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Why do we long to be remembered for whatever it is after death?
What is an inclusive society without a truly inclusive language - one in which "to 'walk' together" means the same for one and all?
What is that which is uncontentiously the most repulsive thought yet to be repressed by culture?
Is pre-linguistic cognition accessible?
What cognitive needs, goals and desires, if any, exist in social vacuum? Are not much of individualist's interests socially constituted?
Are we not morally obligated to fathom the spectrum of meaning a word- for instance, 'hunger' - could take before uttering it rather casually?

Compassion and cosmic oneness

Does the state of compassion imply a cosmic oneness that blurs the notions of self and other, time and space, and life and death?

Suicide

Why is suicide a crime to be repressed? Is it because with every act, however isolated, it leaves a footprint that mocks the society by pointing to its many intractable inadequacies?

Origins of life

The endeavor to trace the origins of life seems to be an unending displacement of scientific focus. If the first forms of life came to be through a simple sequence of chemical reactions sparked by rocks, what explains the origin of these very "first" matters?

Survive

What kindles the inexorable desire in life forms to survive?

Reason and experience

Is knowledge through reason more idiosyncratic than that through experience?

Reason

How do I know whether I am reasoning and not simply stringing together internalized, logically consistent verbal testimonies?

Conscience

Is conscience just a mirror that faithfully reflects thoughts, passing no judgments whatsoever?

Compassion vs Indiffernce

In the act of a fox chasing a Nubian Ibex, what does compassion mean for an onlooker? Is it simply indifference?

Interpretive lens

Is it possible to see the self, let alone the others, with no agenda or artifactual lens whatsoever?

Compassion and value judgment

Could compassion coexist with value judgment?

Reprehensible

Why does a dipper's fishing appear much less reprehensible than a wolf pack hunting an elk?

Peace and happiness

Is bliss a state of peace that emerges from the dialectic of thoughts?

Truth

Why does lie appear so easy to utter? Is there an evolutionary theorizing for truth?

Common sense

Is common sense a cognitive or a cultural construct? Is it an innate belief of some sort (based on our intuitions and instincts), or a belief based on social norms?