Is identification with the ‘self’ the greatest cosmic joke there is?
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    @stevenadams52
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    Why can’t we stay childlike for longer?
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    I’ve found it hard to remember how to play after having my kids, and wonder why I ‘grew out’ of it. I’ve loved relearning it but it’s been hard. I think we’d probably be nicer to each other if we kept more of our sense of wonder and joy and curiosity.

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    Hilary Harper
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    Why does Australia have such a rigid two party political system?
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    In Australia we’ve got the dominant view that hung parliaments and large cross benches are ‘unworkable’ and ‘feral’. Why? In Europe hung parliaments are normal, and there are often many parties represented in the parliament.

    Would we benefit from more diverse parties and viewpoints in parliament?

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    @CaseyBriggs
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    Are humans the only species known to take their own lives?
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    I thought it was interesting.

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    Sijing Chen
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    Why do we want to be happy?
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    Just wondering.

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    Charlie McMillan Summons
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    How is it possible to be incredibly happy and incredibly sad at the same time?
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    How is it that humans can experience such strong, conflicting, emotions at once? Does everyone experience this? Is it possible to pay attention to just one?

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    SecretlyHappy
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    What is wrong with the brains of conservatives?
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    Conservatives react badly to facts that prove them wrong, and humanity is held back because of this.

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    Matthew Esler
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    How often should you have sex a week?
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    Everyone has an opinion on this, and many other sex-related topics. I’d like to know the answer.

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    @@shannylm
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    Infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible. How can we transition to a ‘post-growth’ economy without triggering a financial collapse?
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    The underpinnings of our civilisation are based on an untenable premise.

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    @TransitionsFF
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    Are hot chips the best food ever?
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    claire
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    What or who are the offspring of Capitalism and Oligarchy?
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    Because of the question being posed to Y Varoufakis. It seems to be happening in Russia, so it may be important to us all ‘down the road’!

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    @ntbay
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    What does it take to change one’s opinion?
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    My politics, formed in late high school, which views the world through a feminist, social justice and environmentalist lens has barely changed since I was 17 years old. Having children has made my feminism a bit more nuanced, thoughtful and even gentle in some ways, but otherwise I am unchanged. What does it take to change your opinion? And is change only possible with generational change, like we have seen with the huge support for marriage equality?

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    @girl_sleuth
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    What is so wrong with being a woman?
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    Out of all the groups of people in society, females are the most bullied, abused and subjected to eugenics. They are the group of people most asked to change, their tone, their clothes, their way of reacting, as if women have to always follow or else. And then, when women follow, they’ll then be vilified by another fashion that wishes to bully them into following.

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    @initiallyno
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