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News Project Hero: Scholorships for children of Deceased soldiers.
- jordan123
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Drunk man tried to revive dead opossum
- Greg Bernhardt
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News Republicans' Plan to Repeal Healthcare?
- Nusc
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Is randomness real or hidden order we can't perceive?
- RAD4921
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Why use layaway if you have to save money anyway
- DavidSnider
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What is the most positive economic effect of altruism worldwide?
- Loren Booda
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Can a engineer/scientist be a politician?
- AlexES16
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News Should we care more about atrocities we don't see?
- spacemanspiff
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Is Time an Illusion Created by Consciousness?
- lengds
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News What is the Impact of Income Inequality on Social Problems?
- madness
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Joel Waldfogel is an economics prof. at Wharton School (UPenn.). His
- EnumaElish
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Does Earth Hour actually save energy or just darken the sky?
- Count Iblis
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News Is now the right time to invest in real estate?
- turbo
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Is ugliness a form of misery?
- Lisa!
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News Google uncensors its search engine in China
- waht
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Psi/Consciousness studies alluding to downwards causality
- imiyakawa
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Microeconomics - consumer subsidy market impact
- lachsa
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What team, football, rugby, hokey, other, do you support, if you
- wolram
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What are some common examples of electromagnetic waves?
- Andre
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First person without a legal gender
- Kajahtava
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Are Human Beings Ready for Unification?
- jreelawg
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Why is the sky so bright here at night?
- AFG34
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Altriusm, a nice way to express your selfishness?
- noblegas
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Metaphysical probability statements
- disregardthat
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Cost of Bicycles - $10,000 Advanced Bike Models
- Ivan Seeking
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News Will we ever see HUGE government initiatives for Science and Engineering jobs?
- avant-garde
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Lost in the math. Need philosophy to find my way.
- lenfromkits
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Watch for Northern Lights tonight
- Ivan Seeking
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Thinking about problems without solution?
- kakarotyjn
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How some people lose themselves in online gaming
- BenVitale
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Has TV desensitized us to violence and obedience?
- Ivan Seeking
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What branch of science? Logic? Psychology?
- DaveC426913
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News Should Election Day be Held on April 16th?
- Char. Limit
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News Who is Responsible for the US National Debt and How Can it Be Addressed?
- DrClapeyron
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What do these words have in common
- wolram
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Costs and benefits to society from purchasing insurance
- skip_it2
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Mathematician or Physicist: Who is More Valued and Why?
- FeDeX_LaTeX
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Replace Dollar as Reserve Currency? - Prof. Stiglitz of Columbia
- edpell
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How far is too far when asking why?
- magpies
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Does time exist physically or only as a concept from change?
- mdl
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Male rape victims required to pay child support
- Char. Limit
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Is Time Dependent on Consciousness and Awareness?
- Tregg Smith
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Second Life Continues to Blur the Line on its Currency
- Greg Bernhardt
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Solving the Storage Problem of the Universe
- mdl
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News What is the Federal Reserve system?
- BenVitale
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Bill Moyers interviews David Simon of The Wire
- Greg Bernhardt
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How do axioms differ from faith-based beliefs?
- sciencectn
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News Will Dutch Political Turmoil Affect Military Withdrawal Plans?
- Andre
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Does an absence of a negative indicate a positive?
- JerryClower
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Why am I this person and not someone else?
- Richard87
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News A rant on Fed policies and what can be done
- turbo
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Naturalistic Reincarnation Concept
- Atheismo
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News Is President Obama solely to blame for our increasing national debt?
- DivingMullah
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News Sarah Palin's Views on the Possibility of War with Iran
- DanP
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What does "spe******ts" mean?
- Borek
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News Is China's Judicial System Adequately Protecting Its Citizens?
- Evo
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Mathematics is the only Subject that can Provide Universal Truths
- FeDeX_LaTeX
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Is Dojo III Truly Accessible to Everyone?
- Pythagorean
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Who Gained Fame Posthumously Like Van Gogh?
- Loren Booda
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News Should a captured American soldier be executed by the Taliban?
- zomgwtf
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Does Occam's razor still hold when nature proves complex and weird?
- DanP
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News Sights are off the moon, and maybe put away for good.
- MotoH
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Are UV Protected Swim Clothes Worth the Extra Cost?
- jobyts
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Cogito ergo sum, however, I dont know you exist, prove to me you exist
- Madmonkey
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Which country will come out on top in the Canada vs. USA hockey game?
- zomgwtf
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Did the Deaths on "1000 Ways to Die" Really Happen?
- leroyjenkens
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Mathematics as an empirical science
- wofsy
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2010 Winter Olympics starting in Vancouver next week
- Borg
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Should you watch this movie? (or run away)
- turbo
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Who scored the first ODI double century against South Africa today?
- George Jones
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Father-daughter dance tradition makes me uncomfortable
- lisab
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News Is Obama's Endorsement of Nuclear Power a Liberal Shift?
- Ivan Seeking
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News Ron Paul voted the most popular speaker at CPAC
- noblegas
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News Is Amendment XXVIII a Radical Restriction on Freedom of Speech?
- Skyhunter
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News What is the real rate of inflation?
- edpell
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Chocolates for your sweetie - only $2000 a pound
- Ivan Seeking
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11-year-old double amputee wrestler and 70-year-old who deadlifts 640 lbs
- DanP
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Is truth agreement with fact, or something more absolute?
- mikelipco
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Is a toothbrush hygiene helper worth $20?
- Greg Bernhardt
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Keeping Pets in Infantile State: Psychological Impact?
- EnumaElish
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Could Stephen Wolfram Have Become a Successful Entrepreneur at a Young Age?
- thoughtgaze
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Everything that can happen, will happen?
- Astroboy
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Must scientific models reflect underlying reality to be valid?
- wofsy
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News What State Would the US Be in if George W. Bush Had a Third Term as President?
- Loren Booda
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What childhood memories can reveal about our age?
- Evo
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Ways to nail jello to a tree
- Math Is Hard
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What Game for Wii? Best Recommendations
- DaveC426913
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Why N.O. Saints are America's New Team
- ndnkyd
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News Will Bob Moore's legacy continue to live on in the company he founded?
- Astronuc
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Be a part of the interactive art lighting the Olympic skies
- Ivan Seeking
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Are Schools Violating Privacy with Student Laptop Webcams?
- lisab
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Covert hypnosis? How do you protect yourself from it?
- krisdude
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Lindsey Vonn SI cover controversy
- DanP
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Former Chicago police officer wants his job back
- SW VandeCarr
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Which QM interpretation fits neutral monism with hidden variables?
- Erwins_mat
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Today, we watch the downfall of a car manufacturer.
- MotoH
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