Unanswered Questions
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Is the Amazon rain forest man-made?
An article in the Atlantic quotes several experts who claim that the Amazon rainforest is the remnants of planted and cultivated orchards and farms, and that the land is not naturally conducive to ...
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Does watching TV make you stupid?
I haven't watched TV since 1969. I worked in it for decades, and knew enough not to watch it. It makes you stupid, and my colleagues in the networks agree! Some of them would point out what a ...
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Are there an unusually large number of people with Asperger's who work in or study IT or Computer Science?
I hear it claimed very often that there is a higher incidence of people with Asperger's Syndrome who work with in IT or study computer science, far more so than other fields.
This wired article ...
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Can the Overton Window be deliberately moved by espousing extremist views?
The Overton Window is a political theory that 'describes a "window" in the range of public reactions to ideas in public discourse, in a spectrum of all possible options on a particular issue.'
When I ...
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How long is it possible to maintain concentration?
When I study, I like to do it in blocks of a few hours, with little rests in between. I have heard from multiple (possibly unreliable) sources, however, that a human's concentration will drastically ...
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Does the Suzuki method outperform other music teaching methods?
The Suzuki method is influenced by the violinist Suzuki's observations of how children learn to speak their mother tongue. Some of the characteristics of the method are
learning music by ear is ...
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Can 3 minutes of “high intensity training” per week have just as much of a positive health effect as several hours of traditional fitness?
If this is true I have been doing it wrong the whole time.
According to a recent BBC Article, a genetic trait in some people can allow them to do "high intensity training" (basically: stressing your ...
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Are restrictions on the supply of alcohol effective at limiting the harm caused by or even the amount of alcohol consumed?
Different countries choose radically different ways to regulate peoples' access to alcohol. Some countries and some US states impose a state monopoly on alcohol sale ; others restrict the hours or ...
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Will disposing of coffee grounds in the sink cause drain blockage?
My wife firmly believes coffee grounds must not be disposed of down the sink drain because they will cause a blockage in the waste pipes. She has it from family and from accounts on the world-wide ...
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Did pills from China recently seized in S Korea contain the powdered flesh of dead babies?
According to CBS news (May 7, 2012) South Korea cracks down on human flesh capsules from China
(AP) SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea has seized thousands of smuggled
drug capsules filled with ...
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Is home birthing as safe as in-hospital births for low risk mothers?
I came across the following page, describing "The Farm"'s midwifery statistics: http://www.naturalbirthandbabycare.com/farm-statistics.html
That page wasn't that convincing. The only statistic that ...
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Was there a giant red-haired race in North America?
The other I saw a show on history channel about "giant skeletons" being found in North America, it is also said that by some reason these findings have been hide from people, maybe do to they being ...
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Are Elie Wiesel and Lazar Wiesel the same person?
This question is on a sensitive topic, and I would like to say up front that I am not looking for holocaust denial. My grandfather was a Nazi slave, my family on my mother's side was all but wiped ...
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Is visualisation almost as effective as practice?
I have heard the following story many times:
A study conducted by Dr. Blaslotto at the University of Chicago was
done where he split people into three groups and tested each group on
how many ...
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Does exercising in hot weather burn more calories?
I've read claims stating that exercising in hot weather burns more calories than the same exercise in cold weather would. I've also read claims stating the opposite. Which is correct? How does caloric ...
