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  1. Started by ModernArtist25,

    If majority of people on Earth is a vegan, do you all think it will help with saving the environment? why or why not? To me, more vegans will mean less factory farming which is ruining our planet with excess release of carbon dioxide contributing to global warming, manure from animals causing water pollution and deforestation to make way for crops to feed livestock.

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  2. I read that our minds are projections from one single Mind according to quantum fieid theory. What do u think?

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  3. Started by Buket,

    What do u think about the simulation theory?

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  4. Started by Buket,

    Have you heard of yogacara school of buddhism? What is its content?

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  5. Have you ever thought about what it means to actually exist and be a living human being? In this science video, I try and address the ancient questions, what is the purpose of life and give my opinion on it. I also give my opinion of the existence of god and why I think and truly believe that the existence of god is false. Though this is not really a science vs religion debate, I definitely thought it was important to give my opinion on the controversial topic of science vs religion. I also talk about what we are really made of, and try to delve into some basic matter science. Let me know what you think? Do you think that human life really matters in the big picture?…

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  6. Started by 1x0,

    The null hypothesis is that nothing, zero is a physical reality based mathematical conception which is a matter, energy, information, space, time free state. A common physical, mathematical, philosophical reference point. I say that in proportion to this physical reality based conception everything has some kind of mathematically expressible value. Space(time) information energy matter. What is the probability that some part of this statement is not true? If you can not deny a statement than is it true? If some part of the statement is not true how would it be true?

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  7. Started by sciwiz12,

    I wanted to think about free will a little bit, firstly discussing decision making in terms of predetermination and true randomness, and secondly discussing consciousness simulation and will. For any given decision based on a set of choices, the selection is either determined by the input or it is random such that the same inputs will give unpredictable outputs. If a decision is predetermined then I can only freely choose the outcome if I can freely choose the input. Even recursive decision making still would utilise inputs based on initial conditions. Likewise if outputs are random or even based on truly random initial conditions then I am still the slave to chan…

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  8. Started by Der_Neugierige,

    Soul is only a illusion of the human mind as same as time is an illusion.

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  9. Started by lovescience123,

    Why do people crave popularity?

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  10. Lee Harvey Oswald. Hayley Atwell. John Carpenter. Cleopatra. Masters and Johnson. Any internet user. Any mammal. Any species. Is any living being's thoughts the reason of existence?

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  11. What’s the difference between living and existing? I sit here thinking about life. Contemplating why I am even here? What is my purpose? I am not religious or will I ever be religious, to believe that there is a man or a “thing” in the sky watching over every single one of us at once, is ridiculous. Thousands of people are being raped, murdered, emotionally and physically abused every single day, but it’s ok! God works in mysterious and wonderful ways! And he loves us! Anyone that believes anything written in holy books is just another enslaved zombie to the church or whatever religion you may come from. I don’t rule out that there was a creator of this universe we al…

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  12. Started by philosofer123,

    Over the past decade, I have formulated my philosophy of life. I have benefited greatly from the process, and I hope that you will benefit from reading the document. A brief summary and link to the full 14-page document may be found here: url deleted I am posting here in order to solicit feedback so that the document may be improved. I look forward to a constructive discussion.

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  13. Started by Lyudmilascience,

    what do Egalitarians believe in ? egalitarianism is equality for all people, thinking we all have the same fundamental worth. they try to gain equal rights for all people. but I dont think I believe that this is fair. I believe that since the two genders are physiologically different they need different treatment based on the barriers each gender faces. Does this mean egalitarians want the same amount of paternity leave for men as maternity for women? because otherwise men and women would have different social rights, women would get more rights for maternity leave then men for paternity leave. I do not believe in equality I believe in fairness(I cant think of a better w…

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  14. Started by MonDie,

    The common approach seems to be shooting down natural explanations until it is taken for granted that no natural explanation will suffice. This appears to be a shortcut around the apparent problem that without an outlined natural mechanism, theism seems to explain anything and predicts nothing. Gods are not conceived as natural forces but as minds. However we seem to use mentalistic reasoning, wherein mental states have cause and effect power, to predict the bodily behavior of other people via what a psychiatrist calls "theory of mind". Given that gods are minds, mentalistic reasoning is probably necessary for theism to yield predictions. Some people claim the…

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  15. Alien Covenant is currently filming, and when it gets released it'll be reviewed and perhaps be praised or criticised - either way, will its Wikipedia page be as much meaningful?

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  17. The problem with this issue, is the idea that to oppose contradiction is to oppose reality's ability to exist.

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  18. Research carried out by myself tells me that at the source, reason and difference are the same; because of this, I think that perhaps the point of existence is to separate the two, but to do so without betraying principle. The principle is to not duplicate anything; reason being the removed means that it can't be the remover, the same applying to difference. Neither reason or difference can separate themselves, and so the removing force must be neither reason or difference.

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  19. Is science maintained from it's philosophic origin, or is there a definitive break from philosophy? If science is maintained with philosophy, how do we ask scientific questions, and answer them, with integrity, without reference to ethos, pathos and logos? If this latter question is irrelevant because we don't maintain with philosophy, who decided science is removed from it's most natural definition: a discrete and ordered way to observe and study nature? I'm not a scientist, but looking at a leaf under a magnifying glass, or observing the patterns of the the night sky, in my judgment, is scientific. Relating historical, social, and all literary substance with s…

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  20. Started by darktheorist,

    Tis a simple question, that. What really constitutes philosophy? 1.A culmination of all the man-generated BS ever or 2.Reality simplified to fit human understanding?

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  21. The person who drinks a bit too much and enjoys the odd spliff, but is content with the mortal consequences? Or... The person who centres their lives on healthy living and so forgoes some of its pleasures, but lives longer, but is content with that?

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  22. Started by StringJunky,

    Imagine: you have 3 or 4 children from beginning school to just starting senior school (5 -12 yrs); indeed, you may already have. I'd like you to consider their relative emotional maturity and life-awareness at those ages to the harsh realities of life; typically.for those ages. Scenario: You are diagnosed with cancer, not terminal at this point, You are put on the relevant therapy, which is very harsh on your body; chemo or radiotherapy probably. At the end of the treatment you go into remission. with all the side effects and anxiety well to the fore in your mind. Four months later, your primary cancer has become metastatic and spread to the major organs. You are t…

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  23. Started by dimreepr,

    If so why, if not why not?

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  24. Started by 36grit,

    Double Slit Experiment, The gun never fired an electron, but a wave of momentum with the correct velocity to dilate a small part of the electromagnetic field into the speed of light frequency that we know and love as reality.

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  25. Started by 36grit,

    Anything divided by itself equals one, except zero and Pi. But Pi requires a time of division differential. To divide it is to find the velocity of two infinite fields. It is to say that Pi at time axis 1, divided by Pi at time axis two, equals the current time. It is what is relative between the time dilatations, that exist as particles within the infinite fields of electro-magnetic positive and negative. Just a thought.

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