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News Formal indictment against ABB released today.
- arildno
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News Could Splitting Votes Lead to a More Accurate Election Outcome?
- causalset
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News Progress in Afghanistan: What's Next After 6 Years of War?
- Astronuc
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News Would it have been Cheaper to Bail Out Financial Sector or Subsidize Recovery?
- Pattonias
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The Crisis in Syria: Unrest Unseen
- Office_Shredder
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Polar bear attacks tourists, one dead, four injured
- arildno
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Is there such a thing as residential light pollution?
- QuarkCharmer
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Is It Better to Be Born Good or Overcome Evil Through Effort?
- xplosiv3s
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News Surviving without College Education: The Struggle of High School Grads
- SixNein
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Uniform Price Auction question. Why price is #Seller + 1st highest of #Buyers
- econStudent1
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The value of things that can not be measured?
- Jim Kata
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News Is High Speed Stock Trading Between Computers Safe?
- moejoe15
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Why Do Some People Prefer Writing on Yellow Paper?
- dipole
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Mooselet born to royal Swedish cow
- arildno
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What is the Name of the Newly Named Mooselet?
- arildno
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What is the peak of our civilization?Where do we go from here?
- russ_watters
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News The Shadow Banking Market: A Hidden Cause of the Economic Collapse?
- Evo
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Are There Limits to Human Learning?
- questionpost
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Skiing accident Prince Willem Friso
- Andre
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Is Jeremy Lin the Ultimate Team Player?
- mathwonk
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How to get along with people who have different Metaphysical viewpoints
- Galteeth
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Can Aliens Evolve as Robots on Earth?
- Flustered
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Differences that distinguish a theory from an opinion.
- phasl001
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News Alternatives to First-Past-The-Post Voting
- lpetrich
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What exactly is materialism? Is it a philosophy, a scientific theory,
- Phillipino
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Constant state of Gossip, and the qualification for life
- kepler94
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Are calculators and TV remotes also concepts?
- cs23
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Classify the personality of the Internet
- Loren Booda
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What is the most effective context for understanding science?
- mathscience
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Incredible Adventures dream vacations
- Ivan Seeking
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Why is the world scarier at night?
- Char. Limit
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News Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant is operational
- Bodge
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Is self-improvement really possible
- mathscience
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Is Fate Behind My Sudden Urge to Watch The Prince of Egypt?
- Alex_Sanders
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When we figure it all out, then what?
- Lensman
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Need help putting this Ayn Rand quote in perspective
- dratsab
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Is Tupperware Still Relevant in Today's Market?
- Ivan Seeking
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My Favorite Engineer, Physicist, Mathematician Joke
- Ackbach
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News Should government benefits be conditionally granted?
- WhoWee
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News American Exceptionalism: What Does It Mean?
- Lapidus
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Should Apple Set a $2 Minimum Wage for Vendor Employees?
- edpell
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Is Nose Blowing in Public a Generational Difference?
- lisab
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Supreme Court: GPS Tracking Requires a Warrant
- Greg Bernhardt
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Do you agree with Stephen Hawking when say Philosophy is dead ?
- circularsquar
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What Single Word Captures Your Life's Ambition and Creativity?
- cristycs
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Is cold-pressed olive oil the key to a truly flavorful experience?
- fluidistic
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News Right to vote = minimum of $1.00 federal tax.
- WhoWee
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Tractor loads/unload itself into dump truck
- rhody
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Swansea University puts up toilet instruction posters
- nobahar
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Would You Drink a Bacon Milkshake?
- Evo
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Social worker's 911 call from Josh Powell's home
- Evo
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Physical laws are they material?
- Ossama
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The greatest system of government?
- mrorville1
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Descartes: I Think Therefore I Am
- jduster
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Is the Majority Opinion Always Right?
- Jasongreat
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Relation between Critical Realism, Ontology and Epistemology
- prami
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Is There a Derivative for Our Own Lives?
- mathscience
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Would you eat in vitro meat even if were proven to be 100% safe?
- gravenewworld
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News Is Karl Denninger's Correct Adjustment Method for Analyzing BLS Data Valid?
- Museigen
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My favorite moment from the Super Bowl
- jtbell
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What Would Happen if Only the Rich Could Become Super Smart?
- randl985
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Who are some notable exceptions in your list?
- jduster
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What does it mean when traders are indifferent?
- theBEAST
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Could Credit Unions Be the Solution to Economic Stability?
- Nev
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What does possibly necessary mean in modal logic [crazy question actually]
- klqc_
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Google France Sued by Bottin Cartographes for Providing Free Map Services
- TheStatutoryApe
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The Irony of the Meme - A Self-Replicating Concept
- zoobyshoe
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How Has SOPA's Defeat Shaped Current Internet Regulation Debates?
- Greg Bernhardt
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Can We Truly Predict the Future Based on Known Conditions?
- Nernico
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What is nobler: knowing a dog or loving a dog?
- seo24
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Minnesota?s Anti-Bullying Statute: Weakest in the Nation, Slated for Revision
- Greg Bernhardt
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Can Being Aware of Cognitive Biases Lessen Susceptibility to Bias Blind Spot?
- FlexGunship
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Can Science Truly Explain the Infinite Nature of Analysis?
- Atreya
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News Is Cain's 9-9-9 Plan Over After Withdrawing His Candidacy?
- Jimmy Snyder
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News Why Does Romney Only Pay 15% Taxes?
- JonDE
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News Jon Huntsman: A Refreshing Choice for President
- Evo
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Mooselet takes a Bambi on the ice.
- arildno
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Twitter Tool Allows Centralized Censorship
- Greg Bernhardt
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Henri poincare got a 35 on an iq test?
- Mathguy15
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Took my balance in my 401K program out of all stocks, bonds
- rhody
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- Poll
News How Much Do You Disagree With U.S. Elected Officials and Their Policies?
- moejoe15
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Fruit trees in peoples' backyards
- seeeker
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Articles with dozens or hundreds of authors
- Charles Van
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What fuels our motivation to achieve success?
- zeromodz
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How Can We Effectively Handle Our Cognitive Biases?
- Constantinos
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News Iran Sentences Canadian Programmer to Death for Writing Program
- Char. Limit
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News Wikipedia Calls for Anti-SOPA Blackout Jan 18
- Hurkyl
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Yearly US Manufacturing Capacity 1946-Now
- average guy
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Is physics based purely on observation?
- anthonych414
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Is Beauty an Aspect of Awareness or an Independent Reality?
- Finite1
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TV shows from the past you'd rather not watch again
- checkitagain
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News Four GOP candidates fail to make Virginia primary ballot
- Evo
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Handling Crackpots: Engage or Ignore?
- bigfooted
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Is the Pursuit of More Ever Satisfying?
- Allenbon
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Black church owns building that houses white supremacist shop
- jtbell
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Should This DUI Manslaughter Lawsuit Be Allowed?
- SW VandeCarr
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Free will and Emmy Noether's theorem of time invariant systems
- jmblock2
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Moose Alarm: 53 Moose-Car Accidents in Norway
- arildno
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What Bigger Concepts Can We Understand Through Metaphors?
- eextreme
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