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(My) Frequently Asked Questions

On Psychology

  • Why do people spread FUD?
  • Is the modern world enlightened?
  • Why do we pretend to have so little when we have so much?
  • Why doesn't intelligence correlate with beauty?
  • Why doesn't human intelligence correlate with cognitive intelligence?
  • Is intelligence an advantage?
  • Is intelligence an advantage?
  • Is intelligence an advantage?
  • Are 1000 deaths more tragic than 1 death?
  • Is it possible to grasp the scale of human loss through war?
  • Can we value life, or only our life?

On Politics

  • Why are the Jews perpetually persecuted?
  • Why do people love to hate America?
  • Why aren't smart people in power?
  • Who does the law protect?
  • Where slaves ever happy?

On Economics

  • Will globalisation gradually extinguish arbitrage?
  • What will become the Quinary (fifth) industry?

On Language

  • Are diminutives intended to be endearing or subordinating?
  • Can the word 'peeps' be used in singular?
  • Why do we want to 'eat' things which are cute?
  • How are you meant to pronounce words like 'faux' and 'sans' when they are used in the middle of English sentences?
  • Who are 'they'?

On Nature

  • Why does nature favour beauty?

On Physics

  • What is space?
  • If spacetime is curved, what is the 5th dimension that accommodates the curvature?
  • How can we tell what direction time is moving?
  • What force started time moving?
  • What evidence is there that time exists at all?
  • Is there a whole number between 1 and 2?
  • Will there ever be a whole number between 1 and 2?

On Minutia

  • Why is salt tasty?
  • Which directions do Muslims in Mecca face when they pray?
  • Why does blutak get stickier when you play with it?
  • Will my life be wasted?