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Will assuming the existence of a solution ever lead to a contradiction?

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Is there a virtue to learning how to compute by hand?

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What is the legal distinction between Twitter banning Trump and Trump blocking individuals?

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Is there such a thing as a dish being bland from too many flavors?

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Does the "field" over which a vector space is defined have to be a Field?

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Is there a sense in which the Chi-squared distribution is an inner product?

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What path should train tracks follow to appear parallel all the way to the horizon?

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Is the phrase "stone-throwing devil" actually a slur?

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What are the energy eigenstates for a modified quantum harmonic oscillator?

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How to resolve the sign issue in a SVD problem?

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