and spiritual things exist in addition to physical things?
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Is the Emery Cat Scratching Board worth the shipping fee?
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Legal Email Advertising: Are You Aware of Regulations?
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How can a physicist be a christian at the same time?
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Philosophy Playing Cards Design: Looking for Feedback
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Anyone here with an extremely high IQ?
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Where can I get full scientific papers (degree-PhD level) for free?
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Is Chomsky's View on the Mind-Body Problem Redefining Materialism?
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Is True Randomness Just an Illusion?
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How Do People Focus in Noisy Environments?
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News Dispute Resolution: Is There a Fair Way to Resolve Political Disputes?
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Would You Try a Snake-Flavored Cheesecake?
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Some more vague questions about consciousness.
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Border Wars: The Battle for Costco in Bellingham, WA
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News The horrors of banal, everyday crime.
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Is our perception of reality frequency based?
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How to Determine If A Controversial Statement Is Scientifically True
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How Should Voters Choose in a Dilemma of Ethics vs. Practicality?
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How Do Exercise and Hobbies Impact Stress and Productivity?
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How Does International Left-Handers Day Celebrate Southpaws?
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Skepticism: Is Carmelian Cosmology Meaningful?
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New Science Blog -> Looking for input/advice
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News What has the US done to tackle gun shootings?
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What Can We Do to Ensure Our Longevity and Happiness?
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What were some favorite moments from the 2012 Olympics?
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Do Ads Still Pay Well? Investigating Online Advertising's Viability
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What Are the Most Unusual Stories from the Olympics?
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Cool Cracked article about people's ignorant responses to science news
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How many mathematicians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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Did you kiss more chicks or had chick fil a?
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MRO HiRISE successfully photographed MSL Curiosity's descent
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How Are Physicists Perceived Compared to Other Professions?
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Is Human Life Inherently Valuable?
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Are We Truly Happy? Take the Happiness Poll Now!
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I've been staring at these definitions for a while now
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A ranking of college majors by IQ score
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Where to Buy Sokal's Fashionable Nonsense eBook?
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News Full bomb alarm in Oslo today at the US Embassy
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[Math/Philosophy]: Does ELO hell exist?
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Viability of US car manufacturers.
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News What are the potential impacts of public confidence on the economy's recovery?
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Is logical positivism really dead? Where art metaphysics?
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What Makes the Human-Tiger Interaction in Two Brothers So Captivating?
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Is Everything Derived from a Single Equation?
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Orchestrating random acts of kindness as a response to the 'Batman' massacre
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News Can Paid Visitors Keep Anders Breivik Content in Prison?
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Has anyone changed their name? I want something more unique
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News Is the KY juvenile case confidentiality law unconstitutional?
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What Drives Pseudo-Scientists to Embrace Delusions?
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Car Horn Pet Peeve: An Aggressive Rant
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Law of Supply vs Law of Remuneration
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News Are Financial Adivsers running the US?
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What is the fundamental premise of positive thinking
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I am making a big assumption but if we live in a simulation
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What Can We Expect from the Return of Breaking Bad?
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News Great Green Fleet and $26/gal fuel
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Are Logical Fallacies Making You Wrong More Than You Think?
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Scientific method versus belief systems
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Biggest Marketing Campaigns (Ads) Failures
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News Supreme Court upholds health care reform
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Time, Ontology & Platonic Reality vs Material Reality
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Seth MacFarlane updating Carl Segan's COSMOS
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Is random a valid scientific cause?
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Another reason for me not to like the Olympics
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Reality of the electromagnetic field.
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Getting into Hunting: Starting with a Bow and Arrow
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What is the most overused word in the field of Science?
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Did Bank Director Aubrey Lee Price Commit Suicide or Steal Millions?
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Who Bought Edvard Munch's Scream?
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What exists beyond our visible reality?
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Filling up gas tank with same $ amount
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Can Science Disprove the Existence of God and End Religion?
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Funny Physics Jokes - Share Your Favorite's
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Hitting the Cycle in Baseball: Maximizing Performance
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Samuel Johnson, orator extraordinaire or pompous windbag?
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How do deviations from classical logic impact computation?
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Your thoughts on this article about psychology.
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Flyer Miles with Credit Cards: Benefits & Drawbacks
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What is the solution to the ancient Anglo-Saxon riddle?
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Is Cantor's work on transfinite numbers linked to philosophy and religion?
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Is Happiness Conserved Like Mass and Energy?
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On the Philosophy of Mathemathics
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