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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 4, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by ScienceBiker

For those of you who would like to learn more about how to become a good critical thinker - you can start by looking at the links below: Calling Bullshit: Sense of Science: ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Nov 13, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by TheAstroChuck

There is no progress fairy anymore than there is a savior god.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Sep 15, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by Skeptic66

Anyone interested in doing a reading group. We all read a scholarly article or interesting novel, for example, and discuss it?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Sep 11, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Matias

Do we have to believe something (in order to cope with reality)?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Oct 11, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by godfree2

Secularism and Nonreligion Journal Secularism and Nonreligion is the world's first journal dedicated to the investigation of secularism and nonreligion in all forms. Articles are published on a continuous basis, ensuring publication as soon as ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 13, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by JacarC

Good overview of the reality of Peterson's ideas.Stossel: Jordan Peterson vs. “Social Justice Warriors”

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Aug 25, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Matias

Are we all basically selfish apes?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Dec 11, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Orbit

What is your deconversion story? I used to be a Christian; I'm also a sociologist who just finished a paper on deconversion stories (eg how people ended up leaving the faith) and am curious what other members' stories are.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

May 12, 2019May 2019

Posted by MsAl

Religion and tradition repressed people and kept them stupid. Science and freedom of movement are giving us the abilities to actually destroy the ability to live on earth. Is religion really morally worse?Thoughts?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 6, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Captain_Feelgood

Welllll,,, there you have it folks... ?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Aug 9, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by girlwithsmiles

I was watching a report on racism at the UK football/ soccer matches and they also said that homophobia was on the rise again. I started wondering about the way people seem to be becoming less tolerant with people that they perceive as different; and...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Apr 25, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by AmelieMatisse

Reincarnation or DNA Memory?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jun 4, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Ravenwolfcasey

Everyone should read this book

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Apr 3, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by OrangeJuice

Do you have some book recommendations on cognitive biases and how to improve rationality?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 22, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by ScienceBiker

The first thing in my Facebook feed this morning. FREE TEXTBOOKS: Chemistry/Physics/Math simulations: (useful for visualising how equations explain real world phenomena) Astronomy: ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Feb 15, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by Levi_Hinton

What is your most trusted source for scientific information? I'm looking for education on the brain. Neurology, psychology, that sort of thing.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

May 14, 2018May 2018

Posted by Donotbelieve

I am keenly interested in discussing the, "Social Brain Hypothesis," by British zoologist, Robin Dunbar. It has a passing mention in a book that I am reading. It has to do with the connection between a primate's brain size and it's typical group ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Nov 4, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by gater

5 facts about time and space 1st fact - space cannot be created or destroyed. 2nd fact - space does not expand or contract. 3rd fact - space extends forever. 4th fact - time and space had no beginning, and there will be no end. 5th fact - time is a ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Feb 19, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by dc65

I have been using Coursera since about 2013 to further my knowledge if you don't want credit you can take the classes for free that's what I do because I'm just searching for knowledge. Has anybody else us this website? ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Oct 13, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Lukian

LINKThe Most Important Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of | Mental Floss

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 29, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by psycheworks

Something I've thought for a while now.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Sep 5, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Biblebeltskeptic

Is the RDIF chip sign of end times?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

May 14, 2018May 2018

Posted by Lilie

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 14, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by JosephHarrison

Well, Stephen Hawking, possibly the greatest mind of our lifetime, is dead. I imagine his sole regret was that he only got as far as he did. He was a true scientist.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jun 22, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by FrayedBear

The Australian research body CSIRO has just released a telephone app to help them research the country's power usage. The invitation on Playstorestates the following: "The CSIRO Energise app lets you contribute to our national research program ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Apr 5, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by zblaze

LINKNew evidence about the human occupation of Asia is cascading in | Aeon Essays

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 5, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by rainmanjr

LINKConnecting Ancient Wisdom with Quantum Physics

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 25, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Dougl35534

LINKAtheism is inconsistent with science....

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 8, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by WilliamFleming

Here’s an interesting article about the enigma of conscious awareness. Is consciousness generated by the brain or is it something that permeates reality? Especially intriguing to me is a thought experiment wherein two brains are somehow connected....

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Nov 15, 2017Nov 2017

Posted by AMGT

No Kidding: Sexist Jokes Aren't Funny, They're Hostile.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 16, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by bleurowz

You matter...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jul 22, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Dorkyndaft

Good morning everyone! I developed an interest in evolutionary psychology while working through my graduate program. I discovered it quite by accident. I have always been interested in the "why" of human behavior and evolutionary psychology clicked ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jul 30, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Drat

Inventors, efficiency, mechanical robotics, bridges

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Sep 12, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by WeaZ

Do you think there is a limit to what humans can create through technology and science?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Aug 14, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by godfree2

LINKDo volcanoes produce more CO2 than human activity -- a look at Ian Plimer's claim. - YouTube

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jun 11, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by NoMagicCookie

Why science vs religion is important. AnticitizenX's entire series are worth watching but this video demonstrates a quick and to the point introduction to the difference between science (based on reality) and faith (belief without evidence) based ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Oct 21, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by RichardTaylor

Ok I would like to reclaim some words here from the vested interests that commandeered them for their own ends. My first is God, it does exist, it means the energy that connects everything. 'energy follows thought' - Einstein. The collective ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Oct 23, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by Garban

LINKFrom Particles to Fields: The Most Beautiful Theory in Physics! - YouTube

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 10, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by evidentialist

Read 'em and weep, folks. Read 'em and weep.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 27, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by phxbillcee

Great quote...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jun 28, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Likeminds

I'm interested in learning your views on the psychology field.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 15, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by TheAstroChuck

Space (A.K.A. Outer Space, Cosmological Space) is not an empty void, not free of substance or form.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jul 31, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by Poseidon

Sam Harris: Free Will is an Illusion

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Academic (e.g., Science)

May 26, 2019May 2019

Posted by THHA

LINKAre We Living in an Ancestor Simulation? ft. Neil deGrasse Tyson | Space Time - YouTube

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Nov 26, 2017Nov 2017

Posted by WilliaM8

Energy Cannot Naturally Be Created or Destroyed! isn't this scientific principle proof of Eternity?!

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Academic (e.g., Science)

May 14, 2018May 2018

Posted by lkahleski

What is truth? What does truth mean to you? Since Trump became President and declared war on reality with fake news and a constant blitz of lies and deception, it has become harder to discern what is truth. A large cross section of America has ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Sep 9, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by barjoe

LINKScientific Breakthrough Against COVID-19: Antibodies Identified That May Make SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Unnecessary

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Academic (e.g., Science)

May 31, 2018May 2018

Posted by Squirrel

If you needed to restart society with only the people you can bring with you, what key subject matter experts would you include?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Dec 21, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by loudshirt

Historian John Bagot Glubb authored a series of books about the history of the Arabs and their respective empire offshoots and areas of influence. He also wrote many essays within his work about how the any empire in question seems to enjoy a period ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

May 18, 2018May 2018

Posted by DianaGinger

I just joined the group all things astronomy and there is so much interesting and amazing information about our universe, planets, Sun and so much more. Keep learning folks and check it out!

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 16, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by AmmaRE007

Scientists have just discovered what they have called “The Discovery of The Millennium”, and a huge revelation in human consciousness. This article is two years old, but it is very interesting, and short and sweet. Scientists from Germany ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 17, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by Somnium

An Overview of the decentralized Diaspora Social Network

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Apr 19, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by njoy_life_2

Your thoughts on environmental issues? On following the lead/s of other innovative people and countries? (Not certain how this link will present itself, after posting,) (yes the link works) -excerpt "..... China isn’t the only ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Dec 21, 2017Dec 2017

Posted by DaddyWolf77

POLLAlien Astronaut Theory

8 votes Yes
11 votes No
23 votes Possible

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Aug 2, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by TristanNuvo

A great clip from Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson about Science.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Nov 19, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by GuitarDoctor

Gmail can and does read every single one of your emails. So what's a person to do? Switch to Protonmail! What is Protonmail? ProtonMail is an end-to-end encrypted email service founded in 2014 at the CERN research facility by Andy Yen, Jason ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Dec 12, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Druvius

I appear to have been booted from the Science and History Tidbits group I was in. I find that odd, I didn't get into it with anyone, or spam about sale prices on sunglasses. One of those little mysteries of life I guess.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jun 22, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by rainmanjr

LINK2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse - YouTube

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jul 2, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by isaiahfzell1990

So being an atheist, one of the most significant things that I struggling with is that since I also have a strong love for learning about different cultures, people, and countries, and I do not believe in any religous/spiritual/supernatural things ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 1, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by phxbillcee

String Theory - In a Nutshell...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 20, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by phxbillcee

Neil deGrasse Tyson The Majesty of Science Part 1...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Sep 4, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by ARToftheJ

It's been a few months now, but what are everyone's thoughts on the Sam Harris vs Ezra Klein intellectual wrestling match? My position leans toward Klein's since, while pure scientific evidence is unavoidable, examining it without any kind of moral...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

May 2, 2020May 2020

Posted by ToolGuy

We are all ignorant and what we know depends on the community to which we belong. Others are NOT stupid. Sounds like what my mother used to tell me about choosing my friends wisely. That we are judged by the company we keep!

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Dec 6, 2017Dec 2017

Posted by Decieven

Mitochondria/Chloroplast Evolution Model (Non-Endosymbiosis)

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 13, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by MyLiege

Have you visited one of the 7 Wonders of the World?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jun 27, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Jetty

LINKDid Jesus Exist? | American Atheists

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Nov 8, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian

LINKCan these massive bricks solve storage for renewable energy?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Dec 6, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by TheMiddleWay

I think the abortion debate is putting the cart before the horse because we have no widespread scientific consensus on what life IS, much less when it STARTS. As such, any debate on abortion runs into the fundamental problem that there exists ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Dec 22, 2017Dec 2017

Posted by Goodsansgod

Though I am 65, I am a young atheist, having emerged from faith to reason in 2013. I was publicly excommunicated from the Presbyterian Church of America for apostasy ( I badge I now wear proudly ). I enjoy intelligent, mutually respectful, ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Nov 22, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by FearlessFly

Why the electric-car revolution may take a lot longer than expected

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 1, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by GreenAtheist

Lord Bertrand Russell was a naturist often answering solicitors at his door without clothes. ..but that is not living dangerously. ..his lifelong Atheism was scientific mathematical and pacific opposing all war profiteers

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Apr 20, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by msar0414

POLLThe Fermi Paradox

0 votes No, there's absolutely no intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. We're it.
4 votes Absolutely. There's no way that in this vast universe that we're the only forms of intelligent life
0 votes Feasible, but if they're out there, why haven't they attempted contact?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Aug 11, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Walter1968

Why Cows Milk is Harmful to all Human Health The Facts are in "The China Study" & "WHOLE" by T. Colin Campbell, Ph, D. or "Reversing Heart Disease" by Dean Ornich, MD. or "Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease by Caldwell Esselstyn, JR. MD. You ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 28, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Thibaud70

LINKBiases and the Fundamental Beliefs on Which They Might Be Based:

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Nov 23, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Slava3

Cosmic consciousness

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Feb 5, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by VictoriaNotes

What do you do to help curtail negativity bias?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jul 27, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by Poseidon

Scientists establish link between religious fundamentalism and brain damage

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Feb 12, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by ballou

15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense - Scientific American

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Apr 21, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by ToolGuy

For those of you with a mathematical bent, this video explains the statistical analysis that is used to understand the spread of the corona virus.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 14, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by gater

Space explained - look in a "empty" cardboard box - what do you see - space, or area. That space is no different than the space that is light years away. now put 2 tennis balls in the box, push them in opposite directions - what do you have? you ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Oct 28, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Noyi

Can an adverb modify a noun?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Dec 14, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by Diaco

A perfect way to practice and understand Atheism is to know what's the difference between Science vs Philosophy.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jul 24, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by Matias

Genes and epigenetic phenomena such as culture are inextricably linked, and they evolved together to advance the genes. Asking “Nature or nurture?” is wrong simply because the answer is nearly always “both". This means that when we see a ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 3, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by TristanNuvo

So I have a great tech tip for anyone that might want this. Trying to click all over the place to get to whatever settings you might want, which can be a pain. This will make all of that obsolete. oh, and this will work on everything from win7 ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 9, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by Storm1752

Why should WE care what happens to the planet, either as a whole or to human beings in particular? I know some of our "enemies" would use this kind of attitude to point out the fatalistic flaw in not believing, or not being sure about, the existence ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jul 23, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by SkyreckedLoemm

LINKAncient Egypt’s Queen Nefertiti bust sparks outrage - YouTube

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Nov 29, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKMom’s blistering rant on how men should be blamed for all unwanted pregnancies going crazy viral. | GOOD

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jun 5, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Decieven

This is a personal pet peeve of mine & I was wondering if anyone had noticed it as well: Gender neutral occupations like chef, runner, etc. are not usually qualified when a male is being discussed. However, people will say "woman athlete", though ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Nov 30, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by powder

"“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.” ― Nikola Tesla Think we are making progress. And perhaps more importantly, this will ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 21, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Tomfoolery33

LINKA Sneaky Theory of Where Language Came From

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jun 3, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by TheMiddleWay

Do you feel that the current trend in universities being/having a "safe space" is detrimental or beneficial to free speech and the mission of a university to teach students all subjects, safe or not?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jun 28, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Slava3

I don't know if he ever said this, but I agree with it.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Nov 20, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by BABSDAGGER

Has anybody made a heatmap for the members?

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Nov 23, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by Ryo1

Rethinking difference: Muslim and Christian lives in comparative perspective In recent decades, the anthropology of religion has produced detailed and diverse insights into the experience of religious groups living in societies across the world. ...