Fundamental Questions #2

1. "How to protect minorities?"

2. "How to represent politically the minoritarial interests?"

3. "To what extent should company owners be liable for the conduct of their respective companies?"

4. "What is the most productive way to conduct a meeting of a group of people?"

5. "Was currency a bad invention?"

6. "Was mass communication a bad invention?"

7. "Was social media a bad invention?"

8. "Why don't we perceive that there is justice (in the law enforcing process) in societies?

9. "Why can't we defeat crime?"

10. "Are some people born "rotten"? 

11. "Why are there mental illnesses?"

12. "How to effectively treat mental illnesses?"

13. "Is the medical knowledge about mental illness mature or in its infancy?"

14. "Is Psychology a science?"

15. "Is Economics a science?"

16. "Why, in spite of the creation of ONU, are there still conflicts in our planet?"

17. "Should we preserve traditions and old ways? How?"

18. "Is Europe in historical debt to the African Nations after the Partition of Africa? Is there such a thing as an historical debt? How should it be paid fairly?"

19. "Are nuclear weapons ethical?"

20. "Should we dismantle nuclear weapons (and other mass destruction weapons) for good?

21. "Is keeping or developing biological weapons ethical?"

22. "How to secure the nuclear arsenal of the planet?"

23. "Should there be a ban on human cloning experiments?"

24. "How to address nations that do not accept ONU determinations?"

25. "How can the ONU be impartial if it its headquarters are located in American soil?"

26. "To what extent can a State enforce medical practices on individuals?"

27. "How can we prevent domestic violence?"

28. "Should we really be concerned about exposing our kids to violent videogames?"

29. "How can we achieve gender equality, in practical measures?"

30. "What is the best way to address a gay/trans/bi person without making (insert pronoun here) uncomfortable?"

31. "Under what circunstancies should people be allowed to change their given birth name?"

32. "What to do with indigenous nations in the modern world?"

33. "Should you grant a separatist right to every nation that request it?"

34. "How to eliminate borders in our World?"

35. "Why are human migratory patterns so strictly controlled?"

36. "Why underdeveloped countries accept foreigners, but developed countries don't do the same?"

37. "How to bridge the economical gap between nations?"

38. "Is the patenting system still relevant and actual in modern days?"

39. "Why is scientific publishing done in such an old fashioned way?"

40. "Who rules the World today?"

41. "What mechanisms can be put in place to mitigate and perhaps revert wealth concentration?"

42. "Will mankind run out of petroleum in the foreseeable future?"

43. "How can we shift our global energy mix to include renewable sources?"

44. "Is nuclear fusion feasible on Earth?"

45. "Should we preserve forests and other natural landscapes? How, exactly?

46. "Why is preserving biodiversity important for the human species?"

47. "How can we prevent acidification of the oceans?"

48. "Where are we going to put all the people displaced from rising seawater levels?"

49. "Why is the sky blue, why is an apple red (why, not how)?"

50. "How can there be linguistic equality of nations if every leading power enforces its particular language on the world of the time?

51. "Should we preserve or attempt to preserve dead languages?"

52. "How to respect cultural differences, exactly?"

53. "Why are humans power hungry?"

54. "Is fame a blessing or a curse?"

55. "Why does sometimes, when seeking for an object, we can't find it even if it is standing right in front of us?"

56. "What is a deja-vu, exactly?

57. "How extensive can a somatization process be?"

58. "If you never caught any disease that is caused by external agents, such as viruses or bacteria, would you live the full, maximum lifespan allowed by your genetic code?"

59. "How is the human genome mapped, if each individual has a different DNA?"

Actually, the DNA from one person to another differ only by 0.4%. That biological fact supports the notion that our similarities far outweights our superficial differences. However, this slight difference is responsible for genetic diseases, so it really depends on how you want to look at it. Personally, I prefer the first interpretation.

In the Human Genome Project (HGP) the DNA came from multiple anonymous donors. 

SOURCE: Human Genome Project Fact Sheet

60. "Can you heal yourself by wanting to get better, to some extent?"

61. "How does doctors determine the recommended amount of vitamins for your body, since the only information available is when lack/excess cause diseases? Isn't there a wide range of possible values in-between?"

62. "How can you eat consistently, if you don't eat the same food every day?"

63. "Why doesn't it seem to be a relation between nutritional-rich foods and tasty foods? Shouldn't we have been naturally selected to prefer nutritious foods?"

64. "Where do dreams come from?"

65. "What is the purpose of dreams?"

66. "Should dreams really be interpreted?"

67. "Why is light-speed the limit? Can anything in our Universe go faster than it?"

68. "Is it better to live intensely, in a blaze of glory, or to live a steady pace, in a candle that burns slowly?"

69. "is God vengeful? Does He punish humans in certain circunstancies?"

70. "Are Angels real?"

71. "Would an attempt to implement communism today, with modern technologies such as new computers, be more likely to succeed?"

72. "Is it possible to blend-in the planning of communism with the free initiative of capitalism, and get the best of both worlds?

73. "Did the Phoenicians travel to America?"

74. "What is the deal with Atlantis?"

75. "What was the coordinates of the point in Space where the Big Bang occurred? Does this question make any sense to be asked?"

76. "Who owns the information you willingly make available on the Web?"

77. "What is the truth about Roswell, 1947?"

78. "What happened in Tunguska, Siberia?"

79. "Why are politics so complicated? Is this complication really necessary?"

80. "Why are taxes so complicated? Is this complication really necessary?"

81. "Why is math so complicated at times? Are we trying to understand the universe in Russian, instead of plain English?

82. "Is there such a thing as a honest politician? Does power, invariably, corrupts?

83. "How to minimize bureaucracy in societies? Is adding more tech really the way to approach this problem?"

84. "How should we define the relationship between our kids and technology? At what age, for example, should they be allowed to use smartphones?"

85. "To what extent is our work a modern slavery?"

86. "What leads a person to opt-out of society?"

87. "How can small companies compete with large, international corporations?"

88. "Why are we always out of time?"

89. "Is the next World War going to be fought over water supplies?"

90. "Are we missing our window, as a species, to develop space exploration technologies, and in doing so, signing our dooming fate?"

91. "When does a fetus in the womb becomes a baby? Is it best, in the long run, to legalize abortion?"

92. "Why is the state entitled to limit its individuals from using tobacco or alcohol products? Isn't this a violation of personal rights? What about passive smoking?

93. "Can you state, with 100% confidence, that a lung or liver disease was caused by tobacco or alcohol product, and not simply by air pollution or genetics?

94. "If people signed a waiver opting out of public health care, should they be entitled to use tobacco and alcohol products without paying extra taxes?

95. "Is the war on drugs worth it? Will it ever be won? Wouldn't it be better in the long run to legalize drugs?"

96. "Why are tobacco and alcohol products socially accepted, when they are likely just as damaging as hardcore drugs on the numbers?"