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What is Intelligence? 2001 A Space Odyssey & Machines

Dec 20, 2003 · Replies 10 · Dec 23, 2003

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News America is a Peace-Loving Nation : George W. Bush

Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 5 · Dec 23, 2003

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Forest - 1927Unraveling the Mystery of the Tunguska Explosion

Dec 14, 2003 · Replies 24 · Dec 22, 2003

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Is there an opposite law to the law of greed in physics?

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

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How much Bandwidth this forum takes per day and per mo

Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 22, 2003

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What Emotions Does This Image Evoke in You?

Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 13 · Dec 22, 2003

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Why is Physics Forum Growing So Fast?

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 26 · Dec 22, 2003

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Should Equality Take Precedence Over Liberty in a Just Social Order?

Dec 21, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 22, 2003

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Rationalism vs Atheism: Niels Bohr's Perspective

Dec 5, 2003 · Replies 24 · Dec 22, 2003

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Is Inductive Reasoning Truly Justifiable in Scientific Inquiry?

Dec 12, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 22, 2003

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How Did Your Semester Exams Turn Out?

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 15 · Dec 22, 2003

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Michael Jackson Converts to Islam

Dec 20, 2003 · Replies 16 · Dec 22, 2003

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News What's Your Opinion? - Forum Poll

Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 22, 2003

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News I Would Like to Recommend A Huge Politics Forum

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 22, 2003

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The advantages of contact with aliens

Dec 20, 2003 · Replies 17 · Dec 21, 2003

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How Does IQ Impact Social Mobility?

Dec 3, 2003 · Replies 36 · Dec 21, 2003

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News Libya Ceases Development of NBC Weapons

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 5 · Dec 21, 2003

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What Defines True Popularity?

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 21, 2003

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Is Personal Experience a Valid Foundation for Understanding Mental Illness?

Oct 18, 2003 · Replies 40 · Dec 21, 2003

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Return of the King: Early Reviews, Trilogy Marathon Tonight!

Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 16 · Dec 21, 2003

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The number of absolutely true statements

Nov 14, 2003 · Replies 42 · Dec 21, 2003

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The Truth About Santa: Report by Aeronautical Engineers

Nov 26, 2003 · Replies 11 · Dec 21, 2003

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News American Professor Says President Bush Assassinated Senator Paul Wellstone

Dec 20, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 21, 2003

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Controversial Logic: What's Unorthodox?

Sep 24, 2003 · Replies 11 · Dec 21, 2003

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I am leaving, thanks for the great experience

Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 68 · Dec 21, 2003

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EMS Worker: Hear from Experienced Professionals

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 7 · Dec 20, 2003

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Can Self-Injurious Behavior Extend Beyond Physical Harm?

Dec 10, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 20, 2003

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Does Tradition Stifle Progress or Foster Stability?

Nov 17, 2003 · Replies 23 · Dec 20, 2003

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Population Explosion: 18B+ People - Will Society Cope?

Oct 11, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 20, 2003

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John Edwards: An overall positive or negative?

Sep 21, 2003 · Replies 88 · Dec 20, 2003

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Celebrate Victory Day: Remembering Bangladesh's Liberation War

Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 9 · Dec 20, 2003

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Alien Abductions: A Report On the Roper Analysis Data

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 20, 2003

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How did the word "God" come about?

Nov 12, 2003 · Replies 22 · Dec 20, 2003

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My Philosophies on Life: Musings and Realizations

Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 7 · Dec 20, 2003

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News The Reality of Civilian Casualties in Iraq

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 26 · Dec 19, 2003

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Scottish or Irish Gaelic: Which Should I Learn?

Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 8 · Dec 19, 2003

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Etiquette for Dealing with Pacifists

Dec 12, 2003 · Replies 40 · Dec 19, 2003

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News So, What Exactly is Going On With All the Other Third World Countries?

Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 19, 2003

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Are Badgers Getting High on Something?

Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 12 · Dec 19, 2003

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News Who Will Win the US Presidential Elections and Why?

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 8 · Dec 19, 2003

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News You're cheering because Saddam is 'caught' Why?

Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 57 · Dec 19, 2003

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Is free will an emergent property of the human brain?

Dec 4, 2003 · Replies 113 · Dec 19, 2003

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What is the solution to the wild and unsolved problem proposed by Greg?

Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 17 · Dec 19, 2003

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News China Occupies Florida: What is American Resistance?

Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 19, 2003

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Trading lives and innocence/guilt

Nov 18, 2003 · Replies 24 · Dec 19, 2003

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News Israel's Unilateral Steps: Sharon Warns of Border Creation

Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 19, 2003

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Can the Military Control the Weather for Warfare?

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 19, 2003

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News RE: Saddam Capture discussion -> closed

Dec 14, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 18, 2003

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Does Racism Impact Cognitive Performance?

Nov 19, 2003 · Replies 5 · Dec 18, 2003

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News Chirac: ban on religious icons in public schools

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 11 · Dec 18, 2003

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Digital Camera Shopping - Finding the Best Option Under $300

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 7 · Dec 18, 2003

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Near Disaster Averted: My $1000 Summer Saves the Bridge!

Dec 14, 2003 · Replies 28 · Dec 18, 2003

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How Does Intuitive Physics Shape Our Understanding?

Dec 8, 2003 · Replies 29 · Dec 18, 2003

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Are Alien Abduction Claims Rooted in Psychological Stress?

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 7 · Dec 18, 2003

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Best Schools for Mathematics and Theoretical Physics?

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 7 · Dec 17, 2003

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Filling the Vacuum: What Happens to Nothing?

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 12 · Dec 17, 2003

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News Political Correctness and Pacifists

Dec 13, 2003 · Replies 19 · Dec 17, 2003

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Can We Truly Grasp the Unfathomable Love of Christ?

Dec 9, 2003 · Replies 28 · Dec 17, 2003

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Who Were the Key Figures of the Civil War? A Brief Overview

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 5 · Dec 17, 2003

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The Future of Science: What Are Your Goals?

Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 9 · Dec 17, 2003

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News Salary europarlementary from €9000 to €100000

Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 17, 2003

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Saddam Captured: Real or Look-Alike?

Dec 14, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 17, 2003

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News Yeah, Saddams caught all well and good

Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 11 · Dec 17, 2003

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Can anyone decipher Saddam's response to being offered water?

Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 10 · Dec 16, 2003

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News New Abortion Laws: Texas Law & Sources for Info

Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 16, 2003

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Is our personal reality separate from the Mass Reality

Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 10 · Dec 16, 2003

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Why is the US Army Checking Mall Santas?

Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 16, 2003

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Does Quantum Randomness Disprove the Existence of God?

Dec 2, 2003 · Replies 31 · Dec 16, 2003

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Let's hear it for maintenance engineers

Dec 14, 2003 · Replies 7 · Dec 15, 2003

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Newbie Asks: What Should I Specialize in?

Dec 13, 2003 · Replies 5 · Dec 15, 2003

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Can Hemp Cause Hallucinations?

Dec 13, 2003 · Replies 9 · Dec 15, 2003

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Brains that manufacture brightness and darkness

Dec 12, 2003 · Replies 21 · Dec 15, 2003

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What Are the Ethical Considerations for Dealing with Captured Dictators?

Dec 14, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 14, 2003

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News How Will Saddam Hussein's Capture Impact Iraq's Future?

Dec 14, 2003 · Replies 48 · Dec 14, 2003

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Is The Haunted Mansion a Scary or Comedy Movie by Murphy and Disney?

Dec 7, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 14, 2003

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News United Nations: Is It a Failure or Flourishing?

Dec 4, 2003 · Replies 13 · Dec 14, 2003

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News EU Stability Pact: Why Germany & France Exempt?

Nov 25, 2003 · Replies 34 · Dec 14, 2003

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News Insurance for delivering babies costs so much, the doctor can’t practice

Dec 13, 2003 · Replies 35 · Dec 14, 2003

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What should be the basis of money?

Dec 7, 2003 · Replies 9 · Dec 14, 2003

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Quitting Smoking: My 3rd Smoke Free Week

Dec 13, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 14, 2003

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News U.s Policies Good\bad Which?{corrected}

Dec 7, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 14, 2003

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Doctors and patients relationship

Oct 15, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 14, 2003

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Who Really Knows the Truth About Crop Circles?

Dec 9, 2003 · Replies 25 · Dec 13, 2003

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News Will Germany and France's alliance prevent new laws in the EU?

Dec 11, 2003 · Replies 15 · Dec 13, 2003

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A Different Duality (unrelated to Descartes)

Nov 24, 2003 · Replies 12 · Dec 13, 2003

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News Is Economic Equality Achievable in Today's Society?

Dec 8, 2003 · Replies 57 · Dec 13, 2003

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Was Kepler a Scientist? On May 15 of 1618

Dec 10, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 13, 2003

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What super power/s do you most wish you had and why ?

Dec 10, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 13, 2003

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News Maher Arar - is Ridge beyond the law?

Dec 6, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 13, 2003

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For Pete's sake, why would you do this?

Dec 12, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 12, 2003

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Is Life an Illusion or Are We Truly Alive?

Dec 4, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 12, 2003

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Politically Correct? Discover the Definition - I'm Feeling Lucky

Dec 12, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 12, 2003

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Can We Eliminate Violence and Evil in the World?

Dec 8, 2003 · Replies 7 · Dec 12, 2003

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Beauty in the Universe - A Debate

Dec 11, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 12, 2003

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Creating a Balanced Budget"Creating a Balanced Budget

Dec 11, 2003 · Replies 7 · Dec 12, 2003

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Is Logic a Governing Force or a Tool for Understanding?

Oct 8, 2003 · Replies 23 · Dec 12, 2003

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Organize a PF Chess Tournament - Are You In?

Nov 21, 2003 · Replies 32 · Dec 12, 2003

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Can Anything Truly Be Proven?

Dec 8, 2003 · Replies 36 · Dec 12, 2003

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Which day of the week has a one word anagram?

Dec 12, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 12, 2003

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Morality: Behaviors that Facilitate Reproductive Success

Dec 5, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 12, 2003

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