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What exactly happens to a person's behavior after a lobotomy?

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What would have happened if the solar storm of 2012 directly hit the Earth?

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What's the current state of AIDS? Is it still basically a death sentence, or is it manageable? What are the consequences of getting AIDS nowadays?

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What would be the psychological effects of prolonged (weeks, months) sensory deprivation?

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Does being scared actually cause heart attacks? If yes, how?

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Does the holographic principle literally imply that if I give you all the information about the walls in my room, you would be able to deduce what's inside my room?

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Planck constant has the same units as angular momentum. Does it mean anything, or is it just a coincidence?

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Why exactly do we ever need to assume the Axiom of Choice, if it doesn't even tell us how to construct the relevant sets? What practical results need this axiom?

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An event happens with constant frequency F. I am uncertain about the exact value of F, as represented by the probability distribution P(F). I start observing at a random moment. After S seconds, the event occurs. What is my new subjective distribution of P(F)?

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Can the Born probability rule be derived from the Shrodinger's Equation, or is it an additional postulate?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What exactly happens to a person's behavior after a lobotomy?	17
What would have happened if the solar storm of 2012 directly hit the Earth?	17
What's the current state of AIDS? Is it still basically a death sentence, or is it manageable? What are the consequences of getting AIDS nowadays?	16
What would be the psychological effects of prolonged (weeks, months) sensory deprivation?	15
Does being scared actually cause heart attacks? If yes, how?	14
Does the holographic principle literally imply that if I give you all the information about the walls in my room, you would be able to deduce what's inside my room?	14
Planck constant has the same units as angular momentum. Does it mean anything, or is it just a coincidence?	13
Why exactly do we ever need to assume the Axiom of Choice, if it doesn't even tell us how to construct the relevant sets? What practical results need this axiom?	13
An event happens with constant frequency F. I am uncertain about the exact value of F, as represented by the probability distribution P(F). I start observing at a random moment. After S seconds, the event occurs. What is my new subjective distribution of P(F)?	13
Can the Born probability rule be derived from the Shrodinger's Equation, or is it an additional postulate?	12