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Is it illegal if I named a character in my book after Mister Sinister from X-Men? They'll be unrelated but I really like the name. They may or may not sue you. But would you risk it? If you are committed to using the name, you should ask for permission, or else you risk a law suit. If you're willing to risk it, you could get sued, but even if you are you might not lose (although you might "lose" in the sense of your lawyer expenses). Mull it over and decide. I mean, it is a cool name.

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Do you think the Mosque near Ground Zero is truly intended as a place of worship, or simply an Islamic political victory front? The terrorists from 9/11 WERE Muslim, but most Muslims are not terrorists and Islam was not responsible. Actually allowing the building of a mosque (it's actually a community center) there would show that the U.S. was a tolerant nation that did not have any irrational hatred of Islam; it might actually discourage terrorism. On the other hand, I'm not a fan of have ANY religious buildings...

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2012. What will happen? Technically, I have "No Idea", but I strongly suspect that nothing out of the ordinary will happen. Also, the Mayan long calendar ends near the end of 2012, on either 12/21 or 12/23, depending on who you ask. Many people will ignore this and obsess about 2012 on 31 December 2011 near midnight, just as many people wrongly thought that the new millennium began on 1 January 2000 (when instead it...

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Flying carpet or broomstick? I'd like to have either, but if I had a choice, I'd go with broomstick... it just seems like it would feel safer having something to hold on to while flying around, and it would provide more of a sense of control. Then again, the broomstick could maybe only fit one passenger aside from me, and it would be a tight squeeze, whereas depending on the size of the carpet, it could be roomier for...

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What would the impact on humanity have been if we had landed on the Moon and found that it was entirely made of cheese instead of rock? Well, it could also prove that some ancient civilization of humans existed. A lot of evidence actually could be used to make this scenario plausible (even if I think the evidence is for the most part false and for the rest unconvincing). Some of that "ancient human civilization" could have come from extraterrestrials, but I doubt it. For some reason that ancient human civilization could have...

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How do I get my dog to eat his canned food? Should I add something to make it more appetizing? Mixing with dry food will give it better texture. You might want to add some cold cuts or left over meat. The best food for dogs is raw meat though. Most dog food contains loads of starches that can contribute to obesity and diabetes (just like in humans). If you can afford it, as it's only a bit more expensive, go to a good dedicated pet store that has a freezer in the back with fresh,...

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What TV show are you most looking forward to returning or premiering this fall (2010)? I know "Doctor Who" is returning for a Christmas special, so that's in the Winter and can't count, otherwise it would be that. So I guess it's a toss up between "Futurama" and "House, M.D." I wouldn't hate new "Family Guy" episodes either.

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Is there more liberals or conservatives on answerbag? Try doing a poll... "Would you describe yourself as..." - Liberal - Conservative - Socially liberal, fiscally conservative - Socially conservative, fiscally liberal - Other (please explain) That might shed some light on the matter. As for me, it's hard to say. I know I'm personally socially liberal and fiscally conservative, a more or less run of the mill libertarian, who doesn't like...

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This site claims Sep.9, 2010 is the start of the Rapture. Are you ready? Do you believe it? What if nothing happens? Does he pick a new day? 9/9??? NOT 9/11? I thought God was an American patriot! The saddest part is I was really looking forward to seeing the new Resident Evil movie, Afterlife, on 9/10... I even bought advance tickets! What if nothing happens? Yes, of course he'll pick a new day. Just ask the early Christians, they thought the Second Coming was going to happen very soon after the crucifixion, and they based...

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what is the bottom of our universe? If "bottom" refers to the spatially downwards-most point, then it has none because there is no universal direction in the Universe (each way can be up or down or sideways), and it's only relative to the particular gravity well (like a planet) you happen to be close to at the moment. If "bottom" refers to the butt, then most likely the Universe doesn't have one of those either. If "bottom"...

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What do you ultimately want in life? To live as an immortal and indestructible decapitated head buried deep where no one will ever find me so I can have an eternity to think and enjoy the quiet and the serene solitude, floating through space after Earth and the Sun are long gone.

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Are you a coffee snob? Is there a special kind of coffee you drink, or a special brewing method you use? (Tell us about it.) I like any sort of coffee, including common instant coffee. I generally like it with a splash of heavy cream. If I can't have heavy cream, I'd rather have it black than with regular milk, half & half, or with skim milk (which to me tastes gross). I like to add cinnamon, maybe sometimes a sprinkle of unsweetened cocoa powder. When I do buy instant coffee, I refrigerate it to keep it...

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Why is it that eggs and chicken are never complementary breakfast items? I'm a vegetarian, but I haven't always been, and I'm curious about this too. Eggs and steak are done, as well as eggs and bacon, eggs and Canadian bacon, eggs and pork. Why not chicken? Also, what about turkey? If I wasn't a vegetarian I'd try both. I know that I love eggs, and I've tried eggs with both fake chicken and fake turkey, and I like them. If I ate meat, I think I would...

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If most Americans are dumb and uneducated where there has never been a dictator what does that make the rest of the world? I don't share the sentiment that most Americans are dumb and / or uneducated. But let's not delude ourselves about dictators. During the past two administrations, we've been coming dangerously close to a Big Brother society. For "national security" reasons, the powers of the law enforcement and intelligence communities have been vastly expanded, at the expense of civil liberties and even...

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whos a better raper I sincerely hope none of them are raping anyone! But I bet if you check online you'll find the person with the most rapes under their belt (so to speak)... of course that assumes quantity over quality. Hardly a contest anyone would want to win though... :-)

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Is Islam a rigid religion?I'm sure the religious leaders are aware of the fact that it was written centuries back.Things have changed now. Yes, but all religions are rigid. If a Jew took seriously every single law and rule in their religion, that would be terribly rigid (check out Orthodox Jews, including Hasidim). If a Christian took seriously every religious law and principle, it would seem very rigid too. Same goes for all religions. That doesn't mean the people are rigid though. I knew a Muslim girl once who had come to...

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Socrates, was convicted by a jury of his peers and sentenced to die. His friend Crito tried to bribe a guard to help him escape: he refused. It should be noted that when read in context, Crito can easily be argued not to be criticizing Socrates on rational or philosophical grounds but rather to be trying to manipulate his friend via emotional arguments he hopes will convince him to escape because he doesn't want to see his friend die. Socrates's acceptance of his death sentence was an act of courage, justice, and dignity. Even...

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Is there a Muslim conspiracy in the US? I talked with a retired Air Force pilot, who along with other retired military officers thinks; Some Muslims might have such a conspiracy. Members of other groups might have such conspiracies too. That's no reason to ignore the Constitution and people's civil rights and liberties, including our First Amendment right to freedom of conscience and religious expression. In order to prevent any religious building to be legally built, including mosques, we'd need to amend the Constitution,...

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Should you worry about 2012? We should worry if the economy hasn't improved by then. Otherwise, I'm only concerned that I'll be two years older, and that my loved ones (especially the older ones) will be two years older (and perhaps closer to the grave). Although I think I do worry about the movie 2012; that was just awful and there's no telling what damage it could do to someone's expectations to see a good film in the...

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What are some rules you have about truth? I have very strict standards about the truth. I'm a skeptic and demand certain knowledge before I will ever make any truth claims, or accept them. I can't say that I know that anything I've ever thought, seen, heard, or read is either true or false. I've never known or heard of anyone else who could either. Truth and falsity refers to statements. What makes a statement true is quite simply...

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Adults, boxers or briefs? What is your view? I like boxer briefs, especially the ones from Hanes that are tagless and have the comfortable fabric waistband. I think they look good on me (and girls agree). They're a close enough fit that they provide "bounce" protection for when I'm hiking and walking a lot (and they also prevent accidental "peak outs" through the fly), but I find them more comfortable than briefs and they look better. ...

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can my landlord hold back my security deposit because my red couches left red dye on the walls and i didnt clean it when i left?? They only have the right to hold back what they need to use to do repairs and touch ups to restore the residence to the state that it was when you moved in. In this case, that would be the cost of cleaning or repainting that part of the wall. That can't be much. You have a right to demand to see documentary evidence of how much they had to pay to restore the residence, with a detailed...

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Do you believe that when you die, that is the end of you? Why or why not? Well, let's look at the facts. We see people who are brain damaged (or born with brain abnormalities) can lose certain cognitive faculties, depending on the part of the brain and the extent of the damage (like memory, vision, hearing, ability to recognize faces, impulse control, emotional expression, empathy, speech, language and motor skills, etc.), it doesn't take a lot to realize what full...

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How do you feel about the concept of Intelligent Design? As a skeptic I don't "believe" in evolution or in intelligent design; I don't believe or disbelieve in anything. But I can do lend my tentative acceptance to one theory or another based on their usefulness at explaining and predicting observed phenomena. And due to the immense usefulness and success of evolutionary theory, I definitely tentatively accept it. For the same reason, I can't lend...

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Is irony seeing conspiracies in everything but believing the universe is random? It's possible to believe that the Universe as a whole is random but that individual humans and groups of humans can act purposively to engage in conspiracies. I don't think that's really ironic. Although seeing conspiracies in everything is at least a little paranoid.

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Is enough of the US electorate really so dumb as to hand the very party that got them into this financial mess a big victory now? I don't think we can place all the blame on the Republicans. It's really the big banking corporations that are most to blame, and they've been hamming up their abuses for years, during both Republican and Democrat presidencies. Really the greatest mistake G.W. Bush made was when he did not bail out the Lehman Brothers, which of course led to its collapse, which finally exposed the fact that...

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What happens to the athiests after death? I suspect whatever it is, it'll be the same thing that happens to theists, in a nutshell. Although if we see people who are brain damaged lose certain cognitive faculties (like vision, hearing, ability to recognize faces, impulse control, emotional expression, empathy, speech, language and motor skills, etc.), it doesn't take a lot to realize what full brain death would mean...

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Has anyone here actually gone to the AB spammers websites and bought the shoes or cloths they were pitching? I'm very vigilant in reporting them as Spam, and I've never once visited their sites (at least not from AB). But I don't keep a mental note of what sites are doing it here, and so from somewhere else, I might go to their sites and if interested make purchases. I honestly don't see spamming AB has hurting their business model, other than in the sense that it's probably a waste of time. But if...

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Is there anything wrong with giving an adult cat some milk? I haven't met a cat yet that doesn't like cow milk, and most especially like heavy cream. The calcium and fortified vitamins A and D in milk will be good for their teeth and bones just as they are in humans. But some cats are lactose intolerant, and your only problem will be gas and diarrhea, and you may not want to deal with the smells. To get around this, you could buy them some...

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My friend is way stronger and more athletic than I am. It makes me really jealous. How can i deal with the jealousy? I think your jealousy is a manifestation of your disappointment in yourself for giving up in advance. Most of the time, when we feel negative feeling towards others, the feelings really stem from negative feelings towards ourselves. You just started working out with him. Give it time. Ask him what he does, in specific detail, both in terms of exercise and diet, to stay in shape and stay...

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How to make a not so funny joke? As far as I'm concerned, any "knock knock" joke. I've yet to hear one that ever made me laugh...

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Atheists: Do you agree with Richard Dawkins that everybody who does not believe in Evolution is stupid? My thoughts on Richard Dawkins aside, no, I don't agree that everybody who does not believe in the theory of evolution for explaining the variety and speciation in the natural world is stupid. To be clear, I'm a skeptic - I don't believe or disbelieve in anything and thus don't make truth claims, nor have I yet met or heard of anyone who can rightly make truth claims. I can't say whether we...

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If cigarettes kill so many people, why wont the politicians make them illegal? People should have the right to do things that hurt themselves. I hate smoking and don't smoke, and I hate the smell of smoke. But I would always support the right of others to smoke. Besides, refined sugars kill more people than tobacco. They're not even taxing that for consumers, let alone banning them.

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What do you think of Franklin Delano Roosevelt? I think he was one of the worst U.S. presidents in history, and a bad man. He sent 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans, as well as thousands of Italian and German Americans, to relocation camps. Of those interned, 62% were American citizens. Anyone with at least one-eighth Japanese ancestry was eligible. Korean-Americans, considered to have Japanese nationality (since Korea was...

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Do you think females take the (correct) 'no hitting' policy of humanity and use it against us men? The correct policy is that no one should be hitting anyone. As far as "a man should never hit a woman", this is all based on the idea that women are inherently physically weaker than men. While it is true that most women are physically weaker than most men, some women are physically stronger than some men, and some women will even be stronger than most men (not to mention better capable of...

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Can the integrity of a Holy text be self-verified? Self-verification is impossible for anything, including texts described as holy. Any attempt at self-verification is going to be an example of circular reasoning, and using circular reasoning only verifies a lack of understanding what reasoning is. For if circular reasoning is allowed for self-verification in one case, it can be used in every case, and every statement can be "proven" to be...

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what has a positive and negative charge An electrically neutral atom has equal positive charges (in the nucleus) and negative charges (its electrons). But overall it has no charge. Some molecules which are overall electrically neutral can display slight negative and positive charges based on the fact that the electrons move around within the molecule. So in that sense, you could say they have both, but never at the same place and...

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Do you use Google as spell check? Frequently.

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Do you think it were really Jews who killed Jesus? The Romans were sometimes crucifying Jews by the hundreds. The Jews were in no position to order any man executed. Many other Jewish messianic figures during this time were also crucified - Jesus was one of many. Crucifixion was a uniquely Roman form of execution and Jews would never kill anyone this way. The Romans saw him as a political rebel and a dangerous influence undermining Roman...

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Would you continue to study something if you weren't improving yourself as a person and your overall life from it? Studying anything has intrinsic value, even if it never benefits you in any other way besides gaining knowledge and/or a new skill.

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god vs chuck norris! who would win? If the god was an omnipotent and omniscient being, then the only contest Chuck Norris could ever hope to win is a "who is weaker" or "who is more likely to lose in physical combat" combat, hands down. But if this a god in the spirit of the ancient Greeks... you know, I'm going to put money on Norris!

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Why do people pick on child molesters? I would feel more threatened living next to a murderer than a child molester. I'd personally rather live next door to a child molester than a murderer, because the latter might get me killed whereas the other wouldn't harm me at all (aside, perhaps, from my property values). On the other hand, I might feel differently if I had children, but I can't say for sure and it's not worth speculating; also the child molester might only permanently scar the children, whereas the...

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If the Bible says we should not kill, why are many Christians in the military and in a situation where they may have to kill others? It's a mistranslation. Hebrew has many subtleties and several words for killing. The best translation is "Thou shall commit acts of unlawful killing". That includes anything from murder to involuntary manslaughter. It does not include the death penalty, soldiers killing in war, or self-defense. Basically if you're killing and it's not against the laws of your land, you're okay, but if it...

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Why do people pick on child molesters? I would feel more threatened living next to a murderer than a child molester.

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Which is easier to believe? Everything came from nothing. or Everything came from a greater power? Why? I voted Nothing, mostly to counterbalance the votes for Greater Power. Most people, it seems, that didn't vote Greater Power but answered didn't vote Nothing but also didn't believe Greater Power. The question misses one VERY important third option: that "Everything" (existence, reality, what have you) has always existed, that perhaps its even in the nature of existence to necessarily exist...

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Do you agree that the movie "idiocracy" is very visionary ?? lol HA! I love this question... Yes, in fact I think it was somewhat exaggerated towards the absurd, but I do think you can definitely make the case that we could be heading to that kind of future. People often forget that what we call "evolution" is really just a statistical process of cause and effect: if you breed before you die then your genes continue at least into the next generation, and...

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what would you do with a time machine if you had one I would first use it to travel a day into the future, grab the lottery numbers, and then travel back and play them, and collect my millions. With the financial stuff out of the way, I'd travel into the future to swipe future technologies and learn their science - I've always had some questions that I'd like answered, like how they end up (if they do) creating a quantum description of gravity,...

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Is it possible for a boy who hasn't hit puberty (3 year old) to have an erection? As a baby, males have erections. I remember having them at 8 or 9 (I don't remember much before that, but I probably had them before too). It's normal. It's just not normal to ejaculate before puberty. Not necessarily unhealthy, just unusual.

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Scientists now claim to have found 'Marilyn Monroe's' hormone? Is this a good thing? I've never heard of such a thing. But if it was what made her hot then start injecting it into every woman who wants it!

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Where and when did the "blonde hair and blue eyes" standard of beauty originate? Beats me. I have always preferred brunettes...

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Why should we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month? I say life's short and we should take any opportunity to celebrate. Besides, Hispanic Americans have contributed a lot to American culture and to the nation in general. Although maybe we would seem, as a nation, a bit more like we "meant it" celebrating them if we would end our pointless and borderline racist anti-immigration policies. (Also, "borderline" could be a pun; "border-line"... get...

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What are your thought about living in a World without religion???? Even if you got rid of religion, you'd still need to rid the world of dogma and closed-mindedness and the tendency to blindly follow. Think about several of the nations where communism arose. Marxist ideology, including its companion philosophy of dialectical materialism, became the replacement for religion. "History" (as understood by Marxists) was the god of this religion, Marx was its...

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God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, says Stephen Hawking. Possible? Of course it's possible. In fact most modern theories of the Universe include some basic idea that existence and the greater Cosmos is eternal. There is no beginning. Only our little corner of reality, which we call the Universe (the "outside" of which is poorly defined and generally closed to us), is an ongoing event in that greater eternal reality, which is filled with other universes....

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Should Boys Be Circumcised? I don't see the debate here - it's genital mutilation and it's barbaric. It causes pain and trauma to the infant. It harms future sexual function. Perhaps the best argument is self-determination - the infant has the right to develop naturally, and parents have no right to choose nonessential surgeries for their children. Another surgery that could be performed in the male infant,...

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if you think black people are hot beacuse they are black, is that racist? It's not racist, it's just a sexual preference. To call this racist would be like calling a gay guy sexist for only being attracted to other guys or a straight guy sexist for only being attracted to women. You can't help what you find physically attractive.

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How can some people accuse all Muslims of being terrorist and fear them, but justify mosques being vandalized and Muslims attacked? It's very easy. Humans are naturally predisposed to fearing groups they don't know or understand already, especially if the differences are religious or cultural. Religious and / or cultural differences imply (and they often mean) differences in values and behaviour. It's natural to be at least slightly apprehensive about someone whom you know has a different world view and set of values...

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A question for the feminists out there in the US...What's your opinion of Palin? I'm a male feminist. I'm also a masculist (advocate for male rights). I personally think she sets women back, all of us back. As a politician, she's obviously successful, but she exploits the cheapest tricks in the contemporary political book to achieve that success. She is a puppet of every right wring ideology there is, without an original thought in her head. It would be a tragedy not...

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How should authorities in Chile tell 33 miners stuck under ground that it may take three months to dig them out? Treat them with respect and tell them upfront. They know what's going on ultimately. You have to just be straight with them about their situation. That way they can know and make peace with it and not be left dangling. I would want to know and I'd want to know ASAP. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you - and I'd rather have direct immediate knowledge about my situation.

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If you have brown hair can you change your genes and become a natural blonde? Theoretically, yes, you could use gene therapy to do that. But we really can't do it right now. One day though. I suspect altering things far bigger than hair colour will be not only feasible but common in about fifteen years time given the rate of progress in biotechnology and related fields. Give it 25 to 50 (max) years and nanotechnology will give us tiny microscopic robots living in our...

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Is having a child "no matter what" responsible; is it a "right" to have children regardless of one's situation in life? No, having a child under any circumstances is somewhat of a selfish proposition, since there is no "being" asking to be conceived or born for which you're doing a favour (even up until five months, the fetus is not a person with moral interests that "wants" to live). It's not a right to have children, at least not a moral right. Obviously it's a legal right. You should be able to make SURE...

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Which do you like better: Tap water or bottled water? I live in New York, and it has maybe the best tap water quality in the country. I buy bottled water mostly for the bottles. I drink the water, and I enjoy it, and then I'll fill the bottles with tap water and use them for a while. I can't tell the difference between any bottled water and tap water from taste. There have been independent taste test studies conducted to determine if people...

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If someone gets drunk by themselves frequently, is that person an alcoholic? It sounds to me like he might have a bit of a substance abuse problem. It's obviously not good for the liver and other organs in the long term. Some people can develop alcoholism from his pattern of behaviour - others never do. That said, other than you personally disliking it or being annoyed by it, does it affect his life negatively in other ways? Can he work and function normally,...

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If Democrats are so cool with Muslims and think they're totally okay then how come they get so offended when people call Obama one? I think not only Democrats but EVERYONE who knows the truth and values it just gets frustrated that people still believe this rumour which is mostly based on his name and the fact perhaps that he isn't white. I know I get frustrated whenever I hear ANY urban legend, like how KFC use genetically engineered headless chickens, or how we humans only use 10% of our brains max (we use all 100%), or...

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Is pedophilia more common today than ever or are we just more aware of it than we have been in the past? It depends on what we mean by "pedophilia". Do you have to act on it to be a pedophile? I wonder how many people are never known as pedophiles because they have impulse control, and either out of shame of their feelings (which, in this case, is a good thing) or out of fear of consequences either stay celibate or pursue relationships with adults that have childlike physical and/or mental...

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If Miley Cyrus stole YOUR Twinkies, and smashed them in your face and started laughing, what would you do? Do you know how much she is worth?? I'd sue her and probably get at least 25K or something like that as a settlement, if only just to keep her out of the tabloids and news. But sadly, it would never happen. I save my "empty calories budget" for booze and pizza, not Twinkies. Then again, if she stole one of those things and threw or smashed them in my face, things would be different. And I...

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What would be the nationality of someone born in space? Most likely it would be the nationality of the mother. But technically space is "international waters" as far as international treaties are concerned. The answer would be the same as if the birth occurred within international waters on Earth, I'd think, or on Antarctican soil (also international).

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How long can a brain live outside the body? It depends. Under normal circumstances, outside the body the brain as a functional living whole organ barely survives more than minutes. Based on how long a person can survive when their heart stops beating under normal conditions, it might be around 10 minutes maximum before damage starts setting in as massive systemic cell death occurs throughout the brain. Some brain cells will probably...

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Who is the best superhero ever? DC Marvel any other? Superman's the most effective because he's just practically a god with all his powers and his invulnerabilities. Batman's the smartest. If they could give Batman all of Superman's powers, that would be the best superhero ever!

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silly observation. is it worth going somewheres only to be uncomfortable? I wouldn't do it unless I specifically was trying to grow and expand my comfort zone. Otherwise it seems like just going to a lot of effort for the "fun" of being uncomfortable, something it's easy to be almost anywhere and anytime.

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Do you think single-sex schools are better for students than co-ed schools in grades K-12? In the end, what is better or worse in this case should be defined by an accurate interpretation of the statistical data. http://www.singlesexschools.org/evidence.html http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=442 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/25/eveningnews/main2124726.shtml http://privateschool.about.com/od/choosingaschool/qt/singlesexeducation.htm What we know is that the vast majority of...

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It has been five years since Hurricane Katrina. What lesson did you learn from that experience? I learned that Americans as a whole learned nothing from it. If they had, they would universally consider the "hottest button issue" was our crumbling infrastructure - bridges, levies, roads, etc all following apart. People are dying or at risk of being seriously harmed or killed. Instead, most Americans are/were just focused on the poor response of the government in the aftermath, being led...

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What are your thoughts on teenage pregnancy and some baby name ideas(: My thoughts on teen pregnancy are that most adults, even in their 20s or 30s or older, aren't ready and perhaps should never be parents. I don't think age matters here; what really matters is the ability to be a nurturing parent with the emotional and financial stability to raise and support a child. And I think if you catch a pregnancy early enough, especially before five months when it is...

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How would you describe your style of dress? ( I know it's hard to do, but I am curious) Suit (I prefer brown and grayish brown, sometimes pinstriped, sometimes not), with shirt without the collar button buttoned, and a tie not too tightly tied. I also have the cheap black Casio digital watch. For shoes, I wear my Vibram FiveFingers shoes (they have toes).

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Would you hurt a Fly? I would kill stinging insects, although I'd try to get a bee to leave on her own (if possible!). Wasps, mosquitoes, and gnats are all fair game in my home. I also kill fruit flies, because they're so tiny and they can become a real pest, landing on you, flying in your face, the size of little flying specks of dirt. I think wasps show quite a bit of intelligence but I really just hate them....

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If an IUD costs $100 to insert and is effective for 12 years, why are women spending up to $50 month for birth control pills? Both have their risks to the woman, but all in all, you're absolutely right, the IUD makes loads more sense both financially and even medically. It avoids problems like women forgetting to take the pill, which can cause unwanted pregnancies. It doesn't screw with women's hormone levels the way birth control pills do, which can cause weight gain, acne, emotional side effects, and increases...

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Is there any action that is ALWAYS good or bad /right or wrong? Or is it all situational ethics? Some actions are defined as being inherently wrong. "Rape" is defined as an action which is inherently wrong. The same is true for "murder" (as opposed to "killing" which is a term for taking life that arguably is morally ambiguous). But let's say that, hypothetically, some omniscient being (or, for that matter, a time traveller) tells you that if you rape this one woman at a certain time of...

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Even if Obama was a Muslim why should that matter? Why is it all Presidents have to be Christians? I think it's a mistake to believe that all U.S. presidents have been Christians. Maybe on paper most of them may have been to date. But many of our earlier presidents don't seem to have been very religious, or held to Christian values and beliefs. Thomas Jefferson even went so far as to create a version of the Bible that removed the supernatural and the miracles but retained the doctrines...

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How come unless you criticize Republicans, white people or Christians on this website, you are considered a bigot if you criticize people? I would never consider anyone a bigot for criticizing anyone. Being critical is not the same as being a bigot. On the other hand, irrational bashing is not criticism - it's basically bigotry. And if someone was bashing Republicans, whites, or Christians, I'd have to consider that person a bigot just the same as if they were going after other groups. Only fair.

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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. who has experienced this. I have experienced it MANY MANY times. It is very true. It's always been one of my flaws that I let myself end up arguing with an idiot even if I knew they were repeat offenders in the past, sometimes about the same things as before, always with the same consequences. I've recently gotten a lot better at "fighting the urge", and I tend to just avoid it now.

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Can one make french fries in a microwave oven? Unless they were those pre-fried ones that specify you could heat them in the microwave, they're really going to be gross and wet and soggy and they technically won't be french "fries" (as in fried) but more french microwaves or something like that. Even reheated french fries usually are soggy and don't often come out so good, but they do in a pinch and as long as you don't mind the sogginess...

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Do you believe Islam should be criminalized? Anti-mosque leader David Yerushalmi thinks so. For anyone who didn't read through the whole article, Yerushalmi also made statements in the past arguing that women and blacks shouldn't have the right to vote. The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the establishment of a national religion by the Congress or the preference of one religion over another, non-religion over religion, or religion over non-religion. In the...

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I guess everywon has to be good wittle girls and boys on this wittle site now that big bruver is watching verwee verwee cwoswee, huh? I don't think we necessarily have to be "good". But it's always stupid to say or do things which could incriminate you, on AB, on the phone, in chats, in life. Especially on the internet, what you post can be connected to you and might be there forever. Even if you delete your own e-mails, there is no guarantee that your e-mail provider might not retain your e-mails on its own servers...

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Why is it that people care about the president's religion? Was the idea that religion shouldn't interfere with politics too much to ask? There's no big mystery here. A person's religion often informs one's moral values, and one's moral values inform many of the decisions one makes and the policies one supports. So people that follow religion X will have a preference for a president that follows religion X (or at least something they view as "close enough). In my experience, nonreligious people, including atheists, generally...

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What are some areas that you think your government should invest more money in? Space exploration, anti-aging research, nanotechnology. I think of those three, anti-aging / life extension medical research is the most important, and would be the one that would provide the quickest and largest returns. Most of the costs of healthcare are in elder care, and dealing with conditions and diseases that barely affect the young. Treating them is a good idea, as is independent...

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how can i get rid of freckles on my face in less then 2 weeks. and i dont want any of that "freckles r cute A dermatologist or even a cosmetician would be able to help you. Of course a quick fix is make up - some good foundation or something. They'll still be there underneath, but (1) it'll show you what you'd look like without them before you do anything permanent and (2) it'll be safer and cheaper than any other method out there. Ultimately there are skin bleaches and the like, but their use...

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which one do u think is seductive?????? i)women with curly or straight or wavy hair? ii)women with blonde or black or red or brown hair? I like them all! For me it's the eyes, the lips, really the whole face. That and the body, and the way a woman moves. And her voice and complexion. Really the whole package and how it fits together, including her personality and the way she dresses. Nothing has more to do with a woman's seductiveness than how comfortable she is with her sexuality. I think for me the only hair...

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Whats your opinion on all of the anti-Muslim fear mongering in the United States? My opinion is that it's a gross manipulation tactic, used to garner support for policies with which we otherwise would not agree: expensive foreign wars, dangerously expanded powers for law enforcement and the intelligence community, the erosion of civil liberties and privacy rights. People need to be scared before they commit to the loss of both human lives and their hard-fought freedoms....

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Do you weigh the truth of another person's criticism and try to grow from it or do you dismiss it as name-calling? Even if it seemed pretty obvious it was meant as name-calling, I would treat it objectively and respond to the criticism. If I saw truth in it, I would grow from it, change my mind. That happened to me recently. We should always be open to the possibility that we might be wrong, or that we have room for improvement.

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Christians: does the Bible condemn pedophilia? In the Old Testament, you could argue that many passages seem to actively condone or recommend it. The New Testament is a bit better about condemning it though. Also, let's be fair and make a distinction between having sex with physically mature teenagers versus having sex with prepubescents. I would only call the latter pedophilia.

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Does "They have a pen" in English means there is only one pen for them? Or does it means one pen for each of them? Only one pen is denoted here. Also, although it's not considered "proper" English, "they" and "them" are widely used as a gender neutral way to refer to one person, both as an alternative to the somewhat awkward "he/she" (or the potentially misleading and debatably sexist "he") and as a way to simply obscure the gender of the person to which one is referring. Honestly, if someone said or...

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What, in your opinion, has been the worst decision ever mada by President Barack Obama? I'd have to say it's having never worked at all to overturn the worst policies of the G.W. Bush administration all in the name of "national security" - total lack of oversight on the intelligence community, rolling back of civil liberties, all the excessive powers granted to law enforcement. And this from a former civil rights lawyer! I had much higher hopes but he seems to have turned out to...

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How do you keep from getting nervous during a job interview? I drink. Before I leave for the interview, I drink enough alcohol to get a buzzed feeling. Then I scrape my tongue, brush my teeth, and use mouthwash. Afterwards, I eat something, and generally have coffee too - preferably the stuff you consume should have strong but inoffensive tastes so that it won't be a problem during the interview and yet it will also cover the alcohol breath. Then I'm...

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Do you think questioning your country's motives is always unpatriotic or only if/when you disagree with the questions? The thing to remember that your government is NOT your "country". Their motives are often in conflict with the collective motives of their country. Of course you should question your government, the politicians. If it's unpatriotic to question them, then hey, we might as well say it's also unpatriotic if we don't re-elect them unconditionally as well.

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How many men have experienced the miricle of birth? If yes, was a mirical or was it traumatizing for you and changed the way you look at p? Well, no man yet has "experienced" it quite like a woman could. But I was there, around 10 years old, when my mother gave birth to my brother. It looked painful, not something I'd recommend to other women or really anyone. I'm glad he was born though. It didn't traumatize me or change the way I looked at pregnancy previously. My father was there for my birth and his as well and he also was...

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Are Homeschooled Kids at a Disadvantage? Of the two arguments, the "No" argument was the only one with actual DATA. And the data looks good. I'm the first to not blindly trust the interpretations of statistical data. Statistics is often capable of obscuring reality, even lying. Obviously the raw data is a collection of facts, but the interpretations of that data might miss biases in the study used to collect that data. So don't I...

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Oh geez louise...the Prez and his family dares to take a vacation. Let the insults/spin begin. Right? "Geez louise"? I haven't heard that expression since the 80s (and sometimes in 80s movies where they're trying to censor "Jesus Christ" used as an exclamation). I say let them vacations. They're doing it with their own money (more or less). It's no big deal. Everyone needs them. And apparently they're at least partially being used for positive or at least neutral political / diplomatic...

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Why did God invent the internet? No matter what he seems to say or think, Al Gore is NOT God, or even A god. (Also, I'm kidding, I know Al Gore didn't invent the internet, but he still gets to be joked about sometimes after that little gaffe of his years ago.)

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If you don't value truth what do you value? I do value the truth. But I would and do lie to protect my privacy, because I value that more than the truth. Whenever possible, it's best to protect your privacy simply by not telling people things, keeping quiet. But when someone asks you a question about something and you want to keep the answer to yourself, it's often not an option to say "I'd rather not say" - because that answer speaks...

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If a child asks you why people tell lies, what lies will you tell him? I would tell the child the truth: lies aren't always a bad thing, and there are often very good reasons to lie. For me, the biggest and best reason is to protect your privacy. Whenever possible, it's best to protect your privacy simply by not telling people things, keeping quiet. But when someone asks you a question about something and you want to keep the answer to yourself, it's often...

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do you think the economy has SLIGHTLY improved since Obama has started his presidency? Tough to say. The economy is a very complex system. I do know that he and many of his sympathizers say that it would be WORSE if he hadn't enacted his stimulus plan and other moves towards economic recovery. Who is to say if that's true? I don't know one person who can make a claim one way or the other. I, for one, think it's possible his plans have slowed he decline of the economy,...

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If our culture is so great, why is therapy in such a high demand? Maybe it's a sign of our culture's greatness. How many cultures in the past, or in other regions of the world (or even subcultures of our own), stigmatize or even demonize and ridicule therapy and a feeling of needing it? People of other cultures may simply not seek the therapy they need because of a desire to avoid being stigmatized or ridiculed, or else their culture has ingrained inside of...

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Poll: There's Something About Mary or Office Space? Office Space just speaks to me more. I also think it's more iconic of a particular subculture, the office worker. It's legacy will outlive the other film's, in my opinion, because of this. Office Space told a truth, however exaggerated (and it wasn't that much) with which a large segment of the population (anyone ever having worked in an office) will probably always be able to relate. I...

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Should people get fired because of Facebook? If the employee is violating a confidentiality agreement by sharing company secrets, they should be fired regardless of the forum (telephone, e-mail, IM, social network, blog, web page, in person, whatever). If they are bashing the company outside of work and it was a contractual stipulation that this was not to be done, even if there is no "leak" of confidential information, they should also...

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How would your life change if handguns were banned where you live? I live in New York State, specifically New York City, where we have probably the toughest gun laws in the U.S., and possibly the world. I am not a fan of this, but it is what it is. So, you know, my life wouldn't change a whole hell of a lot. It's basically the case that they're banned here now already. Really helps to keep crime rates down, right?? Ha.

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are you afraid of dying? what do you think you will see when you die? I don't fear death or dying. But I do fear missing out on life and not seeing all the things that happen and "come next" as life passes my corpse by, not being a "part of things" anymore. I also fear the impact my death would have on my loved ones, especially the ones who depend on me. And I love life, so of course part of loving something is the fear of losing that which you love. As far...

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If you were sentenced to prison, who would you least like to share a cell with? I can tolerate almost anyone, anything. But I guess my answer would be that I'd least like to share my cell with a large, muscular violent serial man rapist / murderer with a serious and uncontrollable body odour and an insatiable sexual appetite coupled with deep insecurity issues. Yup, that'd be pretty rough...

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What is free will in a preplanned universe?If the future has already been decided then do you really have choices? It depends on how you choose to define "free will". If you are absolutely committed to a definition that requires that we "could have chosen differently", then free will doesn't exist, it's a concept with a built-in self-defeating definition. On the other hand, here's a take on free will that could survive determinism or even outright predeterminism / fatalism: we can call an action or choice...

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What is one word you would use to describe Jesus? I'm personally not sure if Jesus actually was a real person in history (no accounts of his existence aside from the gospels, written decades after his death, nothing written by him or about him during his lifetime - during a period of history and within a region where documenting history was taken very seriously). Just putting that card on the table. But I will say that I don't think any...

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Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said, "I think I'll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze 'em!"? I think it's more interesting who first decided to take that stuff and make things like butter or cheese. After all, we see the calves drinking the milk, and we know we drink the milk from human females (our mothers, while we're infants), so it wasn't that much of a stretch to drink the milk. Cheese must have been an accident - milk left out, curdling, but "just so", the beginnings of a...

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do you think indian culture is insulted all over the world? ( except for a few places)????????????? I've seen mocking - mocking of the accent, mocking of the religion, mocking of the culture. I think it's no worse, or maybe better, than what some other cultures get. In any case, I love Indian cuisine and culture. No mocking from me!

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Can a 16 year old girl date a 22 year old guy? She sure can! And I don't necessarily think there's anything wrong with it. But, at least in some U.S. states and some other parts of the world, the guy might face legal problems, up to and including a statutory rape conviction. Incidentally, in the U.S. a statutory rape conviction is a felony charge and may get you registered as a sex offender, even if the sex was entirely consensual...

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Why can't the average Liberal take responsibility? My take is that I see conservatives avoiding taking personal responsibility as well, just in different ways. Most humans have strong tendencies to avoid taking responsibility - for their actions, for their lives, for who they are, for the meaning of their lives, for everything. I think this is because responsibility brings with it freedom (they're sides of the same coin), and I think it's...

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People say we evolved from monkeys and slime!? What's offensive about monkeys and / or slime? Slime is basically all we are. Check out a surgery show, or take an anatomy class. We're just filled with icky mucous membranes and slime and gunk and it's just plain gross. From head to toe, we're covered by bone and thin films of skin and other tissues. As far as the monkey thing, well, we're not monkeys, but we are primates. We're a kind...

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Stop... ... it will save your life one day!

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Out of what did God create His creation? I assume you mean YHWH, the god of the Bible. The scriptural evidence is mixed, as are the interpretations. Some would say the scriptures support creation "out of nothing", some would say they support creation out of some pre-existing substrate, like a primordial chaos. Read Genesis, it sounds a lot like YHWH more "gave form" to an existing substance than created out of nothing.

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if a cop asks to search me for weapons and finds drugs in my pocket, can he arrest me. but he didnt read me my rights, who knows the outcome It is a common myth that they need to read you your rights. They do NOT. The only reason why they read you your rights is if they want to question you. And if they don't read you your rights, and then they question you anyway, anything you say during the questioning is inadmissible in court, and sometimes that's there whole case. But if they question you without reading you your rights, but...

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Who's the most unattractive famous celebrity? Roseanne Barr?

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What are some good sites where intelligent, well educated people can debate about existence of god, religion, philosophy, reality, etc.? They have those??

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Have you ever broken the law? If so, what did you do, and were you caught? What were the consequences? Jaywalking is a crime. There are plenty of others that I might have committed. I've seen a lot of this for this answer, but "who hasn't?" seems to be a common perception. So why is our legal system so screwed up that we can make statements like "who hasn't?"? Is it acceptable to have a system where EVERYONE is a criminal? That's rhetorical, it isn't. It's disgusting and if you let...

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What programming language should power my awesome new money making website? I'd go with LISP. Yahoo! used it for their commercial engine, which has been vastly successful and has made them lots of money. They've since rewrote it in C++ and Perl, probably because there aren't that many LISP developers. If speed / efficiency isn't an issue, Python is super-easy to learn and use. Really, though, the most important question is are you (1) programming it yourself, or...

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Do you think God gets all pissy when the government executes people? Although there ARE many different gods, I know that by far the most commonly worshipped gods today are YHWH (in his various versions - Jewish, Christian, or Muslim) and the Hindu gods. I will assume you mean YHWH. The correct translation of the original Hebrew is basically something along the lines of "Thou shall not kill unlawfully." It prohibits murder and even involuntary manslaughter,...

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Why would I get charged for possession of illegal drug if my Doctor wrote my prescription? You could be charged for illegal drug possession even if the drug was prescribed by your doctor if: (1) the prescription was expired. You actually are breaking the law if you keep the drug in your own home after the expiration, and you are legally required to dispose of the drug on this date. (2) you are carrying the drug outside of the prescription bottle. For instance, even if the...

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Should religious groups be free to proselytize in all countries of the world to gain converts? I'm not a fan of religion, but I certainly wouldn't want to place limits on anyone's freedom of speech. Let them proselytize to their hearts' contents. I would only hope that they would remember the freedom of speech that allowed them to do that if and when they gain enough followers that they could realistically limit the freedoms of others if they wanted to do so.

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Do Americans have a realistic national self-image? No, I think you've got it down right on the head. There are very few countries where the national self-image is as unbalanced and unrealistic. There aren't that many Americans who freely acknowledge both the good and the bad, that don't either take their patriotism to the point of nigh insanity, or alternatively demonize the U.S. so that you'd think we were another Nazi Germany (which is...

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Would you like to live a 150 years old? Hopefully at 150 I'll still be youthful and vigorous. Can't I live to be 150,000 instead? Or 150 million? Or indefinitely? I'd prefer that over just plain old 150.

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Atheists - Can anyone explain how you came to exist if it wasn't God who created you? If no one has to explain how this "God" came to exist if it wasn't for some other being having created him/her/it/them, then why does anyone need to explain how reality came to exist, let alone any individual within it?

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Which was worse: Hitler, Stalin, or Mao Zedong? I've collected some snippets below to support my answer. In my mind, Mao is the worst, since by far more lives were lost because of him than maybe even the other two men combined. The shear number of victims is staggering, as well as his methods. Hitler and Stalin were roughly equivalent, in terms of deaths attributable to them. But I think Hitler was perhaps the most truly EVIL of the...

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Does anyone else have an extreme hatred for the rich? I would only be very annoyed with individuals who had a lot of money and didn't appreciate it, complaining about petty problems when they don't have to worry about where there meals or the roof over their heads come from.

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When does life begin? Does it begin at conception or at birth? Or at a point between conception & birth ? What is "life"? Sperm and egg cells are alive. So are the bacteria in our intestines. So are our individual body cells, which can be scraped (like from the skin) off of us and then can survive independently of us if they are cultured in a nutrient broth, where they'll reproduce independently of us as well. And, with existing technology, the cell could be persuaded to act as a fertilized...

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Should the "holy books" be burned years ago? No books should ever be burned. Even if you disagree with the content or the values in the books many people find holy, then it would be better to try to change their minds through rational debate and discussion and by example. Not by book burning.

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What US political party would Jesus be a member of? Why? He seemed a lot like he was more socialist libertarian. A great many of his concerns socio-politically involved the disparity between the rich and the poor, and the imperialism of Rome. But generally it's difficult to pin down his political stance as presented in the Bible.

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what u think is there some one else in the universe besides us , n have they done more progress in technology? I think it's possible, since it happened on Earth, and the Universe is so incredibly vast, with so many potential stars and their planets, that it is the ultimate statistician's playground. What happened on Earth could have certainly happened somewhere else, more or less. All of this ignores the very real possibility that other KINDS of life are possible - life based on alternative...

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How much would I have to pay you for you to let me hunt you? (If I catch you, you die...... horribly) I'd do it for £100,000. Hell, I'd do it for $100,000 (which is a lot less). I'm probably high-balling it, and might eventually settle on $50,000. But only on the condition that I'll still be paid and suffer no negative repercussions from killing you to stop you from killing me first during the hunt. Also, if you backed out during the hunt for some reason, I still get paid. In fact, screw...

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You're on the hunt and die. Your brother trades his life for yours. He has one year to live. Do you; offer your own life in return for his, let him die, abandon him, or find a way to keep both of you alive? Or do you do something else entirely Are you a fan of Supernatural too? I would of course try to find a way to keep both of us alive. But barring that, I'd offer my own life for his, on the spot, even it meant I'd die instantly, and then suffer eternal and infinite torment in some form of afterlife (which I would a lot more likely to believe existed if some supernatural mechanism existed to trade your life for another's). If it...

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If I moved to Sweden would it be possible to have my birth history retconned to say I was born there or at least another country? Maybe before the age of computerized databases and the internet, it would have been possible given enough money and the right connections. But today, it's practically impossible. I mean, sure, you could get all the illegitimate paperwork in order, but if you ever showed up on any governmental or law enforcement radar, only a cursory scrutiny into your identity (because in order to make this...

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Life is easy peasy for the piously self-righteous. They know what is right for everyone. How do they do it? Come now. It's very easy to imagine how they do it. Every human I've ever known, as well as myself, has a streak in them, the tendency to do this. I'm proud to say that my tendency is below average to begin with, and I reduce it further with self-control and reason. I liken it to drug or alcohol abuse. Most everyone will enjoy the feeling they get from drinking or using one of the various...

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What do you call a person who says he/she is all about love/acceptance while attacking and insulting that with which he/she disagrees? That sounds a lot like a hypocrite!

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Do you think there is a generally accepted age range for having a baby and that's why we frown upon teens having them I don't think there should be a "generally accepted age range". Having children should be based on how emotionally and financially stable you are, how likely it is that you can create a safe, stable, loving environment in which to bring a new life into this less-than-perfect world to give it a nice head start. For some people that age is younger than others, but most of the time it's older,...

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Alright. i'm 16, a male, and have average grades. however, since i was 12, i have had immensly powerful feelings regarding my gender. i wanted to just wake up one morning, and be a girl. the fact that i wasn't a girl aggravated me greatly. is this normal? What's "normal"? What you are feeling is certainly not COMMON, if that's what we mean by normal. But there is nothing wrong with how you feel and MANY people feel the same way. Someone close to me in my family experiences exactly the same thing as you. It's called "gender identity disorder", or being transgendered. By the way, the "disorder" part of that first phrase does not and should...

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When we drink wine, are we really drinking Jesus's Blood? Is it the blessing of the wine, or is it the drinking of the wine that turns wine into His Blood? Only the Catholics (maybe also the Anglicans, I'm not sure) believe in the miracle of transubstantiation, where the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of Jesus when the priest consecrates them. Every other Christian group of which I know sees it as symbolic. A big part of the Protestant reformation was eliminating what was seen as superstition from the faith, and one of the...

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What do you think about a wine named "Jesus"? (priests drink wine!) I think it's fine, even from a religious perspective (one I don't share). I'd love a wine named after me. I think it sounds like sort of honouring him. Of course, if the label on the wine bottle presents the wine being named Jesus as satirical or insulting, then, although I think it should be allowed, it will definitely be offensive and would only be purchased and enjoyed by the irreverent....

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to religious people: Is it okay for you to be called "fanatics"? I'm not a religious person, and I still don't think it's okay to call all religious people fanatics (or even most of them). Some are, to be sure, but that can be said of people regardless of religious belief. Blanket statements seem to be a common tool of the fanatic though.

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What was the last thing you dropped or spilled on your keyboard? A green tea martini I made for myself at home. And it was my laptop's built in keyboard! Fortunately, with the appropriate action on my part, the laptop was saved, but the keyboard is permanently "drunk" and unusable, and so I use the laptop with an external keyboard, which is a bummer. Maybe one day I'll try to see about getting the actual laptop keyboard fixed or get a replacement part,...

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What does summer smell like to you? In the NYC subway system while waiting for the train, it smells a lot like a hot, humid, dense combination of feces, urine, and rank homeless body odour, plus a few other smells that are hard to place but also equally horrible. A rare blend. I hate summer.

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Is there a difference between Capital letter God and Small letter God....God & god ? "God" with a capital "G" is generally used as a proper name, almost always for the YHWH of the Judaeo-Christian-Islamic tradition, but sometimes also for a singular being responsible for creating the Universe that is not necessarily associated with any religion (believed in perhaps by people who describe themselves as "spiritual but not religious" or deist or pantheist or something like that)....

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At some point in the USA people of color will be numerically predominant. Why would a political party alienate them? Is that smart? Political parties are filled politicians. They're short-sighted but also good at spinning things. So they might alienate minorities now, and they'd do it to get votes in the short term. But then later on, when it suits their purposes, they'll pander to them and spin themselves as "their" party, the guys who always on their side. And they could very well be successful. At least on and off....

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ladies n gentle men what u think when the lights are off all women are equal n beautiful ? Nope. I don't like the lights off anyway, I prefer to see the girl when we're getting... amorous. Besides, with the lights off, if a woman had a really bad body, you could still feel it, or a bad body odour, you could smell it. I think some blind people would take exception to the idea that everyone's beautiful to them because the lights are permanently out for them!

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What do you think the world needs to be saved from? Intellectual dishonesty.

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do you think old people should be put down at birth HA! Funny. Well, I guess technically if we could know the future perfectly, we could know who gets "old" and who dies young or just sort of middle-aged. So in order to do this we'd need to (1) have a sort of omniscience - knowing at least how old the person will become (including accidents and disease, not just aging) and (2) come up with an agreed upon definition of what constitutes...

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What is unbelievably good on toast? I like classic unsalted butter. What is really delicious is buttering the toast, then spread some minced garlic over the toast, and then maybe sprinkling some oregano and maybe some paprika. You have yourself some quick, makeshift garlic toast. Yummy.

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What is your favorite mythological deity? He's not on the list, but I like Odin, from the Norse pantheon of gods. After that Loki (although technically he was a giant that was adopted as a brother by Odin).

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Will my ferret ever be able to fly? If you take it on a plane with you, it will be flying. They're small, you could probably have him with you in the cabin in one of those little cat cages. Otherwise, you'd have to wait for some form of technology to give it wings, either using advanced biotechnology or cybernetics. Sorry!

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Does God exist? I'm a skeptic, and as such I suspend my judgement on any and all questions unless I have certain knowledge. I've never heard of anyone being certain of anything, nor have I ever achieved certainty. "Certainty" isn't feeling "sure". I mean it in the philosophical / epistemological sense, where no argument can be successfully raised that can show that the knowledge obtained is false or in...

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If you are an atheist or simply have any doubts about GOD OR Jesus and have questions...feel free to ask and I will answer ur question :) Okay, I'll shoot: What scriptural evidence is there for the commonly held belief among Jews and Christians alike that the god of the Bible, YHWH, is omnipotent? It often appears in the scriptures that he goes through a lot of effort for a being that could just "make it so". For instance, the Tower of Babel story shows him being quite concerned about man's building of the tower (bordering on...

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Should all children born in the U.S.A. be granted immediate citizenship? Yes, they should. Fortunately this isn't an issue because it already happens - it's part of the 14th amendment. That's the one that contains clauses that prevent discrimination, containing the equal protection under the law and due process guarantees. Changing "birthright citizenship" would mean amending the Constitution - altering what is probably the single most important amendment since...

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Is being bored worst than having just enough time to do your work, eat, have breaks and sleep? Well first off I'm never bored. I could enjoy just sitting or lying down relaxing, thinking, and/or reflecting for perhaps forever (I have yet to find a limit). Even when I have had hours, days, or even weeks of plenty of free time to do these things, it never feels like enough. So I would say that "being bored" is much better than having "just enough time" to work, eat, have little breaks...

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How much of the time would you say that you are bored? Never. I could enjoy just sitting or lying down relaxing, thinking, and/or reflecting for perhaps forever (I have yet to find a limit). Even when I have had hours, days, or even weeks of plenty of free time to do these things, it never feels like enough. I like myself and find myself to be good company. I always have something with which I can occupy my mind. Boredom is an internal state...

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Would you attend an atheist 'church?' I don't believe that churches should have tax benefits. Each church or religious organization can always try to meet the requirements to file for nonprofit organization status, and I'd be okay with that in principle. But anyway, the idea of going to this atheist church sounds just awful. I don't like crowds or congregations. I don't want to feel like "part of a group" or "part of something...

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Why do girls have more mental illness than men do ? What statistics show that that is the case? Because I don't think that's true. Even if there were statistics showing women seeking more treatment for mental illness, that might only mean that women are more comfortable seeking help for their problems. Actually, at least as far as antisocial personality disorder (aka psychopathy / sociopathy) goes, more men are reported as having this...

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No need to get all emotional over every question so why won't Atheists just simmer down? Yes, you're right. Religious people never get offended when you question their beliefs and never get emotional. They're never deeply emotionally invested in their faith and react accordingly when challenged. Damn atheists and their oversensitive natures... RIIIIIGHHT...

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So many think Obama is failing and no good ? What are you going to do about it ? How are you change and proactive besides whining about it? I think he's not doing any worse of a job that his predecessor, G.W. Bush. I had had higher hopes for him though. I thought that, given his background as a civil rights attorney, that, you know, maybe he'd actually CARE about civil rights. But instead, every disastrous thing that Bush did in the name of "natural security" to harm civil rights in this country have been carried over without...

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Over the years, religious fundamentalists have been increasing dramatically. Do you think internet is helping them spread fanaticism? It helps the spread of everything. So I'm neutral with respect to this question.

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Which is more readable, the Bible or the Koran/Q'ran? It depends what you mean by readable. I think the Koran was an easier read as far as simplicity goes, whereas the Bible could be a much tougher read because of the greater complexity. That's to be expected, as the Koran was a single source - all written by Mohammed in the course of his one human life who claimed to have been merely writing down words dictated to him by the Archangel Gabriel...

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How can we force the pope to resign? and if we could, why would we? Why would you want to see him go? We're not likely to see any new pope come and change any of the R.C. Church's policies or principles at all, let alone even slightly. This pope didn't really change anything either. It would be pointless. And also impossible unless he was caught committing some serious crime like murder, and even then, who knows? Even then he couldn't be forced to resign, only either executed or persuaded...

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Don Hirschberg's saying, "calling atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color." Agree or not? Technically he's exactly right. Atheism simply means "lacking a believe in a god or gods". It's a lack of a belief, not the presence of an alternative belief. On the other hand, atheists can be distinguished by being "weak" or "strong". A weak atheist simply lacks a belief - this bare bones definition includes most if not all the people that are commonly referred to by "agnostic", and also...

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What comment would Albert Einstein elicit about the current state of world affairs? I think he would say: "Ah, more of the same. Well at least no tried to exterminate the Jews and Germany didn't go to war with Europe in this last 50 years, so that's progress maybe. I love how those GPS satellites are a constant test and verification of my theory of relativity. And you say we landed on the Moon? All in all, not so bad, could be worse". Because it could be worse. We're not...

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Who do you think is the kindest / most moral (least unkind / least immoral) character on Family Guy? Someone said Bonnie, Joe's wife, and I hadn't thought of her when I made the poll, but I agree that she's the most moral and nicest character. I'd like to put in my two cents though, and weigh in on Quagmire's fundamental good nature. Here's a quote from Wikipedia: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Glenn_Quagmire > A LOT of those things about him are admittedly revealed only...

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Christians: Is the god of the bible Allah, the god of the Koran? No, not at all. I'm neither Christian nor Muslim but I've read both the Bible and the Koran, and know the basic beliefs of both religions. They're not the same character. First, most Christians believe in a triune god (the trinity), whereas Muslims believe in an indivisible god. Christians believe in a god that directly came to Earth in a human incarnation (Jesus), whereas Muslims find this...

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what were your feeling,when you got your first credit-card? YEAH! Free money!...

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Is it safe to declare one's agnostic or atheistic views openly in an Islamic state?The Qu'ran says, there is no compulsion to religion. Is it safe to proclaim atheistic views in the U.S.? Maybe it won't get you stoned or killed but you might not get hired or find a place to live. A poll shortly after 9/11 showed that Americans, as rabid as they were against Muslims (ALSO bad, since only a SMALL minority of them are terrorists), still said they trusted atheists less. I've known cases where atheists weren't hired, or were...

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What is worse? marijuana or alcohol I'm a heavy drinker, and even I say alcohol is worse. Marijuana doesn't build up a tolerance the same way, and it just makes you feel more positive. Not to mention the drastically lower negative health impact (a pothead's liver is a lot better off than an alcoholic's, as well as their absorption of thiamine).

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As an athiest, why do you care is someone believes in God? I find it's usually the other way around. No atheist has ever believed that someone who believes in God will (or even should) go to some eternal hell. But that's basically the consensus believers have about atheists.

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Whom do you pay attention to more often...the Shouter or the person who speaks softly, is calm and logical? I NOTICE the shouter, and am distracted and annoyed by them. I pay attention to the calm, soft speaking, logical person. I never actually listen to the shouter, I just hear them because they give me no choice.

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Hand to hand combat, Hitler vs. The Pope, who is the winner? Well Hitler is dead and the current Pope is alive so it's easy to beat a dead body. If we're saying Hitler just before his death and the Pope now, I guess I'd have to say Hitler. I say that because (1) he had military training and (2) he was a psychopath so he'd go farther than even the Pope would.

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Which is more plausible to prove, aliens or religion? I'm going to go with aliens (as in creatures from other planets), because they're material beings. The objects of religion are generally immaterial, invisible, untouchable. Not saying religions aren't potentially true, but just that aliens might be easier to prove.

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Hey I am thinking about endin my life and I wanna leave a letter what sould I put on it You should include your full name and a statement that you were mentally sound at the time of your suicide. You should also explain why you did it. This is the time you can be more honest than you otherwise ever could be. I would definitely put in a lot of guilt trips to the people who could have helped me but didn't. That would be the main attraction of suicide for me anyway, the knowledge...

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How many showers should a female teenager take a day? As many as she can take with me... Nah, that's in bad taste. Like one or two showers, maybe more depending on exercise frequency and season of the year (like more in the accursed heat of summer).

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not the i believe, but why do you use the lords name in vain? Which lord's name? Like the president of the U.S.? Or some dead Roman emperor or Russian czar or Egyptian pharaoh? Or like a god, like Zeus, or Odin, or Nodens, or Vishnu, or YHWH? I'll assume you mean YHWH because he, according to the myth, had the biggest problem with it. He goes by "God" with a lot of his followers. I only say things like "God damn it!" or "for God's sake" or "oh God!"...

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is not being able to kick an addiction an unforgivable sin An unforgivable "sin" by who's standard? Let's just say addiction is bad for the addict and help them to get better. Forgiveness is sort of bullshit anyway. No one really forgives. "Forgiveness" is really an empty thing we either say when we don't mean it or when enough time has gone by such that we don't care about the original transgression anymore, because the emotional attachment to the...

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Christians are stupid...Muslims smell and are womanizers...Jews are hairy and stink? Is anyone offended by these comments? I wouldn't be offended. I'm none of those things (Christian, Muslim, Jewish, stupid, smelly, womanizing (okay, maybe a little that one), hairy, or stinky). But I do think the comments are in bad taste. Also, Muslims are womanizers??

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Do u want to fall asleep and not wake up? Could u see taking tons of sleeping pills to die peacefully in bed? Better to overdose on a combo of painkillers, then followed an hour later by alcohol and a heavy injection of heroine, and also you do some acid, whilst in a garage slowly filling with carbon monoxide. That would be better than "peaceful". It would be damned ecstatic.

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Why are religious folks and people in general of the opinion that believers have a monopoly on morals? In the words of South Park's Tweak, "uh... uh... IT'S EASY?!". I think the reason is that most people never read about or study secular moral philosophy / ethics. They don't read about Jeremy Bentham and how he developed utilitarianism and how, based on purely on reasoning based on his starting ethical principle, he was one of the first people to ever promote (1) legal equality for women, (2)...

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What would hatemonger/racist/bigots do if they traced their ancestry back far enough to discover they are descents of people of color? They would go into denial, telling themselves it's not true or that it's too far removed and doesn't count, or something. Whatever they came up with, they'd cover it up or deny it to other people.

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I am really tired of being referred to as "white'. How about you? Race doesn't or shouldn't really matter anymore. So we should be called our nationality (like American or wherever we come from), or better yet, called by our names, or, in the generic sense, "humans". That said, I think the terms "white", "black", "Asian" aren't that bad. They're more accurate and inclusive than "Caucasian" or "African American" or even "European American", since a very...

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When do I tell a girl I like her? I favour letting the girl put herself on the line first. Why do you have to tell her you like her? If she doesn't like you, telling her you like her won't magically make her like you - it will just tell her she can use you, or, if she's not like that, she'll be awkward and avoid you. If she already likes you, it might turn her off. The more important question is not "when" you tell her but...

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What would you NOT say to a woman if you were trying to impress her? "Hey, why don't you come back to my place? You can meet my parents. I live with them. No rent - sweet deal, right?! Also I'm in between jobs but I'm really trying to get a gig at my local Burger King and I think that they might be able to look past my criminal record and my registered sex offender status. It will really help to support my drinking habit if I can get that job. My parents...

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what do you guys think when you see a Muslim? The same thing I think when I see any human - ANOTHER ONE?!?! Before I know it they'll be 7 billion of these things. Why can't they all just let me go home and leave me alone? And stop breeding for goodness' sake! Incidentally, how would I even know he was Muslim? Some where special identifying clothing, but most don't go around wearing a T-shirt that says "Kiss me, I'm Muslim!"....

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The big debate here at the moment is the "hijab"(headscarf) some schools are not allowing Muslim girls to wear them....I find this insulting and outragious, what is your view? I don't think it's insulting or outrageous, but I do think that not allowing harmless forms of expression is unconstitutional (in the U.S.) and also generally a bad thing for a government to do. I think it IS horrific, insulting, outrageous, and other expletives I won't spell out if this just targets Muslims. For instance, if they also Christians they couldn't wear crucifixes or crosses and...

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IF YOU GET A FREE TICKET TO UAE OR INDIA YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE 2. WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE? I love Indian food, and it's cheap there. In a way, maybe I should have chosen the UAE, because I'd probably come back from India 10 or 20 pounds heavier. Also, it helps that most Indians speak English. I might have trouble in the UAE in less I had an Arabic speaking friend or guide unless I stuck to places frequented by English speakers (and then I wouldn't get the full experience).

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If Chris Angel were around in the biblical times, would he also have been considered the son of God due to his magic tricks? He'd need some more advanced stuff to do a lot of his better tricks. Also I think that name "Angel" would have been perceived as blasphemous or suspicious probably, who knows? Jesus is purported to have healed the sick, cured the blind, and even once resurrected a dead man. But, on a read of the gospels, most of the reason he was seen as the messiah by some was his message, not his miracles....

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How can you get rid of your conscience is it possible I hate having one I hate feeling guilty depressed sad mad and happy do spells work? Spells probably won't do you any good. I'm open-minded enough to say it might always be possible that some of them "work" sometimes, but I've never heard of it and there's not one shred of evidence for that, so I also don't believe they work. Forget that. If you have money or can find a doctor unethical enough to do it, you could get a partial lobotomy of your prefrontal lobe. Deficiencies...

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I have constant red eyes, no infection or nothing like it, just very sensitive to everything. What can I do about it? You might want to see a doctor, it might be symptomatic of a broader and more serious condition. Are they also very dry and irritated as well? Or just red / bloodshot? The sensitivity implies dryness. Do you drink a lot of alcohol? Also, do you have high blood pressure? I would check that, as well as have a doctor run blood tests to determine your kidney and liver function. In the mean...

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Is the reason drawing was a sin back then is because they worshiped paintings and drawings over god? "Sin" is really a concept invented in the religion of Judaism and carried over into Christianity and Islam and their sects and derivatives. Under Jewish law, yes, idolatry was a sin, and so creating images was condemned or illegalized. Many Christians and Muslims have the same ideas about making images or statues of God or prophets or "saints" as well. Catholics are a notable exception....

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Should abortion be legal? Jeremy Bentham said "the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?" This is my basis for whether or not to consider a life valuable. Hence I'm a vegetarian and don't wear leather, and, except in cases where the mother's life is in danger, I don't generally approve of abortion after 5 months, when it is universally agreed that the fetus can feel pain. Even...

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why are men silent? why do we have to ask questions to see what is in his mind? It's a stereotype. Humans often don't say things that make them feel vulnerable, and they implicitly hope that, without ever having to "put themselves out there", the other person will get their hints and say what they can't for them. I've known plenty of women who I've had to ask what was on their minds. Me, I'm pretty expressive and open about what's going on in mine. I don't believe...

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Is it possible to rant and rave quietly, calmly and logically or does shouting/yelling/screaming play a role in the rants? I've both ranted and raved quietly, calmly, logically. To me these things are about enthusiasm, not volume. You can be enthusiastic without shouting or even raising your voice. I've ranted and raved in writings too - no shouting there!

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On average I ejaculate once every day. Is that healthy? Are there any health issues for doing so? It is DOCUMENTED that semen contains small quantities of zinc, and all that ejaculation will lead to blindness, and possibly bizarre patterns of hair growth, such as on the palms of one's hands. HA! No, it's probably actually MORE healthy. Frequent sexual activity, even if it's just self-love, is beneficial to mental and cardiovascular health. Keep it up. Hey, why not make it twice or...

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Should the Pope be stripped naked and publicly beaten? Wow. God (pun intended) no! That shouldn't be done to anyone. Corporal punishment is bad under all circumstances. But I think that he shouldn't be immune to international law, including any national and local laws where extradition would be called for in case of violations. That means he also should be investigated by the authorities. If he can be shown to be complicit in or an accessory...

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Why do some atheists read the Bible? Or don't they? Well, some atheists began as Christians, so they already have read it and learned of its contents the interpretations of their particular Christian sect (Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist, etc.). Atheists read the Bible because - why wouldn't they? I think non-Muslims are enriched by reading the Koran, and non-Hindus should read the Vedas. They're good reads, and I've read them all. Why would...

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Do you think that hitting your kids is an effective means of punnishment? I think it's a good thing to teach children how to think and reason and make both practical and moral choices on their own. I don't think that PUNISHING is an effective means of achieving these goals. Hitting is the worst and least effective form of punishment. It keeps kids "in line" maybe. If you want to train the future order-takers and rank-and-file of tomorrow, you should definitely...

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If a police chief or mayor or governor or something granted one criminal limited autonomy to ply his trade, how many of you would keep I'd ask why they didn't give the same autonomy to all of them. It would keep prison populations down, decriminalize black markets, keep prison and law enforcement reserved for violent crimes and theft where people or their property actually get directly hurt. Hell, as long as they didn't give the criminal(s) enough autonomy to physically hurt or kill people or take their property, I'd think...

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Is she a user? She might be trying to make you jealous. You have to ask yourself if you want to date someone who has that at least slight manipulative streak in her, because she is sort of kind of using your friend if my theory is correct. Me, I kind of think it's hot. That said, I might play the game with her back, maybe asking one of her friends out or telling her how happy you are she's found someone in...

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What philosophy does this sound like? Allow there to be haves and have-nots, but shorten the gap between them. Billionaires can only have It's definitely a form of socialism, in that it involves redistribution of wealth and a social welfare principle. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. I'm not necessarily sure that we would need even to put the upper limit at specifically one billion, more the cap could be rolling, based on what is necessary to ensure the minimum standard of living and the current economic conditions at...

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How do you like (If you like them) your eggs cooked? I like them fried, but not sunny side up (yolks broken), well cooked until slightly browned on both sides. I usually cook 6 eggs at a time, in 3 tablespoons of butter. I like to mix them up with some mixed vegetables stir fried in olive oil and a lot of curry. The whole combination is delicious.

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Do you have it in your heart to forgive a serial murderer? I have nothing to forgive - he never wronged me or any of my loved ones. If he HAD, I'd only even CONSIDER forgiving him if he genuinely proclaimed that he did not deserve forgiveness, that he deserved to be punished for what he did. Many serial killers are psychopaths, and there really isn't any cure for that; the sympathy and forgiveness of others is just used for their own psychopathic...

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Have you ever refused to forgive someone? Yes, if they EXPECTED forgiveness. Expecting forgiveness means you're not really sorry. If I get the sense from someone that they think they've really done wrong and don't deserve forgiveness, I almost always forgive them. I refuse to forgive someone if they don't even hide the fact that, when they apologize, that they expect me to say "okay, I forgive you" or "I accept". That's gross to...

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Is it ever to late to forgive? Okay, here is my take on this: forgiveness is up to the forgiver. People forgive on their own time. Sometimes it's in days, sometimes in weeks, sometimes in months, sometimes years, occasionally in decades. It's also important how you apologize. Apologizing is an art that has rules. You have to be genuinely sorry. That means you CANNOT expect forgiveness. Actually, if you REALLY think...

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Is it ever to late to forgive? Okay, here is my take on this: forgiveness is up to the forgiver. People forgive on their own time. Sometimes it's in days, sometimes in weeks, sometimes in months, sometimes years, occasionally in decades. It's also important how you apologize. Apologizing is an art that has rules. You have to be genuinely sorry. That means you CANNOT expect forgiveness. Actually, if you REALLY think...

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Why is it that women don't feel men have a choice in the abortion issue? They feel that way because they have to carry the child. But maybe a man should have some legal right here. Here's a suggestion: if a man wants the abortion and the woman doesn't, he should be able to file some form of legal complaint if he wants to do so. If the woman decides not to have the abortion, and have the baby anyway, that is and would still be her right. But the man would,...

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Do you support or oppose a mosque near Ground Zero? I could care less. The terrorists from 9/11 WERE Muslim, but most Muslims are not terrorists and Islam was not responsible. Actually allowing the building of a mosque there would show that the U.S. was a tolerant nation that did not have any irrational hatred of Islam; it might actually discourage terrorism. On the other hand, I'm not a fan of have ANY religious buildings around the area,...

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The culture that allows the old, weak and infirm etc. to leave its confines to die alone for benifit of the whole. Good or bad? Um, bad. We all can become old, weak, or infirm. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

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Jon Kyl (R)AZ introduced legislation to repeal the 14th Amendment. Do you support a repeal? Why or why not? He does not want to repeal the entire 14th amendment. That would be dangerous lunacy, totally insane, since it is the bedrock of so many things, maybe THE most important amendment after the Bill of Rights. He wants to alter it so that citizenship is not automatic at birth, the idea of "birthright citizenship". He wants to do this because he believes it is necessary in order to prevent...

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Is "wavefunction collapse" a detectable physical event, or more of an accounting trick? The wave function is a mathematical quantity in the theory. Its "collapse" and actual physical existence is just one interpretation of quantum mechanics. There isn't any way to detect it that we know and it may not actually happen, as such. Another popular alternative is, for example, the many worlds interpretation, which posits that every possible measurement we might have made does happen,...

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Im not bashing Christians...BUT, before I became one and gave my life to Jesus, my life was so much better. Why? Well, if you are one, then if you'd bash Christians, you'd be bashing yourself. Maybe try doing what you did before, giving up the Christian thing for a while, and see if life goes back to being better. It might just work. Or maybe Satan challenged God about your faith, like what happened with Job, and you're being tested (as a "reward" for your faith, apparently). Maybe after all of your...

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why God must have an evidence of his existence while everything around us points on him and his creativity ? "Everything around us") that apparently "points on him and his creativity" is mostly empty space. The vast spaces between the stars, and especially between the galaxies, are all vacuum and cosmic background radiation. Even the atoms that we're composed of are mostly empty space, with relatively vast distances between the electrons and the atomic nuclei. Atomic matter (what we're made of) only...

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i found the number 666 on my right hand i did NOT write it there what does it mean please help! Cool! Need a right hand man? I'll help you to the top. You should run for political office or something. Also, you'll need to develop a relationship with Israel and maybe build a new Great Temple there. I was joking there. But if you're really serious, then honestly, I'm in. No joke. Let's try to make the second part of that Revelations prophecy collection NOT come true. We'll bring...

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With the death of our Mom, my siblings now rally around our 97 yr old pedophile father. Should I expose the hypocrisy? Dad pregnates daugh It's incredibly easy to see a weak, helpless, pathetic old man and feel sympathy, pity, compassion. It's a natural human response. It's even healthy. Even someone like Adolf Hitler (if he had lived past WWII), crouched down, helpless, old and weak and powerless, might squeeze some gut-instinct emotional response of pity or compassion of out us. Monsters take advantage of those things. They...

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The Taliban just killed 10 more aid workers. What has to happen before the world recognizes that they need to be eliminated? Doesn't the world already recognize that they need to be eliminated? I don't know what you want to be done that already isn't being done so I can't answer further. But I certainly, for one, want them to be eliminated. I just don't want to do it at the expense of giving law enforcement and the government yet MORE power to invade my privacy and reduce my freedoms (none of which has proven...

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Before the fall, Humans and animals were vegetarian. Then when sin came, animals ate other animals and humans (some) began to eat meat. Therefore, isn't eating meat a sin as in the perfect world it wasn't done? Why would God permit it then? God supposedly permitted it after the alleged Great Flood, when he was meant to have told Noah it was okay. Which, by the way, even if you believe that, God never told humans they should or were required to do so, just that they could. If we assume ANY of this is true, maybe this God fellow had some guilt or regret about having just DROWNED almost everyone in the world (including many many...

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Can I wash my hair daily if I workout daily? Use a sensitive hair shampoo. But yeah, you probably should wash it daily. Or else it will STINK! Also maybe condition for better hair health and texture.

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I'm a vegetarian and I dreamt I ate meat? Um... pretty sure it doesn't count!

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Do you think pedophilia is normal? yes or no? Okay, well let's start with some things. "Normal" is meaningless, or rather, it maybe only means "common to the majority" or "average". As such it has no moral significance. If going around raping and murdering people was "normal", it would still be morally wrong. If a bizarre apocalyptic event happened and 90% of survivors were deranged child molesters, it would be normal but still bad to...

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Why would someone reveal negative intimate details of their life upon meeting someone for the first time? To either get sympathy, because they're nervous and their "inner filter" isn't working right, because they lack the social skills to know better, to sabotage themselves consciously or unconsciously, or to test the other person. I knew a girl once who laid out all sorts of negative personal details about herself to me when we first met because she wanted to lay them out on the table to see if...

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how would you define a "free will"?? I'm tempted to define free will as "the ability to have acted differently". This is how most people mean it, and it can be harmful to discussions about whether "free will" exists to define it differently. Under this definition, it doesn't exist. If I had to define it in terms of what actually COULD exist, I'd say "free will" is "the ability to act according to one's own nature, as one...

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Is there any other men out here that thinks a girl acting ghetto is trashy? I'm not exactly sure what "acting ghetto" is, but I think I get the gist. I've known people like that, males and females alike. If you mean what I think you mean, yes, it can be pretty trashy. I probably wouldn't want to date a girl like that, unless I could tell it was just an act or some sort of defense mechanism or maybe part of the girl's sense of humour. But I might occasionally find...

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Do pharmaceutical companies deliberately design meds to have side effects so that you have to take more meds to counteract them? No. I'm not saying that this is beyond them ETHICALLY. They're totally capable of doing this ethically. After all, they spend most of their R&D budgets taking existing medications that go off patent and can then be legally produced as generics, trying to change them just enough so that legally they can call them a new drug which then they push as different and an improvement to doctors...

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what kind of holic are you? Workaholic and (functional) potential alcoholic (debatable). Of the two I think the workaholism is less healthy overall than the other thing, especially for social relationships.

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For those of you who saw the new South Park last night (the Britney Spears episode)... Do you think the episode made fun of Britney, or was it more of a commentary on society's need to harass stars to the point where they commit suicide? Well it was based off of the remake of "The Wicker Man" (starring Nicholas Cage). I won't say any more because I might be ruining the movie for others, if I haven't already. Then again, one time this girl I had dinner with decided in the course of just two sentences to ruin the movies "The Sixth Sense" and "The Others" for me by revealing their twists quite concisely and expertly, the...

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which super power u want to have with out letting other people know abt it? Omnipotence. Barring that, Cartman on South Park in "Fun With Weapons" said his fantasy power was "the power to have any power I want". That would be awesome. Barring that, I'd want Superman's powers (pre-Crisis, back he could wipe out the planet if he wanted and reverse time and all sorts of neat stuff). If it has to be only one power, just one, then I'd want the power to be able to make...

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Do you think they'll ever do another Lemmiwinks episode on South Park? I'd like to think they will. Hopefully he won't have to go trudging around in the same kinds of places he had to last time...

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Which is better men or women? No difference, most of the differences are based on social gender roles. They are and should be treated equally and with equal merit and capabilities. Some women are smarter than some men, and vice versa. Some women are stronger than some men, and vice versa. Best to take every individual and judge them individually, rather than based on their gender. We're NOT all equal, but our...

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do you have anything against muslims if so what? Eh, about as much of a problem as I have with everyone else. Humanity sucks. ;) Nah. I have a problem with individuals, based on their words and deeds. I've met plenty of awesome people that were Muslims. The same can be said for every group - most people are generally okay or even good. Every group has jerks and intolerant monsters. Every tree has its bad apples. I think that the only...

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Should the U.S. Abolish the Death Penalty? I cannot support the death penalty for several reasons. The first is that we know that at least sometimes innocent people end up getting convicted - and even ONE is too many. Sometimes they end up in prison or even death row for years, sometimes even potentially being executed. When the State executes an innocent man it has committed an act of murder. That sounds like a "death-penalty-worthy"...

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If a relic of Jesus Christ were found, say, hair or blood, would a DNA test show only his mother's DNA? TulsaDavid came up with what I think was the most thoughtful and best answer, I won't really add to it, except to suggest the two alternatives that (1) Jesus had none of Mary's DNA and all 46 chromosomes were divine, or (2) Jesus had only Mary's DNA, except that one of her egg cells was altered to be a sperm cell with its X chromosome morphed into a Y chromosome, and then the two were...

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Is it ok to hate ? i think its ok and ive been doing it since i was knee high! As example many religions cunningly call this "love"... I'm not going to go into any of the religious aspects of your question - I'm sure plenty will jump on that aspect. I'll directly answer the question of whether or not hate can be okay. My answer is yes, but as long as it's directed against individuals for their statements and actions, NOT against groups or against individuals because of their group membership (race, gender, gender identity,...

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I'm looking to read the bible, front to back, and am wondering what the best translation is? What makes it better than others? Honestly, one thing that's always confused me is that a majority of Muslims (even the ones that aren't Arab) learn Arabic so that they read what they believe to be the word of God as it was originally communicated, and a majority of Jews do the same and learn to read Hebrew. I've never quite understood why Christians don't feel the same need to learn Hebrew and Aramaic. The best translation...

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What's the worst thing you can say to a girl? It depends on the girl. But a good general thing might be "you wear that extra chin well".

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Hypothetically speaking, if vampires were real, could a person ingest edible silver and ward off vampires just walking around? Silver is usually only useful against werewolves, and even then, most of the time it only really works against them because werewolves heal very very quickly from most other forms of damage. Basically silver normally has to be used to land a killing blow. I don't see them being repelled by it in most werewolf fiction - they don't even sense it. And it only rarely in vampire fiction kills,...

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Our kids die in wars to protect our freedoms. We who strive to take away the freedoms of others dishonor them. What do you think? "Live free or die", "give me liberty or give me death", "those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither". Do we not care anymore? Do those things mean nothing to us now? Can fear and propaganda really make us forget what's really important? What did all the freedom fighters of the past bother fighting for? What was the point of the American Revolution? After all, we're heavily...

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Has a witch , wiccan , or pagan ever helped you ,? ie; gave you a herbal remedie etc.. ? I slept with a few, one of which I dated for a few months. I don't know if that counts... :)

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Someone I know was texting in church today during sermon,how should I approach her to tell her its rude? If she had her phone on silent or vibrate, and it just bothered you when you happened to notice it, just look away, it's not rude, it's her prerogative.

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Nowdays,when nobody knows anything, will people of lower IQ benefit from college,or is college meant to slow highly intelligent people down? I generally think the way we think about and conduct education is broken. I'm not sure I accept the validity of IQ as a measure of intelligence. Certainly other measures have been correlated more closely with success (EQ or emotional quotient, and also measures of creative like the Torrance tests). College may bring more benefits than merely the educative value - social networking...

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Who has the problem? God or man? Who said there was a problem? Do you doubt perfection? If so, how can you know Him? Assuming both god and man exist, why couldn't both of them have a problem? Of course if you start out by DEFINING a god as perfect, then the question is boring because then by definition it cannot have problems. But what stops me or you or anyone from defining everything they say and do and want as being perfect and then judging everyone else against that? It seems more of a case of "might...

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To Christians: What happened to christianty in the middle east? For all of you christians who dont know, the whole entire bible takes place over there, it is supposed to be where it is founded, Jewdism and Islam are still there? WHERE DID IT GO? It's still there, but the vast majority exists elsewhere because regardless of Christianity's origins, it really might not have reached as far and wide if, after a period of persecution, it hadn't been adopted by the Roman Empire and spread imperialistically.

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why some Jews and Christians don't accept Islam as a religion while Islam accept both as religions ? ALL Jews, Christians, and Muslims (really almost everyone) accept Judaism, Christianity, Islam are religions. If you mean "accept" as seeing them as legitimate options, I don't think your statements are accurate. Technically, none of them accept each other that way. A Jew is a Jew, a Christian is a Christian, and a Muslim is a Muslim because they all three of them think that their religion...

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Don't you hate all those mama bears out there that think their kids are God's freaking gift to the Earth? I don't think it's fair to single out only the mothers. There are plenty of fathers like that too. I don't hate them, and they have every right to be that way. But I do find it extremely annoying.

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Do you drink beer? Do you think it's funny that hipsters & old coots drink Pabst Blue Ribbon? Do you? I drink and enjoy beer, but it's not my main alcoholic beverage when I drink at home. The first reason for that is that I have a ridiculously high tolerance and really like to get my drink on frequently, so ounce for ounce buying a cheap big bottle of vodka is cheaper (more alcohol for the money). The second is the carbs. I do enjoy Pabst. I've noticed hipsters drinking it. I've actually...

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Is beer or other alcoholic beverages vegetarian/vegan? Many wine producers use animal derived agents during the clarifying or fining process. These agents include gelatin (from pig or cow bones), isinglass (fish swim bladders), egg white and milk protein. They are used to remove proteins, yeasts and other items in suspension from the wine. Obviously some of those are vegetarian-friendly (the egg and dairy), and some "pesco-vegetarians" (people...

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My 15 year old friend has been sending nude pictures of herself to a 24 year old guy... can he get into trouble for this???... Even if he expressed no interest in her, never led her on, never touched her, doesn't want to see her nude, and she just found out his cell phone number and decided to text him a nude picture of herself and then he saw it and deleted it, he could get into some serious trouble. The kind of trouble that can get him registered as a sex offender and a put a serious felony charge for child...

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Does stress effect animals? Yes, humans are animals, mammals specifically, primates more specifically, great apes more specifically. And are Affected by stress. Numerous scientific experiments demonstrate conclusively that other species also respond to and are Affected by stress. In fact, psychologists often run experiments on nonhuman animals based on an assumption that the reactions and conclusions will carry over to...

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Have you ever been to England? I'm a native New Yorker, and lived and worked there for a year, and then travelled there on and off being there 75% of the time the following year. I like it. I could live there again. It has a lot going for it. I like the bars and night scene in London, and the girls. But maybe I wouldn't feel that way outside of London or one of its major cities, much like I wouldn't like living long in...

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In your experience, is truth stranger than fiction? Usually the human brain is not capable of making up something less plausible than reality. But really it depends on the truth and the fiction. And also the person. One man's strange is another man's fiction.

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Do you feel the Confederate flag is anti-American? I HATE slavery, but I think the people's and States' rights were basically devastated by rejecting their right they should have had to secede. Now we basically piss on the ninth and tenth amendments without any limit - basically ignoring them as silly. A reminder: Ninth Amendment – Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution. "The enumeration in the Constitution, of...

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What evidence are there for any gods? There is no evidence that I can see for any gods (as they are commonly defined). But there is not sufficient evidence to demonstrate that there are no gods either. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. It's best neither to believe nor disbelieve. Suspend your judgement unless there is absolute certainty, the true skepticism stance. When there is no certainty, you can't believe...

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A Question A bout the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (See Below), What was the question? The interpretations of what the Heisenberg uncertainty principle means are varied. They generally either sacrifice locality and/or realism (although I once read an obscure fatalist interpretation that sacrificed neither in favour of sacrificing the possibility of counter-factuals). For instance, on the question of philosophical realism, we can ask this question: does...

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Things/people are not always what they seem...there are backstories/history/baggage we all have...do you investigate before you react? I always investigate before reacting. You never know if someone is just having a bad day, not representative at all of who they generally are, for instance. It's always better to make informed decisions, and not blunder in without knowing what you're dealing with. Only when a situation absolutely calls for immediate action should it be taken without fully investigating.

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I know it was anti-freedom but does anyone else think having some criminals to join the army like they did in the 1700's was a good idea? I think it's a very tricky issue. In the end, we should always air on the side of preserving civil liberties and individual freedom. How we do this can be VERY complicated though. Let's think about this. My political philosophy: I support complete individual freedom to the extent that it can be exercised without interfering with the individual freedoms of others. My facts: I also know that...

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Why is it when two planes almost hit each other it is called a "near miss"? HA! I never thought about this before, but yeah, that sounds weird and inaccurate. Maybe it's some sort of aviation pessimism, sort of like how the "glass is half empty". There probably is some history to it. It occurs to me that it might mean like a "close miss", a "close call miss". In other words, the two planes were very NEAR to each other when they MISSed each other. I think that...

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who are more corrupt nowadays the politicians,police(cops),or we. Politicians, followed by police, followed by us. I want to stress this ordering is in general as a whole by group. Some of each group will be considerably more or less corrupt than the average.

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How can I convince my mother that there is nothing wrong with atheism? She seemed fine with it, but now... I'm not sure. She's not eveangelical or anything, just a Christan - when asked what was wrong with atheism, she yelled "It's just sad" Advice? I don't think you can convince her that it's okay if she doesn't think so already. For a Christian, atheism is a sin, almost a guarantee of eternal damnation. I think your best bet is simply to avoid discussions of religion or atheism with her. If she brings it up, just politely say that she knows how you feel, you know how she feels, and that in your honest opinion it's unlikely either of...

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Origin of existence? Nothing, nothing and nothing? Existence is its own cause - it's its own "predicate". Existence exists. Existence cannot not exist, for if it did not exist it would not be existence. It actually doesn't make coherent sense to talk about "nothing" or non-existence. Non-existence either exists (or existed), in which case it would be existence and not non-existence, or else it doesn't exist (and never existed), in which...

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What is a bad way to die? I'm going to have to go with being slowly cooked alive.

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Will we eventually start using metric time? I actually have tried to think in terms of both metric time and standard time for some time now, and have had some successes at getting my friends to do it for fun too. I think it's a good idea, although it does and would take getting used to. Of course you also then have to think about what to do with the clock and the calendar as we know them. I like Unix time...

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Do you think that the death penalty is fair? I cannot support the death penalty for several reasons. The first is that we know that at least sometimes (there's plenty of documented cases) innocent people end up getting convicted. Sometimes they end up in prison or even death row for years, sometimes even potentially being executed. When the State executes an innocent man it has committed an act of murder. That sounds pretty "unfair" to...

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Why does it seem that Atheists are expected to back up their beliefs with proof that God doesn't exist? Doesn't it seem more logical that the burden of proof rest with the believers? People who believe in a god or gods, by definition, hold a belief, and so the burden of proof is on them to support that belief. A "weak" atheist merely lacks a belief in a god or gods, and lacking a belief, there is no belief that imposes any burden of proof. There is only a requirement for proof when there is a belief or truth claim uttered. A "strong" atheist (what most people associate...

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Do you think the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary or genocide? How much so-called "neutral" provocation could Japan take from the U.S., which was officially not in the war? Selling arms preferentially to its enemies, giving it the shaft in as many ways as it could WITHOUT doing something military. Eventually almost everyone will punch you in the face if you spit in theirs enough times. And then the correct response is NOT to shoot them in the head. The...

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Would you like to see Prop 8 go before the Supreme Court to be decided? I want it to go to the Supreme Court and for the court to decide that it's NOT an issue that should ever be a federal issue. This is a State issue. Which one of the enumerated powers of Congress does marriage fall under? Where in the Constitution is there any indication at all that the federal government should have anything to do with marriage? This should be something that each State...

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Why is suicide wrong? I don't think it's wrong. I think we all ultimately have self-ownership and that includes a right to die, a right to end our own lives. If someone, for their own reasons, finds the circumstances of their own lives to be intolerable (and I don't only mean people in physical pain and / terminally ill), they have the right to decide not to have to experience that life anymore. Who is anyone to...

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They say that there are no atheists in fox holes, and there doesn't seem to be to many in bed either ;~) Why do you think it is that 'God/Jesus' has become a powerful expression of fear pleasure and anger? That expression is a myth. Many nonbelievers who are dying or facing the danger of death do not turn to some religious belief or god. My great-grandmother was a lifetime atheist. She always said she didn't believe in any god or any afterlife. On her death bed, after months of lingering with terminal cancer and in a lot of pain, she never showed any sign of wavering in that sentiment. She...

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If you had to commit suicide how would you do it Well I wouldn't do it, and you shouldn't either. That said, I think we all ultimately have self-ownership and that includes a right to die, a right to end our own lives. If someone, for their own reasons, finds the circumstances of their own lives to be intolerable (and I don't only mean people in physical pain and / terminally ill), they have the right to decide not to have to experience...

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How do I brush my teeth after jaw surgery? Its swollen, sore, and scary to brush it. Your doctor should have given you instructions about this, or if not, you should ask him/her. Despite whatever the medical advice about when it would be medically okay to brush, you might still not be up for it, too much pain or anxiousness about it. I'd hold off until it "feels right" to you (but only after the waiting period based on your doctor's advice). Maybe to maintain proper dental...

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can you eat the paper out of fortune cookies ? Honestly, because they'd taste bland and gross, you'd probably never want to (or you'd swallow them fast). But you could easily scarf down the little paper fortune slips by the thousands totally safely. My only concern would be that maybe the ink or some substance in the paper might be toxic in extremely high doses, but that might vary between different manufacturers of the slips and/or the...

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What do you think the meaning of the quote ;When fate hands you lemons make lemonade Usually the expression goes "life" instead of "fate but more or less same difference. Try to make the best of a bad situation. Turn the sour (or bitter or whatever) to sweet. It's like Mary Poppins, adding just a spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down (I'd more go with sucralose or some other sweetener). Most bad situations can be turned into something valuable or even good with the...

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Which is worse out of the 3 blind mice? Jesus, Mohammed or the Pope? Which Pope? At the time of your question posting and my answer now the Pope is Pope Benedict XVI. He supports policies that do not address the child molesters among the clergy . He overturned the excommunication of a bishop that is an outspoken Holocaust denier. Not a great man. I don't recall Jesus in the Gospels ever causing anyone any grievous harm, and he actually healed some people...

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If Adam was born without father or mother than should i say that he was the son of GOD? In the Genesis story, yes, since he was directly created by God, that would make him his son, and if we're to believe that, and assuming we also believe that Jesus was an actual historical figure and also believe that he was the son of God, then that would make Adam and Jesus brothers, or at least half-brothers (and also, I guess, some generations down the line much more distant relation)....

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why are pisces male such a pretenders? I assume you know a guy that is a "Pisces" (happens to have a birthday that fits that) and that person was a "pretender". Some will be, and some won't. It has nothing to do with his zodiac sign - or his gender (plenty of females that could be described as "pretenders" too). People who are serious about astrology would tell you that you can't go by the sign of a person, that it basically...

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Would you vote for Lady Gaga as President? President of the U.S.? Sure, why not? I'd like to see a woman president (although maybe it wouldn't set a great precedent if she was the first female president). But in any case, the way system works, anyone who gets elected into office will either be mighty corrupt or else the position will force them on a downward spiral of moral compromises culminating in total depravity. What do we...

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Ok, I lied. I don't believe in disciplining kids. And I only want opinions from some smart people who agree with me nonsarcastically! I think it's a good thing to teach children how to think and reason and make both practical and moral choices on their own. Teaching isn't disciplining. I mean, it can be a blurry line, but mostly because methods of disciplining are often used to reinforce lessons. One of the most beautiful things to me that many children do is to start that neverending sequence of "why?". I know some of...

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Aren't you disgusted as to how cows are treated in slaughter houses? Yes, I am disgusted. Cows are beings that can feel pain and also demonstrate emotions - love of their offspring which they nurture as humans do, kinship bonding, fear, etc. They also, despite being generally sedentary (a trait that they've been bred for, which is exacerbated by hormones often used to make them fatter and have more meat), while not nearly as intelligent as humans, are also not...

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Why don't humans understand that killing is often punishment for unpardonable crimes and not meant to be a deterrent or teach a lesson? No reasonable penal system should be based on punishment. It should always only be as a matter of prevention, deterrence, or rehabilitation. I cannot support the death penalty for several reasons. The first is that we know that at least sometimes (there's plenty of documented cases) innocent people end up getting convicted. Sometimes they end up in prison or even death row for years,...

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WHY IS ALL THIS BAD STUFF HAPPENING IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW? DO WE DESERVE THIS? What does "deserve" mean? It's a vague and unhelpful concept that is entirely subjective anyway. In any case, good things happen to bad people, bad things to good people; also good things to good and bad things to bad. There is no such thing really as moral cause and effect. The only reason that sometimes (maybe even often, but I won't say all the time) that people who live "immoral" lives...

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When do you think Answerbag will die(Go down forever)? Not on a fixed time line. It will go down when it's no longer profitable and / or the community dwindles to be too small. Like most things on the web, it will pass in an event-driven (or more likely money-driven) manner than a time-driven one. Long live AB though!

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Would you be willing 2 pray honestly and ask God to guide you to His truth, even if that truth is found in the Bible and not in Islam? Well, as soon as someone can provide objective evidence of the validity and truth value of the contents of EITHER text, we'll see how I feel. Muslims buy both the Bible and the Koran. They have just extra, one more book. One more of three books filled with text that can be interpreted in tons of different ways (and is, hence all the sects and variants of the three Abrahamic religions). One...

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If you had to choose between sex and a beer at this moment, which would you pick? How much and what brand beer? It really depends. If I can get liters of the good stuff I'd take that over sex. But otherwise sex would be better. Of course, yet again, it depends. It would have to be sex with a beautiful girl that I'm attracted to and actually want to have sex with. I just won't have sex with anyone! I'm not desperate. Maybe sometimes for beer. never for sex...

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What is your opinion of Bible burning? What about burning the Qur'an? A church in FL plans to do just that. I don't like burning ANY books. But I do think we should all have the right to burn anything we want that we legally own - flags, bibles, korans, vedas, whatever. We shouldn't burn the property of others though, so burning the flags or bibles or korans or vedas or whatever that belong to other people is and should be illegal. Even burning your own books, although it should be legal, is...

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We know what is "right" and "wrong" for ourselves. But why do some want to impose their ideas on everyone else? Who made them boss? The minute someone can prove definitively to the intellectual satisfaction of every single person the absolute truth of the principle upon which they base their moral rules and standards, I'll buy it and they can be the boss. I don't buy it and won't hold my breath though. There doesn't seem to be any way to demonstrate the truth of any moral statement - they're prescriptive, not descriptive....

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Will you know the real difference between religion and mania? There's a real difference? Read this (indicators of a delusion): https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Delusional_disorder#Indicators_of_a_delusion I challenge anyone to explain how religious beliefs (faith) are different from delusional beliefs. A good argument based on how they don't match the criteria for a delusion. I don't see it.

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How did Adam and Eve overcome tooth wear over the nine hundred years or so? Ask Methuselah. He probably knew how they did it too. There are myths about some Indian yogis that also lived hundreds of years, even some who are believed (by some) to still be alive. Maybe it's some sort of tooth regeneration, or maybe it's like having multiple sets of teeth like we have baby teeth and then only adult teeth. Or maybe it's just fiction. A lot of incest must have been...

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What is the origin of the belief in Heaven, a Supreme Being, a God? For some people the origin is: The Fear of Death. We are going to die, but can't stand the idea. We have created Heaven where we are going to meet with all the people we love. Any ideas? Fear of death might factor into it. You also can't ignore the need that most humans have to feel that they live in a fair / just world. Sometimes living a life where you hurt people and cheat and steal and benefit from it, statistics catches up with you and you get your comeuppance (not because you acted immorally but because these types of behaviours are higher risk). But we all know that...

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Are you looking forward to going to heaven? If so why not die now? I don't believe that in any sort of afterlife. But most religions (I actually think all of them) that believe in a Heaven also believe that suicide leads you to Hell. There are other considerations here though. For instance, I know in Catholicism that it's very important that you don't die without having confessed any outstanding sins and getting God's forgiveness, or else you could spend...

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Does an increase in tax affect national debt? Generally it has no effect, because tax increases are normally met with corresponding increased government spending. But I guess you could argue that it might "decrease" debt in the sense that if the government wanted to increase spending but didn't raise taxes, then that would serve to increase our debt, so raising taxes would prevent that increase, I guess. But mostly no effect.

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Should babies born to illegal immigrants be granted citizenship in the United States? I was the child of illegal immigrants from the Netherlands the came here in 1977. They had me two years later. They became legal after 1980, and later in that decade citizens. My father worked as an independent salesman of office supplies until after he was 65, a good tax payer who always paid hi debts, and neither of them ever took advantage of government programs. I'm glad I was...

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If a civilization had mastered infinite computing power and Even with only finite computing power, one could simulate many universes. The only limit would be the "resolution" or amount of memory that you could use per universe. I've even read arguments about how quantum uncertainty was evidence that we were living in a simulation. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle states by precise inequalities that certain pairs of physical properties, like...

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Will god's wrath be upon me, if I don't believe in some story in some book written by people? I don't believe or disbelieve anything and so far I haven't encountered any wrath. I have had some mishaps but nothing I ever couldn't handle. Maybe I guess I have to wait until death to go to some sort of hell. It sounds better than the eternal oblivion that I personally am expecting. At least I'll still exist and be conscious. I've always preferred suffering to the idea of oblivion. ...

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Will god's wrath be upon me, if I don't believe in some story in some book written by people? I don't believe or disbelieve anything and so far I haven't encountered any wrath. I have had some mishaps but nothing I ever couldn't handle. Maybe I guess I have to wait until death to go to some sort of hell. It sounds better than the eternal oblivion that I personally am expecting. At least I'll still exist and be conscious. I've always preferred suffering to the idea of oblivion. ...

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Is it wrong to pray in public in front of an abortion clinic? Not speaking or interfering with people coming or going just simply praying? I don't agree with laws about "disorderly conduct" or "loitering". Laws that are at law enforcement's "discretion" are horrific and a danger to civil liberties. This law was based on disorderly conduct and thus I can't agree with it. Law enforcement officials that decide to enforce such laws... I won't finish this sentence but the thought of it makes me angry and disgusted and it makes me...

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To Christians: Can you prove to me that Original Sin is biblical? It's a tricky thing, hard to prove. Some people read it and see it, others don't. Matter of interpretation. YHWH mentioned in the Bible many times said that the sins of the fathers would be visited on the sons, sometimes for many generations. Of course there's no fairness or reason or decency in that, but I guess YHWH is immune to any judgements, somehow - perhaps because he's meant to be...

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What is the most popular ice cream topping? I always thought hot fudge or chocolate syrup.

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suicide crime or tragedy... over one million people commit suicide every year. what shall be done for solving this problem? Make life better, more worth living. Most people don't commit suicide because they don't fear death or want to live - they commit suicide because life becomes so intolerable that the fear of death or the desire to live is overcome by the horror of life. I used to say suicide was a "crime" - or rather more broadly that suicidal thoughts were an unequivocal symptom of mental illness. I would...

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If Mary and Joseph come from the same lineage, wouldn't they be related making their relationship incest? I'm not saying that I believe that Mary and Joseph historically existed. But biblically they were over a dozen generations apart. The statute of limitations normally allows as close to second cousins; often first cousins are allowed. On some level, in evolutionary / genetic terms, it's been demonstrated from a mitochondrial DNA analysis that every living human most likely comes from a single...

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should I just give up and kill myself, because I honestly don't see any hope for a happy future with anyone. Why do you need a future with someone? I don't want one. I actually had a vasectomy to sterilize myself at age 24 (without kids) to make sure I never had children. It was liberating. I did it mainly to prevent the creation of children with my DNA, but rightfully I would never think it was right to bring new life into such a troubled world. I've suffered from chronic major depressive...

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Do you think Atheists are just Anti-Christian? Some are. Atheists have about as much (perhaps more, perhaps less) diversity than theists. All it means to be an atheist is that you lack a belief in a god or gods. Technically every baby is an atheist before it's old enough to be to told and understand about the concept of a god, and then even not until it's told that that god exists by its parents. Until then it lacks a belief. Some...

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Which religion is the true faith? Isn't the more interesting question: what criteria or standards could we apply or what tests could we perform to find out which one, if any, is "true" (whatever that means)? Besides, each of the religions listed has various sects / versions. Each version of each religion ascribes at least slightly different actions, motivations, and directives from divinity (Buddhism is a bit different but...

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do you believe that world is going to end? I neither believe nor disbelieve it will end. But according to our best theories, ignoring other events, Earth's oceans will begin boiling over in about a billion years, making life impossible here, at least all but the most hardy extremophile bacteria. We also know that, with the same theories, the Sun will grow hotter and hotter as it has less and less deuterium and tritium (hydrogen...

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Should the president have appeared on a day-time talk show? I think it doesn't matter either way, maybe it hurts his image with some people and helps his image with others. I do kind of think it makes him seem less presidential, but that's just me, some might like him more for interfacing with the American public daytime audience. It is what it is, no big deal. In general I think he makes way too many public appearances though. Where's our Thomas...

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I think my wife's dog may be a witch that was turned into a dog. It's a male dog, so he would have been a male witch. What should I do? Well, if we're having witches change species, why not change genders? Ever consider that the male dog was a female witch?? Spooky! I'd say try to talk with the dog. Maybe the dog will explain that he (or she, when she was human, maybe) was a good witch, maybe even cast some spells to make your life better if you befriend the witch dog. Maybe the dog was an evil witch but still will cast...

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What game piece do you like to be in Monopoly? I think the thimble. Reminds me of a dalek. Exterminate! (If you don't know what I mean, you either aren't British, a geek, or a Doctor Who fan. Either one should do it though.)

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Should the US deport all undocumented immigrants? a) are these immigrants a drain or do they add benefits to the US overall economy? b) do these immigrants take jobs away from Americans? No, we should not deport them, we should give them a road to citizenship. a) Both, but no more than the average U.S. citizen already is. b) Sometimes, but MUCH MUCH less than all the legal citizens of other countries overseas do when corporations outsource jobs of all categories (manual, computer, engineering, etc.) overseas completely legally. Illegal immigrants only generally take already...

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Need help: Should the US deport all undocumented immigrants? a) are these immigrants a drain or do they add benefits to the US overall economy? b) do these immigrants take jobs away from Americans? No, we should not deport them, we should give them a road to citizenship. a) Both, but no more than the average U.S. citizen already is. b) Sometimes, but MUCH MUCH less than all the legal citizens of other countries overseas do when corporations outsource jobs of all categories (manual, computer, engineering, etc.) overseas completely legally. Illegal immigrants only generally take already...

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HELP:Should the US deport all undocumented immigrants? a) are these immigrants a drain or do they add benefits to the US overall economy? b) do these immigrants take jobs away from Americans? No, we should not deport them, we should give them a road to citizenship. a) Both, but no more than the average U.S. citizen already is. b) Sometimes, but MUCH MUCH less than all the legal citizens of other countries overseas do when corporations outsource jobs of all categories (manual, computer, engineering, etc.) overseas completely legally. Illegal immigrants only generally take already...

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What do you think of the idea of a goverment happiness Minister who is responsible for the happiness of the population? It actually sounds like one of the most unnerving and frightening ideas I've heard of in quite a while... Everyone has their own (hopefully not vaguely defined) definition of what happiness means to them. Government shouldn't be involved with most of the things it is, but certainly not our inner worlds. Please let this never happen. This sounds like some horrific fusion of Brave New World...

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Why is it that most people with a certain religion (usually Christians & Catholics) try forcing their beliefs on the world? Don't forget, Muslims do it too. Islam and Christianity are roughly equal in their evangelism. They'd say it's to save souls. That might be true. It's also possible that seeing others that live perfectly fine without their belief system (with different ones, or with no belief system) troubles them deep down and triggers insecurity. Faith is much easier when everyone in the neighbourhood...

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You think goverment is responsible for your higher education? Why so? Why not ? I'm a U.S. citizen. Right now its government is not legally responsible for higher education. Maybe one day it will be. Whether it should or shouldn't be, there are pros and cons, and it's a tough call. But let's face it, in a very challenging global economy where (with outsourcing) we're even competing for highly skilled jobs required higher education, maybe it would be to our benefit. It...

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do you think im pretty? pictures included. Honestly I don't mind your question nor the task of rating your attractiveness. The only problem is the links didn't work - they just directed me to lists of images that had multiple people and things in them. I didn't know which ones were you. Sorry!

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What do you all think of me? (Pictures included!) I think you're cute. Like the outfit, especially the - short shorts. The big heavy earrings are cute but look like they hurt or would stretch out your ear lobes or might get snagged on something. Tough to say who you like like. Sort of more a classic movie star beauty, but I can't say who you look like more. Cute though.

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How do you deal with a person, that has a anger problem? AVOID. Period. If you can't avoid, well, why can't you? I hate to say it, but if you really absolutely can NOT avoid them (like you work with them or its a tenant in the same building or apartment or something), there might be nothing you can do until this person DOES something as a result of their anger, hopefully not too violent, and then you can report them or charge them with assault....

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Are there any techniques to develop a higher tolerance for alcohol? Believe me, lower tolerance is better - much cheaper to get drunk, also much easier on the liver and brain and other organs. Remember, higher tolerance just means you don't feel it as much or as quickly without more booze, NOT that it hurts your organs less. But the tried and true method for higher tolerance to alcohol is to just drink a lot very frequently. Take drinks throughout the day...

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What is your favorite non alcoholic drink and your favorite alcoholic drink? I like Maker's Mark straight up, although on the rocks is good too. Any whiskey or scotch will do but that's my favourite. Also the red wax at the top of the bottle is cool. I drink them maybe once a week when I meet a friend. If I'm talking favourite mixed drink, maybe a Manhattan, although I rarely have them. I also like white russians if I'm going for something sweeter and softer on the...

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Friendship is the most important relationship. Do you agree? Why? Why not? I think the most important relationship you have is with yourself, and then with friends. I do tend to think friendship is more important generally than family, especially to me (not that I can't be the closest friends with one or more members of my family - the two aren't mutually exclusive). Friends are the people you choose, everyone else is are sort of there and you have to learn to like...

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Is Condom Distribution Smart Health Policy? Of course it's smart policy. It prevents disease, unwanted pregnancies, abortions (I'm pro-choice but almost no one thinks a woman needing an abortion is the IDEAL), early and unhappy marriages (when pregnancy occurs). It aids the economy by preventing the health care costs associated with sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies (often the burden is on the state), helps to...

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Which country should American invade next?? We HAVE to invade Canada next. Seriously. It's just sitting there right next door! Have we forgotten our Manifest Destiny people??? Then we can make our way down into Mexico, and if we're feeling really cocky, go straight to the bottom tip of South America. We could then just abolish all States' rights, declare the country name changed from the U.S.A. to just plain "America", and...

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is big boobs cool or just small one is nice? I like at least large-medium breasts - decent C cups. I'd rarely go under. I could certainly go over. I guess after a certain point breasts CAN get so large they look a bit freakish, but I haven't met the girl yet that had breasts too big for me in person. But a really pretty girl can get away with smaller breasts. Really pretty. I guess.

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Augmentation: Should I or shouldn't I? It's your decision in the end, although you should at least try to make sure your husband feels you're taking his feelings into consideration too, even if you do go ahead and do it (taking your partner's feelings into consideration doesn't mean not taking your feelings into consideration!). You wouldn't want to create problems in your marriage if you don't make him at least feel like his...

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I kept having this feeling that I'll kill someone one day, brutally. There's a saying; what we try to avoid will happen. What should I do? If you call 911 and tell them this, they will be obligated to check you into a mental health care institute involuntarily for a period of 3 days (at least in my state), and then review your case. If they still perceive you as a threat to others, the commitment will be longer term. They will release you when they're convinced that you won't be a threat to harm anyone anymore. Or, you know,...

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Which war is most likely to be succesful, the War on Poverty (from the 1960s), the War on Drugs, or the current Iraq War? The war in Iraq is most likely to be successful, and I think it will be successful... until the new government either spontaneously transforms into a dictatorship of some kind or is crumbled by insurgents after we're gone. The war on poverty might be one, eventually, but only if science and technology SERIOUSLY bail us out wit some miracles. I'm talking safe climate engineering technologies...

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why my computer turns off ONLY while playing games and scanning MY COMPUTER. Feel your computer after it crashes. Mine does the same and it's really only when the computer gets especially hot, and that generally happens when the processor is doing a lot of work.

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Do you think pedophiles should be in jail or in a mental intuition? Cause pedophilia is a mental illness. You could argue everything is a mental illness. Psychopaths, when having their brains scans, seem to have diminished capacity or altered structure in their prefrontal lobes, the part of the brain that is generally believed to be involved in impulse control and that probably has a lot to do with empathy and what we call "conscience". Adolf Hitler was almost certainly a psychopath. So too are...

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What's the worst thing someone could say to an Atheist? "All of your science and logic can't prove puppies and rainbows and love!" Yeah, that would sting me deep, right in the brain.

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Someone on AB just told me that the worst thing you can possibly be is an Atheist (even as bad as a child molester) because they are weak and will suffer. Your thoughts? Um, wow. I'm not surprised though. A poll taken right after 9/11 showed that Americans trusted Muslims LESS than atheists. I'm not saying we should distrust either, mind you - that's intolerance and it's ignorant and bad. But I get the feeling that if they'd replaced the word "Muslims" with "terrorists" (not the same thing, only a small minority, and some terrorists aren't and haven't been...

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"True Values Are What you Suffer for, Not What you Have Suffered for, Not What you Will Suffer for, but What you DO Suffer for", Thoughts? Well, sometimes there is no need to suffer. Suffering only comes from conflict. If everyone or most people share your values, and the law and everything seems to reflect your values too, then really, you're not suffering right NOW, but maybe you did before, and maybe you will later, although you may never if you're lucky. In this case the "test" would be if you WOULD suffer for them, I...

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Atheists, would you marry a Christian? If it depends on what exactly the person would believe, what would be "acceptable" and what wouldn't? I'm not really the marrying type in general. But I don't think I could marry a Christian, or a member of any faith. Mind you, I don't think I could marry an agnostic or a strong atheist (especially one in the militant Richard Dawkins tradition). I also couldn't marry someone that religious-style feelings about nationalism / patriotism, or about one political or economic stance or another. ...

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Atheists what exactly do you believe or not believe? I'm only an atheist in the "weak" sense - I lack a belief in any gods, but I would also not say that actively believe that there are no gods either. I don't hold a belief about it either way. I'm not an agnostic because I also don't hold a belief about whether we can ever know a god or gods exist or not, an agnostic specifically believes we can't know. I neither believe or disbelieve that we...

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suggest and discuss other method that can be used in determining the experimental value of acceleration due to gravity. I don't think it's strictly speaking possible in terms of our current understanding of physics. This is because of the equivalence principle, "Albert Einstein's assertion that the gravitational 'force' as experienced locally while standing on a massive body (such as the Earth) is actually the same as the pseudo-force experienced by an observer in a non-inertial (accelerated) frame of...

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Scientists may have found undeniable signs of life on Mars, does this make you religous people nervous? Sure the bible says its the devil It's complicated, although someone already did the research on this. Check this out: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18437-religion-could-survive-discovery-of-et-survey-suggests.html Besides, if they found life on Mars that even remotely resembled Earth microbes (same basic biochemistry, same nucleotides or what have you, etc.), the claim could always be made that the life came from...

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Should speech be censored? Is the media going to far with liberal bias? No form of speech should ever be censored. The First Amendment made no distinctions regarding speech or the press. Some of the media have a clear liberal bias. Some have a clear conservative bias. Both often editorialize and / or manipulate the public. The best thing is to try to get your news from more direct sources, so it isn't filtered and pulped and delivered with sugar on top in...

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Do you think Obama will be the first president, if elected, to go to prison for high crimes in America? I'd say what high crimes? Also, do you think a careful scrutiny of any of our more recent presidents wouldn't reveal high crimes? Despite assurances to the contrary, presidents routinely violate both the Constitution and ignore the very civil liberties and rule of law that the U.S. fought hard to win. Unlawful detention, interrogation, surveillance, assassination, propaganda, manipulation of...

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Does it matter to you whether terrorists who attack you/your country are citizens of your country or from elsewhere? Any difference? No difference, the only problem on my mind is that they're putting me and my loved ones at risk and ideally might want us dead, and an attack on my country might lead to an (unjustified and unhelpful) reduction in our privacy and civil liberties just like the attack on 9/11 did.

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What are the chances that President Obama will be elected for a 2nd term in office? I voted 0 to 20%, but I want to clarify: a large part of my doubt that he will be re-elected come from my doubt that he will run again. I honestly don't think he knew what he was getting into, or that he really likes being president anymore. He struck me as an idealist when he was running (which is why I would have preferred Hillary, because an idealist in politics is either a danger to his...

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I have a half colored eye... Do you find this pretty or ugly? I'd have to see it to know for sure, but sure sounds cool anyway! I bet it's pretty though. The only problem is that it might get unnerving for you always having people stare so intently in your eyes. But yeah, definitely sounds very cool and probably pretty. Could you describe it more detail or perhaps if you have a picture of the eye or something? It sounds fascinating.

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Do you think your parents brought you up right? "Right" by what standard? I'll assume by own standard. I would say that they made many mistakes and that if I was raising a child, or had any say in the raising of a new child clone of myself, I would do things differently. That said, it was their mistakes as well as their successes that went a long way to making me the person I am today. I wouldn't want to wish away one mistake because...

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Your brother has no luck with women. He saves up and buys a robogirl and falls in love with her. He's very happy. Are you happy for him? I honestly would just want him to be happy. He obviously likes sex and probably takes rejection badly. Maybe he doesn't want kids, which is a fine and valid choice (my own, in fact), and that can make finding a partner difficult for some. Who knows? Besides, in this hypothetical future where a robotic woman could be made sophisticated enough so that he could not only feel lust for it but...

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Do you think one can live happily without having a sexual life?? I think some people can, and some people can't. I also believe that those who can are in the minority, but I might be wrong there. Just as long as you're not living in denial about not wanting a sex life (perhaps due to religious reasons, or perhaps due to psychological issues having to do with social awkwardness or anxiety), it can be fine. Some people genuinely don't prioritize sex, it's...

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Whats the eaziest way to happiness? There isn't an easy way to "happiness" because it's one of those vague, poorly defined words that has that "I know it when I see it" quality to it, much like "spiritual" or "nice" or "life" or "intelligence". It's one of those things that when you actually sit down and really take a hard look at what it means, you find it basically means nothing. And that's a big deal. How do you even know...

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My girlfriend was raped by her babysitter when she was 6. no one knows but me, not even her parents. what should i do? and i keep getting mad bc idk y someone would do that. she is now 17 and the person who molested her still lives in our city My first impulse is to tell you that if she doesn't want to press charges, then that's her decision and you should respect it. But then I remember that this guy could have done it to other young girls, or could still being doing it, and there is a certain moral obligation to try to prevent that from happening and come forward, if not for herself than for others. If she told you now, after all...

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If evolution was the origin of the human species, then why are we helpless, nearly hairless, clawless creatures who can't even feed our selves for the first few years of life? isn't evolution about making things better able to survive? Aren't humans better able to survive? Why else are there over 6 billion of them? And evolution is NOT about making things better able to survive or to be fitter or stronger or even more advanced. It's a simple statistical effect that occurs in populations organisms. If you die before breeding, your genes won't make it into the next generation, but if you breed before dying, then they have...

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Suppose a worldwide disaster occured killing off most species and leaving only about 100 human survivors. Do you think the humans would (de)evolve into 'creatures of the wild' in order to survive? Well the MASSIVE inbreeding would take its toll on what was left of the human species's intellect as well as physical health. And I do think those 100 would fall into relative barbarism and eventually rule by some charismatic dictator (although in a post-apocalyptic world, a charismatic dictator would probably be the species's best chance for survival... certainly not a democracy). I think...

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If Religion was united tomorrow and sand was made into food and water God came down and irond out the other boundry problems .What ...... We would still have problems of food and water distribution, unless somehow God made our fridges miraculously always full. And people would still hate each other - people kill or harm each other all the time for all sorts of reasons besides food, water, and boundaries. And STILL religion would not be united, even if God itself came down and did these things. The only way people would unite...

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What do you want done with your body when you die? I'd ideally want my head removed from my body and cryogenically preserved through vitrification, a sort of chemical freeze drying process that prevents crystallization that can otherwise rupture cells in the brain and destroy my identity-critical information. I'd want the body separately preserved cryogenically using the best methods available at the time for full body preservation (which no...

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How would you feel if Lady Gaga teleported into your shower, looked down, and said "pfffft, mine's bigger"? I'd guess I have to say surprised! I'd call her a b***h snidely, but then ask the more pertinent question - how'd you teleport? Did you do it on purpose, or is that something that just happens to you? And why'd you pick me, or are you going off of a list like that one guy Arthur Dent encountered in Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy who just went off this great list of everyone in the...

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If I die an atheist and then find out that ALL the Gods do exist -what will happen to me? I imagine at least some form of surprise! Especially if it turns out every god we ever as a species believed in existed. I'd be especially curious if there was both a Zeus AND a Jupiter, or if one was just an alias for the other. I'd ask lots of questions about how it all worked, and whether Zeus, Odin, YHWH, and other gods from different pantheons and traditions ever butted heads or if...

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If I lived for a million years would I evolve new characteristics in order to adapt to changing conditions? You almost certainly would develop (evolve is the wrong word) mental and emotional characteristics to adapt to a changing world. That happens even in the course of a normal human lifespan. But without genetic engineering, surgery, cyborg parts, or whatever, you're going to be physically basically the same (assuming the only differences between you and normal humans are that you don't age,...

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If a parent kills the person who molested and raped their child, what punishment do you think that parent should receive? The punishment that I'd WANT him or her to receive is different than the punishment that they SHOULD receive. They feel like or seem to be the same thing, but they're not. If I knew that the parent had absolute proof (caught the person red-handed, or on video, or something), then I'd certainly want that parent not to get caught or suffer any negative consequences. After all, if someone...

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If a parent kills the person who molested and raped their child, what punishment do you think that parent should receive? The punishment that I'd WANT him or her to receive is different than the punishment that they SHOULD receive. They feel like or seem to be the same thing, but they're not. If I knew that the parent had absolute proof (caught the person red-handed, or on video, or something), then I'd certainly want that parent not to get caught or suffer any negative consequences. After all, if someone...

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Should pedophiles have a jack placed in their mouth and elevated until their jaw separates from their skull? In some ways it would be more humane (and consistent) than letting them out of prison eventually, their lives basically over with a felony record AND being on a sex offender registry. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we should have sympathy for felons (or especially pedophiles), but, if we want to punish them forever, we should just keep them locked up. Letting them out of prison so that...

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which fat we are not supposed to eat ? Trans-fats are deadly - they're basically poison. They accelerate the aging process, harm the immune system, raise bad cholesterol and lower good cholesterol, reduce insulin sensitivity (which increases weight gain, and can cause type 2 diabetes), can be cancer causing, cause heart disease in a number of different mechanisms. Other fats are fine. A lot of crap has been said about saturated...

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My girlfriend doesn't wear a bra, how to I speak to her about it...Should I get her to? Wow. Won't it be annoying having to undo that snap on the back of the bra? I guess it's nice that you're concerned about the lack of support, but if she's comfortable with it then that should be the last word. I'm betting she doesn't do any intensive running, jogging, or hiking though. Those guys will start to ache if they're always sort of bouncing aggressively. Sort of similar to how...

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Males only: Do you ever wonder what it would be like to kiss another guy? I have never wondered, and I am pretty sure I would be grossed out by it. I'm even picky about which girls I kiss, and would be grossed out kissing a girl I didn't find to be attractive (and then I even make exceptions if they've just eaten seafood since the taste is just awful to me). But I don't judge guys who enjoy it though. I've thought about it, and exchanging saliva or other body...

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Do you think they should destroy all LHC research, and kill the scientists before that thing kills everyone? No. The fact is that everyday billions of cosmic rays strike Earth's atmosphere, and these are higher energy collisions than the ones that will occur in the LHC at the peak of its power. Whatever happens in the LHC, higher energy events have been occurring throughout Earth's history, and NOTHING BAD HAS EVER HAPPENED. Might something bizarre happen at high enough energies (at some future...

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Can anyone say they don't have a mental health problem do you think everyone has some mental issues or is it true or false? I think it's dangerous to diagnose people with mental "health problems" or "illnesses" that they themselves don't recognize or have a problem with. Behaviours or personality characteristics that we find socially harmful or objectionable can be far too easily dismissed as "illness". Only people that honestly feel they have a problem they want addressed can decide to work on that problem. ...

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Is killing a plant lesser crime than killing an animal? Technically neither is a crime, although there are laws against cruelty to nonhuman animals but not to plants, and also killing a nonhuman animal can leave you open to a law suit if the animal was legally owned by someone. Then again, you could be sued if you cut down someone's tree or destroy their flowers on their property. But morally, it's a different story. Most nonhuman animals feel...

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What is the best way to fall asleep? Well the best quality sleep comes spontaneously in a calm, quiet setting on a comfortable bed. I also recommend taking a 3 mg melatonin supplement and a 3 mg timed release melatonin supplement as well - it's not only for sleep it's also for it's potent health and anti-aging effects. Not everyone can achieve that. It really depends on your specific problem with sleep. Some people have...

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You can`t see the air, but without it you will die. You can`t see the electricty in the lines, but touch it and you will surely know its there. So why is it so hard for you to beleive that God is real?Everything in the universe declares his glory! Someone else said this, and I'll expand on it: we can measure air and electricity. They can both be invisible but we can also even feel them. But there are other things that we can't see, hear, smell, taste, or feel. Neutrinos are predicted in the Standard Model in modern particle physics. Physicists thought they would find them because they were part of a very successful theory of physics...

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You can`t see the air, but without it you will die. You can`t see the electricty in the lines, but touch it and you will surely know its there. So why is it so hard for you to beleive that God is real?Everything in the universe declares his glory! Someone else said this, and I'll expand on it: we can measure air and electricity. They can both be invisible but we can also even feel them. But there are other things that we can't see, hear, smell, taste, or feel. Neutrinos are predicted in the Standard Model in modern particle physics. Physicists thought they would find them because they were part of a very successful theory of physics...

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Do you fear god or love him? can you fear him and love him? is living in fear OK, does it not seem like abuse? Which god? The Biblical YHWH? I assume that's the one you mean, but there are also Zeus, Ares, Poseidon (just ask Odysseus if you should fear HIM), Vishnu, Shiva (there are millions of Hindus alive today), Odin (neo-pagan worship of Norse gods has expanded a little bit relatively recently), Thor, etc. And even the YHWH of the Bible demonstrated so many distinct personalities in just in the...

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Is it right to love or to fear God? Someone else already explained the distinction between the the different Hebrew words for fear, and how in a sense the "fear" is better translated (still not conveying it quite right) as awe. But it's neither wrong nor right to feel anything about anything or anyone. A feeling is a feeling, only actions have any consequences and thus moral value (and thus can be right or wrong). Perhaps some...

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Does God forgive the killing of ants, spiders, etc. Does the sixth commandment not apply to insects? Are they inferior to the human race and hence deserve to die? Does God even care or did he create them merely so that they can die? The commandment you're referring to is best translated from the original Hebrew as a prohibition against unlawful killing (it would include murder and things like manslaughter). It did NOT even apply to all humans. After all, the punishment prescribed for any violation of the commandments and Mosaic laws was death. And the Hebrews, led by Moses (and later by others) and with God's blessing...

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I want god to die, how can I do so? If you're talking about "god" as defined by as an actually existing being that is both omniscient and omnipotent, it would be pretty much impossible because (1) it'd see it coming, see it coming even before your grandfather was born, and (2) its omnipotence would protect it and allow it to defend itself and retaliate completely. But I guess it could use its OWN omnipotence to kill itself....

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If we end up not 'winning' the Afghan war but just leaving, would that be considered a loss to us, like some consider Vietnam? The problem, once again, is that "winning" is poorly defined. Does it mean we leave it a democratic republic with a basically libertarian constitution? Even if we did that it will collapse into totalitarianism again. We forget how the US has a LONG history of limited government and democracy that begins with the Magna Carta in the 1200s in England. Some cultures have NO political or...

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Which person will not fear the death? Some suicidal people. People who have nothing to lose (someone who maybe has lost everyone they loved). Someone who doesn't value their lives. People who are mentally unsound. People who don't believe that death is really death (believers in some form of afterlife). Either way, these people are always dangerous. Someone who doesn't fear death doesn't fear the only fear that is really...

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I've been eating healthy all week- but i DESPERATELY need something sweet! Besides fruit, what is something that is healthy and sweet? Eating "healthy" precludes eating foods that contain sugars. Fruits and fruit juices are basically candy bars with small amounts of vitamins and other nutrients within them. If you want the nutrients, take a multivitamin, take a Vitamin C supplement with bioflavonoids. If you need something sweet, buy one of those Atkins bars that uses sugar alcohols and / or Splenda (neither of which affect...

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There is absolutely NO EVIDENCE to support the baseless theory of Evolution. Can anyone give me ANY CONCRETE evidence to support this theory No evidence? Carbon and uranium dating show that the world is 4.55 billion years old. We see the evidence of our own human experiments in artificial selecting breeding dogs and cats and many forms of crops and farm animals (we did this in only several thousand years, imagine what could happen in hundreds of millions of years without any conscious intervention). We have a fossil record LOADED...

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I have a friend that always say's she is going to suicide. I have called 911 on her MANY TIMES. She tell me to " enjoy her death" WTF? It's a cry for help. She sounds like she may have histrionic personality disorder, leading her to lots of unhealthy attention seeking behaviour. But still you should always take it seriously as long as you still care for her, considering that you wouldn't be able to forgive yourself if she actually did something. I think it's unlikely, but who knows what she could one day do. I have a lot...

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Do you believe in one god, more than one god, or no god? NOTE: I am agnostic. Your answers will not affect me in any way, shape, or form. Please answer truthfully and feel free to explain yourself. I am interested to know what motivates the beliefs I neither believe nor disbelieve in any god or gods. First, I'd require good, clear definitions of what any entity was before I could even consider believing that it exists (otherwise "god" is more or less an empty sound that we confuse for a word because everyone pretends it has clearly defined meaning). Second, even then, my standard for knowledge is absolute certainty, and I can't honestly...

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Why did Dalek Caan rescue Davros and help to resurrect the daleks if he decreed "no more"? SPOILER!!!!!!! I think he did it because he really was decreeing "no more" to what he perceived as "false" daleks. He saw the Emperor's human-based daleks. He saw Davros's mutant kaled daleks (not descended from the original stock and DNA of the dalek race, it was more a recreation of the daleks than a survival or continuation). He didn't like it. But the daleks also HAD to survive. ...

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During Sleep Paralysis, should I meditate and/or 'wait it out' to get through the experience? I don't want it to drive me crazy. Sometimes just touching a toe to something can help snap your body out of it. The best thing to do is to keep remembering that it's nothing serious and that it's just a sleep paralysis episode, and then try to concentrate on trying to move to snap out of it. Even if you can't snap out of it on your own, focusing on trying will keep you from going mad. Believe me, I know, I've had problems...

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my cat of 21 years just died . i'm a grown man ,but can't fight off these tears . got anything to cheer me up ? I know what it's like - I love cats but have always been a dog person and lost several over the years. Every death is a tragedy. You have my deepest sympathies. One thing that I can suggest is to remember that there is no guilt or shame in being a survivor, in living on after a good friend dies. Try to watch or listen to or read something that will make you laugh. Or spend time with people...

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would u stab someone in prision to stay alive and not be someones bitoch or something? I'd do it without a second thought. I neither want to be killed nor raped / sodomized. I want to live in (relative) peace. If that has to come at the expense of someone else's life, especially someone intending to harm me, so be it. There would also be no guilt. My only concern would be that I might get caught and end up having more years tacked onto my sentence. People forget that you...

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What will be the first animal, besides a human, to drive a car? I have to guess some other sort of great ape. Chimps, gorillas, maybe orangutans. If humans can do it then eventually maybe they will too.

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Since Evolution is still viewed as just a theory, why should any credence be given to it? Well, what ISN'T a theory? In science a theory is something that has loads of evidence behind it, and is well confirmed. It explains phenomena and makes good, testable predictions. The best way to look at the world is that even basic things like your own existence or the existence of the planet or whether other humans have minds (instead of just seeming to have minds) are just very very good...

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Do you think the world will end with the galactic alignment in 2012 December 21st? It's the end of the Mayan long calendar. Even the Mayans didn't predict anything bad would happen at the end of this particular cycle of their calendar. Then again a lot of their writings were destroyed so I guess it's theoretically possible they wrote some doomsday prophecies, but it's nothing we've ever found. And also, why should we be worried even if they HAD left us some prophecies,...

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Is religion a scam? Sometimes it's just based on mass-delusion instead of an intentional fraud. A lot of religious leaders attempt to milk their followers of money even though they believe what they're selling. Being disingenuous doesn't necessarily mean you can't be greedy and selfish too. But mostly, yes, yes it is. After all, just look at religions today. Most of them originated so long ago that it's hard...

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What is your opinion of Bible burning? What about burning the Qur'an? A church in FL plans to do just that. It's protected speech and it should be legal. It's a form of expression. That said, it is sort of impolite. But the again, there're more where that came from!

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What did the mayans suggest would exactly happen to earth in 2012? On 2012:12:21 (or 2012:12:23, depending on who you ask), their great calendar ends and another cycle begins. That's all. They made no predictions that we know of about something happening, good, bad, or neutral, coinciding with the end of that calendar. I mean, every New Year in our calendar there's always some people who entertain beliefs about the end of the world. They especially do that...

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i do not feel emotion i wish to ask why do ppl act this way Many people react, they act without thinking, just responding thoughtlessly to their emotions. I don't really understand it either, but I also don't really feel emotion, at least not very strongly. I always think before I act or react or show emotions on my face. Everything I do is calculated, reasoned. Maybe the world would be better if more people were like that. Tough to say.

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So, still think racial/ethnic profiling is the way to stop terrorists? No. Not only does it not work but it threatens ALL our civil rights. It's also illegal at the highest level in the US, violating our Constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law. Every instance of racial profiling violates the Constitution, the very amendment that the entire civil rights movement was all about. YEAH, we should treat THAT as though it means nothing. Really?? The...

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Is racial profiling okay if it means we stop terrorists? No. Not only does it not work but it threatens ALL our civil rights. It's also illegal at the highest level in the US, violating our Constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law. Every instance of racial profiling violates the Constitution, the very amendment that the entire civil rights movement was all about. YEAH, we should treat THAT as though it means nothing. Really??...

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For those of you who have used a Ouija board: What was your experience? It was horrible. We must have been watched by some spirits of boredom, waiting, ready to strike. Absolutely nothing happened, and we all sat waiting for something to happen on the board and it never did. Those spirits were real bastards, because by the end we all felt idiotic for having wasted our time in front of a piece of cardboard and a plastic pointer thingie as though somehow dead...

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Are you afraid of the Mayans coming back in 2012? HAHA this is a ridiculously funny question. I can see it now - all those Mayans flying out of the sky out of some big portal leading to a realm where they didn't age all these years or maybe time travelling from the past or something. Nope, I think 2012 will pass uneventfully into 2013, aside from some problems caused by panicked people who believe something bad will happen. At least this...

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do you think its wrong to drink until you get drunk, even if it helps you deal with your problems in life(Or at least ignore your problems) I don't see why it would be wrong. Sometimes it really helps. It's generally a good idea to take high-dose thiamine supplements whilst heavily drinking because it can harm the absorption of thiamine, although this can be a long term side effect and this malabsorption is the primary cause of many of the negative long term effects of heavy alcohol use. Also, ignoring things, although not...

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Why do woman always win the argument A sort of sexism that discriminates against men that permeates every single argument and discussion. That's why. The fact is that men and women are basically the same.

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What would you do if you saw a cold, hungry, lonely, poor little boy on the street at night? Help him, whilst keeping two eyes open for scam. There's no reason to trust the buy, after all. But I would take him in and provide food and shelter and a shower and more if he wanted to stay. If he seemed to have experience drinking I might even provide some alcohol (who am I to judge if he survived on the streets that way?). I would try to help him as completely and as cautiously as I...

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Who do you think was Mysterion on South Park? I know the writers say they never decided. But who would you have guessed Mysterion was? Share your answer...

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Does the world need WikiLeaks? The world needs it now more than ever. We need third party objective oversight on governments and corporations. It's the only way to secure our basic freedoms and privacy. As world governments especially learn new and more sophisticated ways to justify compromising our basic civil rights (from the US to Western European nations), we need to expose them to police them. Governments need to be...

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Is a bigot a bigot, no matter what? Sometimes people are labelled as bigots and they're really not. After all, we've lost the distinction in the last few decades between racism and bigotry. Racism can consist of beliefs about the innate inferiority of one or more races, and this may or may not be based on science (even if the science is faulty, it may not appear so to everyone, especially those who don't know how best to...

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For those of you who believe in Him, whom do you think God loves more? The Hatemonger/Racist/Bigot or the person who believes in "love thy neighbor as thyself?" It's really impossible to say. People who are hatemongers or bigots will think their god loves them more and will see evidence of this when reading and seeing their particular interpretations in the scriptures. More "love thy neighbour" types will think the same and read the same out of their scriptural readings. The best thing to do is to realize that following a huge collection of texts...

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If you are not afraid of death then are you fearless, or is there always something that can invoke fear? Even if you don't fear death you may fear the death of loved ones. And even if you don't fear pain, there might be some things that you have some weird irrational fear of that you can't explain, like claustrophobia, insectophobia, or something like that. Most people have a huge irrational fear of at least one thing, above and beyond the actual or even perceived pain and / or death that thing...

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Which of the recent presidents would you want to be in the hot seat with 12 min. to decide how to respond to an apparent nuclear attack? Ronald Reagan would be my choice since he basically WAS sitting in the hot seat at the end of the Cold War. After him Bill Clinton because he seems like he could keep a cool head.

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Is believing in "Self" more important than believing in"God" ? WHY? Both are sort of dubious concepts that are poorly defined if at all. But even if you believe in a god or gods, the general consensus is that he/she/it/they help those that help themselves. Selves. So at least believe in yourself in the sense of being able to do things and accomplish things and succeed. No religion or society in history would have ever succeeded if it didn't place a high...

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If something from another universe asked me from which universe I'm I would say what? It would have to be something that could apparently characterize all of our universe. I don't think you'd be able to identify your universe. I honestly think that there may not be a way and the other being would know that if it was so. Although it might help to characterize our universe (it might not uniquely do so), we could list the values of the fundamental constants - relative strengths of the electromagnetic, weak, strong, and gravitational forces, charge and mass of the...

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Do Science and Philosophy agree that at the Universe had a beginning, and that before the Universe was there was nothing? Science provides us with the Big Bang, which is a theory - actually a number of related theories. Some theories have, indeed, stated that there was no "before" the Big Bang, that it was the beginning of time and space as well as everything else. Other theories have the Big Bang be one of many such events that occur throughout a much larger and potentially eternal multiverse. Other theories have...

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The Big Bang Theory: First there was nothing, then it exploded. Agree or disagree, and why? The Big Bang is a theory - actually a number of related theories. Some theories have, indeed, stated that there was no "before" the Big Bang, that it was the beginning of time and space as well as everything else. Other theories have the Big Bang be one of many such events that occur throughout a much larger and potentially eternal multiverse. Other theories have the Big Bang be the latest...

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Why in the farthest reaches of the mind would somebody suggest that space really does'nt exist? It depends on what is meant by space. If someone is saying that outer space doesn't exist, with the planets and stars and all those galaxies, that's just... hard to imagine how someone could suggest that. But the idea that both space and time don't exist go back a long way, even in Western society. The ancient Greek philosopher Parmenides (his most famous student was Zeno of Zeno's paradox)...

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If there was nothing in the universe, that in itself would be something Agree or Disagree It's really impossible to know. Even modern physics doesn't give us much insight on this question. Space and time may only be relations between things, and as such may not exist without those things. It's really not answerable or even guessable right now.

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Should the U.S. Build More Coal-Fired Power Plants? Coal is dirty and creates more problems than just carbon dioxide emissions. But it's important that we gain independence from foreign oil; in fact we need to move on from oil because we've probably hit peak oil (half has been depleted) and we should seek alternatives NOW. I favour nuclear myself. But coal is cheap, safe, and easy. And it might lead to the develop of ways to burn it in a...

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If god is all powerful, why did one of his churches decide do this? Just because you have power (even unlimited power), doesn't mean you exercise it. Also, where does it say that the God of the Bible is all powerful? That is an interpretation of scripture that is very popular but is a stretch at best from an actual reading, and there are many passages that would suggest that this God is VERY powerful or even the MOST powerful being but certainly not ALL...

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What attracts people to the Jehovah's Witnesses? About the same sorts of things that attract people to the Mormons or Scientology, I expect.

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Do you think there is nothing after death or do you think there is something after death? I think lots of things will happen after my death. I just don't think I will be conscious for any of it. People will still be born and die. They will do all sorts of things. Maybe, just maybe, if I freeze-dry my brain via a cryonics facility, I might one day be revived. Otherwise, I will most likely never be aware of anything that happens after my death. Although then again over infinite...

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The Reddish color of mars is due to? Oxidized iron. Some people speculate that this means that at one point there was some free molecular oxygen being produced, and the only method we know of is photosynthesis. And the oxygen reacted with the surface iron, and then we have a red, rusty Mars. Who knows?

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suicide crime or tragedy... over one million people commit suicide every year. what shall be done for solving this problem? Suicide is a choice. It should be. Until recently I thought it was only a sign of mental illness, and should always be seen as insane and worthy of treatment. But now I feel like death should be an option open to everyone. It doesn't matter whether you're terminally ill or just incapable of living life. I do think that many suicides are a tragedy because society should be better at making...

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I can't get an erection with a woman, but with a man. I don't like anal or oral so a relationship with a man is impossible. I would like to have sex with a woman but everytime my penis does nothing and it's so stressful. It keeps me from a relationship. Do you actually WANT to have sex? Maybe you're just asexual, neither gay nor straight. It can happen.

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Why do people often confuse not having a religion with Atheism? I am not an Atheist by any means, yet when I state that I do not belong to any organized religions people assume so. Humans like to categorize. The brain seeks patterns, and seeks to place individuals into predefined groups. If you don't fit into one of the groups they know or accept or understand, you're an atheist. No big mystery there.

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Is god knowable to people? I mean, is something capable of creating a universe beyond human comprehension - apart from way, way oversimplified abstractions? An agnostic would say no. That is literally the definition of an agnostic. Everyone else might say maybe. But the problem is that the word "god" is undefined". What are we asking is knowable to people? And it's not necessary that being able to create a universe makes you beyond comprehension.

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Many people claim to love God and to do so is said to be a virtue. But a universe creating entity is way beyond human comprehension so how can anybody say they love God when they have no idea what God actually is and no concept of the nature of his being? I like this - the idea that you can't truly love someone if you don't know them. It's also very true. The truth is they love their own idea of this god thing. Not an actual real being. It's the same way some people say they love another person, but really love the idea of them.

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Would you like to see a woman wearing a mini skirt? Yes, as long as she's attractive and has nice legs. Otherwise please no.

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Is it possible for a hatemonger/racist/bigot to be fearless or are they always fearful? Yes, of course. There's no correlation between fearlessness and bigotry / hate. Although a lot of the hate-MONGERS (the ones doing all the talking at the podiums - like the the wannabe Adolf Hitlers of the world) generally ARE cowards. But the crowds listening and loving every word and equally filled with hate and bigotry can be as likely cowardly as fearless.

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Why would people with unrealistic hopes and fears more likely be drawn to a religion than to atheism? I'm not religious - in fact I don't believe in a god or gods or anything supernatural. I consider myself a skeptic (better even: a zetetic). I neither believe nor disbelieve in really anything. I highly recommend the stance of suspending your judgement on anything and everything until absolutely certain knowledge (which may or may not be possible - ever). But having said all this, I do...

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do you feel people use God as a weapon of hate and bigotry? Yes, of course they do, all the time. It's probably the easiest weapon to use, because if you try hard enough you can interpret any text (religious scriptures are no different) to mean or say anything you want it to say, and no higher being has yet come around to set any records straight. But in all fairness people use other weapons besides religion and God too - it's not accurate to say that...

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Atheists: What do you feel is the biggest misconception that non-atheists have about atheists? have you done anything to dispel that notion? I think the biggest misconception is assuming that atheism is like a religion with common beliefs and such. What I mean by that is that they might assume things like that Richard Dawkins is the atheist pope or something. Atheists are as diverse a group as the religious are. Even within one religion (I'll pick Christianity), some members believe abortion or homosexuality or the death penalty...

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To people of religion: If God is real, why would he/it want you to praise him? Don't you think God would be an ego-less being? Why would he/ it want 'credit' for things? Personally, I never got why, if a god existed, and did, in fact, create the universe and perhaps specifically us, why that would automatically entitle the thing to being worshipped or loved or praised. No one asks to be born. The act of bringing new minds into this world is ultimately selfish. You can't do a "favour" to a still non-existent or "potential" mind. Yes, the same thing goes for...

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I think I was attacked by a ghost in bed, this happened some time ago but I cant get it out of my head. Does anyone have any useful info? Could you move or scream during the encounter? If not it might have been sleep paralysis, where you are partway between sleeping and waking, but mostly awake, and your brain hasn't told your muscles they can move yet (the brain in healthy individuals always paralyzes you to keep you from hurting yourself acting out your dreams... like in sleep walking when it fails to do this). Often the...

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Morals and ethics-how are they different? They're really often used interchangeably. I know, I know, we could check a dictionary. But that really doesn't help us when almost everyone, for all practical purposes, uses them synonymously. I think the distinction is thus a matter of semantics or personal preference. I know in some role playing games there is a concept of "alignment", broken into morality and ethics. Morality in these...

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Twilight: love it or hate it? What team are you on? I voted in the hate it team, but I have to admit having had a perverse pleasure watching the films when my friend drags me along. But it's overly angsty and melodramatic. A lot of things don't make sense. Edward and the other vampires seem to genuinely enjoy their existences as vampires, and why not?? They're not only ageless and practically indestructible but they also have ridiculous...

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Many people say they know God. But do they? Do you know the name of God? Which god? Humans have invented hundreds, maybe even thousands over the millenia. One of them was named Zeus; another was Odin. A few worshipped today by large numbers of people are named Shiva, Vishnu, and Ganesha, respectively. One particularly popular deity these days goes by Jehovah, Yahweh, Allah (not really a name as much as Arabic for "god"), "I Am That I Am" (although the better...

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I never understood all of the old portraits of the Founding Fathers they wore wigs and they were rarely seen walking around in public. I don't know about the walking thing, although some of the Founding Fathers were not much for being public figures - they were political philosophers and intellectuals. As far as the wigs, they WERE more fashionable. But there was a practical reason for them too. In an age before running water and the ability to regularly shower and shampoo, head lice and filthy hair was rampant. It was...

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What is something you do to make yourself feel less lonely? I get a bottle of scotch and drink it alone in a dark room... Nah, just kidding! I actually don't really ever feel lonely. I like being by myself. I think I am one of those people who could live for years, decades, centuries, even indefinitely without any human contact (whether in person, over the phone, or any other way). It's not that I dislike socializing, as I have a nice good few...

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Why do SOME white people hate seeing Obama as our President? Well only a small minority of whites have a problem with him because of his race. Remember, he wouldn't have been elected without a LOT of white votes. Some of those white people (as well as those of other races) have come to be disappointed by the poor progress on a number of issues: the economy, our foreign military presence, and more recently the Gulf BP spill. He (like his predecessor,...

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Is the Garden of Eden a hoax? It's a variant of an archetypical myth seen across many cultures, and that even recurs to varying degrees in modern society. The myth of the golden ideal past. "Back then" things were perfect. If only it could be as good as it was "back then". We do this to a lesser extent today when we talk about the "simpler times" of the Old West or the 1950s or when we romanticize medieval Europe. And...

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How Many U.S. Officials Are Religious? There is no way of knowing. People can lie. It's also irrelevant to their competency, but that's another issue. But I would venture to guess that many more officials lie about being religious (even to the point of regularly attending services for appearances) than really are.

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Does life feel much more precious as an Atheist? It depends on the atheist. I don't think it matters what a person believes or disbelieves. Whether life is more or less precious to a person is really a matter of their emotional state of being and character, and not any philosophical or theological matter. But there are a few reasons why a atheist might feel their life as more precious. First, without a god or gods, they can feel free and...

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Does alcoholics anonymous work? There's no clear data that it works or doesn't work. Some people claim to have been helped by it, and others are not. The fact is that there is an inherent selection bias - many of the people who voluntarily go to AA ALREADY want to quit drinking and improve their lives. How many of them might be able to do it without AA? It's hard to answer that question. How many of them might be able to...

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Could you make a Jehovah's Witness walk away from your house shaking his head and doubting his own religion? No, because religious faith isn't shaken by reason or facts or evidence. Perhaps it could be shaken by some poor emotional argument that doesn't prove or disprove anything, but attacks the very emotional core of a person, but that's just cheap and even it if does "succeed" doesn't really deserve to succeed. In this way religious faith shares a lot in common with a delusion. See this:...

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how do u no 4 sure that there is a so called god or satan???if no one has ever seen or taken a real picture??? Silly question. There are no actual pictures of wind (only the effects of it), and most people buy that wind exists. The same is also true of very small things like electrons. Especially of neutrinos, which we only detect with HUGE vats of underground water that occasionally serves to block a few of the trillions of neutrinos that easily pass through you and Earth harmlessly every second. ...

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Can human beings gain immortality to become immortal? If so, how? Would you like to be immortal? I don't think immortality in the sense that you could never under absolutely any circumstances die can ever be attained. But immortality in the sense of never aging, and becoming progressively better capable of "coming back" from accidents... sure, that is possible. And sure I would want that. It is what mankind has wanted since it could think complex thoughts about what it wanted. Why else...

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Why are Lawyers despised? I kind of like lawyers. Defense attorneys protect innocent people from the justice system. The thing is, most decent people, at their very cores, know that legalism is a foul thing, and hate it, and so they hate lawyers as a result. Thinking in terms of laws and rules and restrictions and how to get around them is generally bad compared to thinking in more human terms, meaning thinking...

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Could you ever kill someone if it were absolutely necessary? I could kill to defend myself, the lives of my loved ones, or even probably the lives of innocent people that were having their lives threatened. It would be easy and I wouldn't give it a second thought or a moment's remorse. If someone asked me to kill them, for instance to help them to die because they couldn't take the pain of life anymore (for instance, terminally ill), I don't know if I...

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Honest question: If you had to become a vampire (insatiable bloodlust, immortal unless staked, slowly going insane) or a werewolf (only once a month, but grosser, with a gradual horrified realization of being a monster), which would you choose? Vampire. I've always been a night person, and have never been squeamish. Of course depending on the vampire "rules", I'd miss the ABILITY to be able to go in the sun, and / or also the taste and smell of garlic. But I could deal. Besides, as a vampire, I could live throughout the ages, never worried about dying, just experiencing the flow of history. Plus I could also make sure my loved...

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If you were dieing and had the choice to go to heaven become a ghost or be turned into an immortal human that never appeared any older then lets say 25 what would you choose? If I chose to be an immortal human that never appeared older than 25, would I also never physically FEEL older than 25? Assuming it's not just a matter of appearance, but I really never age and am physically not older than 25, I might pick that choice. But here are more questions: if my arm gets cut off, will it grow back? Do I need to eat, breathe, or drink to live, or if I don't do those...

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Would you become immortal if you had the choice? Yes, in a heartbeat, as long as I knew what was meant by "immortal". Usually people mean two kinds of immortality: (1) it means you never age but you can be killed or (2) you don't age and you can't be killed by any means and won't die even if you don't eat or drink or sleep. Either one sounds good to me. If it's (1) and life ever got too bad, I could just kill myself or take lots of heroic...

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How long do you hope to live in this world? Right now I can't imagine why I would ever want to stop living. Maybe in the future that might change. But if I remained young and in good health and in one piece and in the same relative state of mind, I would say I would want to live indefinitely in this universe (Earth or even the Sun might not last as long as I might want to last). Of course that's a lot of ifs and there's no way to...

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What will happen if the Earth's magnetic field is reversed? The magnetic field protects us from solar radiation and cosmic rays, and as it reverses it will be weaker and thus we will be hurt more by these things. I imagine we'll have higher cancer incidence as a result. Also, perhaps, there might be an adverse effect on some technology, although that is all speculative and it' s hard to predict.

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Why are people now a days are self centred than 30 years ago? They're not. People are just more open about it now, and also with the internet it's even easier to publish and advertise one's self-centredness to greater audiences. But humans haven't really changed that much. 30, 300, 3000 years ago, humans were just as self-centred, they had all the character flaws in roughly the same percentages they have now, etc.

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Can you think of any two things that are identical to one another in every way? Two electrons in the same quantum state but in different places. They are identical in every way, to the point where one might even interpret them as the same electron in two places (although this interpretation is unnecessary).

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Does a superhero have to have a weakness? If yes, why? It depends on what you mean by "weakness". Even if Superman was immune to kryptonite AND magic (this would effectively make him, especially pre-Crisis Superman, not that practically different from God power-wise), his weaknesses would still include the vulnerability of the people he loved, like Lois Lane, and his willingness to do nearly anything to protect innocent civilians. These things...

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If you had a one night stand and the woman told you later she was pregnant would you doubt you are the father and want a DNA test Well, if she had a one night stand with me, it's not a terrible or unreasonable thing to assume it's at least possible she might have them with others around the same time, or possibly have had a boyfriend she was cheating on maybe. It would be naive and stupid of me to take her word for it if I hardly even knew her (except for the biblical sense). But I would SERIOUSLY doubt I was the father...

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Why would an all-knowing and omnipotent creator, create something that makes him angry, sad or jealous? Well, the only explanation would be that he/she/it was either a masochist, a sadist, or both. But this whole omnipotence (as well as omniscience and omnibenevolence) nonsense are the interpretations that HUMANS have decided to see from the Bible. Throughout both the New and Old Testaments, there is very little scriptural support for any of these qualities, and MANY passages that seem to...

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Supposely I don't look my weight, but someone else told me otherwise. Who is right? Well, in matters of perception, there are no right answers. The only facts are the objective numbers of weight, body fat %, height, BMI, stuff like that. It's always possible that one person can see another as fat and another as looking just right or even really good. My father says every woman is fat if they're not walking anorexic twigs; I differ considerably (although I lean towards...

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Which country in the world has the oldest history It depends on what is meant by "country". For instance, it's really a tough sell that Italy can claim ancient Rome as part of its own history, or for that matter, that the modern state of Egypt can suggest its history has anything to do with the ancient Egyptians. The nations of Italy and Germany were united only in the last few hundred years, before that having been composed of smaller...

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To be a man or a woman? WHY? Eh, they both have their pros and cons. I was born and feel very comfortable as a man, so I guess I'm sticking with it, barring any (awful) accidents. I guess if I had to choose which gender is better off, I'd have to say men. Men don't have periods, they don't ever have to worry about childbirth, and vasectomies are much safer and easier than having the tubes tied. Also, women's bodies...

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What's your religion or spiritual beleif? I'm a skeptic. One skeptic coined the term "zetetic", and actually I like that because the word "skeptic" as really become contaminated as a pop culture word to mean someone who doubts or denies or seeks to debunk. And that's not me. My stance is simple - I withhold my judgement on all things, neither believing nor disbelieving anything and accepting only that for which I can be certain....

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Is atheism detrimental to society? No, atheism isn't detrimental to society. But certainly some individual atheists might be. So too will some Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Taoists, Wiccans, agnostics, etc. be detrimental to society. Every tree has bad apples. Prejudice against atheists among many religious people causes them to focus on the bad apple atheists and then draw the sweeping conclusion that...

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Would you rather talk to an intelligent alien for 5 minutes ( by phone) , or see ( in person ) 500 dinosuars? I would choose to talk with the intelligent alien, as long as it was the alien's intelligence was not so alien that humans and their species would never be able to communicate. After all, it's presumptuous to assume that all intelligent species capable of technology and space travel would necessarily have forms of consciousness compatible with communication or understanding of our own. I'd...

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Would you rather spend the rest of your life in prison or get the death penalty? I would choose life in prison. At least that gives me options. Some people get used to life behind bars. It can be rough in there, but you also don't have to worry about paying any rent or for your meals. And if I ever feel like prison is too much to handle, I can always decide, on my own terms and in a manner of my own choice, to kill myself, on my own timeline, not the government's.

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Do you think pit bull dogs should be banned in New Zealand? Yes or no and why? Pit bulls have a bad reputation mostly because they're the breed of choice for being trained as vicious guard dogs or even in dog fighting. They're popular to be trained for viciousness because they have very strong jaws and paws. I had a pit bull that I got as a puppy and he never would hurt a fly, was the friendliest dog. Even when he was having his tail pulled and being severely pestered...

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whats your theory on death? Probably a more interesting question would be about a theory of life. As far as death is concerned, there is no need for a theory. The definition of death is the end of life. Some people believe in one of a variety of different afterlife sort of outcomes for a hypothetical soul, but all of that is speculation and to date there isn't any good evidence to believe one over the others, or for...

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What's the biggest lie you've been told that you believed and it totally messed up your life? Someone once lied to me and told me that an old friend of mine had died. I believed it for over 2 years until I found out different and I don't know if it totally messed up my life, even for that period of time, but it did devastate me and filled me with guilt.

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Do you believe - anything which we do leads us to the Lord is GOOD, and that which keeps us away from the Lord is BAD? I think that GOOD is that which avoids harming others or yourself and that tends to benefit others and/or yourself. I think the BAD is that which harms yourself and/or others - regardless of whether it would lead us somewhere or not. Any lord worthy of following in the first place would have similar standards.

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Why are atheists meaner than witches. Some atheists might practice some form of witchcraft, and some witches may be atheists. Also, some atheists may be meaner than some witches, and some witches may be meaner than some witches.

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Guys, why you always staring at girls Probably for the same reason girls are always staring at guys. And remember, guys won't stare at unattractive girls or women, and neither will girls look at unattractive guys.

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Do North Korea and other rogue nations make you nervous? They cannot be allowed nuclear technology of any kind--do you agree? I personally don't like that the so-called rogue nations exist, nor do I ever want them to have nuclear weapons. But on what moral grounds can the US or any other country that has nuclear weapons tell another country it can't develop them? Can we really say "we're the good guys and you're the bad guys, so it's okay if we have doomsday weapons but you can't"? Is that really the argument?...

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How can I help someone feel better about living when he or she wants to end his or her life? Why does the person want to end his or her life? Some people want to do so out of financial desperation. Why wouldn't you want to commit suicide if you were destitute, maybe about to be evicted? Some want to commit suicide because of the end of relationships, divorces, etc. Some because of chronic untreated mental illness, including depression. To make someone feel better, you need to find...

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On the topic of religion, what is the difference between Christianity and Catholic? Well, Catholics (and also Anglicans) are the only Christians who believe in transubstantiation, the idea that the bread and wine become the actual body and blood of Christ through some miracle. Almost every other Christian believes that this is merely symbolic. Catholicism is really a death cult, obsessed with death. Only Catholics have crucifixes with Jesus on the cross. Most other...

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Is evolution proven? What is "proven"? What things are actually proven or even proven to be provable? Not even our own existence or the existence of the world is strictly speaking proven (only very "obvious" which is more of an emotional reaction than having to do with rational proof). Mathematical proofs maybe - except for the fact that mathematics is a useful closed system built on axioms (assumptions and...

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Do u exist I don't know. I understand the words "do" and "exist" in that question, but "you" is ambiguous. It really begs the question of what the self is, or whether a truly continuous and meaningful self exists. I think that "my" (by that I mean this pattern of thought and feeling that I seem to recognize as "me") existence is a good theory - it seems to explain things. But I can't say I know I...

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Since the Lord gave us different languages and different countries to live in, do you think it was his intention for man not to mix races? Well, where in the Bible does it say that the Lord gave us the countries? The Old Testament describes willing migrations of various peoples. The only country "given" by God to anyone was Israel, to the Hebrews. Everyone else sort of was fruitful and multiplied and spread over Earth and formed their own countries of their own accord, and there is not one verse to suggest that any other...

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A wild animal attacks a human while out hiking and that animal is then hunted and killed. Why? Humans do that because we are naturally vindictive and love witch hunts and killing. Many humans would, in the absence of legal consequences, go out and hunt other humans down who they felt wronged them. The laws that protect humans exist because they can speak for themselves, and as history tells us, some groups (like African slaves in America or women throughout history) COULD speak for...

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What are the functions of Satan? Can God ever overpower Satan? In various points in the Bible, there are different perspectives on it. "Satan" literally means "adversary". But adversary to whom?? Sometimes, in the Bible, it seems that he is the adversary of God. But in other places (most notably, in Job), Satan seems more like an angel of God chosen to be an adversary of sorts to humanity, to test us and our faith in God. Actually the only evidence...

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Should AB change their name to Atheists Bag, since there are an overwhelming amount of Atheists on this site? Based on what evidence is there any overwhelming amount of atheists (it doesn't have to be capitalized)? In my experience AnswerBag is fairly representative of the internet user population.

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Why should place names be different in other languages? For instance, why is the Italian city of Roma called 'Rome' in English? They should NOT be different. We should standardize them and they should be the same everywhere (the same as in the country of origin). The same should apply to the names of the languages, and of the peoples. I would also extend this to religious and historical figures, like Moses, Jesus, Socrates, Plato, etc. - all NOT their original pronunciations. Of course it's not always easy - some...

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Female is a suspect in a crime. she wears a vail, lives in America, but is from another country. when intervied by the police, she refuses to remove her vail for id purposes. do police remove vail physically or is search warrant required? A search warrant SHOULD be required, and even then that's about your Constitutional protection from unlawful search and seizure. If she wears the veil for religious reasons, then her First Amendment right to religious expression might be violated if they force her to remove it. The law, as far as I'm aware, is sort of spotty on these issues, and different states may have different local laws...

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Should ID Checks Be Required for Gun Sales? Dangerous people will get illegal guns through the black market. It would be stupid if they bought them legally since legal purchases leave paper trails and can sometimes be traced back to you. ID checks are privacy invasive. For people who buy guns legally, this is just government persecution, a sort of control and "keeping under wraps" of the law-abiding citizens. The spirit of the Second...

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How can a restraining order be done to a Christian by a hateful athiest based on fabrication, cover ups, lies, &framing to ruin her? As far as I can see, whether you are Christian and they were atheist was irrelevant. It could easily have been reversed. This was about retaliation, as you said. The law would just as easily have allowed a Christian to do the same to an atheist, or, for that matter, a Jew or a Muslim or a Buddhist or an agnostic. Religion here is irrelevant. Every group has jerks that screw people over,...

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Recently someone told me they disliked president bush, and when i asked why they didn't really seem too informed about politics much at all. Do you think the american public is really THAT affected by the negative propaganda against him? Some people dislike President G.W. Bush because they are informed and based on their information combined with their personal political and moral views they have formed an informed decision to disagree with any of his policies. On the other hand, yes, many many people dislike Bush because of left-wing propaganda. People all over the world are, for the most part, easily affected by propaganda...

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Have you every considered what it must be like to have no conscience? All restrictions lifted, anything goes? Well, I don't think lacking a conscience would necessarily mean all restrictions would be lifted. Just because you might not feel any guilt or remorse or compassion after hurting or stealing from or even murdering others, doesn't mean that you might not get caught and face personal consequences. Having no conscience doesn't mean you don't care about what happens to YOU personally, and it...

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Does welfare really help people? I think it's undeniable that welfare does help many people, many families. It also helps society as a whole - including the people who don't need welfare - by tending to reduce the desperation that can lead to criminal acts like robbery or burglary. It helps people put food on their tables, be able to wash their clothes and pay their bills, stay in their apartments or homes. It thus prevents...

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Can a man cheat on his wife several times and still really love his wife? Does cheating mean there is a lack of communication in the relationship? Yes. A man that cheats CAN love his wife. I actually think it's less likely for a cheating woman to love her husband than vice versa - both from my experience witnessing it with friends and from the cultural ideas that women take sex more seriously and have more emotion invested in it than men (generally speaking). On the other hand, a man (or woman!) cheating on his/her spouse probably...

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How might one calculate the time dilation in cases involving superluminal (faster-than-light) velocity? First, I do understand the fundamentals of special relativity and physics in general (I'll explain what I know below). My question is really: conventional pop-science wisdom holds that faster-than-light travel would mean backwards-in-time time travel, and I would like to know the actual physical equations (and their explanations in English) that result, more or less, in this effect. I...

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I would love to believe in a deity. I am homosexual. I did not choose homosexuality, it is something I discovered and was horrified about. But, if being homosexual is not god given, but god made me as I am, there is no god I can believe in. Advise me? You shouldn't be ashamed or horrified about being homosexual. You didn't choose it, and it's as valid a thing as my own (heterosexuality). What maybe you should take time to analyze and understand is why you would love to believe in a deity. That IS your choice, what you want to believe. It is, in my sentiment, somewhat shameful (and horrifying) to want to believe in...

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Besides the Time Lords, who else could the Daleks either not defeat or totally lose to in war? The Ancients could have taken them on I think, before Also, very likely the Osirians, but in their hey-day: http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Osirian Not much else. But remember, the daleks weren't nearly as powerful or dangerous in the old series. I mean, they were, but they didn't have those time dilating personal force fields, no emergency temporal shift, much less what they...

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So how are the Daleks going to come back now? The Cult of Skaro is gone, the New Dalek Empire got blown to smithereens... (1) What the Doctor (the copy) did would only have taken out the daleks on and around the Crucible. If there were any daleks in a different region of space (or time), they would have survived. However, it's unlikely that there were any daleks somewhere else, since the daleks were counting on that reality bomb to succeed, and any daleks elsewhere would have been destroyed by it. But the...

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Did Tom ever catch Jerry? He caught up in almost every (or every other) episode, but Jerry was always good at getting away. Are you asking if they've ever done a Tom & Jerry in which Tom catches Jerry and then claws at and plays with his body until Jerry dies, and then perhaps eats him afterwards? No, they've never done that. Would have been one hell of a way to end the series though.

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Have you ever had a precognitive dream? (A dream that later came true.) Why do you think this might happen? This happens because the brain is much smarter than the mind. The total processing power of the human brain is estimated at about 20 million billion calculations per second. How many calculations per second can you perform? We have precognitive dreams because the brain is processing sensory data from the past and present, much of which you were never consciously aware of, but came through...

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If God doesn't need us and exists without us then why did He create us? Serious answers only please. I am trying to understand this. I'm not a believer, but... Assuming there is a God, perhaps the premises that he doesn't need us and/or could exist without us are false. Remember, ancient Hebrew traditions were polytheistic, and monotheistic Judaism (which later branched into Christianity, Islam, and modern Judaism) grew out of that tradition. The first commandment, "Thou shalt have no other gods besides...

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Congratulate me! AnswerBag thinks I have a BRAIN! Congratulations! You're awesome, and finally getting the recognition. Good for you, and thanks for all your contributions here.

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What did you last have to eat? 1 cup of Japanese vegetables, from Foodtown, mixed with 2 tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon of butter, and 2 teaspoons each of chopped garlic and 2 teaspoons of spicy chopped peppers, cooked in the microwave in an microwavable mug. The Japanese vegetables are French cut green beans, onions, mushrooms, and broccoli florets. Delicious, healthy, and filling. Only 130 calories also.

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How many barely legal chicks have tied you up and tried to eat your friend right in front of you? If there's tying up involved, I'm usually the one doing it, precisely to avoid situations where I might be eaten or something else (necessarily less) unpleasant. Barely legal chicks are definitely welcome in these, and other situations, with me though, as long as I maintain my freedom of motion. I do have a friend who was tied up and then robbed and left screaming until someone called...

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Would it make sense to you if people were offended by Buddy Christ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Christ It is somewhat depressing to me knowing some people are offended by it, but then again, the fact that they have the beliefs they do are more depressing. The existence of organized, widespread, socially acceptable variants of clinical delusional disorder should be depressing to anyone, most of all for the social consequences they bring. For fun, here are "indicators of a delusion",...

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If you spent time with your babysitter's dead body in the refrigerator, would you become a necrophiliac? Nah. I really hate the heat, and like the cold. If the AC wasn't working, a dead body in the fridge wouldn't stop me from getting in with it if it was large enough in there. If I had the room for it, I might buy another fridge, lay it on its back, and make up a little private bed thing in there. I like closed spaces too (as long as I'm not locked in), so it would work out....

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Is it an American trait to say "That's Not True" if it is a fact that makes them uncomfortable? no matter the evidence to the contrary? I find this quite often when having discussions with Americans. They just live in denial of something they don't wa I'm an American (a New Yorker), and I'm not like that. I'm a good skeptic, and require sufficient evidence to believe anything. Several other (American) people I know are also like me. I don't know if you've just had bad experiences, or if it is a statistically significant trait of the general American public. As far as I know, there have been no studies to determine...

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What is something that you wish was illegal? It would be nice if everyone was forced to be able to justify their beliefs with sufficient evidence, or else recant them publicly.

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Would you narc on a family member? I wouldn't narc on anyone, especially not family or friends. The cops and the law only make things worse anyway. I would only ever CONSIDER narcing on someone as a means of revenge against them, and I'd have to have no other idea how to get them back, and also be really really pissed off, and STILL I almost certainly wouldn't go through with it in the end.

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Is it wrong to share/write about a wonderful, courageous person if that person is no longer alive and was very modest and tight-lipped about herself and her amazing life? I think that's a tough question. After all, some people are very modest and tight-lipped about themselves, or even almost obsessed with maintaining privacy over even the most inconsequential details of their lives, but don't particularly care if that information is shared or spread once they're dead, or they may even like the idea. Then again, some people would prefer keep...

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What is the best cure for America's problems? The best cure for America's problems is drastically reduced government. We need a fully Libertarian government, devoted to the principles of the Founding Fathers... which were very clearly that individual liberty is the highest good, and that legislation should only be enacted and enforced that prevents others from infringing directly on the individual liberty of others. The government...

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Environmentalists debate that the energy required to recycle negates the benefits. Does recycling really matter? Recycling is really a "ritual" of the new "religion" of public environmentalism. It makes everyone feel like they can do SOMETHING to make the world a better place. Somehow, if they separate their trash correctly, they will be better people. And, like all similar rituals, eventually they become incorporated into law, and now many people are forced to recycle by local laws...

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Can you contradict yourself in one sentence? Examples please :) Yes and no. I don't exist.

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Do you drink beer? Why do you do it if its gross? Yup - I like all beers... although common American beers like Budweiser, Coors, and Miller are my least favourite. I like every European beer I've ever tasted. I prefer my beers strong, also. A good American beer that borders on malt liquor is Steel Reserve, which I love, but some people can't stand. Probably my favourite beer is Stone's Arrogant Bastard Ale, followed by...

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Other than humans, is there any other species where conscience/deliberate dishonesty is part of their makeup? Yes, there are several other species that clearly demonstrate both conscience and deliberate dishonesty. Animals use deception to avoid becoming dinner for someone or something else. This is usually accomplished by means of simple visual trickery. The logic is simple, look like the background scenery and a predator will pass you by. Katydids, the geckos of madagascar, beetles, mantids,...

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Do insects have a purpose in life? By "purpose in life", what do you mean? Some insects are remarkably clever, and all of them demonstrate clearly that they are conscious, if only in the sense that they feel pain, respond to stimuli, and learn. Insects, like almost all animals, try to breed and survive, in that order. It seems evident to me that their "purpose" is to continue to live - to persist in this...

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Why does it seem that those on AB that are anti God are so quick to downrate and respond so hatefully to those of us who choose to believe in Him? I respect your views, please do the same for mine. I choose to be a fool for God, what if I'm right? I'm a skeptic, so I'm not pro-god or anti-god. I reserve my judgement on the matter (as with all matters) until there is certain evidence. It may be that you are right for being "a fool for God". I can't deny that possibility. But I also can't deny the possibility that you're wrong. If a being like God existed, I would hope it would value intellectual honesty,...

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Is giving advice online a 'white person' thing to do? What's your race/ethnicity? Just curious, guys! I'm white - a first generation Dutch American. I'm not so sure that it is a "white" thing. Even though I am a guy, I would say it's much more a "female" thing than a "male" thing. That said, I don't know any non-white GUYS who really care to give advice online. But there are plenty of women of all races that rush to do just that.

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I'm single and don't really want to think about dating until I've sorted out a career for myself. Is there anything wrong with that? Why do people still ask me questions about my love life? I think you're doing the exactly right thing. A lot of people are idealists about love and romance, but you're a realist, and because of that, you'll go far. Don't be peer pressured into what can be the most life-shattering drug of all: relationships. They'll rob you of your time, your mental clarity, your ability to make your own decisions without having to...

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I am against gays getting married and adopting children and I want to know how many people here are okay with that?(Let's see your so called tolerance now).Anita Bryan = Heroic martyr. I can't be "okay" or "not okay" with that unless I know the reason(s) why you have that position. After all, you may know something I don't that would make me reconsider my position that it's harmless and none of my business. Long-term psychological comparison studies of adopted children raised by gay vs. straight couples may yet determine that there is a...

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Anybody have anything positive to say to Adolf Hitler? I can say a few positive things about him. He was intelligent. He was a vegetarian. He had excellent skill at politics and military strategy. He had vision (even if it was warped). He didn't let emotions get in the way of what he felt had to be done - at least until he committed suicide. He was very ambitious. He also very nearly succeeded in conquering all of Europe and unifying it...

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What do you think of hannah montana/miley cyrus? male or female and age? I'm male/28. I think that she's cute, but a bit too thin. The good thing about her is that at least she's of a reasonable height, and not as short as most other "pop princesses". Her voice is decent too.

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Is Soy Sauce bad for you? I would go with the low-sodium soy sauces, which are just as good, generally. If caught without the choice, soy sauce, even with the sodium, isn't that bad, unless you are prescribed a low sodium diet, and / or have high blood pressure. It does have some nutritional benefits. All soy has isoflavones that are heart healthy. There is a correlation between heavy tofu consumption and later...

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What is the difference between the god of Christians and god of Jews? The difference is that they are distinct characters / beings / entities. They're not the same "person". I know some would argue, but consider this: My name is Marc, and my friends know a whole set of things about me. Then, someone puts up a widely believed story about me, that isn't true. Most people end up believing that THAT story plus my real biography is a good idea...

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Can discrimination occur if there is no prejudice? Of course it can occur. In fact, an example where it can occur is in law enforcement. Certain races may be discriminated against, due to profiling. Now, the profiling is based on statistical observations, and needn't be based on prejudice, at any level. The fact that the discrimination occurs says nothing about any SINGLE person being prejudiced against the groups being profiled, or...

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What kind of natural resources would we be able to utilize, on the moon? Solar energy, and helium-3, an isotope of helium, which may be highly useful for developing controlled, man-made nuclear fusion reactions. There are also trace minerals and metals that could be harvested for building supplies.

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Would you rather date a chubby 5 ft tall girl or a skinny 6 ft tall girl? (both have great personalities :P) Well, I'm 6'4 1/2", so the 6' girl is fine for me - I love tall women. 5' tall is just WAY too short for me to date (my minimum is 5'4", and then she'd better be really hot). I'm not really a fan of skinny girls, because I like nice amounts of meat on the bones, and a traditionally feminine figure. I wouldn't go so far as to say that I like...

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WITHOUT BRINGING RELIGION INTO IT, can you name one good reason WITH FACTS, to support an argument against gay marriage or the gay lifestyle for that matter? Playing devil's advocate for a moment (no pun intended), allowing gay marriage also means socially legitimizing family units based on gay couples, and having children raised by gay couples is bad for them. However, there is no evidence that that is true. Any speculation that gay couples are any more or less capable of raising psychologically healthy children is just that - speculation....

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Would you be a cannibal for $1,000,000,000 per human consumed? A BILLION to eat only one human?!?! For that money, I'd torture the human first (and it could be anything from a baby onwards, as long as it wasn't diseased and could kill me if I ate it), murder it with my bare hands, and then eat it any way you wanted. A billion dollars is serious, serious money. For a billion a pop, I'd ask how many humans I would be ALLOWED to eat to...

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WOULD YOU AGREE IF THE STATE WOULD SAY YES TO MARIJUANA? I would certainly hope that it wouldn't say "YES" to marijuana, in the sense of encouraging or promoting it. But I do support the idea of making the sale and use of marijuana fully legal, along similar lines as alcohol is legal (a minimum age limit, taxation, and various other regulations). It would reduce crime (and by more than the amount that we currently see of marijuana...

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What is the origin of your most commonly used online nickname? My most commonly used online and offline nickname is "MvL", this one. When I started a job with a company where my boss was named Mark (my name is Marc), and he had sort of "cornered the market" on that name in our team, he started calling me "MvL", which are my initials (I have a Dutch name that begins with "van"). I liked it, starting signing my...

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What does belief in the biological theory of evo enable people to do that can't be done by people who disagree with the theory? It enables them to have intellectual honesty, to know what words like "theory", "agree" and "disagree", "evidence", and to believe what the evidence points towards, and not what they want to believe just because they want to. We have tons of transitionary fossils, that show clear intermediate stages between species, and those fossils don't...

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Do you have a lonely heart? Yes. I have a younger brother that lives with me, but he's schizophrenic and can't relate to me, really, so that doesn't count. I really can't have even a medium-term committed relationship with a woman. My brother is a major reason for that. On top of that, I get uncomfortable when I feel that my personal space and time are being encroached upon. I need a lot of space...

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I heard that 4 hours of sleep is better then 6 hours of sleep but 8 hours is the best for you. Is this true? "8 hours a night" is an average for the adult population. Some people need less, some more, to be fully rested. It's not generally healthy to sleep longer than you need. It causes a feeling of sluggishness and low energy. On the other hand, getting less sleep than you need is strongly associated in the medical literature with increased rates of obesity, diabetes (type 2),...

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What would you prefer, maids outfit or nurses outfit?? Lol. My favourite "roleplaying outfit" would be the Catholic school girl. But that isn't on the list. So I'd go with the maid. There's something sleazier about it (which appeals to me), because you PAY a maid to clean stuff and work for you, and because she has to be subservient to you, and call you "sir" and all that. "Is there anything else you'd...

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Why are Starbucks choclate so expensive (even though its in small portions)? Because everything at Starbucks is overpriced. You can get better tasting and greater quantities of coffee at, for instance, Dunkin Donuts, for a lot less. You can get a healthy sandwich at a deli, prepared fresh while you watch, for much cheaper than Starbucks's prepackaged sandwich things. High prices are just their thing. They prey on the public's false belief that more...

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My dogs killed my cat last weekend. I am devestated. I had the cat a month, but the dogs for years. Never thought they'd be capable of this. Do you think this means they have tendencies to be aggressive toward humans? Dogs are social animals, and they've been bred over the millenia to be able to recognize humans, as well as other dogs, as part of their "packs". Dogs will form quick, strong bonds of loyalty with humans and other dogs, although new dogs introduced into a household can sometimes bring tension as the existing dog(s) struggle with whether or not this new dog is going to be part of...

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If you could create a 7th sense, what would it be? Technically, humans have more than five senses already. There are, of course, vision (sight), audition (hearing), olfaction (smell), and degustation (taste), and the tactile sense (touch). But let us not forget about equilibrioception, our sense of balance, which is associated with the inner ear. This is a very important sense and entirely distinct from the others. But we also have...

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Why does black girl have big butt and big lip Not all black women have large backsides, or big lips. Those are generalizations. It is true that the race, in general, may be more likely to have those characteristics, but that would be a matter of genetics. Another, similarly stereotyped question, might be why Asian and white women have no butts. But the bigger question is: why did you categorize this in the category "Ethics"??

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If you (a male) were a guardian and had to spank a 5-year-old for some reason, what if he then said, "Males should only spank females when they're making love! You're being homosexual right now!" Then what would you say and/or do? I can't ever imagine spanking or wanting to spank a child, for any reason. It just seems weird and also ineffective to me. It's not that I'm morally opposed to violence, including against children for disciplinary reasons, but I generally don't see violence as being a useful or effective tool for disciplining children or instilling the values that I think are important. ...

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I just read a question about people not believing in atheist, well I'm one ,so can all the atheist on answer bag please answer this so I can have some imaginary friends? Ah yes, I took part in a very long comment-discussion on the top answer of that question. I'm a "weak" atheist - I lack a believe in a god or gods, but don't actively disbelieve. More specifically, I'm a philosophical skeptic, which means I simply am reserving my judgement on the question of the existence of a god or gods (and really any question that comes along)...

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Why do people wont to prove that God doesnt exsist? The burden of proof is on the person who makes a claim. Someone who believes in a god or gods, or anything, for that matter, is saying "this exists". That claim needs to be backed up with evidence, or, by the dictates of intellectual honesty, it should be dropped by the believer, and should never be accepted by the non-believer. Mind you, the same applies for the "strong"...

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Why does there have to be a 'God?' As far as I know, there doesn't "have" to be anything. Some people might come up with clever logical arguments for why existence or a god or some thing or other MUST exist, and has "necessary existence", but all the arguments I've heard or read (and I've seen many) fall back on foundational assumptions that are held to be unquestionable. Consider a better...

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What Would Be Your Super Power Out Of These Three. 1.) Flying 2.) Teleporting 3.) Becoming Invisible Whenever You Wanted? I would have to say teleportation, hands down. Flying is nice and all, but it's basically useless - it's just a fun, frivolous power. Invisibility is nice too, and obviously has some fun (and also handy criminal) uses, but it won't help you escape harm or get into places you normally couldn't. Teleportation ca get you out of all sorts of jams, save a lot of money and time...

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I found a voodoo doll, i have no idea about why i found it of who the doll represents, should i set it on fire to get rid of it, waht if the doll is me?? is there any way of distinguishing the object? Remember that there's no evidence that voodoo, magic, or any sort of psychic / paranormal / supernatural phenomena actually exist, despite MANY people trying to prove that they do, and despite all of the prizes (some in the hundreds of thousands or millions) offered if someone can provide proof of any of this that stands up to objective scrutiny. So chances are that you have nothing to...

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"If ..(Hitler /Mussolini) choose to occupy your homes, you will vacate them...... you will allow yourselves, man, woman, and child, to be slaughtered, but you will refuse to owe allegiance to them." Gandhi's WW2 advice to UK. Would this policy work today? This is an example of what I see as Gandhi's absurdity - it is him starting to believe his own hype. If we really analyze how Indian liberation iself came to be achieved, I think a very clear case can be made that Gandhi was not a critical part of that achievement. He was a great "PR man" for the movement, and he almost certainly smoothed the transition and reduced the amount...

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What do cops do all day besides hand out tickets and eat donuts? I guess they train more at being jackasses. It would explain their general behaviour.

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A 5'7" person walked up to you, would you be looking down at them, or up at them? I'm 6'5", so I'm looking down at them. If it's a girl, she matches the low end of my height criterion, and if it's a guy, I laugh.

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Would you rather live in a society where everyone owned a gun, or no one owned a gun? I MIGHT choose living in a society where no one owned guns, if that also included police, criminals, and the military. Even if only police and military owned guns, I wouldn't feel safe without a gun. And since I don't own a gun, because I live in New York where it's very difficult to own one as a private citizen and you can't carry them with you for protection anyway, I...

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Do you think Hitler's inner child needed a hug? Hitler's inner child needed to be sentenced to a lifetime at juvenile hall... or, to be sentenced as an adult to several million consecutive life sentences at a maximum security correctional facility. Or, at the very least, someone should have smacked that inner child around. I don't think it would have done any good... either the hugging or the smacking, since he was a sociopath....

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Would you kill a person and his whole family his kids, parents, wife, siblings, and dog for 10 million dollars if you knew you could easily get away with it? Yes. Other than the dog, I wouldn't even have to think about it. I'd do it for 10 times less if it was only the humans, or 2 times less if the dog was included. But if the dog was included, I'd have second thoughts, and I'd hesitate. If this was some very powerful psychopathic billionaire offering me the money, I'd try to swap the living dog for a dead look-a-like. But...

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For guys: What's the first body part you look at in a pretty girl? Definitely the face. I couldn't be with a girl who didn't have at least an acceptable face. And if it's JUST acceptable, then her body has to be fantastic. By an attractive face, that means the whole package - clear complexion, and nice lips, eyes, and nose, all in good proportion. After that, I'd have to say her breasts, followed by her legs.

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Would you like to be a Dalek? That's a tough question. The problem is that to "be a dalek" is more than having the physical form, technology, and vastly superior intellect of a dalek - it's also to have the mindset of a dalek. As much as I might sometimes entertain thoughts of being borderline sociopathic, I would not want to actually be a total monster going around only wanting to kill everything...

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Why are Daleks so edgy? The daleks were designed by their creator, Davros, to be perfect survivors. It is the survival of the race, and NOT extermination, conquest, domination, or just being generally nasty that is the prime imperative. All other things follow from that. Davros took kaled cells and genetically engineered ut all the weaker qualities, including all the emotions except anger and hate (with the...

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Do you trust yourself or God the most? Even if I believed in some version of a god, I would still believe in myself first, and above all. Giving over your personal power, responsibility, and trust to anyone else, even a god, is always ill-advised. It's even more ill-advised when it's a god, actually, because a god isn't human, and has an essentially alien mind and set of values. Case in point: many people trust in...

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Is professional prostitution (as opposed to someone forced through coercion or economic necessity) a morally acceptable choice for a woman? for a man? I think it's neither moral nor immoral - it's just a job like any other, not good or bad. Amoral is the word I'd use. That goes for both women and men. Most people are prostitutes in the sense that we sell ourselves, in one way or another, out of economic necessity. If you work for someone at your job, you're selling yourself. If you own your own business, you're...

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Would you ever date someone who has been known to break up with his or her ex's over one little fight? Yes, definitely. I have a really difficult time breaking up with people, because I don't like the idea of hurting them or making them dislike me or judge me afterwards. Dating somene who was prone to break up suddenly over little things would make it a lot easier for me, because then all I'd have to do is start a little fight, and have them do the breaking up for me, leaving me to...

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Do you think you’re capable of taking a human life? I believe all conscious life is absolutely and infinitely sacred. But, at the same time, I could easily take another human life. I wouldn't even think twice about it to save myself or my brother's life, or the lives of my closer friends, or to get revenge if they killed my brother. I would strongly consider killing someone if they tried to kill me and failed. In a survival...

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If a person dies in one place is it possible that he/she could haunt another place? Well, it's obviously not possible because people don't haunt anything, at least after dying. Ghosts don't exist, and there isn't a single substantiated case of a haunting that held up to scientific scrutiny, despite all the large cash prizes out there (not to mention the fame) offered to those who can provide certain proof of life after death, and despite all the paranormal...

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How important is physical attraction when looking for a partner? Physical attraction is critical - it's all important. If you don't have physical, sexual chemistry, then you really should be just friends. Friendship is a powerful, wonderful, beautiful bond between people, and it shouldn't be seen as less valuable than a romantic partnership. But friendship alone doesn't make a romantic partnership - sexual attraction is critical.

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I think the word "lesbian", is a powerful word.. and an attractive one. I love my boyfriend very much though, does this mean I am a lesbian? If you're sexually attracted to men (like your boyfriend), then you're not a lesbian. At most, you're bisexual, and then, only if you're sexually attracted to women too. Being a lesbian doesn't have anything to do with how much you like the word "lesbian". I think the word has a pretty nice ring to it too, but, as a guy, even though I'm attracted only...

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What does this statement mean to you. "Gaze not too long into the abyss, lest the abyss turn its gaze upon you." ? Nietzsche (paraphrased) The original quote in its entirety is: "He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you." I think the first part gives a good idea of what is meant by the second part. What it means is that we are affected by what we do and what we see. It can change us, make us fundamentally different than...

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John Locke claims that your conscious self is not permanently attached to any particular body or substance. do you agree with this view? Why or why not? I agree with John Locke. I am, broadly speaking, a functionalist. From Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functionalism_(philosophy_of_mind): "[Functionalism's] core idea is that mental states (beliefs, desires, being in pain, etc.) are constituted solely by their functional role — that is, their causal relations to other mental states, sensory inputs, and...

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"The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval.” Peter Singer. Is human life no longer sacred? +6 on your answer, and maximum plus I can give to your question, because it is a good question. Peter Singer's view on human life is that it is not fundamentally sacred. Now, I'm inclined to agree, mostly because "life" is a vague and ambiguous term normally. Is a clump of unconscious human embryonic fetal cells a person with a sacred life? Is a permanently brain dead...

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“All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.”Peter Singer. How far should animal rights go? Good question, and since it seems you were DR-ed in the past, here's a few points for you. He's right, although I disagree with him about the value of the lives of animals, which he seems to generally feel are less valuable than those of humans. There's overwhelming scientific evidence that nonhuman animals, from the simplest to the most complex, are capable of feeling...

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Do you agree with Jeremy Bentham's argument on utilitarianism? I don't agree that pleasure and pain (or the other similar alternatives some utilitarians promote) can ever be the be-all and end-all of moral value. I think they are only parts of the picture - useful tools for determining moral value most of the time, but just tools. For me, consciousness is the only reasonable moral good. It seems evident to me that what is good tends to lead to...

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Kant emphasized human rationality alone, while the utilitarians emphasized reasoning about feelings of pleasure and pain. Do you think, as Kant did, that pleasure & pain can be eliminated from discussions about value? Explain. I disagree with Kant that we can eliminate pleasure and pain (or, if you like, happiness and unhappiness, or satisfaction and dissatisfaction of interests) from discussions about moral value. That said, I also don't think that pleasure and pain (or the other similar alternatives some utilitarians promote) can ever be the be-all and end-all of moral value either. I think they are only...

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What did Sartre mean by, "Hell is other people"? It's not that hard to realize. The short answer is "People - you can't live with them, and you can't live without them." Other people force themselves and their values and expectations upon you. They limit your freedom, both in action and in being. They do this both actively (by the enforcement of laws, and by other means of restriction), and passively (just by...

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Why does Immanuel Kant believe a system of morality exists? First, he did believe in God, and was a Christian. This influenced his belief that there must be a universal morality. But he also has a belief in pure reason, and that it can answer virtually all our questions. Specifically, reason, to Kant, leads us to the categorical imperative, which is the one principle from which, for Kant, all morality stems.

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Do you think that the problem with the world today is, as Bertrand Russell said, that "The stupid are so cocksure and the intelligent are so full of doubt."? When doubt is conquered, ignorance is invincible. The problem with the world is only the first part of that - that so many people are "cocksure", absolutely certain that they know things when they don't. They don't ask questions, and they refuse to think critically. They don't love truth enough to keep inquiring even if it means abandoning their cherished beliefs,...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: "Which is it? Is man only God's mistake or God only man's mistake?" If some form of a god exists, and it created man, then man would be an awful mistake on the part of that being. On the other hand, we do know, as far as we can know anything, that humans exist, and that human ideas about a god or gods exist. And I think there are few mistakes humans have made that are worse than our ideas about God (or gods) and the nature of reality and ourselves.

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I wear glasses all the time and find my self squinting to see clearly, should i have an eye test again, my present glasses are less than one year old? You need to have an eye test. You probably are ready for a new prescription. The rate at which vision declines is variable. You might find that your next prescription lasts you several years, or, you might need new lenses in less than six months. Or, you might stabilize and never need them again. Keep in mind that there is some anecdotal evidence suggesting that wearing your glasses (or...

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Would you rather be fat and really pretty, or skinny and really ugly? If I was fat and pretty, I could lose the weight. Scientific studies seem to suggest, in addition, that people who are genetically predisposed to obesity, if they can maintain a healthy weight (and not let themselves give in to their genetics) can live healthier, longer lives than people who are effortlessly skinny. But if I wasn't allowed to ever lose the weight, I'd choose skinny...

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How do you feel about women who don't wear bras in public? As a guy, I feel pretty good about it, or, at the very least, I'm neutral. It's their decision. But I do know that women with larger breasts usually really need bras, for their own support, or they can end up in pain if they have to do a lot of walking around, or especially hiking or running. I know it's not the same thing, but when I have to do anything like that, I want a...

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If Faith Needs No PROOF, what is Based On? Faith, philosophically, is one reaction to pure, universal skepticism. Philosophical skepticism holds that one should critically examine every statement to determine if we can say with certainty that we know if the statement is true or false. When one does this, it soon becomes apparent that there doesn't seem to be a way to know anything for certain, and that we know nothing, and are...

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Have you ever seen E.T.? do you belive in life on other plannets? I've seen the movie, but it didn't appeal to me very much, honestly. It's highly unrealistic that an extraterrestrial life form would have evolved some sort of healing finger, let alone that it would work on humans. It's also highly unrealistic they'd not be poisoned by any Earth food, or by our atomsphere. We are to imagine that the one lucky time that an alien crashes...

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Do you feel like your purpose for life is different than other's? There is no purpose for our lives other than what we decide and make for ourselves. Some people will never even think of their purpose for their own lives, and they will either be depressed or they will cling desperately to the belief that some higher power has a purpose for them (instead of thinking that the higher power might be decent enough to let us choose that purpose for ourselves). The...

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My boyfriend is always spending his money on hard liquor. should i approach him about this? It all depends. Is money tight? If it is, then it makes sense to talk to him about ways for him to save money, and one way might be to buy less liquor. Or, he can try to buy cheaper booze. For instance, in most liquor stores, Georgi vodka is the absolute cheapest hard liquor there is. I can buy a 1.5 liter bottle (40% / 80 proof) of Georgi vodka for only $16 (including tax) at a local liquor...

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Answer in just one word:What signifies/clearly distinguishes/forms a clear boundary between good and evil? Consciousness. It seems evident to me that what is good tends to lead to greater consciousness over all, and what is evil tends to lead to less consciousness. The greatest example of evil is murder - to destroy a mind and everything it ever was or could be. Lesser evils include anything that would cause harm to a being, and harm is any state that detracts from that being's conscious...

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If GOD came up to you what would be the first thing you would say? I guess I'd say, "Really?!"

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What do you define as "signs" that someone may have emotional problems? Their heart is beating. Everyone has emotional problems. Anyone who thinks otherwise is undiagnosed and not self-aware enough to realize it.

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What is your survival plan in case of a zombie invasion? I live in an apartment on the 6th floor of an apartment building. There's only one real point of entry - the front door. I already am stocked up on powdered whey protein and tons of canned food. I think, before it got all that bad, I'd risk trying to get myself some guns from dead cops, and pick up some more canned food, run home, and try to ration the food and wait it out. Then, the...

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What genre of music would be torture for you to listen to for an hour? Anything by any "minimalist" classical composer. Try "Einstein on the Beach" by Phillip Glass for only 15 minutes, and you'll have a headache and be contemplating what it would be like to tear your own eyeballs out of their sockets.

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What are some good ways to make sure you are remembered by your children? Are you asking for "good ways" in the sense of being morally good ways, or in the sense of being effective at making them remember you? Because beating up or molesting your children would probably be one of the best ways to make sure they'll always remember you. Murdering their other parent in front of their eyes would also probably do it, or committing suicide, leaving a note...

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If you heard your s/o calling someone else babe on the phone what would you do? "Babe" really isn't such a special romantic term of endearment. I know several people, mostly girls, that call their female and male friends "babe". Some guys call all their female friends and acquaintances "babe" too. So it's not really that big a deal. Maybe if they called someone "baby", it would start getting a bit too much. But I'm...

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How come we can't respect each other until we have a common enemy? The premise of your question is incorrect. We still don't respect each other when we have a common enemy. But our mutual hate for that enemy overshadows our disrespect and hatred for one another enough so we act on it less frequently while we're still fighting the enemy. That's not respect, that's knowing how to temporarily ally yourself to the ones you hate least.

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So Bill Clinton did not lead a spotlessly moral PERSONAL life, but his political actions did much for America during his two terms as President. Do the public realize this? It shouldn't matter what politicians (or anyone) do in their personal lives, as long as they do their job effectively. But the masses are obsessed with the personal lives of high profile people (politicians, celebrities, etc.), and the media feeds on this obsession by ignoring the, perhaps to most people, "less interesting" issues that really matter, and covering hot topics and...

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How come there's a Geico CaveMAN but no CaveWOMAN? Those cavemen often don't really seem like they'd be that into women... just an observation...

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What are your views on hunting, and how do those views stand up against the fact that in nature animals hunt and are hunted? The short answer is that hunting is wrong whenever it is not necessary for self-preservation. There's overwhelming scientific evidence that nonhuman animals, from the simplest to the most complex, are capable of feeling pain. There is similar evidence that mammals and birds have rich emotional lives and inner worlds, and can form deep relationships with each other, and, in some species,...

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If 'Aliens' existed wouldn't god have mentioned them in the bible somewhere? It is very strange that the Bible, despite being "divinely inspired", only contains insights and ways of looking at the world that would have been freely available to the ancient Hebrews. The fact that there is no original information that those people couldn't have imagined or witnessed on their own must always be a mystery to anyone who believes in the divine origins of the...

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If god lives in the heavens, doesn't that make "him" and extraterrestrial, therefore an "alien"? (I'm going to get slammed for this one) Yes, that's true. Any thing that is not "terrestrial" (of this planet) is an extraterrestrial. And because he would be an example of a conscious thing that does not trace its origins (ancestral or otherwise) to Earth life, it is an alien. That last bit is important, because obviously, if we later colonized another planet, any child born on the other planet, although...

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Theorys as to why time seems to pass faster as you age? There are many reasons. But we can answer this partially by looking at what effects our subjective experience of the rate of time. When we, at any age, pay very close attention to things (either on purpose, or because there's environmental stimuli that grabs our attention), time flows at a slower subjective rate for us, and the opposite holds when we are paying less attention (this is also...

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Is it possible for someone to not realize they are manipulating you? Definitely - I have known and currently know several people who are just so naturally manipulative that they do it without realizing, unconsciously. It's become a core part of their behaviour and way of interacting with others, and since manipulation usually leads to rewarding outcomes for the person, it is being continuously positively reinforced in the brain.

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Have u ever pushed on a door that says pull? My primary instinct as far as whether to push or pull a door is almost always wrong. With or without a sign, which I never notice or read, I will virtually invariably do the opposite. So a big YES to that. In fact, there is something about doors that short circuit the normal process by which my brain learns from mistakes: I've pushed when I should have pulled the same door many many...

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My friend just turned 18 and likes a 15 years old girl, could it work out for them? Legally, most states allow for a 3 year difference in this case. And practically, 3 years isn't much of a difference. Also, when you're younger, you have less baggage and heartbreak under your belt, so you love more deeply, because you truly love like you've never been hurt, because you really haven't been. And she's 15, which is great. So I say absolutely, and be...

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What would be more frightening: being lost in a bad, deserted part of a big city or to be lost in the forest? I would have to say that they have both are very close, but that a forest would be slightly more frightening. If I had money for a cab, being lost in a deserted part of a big city could be not so bad. If not, it would be scary, but not necessarily deadly. Being lost in a forest, however, could mean starvation, or poisoning by native plants, or worse.

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When a guy looks at you a lot is it better to look at him too or ignore him? It's better to look and smile at him. Girls like guys that are hard to get, not, generally, the other way around. A lot of guys like girls just because those girls show that they like them.

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Do you think global warming is real? "globL WArming" may be a "myth", but global warming is real. Science proves that there is a global warming effect. The only doubt is whether it is caused by human emissions, and whether it will reverse. I don't think we know enough about global temperature variations to answer either question. It may very well be possible that some other process, besides...

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Is a fraction odd or even Fractions are neither odd nor even. Those terms apply to integers.

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How much did the cross weight that Jesus had to carry? No one can possibly know the answer to this question, since no one measured the weight of the cross before or after Jesus carried it. However, many woods in that part of the world are heavy, and it stands to reason that a solid wooden cross would be very very heavy. If you've ever tried to carry a single solid beam of wood, that would give you somewhat of an idea how heavy wood can be.

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What dead animal on the road bothers you the most? Any animal lying dead in the road bothers me. Each had an inner world that has been utterly destroyed, and a unique, valuable story. Each death is a tragedy that the world can never recover from.

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Men would you be with a women who did not know how to cook and will not try? Of course. I'm interested in how they are in bed, and if they have a good sense of humour, and if they make good conversation. I prefer making my own food, or eating out. I don't generally trust people I know making my food for me. And I don't plan to marry, so I'm not looking for a personal, unpaid chef. This is a pretty chauvinistic question. Not that I mind that,...

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Would your partner see the humor if you introduced them as your future 'ex' partner? If they wouldn't see the humour in it, then I'd quickly break up with them and then the prophecy would have come true. If they don't have a sense of humour, they don't have me.

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The excitement may be lacking in your relationship if.......... The excitement may be lacking in your relationship if your partner falls a sleep while you talk dirty to him...

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What deals have you made with the Lord? Well, I've tried to sell my soul to him to turn a profit, but apparently only Satan makes deals. Now I know who next to turn to...

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If you won the lottery what charity would you give a large donation to? I would give a large donation to the Methuselah Foundation. I already donate $1000 a year to them. You can find them on the web at: http://www.methuselahfoundation.org/ They are funding research into how to extend the healthy human lifespan, and limit the damage done by aging. Since most of the modern world's biggest and most costly killers are generally the direct or indirect...

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What's the first thing you though of when you saw this question? I thought "damn, why didn't I think of that?!". Then, I thought that it was too cool, in its simplicity and elegance, not to give a +5!

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What's the first thing you think when someone says "I'm pregnant"? "Oh no, not another one..." Then I wonder if she'll keep it or not...

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What is your weight minus your age, divided by the number of siblings you have + 1? 32 and 1/6.

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Do you think that it is okay to continue to date a man after you found out that he was married. But have been dating him for about 5 months before you found out? Yes, it's okay for you. It's not okay for the man - he's the one that's cheating. However, his marriage may be on the way out anyway, and you can never know exactly what kind of relationship he has with his wife. I would not judge you (or any woman) if they continued to date such a man. But the man is probably doing something that constitutes a betrayal. And the...

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Do you have a bad temper? I'm very calm and collected, mostly. I do have an irritable streak, but it never passes the threshold into anger, except in extreme circumstances.

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Do girls really car if there boyfriend is gay Of course they care! What girl wants a guy that isn't attracted to them and either gets nothing from the sex, or actually thinks of baseball players IN ORDER TO get excited, and thinks of girls in order to avoid prematurely ejaculating? Only a self-loathing woman could ever be in a romantic relationship with a gay man.

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Am I right in saying that the Post Office should open on Sunday mornings between eleven and noon? I think it should be open as long as it is open on Saturdays. Workers that are Jewish or otherwise don't see Sunday as significant, but that might prefer Saturdays off, could work on those Sundays.

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Do you have respect for your elders? I respect people based on what they've said and done, and their capabilities. Because most of my elders, due to the added experience that comes with age, have had the opportunity to do many things, they're more likely to be respected. But age alone doesn't make me respect anyone. Words and deeds do. Which doesn't mean I won't be sympathetic to an elderly stranger and...

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Do you think men are intimidated by funny women? I am most attracted to funny women, and my female friends all of great senses of humour. I don't think I'm capable of being friends or romantic with anyone that didn't have a healthy sense of humour. It would be disastrous - I'm far too irreverent and unserious. But I do notice that many men are intimidated by them. I think this is because of insecurity. Funny women...

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On a scale of 1-10, how thoroughly do you proofread your posts? I would have to say a solid 10, 10 being the most thoroughly (because some people think 1 is the highest). Correctness of grammar and spelling is very important to me. The only grammatical rules I ever knowing break when posting are (1) ending sentences with prepositions, although I avoid it, (2) starting sentences with conjuctions, and (3) using "they", "them", etc....

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Which part of mathematics did you have the most problem with at school? I did well in every part of mathematics that didn't require visuals or visualizations. In geometry, if my teachers / professors allowed me to solve problems algebraically, without showing my work geometrically, I would do well, otherwise, I would barely pass. Similarly, if I could show results in terms of tables, instead of graphs, which I never got, I would also do well. I aced advanced...

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I'm pissed drunk and I'm about to do something intense and drastic. What would you say to stop me!!!? Well, as long as it isn't something stupid that could lead to truly permanent harm, like suicide or losing a body part, I say go for it. Time's good that way - it teaches us from our more foolish mistakes, and it heals us at the same time. You're obviously not so drunk that your ability to post a grammatically correct question with proper spelling and punctuation to AnswerBag...

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'Love all, trust few, do no wrong.' Agree? I don't believe everyone deserves my love. And, knowing how much conflict and inner pain love can cause, it would be agony to truly love all. I think about how I feel when my brother, whom I love above myself, is in pain of some kind. When I imagine what my life would be like if I loved everyone the same way, I think that might be enough to make me contemplate suicide, given how the world...

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What is the fundamental flaw in human nature? Pride - or greed? Neither are flaws. Greed has its pros and cons, and although it creates problems and injustice, it also creates progress and strength. Pride can be self-destructive, but it can also be a source of confidence and strength when faced with a dangerous, unforgiving world. I would say, even though it's not one of the options, that the fundamental flaw in human nature is certainty - the...

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Does love come from beauty or does beauty come from love? I don't think this is a chicken and question. In a very deep way, I think they are the same thing, or that they both stem from a more fundamental source, or, at least, that they produce and feed into each other. Love makes things that are loved beautiful, and beauty is the quality that, when we recognize it, fills us with love. The are symbiotic, and difficult to separate, or identify...

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Do you think hillary clinton should go ahead and drop out of the race? Hillary Clinton should drop out yesterday. Every day that she remains in the race, she further divides the Democratic party, making a McCain victory all the more likely, which I assume she doesn't want to happen. The Democrats' only chance to take the presidency is for her to drop out and agree to become Obama's running mate. If she doesn't, Democratic swing voters, among...

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What is your opinion on the 2008 election and who are you voting for? I will vote for a Libertarian candidate, which I always do, unless there's a Republican or Democratic with closer to Libertarian political positions running (like Ron Paul had been... I also would have settled for Rudy Giuliani). McCain is the "least bad" candidate, in my opinion. He's the most moderate candidate, closest to the "center" rather than right or...

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How would you feel if your new girl/boy friend told you they were going on a road trip with their ex and they had indicated they were still attracted to them? I would wish them a fun road trip. I'd also jokingly remind her that if she fools around with the guy, I get a "get out of cheating once free" card, of which I'd be half serious. I'd feel good that the girl could maintain friendships with ex-boyfriends; that means she isn't overdramatic, her relationships end on good terms, and it means that, when our...

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Should I only operate under the most optimistic assumptions? You should only operate under those assumptions if you want a lifetime of disappointment, which will inevitably turn you into a deeply depressed, embittered person. A true life-long optimist can never avoid that fate. And the more embittered and depressed you become, the faster the optimism will send you down that road further. The fact is, every thing in our experience screams at us that...

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Do you think animal cruelty should be a felony? There's overwhelming scientific evidence that nonhuman animals, from the simplest to the most complex, are capable of feeling pain. There is similar evidence that mammals and birds have rich emotional lives and inner worlds, and can form deep relationships with each other, and, in some species, with humans. Finally, some problem solving behaviours observed in primates, crows and ravens,...

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Has a fantasy novel or movie ever offended religious people? I was once shocked when a Christian woman I worked with told me that she thought that "Harry Potter" promoted Satanic values and that it offended her that the user of magic and sorcery was displayed in a positive light. I felt sorry for her children, because even though this stuff is not my cup of tea, it appeals to most children. Also, ironically, I think that the "Harry...

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I believe in a God, do you? I'm a skeptic, in the original, philosophical / epistemological sense of the word. This means I confess my ignorance - about everything. I have yet to find any justifiable grounds for any knowledge or belief whatsoever, and so I am forced, by intellectual honesty, to reserve my judgement. That includes on the question of whether a god or gods exist. So, the short answer is "no"....

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Is there anything good about communism? Communism is a fantastic, perfect system. Everything is good about it. It is flawless. Human nature, on the other hand, is not. We're built by millions of years of evolution to compete, to envy, to feel greed, to want more, to be "hungry". We don't do things with out some incentive for ourselves, generally. Human nature is incompatible with communism. That's about...

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How old were you when you first started thinking about the consequenses of growing old? I was 6 or 7 - it is definitely among my first concrete memories. It probably helped that my parents had me when they were older - especially my father, who was 48 then (my mother was 35 at that time). I always thought, for as long as I can remember, about how I would degenerate, physically and mentally, and eventually die. It upset me as a child, and upsets me now. As a child, I knew that...

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Why do men act different if front of "the guys"? This is also true of women - they act differently when among their female friends too. I think this is very natural. People often think of themselves as having a single personality. But personality is a complex, multifaceted thing, and it is highly context-dependent. People alone all by themselves are very different than when they are with family, and very different from both of those things...

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What did Thomas Jefferson have to say about the 'Apostle' Paul? He said that Paul was the first corruptor of Jesus's message and principles. I'm inclined to agree with that. Paul emphasized the miraculous, and the religious, instead of the strong and fine moral principles of Jesus. Whereas Jesus had given moral guidelines on how to live one's life and treat others, Paul created a religion, and perverted the original word.

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Why shouldn't the boyfriend/husband have a say in abortion? Isn't that rather sexist and feministic? I think a man should be able to "legally abort" his child if he doesn't want it and the women could choose to have an abortion, and decides not to. In other words, if a man and a woman have sex, and the woman becomes pregnant, the man should be able to say that he doesn't want the baby, and if the woman isn't willing to have an abortion, then she must claim full and...

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Did someone catch you when you had fallen in life? Never, which is why I've dedicated myself to making sure I'm there to catch my brother when he falls.

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How much money would it take for you to go back in time and re-live the last ten years, exactly as they happened the first time? I assume we're just assuming this sort of time travel would be possible. Because if time travel is physically possible, not even the combined GNPs of every nation in the world would not be enough, at this time, to finance such a project. But okay. Relive the last 10 years, exactly as they happened the first time? I assume by that that I would know everything I know now, but would be...

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Animals are considered property of little value. Do you think state legislatures should enact compensatory laws for pain and suffering for the owner when an owner's animal is killed or brutalized. In my mind, they are part of the family There's overwhelming scientific evidence that nonhuman animals, from the simplest to the most complex, are capable of feeling pain. There is similar evidence that mammals and birds have rich emotional lives and inner worlds, and can form deep relationships with each other, and, in some species, with humans. Finally, some problem solving behaviours observed in primates, crows and ravens,...

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What's your favourite alcoholic beverage? Whiskey, straight up. Preferably Jack Daniels.

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I can see into your future with 100% accuracy, what do you want to know? My first thought would be to realize that (1) I had no free will because all my actions were either predetermined or mechanistically determined, and (2) quantum mechanics and its inherent indeterminancy must be only an approximation of a deterministic theory, and Einstein was right that "God does not play dice with the universe". I sort of already accept (1), but I'm not sure how...

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If you were immortal, would you give up your immortality in order to have the love of a mortal? Never. I don't even see why that would be necessary. Am I impotent, or is it just that they're going to get older and eventually die? If it's just about them getting older, well, I think it's worth seeing, for a decade, how the relationship progresses, before giving up my life, and effectively committing long-term suicide to get old and eventually degenerate with the...

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Is religion pointless? It's complicated. Modern neurological research suggest that many, if not most, humans have a predisposition to mystical thinking and the so-called "religious experience", which has a very clearly documented origin in the brain. It might be that religion helps these people channel these predispositions into socially acceptable delusions, as opposed to entertaining more of their...

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Why do people kidnap kids Cause it's easy? No, people kidnap kids because kids can be worth quite a lot on the open market. Sometimes, they ask for ransom from the parents because they know that most parents would give anything to see their children come home to them unharmed. Other times, they find people who want to get a child, and either don't want to wait, or can't legally adopt a child.

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Why do parents abuse there kids? It... it's easy? Just kidding. I imagine the reasons are very complex. For some people, there's a thin line between child abuse and discipline also.

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If you could, would you date yourself? If there was an attractive girl that had exactly my mind - my tastes, personality, emotional reactions, opinions, knowledge, etc., yes, I would date her. I think we would be very happy together - she would probably be the only girl I could ever think about marrying. But since she would be a female me, she wouldn't want to get married either. We'd have the best conversations, and...

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Isn't being a hypocrite the same thing as being a liar? They're closely related, but not always the same thing. For instance, if I was a smoker, I would still be within my rights to cite the very convincing arguments trying to convince people not to smoke. I'm telling the truth, but being a hypocrite. Now, if someone asked me if I smoked, in this situation, if I say "yes, but I agree that I shouldn't, and I'm screwing up...

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Are humans still evolving? That's a tough scientific question. The problem is that, for humans in modern industrialized civilizations, there isn't much selective pressure any longer. Evolution proceeds through natural selection, a statistical process wherein those traits that are most likely to promote reproduction before death are going to be more likely to become commonplace in a population. In the modern...

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Do you feel the salaries paid to CEO's of major companies is justified? Major companies are publicly traded. Shareholders are not interested in overpaying executives. People are generally paid no more than they are worth and as little as people can get away with, and that applies to CEOs too. CEOs are often company founders, that are efficient leaders of their companies. Often they ring a name recognition that is worth the money alone for legitimizing the...

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Does Google block all illegal websites? Because they should to protect internet users. Google does not block any websites, and they shouldn't. It's important to realize that some things are illegal in some countries, and legal in others. It's also important to realize that displaying illegal content online can never hurt anyone. Maybe some users' precious sensitive eyes will be offended by some contents, but no one is going to be harmed in any real way....

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How do you guarntee that passionate out of state college students don't vote in two states? There's no guarantee in every state that this isn't possible - some states don't require you to show a valid state ID in order to vote, which allows out-of-staters and non-citizens to vote. Only by requiring a valid state ID in every state in order to vote (which is a matter of controversy, with some Democrats charging that this would reduce the chances of the poor and...

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If matter can not be created or destroyed...where do the missing socks go when you're doing your wash? Actually, the law of conservation of matter is often simplified to how it is presented in your question "matter cannot be created or destroyed". In truth, the full law is "the amount of matter and energy in a closed system always remains constant". It's "matter and energy" because, according to e=mc^2, matter and energy are equivalent, and can convert from one...

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My Christian flatmate tells me that I will go to hell because I don't believe in Jesus. She also said my relatives are burning and being tortured in hell as non-believers. Is this what Christians believe? The Gospels have a few verses that are pretty clear - one can only be saved from Hell by belief in Jesus. Modern Christians will try to apologize for this, and claim that all you have to do is be a good person to go to Heaven. But it's hard to reconcile that with the fact that they are Christian - if all you need to do is be a good person, then why are they Christian? And, also, by what...

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If your boyfriend cheats on you, is it ethical to forgive him and not the other girl? Even if both sides were at fault? Well, your boyfriend was more at fault than the girl. After all, she didn't cheat on you (unless she's your friend). Even if she knew he was with you, if she's not your friend, it's a far lesser fault - it's not really a betrayal, it just isn't a nice thing to do. It's your boyfriend that betrayed you. I don't think there is such a thing as an...

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If you were miserable with your job, knowing the market is low and it's hard to find a new one, much less get the income you are used to making... What do you do? Almost everyone's miserable with their jobs. Chances are, you'll be miserable, sooner or later, in your next job. But you'll be more miserable without a job, because you won't be able to buy the things you enjoy, and eventually will have problems keeping up the rent or mortgage or whatever, and paying the bills. I say stick it out, save, and look around in the mean...

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When will you have enough money? i know people who are VERY well off and still do not have enough will they ever? I think it's in human nature, with very few exceptions, to never really have "enough". And, more broadly speaking, that's in "animal nature" - we share that in common with other animal species. It's the result of millions of years of evolutionary selection. Regardless of the environment, animals endowed with a never ending feeling that they "don't...

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I've heard many people say it is time for a black President or a female President. Do you think this is "as important" or "more important" or "not important" in relation to the candidate's platform? It's not at all important. Americans elected much higher quality candidates back before the candidates' faces were broadcast 24/7 on television. The media has caused politicians to be unelectable if they're not good at public speaking or not charismatic. Thomas Jefferson, one of our greatest presidents, had a lisp and detested being in the public eye - he started a long tradition...

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I am a bisexual man and want to be honest about this to my girlfriend. We met two months ago. When and How do I tell her about my bisexuality? Unless you are planning to cheat on her - with men or with women - I don't think it's her business, or that she needs to know. Why should she know? You need to answer that for yourself. Bisexuality is just one of many types of sexual preferences. Is it important to tell your partner EVERY sexual preference you have? I dated a girl who had small B-cup breasts for a while, and...

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How many times has your "gut instinct" been right? For me (and, I would guess, for most people), it depends on the subject matter. My gut instinct is almost always wrong when it comes to spatial and temporal questions like "do I have enough time?" or "which direction is it?" or "am I going to be late?" or "how far away is it?". My gut instinct has been right every time I can remember about my...

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If you could cure just one disease, what would it be? Why? I would definitely cure aging. It's a degenerative disease that we all eventually fall prey to if nothing else gets us first. It leads to many of the more horrible "big killer" diseases in the modern world, including diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's, and cancer, all of which are rare to nonexistent in young people, with a few exceptions. Aging robs people of their...

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American girls, does it bother you that more and more of us American guys are preferring Asian girls over American girls? IF that's true, then I'm glad - there are more "American" (by that, I assume you mean "white") girls for me! As a white American, I find myself far more attracted to white women than to Asians. Asians generally don't have a very appealing bone structure to me, and are often too thin and waifish for my taste. I like curves, breasts, and a little good meat in...

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If you had been a flasher for many years, would you retire or stick it out for one more year? I'd definitely "stick it out". ;-) I'm not the retiring type...

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Is stealing Wrong? The word "wrong" in this context is essentially a moral notion, not a legal one. I’m aware that when asked under legality, without a doubt, stealing would be wrong and therefore punishable no matter the circumstances. I personally don't think questions of "right" or "wrong", or any question of morality, is in the end anything more than a matter of personal value judgement - it's not a matter of fact. However, we can look at how most people make moral decisions, and people tend to fall into two categories: (1) consequence-based and (2) rule-based. People with a rule-based...

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It was my birthday on Wednesday.. Who will wish me happy birthday????!!!! Happy belated birthday to you!!! Hope you had a good one!

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Would you rather live life without music or with out movies? I could easily live without both. But if I had to choose, I'd choose without music. I'd miss Bach and Wagner and the rest, but I've never been particularly big on music in general, so I'd live easily. Actually, I might prefer it. It would eliminate that annoying question of "so, what kind of music do you listen to?".

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How would gay marriage affect you? I personally don't see why either gay or straight people would want to marry - but if gay people want to give up their ability to say, to a needy or insecure partner obsessed with monogamy, "I'd love to marry you, but it's not legal here", they should have that right. For me, it won't affect me at all. Maybe I'd be vaguely glad about it, because I...

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Have you taken The Simpsons Personality Test yet? would you care to post your results? http://www.matthewbarr.co.uk/simpsons/ I'm Lisa, apparently, even though I dislike her character the most.

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What do you believe, but cannot prove? Nothing. I'm a skeptic - I don't know / believe anything. I don't deny the possibility that some means of knowing might exist of which I'm not aware at this time. I would be interested to know how one could prove anything.

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Why is there so much greed, and people can't see the perfection in what they already have? Because of millions of years of evolution. We've evolved to be greedy and self-serving, at least to some degree. The generous, kind-hearted animal doesn't eat or mate as much. It moves out of the way when others push it, without complaint. Others take advantage of it, and eat and mate as much as they can. The animal is at a huge disadvantage, and doesn't survive, while the...

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What is your opinion on interacial relationships and biracial children They're no worse than uni-racial relationships. ;-) But, sometimes, depending on the family and/or friends that one or both people in a biracial couple might have, they can be stressful, and difficult to maintain. Most couples (biracial or not) can't survive in the long term if there is strong disapproval from family or long-time friends, unless ties to those other people...

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What do you like on your Tombstone ? (Pizza) Jalapeño peppers, fresh garlic, extra cheese, and onions. But I would say that about any pizza.

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Can a 17 year old straight guy still be shy toward others? Shyness is not related to age or sexual preference. So yes, you can easily still be shy - I was very shy at 17. But I've grown out of it, and although I'm somewhat antisocial, I'm a regular social butterfly in the company of others, who would never describe me as shy. I think you'll find that the shyness goes away with life experiences. As you go through romantic...

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"Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you." Wouldnt you say this is a priceless rule of morality that all people religious or not, can have? It's a good rule to live by. And it certainly did not originate with Jesus - it's a piece of common sense that has been around in one form or another for as long as people could write (and probably before that).

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Why do you choose to believe that there is no God? "Atheist" has two meanings: the "weak" version, which means simply lacking a belief in a god or gods (this includes "strong" atheists, agnostics, skeptics, people who just don't care, and all babies); and the "strong" version, which means an active belief that there is no god or gods, which is an intellectual choice. I fit in the first category....

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What would be the most horrifying non-human animal to become a zombie? Also, was that grammatical? First, to get it out of the way, the main question seems grammatically correct, although "non-human" is actually generally spelled "nonhuman" (I think either one is right though). To answer, I'm going to restrict myself to currently living species. I think that one of the big cats - lions or tigers - would be the most horrifying. After that, bears. Among nonhuman...

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Why did they make Adric so unlikeable? I don't know, he wasn't so bad. And, after all, he did save Earth from the cybermen, and, in the process, caused the extinction event of the dinosaurs and ultimately led to the evolution of humans. Then again, he was FAR from being my favourite companion. He was always sort of smart-alecky, and it got annoying how the Master was always using him. It made little sense how this human...

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Would you like to be a Time Lord? If so, Why? Absolutely, yes. First, time lords don't age under normal circumstances (according to the 2nd doctor, who said, barring accidents, a time lord could live indefinitely), or, at least, they age at an incredibly slow rate. So I get to live much much longer than the annoyingly short human lifespan. Second, time lords have two hearts, so they have a leg up in case one of them gives out....

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Im the only Dr. Who fan in my flat of 6, am i a looser?? :) EDIT: I should mention im 18, most ppl my age are getting drunk on a saturday night not watching Dr. Who..lol Not at all - Doctor Who is an awesome, intelligent, funny show. But you could always compromise, and get drunk WHILE watching Doctor Who... ;-) Then again, if you're drinking alone, then some people might argue that that would make you a loser. I wouldn't argue that, but some would. :-)

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How many times can Doctor Who regenerate? (I know there is a limit to the number) The Doctor is a time lord, and it has been stated that time lords can only regenerate 12 times, for a total of 13 "lives". The Doctor has regenerated 9 times, making him the 10th Doctor. This means he has 12-9 = 3 more times he can regenerate. However, it has been stated throughout the old series that the "regeneration cycle" of a time lord can be transferred to other...

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The Doctor's assistants, Rose, Martha or Donna? Rose is by far my favourite of the three. If I have to choose among all time favourites, I think she ties with Sarah Jane Smith.

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It seems that Mariah Carey's new husband is a very serious Christian. Do you think that he will have an effect on the way she dresses herself? "Very serious Christian" is all relative. Some take things like dressing "appropriately" seriously, and others do not. He must be in the category that does not, otherwise, he would not have been interested in her. In fact, I doubt he would have married her if she wasn't a reasonably serious Christian, and, from what I have read, she is serious about her religion...

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What do you think the price of gas would be at this time had Clinton not vetoed drilling in Anwar? I'd venture to guess it would be lower, given the nature gas prices - when demand is constant, and supply increases, price decreases. Then again, that assumes demand wouldn't have increased proportionally to the increased supply. Even though our usage of gas and oil has increased, it's increased at a lower rate that might have been projected, largely due to use of alternative...

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What are your thoughts on this phrase, "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely"? I think it's nonsense. The saying seems true because, in general, the greater the power a person seeks, the more corruptible they are. Someone who is content with a little power is generally a little corruptible, and someone who seeks absolute power is most likely very (if not absolutely) corruptible. Maybe better put, usually people are already pretty damned unscrupulous before they...

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CLEAN-CUT child star MILEY CYRUS has apologised after posing for controversial photos in Vanity Fair mag. She is 15 :-( should she be doing photos like this ?, link in answer. Well, I think the photo shoot might have been stupid and shown a lack of judgement on her part - it could hurt her career. Then again, I doubt that it will. I think the public's reaction to her posing for these pictures is a mirror on the public's hypocrisy. She's an attractive girl that could pass for older. Most men probably feel that way, although they wouldn't say it...

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Would you stop me if I were to punch a Neo-nazi in the nose? I don't know... a lot of those guys carry concealed weapons, and most likely are bigger than you and have been in more fights. I wouldn't stop you, but I'd advise against it, for your sake. Also, some of the more "sophisticated" among them might even have you charged with assault, which would be a legitimate charge. It would be better if you got a posse together...

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Guys, what is your favorite term, for, you know, knockers? I really like calling them boobies. :-)

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Why do we like to hunt for fun i belive it is wrong do you Ending any sentient life is wrong. The only possible justification is survival.

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Is making gay marriage illegal a gross violation of separation of church and state? Give me one reason that making gay marriage illegal is not based on religion. Okay, I think gay marriage should be legal. To clarify the issue though, at least in the US, it is NOT illegal at the federal level - that would require a constitutional amendment, because it is beyond the power of the federal government to make such laws. It is only recognized or not recognized depending on the state. However, I will play devil's advocate, since I've heard other...

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How much would it bother you if you found out that nobody actually loved you? I'd feel comfort. The love of others is a burden, full of expectations, demands, responsibilities, and inevitable guilt if you can't meet these or reciprocate. I would prefer not to be loved, even by those I love.

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What's the best way to cook earthworms? First, at the very least, make sure they're not alive. Earthworms feel pain too. Cooking them alive is a sign of sociopathic behaviour. It's best not to torture or kill animals, or people. But if you have to, for some reason, make sure they're dead first - otherwise you're inflicting a horrible amount of pain on something that never did you any wrong.

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Do you question questions? If a question is vague, incoherent, inconsistent, rhetorical, plagued by problems such as circular reasoning or poorly defined terms, or makes assumptions that are not qualified as such or justified, then yes, I feel compelled to question such a question. Otherwise, any answer I give will be necessarily invalid or subject to misunderstanding. Clear answers only exist for clear questions. The...

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GUYS: I give you my number when we met on Tuesday afternoon at a coffee shop. When do you call me? Probably Wednesday or Thursday in the early to mid evening, when most people are done with work or whatever they do. Honestly, I don't ever really give this much thought. I do whatever feels cool at the moment. I think a lot of guys spend pointless time racking their brains on exactly the right amount of delay so that they don't seem desperate, and not too much of a delay so that...

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Are people born gay? I honestly don't think it matters. I think sometimes that it's a dangerous business when advocates of gay rights almost make it seem, with their arguments, that if gays were NOT born gay, then, somehow, it would be wrong to be gay. It wouldn't be any more or less wrong if it was a genetic or birth trait, or a choice. The answer to this question, for me, is nothing more than...

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If you had to guess how you are going to die, how do you think you will go? I am going to have guess that I'll die by brain death of some sort. Actually, I know I will, and so will you - so will everyone. We "die" for real when the identity-critical informational content of our brain is irreversibly destroyed. The most blunt way this can happen is by being shot in the head point blank, or having one's head crushed. However, a heart attack kills...

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Are you more of an artistic or scientifical person, or both? I'm definitely far more scientific and analytical. I don't really get art. Then again, that could be because I'm REALLY REALLY not a visual person, and most art is visual. I don't really get anything out of pictures or other displays. Even in mathematics and the sciences, a 1000 words, or a table of numbers, is much more useful to me than a picture or graph. Algebraic...

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Do you fear death? Yes and no. I think there are two kinds of fear - fear for its own sake, and fear derived from love. I don't fear death for its own sake. I fear death as a derivative of my love of life - I love living, and since death will put an end to all that, I fear it because it will deprive me of that which I love. But actually being dead, and the process of dying, are not scary at all to me....

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If after dating a person for a few months, you found out they were a Hermaphrodite, what would you do? I would never date someone for a few months without having had sex with them. 3 weeks, max, and that's if we're only seeing each other once or twice a week during that time. It would be silly to risk forming an emotional connection to someone over months, only to find out that they were sexually incompatible with me - either because the sex was bad / awkward, they weren't into...

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So what! I have a different opinion then you, why is that hard to deal with? Do you have a different opinion about the pest control of rodents than I do? That I would have a hard time dealing with, since I'm strongly opposed to "kill" traps, and have always used and advocated traps that capture the animals without harming them, so that they can be released elsewhere. But I am guessing this is a general question, so it probably should not be...

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Is it fair to insult someone by calling them 'uneducated'? I think it's generally stupid to call someone "uneducated". First, it can never be a constructive criticism - it is always going to be inflammatory. But worse than that, it ignores the fact that EVERYONE has some gaps in their education. Compared to me, the average man on the street is horribly uneducated regarding the biological and physical sciences, nutrition, or...

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Should a person with type A blood receive a transfusion of type O blood? Why or why not? If the type A person was type A+, and the type O blood was O+, then yes, they could receive the transfusion. If they were A-, and the blood was O+, or vice versa, it would be a bad match. HOWEVER, if the person was A+, and the blood was O-, it would also be good. Contrary to popular myth, O is not the universal donor. That's O-, or "O neg". Blood types are classified by...

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What the difference between astrology and astronomy...are they related....is one categorized under the other? hmmmmm what's the dealo? Astrology isn't an empirical science, astronomy is. Astrology takes some basic astronomical facts that have been around since ancient times, and makes conclusions about how these facts, such as the relative positions and movements of the planets relative to Earth affect human behaviour and events. It's effectively superstition - there's no empirical evidence for it, and it...

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What is the first thought that goes through your mind, when you see an obviously disabled/handicapped person walk or roll down the street? It depends on their disability. The physical disabilities don't really faze me at all - I make a small mental note of the disability just as I do the other details, like their gender, height, hair colour, race, and facial expression, which I note for all people I pass. It's fairly insignificant to me - I don't think anything. I have been needing the use of a cane for the last 2...

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Should drug dealers be held responsible for the death of a user? No, of course not. The user knows the risks - the warnings about drugs are all over TV and other media. The user takes those chances for him/herself, and the dealer can't be accountable in any way if they die. Now, perhaps if the user was somehow incapable of making sound mental choices - perhaps due to mental illness / disability, or being a minor, we would have a pretty good case against...

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How do you defend yourself with a sheet of paper? It depends on what I'm defending against. If it's something legal, then, of course, I can defend myself legally, by filing suit. If I have a restraining order (on paper), that could be my defense. If I'm being attacked, right here and now, then I could write "I'll cooperate, please don't kill me!" on the paper, and see if that works.

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I need advice and reassurance. My girlfriend's mother was recently hospitalized and told my girlfriend that she believes she will die this week. She's very worried, I don't know what to do and I feel totally helpless. You're a good boyfriend for caring so much, and wanting to be able to do something to help. The thing is, you need to realize that you don't have the power to work miracles and help your girlfriend's mother. All you can do is be there for her, through this process. Give her space when she needs it, and be ready to hold her and comfort her when she needs it too. I feel...

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On death, do you want to be buried whole or cremated? What do you want done with the remains (e.g. placed in your hometown family plot or nowhere near your hometown)? I am registered to have myself cryogenically preserved. My remains will be, simply put, "freeze dried". This will be done regardless of the state of my remains, on the off chance that identity critical information remains enough to resuscitate me at some, more technologically advanced, later time. Anyone who can afford paying for a $50000 life insurance policy can do this, because...

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What makes AB so much better than Yahoo answers? The point system? There's a better community, and a social networking aspect that Yahoo hasn't done well creating. I think that the ability to get ratings for questions encourages more interesting, fun, or useful questions. Comments are a big part of what makes AB better too - you can only comment in Yahoo if you're the asker, and only to "extend details" or comment to the "best...

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How many openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual Answerbaggers are there out there? I'm a guy, and don't ever take pole... ;-) Meaning, I'm 100% straight. Not that there's anything wrong with being gay or bi though...

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Should guys stay virgins just as women stay virgins till marriage? Obviously if straight guys aren't staying virgins, then they're screwing women, and those women either aren't going to be virgins afterwards, or, young men have sex a lot more often with married, divorced, or widowed women... ;-) Women don't stay virgins until marriage. I don't think there is any real benefit or good reason for anyone to remain a virgin until...

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What if the "Hokie Pokie" really is what it's all about? I suspect that it very well may be... And then, at least there is SOME meaning to it all. It's better than nothing. :-)

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Is a key still a key if there's nothing to unlock? Very nice question. I think, like many interesting philosophical questions, it ultimately can be answered by examining how we use and mean different words. The word "key" is used, often interchangeably, in two distinct semantic senses. The first is that of an object that would be visually recognized as having the shape and form of what we are taught to generally identify as...

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Assuming that someone has an incurable illness from which they are dying in agony or are going to live out their lives in agony. There is no chance of any relief from the pain or recovery from the illness. Would helping them die be murder or kindness? I would have to say that it would be murder, but that it could certainly come from a kind, if misguided, place. The problem I have helping people to die (euthanasia) in these situations are several. My main issue with it is that the question raises another - can someone be considered of sound, competent mind if they want to die? Much of psychology is premised on the idea that a key...

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Why are fools and fanatics always so certain of themselves, but wiser people are full of doubts? Socrates said that his wisdom came from his acknowledging his complete ignorance. Wisdom is the gift of being able to remain unpersuaded, no matter how "sure" you feel, in the face of anything less than metaphysically / epistemologically certain knowledge. To do anything else is to risk intellectual dishonesty, and to claim and believe knowledge that you do not actually have. I...

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Are you good at telling the people you love how you feel about them? Yes - my loved ones often call me the sappiest cold-hearted jerk they know. ;-) Especially with my brother, he finds that I'm excessive in this regard. But I think it's important not to miss an opportunity to let people know how you feel about them if you love them. It's inexcusable to let yourself fall into taking someone or your feelings for them for granted.

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Did you cheat on tests in high school(be honest)? If so how did you do it and what subject was it? I never had to cheat - I aced almost everything, and I was almost always the guy with the highest test scores in my general vicinity of the classroom. That said, I have absolutely no moral problems with cheating. I happily let friends and friendly acquaintances cheat off of me, and charged others for my help. I also made quite a bit of money being paid to do reports, short stories, poems,...

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How have you all contributed in reducing global warming & green house effects? The first thing is that since I live in New York City, I don't even own a car, and have no intention to do so. I pretty much exclusively use the subway. I also use the energy efficient light bulbs, and make sure lights and appliances aren't on when they don't need to be. And even though I despise the heat and can barely function in it, during the summer my first line of...

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I have lost all my hair. Am I now ugly to you? Will you avert your gaze when you see me or am I acceptable to you as I am? Some guys actually look better without any hair. I know some women who have really pulled off the look. I'd be lying if I didn't admit to preferring longer hair on women, and that there would be an oddness in seeing a bald woman. But it would be a sort of momentary thing, that would pass. I would wonder why a bald woman wouldn't wear a wig. That's what most women who...

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Why have we always assassinated people who wanted peace? (MLK, the Kennedy's, Gandhi, Jesus) Okay... I'm going to be what might sound quite cynical, but I think is ultimately realistic... With the exception of the Kennedy's (which, although nice politicians, maybe, I would NOT place in the same category as the others), the people in that list - MLK, Gandhi, and Jesus - all have one thing in common ASIDE from wanting peace: the most important and powerful thing that each of...

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Can you prove to me that you exist? I can think of no way that I could prove to you that I am not a figment of your imagination, or, really, that everything you encounter is. I honestly can't imagine any convincing arguments I could use to prove to MYSELF that "I" exist. I'm sure I could come up with various attempts that would (ab)use the language to suggest that my own existence is self-evident, but...

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Can say your favourite and very meaningful philosophical statement? I have three: "It is wrong in all cases to believe on insufficient evidence; and where it is presumption to doubt and to investigate, there it is worse than presumption to believe." - William Kingdon Clifford "Aging really is barbaric. It shouldn't be allowed. I don't need an ethical argument. I don't need any argument. It's visceral. To let people die...

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Is April 15th as important as July 4th because it allows you to put your money where your mouth is? Only for procrastinators. I wonder what percentage of Americans wait until April 15th to file (out of those who do file). Also, it is possible, as late as the 15th of April, to file an extension, and then, I believe, you can wait until October 15th.

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Why does the human palate love and crave the taste of sugar so much? Obviously our stone-age ancestors didn't have the access to it like we do today. Humans crave sugar because our ancestors, like virtually all "wild" animals, lived in a state of scarcity. The only sugars they had access to were those found in berries, fruits, and other, rarer vegetable sources. The sweetness was invariably a sign of safety of the food (poisonous plants taste bitter - they're trying to keep us away, in evolutionary terms). More importantly,...

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If you were near death would you FIGHT to stay alive?I thought so-but when I was very close to death I gave up and just acquiesced to the fact that death was imminent.Is this not counter to the survival instinct?What benefit is this attitude? If I was near death, I would almost certainly fight to stay alive. I have been close to death once, and I fought hard to, and did, survive. But I know many would not also. The evolutionary value to the "lack of a survival instinct" in the face of virtually certain death is actually subtle, but obvious. First of all, almost all beings that are in such a situation actually die, so...

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Is 'God' and 'Religion' just the grown-up equivalent of using Santa Claus to control a child? IE "God/Santa [delete as appropriate] is watching you at all times, so be good or you'll get punished!" And if so, how the hell can people be so dumb? I won't downrate you, because first, that would be lame, and second, I'm incined to agree with you. But the question is inflammatory, and is basically a "fight-picking" exercise with the religious, and/or a quest for affirmation of your own sentiments from non-believers. It's not a genuine question, sincerely looking for an answer, even if you didn't mean it as...

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If you could travel to every planet in the solar system, but had to leave one out, which would it be? Well, if travel meant back-and-forth, then I'd cheat and say "Earth". Been there, done that. :-) I'd have to say Mercury though. It's the absolute most boring of the planets. It's a tiny rock, very well understood. Earth's Moon is arguably more interesting. Venus has interesting features obscured by that thick cloud cover. Mars is all sorts of interesting....

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Last week my girlfriend had a fight with me when I told her I would need a pre nup before we marry. We are o.k. now but I need to bring up the issue again. I can't really trust her love unless she signs the pre nup, advice? (No feminists, plz!) Eh, I don't think it's really an issue a true feminist would argue with. After all, a rich woman might marry a poorer guy, and might want a prenup. It's less common, but could happen. However, I'm wondering why you actually want to marry this girl. What do you gain from marrying? Remember, most prenups end up having some loop holes, and you get screwed, at least a little...

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For those of you who used to be religious and aren't now... why did you lose your faith? Are you spiritual now? When I was a kid, I believed in some sort of God, and some vague idea of an afterlife, either via a heaven/hell, or reincarnation, or perhaps a combination. I am now a skeptic, in the philosophical, epistemological sense. I personally have not seen any certain justification of knowledge of anything at all, including any of the propositions or belief statements coming from any of the world...

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It's clear that most men don't like feminists. What type of women DO they like? I'm a man, and I consider myself a classical feminist. In that, I mean that I believe that women should have their interests considered equally as that of men, and that they should receive equal treatment, according only to their ability, and NOT according to their gender. Some women are going to be better at any given thing than some men, and VICE VERSA, no matter what that thing is...

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Is the closer we are to death the more we find meaning in life? I think that the longer we are alive, the more likely we are to "find" meaning in life. I don't think death is important there - it's more about how long we live. Older people are closer to death, but it's more about how long they've lived, and, more importantly, how much and what they've experienced in that time, which will tend to increase the richness of...

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Whats your favorite type of pie (apple, pumpkin, cherry, etc)? Definitely pumpkin pie. That's no contest for me. After that blueberry.

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Whats the first thing that comes to mind when I say "War" Sometimes necessarily evil, often an unnecessary evil consequence of statism.

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This question is especially for those who believe there is no designer or creator of the universe. How did atoms, with their great precision and nearly unbreakable bonds, come into existence? Why do they follow such exact , predictable patterns? Well, I count as someone who does not believe in a creator or designer, but I am neither an agnostic (believing that it is impossible to know for sure) nor a strong atheist (activing disbelieving). As a skeptic, I count as a weak atheist (I do not believe), but not an agnostic (because I don't deny the possibility of knowing somehow). Also, as a skeptic, I must say that I don't...

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WHY ARE ATOMS NEUTRAL? Well, we define them as such. If an "atom" is not neutral, we call it an ion. Ions are missing electrons which balance out the positive charge of their protons in normal atoms. Ions are essential in many biological processes. Atoms are neutral because they have the same number of electrons and protons. Each has equal, but opposite, electric charge, so the net effect is an...

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Why don't photons have infinite mass traveling at the speed of light? Photons are intrinsically massless particles. Their speed is only affected by what media they are in (water, air, crystals, vaccuum), as such. Technically, photons do have "mass", in the sense that, as a derivative of e=mc^2, we can calculate the mass of a photon based on its energy, via m = e / c^2, which we use to find its momentum. But this mass doesn't slow it down, only...

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Question about subatomic particles, is it true that anti-matter doesn't matter? Anti-matter doesn't really matter much, cosmically. Neither does matter. Matter of any kind if extremely rare in the universe. Most of the universe is empty space - hell, most of an atom is empty space. If theories based on observation requiring dark matter are correct, most of the MASS of the universe (97%) is not based on what we familiarly call "matter" - atomic matter. ...

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Do animals know they exist? Do humans know if they exist? I certainly don't know if I exist. Descartes's reasoning that "I think, therefore I am", has been put through the grinder of philosophical / epistemological debate, and it turns out that it's only evident that "something seems to be", that there is a "thusness", but he entirely skipped a step by assuming the...

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Ok...im gay and really, REALLY like my best freind who iv'e known for 7 years. [both male 17 ]. I told him i was gay and he was cool with it. hes a good friend and very open with me but how can i be sure the time is right to tell him how i feel about him? Do you know he's gay or bisexual? If he's straight, he may be a lot less cool about you liking him than he is in general with you being gay. Dude, it's a bad idea in general to get romantically involved with your friends. It doesn't matter whether you're gay or straight or whatever. It RUINS friendships. You don't want to lose your best friend. If he's not...

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Would you sacrifice one life for another? I would only sacrifice MY life to save my younger brother's life. I wouldn't sacrifice myself for anyone or anything else. So the value of my life to me is third to none. I would be willing to sacrifice any number of lives (billions even) to save the life or myself or my brother. I would probably be willing to sacrifice many other people's lives (especially strangers) to save...

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What is your take on a man who beats women? wife, g/f, any man that hits a woman? Personally I say nay to it! But isn't it still OK in some countries to do that? I personally think gender doesn't matter. In general, violence is bad. And violence is worse if you do it to someone weaker than you are. If a very strong, muscular woman beats up on her timid, weaker boyfriend, that's just as wrong as an average man beating up on an average woman (since the average man is stronger than the average woman). I think it sets women's rights back...

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How many different nationalities are reading this question? I'm first generation American born (a New Yorker), and both my parents are Dutch, and the "Dutch-ness" of both their family trees goes back centuries. So I'm pretty much 100% pure Dutch American.

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Can you name a place where racism is not a problem? I think racism is even a problem in places where everyone is basically the same colour. People then look for different shades. As a case in point, the caste system in India - they were all Indians, but the darker they were, the further down the caste system they were. And the now popular "spiritual" idea of karma was and is used to justify that.

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If you had to die for your family to live would you die I would only die for my younger brother. The only family I recognize are him, and two extremely close friends, but I wouldn't die for those guys (I might risk my life though, but not certainly die). All my other family members aren't that much to me.

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What was Mario and Luigi's last name? It's actually "Mario", according to what I remember. Mario and Luigi Mario are the "Mario Bros.". It's their family name, and Mario's parents played a cruel joke on him...

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What do you feel is not as good as it once was? The US political process, and the people who get involved in it, and the general spirit of desiring liberty in this country. Not a single one of the founding fathers would be electable today, nor, do I think, would Lincoln have been (technically not an original founding father). None of our greatest presidents were particularly keen on self-aggrandizing and popularity-garnering. The...

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Are you bigoted towards bigots? I would have to say yes. Prejudice on any topic, or towards any person, for any reason, is always stupid and/or dishonest, and generally offensive and harm-causing to others. All bad things. Which technically makes me not bigoted towards bigots, simply justifiably offended by them.

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Do you have a soft heart or are you hard hearted? It depends. I tend to be extremely hard hearted about people I don't know and never have met at all; I honestly feel nothing about them, whether they live or die, although intellectually, I want them to live rather than die. EDIT: <Just to clarify, I don't think that is something to be proud of - I just can't help it. However, I suspect more people who won't admit it to...

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How do I stop to procrastinate and do all things in time? It's very difficult. Natural procrastinators almost always fail in the short term, and at best, in the medium term, when they try to use "will power" to change their ways. This is because it's in their nature to put things off, and follow what they feel is the path of least resistance. As a procrastinator myself, I've learned that we can trick our minds, and train...

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What is the worst crime ever committed by a priest? Intellectual dishonesty, the cardinal sin. They claim to know things when they do not - at least the ones I've met, read about, or heard of, or anyone of that adheres to the standard principles of one of the faiths I've encountered which claim knowledge when nothing is known. This leads to every other evil that they and everyone else commits.

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How do you help someone who says they don't see any point to living anymore? That's tough. Philosophers have argued for thousands of years, and one of the big questions is "why live at all, as opposed to killing oneself or allowing oneself to die?". Angles have come up from various religions. Non-religious philosophical theories have suggested things such as "intrinsic value" in life, or attempts to define, absolutely, a "meaning of...

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Who is the greatest God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit? It depends on who you ask. Unitarians are Christians who don't believe in the divinity of Jesus - simply that he was the highest example of morality, perhaps even a supernatural being, but not God himself. Other Christians would argue that this means that they are NOT true Christians, but they believe almost exactly the same things, and practice mostly the same religious rituals. The...

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Are there any Doctor Who fans in here? I'm American, and 28, and have been a huge fan of both the old series (since I was 9) and the new series.

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Which actor was you favourite Doctor Who? The 4th doctor, played by Tom Baker, was my favourite by far. After that, I have a three-way tie between the 1st (the late, great William Hartnell), 6th (Colin Baker), and 9th (Christopher Ecceston).

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What is the scariest Doctor Who / Torchwood monster ever? The dalek is the scariest, especially in the new series (they really upgraded during that time war, what with the force field around the armor, and the flight capabilities. They may look... odd... as monsters, but knowing their capabilities and mindset makes them the most likely to want to and be capable of killing you, and that, to me, equals scariest. Even not knowing what they can do, just...

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Does anyone else here absolutely hate the new series of Doctor Who with a passion? I like the new series. I have to admit, I miss the flavour of the old series. It was in many ways more aimless, like the Doctor himself, and that appealed to me. He also didn't spend so much time annoyingly on Earth, or trying to impress his companions (in the good old days, they were assistants!). I even like the look of the old TARDIS interior more (the one during the Tom Baker era). But...

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Has anyone in America watched Doctor Who? What did you think of it? I'm 28, and started watching the old series of Doctor Who on PBS when I was about 9. I LOVED it, and though I started somewhere near the beginning of the Tom Baker era, at one point I decided to tape all the ones that ever aired on PBS, which was, I think, almost all of the episodes ever. I watched, loved, and taped every episode, from the first William Hartnell episode to the last episode...

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Who is your favorite Dr. Who? The 4th doctor, played by Tom Baker, was my favourite by far. After that, I have a three-way tie between the 1st (the late, great William Hartnell), 6th (Colin Baker), and 9th (Christopher Ecceston).

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Who do you think was the best Dr. Who - I loved some of the old ones like John Pertwee but have to admit i have liked the 2 new ones - What about you? The 4th doctor, played by Tom Baker, was my favourite by far. After that, I have a three-way tie between the 1st (the late, great William Hartnell), 6th (Colin Baker), and 9th (Christopher Ecceston).

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Would/do you want to have children or would/do you want to stay childfree indefinitely? Yes, I want to stay childfree indefinitely. I had a vasectomy 3 years ago, at 25, and I've never looked back. I grew up in a troubled home, with an abusive father, but mostly when he wasn't abusive, he both passively and actively said things to the effect that having children was a curse to him. My mother told me that each time she was pregnant, he asked her to have an abortion, for...

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Do you believe that Obama's goals if he obtains the presidency are reachable, or is he just spewing out dreams that are hopeless (i.e. insurance for all, etc.) and merely a tool to lure the voting population into giving him the ballot? I sincerely believe that HE believes what he is saying. He seems like a sincere guy, more or less - as sincere as you can get in politics, anyway. ;-) However, I don't think he's realistic, not only because he has insufficient experience, but because he's an idealist. There's nothing wrong with being an idealist, but idealists say things, genuinely believing that...

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McCain, Obama, Clinton, or Arnold Schwarzenegger Of all the choices, I choose Arnold, if I have to choose from the four. I think he has a lot of a good ideas.

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Is time real? Does it flow in one direction only? Does it have a beginning or an end? What is eternity? Do you have an answer... or will these remain unsolved? I'm a radical skeptic, and, knowing the foundations of how science draws conclusions, I would have to say I take the stance of modal fictionalism about scientific theories. Simplifying, scientific theories are useful fictions, which may or may not turn out to also happen to actually be true, but I do not know if there is any way to know whether they're true or false. Having said...

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Name 5 random (but true) facts about your self (1) I pride myself on my intellectual honesty, and as such, take the stance of radical skepticism. (2) I'm a vegan. (3) I have dark blonde hair. (4) I had serious anxiety problems for years, and probably abused anti-anxiety meds and alcohol by most people's standards, but about a month ago I fell and suffered a nasty concussion, and afterwards, I haven't felt any anxiety...

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If a deity is all-powerful, can a deity create an object so heavy that the deity cannot lift it? This is an oldie, but a goodie. Obviously, the answer "yes" means he wouldn't be able to do something (lift that rock) and "no" also means he wouldn't be able to do something (create that rock). This would suggest a limit to God's power - that, at the very least, God's "omnipotence" must be qualified as being limited to things that do not create...

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I got the body of a god, unfortunately it's Buddha, are you the same? Funny. :-) Not to be a stickler for accuracy, but Buddha never was considered or claimed to be a god, but rather a "boddhisvata" - a guy who's achieved enlightenment and could move on from the crap in the world, but decides to stay on to help others achieve enlightenment too. In other world religions, in Judaeo-Christianity, God once took the body of a burning bush... you...

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What's the theoretical maximum age a person could live to if they were given constant medical supervision and a totally healthy lifestyle? Fantastic question! I've wondered this myself. With a totally healthy lifestyle, and medical supervision, and constant IVs of nutrients potentially, how long could we live? Most biologists believe, based on historical observation, that the maximum lifespan for members of Homo sapiens as a whole is 110-120 years. Of course, this varies among the two genders and the various races, and, of...

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Do people from PETA eat chicken? No, they won't kill for food, only to save the animals from the suffering of being alive. I absolutely, 100%, hate PETA to my very core, and feel that it is the logical extension of the dark, twisted, miserable soul of its founder and president, Ingrid Newkirk. But saying that, I should explain further. I want to make clear that I am vegan and strongly in support of animal rights. To...

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If a PETA member got attacked by an animal, what would they do? PETA has no problems killing animals to "rescue" them from the horror of being healthy and alive, but, as inconsistent as they are, they'd probably not defend themselves if they were hard-core PETAers. But on a different day, if they rescued that same animal from being put to sleep for being violent, they'd kill him within hours of this "rescue", but painlessly,...

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I believe Peta and greenpeace are domestic terrorists, your take? I absolutely, 100%, hate PETA to my very core, and feel that it is the logical extension of the dark, twisted, miserable soul of its founder and president, Ingrid Newkirk. But saying that, I should explain further. I also don't like Green Peace, but know too little about what it does to care enough to hate them. I want to make clear that I am vegan and strongly in support of animal...

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How do you feel about PETA's TOTAL liberation goal for ALL animals? I absolutely, 100%, hate PETA to my very core, and feel that it is the logical extension of the dark, twisted, miserable soul of its founder and president, Ingrid Newkirk. But saying that, I should explain further. I want to make clear that I am vegan and strongly in support of animal rights. To me, when a human suffers the same pain that an nonhuman animal does, both pains are equally bad....

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What's you thought on the group PETA? Are the pics/movies they show really of animals that are being abused, ect? I absolutely, 100%, hate PETA to my very core, and feel that it is the logical extension of the dark, twisted, miserable soul of its founder and president, Ingrid Newkirk. But saying that, I should explain further. I want to make clear that I am vegan and strongly in support of animal rights. To me, when a human suffers the same pain that an nonhuman animal does, both pains are equally bad....

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Does anyone on here support PETA? I absolutely, 100%, hate PETA to my very core, and feel that it is the logical extension of the dark, twisted, miserable soul of its founder and president, Ingrid Newkirk. But saying that, I should explain further. I want to make clear that I am vegan and strongly in support of animal rights. To me, when a human suffers the same pain that an nonhuman animal does, both pains are equally bad....

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What, according to you, is the root of all evil? The root of all evil is intellectual dishonesty - including lazy thinking. What do I mean by intellectual dishonesty? I mean allowing yourself to become emotionally attached and invested in any specific belief or opinion, so much so that you let yourself unconsciously ignore your own bias towards your preexisting ideas, seeking only confirming evidence, and casually dismissing contradicting...

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What do you think of this age difference; guy is 20 and the girl is 24? Is he too young for me? It really all depends on his and your maturity levels. At 20, you can be a lot more mature than some 50 year olds I've met, depending on your life experiences, or you can be no more mature than a 5 year old. Same goes for 24, male or female, makes no difference. But generally, there is a slight social stigma about women dating younger men, even slightly younger as in your case. There is...

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Beauty or brains? It depends on what I'm looking for - sex, a good looking piece of arm candy for a social function, or a friend. (yes, I left out "relationship", because I'm really not that into that and can't invest enough of my time into one anyway). For sex or arm candy, beauty win every time, although the arm candy has to be at least above borderline retarded (over 80 IQ or so),...

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Do people who describe themselves as loners ever feel lonely? I think there are some self-described loners that feel lonely and have come to accept themselves as loners because despite wanting to do so, they can't comfortably get along well with others. Of course, those guys are just posers! ;-) Then there are some genuine loners. I consider myself one, and so does my brother. Actually, I don't think either of us would ever think to actively...

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Is it an invasion of privacy if I place a recorder outside the bathroom door to catch my sister singing in the shower, or is it just plain clean fun? Can't it be both? ;-) It actually IS both. I mean, maybe it's not the "cleanest" fun imaginable, but then again, she IS in the shower, so that makes it cleaner in another way. I would totally do it. But then again, I don't believe people have the right to any privacy they can't defend on their own.

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What is the weirdest place you have gone on a first date? I took a girl on a first date to Hooters for drinks and some finger food, and then we ended up making out and practically having sex on a park bench in Central Park. I think she liked how ballsy I was - she must have, because we had sex on date 2, and ended up dating for 6 months.

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Which city in the US has the best pizza? I would very strongly argue that New York City has the best pizza in the US, or possibly the world. After that, Chicago maybe.

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Do you believe that the end of the world is near? I believe that, in a very real sense, the world as we know it will come to an end soon. The rate of advancement in technology is accelerating, specifically computer science, nanotechnology, and biotechnology. It's widely believed by experts that this will culminate in an "intelligence singularity" - the moment when our machines match or exceed human intelligence. It's called...

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Why do people pick there scabs? I dont its nasty. It is somewhat gross, but whenever I do it, it's because they're so damn itchy. I know I shouldn't pick them off, because they're part of the healing process, so instead of hitting them, I usually smack or punch them, or, rarely, when the itch just won't stop, put the flame of a lighter close to the scab for just a second or two. The temporary pain is WAY worth it to...

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What do you think wahabism is ?(only people who know about it answere) I knew this one - it's a sect or branch of Islam, almost exclusively existing in Saudi Arabia (the current fundamentalist theocracy there was founded on it). I know it was a reform that started a few centuries ago to "return to the old ways", and reject many or all of the Islamic writings and interpretations aside from the Koran.

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Close your eyes. What do you hear? A hissing sound. But that's just the radiator going at it, so that's not fair. I guess until recently I heard a lot of internal conversations with myself, as I thought and worried about things. But for the last month or so, all I hear when I close my eyes is the sound of my own breathing. And that's a breath of fresh air... :-)

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Have you ever had an out-of-body experience? Can you describe it? I've had what I recognize were dreams, but seemed very realistic, where I felt like I was floating around like a spectre outside my body. In these dreams, I can float around, and although I'm invisible and can't really affect anything physically, I also can't seem to pass through solids either. I usually have to maintain at least some focus and effort to remain floating, or...

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Does talking to plants help them grow? No, it doesn't. No rigourously conducted scientific study has ever demonstrated that any particular type of sound, whether it be music or talking, positive or negative or neutral, had any consistent effect on plant growth. This is one of those cases where the results are often "skewed" by other factors. For instance, someone who is willing to, or actually does, talk to or play...

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Who would win in a fight, Shania Twain or Faith Hill? Definitely Shania Twain. She seems like she'd fight a lot dirtier than Faith would.

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Do you belive in reincarnation Life after death,? Life beyond what's happening now? A dream state of mind? Stuck in time? Or just become nothing? The answer is so frighteningly obvious, and so hard to face, that most won't ever want to accept it. Death is the end. I'm not saying that as a personal belief. I'm saying that with the same conviction that I have for the belief that an external reality exists, or that other humans and other animals have feelings and inner mental worlds. As a skeptic, I take all my beliefs to...

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Can photons be created or destroyed? In a sense, yes, they can be created and destroyed. Photons are packets of energy, and as such, they can be absorbed by various subatomic particles. An electron may absorb a photon and jump up to a higher energy level "orbital" in an atom, or it may emit a photon of a discrete amount of energy and jump down. It's energy that can never be created nor destroyed, but the photons...

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Would you ever date someone who just got out of a relationship? Why or why not? Definitely, and I have! They won't ask me a lot of stupid questions about myself that I'd rather keep private, and they usually won't want to meet my friends or anyone, because they really need to be the center of attention afterwards. They're also much easier to get into bed sooner, and, to me, they try harder to make the sex good, out of insecurity (how do they know it...

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Do u agree with gays It depends on what the topic of discussion is. As long as someone maintains a properly skeptical, rational, empirical, realistic, pragmatic mindset, I generally believe that, if we don't agree in the beginning, we'll both agree (perhaps on something different than we both started out with) in the end. It's magical or lazy thinking that I can't stand - that's the real...

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Do you object to reality , even once in a while? I personally suspend my judgement about whether or not "Reality" with a capital "R" actually exists. I will admit it's a very useful, practical theory that an external reality exists, so I assume it virtually all the time when making decisions and building up thoughts in my mind, but I would object to taking it for granted that any such thing as an external reality or...

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What do you think the world would be like if Neanderthals hadn't died out? Could the Earth sustain two distinct species of Human? Homo sapiens is an aggressive race that hates itself and is extremely prone to genocide. Examples of genocide in the 20th century not withstanding, there is quite a lot of archaeological evidence of genocide of entire races of Homo sapiens in prehistory (in South America, for instance, when the Asia-originating nomads that crossed the Alaskan land bridge into the Americas that would become...

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In your opinion, is it possible for the decision to end one's life (Under "Normal" circumstances) to be a truly rational one, or would a person's judgment have to be somehow impaired for them to make that choice? I contend that the decision to end one's life can NEVER be a rational decision, regardless of the circumstances (but see below). Consider suicide. Suicidal thinking is a hallmark or major symptom of many major psychiatric illnesses and disorders. In fact, I'm fairly certain that the DSM-IV (the very definitions of all world-recognized mental illnesses and disorders) would require...

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What is your opinion of Barack Obama? I think his previous record of service in office is unusually unimpressive for a frontrunner for a presidential election. As far as I'm concerned, he's far too liberal to make an effective president (I'm a libertarian, and to me, his economics and nanny-state ideology make no sense) - even more liberal than Clinton. His unrealistic ideas about withdrawing troops on his time...

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OK, guys, who else agrees that Kari Byron is the hottest chick on television today? I would say she's definitely alright, doable, for sure. But not the hottest. My pick for that is hands-down Jodi Lyn O'Keefe. She is popularly known for being the popular but shallow cheerleader in "She's All That", but on TV she's been on "Prison Break". Check these out: http://www.sh33pie.com/dtm/Jodi_Lyn_O_Keefe.jpg ...

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When Mormon missionaries knock on your door, are you nice or rude to them? I tell them that unless they have definitive evidence in support of their beliefs, and they don't just expect me to believe in what they're saying based on faith or if it "sounds good", I'm happy to discuss their ideas with them, as long as they clearly and concisely convey their theories and what evidence there is to accept them. I'll also tell them flat out that...

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I just found out my boyfriend cheated on me 4 times (1 of them was my best friend) & he didnt tell me about any of them -I found out from evryone else. Im in love with him & dont want to let him go but hes betrayed me and hurt me. How do I deal with this? Wow. Well, first of all, I would stop calling that woman your best friend. Sleeping with your boyfriend is grounds for terminating the friendship, or at the very least, bumping her down a notch to second best friend. Normally, I'd say something against monogamy and sexual fidelity, in defense of the guy, because I'm sort of a jerky guy too. But I wouldn't ever sleep with any...

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What is the one food dish that NOBODY can fix as good as mom? No one has ever made spinach fettucini alfredo like my mom does - it's fantastic!

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How much of a lying hypocritical godgobber do you think disgraced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is? I am in favour of the legalization of prostitution, for a number of reasons, economic, philosophical, moral, and in terms of crime reduction. Everytime we illegalize something that people are going to do anyway, actions that are essentially victimless crimes, we end up making people victims and creating a niche for organized crime to set up shop. Just wanted to make that clear... Now for my...

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Would you date a GREAT person if they were NOT nice looking? No, not really. I mean, if they weren't good looking to MOST people, but I found them sexy personally, then yeah, sure. I could care less what other people think. I'm not looking for a trophy - I'm looking for someone I want to have sex with! But if they were physically attractive, I don't care if they are living saints full of personality and humour and totally...

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Ok, Who agrees with me that relationships work based on maturity level not age difference. You can have 20years age differenc or more but be on the same maturity level and the relationships work. Really think about this. Am I right. You are completely right. Age means nothing, and personally, I've never really seen any correlation whatsoever between maturity and age. What makes people mature is their natural character (coming from genetics, prenatal care, and their upbringing) and the things they've experienced and gone through in their lives, NOT how many years they've happened to be alive. I've met...

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If someone's suffered from being molested as a child and sexually assaulted, but are now adults... do you think they should still tell their parents or anyone?? They don't want to press charges, and it really doesn't affect them anymore. They should only tell people if they think it will help them get over it, if they haven't already. Some people suffer post-traumatic stress from being molested as children, and sometimes getting it out in the open MIGHT help. Personally, I can't see how everyone and their mothers knowing some pervert molested me would make me feel BETTER, but that's just me. If I'd been...

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Which topic do you think the media and people should lay to rest: Brittney Spears, Angelina & Brad Pitt, Eliot Spitzer or President Bush regarding the war in Iraq? They should leave Britney alone - she's just a girl that's had a rough time of it, mostly BECAUSE of the media. She came from a simple, middle class family, and then she had a lot of success, and became very wealthy. She behaved in ways many people would with that kind of money, but, unfortunately, normal people, even normal rich people, don't have a bunch of jackasses with...

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How do you view the human form? Do you believe we have a soul, or that we are very complicated biological machines? We're spontaneously evolved swarms of nano-bots (nanotechnological robots) - cells, working coherently as a singular organism (assuming we remain healthy, which is really another way of saying all the cells are working together harmoniously). Our brains are elaborate, extremely complex massively parallel computing devices, hacked and hodge-podged together over time by natural selection,...

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Do you think that if we encountered an intelligent alien race that we would most likely be afraid of it and end up going to war with it? The odds are that an intelligent alien race would destroy us, or perhaps worse, not realize we were "intelligent" enough to care whether we lived or died. We can see this behaviour with humans towards other, somewhat less intelligent nonhuman animals. Many species have been conclusively proven to have mental capabilities (including the capacity for rudimentary language and...

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Puppy dogs or cuddly kittens? I like them both equally, but if I had to choose which one to live with and care for, I'd have to go with a puppy. It's not that I don't like kittens (or cats in general) more than I like dogs, it's just that cats always feel more delicate to me, like I feel it would be easy for me to pick them up and hold them wrong, and break or hurt them. Dogs feel more robust. I wonder...

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How much muscle on a woman do you find attractive? When does it get excessive? I like a little muscle on a woman - a certain "fullness" that isn't mostly fat. If you watch the WWE, Beth Phoenix is a GREAT example of what I like in a woman, as far as muscle and body type. Body-builder chicks who barely look human, let alone female, anymore, go way too far. But I'd say the same about the guys - I don't aim to look like that myself (although I...

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Do you own your house or you renting an apartment or something like that? I rent a one bedroom apartment that I share with my brother - we sort of treat it more as a two bedroom but with no living room (well, mine's the living room too). I do want to own - not a house, but probably a co-op, or better yet, a condo. However, I've never ended up doing it, probably because, no matter how hard I fight it, I find it hard to do things that are harder in the...

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Is there such thing as an UNDENIABLE truth? Please give an example. There is no such thing as an UNCONDITIONALLY undeniable truth. However, there are an infinite number of possible conditionally undeniable truths. For instance, "If A then A", in its clearest, simplest, driest form. If we agree to a set of foundational assumptions, we can derive "truth statements" using those assumptions - that's the basis of the "truth"...

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What could be the sexiest thing someone could whisper in your ear? I'll give you a deep foot massage, for as long as you want, and then, I'll lube myself up with the KY I brought, and basically get on top and keep going until you (euphemism starts here: [have your moment of zen]). Oh, and I also brought peppers, onions, garlic, and many cheeses, and eggs, and I'll make you many omelets tomorrow, as many as you want. In the mean time, just sit...

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I say cucumber~you say........? Unpickled pickle comes to mind first. Next, I say - that's also a fruit everyone thinks of as a vegetable, just like the mighty tomato. Finally, I say... well, I think, dirty thoughts, thanks to some girl I used to date...

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Do you prefer tea or coffee? On average how many do you drink a day? If you had asked me 5 years ago, I would have said about 16, many of those before noon. I was completely addicted to caffeine, and having a free coffee machine at work didn't help at all. I cut down coffee to, at maximum, 6 cups, and none later than 1:30pm, when I realized that I was always suffering serious withdrawal symptoms being separated from that coffee machine (and being too...

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What was your first kiss like? I only think about it anytime ever mentions anything about a "first kiss", and then even sometimes not. It was with someone that, looking back on it, completely adored me, that I was only dating because at the time I wasn't with the one I wanted to be with, and it was okay, but it didn't rock my world. I consider the first kiss I had with someone I really adored to be...

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Is massage the most enjoyable experience known to man? I don't generally like massage, except foot massage. Even if the foot massage is only mediocre, I'd say it's often better than sex, for me. But I keep all my tension in my feet, I think.

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Do you still have your original email account you started with, when you first started surfing the net? if yes how long have you had it? Yes. It's an AOL e-mail address, and I've had it for 11 years, since 1997. Most of the reason I maintained the account (until it became a free service a while ago) was to retain that address. Even though I don't use it as my primary anymore (I use a gmail account for that), and it's horribly plagued by spam, I still check it from time to time in case old contacts I've...

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Do you think smoking pot is a gateway to other drugs? I think that, generally, this is a ridiculous scare tactic of the war on drugs. Marijuana is much less addictive, and much less likely to cause physical or psychological harm to yourself or others, than alcohol. Of course, the same can be said of other drugs, such as ecstacy, but I digress... However, to be fair, if someone has a predisposition to crave euphoria by jacking up dopamine...

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Did you grow up with an alcoholic parent? Yes. My father is a pretty bad alcohol. He's by all rights an undiagnosed sociopath as it is (and they're prone to alcoholism), and even sober he was deceitful, manipulative, controlling, and both physically and emotionally abusive (he was most often emotionally abusive). When he got drunk, which was often, he was more inclined to being physically violent - although looking back,...

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In choosing a food, what is the important indicator for selection: taste, appearance, or smell? You forgot perceived or known nutritional value, and the consistency (smooth, grainy, firm, soft, etc.). Ignoring the nutritional question, I choose foods based on taste and consistency. Smell is secondary, and, because a lot of taste is actually smell, it normally doesn't become an issue. Appearance is totally unimportant to me.

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I am nobody,nobody is perfect,therefore i am perfect.could i be right? It's an interesting yet convoluted bit of logic... Sure, why not?

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Does showering ever seem like such a hassle to anyone else?It seems like such a neccessary evil!! Does anyone actually like the whole process of 'getting ready'? It really feels like this to me. I can't wait for the day, hopefully only a few decades a way, when nanotechnology and/or computer science will make the need to bathe and maintain the body distant, unpleasant memories. It feels like a waste of time necessitated by the gross nature of our squishy, oily, biological bodies and the unrelenting laws of physics. I could easily go without the...

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What is the purpose of our creation? There is no purpose other than what we make of it. I think for some people that idea is so liberating that it scares them into ideas that a higher power gives ther lives purpose, so they don't have to have personal responsibility for defining and living up to their own purpose.

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Theists: Why do you worship something you don't know exists? I'm an atheist, but I'll play devil's advocate... so to speak. ;-) Besides, I can be more objective. Theists worship (or, more broadly, believe) in something they don't know exists because it gives order and meaning to their lives. In truth, humans are strongly inclined to make assumptions or hold beliefs to be certainties (faith) without evidence. I'd also argue...

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Why can't men watch a lady eat a banana without a glint in their eye? For me, seeing a girl suck on a lolly pop or something similar is more likely to get a brighter glint. But, well, you know, it reminds us of oral sex. I also get turned on seeing a woman applying lipstick.

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What would you do if you had a time machine? I'd first go a week into the future, and learn the winning numbers to get the big jackpot in a lottery. Then, I'd go much further into the future, get myself on the internet, and download the secrets of technologies that haven't been discovered yet. With this information, I could go back to the present, and make billions. Also, in the future, I'd have nanotech prostheses...

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Whats a big word that describes a person that likes to talk alot? loquacious comes to mind

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30% of men have cried while doing this. What is it? Getting married? ;-)

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Is it okay to cry when a friend or family member throws up? Unless they're throwing up because they're very ill, or because you're the only one around to take care of them and you're on your last nerve dealing with it, it's unusual. But it's always okay. You might get a weird look from the puker though...

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Do you know any mothers that named their daughter after them? No. I think it's highly unusual. I don't understand why that is considering the practice is quite common with fathers and their first born sons.

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Do mormons believe in the Leviticus? Is Leviticus a version of the bible? As far as I know, Mormons believe in the whole Bible. Leviticus is just one book in the Bible, so yes, they believe in its contents, even though they may interpret it somewhat differently than other people who consider themselves Christians.

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To all the singletons out there....are you happy being single or would you rather be in a relationship? I am extremely happy to be single. I casually date and have relations with those I choose, when I choose. I have the space I need. In a relationship, I feel crowded, drowned out, and like I always have to answer for myself, or be "in sync" with someone else. I need the freedom to be me, all the good, the bad, and the selfish. I am terrible at saying "no", or doing or saying...

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Would you rather be happy or in love, if you could only be one which would it be? I would always prefer to be happy over being a situation where I was "in love" (as though that has any real meaning) without being happy. The whole point of what people call romantic love is to make you happy. When that stops doing the job, you move on, pure and simple.

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Would you rather be sad knowing the truth or happy and ignorant? I would always prefer to be sad knowing the truth. Happiness due to ignorance is a sham. Happiness isn't an end in itself, it's a rough gauge for determining how successful you are at being effective and staying alive in prosperity. When happiness is taken to be an end in itself, bad things can happen, like drug abuse, which is all about being happy for happiness's sake.

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Would you rather be right or happy? Why? I would always prefer to be right over being happy. Happiness isn't an end in itself, it's a rough gauge for determining how successful you are at being effective and staying alive in prosperity. When happiness is taken to be an end in itself, bad things can happen, like drug abuse, which is all about being happy for happiness's sake. Being right is the end, and happiness is...

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Would you rather be smart and unhappy or stupid and happy? I would always prefer to be smart and unhappy over being stupid and happy. Stupidity is a pathetic thing to be, indeed. Happiness isn't an end in itself, it's a rough gauge for determining how successful you are at being effective and staying alive in prosperity. When happiness is taken to be an end in itself, bad things can happen, like drug abuse, which is all about being happy...

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Would you rather be perpetually correct or happy? I would always prefer to be correct over being happy. Happiness isn't an end in itself, it's a rough gauge for determining how successful you are at being effective and staying alive in prosperity. When happiness is taken to be an end in itself, bad things can happen, like drug abuse, which is all about being happy for happiness's sake.

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What color are the numbers on your alarm clock? They're red. If I think about it, that's not very soothing. But, for some reason, it seems appropriate to me, considering it ruins my sleep for some supposed emergency (like waking up) most of the time.

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If girls just want to have fun, what do boys just want? Boys want to have fun with girls.

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Can panic really cause people to faint, or does it just make them feel faint? It can do both. Panic, especially panic attacks, cause elevation in heart rate and blood pressure, which can in a way increase awareness, but they can also cause hyperventilation and irregular heart rhythm, which could lead to someone fainting.

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What is your least favorite month of the year and why? Your most favorite? August. I hate the heat. A lot of cute college co-eds are still off visiting family or on vacation. And it's the month when you start seeing the surge in wasp and hornet populations.

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If you had a choice, would you want to remember every single thing that has ever happened to you since the moment you were born? Yes, I would. I actually suffered some memory loss - I can't remember about 2 months in 1999 because of head trauma. Most frustratingly, I displayed some rather significant behaviour and personality changes, according to family and friends, during that time. Also, even though most of the things that happen to us are irrelevant, I personally would always like to have access to more...

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My boyfriend calls me names like bitch,slut,whore,ugly,fat,skank,smelly,tramp,etc.But he says that he is just joking and he doesnt mean it.Well I dont take it as a joke,and I take very seriously.Do you think that Im overreacting?Would you take it as joke? His behaviour is unacceptable and should not be tolerated. I'm never offended when people call me names - I pride myself on being impossible to offend, and take very little seriously. But that doesn't mean I would ever let someone speak to me that way. It's a matter of principle. Of course, before you break up with him or bite his head off for it, you should at least sit...

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Do animals have thoughts? There are mountains of evidence that animals think. Many species even demonstrate extremely complex reasoning skills. Some species of spiders, and birds within the raven family, as well as cetaceans (whales and dolphins), and our cousins, the primates (especially our fellow great apes), all demonstrate the ability for abstract thinking, logical reasoning, and planning. On the emotional note,...

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There has been five school shootings this year(6 weeks).Does not this say there needs to be very strict gun laws.Also the rights to carry guns ,which is part of the constitution ,be amended.When is enough ,enough? Were those schools in parts of the country without strong gun laws? Also, did the students steal these from their parents (since no state allows minors to buy guns)? The greatest school massacre didn't involve a gun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster Maybe we should also ban sticks and rocks? Rat poison? Civilians everywhere should have the right to bear arms,...

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Do you take the blame for fights with a loved one or put the blame on the person you fight with? IF there is a blame (and usually it's either to hard to call who's to blame or both are to blame), I'm usually objective and self-aware enough to know who the blame rightfully belongs to. I take the blame if I realize or I'm convinced I was at fault, and I blame the other person if they seem at fault. But I rarely think it's anything less than a two way street....

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If two people love each other so very much, but they are unhappy because they dont get along... but they both dont want to seperate because they love each other so much. Is it worth breaking up, or stay in a loving relationship that doesnt get along. I think that sounds a lot like two people who don't really love each other, but are in love with the idea of being in love with each other. It is NEVER a good idea to stay in a situation that doesn't make you happy. If it makes BOTH of you unhappy, then it's really really stupid to do it. Unless you can't figure out a way to reconcile your differences and be happy with...

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Do you suffer with your nerves? In the sense of being nervous, yes, although I don't show it. But I do have some nasty anxiety and panic problems.

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What would you do if superglued your butt to a chair? First, be very very sad. Second, with my tail between my... well, I guess I'd be sitting on it. In any event, I'd go lay down uncomfortably in the shower until the water wore down the superglue enough to pry my butt free. Also, I'd curse the luck that the first time in 20 years that I sat down in a chair with my bare butt there was superglue on it. Third, I'd find the...

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What would you do if I threw a pie in your face at the prom? My first impulse would be to laugh at how silly a thing this was, how great a story it will be to tell, and how mortified my prom date must be by all this. My second impulse would be to come at you and let you have it (beat you up if you're a guy, yell at you and insult you insult you until you cry and develop an eating disorder if you're a girl) once I remember that you justed...

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Love sucks, do you agree? i think valentine's day should be called national hate day, do you agree? Wow, someone's bitter! :-) I don't think it should be called National Hate Day, but maybe National Let's Have Hallmark Commercialism Exploit Romantic Love Day. That seems more appropriate to me. I don't think love sucks, as such. As long as people aren't naive enough to think "it either lasts forever or it's worthless", love can be a beautiful thing...

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With Starbucks closing it's doors for 3 hours on February, 26 at 7100 US locations, will this upset you at all? I think I'll live without overpriced, overrated coffee for a few hours or so. I can't be sure though. I'll make sure I have friends or loved ones monitor me just in case I go into cardiac arrest. Yes, it was all facetious, and I liked it. Except the overpriced and overrated part. ;-)

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What would you do if I walked up to you and gave you a chocolate bar? I would accept it awkwardly, and thank you for the kind gesture. I'd tell you I just ate lunch, and was stuffed, and I'll eat it later - that you did me a real favour because I need to get some sugar a few hours after lunch and this is a lifesaver. Then, when I had lost you, I'd throw it away. No way I'm going to eat food given to me by a stranger. Plus, I was lying about...

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What would you do if I broke your foot with a baseball bat on purpose? I would get myself to the hospital, and let the foot heal. When I was fully recovered, I would go to you and tell you I forgave you, no hard feelings. Then, when you didn't expect it, I'd stab you with a big, jagged, rusty knife in both feet and then both hands, several times, making an effort to ensure permanent nerve and muscular damage. No one breaks my foot!

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Would you want to work in a nuclear power plant? If they had jobs for software engineers like myself, absolutely, sure, if they paid well. The fact is that the regulatory standards and security measures are so high around nuclear power plants that you have less of a chance of being killed or harmed in any way there than you have walking home alone late at night. Nuclear power is extremely safe, and, barring unforeseen technological...

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Can someone explain what it is about gay drag queens? Why would other gay men be attracted to what looks like a woman? I personally don't get it myself either. I'm not gay, but I can see the point you're making. I mean, I couldn't imagine a straight guy wanting a girl who looks like a man. I think maybe it's just a fetish thing.

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Do you think going to college is needed? I think that, in reality, going to college is unnecessary except for some extremely specialized careers that require intensive learning and testing, such as law or medicine. Other than that, going to college is mostly a waste of time. That said, a college degree IS needed, or at least it can really help you get jobs. More specifically, not having a degree can sometimes mean you won't...

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If a friend wanted to be a better kisser, would you allow him or her to practice kissing with you? Why or why not? Definitely, but only if she was female; I don't kiss other guys. Not that there's anything wrong with it... I can separate romantic kisses from technical ones. I actually think it's a very good, mature thing to want to do. Go for it, let him/her practice on you.

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WHat does it mean when your x says he is going tocall you back and doesnt? does that mean he has someone else? should you move on or still have feelings? It doesn't really mean anything. I wouldn't jump to conclusions like that he has someone else. It just means he either got really busy or something happened that preoccupied his mind. It also could just be that he forgot, or he got in a mood where he felt like being alone and not talking to anyone, and it's nothing personal. This is nothing serious and it happens all the time. I...

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Is celibacy a decisive factor in sexual abuse by priests? Some people argue that it is, but there really isn't any evidence to support the view that it causes sexual abuse, or that it doesn't cause it. As they say in medicine, "results are inconclusive". It might be that people prone to abuse children sexually are inclined to appreciate the celibacy. They may recognize on some level, or consciously, very early on that they have...

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My girlfriend said I was moving too slow and she wanted a baby. She moved on w/o telling me, got pregnant, the guy went AWOL, then she calls me 7 weeks pregnant & wants me to marry her, raise the baby, but not have my children. Still love her. What to do Don't do it. She broke up with you, got involved with and slept with another guy, and now, because he isn't going to be a father to his own child, she's coming back to you as her second runner up, to raise another man's child, when you didn't want to move that fast to begin with. I don't see how she could be MORE insulting or wrong. Kick her to the curb. Tell...

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What do you think the best anime is? I love Blood+. After that, Death Note.

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I'm pro abortion. Tell me why that is wrong? I'm not supposed to answer this question, because you asked us to tell you you're wrong. But you were wrong to end that sentence with a question mark, when it surely should have ended with a period, since it was a command statement. But I do think abortion becomes gradually more wrong starting at the moment when the nervous system begins to form. It's hard to tell exactly when...

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The question is asked one or two years ago, are you still going to answer it anyway? Sure, of course I would, if it's still relevant. Especially if I thought I could add something that wasn't already there in one of the existing answers.

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How do you feel about the public release of bodily functions? Any and all apply-sneezing through urination... Going through the list: - Sneezing; it's fine, but you should try to cover your mouth and/or turn away from people when you do it. - Nose blowing; also fine, although I personally do it in private in the bathroom if I possibly can, or try to hide I'm doing it - Urination; only okay if you absolutely have to go or else you'll pee your pants or hurt yourself, and then, you...

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If Clinton ends up being president, what do we call Bill? First Laddie? Well, "lady" is either the opposite of "lord" or "gentleman". Either one would do, but "lord" probably would raise too many eyebrows to be acceptable. I suspect he'll be called "first husband" instead of either though.

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Why is it that people try to define God with human resoning? What other form of reasoning is there? It's not "human" reasoning, it's just reasoning. We need to define the word for something, ANYTHING, in order to ACTUALLY believe in that thing. Otherwise, the word is empty and without definition, meaning. Technically, people who say they can't define "God", whenever they say "I believe in God", are...

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The intelligent Arisztid is now a Maestro! Would you like to join me in congratulating him? Congratulations Arisztid! That's awesome. Thanks for all your contributions here.

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Is encouraging children to believe that they can accomplish anything if they try hard enough misleading and potentially harmful? It is somewhat misleading, but not at all harmful. Children tend to live up to our expectations - the developing mind builds itself to meet the challenges we provide it. Even if someone will fail to accomplish some things, it is always preferable that they have the spirit to try hard, or else they will miss out on all the accomplishments that they would have succeeded at if they had. The...

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What does the word "Marriage" mean to you? My answer is simple... if I answered completely honestly and without sparing people's feelings, I'd be downrated or flagged as offensive. ;-)

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Are you excited about this year's presidential election? No. I don't really like any of the potential candidates. If Ron Paul (always was a long shot, I know) could have become the Republican candidate, or even Guiliani, a good second in my opinion as far as my own political views, this would have been an exciting election. Now, the only "exciting" thing is the whole Clinton is female and/or Obama is black thing. Gender and race...

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Is it possible that life, as we know it, is really some scientific experiment and millions of people(or things?) are laughing at us as we run through this life maze or "rat race" trying to figure out the meaning of life? Yes, it's entirely likely. If you think about it, the laws of physics, and our observable universe, fit some of the characteristics you'd expect to find in a computer simulation of a universe. For instance, things like a non-zero cosmological constant and other near-zero quantities could be computational rounding errors. Quantum properties such as the uncertainty principle might be...

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Whats a good "workout" song? one to get me pumped? Anything from the Rocky soundtrack really works for me.

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Do you prefer long or short fingernails? I think guys should have short nails. I do. As far as girls, I don't really care. I guess a little longer than short isn't bad. But really long finger nails wouldn't do much for me either. The only thing I notice about a girl's fingernails is whether she uses nail polish, which I like. I don't mind the length one way or another.

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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? It's the egg. Evolutionary theory tells us that the first chicken (which was before it hatched merely an egg) was a mutation of another, earlier species. So the first chicken's mother was not, technically of the same species as modern chickens. The egg came first.

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Some believe our background and circumstances influence who we are, do you find this to be true or ultimately are we responsible for who we become? Our genetics, background, and circumstances don't only influence but make us who we are. As far as we can tell, nothing about how the brain works violates the laws of physics. When we make decisions and actions, we really couldn't have chosen differently (and quantum considerations, that probably don't apply at the level of brain cells or even the large molecules of which...

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If aliens came to your home what would you first ask them? I guess I'd ask them they were here. And I'd clarify - specifically, why were they here in my home instead of others. Then I'd ask them what their intentions were as far as Earth and the beings on it.

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Can you fall in love with someone you can't see? I've heard blind people are, in fact, capable of falling in love...

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What kind of food does dolphins eat They eat fish and other marine life.

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Have you ever had the "life" sucked out of you? Everytime I visit with my parents...

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Americans - When you vote in national elections, are you loyal to one party NEVER straying even if you don't care for the candidate? Why or why not? No, I always vote based on what their positions on the issues that are most important to me are, and how likely it is that they are not likely to flip flop on those positions (although if they can justify changing their position based on real world changes, that's not flip flopping). It's silly to vote with a party. I usually end up voting Republican, but if Huckabee or Romney...

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Do you have any abnormal minor addictions? I like sort of rubbing the edges of my nails on the buttons of my remote control, especially after lubing the buttons up a little bit with sweat from my hands. It just feels so smooth... I wonder if anyone else does this, or understands.

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How might we artificially induce a volcanic eruption? I'm pretty sure a carefully planted explosive of enough force could do it. For instance nuking a volcano might generate enough force to cause the eruption. But it really depends on the size of the volcano, and its level of activity.

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When in your life have you almost wet yourself from laughing too hard? I don't think I've ever wet myself, but more or less once or twice every 1-2 months on average, I laugh so hard and so long that something in the back of my head is almost a little scared I'll suffocate from not being able to breathe. But I know intellectually that, at the absolute worst case (which I don't think is even possible), I'd eventually pass out from lack of...

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What is your opinion on having the right to bare arms? Civilians everywhere should have the right to bear arms, concealed or otherwise. Citizens should be able to protect themselves from an unjust or dysfunctional government - no less true today than in 1776. They should also be able to defend themselves from others - criminals will always find their way to weapons. I'd rather have one in case they come knocking. And in a community where...

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How do you resolve the problem of evil? There is no problem of evil. Evil is defined by humans in many different ways. If we're saying how we resolve the problem of suffering, as in, how do we explain why there is suffering in the world, the answer is so simple it stares us in the face - we, as individuals, and as a species, and as a planet, and as a solar system, and as a galaxy, and perhaps even as a universe, aren't at...

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What would you do if you bit into your apple and saw half a worm? Spit it out violently, look at the other half and say "sorry little guy..." and then aggressively rinse my mouth with whatever I had handy.

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What are your foreign policies? I believe we should always put our country's needs and people above all others. If that demands attacking another country, so be it. However, I generally believe we do best not trying to interfere with the development of other nations. We've done it before (installing Saddam in Iraq, arming and funding Bin Laden), and it has never worked out for us.

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When is the last time you held a little baby? 16-17 years ago, and it was my little brother. I loved him so much, and I only grew to keep loving him more, to this day, despite the fact that he's terribly difficult (moreso with age). I haven't really ever held any other babies, and I don't really want to. Generally they make me uncomfortable. I don't plan to have any of my own, I have my hands full taking care of my...

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When was the last time you lost control by laughing so hard that you needed time to gather yourself when you finished? I'm happy to say it was within the last 7 days. I think I have that an everage of once every 1-2 months. I like it when it happens. Before I'm "over it", anything I try to say, or anything anyone else tries to say, or basically any look on anyone's face tends to set me off again, until it's all out of my system. It really feels therapeutic for the soul.

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Do u think watching xxx movies is good or not? It's better with a partner... ;-)

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If you had to choose one abilty to lose which would it be, deaf or blind. Why? It would completely suck, but I have to go with deaf. Vision is too important. In this information age, it is increasingly more important. There are many things to help blind people work on computers and navigate the internet, etc., but nothing so effective as sight. I have to be able to see.

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Can I please have a HUG , I feel a little sad and miss my children? A big HUG from me to you. I hope you will feel better!

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What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Coffee flavoured is my favourite. I really only like whipped cream. Everything else is just fluff - nice to have, but not essential.

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Guys, how bad is it to meet a new girlfriend's dad? It's only happened a couple of times. I didn't like it, and I never meet any girl's parents anymore. I don't even really like to meet their friends. If they have a problem with that, I'm not interested.

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Why is god so self centered? i mean, you don't beleive in him and you go straight to hell??? whats up with that? Right on. I mean, if I were a god, I'd be like that, but I freely admit I'm mean and self-centered. But I, at least, would provide a little more evidence I existed. And I wouldn't bury all those dinosaur fossils and make carbon dating show they're millions of years old to "trick" people into believing the "lie" of evolution and an old Earth. Even...

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How do you become a good judge of character, I always go with my gut instict, but friends always stab me in the back, what am I doing wrong? I've found that the best thing to do is to assume everyone is a liar and out for only themselves. That doesn't mean you can't be their friends, just to be on guard. Slowly, slowly, after months or years of them proving that they're good friends, then you gradually can ease up and be a little less cautious. But never completely forget that they might betray you if it...

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Boys: do you like girls with curly or straight hair? I really like long curly hair. I think that looks best. If your hair gets to short when you curl it, stick with straight hair. Long trumps curls.

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I am 20 and i still sleep with a small table light on and I am not afraid of the dark or such I just cant sleep with no light on. Is that normal? Sure. I personally prefer noise, specifically voices, while I sleep so I keep the TV on.

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I believe Peta and greenpeace are domestic terrorists, your take? I do agree Greenpeace act in terrorist ways. I think the primary way PETA is a terrorist group is in its terrorist campaign AGAINST animals. They put hundreds of thousands or millions of animals to sleep each year. They use membership donations to do this. There are many documented cases of animals that they didn't even try to find homes for. A large percentage of these animals is...

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Does anyone have the right to tell someone that their beliefs are 'wrong'? No one should have the right to tell someone that their feelings and preferences are wrong. But yes, of course we should be able to tell someone that their beliefs are wrong. Beliefs are effectively statements about what we think is true about reality. More to the point, I think the most important fact about a belief, and whether it could be called "wrong", is how the person came...

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Which adjective could you use to greet people? Welcome! It's an adjective, and it's all you need to greet someone.

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The AB staff has rejected the notification question concerning the death of Blank Savage and has marked it as nonsense. Will you please join me in my effort to have the question restored? If so, please post to the blog!!!!!!!!!! Have the question restored! He was a member of our community and the question was the only way to inform us as a whole.

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How about a big welcome home for our friend Retroglide? Welcome back Retroglide. Good to have you back!

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My life penguin, MG1942, has just reached Maestro!! Would you care to join me in congratulating him on joining this illustrious circle? Congratulations! That is awesome! Thanks for all your great contributions here.

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Well our beloved Idne has made it to Guru, who would like to help me congratulate her for her Guru-ship? Congratulations! That is awesome! Thanks for all your great contributions here.

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I'm now an AB Sage! Will you give me a "high five"? Congratulations! That is awesome! Thanks for all your great contributions here.

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Our lovely sweetcakes has made sage today; who would like to join me in welcoming her upon reaching her sagedom? Congratulations! That is awesome! Thanks for all your great contributions here.

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Of course we know Firebrand is a genius, but she has become AB's first ever Level 90 Genius! Would you like to congratulate her on a job very well done? Congratulations! That is awesome! Thanks for all your great contributions here.

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Would you like to congratulate Da ben dan on being the newest Guru to AB? Way to go Da ben dan, good job! Congratulations! That is awesome! Thanks for all your great contributions here.

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Congratulations to Firebrand for becoming our very first Swami of Answerbag! Who else would like to congratulate Firebrand for making history on becoming a Swami ? Congratulations Firebrand and great job! Congratulations! That is awesome! Thanks for all your great contributions here.

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Why do they still use the term: African-American. I was born in America and Im pretty sure that Im American. I've never been to Africa I dont know of any family in Africa so whats the deal? Well I sometimes refer to myself as a Dutch American, but my parents were both from the Netherlands. I know plenty of second and third generation who describe themselves as Italian or something Americans. The problem I have with the term African American is that Africa is not a country, and that it actually makes it inappropriate to use "black", when actually, there are blacks that...

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Does everyone have conscience? Sociopaths / psychopaths (people with what today is called antisocial personality disorder) display lack of guilt, empathy, or shame. They do not have a conscience. If they do good things, they do them for what they can gain from them, including better standing and more respect as a "good" person, not because they feel it is right, just because they know other people will think it was...

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Do u think jesus has internet? If there was life after death and he was actually God / son of God, then, according to that, and the Christian belief, he would have something better - omniscience. That blows the internet out of the water. Except it doesn't have chat rooms, I heard... ;-)

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Is George W Bush the first dyslexic,bipolar president the united States has ever elected twice? Dyslexic, and... shall we say... less than intelligent, yes. But I haven't heard or seen evidence that he's bipolar. I'd be interested in that.

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Logically, is it possible for a dictionary to evolve over billions of years from a explosion within a paper factory (which is basically the theory behind the origins of life of an evolutionists)? Wrong wording, poor misunderstanding of evolution and the concepts you used. But, just as a bunch of chimps typing away will eventually, given enough time (thousands, millions, billions, trillions of years) randomly produce a play from Shakespeare, in a similar way, there is an extremely extremely small chance, perhaps one in a trillion or more, that a dictionary will be formed from an...

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Which is better, Subbed or Dubbed? I like dubbed, but just because I'm too lazy to read when I watch TV. If I wasn't so lazy to mix reading with TV, I do get why people prefer subbed, since the dubbed voices do sound stupid and annoying often.

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Would you be mad if one of your friends left you as a reference on their resume without asking you first? No, but I would definitely tell them they were being really stupid leaving me unprepared. That's only if they left me as a reference and never told me until I got the call from the person checking references. Otherwise, I'd say sure, thanks for the heads up, and ask them what they wanted me to say about them. My big concern would be if I wasn't prepared. That would be stupid.

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I have Mormons coming over tonight and I have told them repeatedly that I am not ready to commit to any religion. I still love to drink beer and whiskey and there is no way I want that life style change. How do I tell them thanks but no thanks. Tell them you're only having them over to socialize, not to be converted. Remind them that if they want to "save you" from your lifestyle, then they should be ready for a full-scale religious debate, wherein you will question them and demand proof for their beliefs, and will dissect Mormonism and its origins, including those of Joseph Smith, a known criminal and racist, and...

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Should there be a universal gun ban for civilians? In the US, we would need to amend to Constitution to remove the 2nd amendment, our right to bear arms. But it shouldn't be. Likewise, civilians everywhere should have the right to bear arms, concealed or otherwise. Citizens should be able to protect themselves from an unjust or dysfunctional government - no less true today than in 1776. They should also be able to defend themselves from...

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Would you pay $10 a month to use AB? Absolutely not. Not even $1. Especially when there are Yahoo answers and WikiAnswers. I like the format and style and social atmosphere of this site, but at the end of the day, I'll use the free service to ask questions and answer them.

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They say that Adam and Eve commited "the original sin". But science tells us that there were other mammals present before humans, so how could this be the original sin? Even though this is just myth / religion, most who believe this story don't believe, against other scientific evidence, that nonhuman animals don't have free will, and thus, the capacity for sin. Besides, Genesis story is written from the human perspective, so it's all about human sins and the human relationship with God.

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What do you believe is over-rated? Superstring theory. Still makes no realistically testable predictions, and there are other theories of quantum gravity that don't get enough attention between superstrings are the big cool thing among physicists. It's a shame when science works that way.

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Have you ever tried to convince someone to do something by saying, "But everyone's doing it!"? No, but I have tried to justify my actions by saying that... even though I knew it wasn't a good justification, I was hoping I wouldn't be called on it. :-)

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Is it possible for your ex to come back to you if they are seeing someone else but, still tell you they love you, still pay your car insur, have personal things at your place they say they will pick up & never do, let more than 2 wks go by without calling I say let them still pay for the car insurance, but don't take their ideas of a relationship seriously. They're obviously a user, so why not use them back?

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Guys, what are your thoughts on fake boobs? I like them better for it. There are a few reasons women get fake boobs: 1) Insecurity (I like this in a woman) 2) Shallow / vain (I appreciate this, find it sexy) 3) Survived breast cancer (I like survivors) Besides, studies have been done that show, statistically, that women with fake breasts are more likely to be interested in sex than ones with real breasts. Of course, that's...

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If you had so much money would you buy the most expensive car or would you use it to buy a bike and give the rest of the money to help the poor? Definitely the car. Let the poor get the money themselves, like I did!

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Did you give up anything for Lent? What was it? I gave up Lent. It was really tough, and I didn't think I could keep it up for the whole of Lent. But with faith and will power, I managed it. ;-)

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Most annoying anime character? I would have to say, on DragonBall Z, there's this awful talking pig guy. I hate him terribly. He is the most annoying. I also always wonder what the hell he's supposed to be. The show is supposed to take place on Earth, at least mostly during that series. My brother once theorized that all these creepy humanoid animal things were creations of CapsuleCorp. Who knows. I hate him.

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What is in the pill oxycocet Here it tells the most info: http://www.drugs.com/cons/oxycocet.html It's a pain killer, that combines oxycodone with acetaminophen (tylenol to most people, even though that's only a brand name).

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Where do the dinosaurs fit into the bible shouldnt they be somewher near the begining? i couldnt find any mention of them last time i skimmed through one. Even though this question was downrated (I upped all I could), probably because it's bound to be considered intentionally imflammatory, I think it's good when someone makes points like this every now and again. Good for you! And no, oddly, no mention of them. But then again, I don't think it specifically mentions every individual animal species, or even category, by name, so...

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Is organic foods really better for you or is it a ploi to get you to pay more money. Im really in thought about this and have herd many theories, any input to sway my opinion? For most foods, it's mostly a plot to get you to pay more money. The myths about pesticides are largely false. They tend to become inert and harmless by the time they get to you; also, organic food is allowed to use organic, so-called "natural" pesticides, which can be as toxic or moreso as the synthetic varieties (nature is filled with toxic chemicals not made by humans). For...

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There is a blackout. You are stuck in an elevator with a beautiful naked woman? What do you do? I think I'd flirt with her by asking her how on Earth she ended up naked in an elevator. I'd joke that it was a shame that there weren't any lights, otherwise I could see her. I'd play up the possibility we could die of lack of oxygen, or the elevator could fall and we could die that way. I'm pretty sure I can hit that before the lights come back on.

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Did you guys know that Amanda Bynes was Jewish? Even though she's flat and I'm not that into her because of her skinny body, she has a very cute face. I didn't know she was Jewish, but I always tend to really like Jewish girls, and they tend to like me. It doesn't change my impression of her, or, oddly, it might even make me like her a little more. I'm not Jewish, by the way. But I am a fan. :-)

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What is a good thing to do for Valentine's Day if you broke up right before it? Drink in celebration if you were the one to cut them loose, and drink to forget if they broke up with you. Either way, it works. Also, try to go and get laid if you can, but don't stress it.

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Do you really think beauty is subjective? Yes, definitely, and I don't mean only physical beauty, all kinds. There is no objective beauty. If anyone thinks there is, please let me know what that standard of beauty might be, I'd be interested. I just can't think of how that could ever be.

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Does anyone else think Hillary is looking a lot older and haggard in last few days? Definitely. She is NOT aging gracefully in general, but all the stress is taking a toll and accelerating the process. It will get even worse if she actually becomes president.

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What piece are you when you play Monopoly? I like that thing that looks a little like a pepper shaker, although I'm not sure what it's supposed to be. I'm a Doctor Who fan, and it reminds me a little bit of a dalek, and I imagine I'm going around yelling "exterminate!" as I beat all the players into submission.

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When I say cow patty, what do you think of? It's definitely a burger. That's like basically the only thing that comes to mind.

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What, to you, is an example of an acquired taste? Grapefruit juice. I hated the stuff when I was younger. Even when I bought some and tried it recently, 20 years later, mostly to increase the effects of Xanax (which worked well), it took me a little while to come to like it.

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Do you think that god is a man? Well, the idea of god or gods was created by man, so, in a way, our species is like a god. But we don't come close to our own myth about god. So god is not a man, and man is not god, and god does not exist, and man likes frequently to deny that man exists.

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I am 17 turning 18, i have been seeing a 35 year old. i just wanna hear others opinion on this relation ship. i just need to say that he's treated me very well, and did not force me to have sex. so what is your opinion? I think it can be a very beautiful thing. One thing though - him not having "force[d] [you] to have sex" doesn't qualify him for a medal. The bare minimum a guy can do is to not attempt rape! But, if you're happy, and he's happy, and you don't let this relationship get in the way of your existing goals, like going to college and perhaps getting a career, I think...

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Do older guys like younger girls? Of course they do. It's not even that they're physically better looking, it's that their personalities are often more appealing. There's evidence that men simply are attracted to more childlike appearance and personality. And, for me, they're a breath of fresh air.

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Do you believe alternate realities exist where there is another you? Modern quantum physics strongly suggests that they do exist. There is more and more evidence that the "many worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics is not only plausible, but is correct, but, there is no proof at the moment. I believe it's very likely to be accurate though. In fact, every possible variation of our universe exists, including an alternate reality identical to...

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Do you need some form of retribution and vindication before you forgive? I personally do. I was once betrayed by someone, and until I hurt them back, I wouldn't have been able to fully forgive them. But, I think the other person would have felt weird being friends with me if I hadn't made things "even Steven" too. Revenge can be healthy, if not taken too far. We're now the best of friends for over 3 years, and we wouldn't have been...

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Do you like omlettes? Yes, I love them. If had to eat only one thing, forever, it would be them... although that's only if I had to choose one thing. I like them with various mixed cheeses. Feta, mozarella, gouda, edam, whatever, it's all good. Add some onions, peppers, fantastic.

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What can you do to make yourself appear older for buying alcohol, I'm a 17 male? What do you suggest? Okay, well, just to avoid being downrated or attacked by anyone, I have to say "drinking alcohol at your age is bad, mmm-kay". Now, that's out of the way. Grow facial hair. You can stimulate the growth of darker, older looking facial hair by shaving regularly. Also, it helps if you're tall, but you could always wear shoes or boots that give you a little lift. A deep voice...

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Is a nine year old too young to wear a bra? It really has to do with breast size. If she needs the support because she's an early bloomer, then age has nothing to do with it. I'm assuming we're talking about a normal boring training bra here. She's too young to have some sort of sexy lingerie bra though!

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Homophobic (nonviolent) song lyrics should they be baned? I don't think they should be banned, even if they're violent and deeply offensive. That would violate our right to free speech, and that becomes a slippery slope. Nazis should also have the right to say what the think. That's not to say that I agree with the lyrics, or even that I don't HATE that they would exist, it's just we shouldn't ban speech or artistic...

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Do you think giving my neighbor an erectile dysfunction drug instead of aspirin is a hilarious prank, or just too mean? Assuming, for the moment, that he will certainly receive no adverse side effects. I don't understand the downrating. This is a good question, and funny. The downrater(s) should have saved their lashing of you for their answers, calling you mean. I think it's hilarious, and not mean at all. However, unless you're pretty sure your neighbor doesn't have an existing heart condition, it could be risky to you legally, and him medically. But maybe...

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If you could save one flower in the world, what would it be and why? I know this corny, and I know they're also weeds, but dandelions. No other flower that comes to mind spreads its seeds with that fluffy white stuff. Without that, they wouldn't be there to make wishes on, which is nice. Plus, dandelions are one of the most common flowers, I think, at least in urban areas, because they spread so vigourously and can grow almost anywhere. Without...

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Who would you choose, the person you love or the person who loves you the most? I would always choose the one I love. If I would choose the one who loved me the most, I would obviously not really love the person I love all that much, choosing security and safety and a feeling of being wanted over love and passion. I think codependent or needy people would choose the one who loved them the most.

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Do you think it is different for parents to lose their 2 weeks-old child or 20 years-old one? The 20 year old is more of a loss. You've invested 20 years with this person, and seen them grow up to be an adult. The 2 week old child, although very difficult, barely grew into a person, and really had not much personality to speak of. Infant mortality is also a lot higher than 20 year old mortality. I'm sorry if you've lost someone, I'd be sorry whichever it was. But...

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How do you measure your self worth? I measure it in terms of how much you believe you deserve out of your life, and how little you're willing to take abuse or undeserved unpleasantness.

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I want to get revenge at some one at my school but i dont want to get in trouble what is the best way to do this Get him expelled by accusing him of doing something really horrible, possibly illegal. For instance, give yourself a few bruises (bang your body against a wall or something, but be careful about broken bones, and especially of head trauma) and say he attacked you for no reason, and that he's been bullying you. Many schools expell for that reason. Or, if you can get your hands on a cheat...

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I am in a horrible predicament. a guy asked me out today at school, but then i like this guy who a.)is a marine and b.) is my age. this other guis two years younger than me. but i like them both. what do i do? I say go out on a few dates with both. Don't hide it if you're asked about it - after all, you guys aren't married or going steady (is that phrase still used anymore?) or anything. See which one you like more. But I think the marine will win.

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Do you think it's ok to adopt (children or animals) if theres no s/o in your life - or is it just a sad substitution It's a sad substitution, but I guess there's nothing wrong with it. Someone needy who desperately wants to be a caregiver is better than no caregiver at all for orphaned children, and especially for animals that might be killed otherwise.

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Would you wear your seatbelt if it wasn't required by law? Yes, of course. It's offensive that there even is a law. Nanny-state laws that try to legislate common sense, when the only point of the law is to protect the individuals FROM THEMSELVES, are the ultimate freedom-killer. If someone wants to decrease their survival odds by not wearing a seat belt, let them do it. There will be less people like that around... and no one else will get hurt in...

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If you rub two boy scouts together does that start a fire? Well, I know who NOT to have be a camp counselor. :-)

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Hey whats your favorite drink, u always order when u go party or a club? I like straight whiskey, doesn't matter what brand, no ice. If it has to be a mixed drink, I like Manhattans.

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Do teen agers scare you? It scares me how much they arouse me... no just kidding. Just the ones that are of legal age in my state. I'm 28, but I get along really well with teenagers. I always like to stay young, keep fresh with the times, not be left behind as culture evolves. Hanging out with younger people is a good way to do that. I guess if there was a gang of scary looking ones, yeah, that'd scare...

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Deathnote Yeah, it's a good show, but this isn't really a question.

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If you died today what would be written on your head stone? "He didn't want to die."

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Are search engines capable of searching every web page on the Internet? No search engine is or ever will be capable of doing this. The problem is that there will always be new online file formats, including compressed files, or images (in which case you'd need to convert any text in the graphics to text to index and search them), etc., and no search engine can "guess" how to search any given format without prior knowledge of how to index and search...

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Which one word gives you the creeps? putrefaction Hands down, the grossest, creepiest word ever. You can just see and smell the rotting flesh...

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What's killed more people than all world wars combined? Aging is probably the winner, hands down. It's responsible for most deaths by cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. After that, influenza is probably the worst. Maybe accidental death comes before even that.

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Why is Lincoln known as the "Great Emanicpator?" He really wasn't. He was a racist who thought that blacks were 3/4 human. Well, I think it has a lot to do with his Emancipation Proclamation, which abolished slavery in the US. ;-) To be an emancipator means to free slaves, not to necessarily think they're equal with their former masters, or even to like them or want them to have the same rights. But, having freed all the slaves and abolished the practice of slaver, that makes him the absolute greatest...

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Can a man cheat on his wife several times and still really love his wife? Does cheating mean there is a lack of communication in the relationship? Yes, definitely. I think a woman can cheat on her husband still love him too. But, love is sometimes not enough to keep a marriage going. Love and commitment are two very different things. What makes it possible for someone to cheat on their spouse or partner and still love them is if they do not attach emotional significance to sex. Even though I might be blasted for it, I do think men...

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Life is cruel. Why should the afterlife be any different? Some cultures believed exactly that. The Greeks, Romans, Norse, among many others, believed that we all more or less go to the same place - it's not the infinite pain of the Judaeo-Christian-Islamic Hell, but it also isn't a nice place either. More of a dumping ground for the garbage our souls become in the grand scheme of things when we die. Souls in these mythologies were not...

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Do you ever have sort of an internal conflict when you really enjoy the work of an actor or musician but you detest their politics or how they conduct themselves in life? No, not really. I've always been good at separating individual characteristics from others. I like Wagner's music even though he was a terrible anti-Semite and an inspiration for Hitler. I admit it's disconcerting, but I don't feel an internal conflict. I mean, it's no more disconcerting to learn a favourite entertainer has detestable position than to learn that a...

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If you sleep in the same bed with someone, what side do you sleep on? I sleep on the left side, but I'm not sure if it's because I favour the left, or because, for some reason, any bed I've ever slept on has had the right side against the wall or something like that. I think it's possible I sleep lefty because I don't want to feel cornered. Or it's just a left thing.

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Is there anything more powerful than an atom? I assume you're speaking of nuclear power. Of course, although this is a great power source, fission powering our homes, and fusion powering our sun, those aren't technically the most powerful ways to extract energy from an atom. We can synthesize anti-atoms (it's difficult but not impossible), made of positrons and anti-protons, which will annhilate both the atom and anti-atom,...

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Who founded Christianity? Most of the credit can be given to Paul, who carried its message far and wide. Jesus may have had a message and a set of ideals, but they didn't really go very far geographically during his lifetime, and I don't think they could have been characterized as a religion. Paul expanded on the message, elaborated on it, and was really one of the first and greatest missionaries, as well as...

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Do you feel it is ok for guys to wear panties and bras Sure, why not? To each his own. I could easily be friends with a guy who told me he did it too, as long as it wasn't the regular or even a frequent topic of conversation (I never discuss my regular male underwear wearing habits either!). I would be a little uncomfortable if a guy decided to tell me, just because that stuff should be sort of private, I think. But again, sure, it's...

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Men: Is there ever a justifiable reason to strike a woman? The only reason I can think of is if a woman is coming at me with a lethal weapon, for the purposes of seriously injuring or killing me. Weapons are the great equalizer - a woman with a knife can kill me just as easily as a man, all things being equal. Of course, I'm generalizing. The main reason why we think, socially, that men striking women is wrong because men are generally bigger...

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Do you believe that life starts at the moment of conception? It depends on what you mean. "Life" is a very ambiguous term. Technically, at conception, when the sperm and egg cell fuse together, this is the beginning of a "life". But it's no more alive than one of your skin or heart or liver cells. It has all the life and consciousness of an amoeba. Also, it's important to realize that at conception, there is only one...

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Could you live with someone who was mentally unbalanced? I do, with my brother, who is schizophrenic with OCD and mood swings. We live alone together, and I'm his sole caregiver. I'm the only one he has. He's not on medication, because he refuses it, but he is in therapy. He also can have really high functioning moments, and he can appear very normal if I am careful to avoid touching on sensitive subjects (or what I call pushing his...

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Why do people get high? It's an escape from a world of suffering and struggle. I personally love being alive, and never want to die, if possible. But even I have to admit that life mostly sucks. That doesn't mean I want MINE to end, but that's just because I think experience, even bad experience, is better than no experience. I also honestly believe that EVERYONE who either gets high or drunk, except...

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How could a bighorn rams skull evolve over time to withstand the force of impact between two rams when it is specifically designed for this purpose? Natural selection. Even today, some rams may suffer concussions or braim damage, or even die, from the impact of such encounters. In the past, as today (although today it's much rarer), if a ram dies from a head impact, due to a less skull protecting the brain, it doesn't get to breed and produce offspring. That means only the ones that had thicker skulls and COULD survive long...

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My boyfriend tells me he is the only one that loves me for me...all the other guys i've dated only want to get me in the sack. What's his motivation for a comment like that? Unless he knows them, or you've said things to make him believe this, he's just speculating. There are several reasons why he might be doing this, some conscious, some unconscious. One might be to show you how special he is in your life, to set himself apart from the rest by putting them down. Ultimately, this behaviour is either consciously manipulative, or unconsciously...

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How do you like your environment? Hot, Warm, Cool or Cold? I like my environment on the cold side, not colder than 35 F, but not warmer than 45 F. That's optimum for me. At those temperatures, I'll be found in shorts and an armless T-shirt with the windows open at home, and with a loose open overcoat, jeans, and a T-shirt outside.

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How far are you willing to go to prove your love? I would never be willing to do anything to "prove" my love. I refuse to prove myself or anything to others - I only prove things to myself. However, just BECAUSE I love someone, I'd be willing to just about anything for them, if I really love them. I'd kill for someone I truly loved. For the person I love most, my brother, I'd die, but only for him, because he's...

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If you were the last person left on Earth, what would you do? I would only really miss my brother. Everyone else I could easily do without. It would be a real bummer when the electricity goes out and there's no more running water. But there's enough canned food and bottled water, vitamin shops, and booze and drugs, lying around, to make the rest of my hopefully very long life pleasant and survivable. I'd be a lot happier if I knew my...

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How do you feel about a one world government? I generally don't like government much, period. I don't want anarchy, but government should be very very small, limited to keeping things running, and preventing others from infringing upon our lives and property. Other than that, it should stay out of things, whether its effect is positive or negative. A world government would be a huge, hulking, expensive, bureaucratic mess. But...

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What do you think about someone not having kids because of the state of the world? What about the difference those kids might make? I think that people shouldn't have kids if they don't want them, whatever the reason. However, if you think about it, it's actually immoral to create new minds that will be subjected to life of suffering and struggle. You aren't doing the kids a favour having them, since they don't exist - there's no one you could possibly be doing a favour for other than...

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Whats a good vitamin to take? No vitamin alone is "best". All vitamins are essential nutrients without which your systemic cellular metabolism could not function, and you would eventually get sick and die. The best thing is to take each vitamin in the optimal doses for your disease status, stress level, age, size, and gender (and there's some evidence that it can vary among races too). It's best to...

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If you found someone that was perfect for you in every single crazy little way, and they liked you a lot as well, but they were currently too far away... what would you do? Would you wait for them, or just think you are kidding yourself? Well, almost 10 years ago, I thought I had met someone like that. I lived in NY and she lived in Washington state, about 3000 miles away, and 3 hours away in time (zone). We talked all the time, and I really did love her. We maintained a relationship over the phone and instant messaging. Eventually, I started flying out there every month for a weekend and a day or so. We would cram all the...

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Should gay marriage be OK nowadays? My simple answer is "yes, definitely", and it should always have been okay. My long answer is that the instition of marriage shouldn't exist, at least not as it is. Marriage is a religious and/or cultural thing, or at least it started off that way. I do see the value of an institution like marriage, at least given the current structure of society, so I would support civil...

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Do you think there is such a thing as an antimatter black hole? It's highly unlikely we'll ever find any naturally occuring large structure composed of antimatter in our universe, or, at least, in the visible universe. And by "large structure", I mean as small as a molecule, probably anything larger than an anti-hydrogen atom (anti-proton and positron pair). However, I'm fairly certain black holes aren't made of matter, in...

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What was the worst moment in your life? I was 12 years old, and my father was somewhat drunk. He got angry with me, and called 911. He then took a personal note, left in humour, on the outside of door, to prove how crazy I was. I was hurt he did that, and felt betrayed. Even though he is very good at hiding that he's drunk, the police eventually realized that, if there had been a problem, there wasn't one anymore, and left,...

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Do you think that making condoms available to teens promotes sexual intercourse? Absolutely not. Just like adults, if they're going to have sex, they'll end up having it if condoms aren't available. The religious, pseudo-moral idea that making them available condones a wrong act aside, to NOT provide condoms is irresponsible and leads to more teen pregnancy and STDs. The religious nay-sayers need to decide if they'd rather provide condoms to teens, or...

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Are you Gay? 100% not gay. Not that there's anything wrong with it. It's just not for me. I do think if I was dating an attractive woman, and we had sex and I didn't notice anything different, and later on I found out "she" was a post-op transsexual, I wouldn't have a problem continuing things - I'd treat the relationship the same as if we were dealing with a natural...

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Do you think there is truth to the statement "Organized religion only exists because life would be too painful to bear without people being able to believe that there is a supreme being out there that gives purpose and comfort to our beings"? No. I believe if you took out the "organized" part of that, it would be a resounding "yes", though. Religion, and belief in the supernatural, to a lesser extent, are strongly driven by that reason. Organized religion is a perversion of that already perverted "opiate of the people". It exists as a result of corruption, social integration, and the desire of...

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You get 1kg of anything for free, what would you choose? Obviously, the answer that's already been posted, the most valuable by mass. I think it's diamonds, but I also remember reading it might be whale vomit (don't quote me on it, but I'm not joking either about its value, which in high-end cosmetics or perfumes or something like that). If we're talking strictly about consumables, I'd say pure pharmaceutical grade...

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What is one thing that George Bush will never say "I've decided to become an atheist. God told me to do that. And I don't underestimate His wisdom." Why would he not say it? Because he would say misunderestimate instead.

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Can anyone give me a good riddle to tell a friend who is very good at them? As hard as you like (but can i have the answer? im not v good) Here's one: How can someone be born in 1953 and only be 23 years old today (2008)? The key is a trick in the English language - "born in" can refer to a place or year. The answer is that the person was born in room 1953 in the hospital.

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Who do you take your frustrations out on after having a bad day at work? Usually myself, or, more specifically, my liver - I might drink much more than healthy amounts of alcohol. I'm a heavy drinker with a high tolerance as it is, so a bad day of work can really blast my liver. I won't get drunk, but when I'm tense really excessive drinking will only get me buzzed.

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Is your hair long, straight, curly, fuzzy, snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty, oily, greasy, fleecy, shining, gleaming, streaming, twisted, beaded, braided, powdered, flowered or confettied? You forgot wavy and frizzy! My hair is long, and straight with a little bit of waviness. It can become frizzy on bad days. I almost always tie it back in a ponytail anyway.

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Where is the garden crypt located? Okay, well, the Garden of Eden is mythological, but... Biblical scholars pretty much universally agree that it would have been located somewhere in Mesopotamia, not to far from the birthplace of the oldest known civilization, the Sumerians. I believe it might not be too far off from modern day Iraq, but don't quote me on that, and no, the irony isn't lost on me.

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If I had to wake you up early, what precautions would you suggest me to take? The best one would be not to wake me up, generally. But if you have to, I would suggest not touching me. Use noise - start by trying to talk me awake softly, and build up gradually to louder and louder voice. That way I won't be startled. When I get startled, especially out of sleep, I can react violently without realizing it - hence the no touching (or being close to me) rule. You...

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Is it going too far when a boy begins to wear foundation to cover up small imperfections on his face? I guess it depends on the imperfection. I don't know about foundation (really even what that is). But I've always had mostly clear skin. However, on occasion, very rarely, one or two particularly noticeable things have appeared, and I've used a skin coloured concealer dabbed on those spots. I've also used it on facial scars and bruises to avoid drawing questions or rumours.

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If I were to ask (which I am not) for points, without referring to any rule or quasi-rule, would you feel that was wrong? If so, why? Well, for the good question, you got 5 from me anyway! It certainly isn't wrong in any real moral sense. It is what it is. Within the context of AnswerBag, it's "wrong" in the sense that it breaks the system for determining reliability and level of contributions for any given user. Every unearned point one asks for skews one's appearance of reliability and status...

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Which is better - a lie that draws a smile, or the truth that draws a tear! It depends. If the truth draws a tear in the short term, but ultimately does more good in the long term, then it's better... although at least some of the time the truth doesn't ever do anything but draw a tear, or several of them, no matter how long you wait you never get anything positive from it. Same thing for lies. The best thing is to use common sense, and not be too focused...

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Would you vote for a gay president? If no, why not? It wouldn't have any bearing on my vote. I'm doing some minor stereotyping here, but, at least on social issues, I'd imagine that in general gays would be more likely to conform to my own social views - gay marriage and (hopefully) other religiously motivated social concerns should be seen as non-issues and not the provence of government. So I wouldn't vote for a...

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When you call someone a homophobe and they say "no i'm not, ive got a gay friend", does this make thier nasty comments ok? Sometimes nasty comments are made in jest, but generally one should only make comments like that around people you know aren't sensitive to it, like close friends. Also, it probably is less than cool unless your "gay friend" is there. In any event, generally, no. I have a hard time believing that someone who really felt true friendship with a homosexual would ever say anything...

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Would you rather have one true love for the rest of your life, or have many various loves? I'd prefer many loves. Variety is the spice of life. I also doubt that it's possible to maintain that feeling of romantic love with the same degree of passion forever. At least it is for me. There's also some compelling research that seems to suggest that, due to the plasticity of the brain, that not changing things in your life periodically, lovers, tends to be responsible...

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Which have you had more of: relationships or flings? I have had far more flings, and I prefer it that way. Looking back on them, it seems to me that all of my long-term relationships were contrived in some way. Either I wanted it to be what it wasn't, or my partner did. And the best relationships were those where we both eventually realized we were always going to be better off as friends than dating. I suspect all...

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Could you be friends with your ex's current love interest? Sure! It doesn't happen often, but there was this one time that one of my ex-girlfriends was dating a really cool, smart guy, someone that I could definitely get along with. We became friends some 6 months after breaking up, and she met this guy about 3 or 4 years after that, when we were more friend than ex with each other. In the beginning it would have been (and was) impossible due to...

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Guys- Have you ever faked an orgasm? I fake them often. I want to make clear I have no problems naturally getting and maintaining an erection. I'm 27 and I've always just had problems "getting to the finish line" / having the orgasm / ejaculating. I enjoy sex, I just don't often "get there", especially using condoms. With condoms, I'm never going to have one. Without, it's a crapshoot....

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What scent of air freshener do you use? Well I like Febreeze. I like the Fresh Linen and that flowery one. They're both good - they really make the room smell fresh, rather than just neutral. And I just trust the Febreeze brand name (maybe it sounds good).

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If God had a child outside marriage, (Jesus), is he contradicting himself? Furthermore, how did he "have" Jesus? (note: this is just a silly question, not a serious religious debate) Well, first, I'm an atheist and don't believe in any of this. Just wanted to make that very clear. But I'm not bashing it either (not this time) - I know my stuff as a good Catholic schooler of 8 years. I'm answering this as a silly question. It's not a sin to have a child outside of marriage - the sin is having sex outside of marriage, as it's commonly...

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Do you believe in God, Gods, or no such thing? I just want to know, no preaching I literally don't believe in anything. I'm a philosophical nihilist / skeptic. That means I refuse to make claims about truth or knowledge. I recognize that there don't seem to be any absolutely certain means to acquire knowledge - the senses and even one's own perception of one's self can lie (dreams, hallucinations, delusions), and even mathematics and logic are...

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What is the strangest thing on which your dog ever chewed? My dog in a single night completely shredded to pieces one of my brother's favourite sandals, AND he had the wiring for my USB synch-cradle for my PDA for dessert. I wasn't able to synch between PDA and PC again until I got a new one months later! He was part pit and had very large, strong jaws, even as a puppy.

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Would you report a drug dealer? I most likely would not report a drug dealer, unless I knew he was dealing out other things aside from drugs - like violence. Not all drug dealers carry weapons or hurt people, or get into "territorial disputes", but if I thought that "my" drug dealer (I don't have one, just a hypothetical!) was going to bring violence, especially gun violence, to my neighborhood,...

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What syntax do you most commonly use in conversation? [Such as: 'I SEE, lets get CLEAR ... I HEAR you, LISTEN ... I have a HANDLE on this, I want to get hold of that ... Something SMELLS fishy here ... I SENSE that you ... I SAVOR ...] Well, among those options, I guess "I see" followed by "listen". But much more common for me are "Look, ...", "The thing is ...", "The thing of it is ...", "Get THAT.", "Get it?", "If you can believe it!", and "How about that?" in about that order of frequency. Interesting question. :-)

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Would you rather have the ability to fly, run 100 mph, breathe underwater, or be invisible at will? Only with invisibility could I really make a decent living. I'd never have to work again - I could take whatever money I needed whenever I needed it. If I ever got in trouble, I could just lay low, invisibly, for as long as I wanted. I could spy on people. I could haunt people's houses. So many possibilities. I'll leave breathing underwater to Sea Man. That, and his name......

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How did you get involved with your respective religions? Thank you. I don't have any belief - religious or otherwise. I'm a philosophical nihilist / skeptic. I thought I'd share how I came to be that way. First, I'm a New Yorker, and was born here to two Dutch immigrants. New York's a melting pot of various belief systems, and it's not so easy to be steadfast that yours is the right one literally in the face of all the others....

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What do you all think of "Earth-based" religions (Paganism)? I have to say I don't understand them, or the feeling of wanting to revere the Earth or "nature". Everything screams of nature's indifference to humans (and other animals) and our needs. However, as someone else remarked, Pagan relgions seem to attract people that are more free-thinking and open-minded, and even the few pagans that aren't are a refreshing change from...

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At what time on Friday does your mind turn to the weekend? 00:00, 12am, sharp Friday morning, if I'm awake. Otherwise, as soon as I wake up on Friday. I actually work from home and probably my weekdays are not all that different from my weekends... but I still look forward to weekends because they're days when I can feel happy that no one expects me anything from me, or at least that they shouldn't. :-)

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Who absolutely hates bugs? I've been freaked out by them since I was very young. I used to run from any flying insect. It was the flying insects, especially wasps or bees, that freaked me out the most. Looking at them up close in pictures, they always looked so evil. They still do to me. Much as Yoda once remarked, fear leads to anger, and anger leads to hate. There was a time when I relentlessly slaughtered any...

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Dr. Laura says we need stay at home moms but doesn't that affect advancements for women? Dr. Laura needs to learn not to make statements without statistics to verify her claims. The fact is we don't know what environment is best for a child, including what the effects of having a stay-at-home-mother versus both parents working, or a single working mother. It's also unconsciencable that anyone would say that - first, as above, without any statistical evidence to support...

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Worst idea for a wedding gift? A surprise, all-expenses-paid visit from a prostitute for both the groom and the bride, separately, each claiming to have been sent by the other as a "last night of freedom", with hidden cameras, and adding any and all footage secretly to the wedding video. And you title that section of the video "Things We Probably Shouldn't Have Done the Night Before the Wedding".

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Do you like Scary Movie 4? Sure, it was funny enough. I didn't go to the theater for it though - waited for it to come to HBO or SHO or whatever. Same for Scary Movie 3. I have to say the humour at Tom Cruise's expense wasn't at all funny to me - NOT because I like that short freak, or because I feel it's always in bad taste to make fun of people for comedy (I can appreciate it when the right target...

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Does fingering turn a guy on? I have to say that I do. It turns me on in general when I know I'm giving pleasure to a girl I'm with. And it's not even a love thing - I just feel good pleasing the girls I'm with. There's something so sexy about fingering a girl, and feeling her get progressively warmer and wetter. And where there's warmth and wetness, it's not long before something other...

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