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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    How far are we from a borderless, visa-less world?
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    I’m a traveller, and as an Indian, I find travelling beyond India quite challenging due to Visa restrictions. This is a symptom of a larger problem. Till the time there are boundaries, there are going to be conflicts. The direction of history has been towards unification, we have far less independent political sovereignities today in the world than ever in history, but world unification still seems elusive. Is it going to happen anytime soon?

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    @itaintsodeep
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    To be or not to be?
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    To me that is the fundamental question which humanity has too ask itself, and, depending on the answer, ask many more about our role in the world and our responsibilities, to the rest of humanity and the all that makes up the world as we know it.

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    Martin Drerup
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    Is the universe really as big as we think it is?
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    The concept of light years, billions of stars in our galaxy and then billions of galaxies outside of the Milky Way is just too big to get a grip on. Maybe there is another concept of distance in a physical law that we haven’t discovered yet, and that will make more sense of these distances and scale? Maybe the micro-world is as big relatively to the universe, that is, the relative distances between individual components of atoms and molecules is just as vast as the universe is big? How can there be an end to the universe – where is it located if it is confined in some way? We know so much – why don’t we know this?

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    Peter Martin
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    Why are some people “lyrics” people and others not?
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    The lyrics are the last thing that matter to me when I listen to a piece of music (if I can even understand them it’s a plus). But for others they seem to be the most important thing of all (weirdos). Why is this so? Probably it doesn’t matter – I’m just curious.

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    @pinknantucket
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    How can my original birth certificate be ‘superseded’ – was I born again when I was adopted, and should I have had a death certificate for my original identity? Do genetic inheritance and family history matter?
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    I am adopted which is a life sentence of separation from my family and medical history and I find this situation very difficult as I age and face the fact I will never know the truth. Others should care about this because IVF technicians are making babies without recorded histories and we can expect they will fill the mental health system in the same way adoptees have due to unknown heritage and separation from mothers at birth.

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    Sofie Gregory
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    Could we be entering a new era of stability in Australian politics, or does that afford Malcolm Turnbull way too much credit?
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    Tom Nicholls
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    Why are white people expats and people of colour immigrants?
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    I have always been called an expat, not an immigrant. But shouldn’t that be the same thing?

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    @saidruth
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    Why are so many people intimidated by poetry, but love song lyrics?
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    Songwriters are lionised as geniuses, but hardly anyone buys or reads poetry. I don’t get it!

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    @veronicaahhh
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    What is the best way to address the ice epidemic?
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    Regional areas in particular are being devastated and families are being torn apart. What is the heart of the issue? Boredom? A lack of other outlets in regional areas?

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    @amybairstow
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    Is it true that men get more conservative, but women get more progressive, as they get older?
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    @reallykazcooke
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    Why is peace so elusive between the Israelites and the Palestinians? Can it ever happen?
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    Because this is cradle of all the other issues.

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    Elaine
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    Would a charge of involuntary manslaughter stick against tobacco companies?
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    I have many relatives and friends who have died from tobacco related illnesses. We should all care about this. Tobacco is different even from other ‘vices’ (including alcohol) in that it has no health benefit even at low doses. Selling tobacco with its known problems is a ‘dangerous act that knowingly puts the health of others at risk’. These are two important manslaughter criteria. Is the absence of ‘intent to kill’ enough to exclude it?

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    Cathy Cornish
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