The Thunker

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The Thunker
Made by Mike Gershon mikegershon_at_hotmail.com

• Thunks are philosophical questions which
  encourage deep thinking.
• There are no right or wrong answers.

I came across thunks at - http//www.independent
thinking.co.uk/CoolStuff/Thunks/default.aspx
And www.thunks.co.uk
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Click a buttonget a thunk
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What does the wind smell like?
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If we only live in the present do the future and
the past exist?
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Is the green I see in grass the same as the green
you see?
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If I borrow a million pounds am I a millionaire?
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Can you catch the wind?
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Do animals have feelings?
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If a tree falls in a forest when no one is
around, does it make a noise?
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Is it ever right to steal?
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What does the sun sound like?
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Does colour have shape?
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Can you be happy and sad at the same time?
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Do you decide how you feel or do your emotions?
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Does lined paper weigh more than blank paper?
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If you read a magazine in a shop are you stealing?
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Is it right to steal to feed your family?
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How much is rich?
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How little is poor?
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Are you man-made or natural?
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Can an angry person make good decisions?
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What is a good life?
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What colour is tomorrow?
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What colour is a mirror?
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Can lies do good?
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Is it ever right to lie?
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Are you in control of your actions?
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What is art?
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Is it better to cooperate or compete?
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How much money will make you happy?
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What do you need to be happy?
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Does happiness exist?
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Are there better things to aim for than happiness?
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Would you give up freedom for security?
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Would you give up security for freedom?
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Do you think or does your brain?
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Is there more future or past?
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Does time exist or do we just think it does?
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What is science?
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How long has to pass before the past becomes
history?
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Should we always say sorry if we have done
something wrong?
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Do words have power or people?
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Can words make you do things?
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Do animals think?
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Do trees feel?
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Is it right to kill animals?
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Are you your memories?
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Can a war ever be justified?
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If we are at war should we all join the fight?
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Where does talent come from?
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Should a footballer be paid more than a nurse?
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Do bankers have a moral duty to the rest of
society?
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What is money worth?
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What is a sport and what a game?
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Can you show-off if no one is watching?
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Why do we have emotions?
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How democratic should a democracy be?
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How much choice do people want?
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Is it ever right to break the law?
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Who decides what is fair?
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Is there a difference between fairness and
justice?
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Can you ever know another persons thoughts?
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Where does trust come from?
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What is truth?
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Who decides something is a fact?
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Is maths a language?
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Do you own yourself?
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Does advertising help you?
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Are adverts tricks?
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What is the difference between information and
communication?
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If we are all unique are we all the same?
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Who watches the watchers?
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Do you need to see to believe?
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Can an animal be racist?
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Where is power?
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Who are tests for?
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Can you grade thinking?
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Was education invented?
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Is there a difference between learning and being
taught?
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How should we treat others?
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Is a beach in the sea or part of the land?
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Does the sea have a shape?
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Is your mind part of your body?
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Do your thoughts control your body?
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Are humans animals?
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Could animals become humans?
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Why are some things wrong?
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Why are some things right?
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Who decides what is right or wrong?
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What do ideas feel like?
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Can you touch hope?
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Are rainbows real?
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Do stairs go up or down?
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Which came first the chicken or the egg?
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Why is something funny?
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Does humour have a purpose?
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Is anything pointless?
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Do reasons exist or do we make them up?
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How much does a shadow weigh?
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Are animals aware of themselves?
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Does fame have a price?
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Is boredom a modern invention?
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What is culture?
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Are inventions and discoveries different?
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Does time move in a straight line?
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Is it right to steal from the rich if you give to
the poor
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Are we all equal?
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Do you make your own luck?
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How much is down to chance?
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Is music a language?
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Does the meaning change in translation?
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When we describe something are we interpreting it?
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Is knowledge power?
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Is power knowledge?
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Who writes history?
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Do you have a history or a past?
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Does change happen or is it always happening?
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Should we expect politicians to lie?
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Is it ever right to use force?
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Does violence produce more violence?
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Do we feel emotions in our heart or our head?
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Where does authority come from?
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Is it right to tell someone how they should live?
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When does a law become unjust?
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Is a broken down car parked?
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Do frogs remember what they did when they were
tadpoles?
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Why do people like music?
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Are poems stories?
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Can you step in the same river twice?
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Do fish learn to swim?
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Can you read a picture?
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Do computers think?
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Do souls exist?
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Is a key still a key if there is nothing to
unlock?
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If a door is shut is it a wall?
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Should we discriminate against people who have
the best lives?
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What do celebrities do?
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Who creates fame?
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Can you judge a book by the cover?
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Where is tomorrow?
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Where is the past?
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Do inanimate objects rocks buildings
experience time like we do?
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Do you believe your senses?
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Where are the borders of an island?
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Can you be more human than someone else?
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When did you start to exist?
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Where is the bottom of a hill?
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What does the inside of a mountain feel like?
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Does an animals size effect how you think about
it?
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Can you describe time without using units of time
(hours, days etc.)?
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Why do we learn?
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Does day follow night or vice versa?
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When does a puddle become a body of water?
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What is the colour of love?
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Can love be explained?
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Do plants breathe?
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Can you think of nothing?
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Does society decide who you are?
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What is money?
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If you are given a reward for doing well do you
continue to try and do well or do you try to get
another reward?
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Are we alone in the universe?
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Should we colonise the moon?
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Does anyone own nature?
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Is it ever right to kill?
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How much is enough?
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Does good today mean the same as ten years ago?
What about bad?
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Who polices the police?
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What makes something controversial?
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Are men and women different?
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What makes you you?