What makes you laugh?

If you were sent to live alone on a desert island, what three items would you take with you? What is the worst job you've ever done? Why? Have you ever had a strange dream? What was it about? What is your happiest memory? Which living person do you most admire, and why? What is your greatest fear? What would your super power be? Would you like to be an actor in a film? What kind of film? What kind of role would you like to play? Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? (It can be 3 people from any time in history) What do you consider your greatest achievement? Who in your family do you most resemble? Has anyone ever said you resemble a famous person? Did it annoy you? Do you think films can ever be as good as the books that they are based on? Can you think of an example? Whats it about? If you were able to write a proposal for government funding on a research project, what would you like to research? What book do you think you should read but know that you probably never will? If you had to rule the world, which 3 people would you ask to help you? What would you like to learn more about? What do you disapprove of? What makes you feel alive? What was your favourite toy and what happened to it? What is a rainbow? What is an earthquake? Whats the difference between British English and American English? Why do people like music? What is music? Do you have a favourite song? Who wrote it? Why do you like it? Which musicians do you like? What do you like about them? Do you play any musical instruments? Would you like to? What instrument? Which countries do you think have the best music? Whats the best concert youve ever been to? Why did you like it? Is there any style of music or musician that you hate? Why? The history of the world is but the biography of great men Define Integrity, Greed, Cruelty, Risk, Pride Was Hitler Evil? What obligations do we have to future generations? Does the government have the right to monitor private emails? Hip Hop: Sexist claptrap or revolutionary verse? Could we harness the African Desert sun to power the world? Should we tax the rich (more)? Does true love exist? What is real? What do you believe but cant prove? Should everyone be an organ donor? Are we alone?

WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION IN THE PAST TWO THOUSAND YEAR? These are some answers given. Discuss why you think people gave these answers.
the printing press, the horse collar, language, e=mc, the indo-Arab counting system 0,1,2,3,4,5., oral contraceptive pill, the gun, advances in hydraulic engineering, the idea that people are equal, energy control and use, utilising electricity, the notion that people can govern themselves, rather than being governed by someone who claims divine right, the telescope, Discovery of Childhood and Invention of Universal Schooling, the idea of an idea, chairs and stairs, the mirror, television

Ten things we don't understand about humans

Can you offer an explanation as to why humans beings display the following quirks 1. 2. 3. 4.

Blushing - Even Darwin struggled to explain why we would evolve a response that lets
others know that we have cheated or lied

Laughter - the discovery that laughter is more often produced at banal comments than
jokes prompts the question, why did it evolve?

Pubic hair - Scent radiator, warmth provider, or chafe protection? The answer to why
humans have clumps of hair in private places is still open for debate

Teenagers - Even our closest relatives, the great apes, move smoothly from their
juvenile to adult life phases so why do humans spend an agonising decade skulking around in hoodies?

5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Dreams - Today, most researchers reject Freud's belief that dreams are expressions of
our unconscious desires but if that's the case, what are they for?

Altruism - People still debate whether humans are genuinely altruistic by nature, but if
we are, most agree it doesn't make evolutionary sense

Art - Sexual display, learning tool or form of social glue? Art still refuses to be pinned
down

Superstition - Many of us have superstitions odd, reassuring habits that make no

rational sense but there may be an underlying reason for such behavior

Kissing - The urge to kiss is not brought about by genes, so why do we find it so
pleasurable to share saliva?

Nose-picking - Many of us do it, but eating bogeys offers little nutritional reward
could there be a health reason for the unappealing habit?