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Astrology

Does astrology work (is personality correlated with the positions of celestial bodies at birth)?

Austin Cline's takeonit added by Steve on 07 Jan 2009.
Richard Dawkins' takeonit added by Steve on 07 Jan 2009.

Economics

Does minimum wage help the poor?

Barack Obama's takeonit added by Benja on 03 Jan 2009.
James M. Buchanan's takeonit added by Benja on 03 Jan 2009.
David Card's takeonit added by Benja on 03 Jan 2009.

Israel

Should Israel exist as a separate state from Palestine?

Ehud Barak's takeonit added by Benja on 29 Dec 2008.
Khaled Mashal's takeonit added by Benja on 28 Dec 2008.

Was Israel primarily responsible for creating the Palestinian refugee problem?

Ehud Olmert's takeonit added by Benja on 29 Dec 2008.
Philip Mendes' takeonit added by Benja on 29 Dec 2008.
David Ben-Gurion's takeonit added by Benja on 29 Dec 2008.
Steven Glazer's takeonit added by Benja on 29 Dec 2008.

Politics

Should prostitution be legal?

Kate Holden's takeonit added by Elwood on 22 Dec 2008.

Health

Should abortion be legal?

Julian Savulescu's takeonit added by Elwood on 22 Dec 2008.

Art

Is "good" art purely subjective?

David Foster Wallace's takeonit added by Benja on 22 Dec 2008.
Leo Tolstoy's takeonit added by Benja on 22 Dec 2008.
W. Somerset Maugham's takeonit added by Benja on 22 Dec 2008.
Pablo Picasso's takeonit added by Benja on 22 Dec 2008.
Oscar Wilde's takeonit added by Benja on 19 Dec 2008.

Music

Is "good" music purely subjective?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's takeonit added by Benja on 19 Dec 2008.
Miles Davis' takeonit added by Benja on 19 Dec 2008.
Roger Waters' takeonit added by Benja on 19 Dec 2008.
Sanjoy Bandopadhyay's takeonit added by Benja on 19 Dec 2008.

Ethics

Should euthanasia be legal?

The Catholic Church's takeonit added by Benja on 19 Dec 2008.

Global Warming

Is global warming caused primarily by humans?

Michael Oppenheimer's takeonit added by Benja on 18 Dec 2008.
Ian Enting's takeonit added by Benja on 18 Dec 2008.
Steven Chu's takeonit added by Benja on 18 Dec 2008.

Does atmospheric CO2 cause significant global warming?

Svante Arrhenius' takeonit added by Benja on 18 Dec 2008.

Climatology

Is it possible to accurately predict climate?

Ian Enting's takeonit added by Benja on 18 Dec 2008.
Don Aitkin's takeonit added by Benja on 18 Dec 2008.
Geoff Davies' takeonit added by Benja on 18 Dec 2008.

Physics

Is quantum mechanics needed for a theory of consciousness?

David Chalmers' takeonit added by Steve on 03 Jan 2009.
Roger Penrose's takeonit added by Steve on 03 Jan 2009.
Max Tegmark's takeonit added by Steve on 03 Jan 2009.

Does God exist?

Lisa gave their takeonit on 22 Dec 2008.

Smoking

Do radioactive isotopes in tobacco fertilizer give smokers cancer?

Robert Proctor's takeonit added by Benja on 31 Dec 2008.
Monique Muggli's takeonit added by Benja on 31 Dec 2008.

Crime

Is it acceptable to target (i.e. kill) civilians in war?

Jeff McMahan's takeonit added by Benja on 28 Dec 2008.
Mahatma Gandhi's takeonit added by Benja on 28 Dec 2008.
Khaled Mashal's takeonit added by Benja on 28 Dec 2008.

Afghanistan

Can the military presence in Afghanistan help create democracy?

Barack Obama's takeonit added by Benja on 26 Dec 2008.
Mark Carleton-Smith's takeonit added by Benja on 26 Dec 2008.
Beth Cole's takeonit added by Benja on 26 Dec 2008.
The Economist's takeonit added by Benja on 26 Dec 2008.

Drugs

Should psychoactive drugs be legal?

Douglas Husak's takeonit added by Steve on 21 Dec 2008.
George W. Bush's takeonit added by Steve on 21 Dec 2008.
The Catholic Church's takeonit added by Steve on 21 Dec 2008.

Should marijuana be legal?

NORML's takeonit added by Steve on 21 Dec 2008.

Religion

Is rebirth/reincarnation plausible?

The Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso's takeonit added by Steve on 21 Dec 2008.
Robert Todd Carroll's takeonit added by Miri on 19 Dec 2008.
Ian Stevenson's takeonit added by Miri on 19 Dec 2008.
Bhikkhu Bodhi's takeonit added by Miri on 18 Dec 2008.

Do we have an immaterial soul?

Richard Dawkins' takeonit added by Steve on 21 Dec 2008.
Daniel Dennett's takeonit added by Steve on 21 Dec 2008.
The Catholic Church's takeonit added by Steve on 21 Dec 2008.
René Descartes' takeonit added by Steve on 21 Dec 2008.
Susan Blackmore's takeonit added by Steve on 20 Dec 2008.

Is hope good?

The Catholic Church's takeonit added by Benja on 20 Dec 2008.

Is there life after death?

The Catholic Church's takeonit added by Benja on 19 Dec 2008.

Is the earth approximately 6000 years old? (as opposed to 4.5 billion)

Kenneth Miller's takeonit added by Nicholas Aloi on 16 Dec 2008.

Evolution

Should Intelligent Design be taught in science class?

Kenneth Miller's takeonit added by Benja on 17 Dec 2008.

Is the theory of evolution falsified by fossil evidence?

Kenneth Miller's takeonit added by Benja on 17 Dec 2008.

Did complex life evolve through the process of natural selection?

casca gave their takeonit on 05 Jan 2009.