Why is there something instead of nothing?
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    @nevertoocurious
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    why are we still occasionally unhappy although we keep trying to be happy?
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    It confused me since I can think independently.

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    Jiamin Li
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    Geography shapes language – so if I say ‘Copy Cat from Ballarat” what’s the equivalent elsewhere?
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    Travel from state to state and country to country, and regional phrases and slang make language so much richer. How do we reflect our sense of place, and sense of fun, in our choice of words?

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    @tea_n_see
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    How can we build a social consensus to enable us to constructively and urgently combat runaway climate change?
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    I have a deep concern that our continued inability to seriously confront this climate change issue will result in massive and irreversible damage and ultimately destruction of our beautiful home,Planet Earth.

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    David Jewell
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    What will it take for Australia to stop targeting Islam?
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    Australia has had several significant waves of migration (eg. Greeks, Vietnamese, Africans). Each wave coincides with which group mainstream Australia directs it’s vitriol, fear mongering and racism. But the targeting of Islam has been particularly intense.

    This matters to me as a daughter of migrant parents, and a mother of bi-racial kids, who simply wants them to grow up in a world free of racial and religious judgement.

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    @miss_dianne_t
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    Can we truly love unconditionally?
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    @doctorshan12
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    How can democracies remain democratic but become (a) less adversarial (b) more efficient?
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    Democracies have little value unless the populace participates. I (probably like many others) am put off from active participation and my cynicism is fed, by the cumbersome nature of government and the lack of cooperation between parties. Does a ‘party system’ have to translate into the circus that we witness in our parliaments?

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    @Simon19493291
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    How can we get Manus Island and Nauru detention closed down and the refugees treated humanely?
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    Where are the Christian politicians who care for humanity rather than their own personal ambitions and pension?

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    Andrea Whitty
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    Why do we rabbit on and on about pollution but say and do nothing about ‘noise pollution’. If we can send people into space and bring them back again, how come we can’t manage to have silent lawn mowers and leaf blowers and electric drills and so on and so on ?
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    Because not only does all the noise drive me mad (I am currently living across the road from a new building site) but constant, irritating noise can affect peoples health. e.g. leaf blowers make we want to commit murder and that would be very unhealthy for at least two of us!

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    Elaine
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    Does free will really exist?
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    I’m asking because it is a question, after standstill discussions with peers — some for; some against — I cannot clarify to myself what I believe. To have this question answered would not only put my mind at ease, but influence how I see the world and go about my life.

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    Ryan Powell
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    What are you going to do to stop this culture from killing the planet?
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    We should all ask ourselves this question, and be spurred into passionately acting on the answer. Life on earth—and not just human life—depends on it. Literally your and our collective future is at stake.

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    Jore
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    Why are people extra nice when it’s your birthday?!
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    Because it would be good if people are just nice even on an ordinary day, it perhaps I’m a bit idealistic

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    Bernadette Basile
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    Does democracy allow for diversity, which is equitable?
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    I am a teacher and very interested in finding peaceful pathways for multi-culturalism.

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    @@PreludePrefect
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