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"Since I am a mathematician, I give a precise answer to this question. Thanks to Kurt Gödel, we know that there are true mathematical statements that cannot be proved. But I want a little more than this. I want a statement that is true, unprovable, and simple enough to be understood by people...

I heard that gravity is faster than light speed in the macrocosm and that subatomic particles react at the same time because of each other. I am wondering if it is possible to contact faster than light speed or immediatly anywhere.

The reason: "Suppose there are two starving tribes on a field. The potatoes just arrive to feed only one of the tribes, who thus acquire forces to go to the other side of the mountain, where there are more potatoes; but if the two tribes divide in peace the potatoes of the field, the two tribes...

help me I need a better example (for the last post).

work together If you are a designer and you create a site alone, you are going to earn X dollars a month. If you are a programmer and you create a site alone, you are going to earn X dollars a month. If a designer and a programmer work together, the site is going to be worth more than 2X. We...

...does that make you unethical or not?

If you find http://www.edge.org/q2006/q06_index.html" interesting, then tell it here, so that this thread will go back to the top of the threads page many times and many other people will be able to visit that Edge's page.

X=a% Y=b% Is "X*a#/X*b#" equal to "a%/b%"?

What wasn't this topic popular?

IClown's reply I posted my question at Experts-Exchange.com's Philosophy and Religion sub-topic area of the "Miscellaneous" topic area. Take a look at IClown's reply. He gave me an answer that was not a flame. Can you too? "There is an excellent socratic argument regarding this very question...

Does evil help the universe get better in any way? Why? Are you sure?

good and evil do not exist? explain!

What side do you think is going to win in real life? Tell me why too.

redirecting the discussion Users of this board are discussing whether Bill Gates is evil or not, but I created this thread to know the reason by which a part of the much more intelligent and educated people than ourselves choose to do evil. Please, stay on-topic.

Bill Gates is intelligent and educated. If he knows evil is wrong, why does he? If people much more intelligent and educated than myself choose to do evil, they must have a good reason to do it. What do you think is this reason?