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HUMANS; MOST CIVILIZED ANIMALS BUT NOT THE MOST INTELLIGENT!

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 10 May 25

I read somewhere the quote: “Humans remain the most civilized animals but undoubtedly not the most intelligent animals”. Whatever manner the author of the quote arrived at the definitions of civilization and intelligent is still a...

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Which one should we choose?

Udin Wardoyo @udinwardoyo (256) • Indonesia 28 Sep 20

The institution (government, college) has two functions: passing on the values of goodness, and preparing new generation to advance science and technology. The problem is, which one is more important, if we are required to choose...

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In A Civilized Society...

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3450) • United States 26 Aug 19

I have been seeing online posts that claim people want to assassinate Trump. To me, even if someone disagrees w/his lifestyle, his policies, whatever, calling for his assassination is morally bankrupt. I'd say the same to...

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The end of civilization as we know it

Gary Sibio @garysibi (702) • Chicago, Illinois 8 Aug 19

Yesterday I was watching the Chicago Cubs soundly thrash the Oakland Athletics when the camera zoomed in on a lady eating a hotdog. Now an average of 17,000 hotdogs are consumed at every Cubs game so a lady eating one would not,...

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Science Fiction Book Review Lois McMaster Bujold Komarr

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 5 Nov 16

1998 – Baen Books – Spoiler alerts. A Miles Vorkosigan story set shortly after his move away from masquerading as the admiral of a mercenary space fleet to a more open duty as an official audit-investigator for his people, the...

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Be the first on your block to get an LED lighted toilet seat

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 14 Sep 16

There was an ad in the stack of things that comes with my Sunday newspaper advertising a “motion activated toilet night light.” It is called the “Illumibowl” and even had a video link to show how it works. There are eight...

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When did the first civilization exist?

Yanzalong @yanzalong (19091) • Indonesia 30 May 16

I am just wondering as regard the time about 10,000 - 5,000 BC. Where did civilization ever exist? I was told that most areas of the globe were still covered with snow. When and where was Prophet Adam born? Does...

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Makes me want to stay out of big cities

Lenore Plassman @sallypup (69166) • Centralia, Washington 11 Mar 16

I turned off a silly Western drama that we borrowed from the library. I looked at the news. The real world made my skin crawl. I am ready to head back into that fictional world and stay there. Oh Lordy. The Romans and...

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What you gonna do?? Part 11

sourav @sparial02 (858) • India 25 Oct 15

This is for Girls.. Suppose a horrible tsunami or earthquake kills all the people in the world.. and you are one the only one who survived this mess.. then everywhere u see.. its just dead bodies and water and water everywhere.....

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Has anybody ever read the book "The Story of Civilization" written by Wiill Durant? I am absorbed in it.

dennislv @dennislv (134) • Shanghai, China 28 Sep 13

It is by no means a picnic for me since I am not a native English-reader. Too many unfamiliar things and words in the history,and in English... At the very beginning, It often took me 10 minutes or more to read a page. But I...

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What if Aliens are true?

akosibinot @akosibinot (79) • Philippines 10 Dec 12

Recently, I've been watching this documentary about aliens who visited our planet and taught us civilization as well as intelligence. There are a lot of theories and debates being thrown so it will really make you confuse. There...

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Product of any other Human / Alien Civilization?

LetranKnight25 @LetranKnight25 (33117) • Philippines 15 Sep 12

Hello Lotters, I would to ask every one to at least be open minded about this and try not to spout any thing that has something to do with religious perspective of history, ok? because we already know that....

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Are you happy or not and why?

2xfire @2xfire (7) 31 Jul 12

In light of scientific progress and its impact on human civilization do you think that the moral standard is achieved or is it actually deployed wars and crimes reflect our true nature Are you happy or not and why

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I feel that I'm left behind...

mikyung @mikyung (2232) • Philippines 7 Jun 12

How come it is only recently, a month ago to be exact, that I came across to this kind of sites? I wish I could be earning more now if I started doing Mylot, PTC and some freelance online jobs since their...

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Is man the only creature in this vast universe to challenge nature?

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 28 Aug 11

Science has not yet been able to predict whether there is existence of man or any man-like creature anywhere in this vast universe in addition to the earth. If it is taken for granted that there is, then we must admit that so far...

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CivWorld beta

iDivision @iDivision (1412) • Latvia 14 Jul 11

It has been long enough time when i started to dream of Civilization game in web browser. Now it is reality - CivWorld is the web based game in side of Facebook.com. For several months i waited for this moment to come and at last...

Anyone playing Civ4 here?

sylvyyy83 @sylvyyy83 (12) 18 May 11

I am a real Civilization VI fan. When I have some free time (which unfortunately in not much recently) I play Civilization. In fact I like all of the Civilization games except Civ V which I still have not had the chance to play...

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Computer and our civilization.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 9 May 11

Modern civilization is so much dependent on the computer that if the computer fails for any reason, civilization is surely to come to a standstill, at least temporarily. Do you agree?

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Question related to Bible.

dollar3235 @dollar3235 (2062) • India 14 Apr 11

Following is "Genesis 1:26": Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all...

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Unrest everywhere.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 1 Mar 11

Unrest now prevails everywhere in the world. Wherever you look at you will find nothing but a total chaos. Do you think it to be the beginning of the end of our beloved civilization or does it indicate anything else?

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