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  1. SpiritWolf

    [RD] US Senate - 2018

    Maybe that campaigning on and passing policies widely supported by the majority of the populace will get you reelected in a democracy and win crossover votes? :crazyeye: It worked for FDR, who by standing up to the corporate elites was re-elected till he died, and his modern-day equivalent in...
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    Let's all go out for some frosty chocolate milkshakes...before McGuire throws them into his wall

    Let's all go out for some frosty chocolate milkshakes...before McGuire throws them into his wall
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    Ask a Mathematician!

    u ready? What's your survival strategy for real analysis? It has a nasty tendency to break people. ;)
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    Ask a Mathematician!

    Yes, that is the correct answer. :goodjob: Due to symmetry, the proof actually doesn't require probability theory (beyond 1/n) and can be reasoned out.
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    Ask a Mathematician!

    Four points are chosen at random on the surface of a sphere. What is the probability that the tetrahedron formed from those four points will contain the center of the sphere?
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    What Are You Listening To (Classical Version)?

    A beautiful piano concerto from an obscure Canadian composer: 2UsmfoybS84
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    Are Card Games (Including CCGs) Sports?

    No. Card games are competitive games (a more general category than sports). A sport is a kind of competitive game which is centered upon some sort of physical activity. All sports are competitive games, but not all competitive games (like card games) are sports.
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    Civ 4 BTS Who is the best Leader to play?

    Darius for the super economy.
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    Embarrasing last names

    For Chinese people, there's Wang and Poon
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    20th Century Classical Music

    Very beautiful! My favorite work of Arvo Pärt is his Te Deum. I chose the Cantus and Spiegel im Spiegel because their popularity.
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    20th Century Classical Music

    Arvo Pärt: QtFPdBUl7XQ TRZLxxR23K4 Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto 0oXKuXdmzcw Andre Mathieu, the "Rachmaninoff" of Canada: Rhapsodie Romantique Q33v7lWW8HQ
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    Things I learned about the science of warfare through Civilization IV

    Don't approach a trebuchet directly from the front. It might slap you with its arm to fight back.
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    Whats your take on the suffering of others

    Depends on who is suffering. Abstained.
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    The rise of music as an art form compared to other art forms

    Wasn't music "the art that all arts aspired to be" in the 19th century? Its purely abstract medium perfectly suited the Romantic aims and goals of self-expression. But yeah, the game changer for music in the 20th century was the invention of recordings. Before recordings, people learned...
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    What Are You Listening To (Classical Version)?

    Ah, a pretty recent discovery of mine. Love it! :goodjob:
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    So what caused the financial crisis?

    This video provides an instructional explanation and visualization of the credit crisis: http://vimeo.com/3261363
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    America's Education System Is Fine

    The fact that anecdote is used to infer upon the whole population (without any regard to statistics and real data) makes the OP deliciously ironic. :p
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    What Are You Listening To (Classical Version)?

    Fauré - Nocturne No.1 Xk96Gxt2aY8
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    The number one problem with America...

    Thread irony is off the charts. :lol: :goodjob:
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