03:01 I’m grateful that there hasn’t been another terror attack the scale of 9/11, but what has honestly stopped something like that from happening again elsewhere? (www.reddit.com)
09-22 I am Colin Elliott, ancient historian, author of POX ROMANA: The Plague that Shook the Roman World and host of The Pax Romana Podcast; AMA about the Roman Empire, including (but not limited to) money, coins, economics, epidemics, emperors, insurrections, crises and counter-factual history. (www.reddit.com)
09-21 Z is for zebra... How far back were African animals commonly known to children in the US? Would a child in 1850s Ohio know what a zebra, giraffe, or elephant were? (www.reddit.com)
09-22 Is there a name for a type of fallacy whereby someone assumes that because a group or a movement is earlier or has seniority, therefore better or more accurate? (www.reddit.com)
09-22 In the present we view life in for example the 1700s as really harsh and bad, but did people in the 1700s view life in the 1400s as harsh and bad, and people in the 1400s view life in the 1100s as harsh and bad, etc.? (www.reddit.com)
09-21 What do philosophers mean when they say that the individual self is a modern concept? What is the historical proof that leads to that conclusion? (www.reddit.com)
09-20 What non fiction book or memoir written by a woman on the topic of the experience of being a woman in this world would you recommend to another woman? (www.reddit.com)
09-20 Is there any philosophical belief that is against human beings creating their own meaning and that creating our own meaning is bad? (www.reddit.com)
09-20 If scientific inquiry and religious mysticism are both equally "true ways" of viewing reality: can I be justified in believing scientific answers just because they "work" more often than religious answers? (www.reddit.com)
09-21 Freddie Mercury never revealed he had AIDS until the day before he died, but Queen's music included references to his declining health, did audiences pick up on these? (www.reddit.com)
09-19 AMA I’m Ron James, author of the newly released *Monumental Lies: Early Nevada Folklore of the Wild West* and numerous other books about the American West and about folklore (www.reddit.com)
09-19 My brother (28M) started dating his old high school teacher (34F). My family is supportive of the relationship but I'm extremely icked out by it. Am I being unreasonable? (www.reddit.com)
09-18 When Indians living in India prior to 1947 were issued British passports. Did they've same rights as Englishmen, when travelling abroad? And could they move to mainland Britain? (www.reddit.com)
09-19 Mark is the oldest gospel. There is no nativity story, nor anything regarding Jesus continuing his ministry after his resurrection. Is this a good indication that the first Christians didn’t hold these beliefs, and that they were a later invention? (www.reddit.com)
09-18 Places like Pigeon Forge, TN (and Branson, Jackson Hole, etc) are seemingly tourist destinations where the kitschy, densely placed attractions are the entire destination without much of a city around it. How did this type of extravagant American vacation city come to be? Were there once more? (www.reddit.com)
09-18 I'm a Roman Jew in 1st century AD under Caesar Tiberius' rule. What are my chances of hearing about this guy "Jesus of Nazareth"? (www.reddit.com)
09-18 I heard on a podcast that letters written in the past were often overly verbose on purpose. "Writing and receiving letters was like an event, part of the fun is deciphering what is written." Is this true? Did people in the past sometimes have trouble understanding letters they received? (www.reddit.com)
09-18 Has there ever been a philosopher who's been willing to acknowledge that they or their philosophy might be wrong, or was mistaken? (www.reddit.com)
09-18 Is the discussion about the existence of God actually that prevalent in university and academia (at least I America and/or Europe) as it sub makes it seem? (www.reddit.com)
09-18 Before the second half of the 20th century, how common was it for husbands to take care of their wive's pleasure through oral and manual stimulation? Was fellatio more common than cunnilingus? Did no one know what a clitoris was? (www.reddit.com)
09-17 If WWIII kicks off would nuclear missiles be shot down over water (given enough time) and/or would nukes be dropped as bombs like WWII? (www.reddit.com)
09-17 So... a Bosnian friend of mine asked a question I couldn't answer. Who was the first person to make bread? I hope this is allowed and isn't pedantic. I did not have a good answer. Please help. (www.reddit.com)
09-17 In many WW2 movies such as "Saving Private Ryan", it seems that the soldiers slept far less than 3 hours per day for weeks on end. How much sleep could one realistically get while in a situation such as that film? (www.reddit.com)
09-17 If Germany calls itself Deutschland, why don't we call it that? Same for all other countries, why not pronounce their native names? (www.reddit.com)
09-17 If we ought to follow the experts, then should we follow the majority of theologians and philosophers of religion who believe in God? (www.reddit.com)
09-17 Psychiatrist Henry Cotton believed that operating and removing teeth & organs could fix mental illness in an era without post-operative antibiotics. His hospital had a 30-45% mortality rate. Wtf was going on with early 20th century psychiatry? How was this justified as late as the early 1900s? (www.reddit.com)
09-17 Women who are now single after being in a loving relationship, how do you go to sleep every night with no one next to you for warmth? (www.reddit.com)
09-16 Women, if you were asked to leave your desk job to embark upon a trans-Antarctic expedition on a big wooden ship, what would you do? (www.reddit.com)
09-15 The word "housewife," was already in use in the 1750s, such as in Martha Bradley's cookbook, "The British Housewife." Where did the term come from? Was it an attempt to make a class differentiation? How old is the term? (www.reddit.com)
09-16 Women who knew they were going to marry their SO soon after meeting them, what was that like? What made the encounter/them different? (www.reddit.com)
09-15 The United States has been described as an "American Empire." How true is this? Is the United States an empire? Was it ever an empire? What about during the American military occupation of the Philippines, Haiti and other developing nations? (www.reddit.com)
09-15 Many impostors pretending to be the children of Nicholas II have existed. However, most of them seem to have either impersonated his youngest daughter, Anastasia, or his youngest child and only son, Alexei. Is there a particular reason for this? (www.reddit.com)
09-15 What would be the most accurate philosophical descriptor/school of a person who pursues truth, regardless of how that truth might manifest (including deflationism/anti-realism/anti-truth)? E.g. The pursuit of Truth being one of/their core foundation/s? (www.reddit.com)
09-14 Dating as a black man, women seem to assume I live up to the BBC standard. How do I let them down easy without scaring them away? (www.reddit.com)
09-14 What's with police officers asking, "Where are you coming from?" or, "Where are you headed?" Do they really expect a truthful answer? (www.reddit.com)
09-14 In "Pillars of the Earth" (1100s), the Monks convince congregants to do manual labor on a church as a method of penance. Is there historical evidence of this being a widely used method of penance? (www.reddit.com)
09-14 Why are all native American chiefs referred with their English names like Sitting bull,red cloud instead of their actual native American names ? (www.reddit.com)
09-14 My A-Level History Teacher said that "Thomas Beckett's murder was so scandalous that a Finnish peasant would probably have heard about it." Is it likely that my teacher would have been correct? (www.reddit.com)
09-14 Asking a US soldier if he has killed anybody would be considered extremely inappropriate. And a soldier boasting of his kills would be considered unusual in most circles. Has this always been the case? For example, would revolutionary soldiers think killing the enemy would be a thing to be proud of? (www.reddit.com)
09-13 Women who entered into long term relationship before their 20's and have been in relationship their whole twenties. How are you now? Do you feel like you missed out something? (www.reddit.com)