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Is The Hurt Locker the Most Realistic War Film Ever Made?
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Whats the difference between empiricism & mechanistic materialism
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How to cash in on the renewable energy boom
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Common Ethics: A Natural Phenomenon
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Block Universe Theory: Past, Present & Future
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Why Is Most US Currency Contaminated with Cocaine?
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Age of Consciousness: The Future of Sentient Life
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Sir William Blake’s Auguries of Innocence
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News Save Journalism: A Call to Action for American Democracy
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What is the significance of the August 14 Google Doodle?
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What Defines the Wild Side in Popular Videos?
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Playing with Balls: Fun for Kids of All Ages
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Do rich people have more friends?
  • avant-garde
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Could Staying After the Police Arrive Lead to Conviction?
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How Did a Conductor Rescue a British Couple's Wedding?
  • George Jones
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Perseid Stragglers: Clear Sky, 10-20 Fiery Trails/Hr
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Refund on that last 2 minutes of my life?
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Global warming isn't anything to worry about
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Child Marriage in Saudi Arabia: A Disheartening Norm
  • waht
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Who has the better taste? The fat man or ol skin n' bones
  • Pengwuino
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Is free-will dependent on something immaterial?
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I'm not worried about Global Warming
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Hollywood studios are split over Redbox
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Fail DVD Rewinder: Does it Work on CDs?
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News Organized disorderly conduct at town hall meetings
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How for-profit insurers hijacked the health care system
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The amazing abilities of the normal (non paranormal) brain
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I am not so good at being patient
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Plan Your Vacation with Know Your Seasons
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Positive reinforcement gives me the creeps
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Elizabeth 2: The Golden Age" - Half Cape Name
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Hybrid rebates give scant improvements-
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News Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to be released
  • Ivan Seeking
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Television as a Parental Substitute and Freud
  • Mickey
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Is Biocentrism the Key to Understanding Consciousness and Reality?
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PF PHOTO CONTEST - Chiaroscuro (Aug 2 - Aug 9)
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Is Gun Ownership Linked to Higher Rates of Violence?
  • Loren Booda
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Why Does Time Seem to Fly By As We Get Older?
  • SpaceGuy50
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Should Taxpayers Fund Struggling Museums?
  • kasse
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Structure of Romantic and Sexual relationship
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Does a Recruit Have to Follow All Orders?
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How can I improve my photo processing techniques?
  • chroot
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Is File Sharing Ethical for Libertarians?
  • kasse
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Why do movie studios cut films short?
  • Pengwuino
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Is unemployment necessary for a functioning economy?
  • kasse
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Is the term nerdy used as a derogatory label hindering our society's progress?
  • avant-garde
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Short-Term Investing: Stocks vs Forex | Interactive Brokers
  • rootX
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Was the housing bubble caused by a lack of regulation and low interest rates?
  • kasse
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How to Unleash Creativity and Innovation
  • twodollars
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Targeted ads must be targeted purely to annoy me
  • KingNothing
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What is Absurdism and how does Albert Camus approach it?
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Estimating Stock Volatility with Returns & Options Prices
  • John Creighto
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Problems with a free market society?
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What Happens to Jobless Individuals in a Free Market During Economic Downturns?
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Can indoctrination be used in a constructive manner?
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Two Piers, Two Friends: Not Twins?
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Would you work as hard if socialism
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News Is Classic Liberalism Realistic in Today's Society?
  • kasse
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Are STEM people usually conservative or liberal?
  • avant-garde
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Is Jeff Goldblum's Acting Quality Measured by His Expressive Eyes?
  • Ivan Seeking
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News USAs involvement in the Middle East
  • kasse
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Would You Buy an Anti-Aging Treatment in 60 Years?
  • KingAntikrist
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Are Ghosts Real or Just a Product of Our Minds?
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Is Singing Talent More Innate Than Other Abilities?
  • jobyts
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Why Did Marx Believe Religion Serves as a Tool for Control?
  • jamesb-uk
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18.5 Billion Dollars belonging to Iranian stopped in Turkey
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Snog, Marry, Avoid: Male Makeover in UK Reality Show
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News Is it possible in this world to create a meritocracy?
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Michael Jackson rushed to hospital
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News Honduran President, Chavez Ally, Ousted in Coup
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Is Universal Healthcare a Basic Human Right?
  • vectorcube
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News Iranian Elections: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wins by Landslide
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Why Are Flights to Canadian Cities from Chicago So Expensive?
  • Greg Bernhardt
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Does anyone agree with these statements?
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Could 1000 Years of Training Let You Beat Michael Jordan in Basketball?
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Could this be a viable experiment? Criticism wanted
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News Is Obama fueling the Gate's incident?
  • waht
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News What are the cons of cannabis legalization?
  • Martini
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Mountaineering: Climbing and Trekking - 2009 Season
  • Astronuc
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Police arrest paramedic on an emergency run
  • Ivan Seeking
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Are Stoic Quotes and Buddhist Philosophy Linked?
  • madness
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News Is it just Britain and America in Afghanistan?
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Brilliant Woman Solves All of California's Problems
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Wallet Conundrum: Why No Coin Compartment?
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Discover Abstruse Goose Comics - XKCD-Style Web Comic
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News Corruption in NSJ: 4 Innocent Bystanders Injured in Hoboken Bank Robbery
  • Jimmy Snyder
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Is Graffiti the New Canvas for Literary Expression?
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News Does the Rejection of Concealed Carry Reciprocity Affect State Gun Laws?
  • Jimmy Snyder
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US not so good on social mobility
  • rootX
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Logic behind theories and perception.
  • Hippasos
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News Will the 21st Century See a Major Global Military Conflict?
  • vanesch
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Who has profited from this latest recession?
  • Loren Booda
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News Foreign Policies & National Self-Interest
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News Do you support legalisation of marijuana?
  • kasse
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Sceptisim & debunking forum very polictical
  • username
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Laws of nature, and creatures like us.
  • vectorcube
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News Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East
  • JRDunassigned
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Walter Cronkite, Iconic Anchorman, Dies
  • Ivan Seeking
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True existence is that which is perceived by all minds?
  • Martini
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