Ryan

Classic philosophical question. Promoting discussion.

I pity that some can not suspend disbelief long enough to reflect upon the ramifications of an 'hypothetical' assumption. Considering that that is how Einstein first developed the idea of relativity, maybe I should assume that only a few are capable of such a 'thought experimentation'.

Should I blame Hunger Games or simply growing disillusionment with the state of the world?

If so, how should we deal with questions that may be suspect but don't make their intention to rant known until they choose a best answer?

If fan-fiction is a personalized version of popular fiction, are stories based upon myth and lore fan-fiction?

What does this say about stories concerning the private lives of greek gods, vampires, and Hansel & Gretl?

I've never read a book that was too tragic for me until this one, if only because I live in a small, quiet, and friendly Maine town.

An example of this for me is "Under the Dome". I read the entire book but its was simply too tragic for me to suggest to anyone else

An example of this would be a third person story about a protagonist that includes the fictional work of said protagonist.

Regardless of what the monster looks like or behaves, do you think this monster could be a successful horror genre monster in either film or print?

Frankly, this scares me greatly, mainly for its ability to sound inconspicuous, naive, and sweet. It ultimately plays to a monster that is mainly a trickster, impostor.

This is a very depressing, tragic story line, but is it at all entertaining? I am worried it's is either too cerebral or simply too tragically confusing.

To elaborate, my character is hearing voices they may actually be real intrusions on his brain by a feasible, new technology, but could quite possibly be simple schizophrenia. The story is my attempt to elaborate on the idea of sane, insane person and how that fine line would literally sever someone from society and themselves. I guess one could say its a story about a sane person who suddenly starts displaying symptoms of insanity, but ultimately those symptoms cause him to eventually, truly go insane.

I am writing two fantasy novels about a character that is unaware he and/or she is an omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscience god.

Think in terms of the christian God wanting to experience a regular human life and having a vital part of itself reborn anew. Both stories take place in worlds where there is mind over matter, say magicians or psychics, and these main characters are mysteriously powerful and they themselves truly don't know the true ramifications.

Are there any forums or websites that are similar to Yahoo answers but stress more serious, educated answers?

Is it more important to have a best answer, and to answer in a way that secures the the title of best answer?

I really don't believe being right is even important on Yahoo answers and it should be more of a polling and discussion site. Even so, fake questions and answers would make it incredibly hard to take polls and discussions seriously. Even more, due to cognitive dissonance, this site is ultimately a fishing expedition. Is it unfair or inappropriate to feel this way? is there a better site for polling and discussion?

Thomas Jefferson believed that the public should revolt as frequently as once every 20 years, and yet many protests and initial plans to revolt are seen as either terrorism, criminal, or simply, disturbing the peace. Why does it appear to be impossible to hold even a peaceful revolution, let alone change and remedy social injustice

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.

The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is

wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts

they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions,

it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ...

And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not

warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of

resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as

to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost

in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from

time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

It is its natural manure." - Thomas Jefferson

Don't research, just assume by thinking about your questions and answers.

If you found out that it is much older or younger than your age, would you stop using Yahoo or possibly change your way of answering/questioning? How so?

If yes, what can and should humanity do with such technology? Is there a period of time where interaction may not lead to a new timeline (i.e. the time period or individual was/is/ever will be consequential)? Playing devil's advocate, is the fact that ancient mysteries pervade our popular society a sign that we are already in a new time-line, and even more, that humanity learned from early mistakes (and may have tried to fix it) and are now employing a process that allows them to observe without effecting?

COULD THIS EXPLAIN SUPERNATURAL AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL TESTIMONIES????

If someone wants to devote their life to change the world, wouldn't the absence of visitations either mean that that individual was unsuccessful?