If you tape a piece of buttered bread to the back of a cat & drop it out a window, do you create a perpetual-motion machine?
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    @Mighty_Ginge
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    How many does light bulbs does it take to change a politician?
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    People have great ideas all the time- how to help those in need, starting with providing water where there is none, sanitary and hygiene products where they are lacking, food and shelter to those without… but do politicians ever change? We keep electing and fostering a system where the greediest are given the role of decision makers… why is that?

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    @OzHorrorcon
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    Why are indigenous communities facing forced closure under the guise of sustainability, when communities such as the City of Casey are experiencing alarmingly high rates of family violence, and as a result, children in out of home care?
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    This is important for the elimination of racism, violent behaviours, rates of imprisonment, and increased government transparency and ownership.

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    Cassandra
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    Is it possible to reconcile capitalism and the conservation of the environment? If so, how? If not, how do we proceed from here?
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    Lisa Mills
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    Why do people think hard work and suffering is necessary to be happy?
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    I struggle with the balance between activities that aren’t enjoyable in the short-term but promise a payoff. While the payoff can be intense, it’s usually short-lived. Why not spend the whole time being generally content, rather than chasing highs?

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    Ben
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    What is an achievable model of an ethical life?
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    I’m fascinated by moral integrity, greed and art. I also have mixed feelings about didacticism, especially in art. My question stems from a recent ethics forum centred on Art and Ethics where an esteemed ethicist provoked the audience with the statement that the only ethical art was one that instructed or commented on Climate Change (and/or social inequality).

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    Shannon
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    Are cockroaches attracted to human tears, and if so, why?
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    I need to know, and so does the whole of humanity. What exciting ramifications might come from an affirmative?

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    Terry O'Loughlin
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    Who really gets to narrate history?
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    In a university class at the moment I am learning about indigenous land injustice. I came up with this question in a tutorial. History is not objective, and who really shapes it?

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    Bella Barker
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    Who decided what is ‘masculine’ and what is ‘feminine’ and will we ever be able to deconstruct the gender binary?
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    We’re pushing for gender equality, but will it ever be achieved if we don’t remove the damaging labels and restrictions the gender binary holds in place? Where do transgender, agender and gender fluid individuals fit in?

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    @@joshuawords
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    Can – and should – men be called feminists … or should feminist-sympathising men be named separately?
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    Ross Tilly
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    Why is society so uncomfortable with asexual people, that we continue to consider their orientation is a pathology?
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    Because I know far too many asexual people damaged by prejudice and discrimination not only in everyday life, but by health professionals attempt to ‘cure’ their natural sexual orientation.

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    Jo
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    Why are we still talking about same-sex marriage when there really aren’t any good arguments against it?
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    The ‘against’ arguments just don’t make sense: they don’t want gays to have children? Guess what, we’re doing that anyway. The bible is against it? Sure, and pretty much everything else. It will ruin marriage for straight people? Pretty sure that’s already been done. The ‘for’ argument is simple, equal rights and parties are good for mental health! (Plus we’re all bored of talking about it)

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    @@Becbakes
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    What happens if we don’t wake George up before we go go?
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    George seems a little paranoid about being left behind.

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    @@MyfanwyMcDonald
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