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A microscopic black hole would be dangerous despite its small size, because even if the actual event horizon is tiny, the gravity well around it would draw in surrounding matter at a great rate. A collision with Earth's surface would therefore be disastrous.

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EDIT: Wikipedia says a black hole does indeed behave as a black body. Admittedly it's not a scientific source but I'm inclined to trust it.

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Now, do we actually know that there's more antimatter than matter in the entire universe, or do we just know that about this surrounding area?

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I've been way, couldn't follow the debate here. Anyway, here's a comment:

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Originally written by Kelandon:

DNA aside (viruses have DNA, but a lot of medical experts don't consider them alive), separate entity aside (a protist is a separate entity, but you're willing to cure malaria), that's the bottom line for me: a two-month-old fetus simply is not humanly alive.

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Viruses have DNA (or RNA) but don't have humanDNA. A protist is a separate entity, but not a human separate entity.

Your logic is flawed.

There's no point when a certain existence becomes a human existence. When he exists (zygote), he's a human existence. You don't become from a zygote, you were a zygote. You didn't come from a fetus, you were a fetus. You didn't come from adolescence, you were (and probably still are) an adolescent.

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Originally written by Levitating Netherlander:

[QUOTE]Preventing the hole from eating Earth is another problem; I'm thinking it'd be best to create the thing in a low Earth orbit, or possibly even a solar orbit. Extracting the energy in a useful form is the third problem. Any advice on any of the steps necessary in the process would be welcome.

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3, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child. "Consider what person stands for; which, I think, is a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection." (Locke)

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Mind - This has been asked and answered before, but what do you consider to be the thing that determines whether a fetus is alive/a person or not?

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What I mean to say is, in my insight, not reproducing is murder as much as abortion is. It is merely refusing to give a child life.

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But does that child actually exist before it is born?

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If it doesn't, you are not really denying it life.

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"God created all, and nothing created him because he has always been.”

This is a way for religious groups try to avoid the explanation of true origin. Who, what, and where God came from, or even its existence for that matter is only opinion. There is no logical explanation for these things.

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Originally written by Bad-Ass Mother Custer:

Sometimes, people just want to believe. Whether or not what they believe is right doesn't seem to matter; they just want to be convinced that it's true.

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Abortion is a horrible tragedy…

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Yes. It could be found to the north of Barzahl's fortress.

In fact, it isn't entirely useless. By creating Ornks, you can convert essence into edible meat. With the help of an Essence Pool, raising Ornks this way is a very lucrative job.

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how do you do that ?¿?

or wait are you joking ¿?¿

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That was obviously a joke.

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1. First of all, how many different factions are
there? Loyal shapers, Rebels, ...
does Litalia belong to a different faction than Rebels?

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2. So, is it better to choose a faction right at the start, or is there a way to postpone the decision
until very end?

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3. How do "drastic" items influence the opinions
of those around, I don't mean killing someone,
but giving research notes from the mine to a human mage or delivering a canister to Rebel on the
second island?

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One day you'll look back on this and feel like a fool.

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Talk to him and examine him at different times.

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Don't dramatize the situation; The Pope's role was not that significant.

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Right. Because having the fourth-longest Papacy in history, being the first Pope to set foot in Greece since the Schism, the first Pope to set foot in Israel, a synagogue, or a mosque period, putting more ecumenical outreach programs than previously imagined possible into action, and serving as a visible, personally vital and powerful symbol of the biggest single Christian Church on Earth for almost three decades is nothing much.

He fought war, he fought the Soviets and the excesses of capitalism. Yeah, he also fought abortion, contraception, and ordainment of women, but he was the frigging Pope. What are we supposed to expect?

No matter what you think about his personal politics, you have to admit that John Paul II was a good man, a great Pope, and quite likely the single greatest public figure we will have seen in our lifetimes. And that's worthy of a little respect.

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Two men were in a cabin in the woods. They were dead. They had both died through no fault of their own, and were not killed by any natural disaster or animal. They had not been murdered. They would both have been a perfect picture of health if they were alive. How did they die?

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You really just need to buy a textbook on this.

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