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Is Consciousness Causally Insulated from the Universe?
- SMERSH
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China's Invisible Man: Wowing with Amazing Art
- gravenewworld
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What caused the strange spiral over Norway?
- waht
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News Is it really that hard to get EU or UK citizenship?
- Jurrasic
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Houston's earliest snowfall on record, December 2009
- D H
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What will we call the 2000-2009 decade?
- Richard87
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Why Do PhDs Have a Negative Reputation?
- LightbulbSun
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News Should Police Services Be Privatized?
- Char. Limit
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News Free speech and cap 'n trade troubles
- Andre
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News Legalize file-sharing on the Internet
- Moridin
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Where does put 2 and 2 together come from?
- Pengwuino
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I can't putt, but I drive better than Tiger Woods.
- Jimmy Snyder
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News Are we or have we always been teetering on the edge?
- Pattonias
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Just because you can't see something, it doesn't mean it's not really there
- rhody
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News There is a very thin line between Dictatorship and Democracy
- timmydd
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Just found a ten-year-old can of lima beans
- Math Is Hard
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Who Can Craft the Best Physics Limerick?
- Gan_HOPE326
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Death, being dead, afterlives and other nonsense
- lem09
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Does a tree exist if no one is there to observe it?
- srfriggen
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News Constitution to disqualify to hold and enjoy any office of Profit?
- Josh111
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What Are Quick Hot Appetizer Ideas for an Office Potluck?
- Math Is Hard
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News The Possibility of Large-Scale War in the Digital Age
- Pythagorean
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Does Losing More Make You Smarter?
- magpies
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Thoughts on the 2010 World Cup draw
- cristo
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Can Reproduction and Darwinism Explain Quantum Mechanics' Observer Effect?
- Coldcall
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Anybody not in the mood for christmas?
- Benzoate
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What Philosophical Question Kicks Off Metaphysics 101?
- apeiron
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Evababi Outpost Tavern: Last Call Forever
- D H
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Is Time an Illusion or a Tangible Entity?
- mangaroosh
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Was there a fire safety campaign called "Hug a Banana"?
- mgb_phys
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News Police dept, Sherrif dept, US Marshal
- DanP
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Found an interesting ''iq'' test online
- sportsstar469
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Americans clean up in best beers in the world 2009 list
- gravenewworld
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Do we have free will? If not, then we are all puppets and every
- SimonA
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I'm stuck on this chess endgame
- Pythagorean
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Did Obama pardon a turkey for Thanksgiving?
- Monique
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Physical state to subjective Qualia and evolution - why?
- SMERSH
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Why do people install loud subwoofers in their cars?
- leroyjenkens
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Bears Playing Hockey: How Are They Doing It?
- Mk
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Is Posting a 2-Minute Clip from a Movie on Social Media Legal?
- Spirit
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Prof and grad students discuss Peer Review of scientific journal articles
- marcus
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How do speculative attacks on currencies work and how do investors profit?
- bitrex
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Is Consciousness Dependent on Time or Complexity?
- pe3
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News Where are the 9/11 charges against Usama Bin Laden?
- Winzer
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Carl Sagan and Richard Feynman Singing a Song
- Burnsys
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Looking for more sites to check daily
- maverick_starstrider
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CNN parts company with their crackpot, Lou Dobbs
- Ivan Seeking
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You come in this world with nothing and you die with nothing
- Rayman9102
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Who Wins the Three-Way Duel in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly?
- BobG
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Do Shake Weight devices actually work?
- Greg Bernhardt
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Are There Any Definites in Philosophy?
- JRDunassigned
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Peer Review Process and Bad Scientific Articles
- Pythagorean
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How Accessible Are Data Sets from Peer-Reviewed Journals?
- 27Thousand
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Physicist, mathematician and engineer jokes.
- SrEstroncio
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Is there a real difference between reality and a dream?
- Holocene
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Was Ayn Rand in Favor of Profit Over Work?
- JRDunassigned
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Have you watched Simons Cat on YouTube yet?
- Dadface
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The real purpose of cretenic marketing/commercial propaganda
- SAZAR
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Is Private Security the Solution to Modern Piracy?
- drankin
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Double standards in political commentary on gender
- Ivan Seeking
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Was the photographer rude to refuse penguin from the sea leopard?
- Math Is Hard
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Slumdog Millioraire - How close is it to
- Equate
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News Obama almost touched his feet when greeting an Emperor
- waht
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The Easiest Martial Art to Learn for Self-Defense
- tumor
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What is the scariest scientific concept?
- Molydood
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What famous scientist reminds you of yourself?
- kaleidoscope
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But why should I have to deal with XYZ when these people didn't have to?
- KingNothing
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Has anyone traveled to Iceland?
- land_of_ice
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Why is 2012 so hard to swallow if you know science?
- jim mcnamara
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Cow dung to power more Dutch homes
- Evo
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Is Our Perception of Meaning Inherently Flawed?
- magpies
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Where can I find scientific datasets?
- Borg
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The Possibility of a Real Afterlife - What Do You Think?
- Mgt3
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Fundamental things, emergent things
- jostpuur
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Why Should You Think Twice Before Using a Turkey-Fryer?
- Evo
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News Possible to make political choices without having a political ideology
- Mgt3
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Listening to a radio and hearing pop sound
- wolram
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Is Mathematical Objectivity a Myth?
- apeiron
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Is free will an illusion in a deterministic universe?
- imiyakawa
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Logic Puzzles: Challenge Your Mind With Fun Games
- Mgt3
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Outcome of interchanging people's light complexions with those dark?
- Loren Booda
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Riddle of Logic: Death by Firing Squad
- z3hr
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News Can Learning About Libertarianism Lead to Fiscal Conservatism and Profit?
- MFriedmam
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News Did the 2008 Financial Crisis Mark the End of Free-Market Economics?
- Ivan Seeking
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News Troubling Coverage of the Fort Hood Shootings
- russ_watters
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News Why is Obama hesitating on the Afghanistan troop surge?
- Pattonias
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Avoid walking in circles in the wild
- Loren Booda
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A Tale of Unfulfilled Information Literacy
- BobG
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Does the barber shave himself in the barber's paradox?
- Edgardo
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Why does anything exist at all? THE ANSWER
- superpaul3000
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Are Self-Learners Predominantly INTPs?
- vectorcube
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So equilibrium is the big picture in a very real sense.
- apeiron
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Do you crave sweets more when the economy gets bad?
- Evo
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Is There a Cause Without a Cause?
- magpies
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UCF Loses $3M adidas Contract Over Nike Air Jordans
- russ_watters
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Why are zero and infinity treated as symmetry states?
- apeiron
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Is Metaphilosophy Redefining the Boundaries of Traditional Philosophy?
- sixpack
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Kant on whether arithmetic is purely rational or depends on intuition
- kote
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