Amichai

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Was mathematics invented or discovered?

epistemology ontology philosophy-of-mathematics asked Jun 7, 2011 at 20:04

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Why is it so hard to find the roots of polynomial equations?

intuition polynomials roots asked Jul 27, 2010 at 19:28

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Unsupervised, supervised and semi-supervised learning

machine-learning unsupervised-learning supervised-learning semi-supervised asked Jul 22, 2010 at 16:21

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Is hypnotherapy an effective treatment for addiction, anxiety, phobias and other psychological disorders?

medical-science psychology hypnotism asked Mar 7, 2011 at 6:24

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Why didn't Joseph try to contact his father from Egypt?

genesis joseph asked Dec 16, 2011 at 5:57

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18 votes

Did King Hezekiah do something wrong in showing off his wealth to emissaries from Babylonia in II Kings 20?

isaiah 2-kings kings money asked Oct 31, 2011 at 23:36

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16 votes

What made Er evil in the sight of the Lord?

genesis sin asked Feb 23, 2012 at 23:11

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Does area51 provide a list of sites that have been launched?

feature-request status-completed area51 asked Oct 6, 2010 at 23:13

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The meaning of "stranger and sojourner" in Genesis 23:4 and Leviticus 25:23

hebrew genesis leviticus asked Oct 18, 2011 at 19:27

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False beliefs in mathematics (conceptual errors made despite, or because of, mathematical education)

big-list education teaching learning asked Oct 26, 2010 at 4:24

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Is it "bear" or "bare" with me?

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In Psalm 22:21 is the Bible speaking of "unicorns"?

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Why does Adonai instruct us to not prepare a goat in its mother's milk?

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What is the right level of site blocking for you as a developer?

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Is "kill" a valid translation for Exodus 20:13 (Thou shalt not kill)?

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How do Jewish scholars differ from Christian scholars in their approach to the Tanakh?

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Was NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter lost because engineering teams used different measuring units?

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Self Editing tips/tricks

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I'm graduating with a Computer Science degree but I don't feel like I know how to program

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I'm graduating with a Computer Science degree but I don't feel like I know how to program

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Is it true that $0.999999999\ldots=1$?

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What was Eve's role in relation to Adam?

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What are good contextual clues that a passage is meant to be read as hyperbole?

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How do you convey the beauty of the Central Limit Theorem to a non-statistician?

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How to motivate users to write tag wikis?

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The Monty Hall Problem - where does our intuition fail us?

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What is the significance of the floating ax head in 2 Kings 6:1-7?

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How to improve problem solving skills?

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A challenge by R. P. Feynman: give counter-intuitive theorems that can be translated into everyday language

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In reference to .NET development and startups

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In 2 Samuel 21:19, was Goliath killed twice?

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What was the "death in the pot" in 2 Kings 4:38-41?

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What is the back story or history behind Facebook's 'Putnam' smiley?

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What was Ruth's legal status?

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Understanding Numbers 11:25

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Why does kinetic energy increase quadratically, not linearly, with speed?

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How can I see who recently viewed my Facebook profile?

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Can you recommend a decent online or software calculator?

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When were the walls of Jerusalem breached?

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When was the book of Joel written?

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