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    Is Eye Movement a Reliable Indicator of Deception?

    yea i agree. making up stories about what you did and telling the truth in this situation means nothing. still the same thing. she cheated. does it really matter how many?
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    Philosophy: Should we eat meat?

    i've said this argument a thousand times and I am going to say it a thousand times more... it is wrong to eat the meat of animals who have been tortured, and inhumanly killed...animals are fed rotten and genetically altered foods, kept in chains and dark cages sitting in their own feces...
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    Voltaire's view on human nature

    what branch of philosophy would you most relate Voltaire to? metaphysics? ethics? epistomology? human nature? (keeping in mind my thesis...which you can read above...) the problem, again is finding actual information on these topics because all that everything i try to find is about...
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    Voltaire's view on human nature

    im reading this website that says he was a deist-the belief based solely on reason, a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation and thanks for all your help guys... i...
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    Voltaire's view on human nature

    i didnt know where this should go so i just put it in general. I am doing a culminating project on Voltaire in my philosophy class. one problem i encountered was that i don't know very much about Voltaire though he does seem interesting i know he was a poet, author etc but i don't know exactly...
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    Exploring the Meaning of 'Normal' in Everyday Life

    okay but what they were doing back then, was normal to everyone else there...correct? it was the usual punishment for a crime, etc. right? so everyone thought it was normal...so it was normal back then...? right? so why are people thinking that things we do now are normal? maybe what we do now...
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    Ignorance: Is Tabula Rasa the Key to Happiness?

    dont you naturally have a drive to want to learn more...and isn't that drive independant of ignorance of the truth? and no matter how much you don't want to learn, you're never truly ignorant of everything.
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    Philosophy: Should we eat meat?

    i'd be pretty humiliated if i had to walk down the street drenched in paint i have considered the pro meat arguements ...i did that before i became a veggie and even when i first read this topic and i still chooose to dismiss them. eating meat and wearing fur is still supporting those...
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    Exploring the Meaning of 'Normal' in Everyday Life

    wait...okay then how where people back then...in the "old times" good when they whipped and tortured people...? are you saying that those people arent normal?
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    Exploring the Meaning of 'Normal' in Everyday Life

    the norms change as society changes...back then it was also normal to receive a flogging when you did something wrong...now it's illegal.
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    Has determinism ever bothered you?

    the christian religion tells you that if you don't follow god you go to hell...i presonally don't even follow christianity or god for that matter because i don't believe in either of them... how is it that god would tell you to move to another city?i thought following god was just following...
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    What is the Mystery of Time and How Does it Affect Perception and Reality?

    cant we measure time through changes.? you know time is there because we never stay the same...we're always changing.
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    Ignorance: Is Tabula Rasa the Key to Happiness?

    how could anyone be happy knowing nothing?i mean, yes you could say that they could be carefree etc but in reality, wouldn't you want to know the truth?
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    Philosophy: Should we eat meat?

    the thing is you've only ever seen cows in farms...you haven't seen them wild (or at least that's what I am assuming considering cows arent really in the wild.) animals are totally different when they're in the wild and when they're captive in farms. nothing ever looks as good as it would if it...
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    Is society's obsession with trivial matters a way to avoid facing bigger issues?

    thats good for you...i too see myself as someone like that, smeone who really couldn't give a rats ass about what britney spears is wearing to some award show... the problem is that almost half the world does care about that outfit and that stupid spears. unfortunately its going to be next to...
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