/u/nehala's posts
Is that safe to assume to at least some families in the West have patrilineally maintained wealth and prestige continually from Roman times to today, even without surnames or reliable genealogies bridging across the Middle Ages? Or do historical/societal disruptions make this highly unlikely?
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Why did Christianity grow in South Korea after WWII to the point that now a third of the country is Christian, while Japan hasn't risen above 3% Christian--considering that both countries had to rebuild themselves from scratch after the war(s) and came under heavy American influence?
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Why is it so that France is generally more economically left/progressive compared to the UK, as is Quebec vs. English speaking Canada, French speaking Switzerland vs. German speaking, or Wallonia vs. Flemish Belgium, despite their often unrelated histories?
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Why did various Germanic languages and dialects in what is today Germany, Austria, and Switzerland agree on using a common written form, High German, while Sweden, Norway, and Denmark kept separate written standards despite being very similar languages?
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Why is it that in most majority-Christian countries that Christmas is de facto treated as a more important holiday (more days off, more attention) than Easter, despite the arguably heavier theological significance of the latter? Was it always like this?
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[WP] Your eccentric hacker friend gives you as a present an app that lets you, without anyone's consent, visualize in real time your phone contacts' physical locations. Though at first thrilled with the app, you soon realize something is not making sense about your friends and family's movements.
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What effects did the mass emigration of Europeans to the US in the late 18th/early 19th century have on Europe, politically, socially, and demographically?
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[WP] It is the year 2100, and virtual reality is perfected. However there are legal restrictions, and people can't stay in it too long or make themselves think the VR world is real. There is a serious proposal to lift all restrictions. You are a senator about to make a speech on the topic.
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Why is it, cognitively speaking, so hard to explain or comprehend a new card or boardgame without just playing it?
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