What is better, freedom or equality?
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    I am asking this because so many people use freedom without using equality, and we have lost effective ways of raising the tensions between them. But this tension is the essence of politics.

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    @beornnmccarthy
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    Why do we have 5 mins of sport at the end of news instead of 5 mins of arts/culture? How would this change our perception of the world?
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    Not everyone is into sport. For some, their equivalent is the arts/culture or even the environment. Why are these things considered ‘features’ rather than staples of our news diet? I wonder how society would change if one or two newsrooms started this trend?

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    @bespokeshespoke
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    Where are all the caterpillars? I used to see a lot when I was much younger.
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    I used to see a lot when I was a child and even though I’m in the garden a lot, they are not.

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    Sandra Both
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    Why does it take something to happen to ‘you’ before one shows compassion to others in the same circumstance or before one ‘understands’?
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    I think it is the answer that will bring about the most help in the world.

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    Ally
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    Why should I even bother studying hard and going to university when the public don’t respect my field & there are no job opportunities?
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    Society places great importance on good grades for a good future, but the reality after university looks bleak for so many students – especially Bachelor of Arts students. Even those graduating from top universities struggle to find work in their field. Why has university undergraduate degrees become obsolete? Why is my cohort filled with bitterness and disappointment at the end of their studies, rather than hope for the future?

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    Kain
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    how do birds know how to fly together in a flock and who leads?
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    I was watching a flock of birds and I wondered at their perfect movement.

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    Christina
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    If science is the search for truth, why is innovation suppressed in peer review?
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    It is important to me because the search for truth has been limited by this process that says we must rely upon outdated theories of others. This process limits creative thought and tells us how to view the world. It is nothing less than boundaries upon subjective experience of the world. People should question this because it limits the perception of truth.

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    Nika
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    Why do we still think that marriage and children are the path to happiness when so many alternatives exist?!
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    TC
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    What is the minimum threshold for people to have to wear a helmet?
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    Is it pace of movement? Does it depend on the way others around you move? Should sprinters be required to wear a helmet if speed and congestion are criteria?

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    Adam
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    When further growth becomes impossible on our planet, what will replace growth as the great economic driver?
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    The huge increase in standard of living for two centuries has been driven, and is measured by, economic growth. To continue to progress without destroying the planet we need a replacement or significant morphing of growth.

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    @geeforce77
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    why are we attracted to inappropriate people?
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    Despite our better judgement we all seem to be attracted to someone who is so clearly not right for us at some point in our lives.

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    @brittrcarroll
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    Do birds get hay fever?
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    Annette
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    If a piece of meat is grown in a lab (and was never part of an animal) is it actually still ‘meat’?
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    As a constantly-lapsing vegetarian, I am interested in both the science and philosophy of meat. I know many others are too.

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    @samuelcooney
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