Why aren’t people kinder to each other?
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    Because it’s universal.

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    Ailbhe Kirrane
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    What is the most appropriate or meaningful response when a child asks (for the thousandth time), “why”?
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    Lou McGregor
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    Fortune favours the bold: true or false?
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    @PatrAllington
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    Why are there so many more questions than answers?
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    @PatrAllington
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    Are there some beliefs we are better off having, even if they are unlikely to be true?
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    I guess I find it a fascinating question because, if the answer is ‘yes’ (and I think it probably is), that runs quite contrary to the current obsession with science and truth and makes story-telling and art-play far more important.

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    Arthur O'Neill
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    Would you take a drug that induced happiness with one side effect; the following day, you remember being happy but not what had happened?
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    Knowing ourselves seems to be the foundation for everything. It is important to question, and be critical of the thoughts, actions and beliefs that resonate with us. Such contemplation is crucial to continual self-development and sanity. Thus, madness can be partly seen as obliviousness, or in history it was highlighted as forgetting. If we forgot what had made us happy, are we mad?

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    Samantha Tran
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    Will occupants of driverless cars be far less safe if sharing the road with human drivers?
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    I’ve been thinking about automated vehicles lately and wondering if, in order for visions of their ideal function are to be realised, cities/societies will need to change wholesale – rather than incrementing as people slowly adopt new technologies/models.

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    @PaperRadio
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    The tragic picture of the drowned Syrian toddler, or Kevin Carter’s picture of the starving Sudanese child with a vulture waiting to pounce, lead to compassionate letters about how we deal with the aftermath of the world’s tragedies. But where are the ideas for how we stop these tragedies at their source?
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    Can you tell us how we, the people, convince the United nations to act as a genuine force for good in the world by bringing together the might of the world’s most powerful nations to rectify, at its source, the trauma these individuals are enduring? Or can you suggest other ways we can act? I’m asking this question out of sheer frustration that we can do nothing more than be compassionate to the world’s victims AFTER the event. People power has achieved results before, so perhaps those caring people can do more now – but how?

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    Robyn Maggs
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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 do we limit our misuse of new technologies?
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    @kenbaumann
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    Why is marijuana illegal in Australia? How is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol?
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    I have used marijuana for over 45 years. I use it responsibly and I have never had a bad experience with it. Why should I have to break the Law to have a quiet smoke in my own home on my own land? Why as a responsible adult can I not choose what is best for my life?

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    @EmpoweringFem
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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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    Is it OK for comedians to make jokes about sensitive subjects, ie. abortion, terrorism, torture, abusing women, etc.
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    I think laughter make unbearable subjects more bearable and encourages discussion. I think we are too politically correct and our social interaction is the poorer for it.

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    Janet Ashkar
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