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Should the FDA regulate all product safety, including Cheerios advertising?
- Ivan Seeking
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The two gnomes riddle: which path leads to heaven?
- Remnant
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The best intelligence agency in the world?
- curiousguy79
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Is there scientific evidence to support the claims of astrology?
- extreme_machinations
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News How Does the CBS Tape Impact Global Economy and Terrorism?
- Office_Shredder
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I know what I want to be for Halloween
- Pengwuino
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US Airways Flt 1549 Crashed in Hudson River
- Astronuc
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Does computation capture the full essence of reality?
- 0xDEADBEEF
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Continental pilot reports missile or rocket over Texas
- Ivan Seeking
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Just got netflix, recommend me some movies
- moose
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Identify Movies: Does Someone Know These Screenshots?
- dirk_mec1
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What Is Compound Interest and How Does It Differ From Other Types?
- Feezik
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Solving Number Patterns in Notpr0n Level 79
- JamesU
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TV show recommendations for someone tired of watching
- TheStatutoryApe
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News Will Tibet Gain Greater Autonomy or Independence?
- Astronuc
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If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts
- hurryon
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Halo 3 Addiction: From N64 to XBOX 360
- FireSky86
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Why net advantages equalize across occupations in perfect competition
- gangsta316
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Sam Harris on why souls can't exist independently of the brain
- IntellectIsStrength
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Freedom of press: Case Berlusconi
- misgfool
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Is the Hummer Being Sold to a Chinese Company? The Latest Move by GM
- Ivan Seeking
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News Did right-wing media inspire the Pittsburgh police shooting?
- Ivan Seeking
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Is Objective Truth Always Wrong About Moral Absolutes?
- bleedblue1234
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NY Times Slide Show of Reader's GM Cars
- edward
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Severe lightning storm in Oregon with continuous strikes for over an hour
- Ivan Seeking
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News "Torturing Democracy" documentary on PBS
- edward
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News How should nations handle diplomatic relations with enemies?
- rootX
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Read out loud the colors of the following words as fast as you can
- Count Iblis
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Believing in supernatural in terms of game theory
- waht
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What does it mean that something is right or wrong?
- superwolf
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What is the basis for ethical realism and why is it important?
- superwolf
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News What's the Latest on the George Tiller Killing?
- math_04
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OMG 11 They killed [spoiler] on 24
- Mattara
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Who Will Win the UEFA Champions League Final?
- -Aladdin-
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What Costs More the More You Buy?
- Russell Berty
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Can You Lucid Dream?
- glueball8
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News Taliban advance deep inside Pakistan, just 70mi from Islamabad; no resistance
- signerror
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J. S. Mill - a contradicting philosopher
- superwolf
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News Could economic collapse trigger global revolts and anarchy?
- Zdenka
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Why do certain places create intense emotional bonds for some people?
- Ivan Seeking
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Is Octuplet Mom's Reality Show Deal a New Low in Celebrity Obsession?
- LowlyPion
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News What is North Korea's stance on US food aid and NGOs?
- phyzmatix
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Is there a point where physics becomes more philosophy than science?
- vorcil
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News Who will turn the dark and painful page ?
- humanino
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What is the McDonald's Diet Experiment?
- JasonRox
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V": The Visitors Are Back in January!
- sanman
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Where do you go for Science News?
- dimensionless
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News Is California's economic growth a result of unsustainable policies?
- WheelsRCool
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Economics resource request: highly inefficient markets
- CRGreathouse
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Arguments against euthanasia
- kasse
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News North Korea Nuclear Test Draws Global Criticism
- signerror
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News No military option against the Iranian nuclear program
- Count Iblis
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If Beethoven know when he created last
- markone2
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Is consciousness the present moment if all sensory input is from the past?
- petm1
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Do memorable childhood dreams shape your future self?
- drizzle
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Movies you would like someone to make
- Ivan Seeking
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Small Mississippi town elects first Black mayor
- Ivan Seeking
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News Did torture lead to the wrong war?
- Ivan Seeking
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Can Science and Belief in God Coexist?
- drizzle
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Why Do Jokes Make Us Laugh?
- coverme
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Addicted to crash and wreck videos on YouTube
- Cyrus
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Human rights and the police (misconduct)
- rootX
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Is There Any Way to Confirm Your Existence?
- prtcool
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News Is SIFTA the Solution to Reducing Gun Violence?
- Alfi
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Is Jimmy Kimmel's career over or about to leap forward?
- Chi Meson
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News The last throes of the Republican Party
- Count Iblis
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Gas vs Charcoal Grilling - Which is Better?
- gravenewworld
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News Jon Huntsman named Ambassador to China
- LowlyPion
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News Is Gay Marriage Here to Stay in Maine?
- turbo
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News Texas Governer warns of secession
- Ivan Seeking
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News No representation without taxation
- jaap de vries
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Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
- Ivan Seeking
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Can an individual truly assert their existence through thought alone?
- deferro
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Parents joining Facebook - The party is over
- Ivan Seeking
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News Does democracy always benefit developing countries?
- jamesb-uk
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News Democracy can only work effectively if the people voting
- jamesb-uk
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Ever catch an inconsistency in your own thoughts?
- chroot
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Utilitarianism caused by brain damage
- superwolf
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News Justice Souter to retire, giving Obama his first Supreme Court appointment
- lisab
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How did Bond survive being placed in a vat of strong acid?
- jamesb-uk
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Is hypnosis a genuine phenomenon or just psychological?
- Hyped
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Signature design with chinese brush pen,very cool
- fqlzww
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Should the captain with 1000 people blow up the other boat to save more lives?
- superwolf
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Is Google Too Powerful? Should it Be Broken Up?
- gravenewworld
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What are some good healthy snacks that won't leave you hungry in 10 minutes?
- NeoDevin
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News Health care reform vs cap-and-trade CO2: which saves more lives?
- Andre
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News Nancy Pelosi proposes infrastructure bank
- fourier jr
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News Why would Nancy Pelosi say she didn't know about waterboarding?
- WhoWee
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Difference between hot and cold media as described by McLuhan
- Chaos' lil bro Order
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Is torturing animals as immoral as torturing humans?
- superwolf
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Pearls Before Swine: Who Can Beat Juan?
- gravenewworld
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Airplane 'Photo Op' Angers 9/11 Witnesses
- LowlyPion
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News Scientists inform Obama of Corruption at the FDA
- jreelawg
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News Global Derivatives Market now valued at $1.14 Quadrillion
- Ivan Seeking
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Samson and Delilah reimagined in modern Belgium
- signerror
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Come on chinese restaurants, get with the program
- Pengwuino
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Mo. boy found alive 2 days after wandering away
- LowlyPion
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Is Our Free Will Governed by Quantum Physics or Predetermined Destiny?
- Theweatherman
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Woman Wins Lottery Five Times Since September
- Ivan Seeking
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