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Re: A List of Random Questions to Ponder and Discuss
Posted By: gremlinn, on host 24.165.8.100
Date: Friday, July 22, 2005, at 05:40:40
In Reply To: A List of Random Questions to Ponder and Discuss posted by Gahalyn on Friday, July 22, 2005, at 03:03:15:

> Ga"When I was writing this, how did it get so darn philosophical seemingly all on its own?"halyn
>

I have some!
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Why do we ask "How are you?" even when we don't particularly care about the answer? Can't we come up with anything better?

What are we going to do with all the material waste our country is accumulating?

Why do people type "ya'll" instead of "y'all"?

If you had just one wish, would you remember to first wish for an unlimited supply of additional wishes?

Will there be a technological singularity? If so, how long until we reach it and what will the world become?

How come the characters in the TV show "24" never noticed that a stunningly large percentage of major turning points in their lives happened within a minute before the start of a new hour?

Why does it have to be so hot?

How much more money could scammers steal from people if they knew proper spelling and grammar?

Is consciousness a quale?

If you had an unlimited supply of wishes, what would your first few wishes be?

How long will it take to develop a Go-playing computer program capable of reliably beating any human opponent?

Is space-time fundamentally discretized?

Where is RU7 going to be?

Do people driving tall vehicles tailgate more often because of some difficulty with distance perception from a high angle, or is it because of a correlation between personality types and vehicle purchases?

What is the single largest problem currently facing humanity?

Why aren't you wroking?

Will anyone ever win James Randi's million dollar challenge?

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I have more questions, but that's enough for now.

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