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What will the winter ahead for mankind bring
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I sit here looking out the window wondering, when will we, or can we ever, as a species of reasonable intelligence, be able to sit and discuss the world around us without prejudices, anger and mistrust. We have the ability to do so, and a million reasons to try and get along, without the interference of cultural beliefs and or dangerous... more »
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On Racial Preferences in Dating
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Question on Love asked on May 12, 2011:
"Most people, I'd guess, have racial preferences in dating. I don't
think that this is morally problematic in itself, since there is
surely no obligation to date anyone, or members of any particular
group. Still it strikes me that many cases of racial preference in... more »
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Is Logic Necessary?
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Outside of a good grasp of basic logic, is mastery of higher logic
necessary to do good philosophy?
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Thesis Papers
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Is it alright to have more than one thesis in a single paper?
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Research
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What evidence does a philosophical claim require, other than good
reasoning? What research must one do?
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How would you deal with =Kim Jong-il
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Using all your logic abilities, your knowledge, your faith, your
social dynamics. Explain how you would do something for the now. What
do you feel makes sense, to deal with this equal or subservient? What
do great minds think make sense?
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Mental Evolution
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Is mental evolution the ability for a mass group of people to have a
feeling or belief without any known cause?
Is the next evolution the ideology that we can curve our own
evolution? There has come an air over society. It has swept the
masses. It is a new feeling. Unknown in origin but it is there. People... more »
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Do you "believe" no god(s) exist(s)?
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Options:
--I strongly believe god(s) exist(s).
--I somewhat believe god(s) exist(s).
--I don't believe either way.
--I somewhat believe no god(s) exist(s).
--I strongly believe no god(s) exist(s).
Doesn't that poll (based of Richard Dawkins' belief scale) show that
atheism (last two options) is a belief like (poly/pan)theism (first... more »
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