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Genetic engineering
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hmmm... i'm on the fence with regards to this topic. as with another controversial subject - abortion - i can see the benefits, but am wary of "messing around" with nature.
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SpiritualityThe Logical VS The Faithful
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these are survival instincts, the same instincts that taught us to eat and what to eat. Ya, basic instinct to eat . . .
previous statement in another thread)
When I was young ( had a horse get into... |
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SocietyPay Attention
14 Posts • 4194 Views
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Nature provides every thing, it does not require our attention to maintain it, instead nature is being demolished and replaced by a technology that requires our constant attention to maintain.
If w... |
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SocietyThe New World Order: The Final Showdown for America
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Education.
Finding a way to actually get the masses to break apathy and irrational degrees of dismissal of the subject matter.
We as the masses possess all the power we need to stand up for ours... |
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FuturologyThe next stage of Evolution?
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Snide dismissals of someone scientifically challenging the premise given doesn't bode well for your evolutions :)
Its weird to watch a discussion so one sided in this respect, and so seemingly... |
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Creative MusingsToo swamped by my own mind to know sanity sometimes...
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Stories & Poetry Forum |
Hear, In My Head
Listen in, as I let the ocean in your seashell ear inform my perspective and wash my troublesome conclusions away with the tide...for what abides when delusion recedes can be co... |
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BooksBook dissection
20 Posts • 12999 Views
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George Orwell
~1984
Both of them knew -- in a way, it was never out of their minds -- that what was now happening could not last long. There were times when the fact of impending death seemed as p... |
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Human Nature & EmotionOptimism VS happiness
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That given, which is a better choice, optimism or pessimism. in terms of which would make us "happier".
If optimism is an effect / product / symptom of happiness, then we don't choo... |
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Relationships & LoveWhy am I developing feelings for my fiance's best friend?
6 Posts • 4116 Views
Psychology Forum |
Andrula, have you heard of polyamory? It is a controversial idea to some and goes against many of the social mores we have grown up to accept. But I think it has a lot of merit.
The big advantage I... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismFeelings of Guilt After Religious Disaffiliation (leaving a religion)
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Are you someone who was indoctrinated as a child into a religious group and then as an adult realized that you didn't actually believe what was taught to you, so you stopped believing in/followin... |
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SocietyThe Capitalism Debate!!!!
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I think what we having here is a problem in communications.
Poor metaphors aren't helping. Democracy to me by definition is not the choosing who shall be crowned king for the day.
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Life & DeathVoluntary Human Extinction Movement
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I wouldn't say that overpopulation is the root cause of global distress. I believe ignorance has that honor. After all, the globe has been in distress as long as humans have been able to write ab... |
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GovernmentWas Hayek Right?
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I want to assess the arguments for a minimal state in Hayek's classic The Road to Serfdom. I think, and perhaps I can show, that the situation is not so simple as he thinks.
Firstly, he extra... |
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EconomyWhy not tax the Rich?
52 Posts • 23441 Views
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"Who has the right to state that anyone has reached a point where "society" deems them rich enough and attempt to limit their expansion based on this? That is a lack of freedom."... |
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War & TerrorismAmerican warmongers
72 Posts • 23765 Views
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"I mean, how does it make sense that we blame him and jail him and kill Iraqis for a mistake that was literally the exact result of our own doing? "
True, it was our doing by putting him in... |
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Destruction of Life
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Yes but it's only a single cell. you probably lose thousands or millions of cells over the span of a week. Personally I don't have a problem with stem cell research becasue a stem cell can b... |
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Relationships & Lovefutility of romantic 'love'
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All MEN lust after "other " women, but your man loves you , he might look, have a secret thought, but his heart is yours, always yours, forever yours, because he loves you , and will never b... |
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HomosexualityWhat is homosexuality in humans and animals? Opposites philosophy.
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All people of homosexual and transsexual orientation are "mistaken", because they don't completely understand their nature, and what the second half they need! Actually, the mankind has... |
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Gender PsychologyGirls Suck
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I totally agree FULLY. I have one girlfriend....and even she is a bitch. I am constantally telling her drunkass...pull your skirt down you can see your crotch, button your top back up, your nipples ar... |
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The Human Race
5 Posts • 4040 Views
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" From the way we masticate, which is strikingly similar that of an animal (and logically so)"
Well sure, we chew like cows.
"I find it somewhat amazing that the majority of us is n... |
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God in Religionproofs for God's existence
23 Posts • 7371 Views
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"someday, human beings may look at another universe, one without life. then, a universe without life is observable."
By definition, universes cannot interact. If they do, then they aren&#... |
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GovernmentIs There Really Such A Thing As A Conservative?
53 Posts • 12549 Views
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Xris - you were right - there were weapons found after the golf war that have since disappeared. There have been several explanations, one being shelf life. After a certain period of time they become... |
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I like girls!
24 Posts • 8032 Views
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leftwood wrote;
I can't say I love girls, but I love to bone em. If I ever meat that one who isn't so willing to use my insecurities to hurt me more and simply reinforce them, then maybe I... |
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Vegetarianism
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Hey metalgiant, I too respect your opinions and like them because your intent is good; but I still think you're stance could be better directed.
I wrote a reply but I got logged off it took m... |
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Society & SociologyExcerp: Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
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Psychology Forum |
Whatever. It's ridiculous to propose some suicidal destroy-all-humanity proposition to save the planet. That kind of destructive mentality already signals the death of hope of any kind of progres... |
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