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Don't try it at home (or you will get arrested)
- Borek
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Can Video Games in the Workplace Boost Productivity and Teamwork?
- gail berry
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Why people have so many children?
- rootX
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News Is the National Debt Really Driven at 174 Miles Per Hour by Obama?
- syano
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News Who Planted the Car Bomb in Times Square?
- jtbell
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News Freedom of Speach or Public Harassment?
- Matterwave
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Can pantheism and anthropomorphic God-concepts coexist?
- brainstorm
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Tim Russert's death
- Ivan Seeking
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Which Science has Shaped Humanity the Most?
- FizixFreak
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Why Do We Have Conscious Thought?
- FeDeX_LaTeX
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News Why are airlines seeking exemptions from tarmac delay legislation?
- russ_watters
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'Can Science answer Moral questions
- Nusc
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Did the Housing Market Crash Catch You Off Guard?
- BenVitale
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News Unconstitutional and Unethical Abortion Bills in Oklahoma
- NeoDevin
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News Living in a free country versus North Korea
- MotoH
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News PowerPoint Not to Blame for Wars Mistakes
- physics girl phd
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Korean Curfew Imposed on Juvenile Gamers
- Greg Bernhardt
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News How Much Have Banks Repaid from the Government Bailout Funds?
- Ivan Seeking
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Freud, Jung, and the Noise from the Bookcase
- zoobyshoe
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News Direct Democracy vs. Representatitive Democracy
- Nusc
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News You hate Obama's health care penalty for the uninsured?
- Ivan Seeking
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For travel or train buffs with a lot of time on their hands
- jtbell
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G.H. Hardy's Views on Mathematician vs Physicist Objectivity
- Eynstone
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Are You a Fan of NASCAR and Delicious Pastry Fillings?
- Richard87
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News A new motto for the Nation's capital
- mgb_phys
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Who Has the Right of Way at a 4-Way Stop?
- Evo
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Julian Beever's 3D chalk drawings
- Aether
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Discussing the Ethics of Eating Meat
- Nusc
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Greedy Vermont black bear was rescued at last.
- arildno
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Why something rather than nothing?
- vectorcube
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Disney Oceans, Planet Earth, and getting kids interested in nature
- Greg Bernhardt
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Outsourcing of accounting/finance?
- avant-garde
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News Fort Hood shooting report and internal threat detection failures
- russ_watters
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News What are your political and social views?
- Farquezy
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Vertical Farming (And could it Profitable)
- k_squared
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Is the World Approaching the Inevitable Hubbert's Peak of Oil Production?
- corra
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News Is Perpetual War a Means to Control and Consume Human Labour?
- Max Faust
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News Can Privatizing Animals Lead to Better Management?
- calculusrocks
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European Experiences of the Icelandic Geyser Ash Clouds
- EnumaElish
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Biking with your dog and a leash is that legal?
- k_squared
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Psychosis-like state when working?
- vcxp
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Amazing Sand Art | Unbelievable Artistry
- gravenewworld
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Sovereignty of these United States
- edpell
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Lincoln's 1848 quote on the right to revolution
- edpell
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News John McCain Denies Maverick Label to Secure Re-election
- Ivan Seeking
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Massive fireball reported across Midwestern sky
- cronxeh
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What's the Controversy Surrounding Chavez and Castro Toilet Paper?
- Ivan Seeking
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Constructivist Philosophy and Classical Thermodynamics
- oldman
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Are Social Games in China Beneficial or Just Distracting?
- Greg Bernhardt
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Finally Now I can carry on with my life
- Chi Meson
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You're too much of a mathematician if
- Edgardo
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Radioactive timebomb in Russian nuclear dump that could threaten Europe?
- Shukie
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News Guam is going to tip over and capsize due to overpopulation
- Greg Bernhardt
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Confusing Interpretation of reality
- Deepak Kapur
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News US taxpayer dollars going to Brazilian cotton farms.
- turbo
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Where Does the Money Really Go in Disaster Relief Efforts?
- drankin
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Guys would you wear Ed Hardy or Affliction clothing?
- gravenewworld
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Does the paradox of choice mean we're worse off with more options?
- BenVitale
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Digital Economy Bill in UK a Menace to Privacy?
- Greg Bernhardt
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Are people in love actually shallower than those who aren't?
- Kajahtava
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News It's Official. Stevens to retire.
- turbo
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Metaphorical line between knowledge and belief ?
- myke
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News Will the top US income tax rate increase from 35% to 39%?
- CRGreathouse
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30 Year Treasury/10 Year AAA Bond Spread
- John Creighto
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Can the multiverse argument work both ways on God's existence?
- GeorgCantor
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News No fault divorce, the biggest idiocy of all times ?
- DanP
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Is Kurzweil considered a quack (crackpot) by the scientific community?
- Nusc
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News CENTCOM investigation: Killed Reuters cameramen were in company of armed ins s
- signerror
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Do humans have souls separate from mind and body?
- GreatEscapist
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What websites do you recommend for science news?
- Leptos
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A Workable Definition Of Intelligence
- Max Faust
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I'm skeptical of these online reviews
- Math Is Hard
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Name of Economist Chomsky Mentions: Milton Friedman
- Nusc
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Oreo-Milk Symmetry Breaking (OM-Violation)
- Pengwuino
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Ethics — What if we just keep asking why?
- jpas
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Origin and purpose of the recent tendency
- DaveC426913
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Is it true that over half of humanity at present has never used a telephone?
- Loren Booda
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Will we see a Malthusian catastrophe in the 21st century?
- The_Absolute
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Why is there no physics definition of life?
- Max Faust
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Does Newton's third law apply to creation and cosmological causality?
- apeiron
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Richard Dawkins and James Randi about Bleep
- Kajahtava
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Reincarnation technically possible?
- dratsab
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Consciousness in the materialist perspective.
- imiyakawa
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Was the Physics Forums Ultrasound Post an April Fools' Joke?
- rootX
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Kiva - Gifting Small Loans to Developing Countries
- Greg Bernhardt
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Albert Einstein: High Functioning Autistic
- rhody
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How can we prevent conformity in group brainstorming exercises?
- BenVitale
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How has physics challenged the traditional idea of materialism?
- GeorgCantor
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Can Logic Disprove the Necessity of a First Cause?
- ƒ(x)
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News Heavy Metal in Baghdad Documentary: Watch on Netflix
- Greg Bernhardt
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What are your thoughts on Ayn Rand?
- avant-garde
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Why are we so obsessed with privacy?
- Greg Bernhardt
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How to Deal With Cheaters and the Ethics of Infidelity
- TheStatutoryApe
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Does anybody lose as a result of the student loan changes?
- Char. Limit
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News How much can society afford to pay?
- edpell
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What if we could change the length of a stick in small, unnoticeable amounts?
- Seriouslylol
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What happens in a genius mind that doesn't in a not talented mind?
- gholamghar
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Why are there more societies where the people are oppressed than free?
- noblegas
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