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Balancing between empiricism and reliance on anecdotes So I learnt today that there's a limit to how long thread titles can be. Anyway... Like most science fans, I advocate a fairly empirical approach to life. However, empiricism alone cannot …
The length of America's debt (Math!) I read this on the Ron Paul forums: . A dollar bill is .0043 inches thick. We have a National debt that is 15,200,000…
The Death of Books So my mother who has long been an avid book reader and collector. Decided that she wants to get an E-Book reader like a Kindle. And then sell all of her books. This makes me think. How many more peopl…
Islam is a peaceful religion. Greetings,everyone.I believe that most of the entire world's population is having Islamophobia.It's humiliating for us, Muslims who practices the peaceful teaching of Islam to be accused for being vio…
Do you consider empathy to be a necessary emotion? I'll skip my life story and try to sum up my question. I function as well as most other early 20's guy. I have excellent people skills as well as literary skills. I keep great company and have a fanta…
Foreign Languages; Not 'Murican Here's some light reading first: BBC.com: Mitt Romney Speaks French Okay, now that you've read that, I don…
Penn Jillette...eh... There are some things I like and don't like about Penn Jillette...but goddamn he do…
4 reich north america article Bad news people. I would like to know what do you people think ab…
What's with the double standard?! Recently I had an encounter with some friends that made me a bit upset and confused. While fighting over something that was probably stupid me and my guy friend fell on the floor only to have hi…
Should "culture" be a legal excuse? Alright, here is the thing, during my mother's wake, my auntie (who is Buddhist) started placing these offering and whatnot. My mother clearly stated she wants a Christian wake/burial (she…
[ Poll ] Aesops fables v/s The Bible Which teaches more wisdom?!!! Edit: what I really mean- Considering the qualities in both, which do you personally like better?! They are both stories that are ment to be taken…
Is There a Point to Finding Meaning in Life? This isn't a discussion of what the meaning to life is, or even if there is one. This is about why people feel the need to give everything a meaning, even life itself. It's a phenomenon that puzzles m…
When you know you are an adult? It seems like an odd question, but I'm thinking this is why tribal societies would have an actual ritual you go through, where you run an obstacle course and then slay a wolf for the right to be decla…
Bullying Ok, I don't know if this exact thread has been made already, but I thought I'd give it a crack. Lets say for example, you have a child who is getting bullied, How would you fix this issue?…
Men Against Women? Ok so my question is, Why do some men treat women like shit? They are humans just like us and dont need to be treated like dirt under our feet. I mean they have it so hard, dealing with P…
The two parties dilemma; Strange? Not sure if this is a serious question... I always wondered why is it that in most countries there are usually more than 2-4 political parties.(Canada an…
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[ Poll ] Controlling a Society; Behind the Curtain Mind you that extremism is always welcome :) Just to clarify ( and to prevent the inclusion of semantics) here are the definitions: Essential: what is absolutely necessar…
The wise intellectuals in history Recently,about a few months ago,I was making research(and still making now) about the wise peoples in history.Especially in philosophy or something that related about life.I am amazed by these p…
The true meaning of intelligence? Do you believe intelligence can be determined by knowledge specifically confined to the sciences of Mathematics, Language. Or do you believe intelligence lies in ones ability to form and c…
[ Poll ] The Most Unbiased News Poll I always wondered, glancing upon this type of blogging community... Mostly, these news agencies have correlated information, but...sometimes...mmm In this era of global networking, …
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