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THREAD Video GamesSocial networking of now
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Well one thing I work very odd hours and my shifts can change at the drop of a hat. One thing games like WoW has offered my wife and I is that we have an easier time keeping in touch with friends over...
THREAD An argument for "free" music.
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Well, record companies do a fair amount in promoting bands. They are kind of a neccissary evil in the industry. I would tend to respect a group more if they became famous through their own actions; th...
THREAD Rehab & AddictionI need a cigarette
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i've been smoking for about a year or a year and a half now. i think tre parker that said it best, "a cigarette is about the only vacation that some people get." i like it when i smoke...
THREAD Science vs ReligionDid Darwin Dethrone God?
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God was only ever upon a throne in the sense that people believed he was, if a person chooses Darwin's explanation about the origin of man over creationalism, then God is dethroned in their eyes,...
THREAD Reality & Metaphysics'reality'
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Everyone is brain washed. This whole world is brain washed. Everything and every thought are fed to us. To you. What is right isn't right and what is wrong isn't wrong. What is supposed to be isn't an...
THREAD Random QuestionsWhat would you do with a week to live?
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1) OOPS, I forgot to identify myself, Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia) Professor Emeritus Montclair State University, USA 2) I a am new on this website. Can someone explain to me two things:...
THREAD Electric Thoughts...
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This is something I'm sure most of us have thought about... That the brain works much like an electric circuit, with magnetic effects and so on... Some of us, I'm sure, have taken this id...
THREAD Free Will
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Your statement makes quite a lot of sense ChrisD but I was thinking, what about uncertainty? For example recently I was making the decision of whether to return to university or just go to work full t...
THREAD Intelligence, Memory & BrainWeird things you do when you stay up too late
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I used to work 1am-9am and I had hallucinations for about a week until I got into the routine. I remember asking questions to people who weren't really there, or thinking things were falling when...
THREAD Reality & MetaphysicsIs every thing on earth universal?
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If we were to one day disover alien life forms, outside of our galaxy they have a planet in hich they are technelogicly advanced in there own sense. Would the way there world work be the same as ours...
THREAD SocietyI really Hate Microsoft: Wii
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I rocked Nintendo and Sega for many years, all the way from the originals to the 64 and dreamcast. I switched to the 360 not because it out performs the Wii but because I can shoot shit at 2oclock in...
THREAD Random PicturesRandom picture thread.
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My tarantula costed me around 100 bucks all together, thats with the taranium (spelling?), and all the things that go with it. Heating rock, heating lamp, places to hide, etc. There were a LOT more ki...
THREAD BooksHave you achieved a sense of fulfillment?
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As for me. When I was younger I was a true idealist and wanted to change the world. But I didnt like the idea of being a dictator. I felt just because I believed a certain way was right did not mean i...
THREAD Society & SociologySides....Opinions....Stuff....
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I don't quiet understand opinions.....and how people's mind work....there are so many different ways to think and different understandings.....why do we bother? It all seems so pointless to...
THREAD Gender PsychologyI Hate Women
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Of course, I think I've been experimenting with women way too young for me. It's not exactly by choice, though. I work around younger women, I look somewhat younger than I am and they seem t...
THREAD Child & Family PsychologyRecapturing youth?
15 Posts • 4156 Views
Psychology Forum
It was really nice to read your thread....so honest and meaningful. I 'am only responding to the last part you said about mixing with people only interested in booze, women etc. I will not att...
THREAD BooksHave you achieved a sense of fulfillment?
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Jacker_Jones, Would you say that through economics and political science, you have or are on your way to gaining fulfillment? Like gaining it through working in areas similar to risk management? D...
THREAD The importance of university and higher education?
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Depends on what you want to do. I spent two years at college (half the reason being pressured to go and the other half not wanting to work some shitty job) and just took classes that interested me. Cu...
THREAD How do we know?
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I guess first thing to do is define what is knowledge.If any of you can answer that,you'll have some of the work cut out for you. There are no absolutes.However,there are several ways of knowi...
THREAD Is the Brain Really Big Enough?
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Just a couple of questions for you Booky, if that's okay... When you write something down to help 'jog' your memory, once 'jogged', do you not then more clearly remember, t...
THREAD Why be polite?
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The reason we have manners is because being blunt would mean people will have to face the truth. For example a women is sensitive about her weight. People tip toe around it because they're afraid...
THREAD The Impression That I Get
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great thread awakendwraith. too bad nobodys picked me apart yet, but perhaps this will give some motivation. awakendwraith- you have a relatively innocent exterior. your family still treats you som...
THREAD Gender PsychologyWhy men really will never understand women
26 Posts • 8528 Views
Psychology Forum
Her final reason for deciding to break up was simply that she no longer wanted to be in a long term relationship, regardless of how she felt about me. I don't really know how I feel about just...
THREAD Why do boys fall in love with girls ?
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creativity is better than intelligence. Its good to see some freshness here. Education in some ways dulls the mind but it does allow you to have a thought and then reject it. Thats what I would say to...
THREAD War & TerrorismDecius B against the War?
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If you actually look back in time you realize that, yes a lot of bad has come from war. But since the late 1800's America has always been the peacekeeper and the one who keeps the world in balance. Al...
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