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Santanu

['Member']Joined: February 24, 2018 at 03:53Last active: March 13, 2018 at 17:501 discussions26 comments

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If the "mental retardation" becomes the normal, we may be looked at like "out of place , hyperactive, abnormal, minority" even be put inside hospital ...
February 27, 2018 at 16:25
If the scenario is such that there are more number of "mentally handicapped" person than "mentally healthy" people, the definition of mental health wi...
February 27, 2018 at 14:04
Let me elaborate the question in a different way? Individuals choose various ways for living. Some influence others to get organised into institutions...
February 26, 2018 at 18:27
To me, this question itself is not that important to know, if at all knowable. We can move on with a theory whichever fits best to most circumstances....
February 25, 2018 at 18:39
For this there is the "Big Bang Theory". Armand Delsemme in "Our cosmic origin" imagined a possible way of start at Big Bang. It too comes with its ow...
February 25, 2018 at 18:31
To think about existence of God, we can approach the problem in the following way: What does the concept of God serve. There are a number of fundament...
February 25, 2018 at 18:20
If motion is imperfection, perfect does not exist at all and probably is beyond imagination. If God is an intelligent being and creator of everything,...
February 25, 2018 at 17:49
If a set of people are not allowed to participate in activities (eg. voting) which other human beings have formulated, what will be the functions of t...
February 25, 2018 at 13:22
So what is the proposed method of elimination-remove them at birth? or later, when a group of people realise that they don't contribute to society? Al...
February 25, 2018 at 09:47
Steady state theory was once proposed by Einstien, later researched by Fred Hoyle et.al., has many more loopholes than the big bang theory. It does no...
February 25, 2018 at 09:41
The basis of modern science is on observation data, formal logic and assumptions (which can be true or false). Note that it is not too different from ...
February 25, 2018 at 09:36
Let's assume the observation data that galaxies in general are moving away from each other is true and as well Andromeda is moving closer to Milky way...
February 25, 2018 at 09:28
So are you saying they do not contribute to the society and probably won't in near future. So they are not required in society. Will it also conclude ...
February 25, 2018 at 07:29
That you have given a fairly clear definition of success and failure (to achieve equality/inequality), it is not proven that communism is a success or...
February 25, 2018 at 02:41
So why don't you give some examples of doing good
February 25, 2018 at 02:28
I will take it as an example what you feel is success or failure. Communism collapsed in many places. Why do you say democracy is a failure and commun...
February 25, 2018 at 02:25
What is to do "good"? Is it applicable to life of all animals? Give some random example: Is Trump doing good or bad? Is Kim doing good or bad?
February 25, 2018 at 02:16
It would be better if you can give some examples of imperfections which is created (by God)
February 25, 2018 at 02:07
What is the definition of success and failure?
February 25, 2018 at 01:55
Should every single person be screened for IQ level just before voting. A person under drug or alcohol before voting can have lower reasoning or unint...
February 25, 2018 at 01:50
How does it compare with various Nations possessing fatal weapons?
February 24, 2018 at 10:21
So it points to what should be the basic criteria for having voting rights: 1) No filtration irrespective of education, sex, colour, age. 2) If it is ...
February 24, 2018 at 10:06
Every single human being who knows what is the aim of voting should be allowed to vote. This is not applicable to ones who does not understand the pur...
February 24, 2018 at 06:10
If voting can conclude the answer, yes, we can vote. However voting by its own method only tells how many people supports a view and how many does not...
February 24, 2018 at 05:41
It depends on how one defines "mental disability" and who defines it.
February 24, 2018 at 05:33
The concept of heaven and hell is a self control regulatory mechanism. It is quite clear that people cannot control others totally by laws or even by ...
February 24, 2018 at 05:24