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Bibliography on chaos theory, please?
Bibliography on chaos theory
:: STARTED BY ciarconn
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:29 24.04.03

The Ethics of Share Ownership
Ethics of Share Ownership, a thread about economics, capitalism and all that.
:: STARTED BY invisible_al
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:20 23.04.03

This is cool in a fascisto nerdy fagalicious kind of way
Actually this is a load of pretentious poo- I hate it.
:: STARTED BY Crimes_Of_Fashion
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:11 23.04.03

I know that my Redeemer lives...
Redemption - is this, as I think, a hugely influential concept in Western society? How does its 'secular' development relate to its theological origins? Where do we find redemption narratives?
:: STARTED BY Goodness Gracious Meme
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:55 15.04.03

There is Nothing but Words!
Relativity of Truth is an idea which was once circulated by Giordano Bruno. Nothing is ever lasting & 'Universal Truth' is a vague term.
:: STARTED BY tasneem
:: 37 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:22 05.04.03

Explicit and Implicit: Group Sex, BDSM, equality and non-violence
No summary available
:: STARTED BY Mysterious Question
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:25 02.04.03

LotR slash - the actor's perspective
If he tries anything, Sam will kill him - actor's perspectives on LotR slash.
:: STARTED BY that
:: 27 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:24 28.03.03

Liberty and liberties
Ideas about liberty and liberties, and their relation to actual government.
:: STARTED BY Kit-Cat Club
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:26 25.03.03

Media
Media. Device of sublimation? Media. Device of Capitalism? Media. Relavence.
:: STARTED BY creation
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:23 22.03.03

Gay, and not in a good way: the use of "gay" as a pejorative term without overt reference to homosexuality.
Is using the word "gay" to describe something bad linked or unconnected to the use of the word to reference homosexuality? Is this a separate usage to be encouraged, or inevitably connected and thus, deliberately or not, in some way homophobic.
:: STARTED BY ONLY NICE THINGS
:: 84 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:23 13.03.03

The ethics (or, if you'd rather, morality) of war....
What is the morality of war? What would need to be occuring or in place for war in general or a particular war in the Middle East be ethically and/or morally, rather than pragmatically, justified?
:: STARTED BY ONLY NICE THINGS
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:12 11.03.03

Let's Play Mr and Mrs!
Identifying the smug married from the lonely singletons in the 21st century. How do you verbally signify that you are in a relationship with someone else without subsuming them or being subsumed in their identity?
:: STARTED BY Our Lady of The Two Towers
:: 34 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:34 08.03.03

What are the building blocks of identity?
If identity is a construct, what is it constructed from? What kind of fabric do you use to sew up a fictionsuit?
:: STARTED BY iconoplast
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:42 04.03.03

Education, isolation, alienation...
What's wrong with schooling in the UK, and alternatives to it
:: STARTED BY penitentvandal
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:07 24.02.03

Violence: Creative or Destructive?
How has violence been a creative influence on society? Is violence creative or destructive? The industrial revolution. Imperialism and economic liberalism.
:: STARTED BY Strange Machine Vs The Virus with Shoes
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:30 22.02.03

Cult Studs: Killing God, and war in/against Heaven
Head Shop Cultural studies - looking across media at the death of God and the ideas extending from that in a variety of different media and cultural products.
:: STARTED BY ONLY NICE THINGS
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:04 22.02.03

Does precognition disprove free will? Does the chicken?
What does precognition - the ability to see into the future - implicate about free will - the ability to mold our own future independently?
:: STARTED BY Rage
:: 41 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:42 17.02.03

Humanity's ultimate destiny is to self-destruct
Please discuss theory and provide examples to corroborate or refute it.
:: STARTED BY Brigade du jour
:: 36 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:24 16.02.03

Immaturity and Homosexuality
Heterosexual = mature. Homosexual = immature. Simple as that. Really?
:: STARTED BY Shortfatdyke
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:17 10.02.03

De-individuation online
Talk to me about de-individuation. Oh, go on, you're effectively anonymous
:: STARTED BY slinkyvagabond
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:10 08.02.03

The tragedy of the commons
A discussion about the conflict between self-interest and communal interest with particular reference to the argument used by Garrett Hardin.
:: STARTED BY No star here laces
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:50 05.02.03

Actual state of human sciences
I want to know what is the actual state of human sicences
:: STARTED BY ciarconn
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:33 01.02.03

The money-less society - how it would work
A thread for barbeloids to post their ideas of how a money-less society might work. This is not a debate on whether a money-less society is a good thing - if you want to debate that, start a new thread or look up one of the old ones.
:: STARTED BY No star here laces
:: 35 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:53 25.01.03

Online Activism
How does on protest online effectively? Is the Internet essentially free or essentially controlled? Is online protest actually meaningful or useful, and if so how?
:: STARTED BY innercircle
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:01 23.01.03

Emotional maturity and economic stability.
Do you think there's a connection bewteen one's emotional matural and the stability of one's financial affairs
:: STARTED BY Goodness Gracious Meme
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:13 21.01.03

Supreme Court rules on Copyright duration
Supreme court decides to extend copyrights on songs, books, cartoon characters
:: STARTED BY Jack Denfeld
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:08 20.01.03

The State vs the People
What are the differences between the chosen image projected by the UK and US governments to their people? And are those differences healthy to the public social awareness?
:: STARTED BY Tezcatlipoca
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:10 14.01.03

Hate speech or descriptive diminutives?
Are terms such as Paki and Chinky not in fact offensive or abusive, but simply diminutive forms of "Pakistani" and "Chinese person"?
:: STARTED BY ONLY NICE THINGS
:: 59 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:45 13.01.03

Memory, skills and related issues (Non-debate thread, containing the concept and "rules" of the NDT)
A thread in which we take a non-debate form of discussion. No contesting of points, simply a fluid, evolving discussion of ideas. The central focus of the discussion does not have to remain constant, only the style remains constant. If you like, this is like a non-fictional narrative corpse...
:: STARTED BY No star here laces
:: 48 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:48 07.01.03

Debating non-debate
What do you think about modes of discussion here? Would you prefer "non-debate" to the usual adversarial style?
:: STARTED BY Lurid Archive
:: 41 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:23 04.01.03

 
  

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