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Left and Right

In one of his Maths books the author Martin Gardner talks about the following thought experiment. Imagine that you make contact with a being from some far part of the galaxy and communicate with him...
18:10 Tue 30th Mar 20103 answers, last by mibn2cweus 15:59 Wed 31st Mar 2010
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Sun and Earth

If all motion is relative then is it just as valid to maintain that the sun goes round the earth as it is to maintain that the earth goes round the sun?
10:06 Thu 21st Jul 20059 answers, last by Brugel 14:59 Sun 24th Jul 2005
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Raphael

Is anyone familiar with Raphael's painting "The School of Athens"? Can you name any of the philosophers in it (other than Plato and Aristotle)?
21:25 Mon 11th Jul 20052 answers, last by Brugel 19:47 Tue 12th Jul 2005
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The Sun

When a Sun journalist exposed the lack of security in the House of Commons, it was the paper's Managing Editor who was interviewed about it on the news. Now, whenever any other newspaper gets a great...
19:21 Fri 17th Sep 20044 answers, last by AB Editor 12:09 Mon 20th Sep 2004
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Animal cruelty

Here's a controversial one (which I raise for the purposes of discussion and not because I necessarily agree with it). Given that it seems to be agreed that animals on their way to, and also in, the...
19:16 Fri 17th Sep 200425 answers, last by stevie21 16:37 Sun 26th Sep 2004
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Immoral practices

Past generations have always regarded as normal particular practices or beliefs which later generations came to see as immoral. For example, slavery was once regarded as acceptable by most people. Or,...
22:20 Wed 15th Sep 200410 answers, last by Brugel 22:04 Thu 16th Sep 2004
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Ali G

I've never watched the Ali G show- I've just seen parts of it here and there- so perhaps this explains my confusion over the show. But what I'd like to know is why he is so popular when the Black and...
21:45 Sun 12th Sep 200411 answers, last by Mattk 18:09 Mon 13th Sep 2004
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Boring jobs

Every time I'm in an art gallery I feel sorry for the attendants there who sit in chairs staring blankly at the wall. Is this the most boring job there is- or does anyone have experience of one that...
00:02 Thu 09th Sep 200416 answers, last by MissSurfer 17:03 Fri 22nd Oct 2004
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Dirty Joke

(I mentioned this in a reply to another question but I thought it may be worth asking in its own right.) I was recently watching an episode of the Simpsons in which there was a re-telling of the story...
00:31 Tue 07th Sep 200412 answers, last by LordyGeordie 15:34 Wed 22nd Sep 2004
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1960's Charts

I've read that the Beatles had 17 number ones in the UK. One of their early singles- "Please Please Me" - apparently reached number two. But I recently heard that at the time this particular single...
22:53 Sat 21st Aug 20046 answers, last by Brugel 14:20 Sun 22nd Aug 2004
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The Stepford Wives

Question inspired by the Stepford Wives: suppose that, in the future, robotics has been sufficiently developed and it has become possible to create robots who are virtually indistinguishable from...
14:55 Sat 21st Aug 20045 answers, last by johngammon 20:41 Fri 27th Aug 2004
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Newcastle Metro

I recently spent a holiday in Newcastle and travelled about on the Metro quite a bit. The total amount spent on this was in the region of ?8 and yet there were no ticket barriers and nobody ever...
18:32 Tue 10th Aug 20044 answers, last by Hippy 10:22 Fri 13th Aug 2004

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