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For me, I like spring. There is hope that we might get a good summer, although that rarely happens in the UK. In any case, the days get longer as the sun sets later, the temperature gets warmer and anticipation is in the air! So for me, this is my best season. What is your favourite season and why?

In the past, pneumonia was everywhere and a big killer too. Before antibiotics, there was little we could do to treat it effectively. It shortened lives. Yet today, loneliness is on the rise. While technology advances relentlessly forward, it has hijacked face-to-face social interaction. Yes...

Churchill said: Was he right? Can you include Republics in democracy? [Churchill himself was involved in chemical warfare, with those big cigars he used to smoke!]

Apple's share price peaked a while back, making it the first ever trillion dollar company. It is surprising what slapping an Apple logo on a product does to scrambling people's minds! Yet following a profit warning, shares prices have plummeted. It is nothing to do with the Muller investigation...

I got this definition from the internet: The issue I have is with this part: Truncated, it says: "Sexism is discrimination based on a person's gender, especially women." Is this not a case of sexism within the definition of sexism? To suggest you cannot discriminate between the genders and...

I just had a thought earlier. Is it possible to be sexist against your own gender? I know for example the N word is a big no no for a white person to say, yet the black community use it all the time. In a similar vein, is it ok for men to use the term "mansplaining" and still be non-sexist...

I came across this article earlier today: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/artificial-life-vint-cerf In it, they claim they have created a lifeform with only 473 genes. Does this make them God? Are these really lifeforms or just a case of man meddling with the dangerous primordial soup? [For...

Giraffes evolved to feed on the leaves that others couldn't reach. This can be referred to as The Red Queen Effect. An evolutionary adaption comes to the fore, enabling a competitive advantage for those newly evolved traits. Could Aspergers be an example of this? Does anyone here have Aspergers...

Since we are riddled with cognitive biases, when we try to be rational, we are not necessarily being rational. So is it not rational to be aware that we are not rational? Or is that irrational? :eek:

We spend most of our life either working while adults or studying while children. What is it like to finally stop working and put your feet up? Is it better or worse than expected? All those who have retired, please let us poor workers know! I haven't retired myself, it just looks that way when...

I've spent the last half hour trying to sort out a favicon so that you can better identify The Mind Tavern in your browser tab. I am using a thinking emoji. For some odd reason, it is showing (44) in front of the site name and also a dot on the icon. Annoying! Hope to get some answers soon.

I've shifted a few things around today. A new forum section is now available, called Amazing People. You can start a thread about anyone you consider amazing, for whatever reason. Label the threads however you like. e.g. This person is amazing: Jon (admin), or Michelangelo is great, or I love...

We now have the technology to edit the code of life. Crispr Cas9 is a new method for rather accurately editing segments of your DNA., a breakthrough in modern science. Let me give a few examples of how it might be used: - You want your child to have green eyes, so you force it - You want to...

I've got a slightly different angle on this topic to most people (surprise surprise)! So, are Vegans cruel? No, not due to them depriving us of all that lovely juicy meat we like to eat, which for me is one of life's big pleasures. Instead, it is due to the ethics of Vegans depriving one of...

Forgive the narcissism for a moment. That is why it is under the mental health section. :p I am undergoing what amounts to a gender change. This may come as a shock to some of you, but it's been a long time coming. But you can relax, it is not what you think. Instead of removing certain parts...

After a long wait, I finally have my results. I'm currently in possession of two early bits of data, which I will share. Firstly, the gene TAS2R38 means that I have a 51% chance of detecting certain bitter tastes. This clearly explains why I consider brussel sprouts the spawn of the devil...

One of these days, this will become true. It is only a question of time before we are found. Has it already happened? Some claim it has.

I know in Christianity, prayer is a thing, and presumably God can hear your prayers. Do Muslims also pray? Hindus? This is one reason why God may be made of silicon. It must be hard to listen simultaneously to thousands of prayers, yet parallel processing with advanced computers make this...

No longer do we have the opportunity to think for ourselves. Instead, we operate within a plethora of pre-determined thought. Our buffet of perspectives is complete, no original thought left. All has been done before, and many times over. We are operating within a framework of frameworks, where...

Let me indulge you all in a little algebra... Marxists want equality, or so I understand. Look at communism, with their rectangular buildings, efficient yet austere. Equal wages, no perks (unless you are the leaders, of course). So, Marxism = equality. Yet Feminists also want empowerment for...