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It was 7:00pm on the west coast, last Monday, the sun was still up and there was blue sky. I was on my deck looking towards the west. There was a sudden streak of fire about 200 to 1000 feet away, about 15 to 30 feet long, falling at about a 45 degree angle. The fire started with a white...

Why do American adults venerate the tradition of deceiving their children about the existence of Santa Claus? What is so valuable about this one form of ignorance over all others? Do we actually think children couldn't understand and enjoy pretend Santa? For reference, read the tripe below...

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Let's list all the things Republicans are embracing that they complained about when Democrats did it (or are unprecedented). 1. Executive orders. 2. An up or down vote on Supreme Court nominees. 3. Leaks and hacking. 4. The Federal Records Act. 5. Goldman Sachs. 6. Lying. 7. Presidential...

How would the economy work if everything were free? Say we discover cheap fusion power combined with the technology to replicate anything on a molecular level. Like Star Trek replicators. How would society function? Would there still be an economy, or would that concept become obsolete?

Especially Michael Phelps Cupping? Seriously? Cupping is a pre-scientific traditional Chinese medicine technique where cups containing heated air are placed on the skin where the air then cools, creating a vacuum in order to draw out the bad chi or whatever.

Is Tarzan a racist story? Does it reflect the prejudices of the time like "Tom Sawyer", but can be appreciated despite them? Or is it irredeemable?

Is it important to be politically correct? Is it a scourge on society? What does it even mean anyway?

If murder is unethical and immoral, and the murder of millions among the worst crimes imaginable, what about the opposite? Assume you have the technology to split every adult human being into two, one original, and another a variation of the original, but an independent being. Would it be...

http://mentalfloss.com/article/59487/time-it-rained-flesh-kentucky March 3, 1876, was a beautiful day in Bath County, Kentucky, and a local farmer’s wife, Mrs. Crouch, was outside making soap. “Between 11 and 12 o'clock I was in my yard, not more than forty steps from the house,” she told...

When years have gone and hollowed our bones And age has taken her prize Your touch alone will make my pulse fast Your beauty still dazzle my eyes When angels fall to scatter our flesh And weeds grow over our graves In death's cold thrall our hearts won't rest Our souls still burning unfazed...

Consider someone on the autistic spectrum (Aspergers Syndrome) who describes how he donates sperm to a sperm bank, but does not disclose he is autistic because he wants his genes to be passed on, and he believes they would reject him if he were honest about it. He doesn't think of autism as a...

..you guessed it, with a religious exception to anti-discrimination laws. http://www.care2.com/causes/kentucky-just-gave-every-bigot-a-right-to-discriminate.html http://www.aclu.org/using-religion-discriminate Why do you get to discriminate just because you joined a group that believes...

Share your best stories about being fired. The one I'm most proud of is when I worked as a temp for Prudential Home Mortgage, in the mail department. 1994 and I didn't give a fuck. They passed out a questionnaire, on employee's appreciation day. One of the questions was, what are your...

http://bibleorqurangame.blogspot.se/ Really hard. Although there are some clues they left in, only the Bible would mention shekels.

Through meditation, once realizes the unbounded, that which is unbounded is happy, there is no happiness in the small. the Upanishads

Why do we screen Sciforums for non-human entities? The question "are you human?", can only be answered with "yes"! That's discrimination!

Look at this site: http://www.419eater.com/ People respond to (mostly African) e-mail scams asking you to send them money. The scambaiters lead them on, often asking the criminals to pose for them in outrageous costumes, or attach a toilet to a bicycle and ride around town. The baiters adopt...

So I was wondering, why does Superman have big muscles? Does he need them to be strong? Wouldn't he be just as strong as a skinny person with normal musculature?

On another forum I was talking with some Mormons. Apparently in the Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, there is a passage that says Jesus is responsible for the Constitution of the United States. 101:77 According to the laws and constitution of the...