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Comment on Great Unsolved Mysteries of Science by more sanjay ashroba

more sanjay ashroba — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:50:09 +0000

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Comment on Great Unsolved Mysteries of Science by RAVI TEJA

RAVI TEJA — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:57:49 +0000

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Comment on Are There Aliens in the Universe? by bb

bb — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:22:44 +0000

I know that this has nothing to do with the topic but i have noticed something about different worlds in the milkyway.They all seem to contain one element but earth on the other hand seems to be all the elements combined. What if we combined soil samples from each of
those planets and see if the elements make the ELEMENT OF EARTH.I dont really know much about astronomy but this might just prove something.(thankyou)

Comment on Distinguishing Evil and Insanity : The Role of Intentions in Ethics by Frank Schlaht

Frank Schlaht — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:40:18 +0000

Amazing post and I definitely like the directives as well.

Comment on Should We Trust Our Gut? : The Idealization of Intuition and Instinct by Julia Galef

Julia Galef — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:45:40 +0000

This is a great way of parsing the different things people tend to lump under the single phrase “gut instinct”. I think many people also use the phrase to mean something extra-sensory entirely. Or rather, they think “intuition” is actually like a sixth sense, giving them information that can’t be traced back to the other five senses. An example: the feeling that something bad/good is going to happen, without any concrete justification.
It’s also worth mentioning that widespread faith in intuition may partly be due to selective memory (i.e., remembering the times when you had a hunch about something and it happened to be true, and forgetting/not noticing the times when your hunch didn’t pan out).