tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194881452012-01-23T11:21:12.482-05:00We search the world, asking questions. Sometimes we get answers that change the way we look at our lives and the cosmos.Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-73727157486032150492010-04-12T20:10:00.002-04:002010-04-12T20:11:15.376-04:00

For $70,000 would you become a complete vegetarian for the rest of your life?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-27288745083094451482009-11-08T07:41:00.003-05:002009-11-08T07:43:00.895-05:00

Can you name one thing that you can do that none of your friends seem to be able to do?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-79915822468831859712009-10-18T19:13:00.004-04:002009-10-18T19:20:02.830-04:00

Which topic intrigues you more: 1) the ancient Baghdad Battery or 2) the Gabon Prehistoric Nuclear Reactor? Why? What other physics "mysteries" do you enjoy?Source of image

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-89012348939446281842009-09-01T10:59:00.003-04:002009-09-01T11:02:12.202-04:00

Would you rather be the best guitarist in the world or best piano player? Why?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-25681744070629604782009-07-21T22:03:00.002-04:002009-07-21T22:07:05.359-04:00

Which one of these items do you think humans would rate the most beautiful? Mossy cavern, dancing flames, kaleidoscope image, or snow crystal? Why?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-86626383915511145722009-06-11T10:13:00.004-04:002009-06-11T10:24:28.064-04:00

Who would you be most excited to learn wishes to meet with you: Bill Gates, Dalai Lama, or the Pope?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-86232121867591193312009-05-24T20:29:00.002-04:002009-05-24T20:30:27.926-04:00

Jane Roberts who once wrote, "You are so part of the world that your slightest action contributes to its reality. Your breath changes the atmosphere. Your encounters with others alter the fabrics of their lives, and the lives of those who come in contact with them." Do you agree?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-59503930870502731012009-04-26T20:29:00.002-04:002009-04-26T20:31:14.970-04:00

Would you rather be the world's leading expert on the imaginary number "i" or the mathematical constants pi or e? Why?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-80076493905392901362009-03-19T19:51:00.001-04:002009-03-19T19:57:43.985-04:00

Every human on Earth will receive an IQ boost of 30 points if you press a button. Do you press?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-41374964397446242372009-02-21T13:56:00.002-05:002009-02-21T14:00:20.833-05:00

Can genius be born or can it be learned? Is it possible to cultivate genius? (See article for more information.)

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-19221981990807397592009-01-17T20:05:00.002-05:002009-01-17T20:05:59.629-05:00

Fortune cookie: "We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails." Do you like this fortune cookie message?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-78366156211824504982008-12-16T11:07:00.002-05:002008-12-16T11:24:05.263-05:00

Some historians say that if there was no St. Paul, there would be no Christianity today. Do you agree?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-2830012155161415232008-11-10T16:26:00.002-05:002008-11-10T16:32:36.042-05:00

If archeologists discovered the bones of Jesus, thereby disproving the notion of physical Ascension to heaven, what percentage of Church authorities might prefer to suppress this information rather than have it become widely known?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-32916936869345523462008-10-03T13:56:00.003-04:002008-10-03T14:09:43.816-04:00

If God had created an Earth with two identically-shaped landmasses, for example two square continents, the effects on the world and religion would be profound because they would suggest the presence of a creator. What effect would the existence of a perfect square or circular continent have on religion and science?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-43383970204749228832008-09-12T21:35:00.000-04:002008-09-12T21:39:07.576-04:00

Who would Thomas Jefferson have preferred for President: Sarah Palin or Barack Obama?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-6668367322790095162008-08-29T23:34:00.001-04:002008-08-29T23:36:38.541-04:00

Have you ever seen something that you just can't forget that you saw? What is it?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-43128759832828660752008-08-15T15:47:00.002-04:002008-08-15T15:48:25.733-04:00

Imagine you are 15 years old and can see your life now and your accomplishments. Would your teenage self be "proud" of your accomplishments in life?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-57557608384650240192008-07-14T20:33:00.002-04:002008-07-14T20:37:44.333-04:00

If you could change places with God for a day, what would be your first act as God?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-81750941967804662222008-06-16T09:46:00.002-04:002008-06-16T10:08:48.392-04:00

You are exploring Nazareth, the historic city of Lower Galilee in northern Israel. As you walk through a field you are accosted by seven rodents. One of the rodents whispers "Yeshua," the name of Jesus in the Hebrew language. Another appears to be wearing a crucifix. What is your reaction? Is this experience sufficiently paranormal to alter any of your religious beliefs?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-61181523268368856592008-05-16T11:50:00.002-04:002008-05-16T11:52:27.770-04:00

You are walking through the town of Bethlehem, birthplace of Jesus. You see a light in the sky, and hear God’s voice thundering down. "Which do you choose," He asks, "sunshine could cure cancer, or the shadows of humans can do half of humanity’s work? For example, the shadow of a gas station attendant can pump gas while the attendant works on another car."

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-40677950105145103382008-04-24T01:59:00.003-04:002008-04-24T02:02:19.559-04:00

Did you hear Cliff on the radio show Coast to Coast tonight? If so, what did you learn?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-40817548804212656612008-04-09T21:29:00.002-04:002008-04-09T21:33:30.986-04:00

Answer this question with "yes" or "no": Will your next word be "no"? What is your response?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-5198180185859457152008-03-07T10:09:00.002-05:002008-03-07T10:10:50.928-05:00

Neo-Jungian Clarissa Pinkola Estes asserts that if Mary, Mother of Jesus, were born today, "Mary would be a teenage girl-gang leader." As shocking as this may sound, one wonders what occupation Jesus or any prophet would have if born today. Would they be involved with computers, biotechnology, or the entertainment industry, or would they be farmers and fishermen? Would a Jesus in the 21st Century

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-15638874467577893712008-02-06T11:02:00.000-05:002008-02-06T11:07:00.610-05:00

Although this question sounds quite weird, consider this.... Which is best? Photographs and memories stay vivid through the years -- or all rodents achieve human-like intelligence for a week, allowing us to finally converse as equals with another species.

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-31319282285112683312008-01-06T10:47:00.000-05:002008-01-06T10:49:40.851-05:00

Humans will be modified to exist on another planet. Do you choose Pluto or Saturn? Why?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-57804996705447505852007-12-09T16:06:00.000-05:002007-12-09T16:08:10.261-05:00

Would you rather have the gift of understanding or persuasion?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-579442003584787602007-11-11T09:18:00.000-05:002007-11-11T09:24:17.678-05:00

You can have the ability to speak and understand a hundred languages, on the condition that a person chosen at random dies one day earlier than he would ordinarily have died. Do you accept this "gift"?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-4783360982224935652007-10-14T21:00:00.000-04:002007-10-14T21:02:47.717-04:00

do you have an avatar, and if so, what is your avatar's name?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-54648572681865502242007-10-12T17:23:00.000-04:002007-10-12T17:25:46.428-04:00

Is there knowledge we shouldn't seek?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-33072125032458137292007-09-11T16:22:00.000-04:002007-09-11T16:27:23.705-04:00

You get $1 million today or $2 million if you wait two years. Both awards are tax free. Which do you take? In either case, if you received the money, would you leave your job?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-70329363362301085292007-08-12T17:46:00.000-04:002007-08-12T17:49:15.813-04:00

God says, "I will give all humans the ability to turn water into wine and stones into bread, if you request it?" Do you request it?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-82830185945542934012007-07-07T22:03:00.000-04:002007-07-07T22:05:46.317-04:00

God appears before you and asks, "What is the most profound question you can ask me?" What is your answer?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-52154640329125529402007-06-07T11:16:00.000-04:002007-06-07T11:23:34.508-04:00

Consider three horses, each pulling a cart filled with hay. The horses are in a row, walking down the road. As it walks, the second horse gets to eat from the hay that the first horse is pulling. The third horse gets to eat from the hay the second horse is pulling. Which horse would you prefer to be?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-12459347370077755392007-05-12T09:03:00.000-04:002007-05-12T09:07:07.201-04:00

You are offered the ability to have control over your dreams at night and make them as real as your experiences in life. Would you like such a power?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1176397642022240892007-04-12T12:59:00.000-04:002007-04-13T00:54:25.283-04:00

A being tells you that your current life is actually the afterlife, and it will last for as long as you wish. If you desire, you will not age or get sick. Does this statement bring you happiness or sadness?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1173323760191410832007-03-07T22:10:00.000-05:002007-03-20T17:37:45.496-04:00

On a scale from 0 to 10 (strongly disagree to strongly agree), how do you feel about these items?1. If I had to give up books or TV, I would give up TV.2. I would rather have win the Nobel Prize in medicine than write a book that sells a million copies.3. George Bush is a good president.4. God answers prayers.5. I like to eat sushi.6. I am happy.7. If I could go back in time and start my

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1171396234798947082007-02-13T14:43:00.000-05:002007-03-28T22:59:26.493-04:00

What is the most important factor in creating a relationship, for example a marriage, that lasts a long time?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1168813151772992442007-01-14T17:14:00.000-05:002007-02-25T00:19:28.453-05:00

Do you like this quotation? Do you agree with it?“I would sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.” -- William F. Buckley, Jr., c. 1965

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1165584545478684532006-12-08T08:24:00.000-05:002007-03-12T11:40:21.253-04:00

The tips of the faster hands of a big clock and the slower hands of a small clock do indeed move at vastly different speeds from each other. How can two things that move at different speeds be said to keep the same time?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1163127413097762332006-11-09T21:55:00.000-05:002007-03-16T18:37:26.496-04:00

God says, "I will eliminate the emotion of your choice so that you will never experience this emotion again." What emotion do you choose?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1160773967437476582006-10-13T17:07:00.000-04:002006-11-07T15:26:07.256-05:00

You have a gallon container (cylindrical bucket) filled with quarters and an equivalent gallon container filled with dimes. Assuming that you tossed the coins randomly into the containers, which has more money?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1158157891220142352006-09-13T10:30:00.000-04:002006-10-12T21:40:11.986-04:00

Would you rather see a rabbit pulled out of a hat or a hat pulled out a rabbit?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1156176535749458142006-08-21T11:04:00.000-04:002007-03-16T18:42:10.706-04:00

You are given a bottle of pills. If you take a pill, you will be healthy and not age for five hundred years. Do you take the pill? Do you give any of the pills in the bottle to others?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1154181080021459592006-07-29T09:46:00.000-04:002007-01-26T15:13:42.780-05:00

Some people say Anna Karenina is the single greatest novel ever written. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this particular Anna Karenina translation is said to be the definitive text for generations to come.But I've never read Anna Karenina, nor have most of you. Let's make a list of the 50 "greatest" things that we've never done, experienced, read, or seen. I've never gone to Paris

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1152881660625025332006-07-14T08:50:00.000-04:002007-04-09T20:45:52.626-04:00

Generally speaking, which gives you more pleasure: reading fiction or reading nonfiction?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1152032216416291622006-07-04T12:54:00.000-04:002006-10-20T14:51:59.666-04:00

Are any of these secrets strangely reminiscent of an experience you've had?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1151347002179015622006-06-26T14:35:00.000-04:002006-09-25T16:19:58.340-04:00

Do you believe that e-love is possible and meaningful? In other words, can you truly love someone romantically that you've never met and with whom you've communicated only through e-mail and related communications? (Perhaps this will actually become more common over the next decade with the rise of virtual lives and electronic communications.)

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1150131242797548802006-06-12T12:52:00.000-04:002007-01-26T15:21:13.746-05:00

Do you see yourself happier five years from now than you are today? Why?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1149258057195772572006-06-02T10:20:00.000-04:002006-09-25T16:26:28.823-04:00

(1) What's your favorite food? (2) What's your favorite Chinese food?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1148648815722916002006-05-26T09:05:00.000-04:002007-02-27T12:59:44.953-05:00

Imagine you are in a room with 6 side rooms. Assume you are looking for love. Behind each door is a person of the appropriate gender for you for romance. You are truthfully told that the people behind the doors are smart, attractive, and of appropriate age for you. Alas, that's all you're told. Behind the doors are (1) Christian person, (2) Jewish person, (3) Muslim person, (4) Hindu person, (5)

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1147905083708773482006-05-17T18:30:00.000-04:002006-12-13T15:04:09.340-05:00

If you could choose the place and manner of your death, where and what would it be?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1146403206030039482006-04-30T09:19:00.000-04:002006-10-07T14:36:11.096-04:00

God says, "Which do you consider a greater punishment? Every time you cough, someone within a fifty-mile radius from where you now stand will die -- or every time you laugh, someone at random on Earth will die."

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1146280408465889102006-04-28T23:09:00.000-04:002006-09-29T13:58:41.123-04:00

You are assigned to spend a year in service to others. To what region of the world would you go? Why? What is the most worthy humanitarian pursuit you can imagine?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1146024590774436502006-04-26T00:04:00.000-04:002007-01-19T22:57:18.153-05:00

What is the first thing you remember?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1145846856863271522006-04-23T22:43:00.000-04:002007-03-15T19:36:43.273-04:00

Forced to choose between your sight and hearing, which would you rather keep, and why?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1145303369975647532006-04-17T15:45:00.000-04:002007-03-15T19:47:30.386-04:00

What would be the top three elements of your own version of paradise?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1144861754333983112006-04-12T13:03:00.000-04:002007-01-30T18:20:49.830-05:00

Is all really fair in love and war?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1144507266619070902006-04-08T10:30:00.000-04:002007-02-26T20:54:19.900-05:00

Astronomers have observed an astonishing double-helix-shaped nebula near the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The nebula is 80 light-years in length and situated only 300 light years away from the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.Thus, God's body spans the visible universe and beyond. Is this the DNA of God? Does it suggest to you that either God exists or that there are

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1144336693625029682006-04-06T11:16:00.000-04:002006-11-13T00:00:29.063-05:00

Would you like to take a journey with us along the Ultralineamentum -- the longest line in America? Do you like the concept?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1143943816132834792006-04-01T21:07:00.000-05:002007-02-27T18:40:39.070-05:00

If Jesus had wanted his message to spread in an undistorted fashion, why did he not write down his message?In other words, if one reason he had come was to reveal the will of God, why did Jesus seemingly fail to commit his revelations to writing during his lifetime, and with his own hand. Instead, it appears that he left this important task to "anonymous writers" (and later redactors) who may

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1143819858123831532006-03-31T10:40:00.000-05:002007-04-11T14:51:29.056-04:00

What role do you feel consciousness plays in the cosmos?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1143079400877114032006-03-22T21:02:00.000-05:002006-10-17T12:22:02.603-04:00

We all know so much about New York City. Many of us have been to the main part. We've walked down Fifth Avenue, seen Central Park, Trump Tower, the Empire State Building. We've seen Soho and Greenwich Village. We've been to the famous museums and wandered through Grand Central Station and Times Square. Yet Brooklyn, a term which we hear so often, remains a mystery. Few of us have ever been

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1142806336540598112006-03-19T17:11:00.000-05:002007-02-17T21:04:46.020-05:00

What's your favorite website? Why?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1142521176290506432006-03-16T09:58:00.000-05:002007-03-15T20:32:39.043-04:00

What skills do today's children need to learn to do well in life and in their future jobs? Here's one idea:"What are the [future office-place] skills that are going to be the most important for those kids? Is it going to be mastering new interfaces and keeping complex virtual relationships alive and multitasking and managing to think about new technologies in interesting ways? Or is it going to

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1142041917230275632006-03-10T20:51:00.000-05:002007-04-06T12:09:48.446-04:00

What is your favorite word?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1142000103382593192006-03-10T09:14:00.000-05:002007-04-08T11:07:08.726-04:00

What's your favorite science-fiction novel of all time? Which science-fiction novel would you recommend that we read if we want to stretch our minds or ignite our souls?

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Two people just had a big discussion about monogamy. Their respective positions are outlined below:A: Monogamy is an unnatural state. Primates aren't monogamous. We wouldn't be here now if our ancestors were monogamous. People get married out of fear. Limiting yourself to one person puts you at a disadvantage. B: Monogamy can be a symbiotic commitment that transcends the mundane. Complacency is

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1141490686329456112006-03-04T11:41:00.000-05:002007-03-14T04:32:39.063-04:00

Posthuman Blues has a question about when physicists will arrive at the theory of everything. If a TOE is accomplished, he wants to know, do you think it will have any unexpected effects on human consciousness? If so, of what kind?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1141487309590219762006-03-04T10:44:00.000-05:002006-09-15T14:45:01.110-04:00

Which is more important to you: to live true to your idea of who you think you are, or to behave in a way that is consistent with the idea other people have of who they think you are?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1141252408748977022006-03-01T17:32:00.000-05:002006-10-17T12:46:39.926-04:00

Here is a CARTOON at excitementmachine.org. Can anyone explain what it means?

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What do you think about Schrodinger's Cat?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1140794786251752922006-02-24T10:25:00.000-05:002006-10-06T13:25:59.066-04:00

What are coincidences? Do you find that they build on themselves, hit a crescendo, and then start to ebb before flowing again?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1140704904938550052006-02-23T09:27:00.000-05:002007-03-14T04:53:36.566-04:00

Haven't you ever wondered why so many country names, or names of US states, end in "a"? Quite a mystery.

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You have ten years left to live. You can finish out your days consecutively, if you choose, or be frozen in time and resurrected at will, for a year each time. How lengthy a gap would you choose between resurrections? If complete annihilation of the species and/or planet occurs during one of your hibernation periods, you're done. How far in the future are you willing to plan your final year?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1140101215102383142006-02-16T09:31:00.000-05:002007-03-15T20:56:32.376-04:00

Do you sense that a powerful transcendental movement is taking shape? If so, who are the leaders?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1139759397982327482006-02-12T10:48:00.000-05:002007-03-15T21:01:17.320-04:00

What is the wildest thing you've ever done?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1139580374817623052006-02-10T09:05:00.001-05:002007-03-15T21:04:12.336-04:00

Have you ever tried to observe your thoughts without getting entangled in them? Do you find this practice helpful or interesting?

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What kinds of things do you want to learn before you die?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1139444373662238512006-02-08T19:13:00.000-05:002006-10-11T16:38:36.276-04:00

Riots have broken out because some Muslims are upset that the prophet Mohammed was depicted in cartoon format. What do you make of the situation?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1139190751890146072006-02-05T20:48:00.000-05:002007-03-15T21:14:42.150-04:00

You are about to write the greatest novel the world has ever read. What is the first sentence?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1138982579726918642006-02-03T11:02:00.000-05:002006-12-27T15:45:14.736-05:00

Which of the individuals highlighted at my page The Six Thousand would you a) most like to have as a future business/creative partner, b) have as your friend?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1138982426416769852006-02-03T10:58:00.000-05:002006-10-03T15:33:25.400-04:00

Sometimes as we go about our daily lives, we encounter devices and gadgets that surprise us by truly improving the quality of our lives. As two simple examples, for me, these two items are surprisingly useful or important: Waterpik and Document Stand that lets you clip a paper to the vertical stand so you can look at your marked-up manuscript while you type. What products delight you -- products

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People from 88 countries and all seven continents have visited the Galactic Question Center. If you are from the United States, do you have something you'd like the foreign visitors to know about this country? If you are from outside the United States, do you have something you'd like to say to American visitors to this site? Let us know where you're from.

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1138835537930844762006-02-01T18:07:00.000-05:002007-02-26T21:15:13.313-05:00

Do you believe that organized religion helps or hinders humanity?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1138744543403417032006-01-31T16:54:00.000-05:002006-12-06T17:20:44.923-05:00

Sometimes I wonder what the world would be like today had Israel never formed in the 1900s -- for example, if the Jews fleeing their fate in Europe during World War II went to various countries outside the Mideast and maintained their lives in these new locations instead of in the land we now call Israel. How would the world be different today?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1138547793822038272006-01-29T10:11:00.000-05:002006-12-07T00:48:50.846-05:00

Some scientists predict that the tipping point for extreme climate change may have already passed, meaning that nothing can be done to prevent the inevitable cycles of nature from altering life on earth. Do you believe that all species face eventual extinction, or that consciousness will find a way to perpetuate itself before an irrevocable calamity changes the environment on this planet? How

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1138315588381259302006-01-26T17:43:00.000-05:002007-03-29T20:53:24.476-04:00

Is there a deeply entrenched pattern or habit in your life (this could be a person, place, thing or behavior) that you wish you could abandon? Why don't you?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1138223825854611242006-01-25T16:13:00.000-05:002006-10-07T15:34:46.906-04:00

On the whole, is the world made worse or better as a result of America invading Iraq?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1138055615719201632006-01-23T17:24:00.000-05:002006-11-13T00:43:09.420-05:00

Would you rather be deeply romantic with someone in front of a living-room fireplace, on a spiral staircase, or in a cavern?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1137973637229277982006-01-22T18:40:00.000-05:002006-09-29T14:49:38.396-04:00

Do you feel that time moves at a different pace in various situations, or does a minute, or an hour or a day feel more or less the same to you regardless of content?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1137968603142283732006-01-22T17:21:00.000-05:002006-10-10T14:46:39.996-04:00

If we type my last name, Pickover, into the Google image search, we find an amazing array of images -- from computer graphics, to creatures, to startling people. Which image do you like best?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1137766254642877852006-01-20T09:09:00.000-05:002007-03-15T21:30:38.820-04:00

A wise man tells you, "An ant is bigger than an elephant."How could he be right?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1137681980687701412006-01-19T09:40:00.000-05:002006-12-10T16:53:52.576-05:00

You have the opportunity to determine the beauty level and intelligence level of your child, before the child is born, simply by turning two dials from 0 to 10, 10 being high. "5" is average. To what number would you set your dials?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1137650566166155222006-01-19T00:57:00.000-05:002007-02-05T20:42:28.630-05:00

Using the following diagram, how would you describe your own journey?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1137599656839004442006-01-18T10:53:00.000-05:002007-03-15T21:35:39.886-04:00

Do you agree with this Heinlein quotation: "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently,

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Is there a question you're dying to ask a particular person but you don't because you fear the answer? What is the question?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1137424572694499392006-01-16T10:12:00.000-05:002006-09-15T15:22:16.260-04:00

How can we we improve the Galactic Question Center so that it is more interesting, attractive, or useful to you? Are we asking the wrong kinds of questions if we would like to generate more interest in this Blog?

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1137370712956397472006-01-15T19:16:00.000-05:002007-03-15T22:00:15.946-04:00

Is enlightenment a permanent condition that becomes part of the fabric of consciousness once achieved, or a fleeting state that can arise in anyone at any time?

Rita J. Kingnoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1137206837351645102006-01-13T21:46:00.000-05:002006-10-19T15:09:32.496-04:00

You are browsing eBay on the Web with an alien. You will buy the alien any object in the following list that the alien chooses. Which do you think the alien will choose? Why? Which object is the least likely to be chosen by the alien?1. Several unpolished ancient Roman coins all from Thrace and the Balkan peninsula after the Roman conquest in 46 AD.2. Anna Kournikova poster (25" x 35"), never

Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488145.post-1136996690746963382006-01-11T11:23:00.000-05:002007-02-15T12:25:44.460-05:00

Is it possible to win this game ?

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