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What are the effects of vaccine mandates on vaccination rates?

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Does the uncertainty principle mean that some phenomena is truly random or we just don't have (or never will) the ability to know them? -contra the Copenhagen Interpretation, I believe it's called.

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Non-euclidean geometry - representations of positive and negative space

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Are there “unlimited galaxies” in the universe as NASA administrator Nelson claimed today during the James Webb photo unveiling?

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Was there ever a chance that vaccinations, once they had become widely available in the spring/summer of 2021, would have ended the Covid pandemic? Why did public health officials say it would?

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Is there precedent for Covid-19s rapid succession of variants?

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Knowing what we know now about the Pfizer/Moderna coronavirus vaccine, what percentage of vaccination would have been required to reach herd immunity?

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I heard that most of the gains in human longevity are due to plumbing (cheap clean water and sewage) and not medicine. Is that true?

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Quantum mechanics preprint titled "The quantum state cannot be interpreted statistically"

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Does the speed of light limit time travel speed in old-timey (H.G. Wells's, for instance) depictions of time travel where the time traveler is stationary on Earth's surface inside a time machine but also rapidly orbiting the sun?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What are the effects of vaccine mandates on vaccination rates?	85
Does the uncertainty principle mean that some phenomena is truly random or we just don't have (or never will) the ability to know them? -contra the Copenhagen Interpretation, I believe it's called.	6
Non-euclidean geometry - representations of positive and negative space	2
Are there “unlimited galaxies” in the universe as NASA administrator Nelson claimed today during the James Webb photo unveiling?	2
Was there ever a chance that vaccinations, once they had become widely available in the spring/summer of 2021, would have ended the Covid pandemic? Why did public health officials say it would?	1
Is there precedent for Covid-19s rapid succession of variants?	1
Knowing what we know now about the Pfizer/Moderna coronavirus vaccine, what percentage of vaccination would have been required to reach herd immunity?	1
I heard that most of the gains in human longevity are due to plumbing (cheap clean water and sewage) and not medicine. Is that true?	1
Quantum mechanics preprint titled "The quantum state cannot be interpreted statistically"	1
Does the speed of light limit time travel speed in old-timey (H.G. Wells's, for instance) depictions of time travel where the time traveler is stationary on Earth's surface inside a time machine but also rapidly orbiting the sun?	1