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    Engineering Decline in engineering/science jobs market? China outcompeting us?

    I think it depends on where you live, and if you've had family that's experienced it. Of course I do agree that if anything we dug our own hole so to speak.
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    Should biology be left to the biologists?

    I'm not qualified but am I wrong in that what this guy is getting at is why mountain chains resemble brain surface? Beyond just the fractals. I'm guessing that sounded nuts.
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    News Is Entertainment the New Motivation for Watching the News?

    As far as PBS goes I know it takes sponsors to run things, but considering the audience that tends to watch, I was a little perplexed when they started running Monsanto commercials.
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    News Is Entertainment the New Motivation for Watching the News?

    I get mad when reporters decide to throw in their opinion on what they're reporting. I watch local, pbs and a few minutes of msnbc if they're not running some crappy rerun.
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    What type of government/system would maximize the pace of scientific research?

    Corporate plutocracy resembling Fascism at a constant state of war. (If you don't work you're viewed unpatriotic) That's just my dystopian view though.
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    John Edwards a fake or the real deal?

    Some people just have superior gifts of reading others, watched one of his shows the other night and noticed a lot of guesswork to build a repertoire with group he spoke too. Who knows? If he's giving families comfort through spiritual means he's no different than a priest nodding for the...
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    Suicide bomber - a breathing, moving bomb among you

    I think that's one of the major flaws of many people. Empathy can only go so far and as people, most of us have lived through a chain of circumstances only experienced by one person. It shapes one's perspective to see the world in a specific way personally appearing to the person as the "right"...
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    Medical Can parasitic worms be used as a treatment for diseases like ulcerative colitis?

    Was watching National geographic channel the other night and heard about it. I have a stray with f.i.v. that's attached to my hip and was all worried. Maybe I need to fetch an Idol of Bast for safe measure.
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    What Are These Unidentified Rocks and Minerals I Found?

    Hey everyone, thank you for the responses. Evo, when I first looked at that it reminded me of cave formations, and wondered what the chances were that a petrified tree would have calcium deposits formed around it, but then I remembered you said it was like marble. Did you collect your...
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    What Are These Unidentified Rocks and Minerals I Found?

    Sure I don't mind, I'd like to see them. If I could have any fossil it'd be a crinoid, things are strange as hell.
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    What Are These Unidentified Rocks and Minerals I Found?

    Hi guys, I've a habit of looking for things on the ground but don't know what these are. The brown lump is slightly magnetic and has an oily sheen when it's wet. I'm guessing it's slag but am not sure, was found in farm country near Niagara falls. The pink piece is the oddity. I found it in the...
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    Did You Ever Believe in Santa Claus? Memories and Discussions

    I figured it out. I was sad. But you could look at it as a learning experience if you move on to Atheism later.
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    Why the Sun Doesn't Move: Debunking Common Misconceptions About Solar Motion

    Doesn't the north star make it bounce a little?
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    Social taboos, religion, ethics, absolute morality, God, etc.

    Religion was a win/win for ruling classes. In most cases people are conditioned to fear and respect authority. Oaths are a good example. Belief systems come and go, that doesn't make them any more true or false than something new. People, for the most part want to be accepted into the group, if...
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    Extinction events and an astrolabe

    Hey thanks. Very Interesting read but that graph isn't very comforting if I'm looking at it right.
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