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    Poll: The 5th element of nature.

    Actually, that is still incorrect. The classic states of matter are, of course; Solid Liquid and Gas. Plasma isn't generally considered one of the classic states, but is a state of matter. However, we still have quite a few others to consider; Liquid crystal states Amorphous solid...
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    Meaning of Life

    Well spoken Uncompetetive, I think you've put things into words far more articulately and coherently than I could, but I couldn't agree with you more. As far as being nice to each other is concerned, I think we all need only look at the wonderous social contract, as outlined by... Locke? I...
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    Meaning of Life

    Uncompetetive: "destiny" I think is too ambiguous a term to completely rule out, much like God or the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Whether or not your future is determinable, by human means or otherwise, the future can only follow one path. Schroedinger's cat might be alive and dead now, but...
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    Meaning of Life

    Nihilists are gothy? Come now, we're a bit deeper than those simple minded creatures. My color palate stretches across the board, and I've never put more than two thoughts towards suicide. Rather than accepting these non-existant "objective" morals put forth by all these religions (have you ever...
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    Meaning of Life

    Our evolution has been screwed up, there's no real doubt there. Evolution is based on a species death rate, not birth rate. More accurately, we've *stopped* evolving all together, we did about 10,000 years ago when civilization started. Watch the movie Idiocracy, or at least the first 10 minutes...
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    Meaning of Life

    I'm actually really happy to see a lot of these ideas running about out here, I feel a little less lonely. Out here in the Bible Belt it's harder to find kindred spirits. To start: I'm probably best described as a Nihilist, if my beliefs had to be summed up into a single categorization. I...