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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85406 Views Science & Technology Forum |
20 October 2012
Zodiacal Light and Milky Way
Image Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi (TWAN)
Ghostly apparitions of two fundamental planes in planet Earth's sky span this October all-sk... |
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Life & Deathwhat defines life
63 Posts • 18288 Views Philosophy Forum |
Just going to put my two cents in to address the topic heading.
Well to put it simply- life is the period between fertilisation or mitosis and death. However life is more than this. Life is multi-f... |
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GovernmentOccupy Wall Street
33 Posts • 8488 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Russia (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.), China, Cuba and Nazi Germany were all socialists.
Yeah you pick your friends well.
Do you not realize what socialism is or leads to?
Perhaps you... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85406 Views Science & Technology Forum |
28 October 2012
Doomed Moon of Mars
Image Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA
This moon is doomed. Mars, the red planet named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons, Phobos and Dei... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsDoes perception match the true form?
11 Posts • 4044 Views Philosophy Forum |
I partially understand what your saying, and alot of 'perceptual' understanding can be found within cognitive sciences of psychology and neurology. I think we have a huge comprehensive under... |
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GovernmentPower of the people
8 Posts • 2495 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
It is only those that purposefully face the horrors of the world and retain their idealism that become true spiritual leaders.
Does the problem come from the fact that politicians face horrors on a... |
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Ethics & MoralityEuthanasia is wrong
4 Posts • 3353 Views Philosophy Forum |
Firstly, your comparison of modern day Euthanasia to Hitlers Euthanasia Decree is pointless. Just because someone bad did something, doesn't make the act intrinsically bad. If Hitler ate ice crea... |
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LIES
48 Posts • 12520 Views Talk Talk |
The truth only hurts because we are conditioned to react negatively, to irrational degrees, towards natural instincts and urges, conditioned through lies and superstition.
Its not that the truth hu... |
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Ethics & MoralityThe five fingers of ethics
2 Posts • 9617 Views Philosophy Forum |
I have reduced my complete ethical system to five basic principles; the five fingers of ethics
Briefly, these five principles are
-the thumb: the universalist imperative: do what everyone should hav... |
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GovernmentWhat has the US become?
47 Posts • 15133 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Gee Whiz - were did all this anger come from?
In a way there really is an independent system, but all the people have to work together to make it work. And it might even require a certain amount of... |
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Gender PsychologyFat girl, tight clothes.
66 Posts • 70793 Views Psychology Forum |
i think imma have to agree with ya on this wandering i'm not fat at all i weigh 130 and i'm 5'4 and i had to bust my ass to gain the 28 pounds i've gained in the past few months lo... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85406 Views Science & Technology Forum |
12 November 2012
Meteor and Moonbow over Wallaman Falls
Image Credit & Copyright: Thierry Legault
Which feature takes your breath away first in this encompassing panorama of land and sky? Th... |
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TechnologyAnti-Matter Engines
7 Posts • 4811 Views Science & Technology Forum |
there is no resource to fuel this engine we have to make anti-matter in atom smashers and anti-matter engines can't currently be tested because we have only been able to create something like 20... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85406 Views Science & Technology Forum |
23 December 2012
Comet Hale-Bopp Over Val Parola Pass
Image Credit & Copyright: A. Dimai, (Col Druscie Obs.), AAC
Comet Hale-Bopp, the Great Comet of 1997, became much brighter than any surr... |
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Intimacyoral sex
60 Posts • 84609 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
ok that is just excuse me for saying this SHITTY talk
guys this is ur thang somexs or all the xs going into the girls mouth and hmmmm let me see oOo yes where do u pee from......that dingdong of... |
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Life & DeathIf your a clone do you have a soul?
41 Posts • 19214 Views Philosophy Forum |
the very essence of a person's mind is the mind itself. when all the thoughts have been cleared away, does the mind itself disappear? what im saying is that thoughts change and experience changes... |
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SocietyA Liberal against immigration
12 Posts • 6821 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
So I guess my last paragraph doesn't alarm you?
[China is fine, India is OK, Japan is fine, Europe is fine. ]
Did you know that China has limited the amount of children to 2 per couple? Ind... |
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God in ReligionThe God Thread
158 Posts • 41884 Views Religion Forum |
Mother Theresa truely deseveres our respect, I would have to say to all that I agree with you in that respect.
In fact, I would have to admit this about Ghandi, if there is a heaven I would hope to s... |
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Science vs ReligionScience is prooving the Bible
142 Posts • 35996 Views Religion Forum |
Is it a desire to defend it or to understand it? 1:1 God created heaven & earth. End of story or opening line?
1:2 says the earth is a void, a deep above which God hovered? (1:3)Then He created l... |
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God in ReligionConstructs of God.
1 Posts • 2357 Views Religion Forum |
Once there was a religion who had different ideas about a well known god.
They said God was everything. Every rock, every branch, every star in the sky was akin to the flesh of God. He existed in, an... |
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God in ReligionCan someone disprove this logic?
101 Posts • 19450 Views Religion Forum |
I find it interesting that you would assume that a person must be mentally unhealthy in order to maintain a belief that you do not.
I find it rediculous how bad you are at avoiding perfectly goo... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85406 Views Science & Technology Forum |
6 November 2012
Methone: Smooth Egg Moon of Saturn
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, ISS, JPL, ESA, NASA
Why is this moon shaped like a smooth egg? The robotic Cassini spacecraft completed the... |
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GovernmentHumpty Nam Kerry Dumpty fell off the wall today.
13 Posts • 4365 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Kerry has and still consorts with Vietnam.
His brother owns a corporation which stands to bring himself billions of dollars if trade is sanctioned with vietnam.
Meantime, he turned his back on the v... |
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SocietyThe Capitalism Debate!!!!
95 Posts • 29030 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
little confusing? "Is the main land of China truly capitalist?" It has opened its markets, yes.
it is capitalist. Capitalist, with lots of leftover socialist bureaucracy.
well pure capita... |
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Society & SociologyWhat makes a person bad?
35 Posts • 9129 Views Psychology Forum |
Vigil:
So far, all you have said is that you think optimism and ideals are good, the education system needs to change,change takes time, and that lots of people have ideals to help the world. I agre... |
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