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• A comment on Conversation: Brain helped us understand how other organs work, Now which organ can help us understand the brain itself.

  Aug 16 2012: Obviously the brain, but have you ever wondered why other people know you better than you know yourself? Answer me that.

• A comment on Conversation: Why Don't We Just Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons

  Aug 16 2012: This subject can be directly related to the anti-gun movement/organization. The anti-gun movement is asking for states to make it illegal for anyone other than police and military to own or be in control of a firearm.
  
  One argument they put up is "Which situation is safer, one where two people in a heated debate both have guns or neither have guns?" Well obviously it is the second option and that'd be great! Although, that is not a realistic situation. Even today, where firearms are legal with a license, there are guns that are not registered.
  
  The resources it would take at this point in time to find every firearm that is not registered would be next to impossible. So, when the citizens that have legal firearms now still feel the need for firearms after they are outlawed that would increase the amount of illegal guns more than 5 times.
  
  Also, if you look at the crime rate in Texas, you will find that it is the lowest in the U.S. "Why?" you might ask. Well, its because almost everyone in Texas has at least one firearm and there are plenty of normal citizens who carry holsters with guns the same as though they were carrying a cell phone in their pocket. So, my theory is "If you increase the countries who can effectively use nuclear weapons, then the threat of a nuclear war decreases."

• A reply on Conversation: Why Don't We Just Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons

  Aug 16 2012: I really like your point here, Edward, but there was a time almost 40 years ago when laying down your arms and giving in to your enemy was not only accepted but praised by peers. It was the Revolution of 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. promoted a nonviolent army because there was no other option and it changed the world. Other people, no, the whole world was watching and it enabled them to peacefully protest the chains of oppression they had felt for so long.