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News Just a little respect for the President
- airborne18
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What is Australia's desired trade growth rate in relation to GDP?
- mel*k
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Does Intelligence Matter in a Deterministically Governed Universe?
- RexAllen
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News Could defense spending boost the economy like WWII and Reagan?
- CAC1001
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Twinkie Defense, Step Aside: Caffeine Defense
- nismaratwork
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Is Jacory Harris the best quarterback in college football?
- john12933
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News Iran's nuclear program and Middle East oil prices
- hagopbul
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Should we prepare for a US dollar collapse?
- jreelawg
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Who Was Charlie Mops in Beer History?
- TheStatutoryApe
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Is Radical Idealism a Rejection of Mind-Independent Reality?
- Len M
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What Are the Best Science Documentaries and Media for Learning?
- gbiota1
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The question is: Why are people hesitant to believe good news from scientists?
- Andre
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Cousin living in France no longer understands American culture
- Ivan Seeking
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Scientist and Active Revolutionary? Is that possible?
- AlexES16
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News Ralph Nader's Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us
- BenVitale
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Stock Market drink pricing system
- BenVitale
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News Should the U.S. Government Control College and University Accreditation?
- mugaliens
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Let's Play Toribash: Show Us Your Best Moves!
- The legend
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Random, sad comments you have heard in public settings?
- Mathnomalous
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Should we be equally tolerant of all ethical and moral precepts?
- FlexGunship
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What is consciousness? An evolutionary perspective on pain and awareness?
- King Arthur
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Do airline pilots really need a copilot?
- Andre
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Looking for a story about men awaiting execution by firing squad
- sEsposito
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Are Myers-Briggs personality types meaningful or just like zodiac signs?
- Math Is Hard
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Social Networks Need a Universal Bill of Rights
- Greg Bernhardt
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How do you formulate an unbiased political poll?
- airborne18
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Is Life Just a Series of Fluid Interconnections?
- mugaliens
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The Grand Design and other Explanations without Explanation
- epenguin
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Why do humans think in us vs. them terms?
- efekwulsemmay
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News Will the San Bruno Gas Line Explosion Become a Major News Story?
- Jack21222
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Would 'you' be in control of a clone of yourself after you die?
- johnnya
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Why do Wikipedia articles include old photos of mathematicians?
- WiFO215
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Favorite great explanations and explainers
- stabu
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Watch out for that kid oh, nevermind
- lisab
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Are They Drilling for Water at 0.11-0.28?
- jackson6612
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New guy with a question about Mensa
- QuickSilver30
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Are Logical Rules Universally Applicable?
- computerphys
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Quote about aliens seeing Earth obsessed with TV and fighting
- Kaldanis
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Hiking Thread: 6 Days, 6 States, 6 Peaks
- Astronuc
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Collective purchase of information
- mXSCNT
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Does realism survive quantum mechanics and relativity?
- alt
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I'm 13 and get criticized for asking repeated questions
- Biologik
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Who's the greatest scientist of all time?
- heartless
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Is Our Reality Just a Complex Simulation?
- SubTachyon
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Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast
- Evo
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News More Demand for Goods and Services will Create More Employment ?
- nameta9
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Patent Protection vs Prevention - Where Falls the Line of Intellectual Property?
- mugaliens
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Is My Daughter's Artwork Truly Handmade or Digitally Enhanced?
- Evo
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Can a super being create a pure random number generator?
- jobyts
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The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
- ~christina~
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News Liberal Media Attempting to Understand Conservatives
- russ_watters
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Why do some people move so slowly through mundane tasks?
- Janus
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The Illusion of the Future: Equal Existence of All States
- Descartz2000
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Breaking out of routines in middle age
- lisab
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News The downside to government incentives
- airborne18
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News US judge cites Sharia Law in decision
- SW VandeCarr
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Why our brain doesn't let us see into future in dreams or waking state?
- peace800
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Average beauties per human groups
- Kimchijjigae
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Should a grand juror indict when the law itself seems unjust?
- Jimmy Snyder
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Do you consider yourself to be a creative person
- Ivan Seeking
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Is the Hegelian dialectic about creating crises or resolving contradictions?
- John Creighto
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Using the Yellow Pages to explain friction and Newton's second law
- jwxie
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Television Commercials-hate 'em or love 'em
- rewebster
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How do you evaluate product claims?
- Theseus
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Stuff i find interesting in some way
- Broken Steel
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I think we need a PF Entry in the Red Bull
- Math Is Hard
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Discovery Channel hostage crisis in 2010
- NeoDevin
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News What led to the demise of libertarian socialism in Spain during 1936-1937?
- Nusc
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Where Can I Find Cheap Dry Erase Markers in Large Boxes for 50 Cents Each?
- nameVoid
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News GITMO detainees and Obama's promise
- SW VandeCarr
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The State of Scientific Journalism
- Vagn
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Since everything is made of quarks and electrons, why use the word life ?
- Meatbot
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What differentiates expensive meat cuts from cheaper ones?
- jackson6612
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Philosophy Forum: Discuss Ethics Theoretically
- CRGreathouse
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News Can Expanding Access to Medicare Really Solve the US Healthcare Crisis?
- airborne18
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Pie versus cake scientific approach
- encorp
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Does the U.S. debt really stand at 200 trillion $?
- Kimchijjigae
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Falsification in Science: How It Separates Physics from Everyone Else
- physicsdude30
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News Buy a condo for less than a new car
- jtbell
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What requires more bainpower? Professional writing vs advanced mathematics
- elfboy
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Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind
- ChrisTheFeral
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News Is the Assault Intervention Device Ethical for Use in Jails?
- SixNein
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Navy drone lost control near nation's capital
- mugaliens
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What's Beyond Our Universe?
- johnnya
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Cracked.com's approach to citing scientific research
- Simfish
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Should Physics Forums host discussions about courthouse rights forums?
- mugaliens
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It it aggressive to label someone aggressive?
- brainstorm
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News Race war inevitability discussion
- GRB 080319B
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Proof in Science: Debating a Sceptic
- Mentallic
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Is Age a Factor on Online Forums?
- Biologik
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Are Humans Truly Confined to a Single Point in Time?
- jackson6612
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Can someone explain inharmonics to me and give me some examples?
- Qaiphyx
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Any reason why we shouldn't be subjectively immortal?
- Meatbot
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News Are patriotism and nationality still relevant in today's world?
- Jacky817
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I don't believe that there's such thing as a spirit
- tJjohnstone
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News Are the goals outlined in the United Nations Charter realistic?
- NicholasAllen
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Is the Snazzy Napper a Useful Product?
- turbo
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Can a theory which describe 5% of a phenomenon
- jumpjack
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What are some fun and educational online diversions for scientists?
- Borg
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News Is Racism and the Race Card Still a Relevant Issue in America?
- Char. Limit
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