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Why don’t our brains try to fix our bodily disorders(/diseases) even if WE (the holders of the brain) know what the disorder is, where it originates from, and how it could be theoretically fixed by the body? (Something like Essential Tremors Or even cancer comes to mind.)	1
Why does it seem like the people who act most-opposed to something are secretly the most in support of it?	1
Instead of using the seed and egg to create a whole new creature that can sustain itself for an entire extra life-span - why can’t modern science make it so the female body uses those cells to reinvigorate itself and live longer?	1
Why does meat and egg fuse together when I microwave it?	1
Why do my posts in this subreddit not appear in my post history? I don’t even get notification when someone replies. I have to literally search for my own post to see if there’s been any activity. Is this intentional??	1
Is there some kind of correlation with the type of personality required to prosper as a publicly famous person and pedophilia?? NSFW	1
Why do people look older when they first wake up (especially if they woke up before getting enough sleep)?	1
Do we know if kids actually have better reaction times than adults, or are kids just more likely to not think before they act, meaning they APPEAR to react quicker, but really their instinct as kids is just to physically move while adults’ instinct is to mentally think things through?	1
I’m not looking to flip my circadian rhythm: I like going to sleep in the early AMs. What I want to know is: Can I use light sufficiently imitate night and day cycles such that my body gets all the melatonin, cortisol, etc. it needs but on MY preferred sleep schedule, not the sun’s?	1
I’m not looking to flip my circadian rhythm: I like going to sleep in the early AMs. What I want to know is: Can I use light to sufficiently imitate night and day cycles such that my body gets all the melatonin, cortisol, etc. it needs but on MY preferred sleep schedule, not the sun’s?	1

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