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niels nielsen
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physics enthusiast and electric bassist, recovering ex-engineer (there's a 12-step program for that but it's notoriously ineffective). Tries to answer questions on the stack exchange in order to help people and improve his game. Website full of weirdly cool stuff he's done at www.nielsenkillowatt.com

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Why do atheist euthanasia proponents consider nothingness preferable to suffering?
Jan 12, 2020
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When did philosophers decide philosophy was not useful, and why?
Aug 21, 2020
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Do human thoughts interact with matter?
Jul 1, 2019
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Why isn't the dictum "something can't come from nothing" a matter of consensus?
Nov 5, 2021
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What are the values of science research without immediate applications?
May 23, 2020
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What is to be understood by the phrase "Israel's right to exist"?
Aug 9, 2019
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Does science require the exclusion of the "infinite"?
Aug 30, 2020
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The problem of Motion
Mar 27
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To what extent is mathematics a tool to grasp the world beyond human intuition?
Nov 23, 2021
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Do mathematical entities look like anything?
Dec 19, 2020
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Why do fans spin backwards slightly after they (should) stop?
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Why do spaceships heat up when entering earth but not when exiting?
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Why does a sticker slowly peel off, but if it is pulled quickly it tears?
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Why bother buying efficient lights if you are already heating your house?
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Why doesn't the road lose its thickness to the tyre?

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