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Rediscovering Childhood Treasures - A Nostalgic Moment

Jan 4, 2004 · Replies 11 · Jan 4, 2004

Replies: 11

Views: 5K

Killing Freud: 20th-century culture and the death of psychoanalysis

Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 2 · Jan 4, 2004

Replies: 2

Views: 4K

I'd be very interested to know (more)

Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 2 · Jan 4, 2004

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Are there truly non-redundant statements of truth?

Jan 3, 2004 · Replies 2 · Jan 4, 2004

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Welcome Back! Let's Make the Most of Our Time in the Forum

Dec 27, 2003 · Replies 2 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 2

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Do Pretty Women Influence Men's Financial Decisions?

Dec 11, 2003 · Replies 34 · Jan 3, 2004

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Replies: 34

Views: 7K

Chroot Gone: Tom Replaces Him as Your Mentor

Jan 3, 2004 · Replies 6 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

All-Time Fave Movie Scene: "Metropolis" by Fritz Lang

Dec 30, 2003 · Replies 27 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 27

Views: 10K

Commonly performed surgeries in America

Jan 1, 2004 · Replies 55 · Jan 3, 2004

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Replies: 55

Views: 8K

Underwater Pyramids - manmade or not?

Jan 1, 2004 · Replies 4 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

News Is Iran Considered a Third World Country?

Jan 3, 2004 · Replies 2 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 2

Views: 7K

How Many Meanings Can Mean Have?

Dec 31, 2003 · Replies 38 · Jan 3, 2004

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Replies: 38

Views: 6K

Can Stores Legally Refuse Large Bills?

Jan 2, 2004 · Replies 22 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 22

Views: 8K

What do you do when your drunk and what are the benefits of alcohol?

Jan 2, 2004 · Replies 16 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 16

Views: 5K

Is Lord of the Rings worth reading?

Dec 31, 2003 · Replies 3 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Marketing Ploys: 'All Natural - No Chemicals' - A False Claim?

Jan 2, 2004 · Replies 13 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 13

Views: 3K

Is Marijuana Legalization the Key to Ending Hypocrisy in Drug Laws?

Jan 2, 2004 · Replies 4 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Should athletic scholarships be abolished on college campuses?

Jan 2, 2004 · Replies 4 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 4

Views: 2K

The Best Song Ever Written: Sweet Child O'mine by Guns N' Roses

Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 21 · Jan 2, 2004

Replies: 21

Views: 8K

Is Hedonism a Harmful Philosophy?

Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 2 · Jan 2, 2004

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Zoobie's Lead Butt: A Blessing in Disguise?

Jan 1, 2004 · Replies 9 · Jan 2, 2004

Replies: 9

Views: 3K

News The Jessica Lynch Story: Fact vs Fiction

Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 46 · Jan 2, 2004

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Replies: 46

Views: 8K

News How Did Franz Josef Strauss's Vision Shape Germany's Global Power Resurgence?

Jan 1, 2004 · Replies 2 · Jan 2, 2004

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Sentience, flaw in scientific method

Dec 21, 2003 · Replies 23 · Jan 2, 2004

Replies: 23

Views: 6K

An ethical comparison of a few situations

Jan 1, 2004 · Replies 4 · Jan 2, 2004

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Neural correlates of visual consciousness

Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 4 · Jan 2, 2004

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

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Would the government tell us about UFOs?

Dec 7, 2003 · Replies 25 · Jan 1, 2004

Replies: 25

Views: 6K

News Supreme Court Judges should be ELECTED

Dec 29, 2003 · Replies 10 · Jan 1, 2004

Replies: 10

Views: 6K

News USA marines, war crimes, caught on video

Dec 12, 2003 · Replies 91 · Jan 1, 2004

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Replies: 91

Views: 12K

The Dropa Stones: Unraveling a Mysterious Archaeological Find

Dec 6, 2003 · Replies 11 · Jan 1, 2004

Replies: 11

Views: 5K

Ok, what's up with all the birthdays?

Dec 31, 2003 · Replies 8 · Jan 1, 2004

Replies: 8

Views: 3K

Can you get your Private Pilot's license in just 48 days?

Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 49 · Jan 1, 2004

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Replies: 49

Views: 7K

What Is the True Essence of Mathematics?

Sep 28, 2003 · Replies 26 · Jan 1, 2004

Replies: 26

Views: 5K

Did You Ring in 2004 in Hong Kong?

Dec 31, 2003 · Replies 9 · Jan 1, 2004

Replies: 9

Views: 2K

News Classifying World Countries: Criteria and Distribution

Dec 27, 2003 · Replies 14 · Jan 1, 2004

Replies: 14

Views: 25K

Share Your Favorite Dishes - Tell Us Now

Dec 30, 2003 · Replies 21 · Dec 31, 2003

Replies: 21

Views: 5K

Harnessing Bean Eater Gas: A Creative Source of Power

Dec 30, 2003 · Replies 5 · Dec 31, 2003

Replies: 5

Views: 3K

When Will Judgment Day Occur?

Dec 29, 2003 · Replies 11 · Dec 31, 2003

Replies: 11

Views: 5K

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News The Bush Administration: A Critical Examination

Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 13 · Dec 31, 2003

Replies: 13

Views: 4K

Where did the Scientific Method actually come from?

Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 21 · Dec 31, 2003

Replies: 21

Views: 6K

Poll

News Did the US intentionally kill civilians in Iraq?

Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 15 · Dec 31, 2003

Replies: 15

Views: 3K

Poll

How far would you go for science?

Dec 27, 2003 · Replies 16 · Dec 30, 2003

Replies: 16

Views: 4K

What is the Forever Flashlight and How Does it Work?

Dec 25, 2003 · Replies 39 · Dec 30, 2003

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Replies: 39

Views: 7K

Discover Your Ideal Personality Type with Our Free Quiz | HumanMetrics

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 58 · Dec 30, 2003

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Replies: 58

Views: 10K

Kate is helping plan her family's new patio

Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 9 · Dec 30, 2003

Replies: 9

Views: 5K

What is the origin of Boxing Day?

Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 30, 2003

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

A pair of two-dimensional supercompressed circles

Dec 29, 2003 · Replies 7 · Dec 29, 2003

Replies: 7

Views: 2K

National Intelligence and Suicide Rates

Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 9 · Dec 29, 2003

Replies: 9

Views: 4K

Invisibility-Is this Proof, finally? Ha Ha

Dec 29, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 29, 2003

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Q. How many students are in Sally's class?

Nov 7, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 29, 2003

Replies: 14

Views: 4K

What Are We Unknowingly Aware Of in Our Lives?

Dec 27, 2003 · Replies 10 · Dec 29, 2003

Replies: 10

Views: 3K

What is Transtopianism?

Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 29, 2003

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

What is the connection between dreams and consciousness in the Cartesian Theory?

Nov 8, 2003 · Replies 56 · Dec 28, 2003

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Replies: 56

Views: 12K

Biblical View of Evil vs Your Opinion

Dec 27, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 28, 2003

Replies: 6

Views: 4K

To Those Who Don't Believe Alien Abductions Are Occurring

Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 28, 2003

Replies: 14

Views: 5K

Materialism (aka Non-materialists in denial)

Dec 20, 2003 · Replies 56 · Dec 28, 2003

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Replies: 56

Views: 8K

Philosophical Thoughts On Our Perceptions of Reality

Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 5 · Dec 28, 2003

Replies: 5

Views: 12K

Interview with Jon Entine: African-Americans in Sports

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 13 · Dec 28, 2003

Replies: 13

Views: 5K

Is our understanding of reality limited by our reliance on logic?

Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 28, 2003

Replies: 3

Views: 6K

The Most Under-Reported Story of the Year

Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 28, 2003

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

News Murder and the Constitution: A Closer Look at the Right to Life

Dec 24, 2003 · Replies 12 · Dec 27, 2003

Replies: 12

Views: 3K

Poll

God vs Genes: Views from Physicists

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 19 · Dec 27, 2003

Replies: 19

Views: 3K

Class Rings: Worth the Money After High School?

Dec 24, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 27, 2003

Replies: 14

Views: 3K

News Whose War: Examining the True Motives Behind America's Involvement in Iraq?

Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 27, 2003

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

News Russia Threatening Israel with Nukes?

Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 27, 2003

Replies: 2

Views: 4K

Is the Beauty of Knowledge Enough?

Sep 18, 2003 · Replies 49 · Dec 26, 2003

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Replies: 49

Views: 18K

A New Naturalist Philosophy On the Rise

Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 26, 2003

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

News Patriotic fervor of the US citizen following 9/11

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 26, 2003

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Is All Human Knowledge Essentially an Illusion?

Dec 24, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 26, 2003

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

Poll

Why Do We Distinguish Between Living and Non-Living?

Dec 3, 2003 · Replies 49 · Dec 26, 2003

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Replies: 49

Views: 10K

Revealing the Mystery: What Comes After Hyperwave?

Dec 23, 2003 · Replies 8 · Dec 26, 2003

Replies: 8

Views: 2K

Is Reverse Discrimination Justified in Today's Society?

Dec 11, 2003 · Replies 78 · Dec 26, 2003

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Replies: 78

Views: 11K

Is There Evidence of God Through Human Introspection?

Dec 20, 2003 · Replies 41 · Dec 26, 2003

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Replies: 41

Views: 7K

News Saddam Hussein: How should he be treated?

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 22 · Dec 26, 2003

Replies: 22

Views: 6K

News Rebuff for Bush on civil liberties

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 41 · Dec 26, 2003

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Replies: 41

Views: 6K

Did You See the Most Hilarious Sci-Fi Special Ever?

Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 26, 2003

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

News Former FBI Agent Gives Insight Into Terrorism

Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 25, 2003

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

News Half of Israelis see Sharon as untrustworthy

Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 25, 2003

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

News National Debate/International Controversy

Dec 23, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 25, 2003

Replies: 2

Views: 4K

How Can You Manage Microsoft Products Effectively?

Dec 24, 2003 · Replies 10 · Dec 25, 2003

Replies: 10

Views: 3K

Skeptic Magazine Interview With Robert Sternberg on The Bell Curve

Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 25, 2003

Replies: 2

Views: 7K

The Flynn Effect and U.S. Policies. The Impact of Rising IQ Scores

Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 25, 2003

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Poll

News Is the USA Our Global Police Force?

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 9 · Dec 25, 2003

Replies: 9

Views: 7K

Poll

What Is the Best Christmas Song Ever?

Nov 28, 2003 · Replies 12 · Dec 24, 2003

Replies: 12

Views: 8K

Precognition and Predetermination

Dec 20, 2003 · Replies 18 · Dec 24, 2003

Replies: 18

Views: 4K

Is There a Higher Power?

Dec 12, 2003 · Replies 26 · Dec 24, 2003

Replies: 26

Views: 5K

News Funny: Ku Klux Klan shoots itself in the head

Dec 20, 2003 · Replies 7 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 7

Views: 5K

What Is Decision Theory?

Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 2

Views: 5K

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year All

Dec 23, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Why does my post count not increment?

Dec 23, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

News Who Really Captured Saddam Hussein in 2003?

Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 12 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 12

Views: 4K

News 50th anniversary of Playboy Magazine

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 37 · Dec 23, 2003

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Replies: 37

Views: 7K

Is the Hampton Court Palace Ghost Real?

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 10 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 10

Views: 8K

How Do Mind and Body Interact in Dualism?

Dec 3, 2003 · Replies 70 · Dec 23, 2003

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Replies: 70

Views: 8K

Can Meat Be Sentient and Create Technology?

Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 14

Views: 11K

Is Online Casino Use Legal Under 21?

Dec 21, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 6

Views: 4K

News Saddam was captured by Kurds, not US

Dec 23, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

News Elite Israeli Troops Refuse To Serve in the Territories

Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 8 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 8

Views: 3K

News Is the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Shaped by Historical Trauma?

Nov 3, 2003 · Replies 32 · Dec 23, 2003

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Replies: 32

Views: 5K

News Flash Materialists Caught in Denial

Nov 24, 2003 · Replies 237 · Dec 23, 2003

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Replies: 237

Views: 19K

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