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    False Claims of Gravity Propagation Limit

    Ed Fomalont of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Sergei Kopeikin from the University of Missouri in Columbia, performed an experiment on 18 September 2002 using an array of radio telescopes around the world they observed light from a faraway galaxy bend as the planet Jupiter passed...
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    Philosophy: Should we eat meat?

    i have never broken a bone (at 33 years of age) after long years of heavy lifting and other physical exertions, hard falls, motorbike accidents, etc... and all this on a 100% vegan diet soya milk is as high in calcium as cows milk, and has zero cholesterol (unlike milk, which is...
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    Medical Does Language and Environment Shape Our Thinking?

    non of these arguments would be possible without language so far i have seen very little evidence that analytical thought is possible without some form of language i disagree, language has been shown to have a tremendous effect on the way information is processed, it's not a cultural...
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    Do Circadian Rhythms effect Lifespans?

    this study was not done on subjects born to an extended photo period the circadian rhythms of the subjects had already been set to 86400 s prior to the experiment it's important to conduct an experiment with subjects born to the test photoperiod and constantly isolated from any other...
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    Can the Mind Unlock the Secrets of Time Travel?

    it's impossible to have an understanding of physics without understanding maths physics is about mathematical models i recommend starting from the beginning, with a good foundation in maths ( esp. algebra ) in any case, this topic should be moved to philosophy or religion
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    What came first: the chicken or the egg?

    the first chicken was a mutation it came from an egg containing the DNA of a genetically altered individual different from it's parent the egg came first - chickens have not existed very long in their present form modern chickens evolved from a previous species
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    Do Circadian Rhythms effect Lifespans?

    at first glance it may seem contradictory experimental evidence has shown that the older the subject the less prone to lifecycle reprogramming there is a difference between circadian cycles and biochemical cycles ideally these should be in sync, but during the experiments the cycles...
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    What came first: the chicken or the egg?

    this is a simple logic question there has never been a chicken which did not come from an egg and there have been eggs long before there were chickens therefore the egg came first, and then the chicken no other possibility exists
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    Philosophy: Should we eat meat?

    humans are omnivores, we can survive on anything survival does not equal good health and there is an ethical question is it right to kill for cash? paid assassins kill for cash, is there an ethical problem here? the meat industries kill for cash, is there a difference...
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    Medical Does Language and Environment Shape Our Thinking?

    of course humans and other animals are capable of visualising objects and events as graphic images (except those who are born blind) but are they capable of complex analysis (abstract thought) without language? can the blind think without language? is mathematics possible without...
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    Did a Pre-Big Bang Species Cause the Big Bang Theory?

    BBT is still an unproven theory, based on the premise that stellar redshift is due to the Doppler Effect, (an expanding universe); however there are numerous other causes of redshift, and the type of redshift apparent in starlight may very likely be due to either the Compton Effect, or Shapiro...
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    Defining 'Truth': A Puzzling Quandary

    Absolute Truth = actuality, whether known or not Accepted Truth = perceived reality, whether an illusion or not
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    Philosophy: Should we eat meat?

    you are quoting the wrong person (this is a quote of a quote) and the statement is false also isn't it interesting that there are so many mentally handicapped people and so few mentally handicapped animals
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    Do Circadian Rhythms effect Lifespans?

    a lot of research has been done in the field of http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Circadian.html in some experiments human subjects lived for several days isolated from daylight with no clocks, and no photoperiodic or environmental clues to indicate time the...
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    Philosophy: Should we eat meat?

    you seem to be more concerned with winning an argument than i am i would rather raise some good questions, than claim to have all the answers this is an illiogical analogy, of course humans can adapt to other languages humans are designed to use language for communication other...
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