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    Anyone an electromechanical engineer?

    Is anyone here an electromechanical engineer? I think this is the field that I want to get into. If there is anyone, what kind of projects do you get to work on? What's your usual day at work like? I would imagine that you'd get quite a bit of control over the project, is this true...
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    Spectrum Analyzer vs. Network Analyzer

    A vector network analyzer will tell you reflection and transmission coefficients in both directions on a 2 port system. It will also show phase and delay differences between the ports. Both will do their thang over some frequency (or time) range.
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    Defending Evolution: Tips & Strategies

    Yes, the bible says that God created man...but like I mentioned, it doesn't say HOW he created man. You could suggest that he created man using evolution.
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    What Is Love and Its Meaning in Human History?

    Yes, I was joking...well somewhat. If you ask a teenager what love is, most likely their definition or understanding will be much closer to the TV love rather than true love.
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    Defending Evolution: Tips & Strategies

    It sounds like she believes in God. Since you probably won't be able to change her beliefs on that, you could try encorporating evolution into the picture. I have tried showing people how it could be possible that God used evolution to create Adam and Eve. Maybe they were the first species...
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    What Is Love and Its Meaning in Human History?

    No no dekoi! Love is what you see on television. You meet someone, can't take your eye's off of them or stop thinking about them (this has nothing to do with lust). Then, you kiss, and make love. You then see you have too many differences, don't actually have anything in common, or flat out...
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    Do pain and pleasure have distinct physiological pathways?

    For the machine, wouldn't not having pleasure serve the same purpose as having pain? If it's goal was to seek pleasure, then it's goal will also be to avoid not having pleasure (its pain). We (well MOST of us) do the same. We seek pleasure, and avoid pain.
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    What is the Purpose of Life? The Universe's Audience

    What if life doesn't have a purpose? Maybe it exists because it's an easy state to sustain; it is active and it tries to exist. Maybe the reason life exists is because, at some point, it was started.
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    Is Memory the Key to Disproving the Existence of God?

    XxFREEofFILTHxX, you seem interested in this subject, so I'll pick on you :) Remember, I'm just asking questions. They might not relate to what I believe in. Do you believe that it's possible that the universe is just a set of physical laws, not governed by some entity? If not, why? Why does...
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    What are the limits of intelligence?

    For people, it probably has a lot to do with the the brain's "cache" used to hold many ideas at a time then bring them all together to come to a conclusion. For a more philosophical answer, I think intelligence would have to be defined first. Is intelligence the recollection of knowledge? Of...
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    Is Memory the Key to Disproving the Existence of God?

    would he need a memory if he always knew what WILL happen? Why would god need a memory? Wouldn't you only need a memory to know things that already happened. What if god always knew what WILL happen rather than what has happened? In that case, would he need a memory since everything that...
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    What is the Purpose of Life? The Universe's Audience

    The answer to life, the universe, and everything Well, at least we know the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Luckily, Google calculator supplies us with the answer...
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    What are the implications of time travel in popular culture?

    One of the interesting things I found was that Titor predicted that the bovine virus has a 40 year incubation period. I was reading an issua of popular science a few months back, and they found that to be true. I think we'll know if he's right by the end of this election (civil war is...
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    Philosophy: Should we eat meat?

    I think most people in America eat too much meat compared to fruits and vegetables (especially now with the popularity of the Atkins diet). From a nutritional standpoint, I think this is a bad idea. From a moral standpoint, I see no problem in eating other lower lifeforms. By lower, I mean...
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