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if a person with alzheimer's/dementia took a lie detector test, what would happen?	Lie detectors don't actually detect lies, they just measure various responses your body has to stress (although interpreting those measurements has far, far more common with carnie fortune tellers than with medical science). So, if the person answering the questions believes their answer, and the tech administer...	[ "Langleben was inspired to test lie detection while he was at Stanford University studying the effects of a drug on children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). He found that these children have a more difficult time inhibiting the truth. He postulated that lying requires increased brain activity compared to tru...
what is the purpose of those questionnaires on job applications?	It's an easy way to filter out the bad/troll applications without really having to do anything. A lot of them are automated so a computer will simply detect the amount of 'wrong' answers. If you need to narrow down 100 applications to 10 interviews, for example, a questionnaire can be a quick and easy way to immediatel...	[ "An \"application for employment\" is a standard business document which is prepared with questions deemed relevant by an [employer] in order for the employer to determine the best [candidate] I to be given the responsibility of fulfilling the work needs of the company. Most companies provide such forms to anyone u...
What exactly is a fart?	Often gas comes from the microorganisms that live in your gut. Different kinds of gut flora help break down different materials that we eat, thus making them easier for us to digest. These microbes gives of traces of methane and sulfur, among other things, as waste products. So when you have some gas after a meal, chan...	[ "Fart is a word in the English language most commonly used in reference to flatulence that can be used as a noun or a verb. The immediate roots are in the Middle English words \"ferten\", \"feortan\" and \"farten\", kin of the Old High German word \"ferzan\". Cognates are found in Old Norse, Slavic and also Greek a...
How Exactly Does Motion Tracking Work	Great question. There's two parts to any motion capture/tracking system - hardware and software. While it's easy to think that the camera is just a camera, this generally is not the case. The Kinect uses a standard 30 Hz camera (this is something you would find in standard consumer-grade camcorders) and combines the ...	[ "Motion Tracking using Java is the process of locating a moving object (or several ones) in time. An algorithm analyses the video frames and outputs the location of moving targets within the video frame.\n", "There are two methods by which motion information can be extracted from an image. Interactive tracking, s...
the way transistors, microchips, integrated circuits and cpus all fit together in their own little worlds.	Computer engineer here. The very basics of how each transistor works isn't something I ever have to think about, though it is something I had to learn. The transistor section is the gist of how transistors work. Also I kind of went crazy adding more and more information, good luck getting all of it. Transistors: A t...	[ "Among the most advanced integrated circuits are the microprocessors or \"cores\", which control everything from personal computers and cellular phones to digital microwave ovens. Digital memory chips and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are examples of other families of integrated circuits that are...
the difference between hispanics, latinos, and spaniards	A Hispanic is someone who is from, or ethnically from, a country that predominantly speaks Spanish. A Latino is someone from Latin America -- basically Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. A Spaniard is someone from Spain. So, a Spaniard is a Hispanic, but not a Latino. A Mexican is Hispanic an...	[ "In popular use, \"Hispanic\" and \"Latino\" are often mistakenly given racial values, usually non-white and mixed race, such as half-caste or mulatto, in spite of the racial diversity of Hispanic and Latino Americans. Hispanics commonly draw ancestry from European, Native American, and or African populations in di...
why does apple ios8 require 5.8 gb of space to be downloaded?	Because the entire operating system must be downloaded before implemented. If it wasnt there would be no os to finish the download. Once the download is complete the os writes and is no longer taking up hd space, besides most of what the old os took up itself.	[ "Since introduction in 2011, each account has 5 GB of free storage for owners of either an iOS device using iOS 5.x or later, or a Mac using OS X Lion 10.7 or later. Users can purchase additional storage for a total of 50 GB, 200GB or 2TB. The amount of storage is shared across all devices per iCloud Apple ID.\n", ...
Does gravity effect wavelengths or energy? such as radio, light and so on.	In fact, this partially explains why black holes are black. As you know, the speed of light is invariant. So if you shoot a beam of light away from the singularity, what happens? With massive particles, you would say that no matter how fast they go, if they're within the event horizon, they will slow to a stop and then...	[ "Like electromagnetic waves, gravitational waves should exhibit shifting of wavelength due to the relative velocities of the source and observer, but also due to distortions of space-time, such as cosmic expansion. This is the case even though gravity itself is a cause of distortions of space-time. Redshifting \"of...
Why aren't the bows of submarines pointy??	Rounded shapes are far better able to withstand extreme pressure without breaking, which is a huge factor for a ship that relies upon being able to lurk deep under the waves. If a submarine needs to crash dive and their hull isn't able to take the strain, the whole ship could implode violently and reduce itself to twi...	[ "The axe bow is a wave-piercing type of a ship's bow, characterised by a vertical stem and a relatively long and narrow entry (front hull). The forefoot is deep and the freeboard relatively high, with little flare, so that the bow profile resembles an axe. The bow cuts through the water, and is less affected by pas...
where did the "recommended by 4 out of 5 dentists" thing come from?	The bullshit survey of experts is a marketing tactic that seems to have started in the 50s. Trident Gum's dentist survey (from the 70s) is certainly the most remembered (actual results: 4 our of 5 dentists agreed that sugar-free gum was preferable to sugar gum, 5th dentist said "don't chew gum period"). Other exam...	[ "\"Dentist\" was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard, from a story by Kent Osborne, series creator Pendleton Ward, Jack Pendarvis, Adam Muto, Herpich, and Wolfhard. The original premise for \"Dentist\" had been developed solely by Wolfhard. On his blog, he noted: \"This is a weird one that’s ...
Does the Earth actually make 366.25 rotation's in a year?	What you are referring to is [sidereal time](_URL_0_) Which is why, each day, you will see a star in the same position as yesterday about 4 minutes earlier than the previous day.	[ "Earth's rate of rotation must be integrated to obtain time, which is Earth's angular position (specifically, the orientation of the meridian of Greenwich relative to the fictitious mean sun). Integrating +1.7 ms/d/cy and centering the resulting parabola on the year 1820 yields (to a first approximation) seconds fo...
Now that gravitational waves have been detected, do we know exactly what creates the waves?	Mass accelerating in a quadrupole pattern will generate gravitational waves. For example, a planet orbiting a star, a compact binary merger, etc. will all create gravitational waves, but two objects colliding linearly or a symmetric object spinning quickly will not.	[ "The first direct observation of gravitational waves was made on 14 September 2015 and was announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016. Previously, gravitational waves had only been inferred indirectly, via their effect on the timing of pulsars in binary star systems. The waveform, detected b...
What happened to people whose jobs were eliminated as a result of the Industrial Revolution?	Given the lack of a social safety net, we can reasonably say of those who lost their jobs, either they were able to get another or not. Those who could not would have resorted to thievery to feed themselves, likely ending up doing forced labour in prison. Those who did successfully become reemployed would have had to w...	[ "During the Industrial Revolution, the factory system destroyed the workers' traditional way of life, depriving them of pride of workmanship, among other things. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, workers responded by destroying machines and factories in what were called the Luddite revolts. \n", "This pe...
At what point in history did radical Islam become a serious problem?	There have always been radical individuals. I mean, if we want to call the [Kharijites](_URL_0_) radicals, we can say almost since the beginning (they've recently come more into focus since [many have compared them to the Islamic State](_URL_7_)). If we want to say that the original Arab raiders who conquered Arabia ...	[ "Eli Berman argues that \"Radical Islam\" is a better term for many post-1920s movements starting with the Muslim Brotherhood, because these movements are seen to practice \"unprecedented extremism\", thus not qualifying as return to historic fundamentals.\n", "Radical Islam has been present in Great Britain sinc...
why does the usa want a trade war with china?	Good question. I'd like to know the answer to that myself, but at this point I don't think anybody really knows. T_T	[ "In March 2019, O'Rourke said regarding the China–United States trade war that President Trump had a \"legitimate\" cause and \"We want him to be successful in this, but as I was reminded by a fellow Iowan, when have we ever gone to war, including a trade war without allies?\"\n", "China and the United States ent...
What advantage does the thread-waist of certain wasps (e.g. Sphecidae) give them?	This has to do with the egg-laying apparatus they have. Many insects lay eggs using an ovipositor. In some groups of insects, such as katydids but also many [Apocrita](_URL_11_), these ovipositors can be very long and specialised for laying eggs inside difficult to reach structures such as under wood surfaces, inside f...	[ "Spider wasps are best distinguished from other vespoid wasps in having (in most species) a transverse groove bisecting the mesopleuron (the mesepisternal sclerite, a region on the side of middle segment of the thorax above the point where the legs join). Like other Vespoidea, they have antennae with 10 flagellomer...
What was life like for the Tlaxcalans after the Spanish conquest?	The Tlaxcala received some special rights under Spanish rule that other peoples did not enjoy. They were promised not to have their lands seized, nor to be taxed by Cortez, both of which were at first respected. The Tlaxcalans also aided the Spanish in their conquest of other states, including in the Mixtec Rebellion (...	[ "Because of Tlaxcala’s role in the conquest of the Aztec Empire, the Otomi of Ixtenco were able to avoid the establishment of encomiendas and some of the worst of Spanish abuse, although studies of human remains from that time indicated that the people still suffered from overwork and malnutrition. Unable to simply...
when the printer makes noises and mechanical movements but you didn't send a signal to it.	Some printers have self-cleaning systems in which the ink jets purge excess ink in order to keep the printer heads clean	[ "BULLET::::- Printer port forwarding connectors — allowed to plug printer into the Covox and use both (playing audio and printing) without reconnections, although not at the same time. Whenever something is printed, loud noise is created.\n", "A typewriter or electromechanical printer can print characters on pape...
why do frozen, raw chicken products keep getting recalled for salmonella? wouldn’t the solution be to cook the product properly? all raw chicken could contain salmonella.	There are two normal issues governing a recall due to salmonella. The first is the actual loading or the amount of salmonella present, so there isn't a recall if there is some salmonella, but if there are substantial amounts of salmonella. The second is if the salmonella is an anti-biotic resistant strain.	[ "Chicken can be cooked or reheated from the frozen state, but it will take approximately one and a half times as long to cook, and any wrapping or absorbent paper should be discarded. There are three generally accepted safe methods of reheating frozen chicken: in the refrigerator, in cold water, or using a microwav...
Why are objects in space spherical, but systems are "flat"?	As galaxies get smaller they spin faster, this is due to the law of conservation of angular momentum. Because they are spinning in effectively two dimensions they tend to flatten out. If you look at larger galaxies you will notice they are more spherical.	[ "The roughly spherical shape of the Earth can be confirmed by many different types of observation from ground level, aircraft, and spacecraft. The shape causes a number of phenomena that a flat Earth would not. Some of these phenomena and observations would be possible on other shapes, such as a curved disc or toru...
why do humans do things that we know we're going to regret in the future, yet still do them anyways	We do a lot of things we will regret later because it helped our ancestors survive pre-modern society. I'll use a couple of examples you wanted answers to. Peer pressure: humans desperately needed to be in a social group 10,000 years ago. Being accepted by your peers was very important and being kicked out of a group ...	[ "Anticipated regret, or how much regret one thinks one will feel in the future, appears to be overestimated for actions and choices. This appears to be, in part, due to a tendency to underestimate the extent to which people attribute bad outcomes to external factors rather than to internal factors (i.e., themselves...
Was there any backlash from religious communities when the U.S. Senate unanimously ratified the Treaty of Tripoli (1797) which included the phrase "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion"?	followup q: how would that clause have been read at the time? would it have simply been denying that there was a national church?	[ "President John Adams and a unanimous Senate endorsed the Treaty of Tripoli in 1797 that stated: \"the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.\"\n", "Historian Anson Phelps Stokes' noted that \"those who wished to deny that the United States as a governm...
what's gene editing and what are its consequences?	Someone surely can answer what it is better than myself but as for the consequences ill chime in. What we see as consequences will likely be seen by future generations as triumphs. Stephen Hawking spoke about this in his final book "Brief Answers to the Big Questions". Essentially what he says is that one day peopl...	[ "Gene editing is the process by which specific changes are made to the sequence of a gene within the context of a host cell. By editing the code of a patient-derived cell to introduce or repair a genetic change believed to drive disease, a patient’s disease can be reproduced in a laboratory setting, letting researc...
Was Russia a net exporter of grain before communism? If so, what was their system of production like and how did it differ from the Soviet years?	Russia did indeed export grain before communism. In fact Russian grain exports were considered important to the earlier industrializing powers of Western Europe, and Russian attempts during the 18th and 19th centuries to gain trading access to these markets occasionally became international issues (such as Russian acce...	[ "About 14.5 million tonnes of grain were imported by the USSR. Détente and improving relations between the Soviet Union and the United States allowed for more trade. The plan's focus was primarily on increasing the amount of consumer goods in the economy so as to improve Soviet standards of living. While largely fa...
If we started a mars colony, and only transported very sterilized food, water and equipment, could we create a society without disease or sickness?	You would have to ensure that the colonists were completley without any type of micro organisms. As any microbe could in theory mutate and become dangerous. Also, remember that you are covered in bacteria both on your skin and inside your body especially in your digestive and respiratory tract. Most are neutral and t...	[ "The first colonists of Mars and only ones to experience Mars as a world not covered in water, the Aborigines were meant to be the first phase colonizers of Mars until the flood that would cover Mars in water. After centuries had passed, Earth, believing that Mars was unpopulated soon allowed another group of colon...
Why do oil stains on paper appear clear, while water spots don't?	Well, my daughter and I were interested in this so we ran an experiment with various fluids available to us here, just a moment ago. Here are the results. Now, if someone could explain the why's, that'd be awesome! _URL_0_ & _URL_1_ The first shows the page with the sun shining through it. The second shows the s...	[ "Most liquids and aqueous solutions are highly transparent. For example, water, cooking oil, rubbing alcohol, air, and natural gas are all clear. Absence of structural defects (voids, cracks, etc.) and molecular structure of most liquids are chiefly responsible for their excellent optical transmission. The ability ...
How familiar would contemporary audiences be with the basis of Shakespeare's history plays?	Let's examine the recentness of (and public familiarity with) the English History Plays first. For the sake of perspective, let's say that it's Friday, the 28th of June, 1613 and you just bought admission to see Henry VIII in its second-to-last performance at the Globe Theatre. At some point in the show, a cannon w...	[ "As was common in the period, Shakespeare based many of his plays on the work of other playwrights and recycled older stories and historical material. His dependence on earlier sources was a natural consequence of the speed at which playwrights of his era wrote; in addition, plays based on already popular stories a...
What was the process new world foods went through in the transition from "exotic" to "traditional"?	The question is not in line with my expertise, but I can give you a few examples and a recommendation about traditions. First, a paste from [this site](_URL_1_) of what I believe is a myth, though not presented as such on a link: > Frederick the Great of Prussia saw the potato's potential to help feed his nation and...	[ "With the discovery of the New World came new spices, including allspice, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate. This development kept the spice trade, with America as a late comer with its new seasonings, profitable well into the 19th century.\n", "One of the features of this trade was the exchange of a great ar...
After the acquisition of Alaska, was there ever a serious political push to link Alaska with the 'mainland' USA?	I responded to [a similar question a few months ago](_URL_0_). I've copy-pasted that reply below, and I'll expound a bit in a subsequent comment. > There was a push, but it didn't happen because of Canadian Confederation, the settlement of the Alabama claims and divided American politics. > One of the...	[ "The United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867. Originally organized as the Department of Alaska (1867–1884), the area was renamed as the District of Alaska (1884–1912) and the Territory of Alaska (1912–1959) before it was admitted to the Union as the State of Alaska (1959–present).\n...
in terms of performance, what are the differences between a fast processor (high frequency) versus a multi-cored processor?	Think of a processor as a factory connected to a road. To do work, the road delivers raw materials to the factory, then the factory turns those materials into finished product, and then the finished product is moved away by road. Each core in a processor is an assembly line. The frequency of the processor is a measure...	[ "Manycore processors are distinct from multi-core processors in being optimized from the outset for a higher degree of explicit parallelism, and for higher throughput (or lower power consumption) at the expense of latency and lower single thread performance.\n", "With the advent of multithreading and multicore pr...
Does the speed of light have anything to do with light itself, or does light just happen to travel as fast as physically possible?	The "speed of light" is the speed that massless particles travel at. Light happens to be massless, but any other massless particle will also travel at that speed.	[ "This constancy of the speed of light means that, counter to intuition, speeds of material objects and light are not additive. It is not possible to make the speed of light appear greater by moving towards or away from the light source.\n", "This is not to say that \"all\" faster than light speeds are impossible....
why did the concept of evil witches get introduced only since the middle ages and why did so many people suddenly believe they exist?	The belief in witches have always been found in cultures predating the middle ages. However to understand this sudden rise in burnings at the stake for witchcraft you need to understand the atmosphere of the time. During the middle ages much of the technological knowledge of the Roman/Greek era was lost to the European...	[ "However, towards the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the early modern period (post-Reformation), belief in witchcraft became more popular and witches were seen as directly in league with the Devil. This marked the beginning of a period of witch hunts among early Protestants which lasted about 200 years...
Does the human body recognize symbiotic microorganisms?	Symbiotic microflora existing in the gut is tolerated by the immune system due to a couple of mechanisms. Firstly non-harmful organisms don't do any harm to the body (eg. kill cells or invade) so the body doesn't produce the inflammatory mediators that cause immediate inflammation and when samples of the organism are...	[ "Microorganisms are the causative agents (pathogens) in many infectious diseases. The organisms involved include pathogenic bacteria, causing diseases such as plague, tuberculosis and anthrax; protozoan parasites, causing diseases such as malaria, sleeping sickness, dysentery and toxoplasmosis; and also fungi causi...
how do high voltage power lines cause children to have leukemia?	They don't. There is absolutely no evidence connecting power lines to any kind of health problems. (Excepting the sort of health problems you develop by getting hit with 100kv) > One of which being why she gets sick around electronics "Electrosensitivity" is totally bogus. It's one of those "conditions" like "Morg...	[ "The hypothesis of a link between proximity to power lines and leukemia was first raised in 1979 when a study was published in the \"American Journal of Epidemiology\". The study contended that children living in homes in close proximity to \"an excess of electrical wiring configurations\" were more likely to devel...
why can't i see salt after it dissolves in water?	Because individual ions are far too small for you to see. We can't even see them with the most powerful microscopes, though we are getting close.	[ "Some salts are not fully dissociated in solution. Examples include MgSO, famously discovered by Manfred Eigen to be present in seawater as both an inner sphere complex and an outer sphere complex. The solubility of such salts is calculated by the method outlined in dissolution with reaction.\n", "When a salt is ...
How much of a negative impact did the aristocracy have on military leadership?	I asked a question about this, and got a great answer. [Here's the thread](_URL_0_)	[ "By this time the Military Regime had lost a great deal of prestige with the majority of the population. Low ranking members of the military, with their wages diminished due to inflation, started to voice their discontent to their superiors.\n", "Since the crown and the nobility essentially had the same interests...
why does pain make your eyes water?	Humans evolved to cry when pain is experienced as a subtle form of communication. It's a small thing that the average beast wouldn't notice, but humans do. The subtlety is important so that the pain/weakness can be communicated to other humans without an audible cry for help, which would indicate to any nearby predator...	[ "There may also be a stringy discharge from the eyes. Although it may seem strange, dry eye can cause the eyes to water. This can happen because the eyes are irritated. One may experience excessive tearing in the same way as one would if something got into the eye. These reflex tears will not necessarily make the e...
why does the temperature seem to dramatically increase when you feel stressed?	Vasoconstriction - The process by which your body constricts blood vessels. Your body radiates off a lot of heat through the skin. As the ambient temperature increases, your blood vessels expand (vasodilation, the opposite of vasoconstriction) to allow more surface area to conduct heat from the organs to the blood whi...	[ "Stress is thought to affect immune function through emotional and/or behavioral manifestations such as anxiety, fear, tension, anger and sadness and physiological changes such as heart rate, blood pressure, and sweating. Researchers have suggested that these changes are beneficial if they are of limited duration, ...
What's the truth about the Battle of Kursk?	In his book [Kursk: The greatest Battle: Eastern front 1943](_URL_0_) LLoyd Clark argues that the decisive factor is not that the Germans lost more tanks than the Soviet Union(I am going to use SU for short), but that they lacked the ability to replace them. Acording to Clark SU suffered 177 847 casualties, lost 1 6...	[ "The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk ( south-west of Moscow) in the Soviet Union, during July and August 1943. The battle began with the launch of the German offensive, Operation Citadel (), on 5 July, which had the objective of pinc...
if a baby was born deaf. how and/or what language will the baby develop in the mind that is responsible for thinking and processing information?	That's actually something that makes learning how to read very hard for deaf people. They've learned sign language from birth and they basically think in sign language, but when it comes to learning how to read, you have to understand two things: first thing is that sign language is an actual language with its own stru...	[ "There is evidence that the acquisition of language begins in the prenatal stage. After 26 weeks of gestation, the peripheral auditory system is already fully formed. Also, most low-frequency sounds (less than 300 HZ) can reach the fetal inner ear in the womb of mammals. Those low-frequency sounds include pitch, rh...
I just learned about the sinoatrial node. Why does the heart stop in cases like fatal brain aneurisms if the heart has its own pacemaker?	Not a pathologist, but I think it goes something like this: In a brain aneurysm, the leaking blood is pumped into the space between the brain the skull. This puts pressure on the brain and the vessels delivering blood to the brain, reducing blood flow to the brain. This causes the brain cells to die. If the medulla ob...	[ "The sinoatrial node (S-A Node) is the heart's natural pacemaker, issuing electrical signaling that travels through the heart muscle, causing it to contract repeatedly in cycle. It is situated at the top of the right atrium adjacent to the junction with the superior vena cava. The S-A Node is a pale yellow structur...
what caused the venezuela food crisis?	Impact on the global economy, virtually nil, impact on regional economy minor. Venezuela oil production represents a very large part of the economy, when the oil price was high the government subsidised food and petrol prices with the money it made from oil, but it didn't save much of the oil revenue. When the oil pri...	[ "By May 2016, experts feared that Venezuela was possibly entering a period of famine, with President Maduro encouraging Venezuelans to cultivate their own food. In January 2016, it was estimated, that the food scarcity rate (\"\") was between 50% and 80%. The newly elected National Assembly, composed primarily of o...
Can anyone tell me about this photo?	Based on [this](_URL_0_) image it looks like a Chinese military uniform. The other sailors are Americans. World War 2 for the time period, definitely before the Communist take over. Rank/Insignia aren't visible in this photo unfortunately. That answers some of your questions in general, but I'm sure there are experts...	[ "According to Andy Morin, the cover art \"[is a] photograph that one of our members carried in their wallet for roughly 10 years straight. It’s a power object.\" The photo was eventually identified as \"Bearded Man at Oenpelli\", taken by Douglass Baglin in 1968.\n", "The photograph depicts the head and shoulders...
why can a guitar stay reasonably in tune for days at a time, whereas a violin may need to be re-tuned even within the same long practice session?	The shape of a violin causes the top to expand and contract regularly with the weather, which moves the bridge, which stretches against the strings and loosens them. [Source: see top reply, which is from a professional.](_URL_0_) I would guess that a guitar's relatively heavy construction, large size, and big flat fro...	[ "Some alternative tunings are difficult or even impossible to achieve with conventional sets of guitar strings, which have gauges optimized for standard tuning. With conventional sets, some higher tunings increase string-tension until playing requires significantly more finger-strength and stamina, or even until a ...
Does the brain make a sound?	A neuron firing consists of ions flowing in and out of ion channels, voltage-gated channels opening and closing, and charge building along the membrane. None of those would generate audible sounds. However, I can't speak to nano-scale properties. Edit: oh, if you're counting vessels, then csf in the ventricles would...	[ "BULLET::::- Synapses are another major source of neural noise. More than often, there is random exocytosis of vesicles containing neurotransmitters, which eventually bind to the postsynaptic membrane, leading to a spontaneous action potential by graded potentials in the postsynaptic neuron. It is considered the la...
in what way alternative current (ac) was revolutionary? why can't we use direct current (dc) for everything?	at the time, and still lots today, electricity was generated by sticking a magnet in a coil and spinning it round. This was AC. if you wanted to transmit the electricity as AC and use it in your lightbulbs as AC, you avoid ever having to rectify it, which is cheaper and more efficient. when you're talking about transmi...	[ "In the US the competition between direct current and alternating current took a personal turn in the late 1880s in the form of a \"War of Currents\" when Thomas Edison started attacking George Westinghouse and his development of the first US AC transformer systems, pointing out all the deaths caused by high voltag...
why children need to be "protected" from nudity and sexual scenes in media?	it's a cultural thing. a lot of the taboo on it seems to inherently stem from religions. which I've always thought a little peculiar, since the first time god got annoyed with adam and eve, was when they clothed themselves in leaves to hide their nudity. the bible says they felt ashamed about it, because they aware of...	[ "In addition, many people believe that children should be protected from violent or pornographic imagery. Some believe that children should be protected from information that challenges the value system that their local culture instills in them. Some jurisdictions enforce these restrictions with legislation.\n", ...
why do bad singers think they sound better than they actually do?	There is also the fact that you sound different to yourself than others. You're primarily hearing your voice internally, through you skull and sinuses and all the stuff in your head. Ever listen to a recording of yourself? It sounds different to you. So, that incorrect observation combined w/Illusory superiority above...	[ "According to him, in some music shows, he tend to sings many genres, which some of them are not his best, in order to entertain the audiences, because \"\"If I don't try many genres, I won't be able to gain many fans and audiences, I won't be able to perform at plenty music shows. Meaning I'm able to sing differen...
if a canadian gets an acting role from a company in la and the film shooting takes place in europe, how would they pay their taxes/with what government?	You'd still pay taxes in/to Canada. It depends how long you're working outside of Canada and determination of your factual residency. But for a few weeks or months, no, pay taxes as normal to Canada. If in doubt the lovely people at Canada Revenue's help line can sort you out. _URL_0_	[ "To qualify as a British film a minimum of 85% of the film had to be shot in the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth, and only three non-British individual salaries could be excluded from the costs of the film, ensuring the employment of British actors, technicians and film crew.\n", "BULLET::::- At least 75% of t...
if chlorine reacts with stuff in pipes to make some bad chemicals, why is it safe to drink?	Chlorinated tap water is typically safe to drink (considering the [low] concentration of chlorine in the water). However, ideally, you would not want to drink water with chlorine in it if you had the choice... That is to say, If you had the choice of drinking freshly purified water and purified water with chlorine in ...	[ "While sodium hypochlorite is non-toxic, its corrosive properties, common availability, and reaction products make it a significant safety risk. In particular, mixing liquid bleach with other cleaning products, such as acids or ammonia, may produce toxic fumes.\n", "All forms of chlorine are widely used, despite ...
how do they know when it’s time to repair a highway overpass or bridge before it’s too late?	Proper and timely inspections are the key. You check for metal stress and deterioration. It’s easier to do minor repair than to build a new bridge. Unfortunately, there’s “never” enough money or resources to keep up maintenance but you can better believe there’s enough resources to float a bond election to pay for t...	[ "In the United States, if the situation permits, both vehicles will pull off the road slightly and pass in this manner. Although saving time, this process can cause ruts and erosion along the edge of the road. For this reason, single track roads are generally used in places with very low traffic volumes, though one...
Why are Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews distinguishable genetically both from each other and the local population?	I'm not a historian but I have a background in evolutionary genetics so I think I can provide some insight. The bulk of genetics studies has been done on ashkenazi jews and they show significant genetic relationship with both middle eastern populations in the Levant (ie Lebanon, south syria), as well as with europeans....	[ "A 2006 study found Ashkenazi Jews to be a clear, homogeneous genetic subgroup. Strikingly, regardless of the place of origin, Ashkenazi Jews can be grouped in the same genetic cohort – that is, regardless of whether an Ashkenazi Jew's ancestors came from Poland, Russia, Hungary, Lithuania, or any other place with ...
will there be any sort of energy deficit caused by the solar eclipse next week?	Technically yes, as blocking the sun will inevitably block some solar cells and the theoretical power they would have produced. However the duration of the eclipse in any given location, the relatively small amount of reliance on solar power, and the high variability of solar power in the first place will make this irr...	[ "The solar eclipse of March 20, 2015, was the first occurrence of an eclipse estimated to potentially have a significant impact on the power system, with the electricity sector taking measures to mitigate any impact. The continental Europe and Great Britain synchronous areas were estimated to have about 90 gigawatt...
How did the Romans view Alexander the Great while he was alive and where there any contacts between his empire and Rome?	It's very difficult to answer this question with any great confidence, as the historical record simply isn't available. The first time the eastern Greeks seem to have taken notice of the Roman state is the wars by Phyrrus in defense of the western Greek city of Tarentum. This was roughly 40 years after Alexander the ...	[ "Alexander the Great (356BC-323BC) was a Greek king of Macedon and the creator of one of the largest empires in ancient history. He was tutored by the philosopher Aristotle and, as ruler, broke the power of Persia, overthrew the Persian king Darius III and conquered the Persian Empire. His Macedonian Empire stretch...
my leg was amputated 3 years ago. why do i feel phantom pain? what is happening to the part of my brain that controlled my leg?	Although your leg was amputated, the area of your brain responsible for its functions is still there and sending signals to the (amputated) nerve, hence the feeling of moving your toes. Now the lack of feedback from your leg makes your brain thinks there is something wrong with it, hence the pain. This is called phanto...	[ "In the phenomenon of phantom limb sensation, a person continues to feel pain or sensation within a part of their body that has been amputated. This is strangely common, occurring in 60–80% of amputees. An explanation for this is based on the concept of neuroplasticity, as the cortical maps of the removed limbs are...
ebola outbreak, how likely is mutation?	Very unlikely. The thing that usually drives the evolution of a virus is a difficult environment - namely, a large amount of resistance or immunity to the virus in the population it tries to attack. Currently, humans have almost no defense against the Ebola virus - it kills the majority of those it infects, and incredi...	[ "Mutations are stochastic and typically occur randomly across genes. Mutation rates for single nucleotide sites for most organisms are very low, roughly 10 to 10 per site per generation, though some viruses have higher mutation rates on the order of 10 per site per generation. Among these mutations, some will be ne...
"The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts divert attention from the secret influences around the recorded events." What do historians do to compensate for "history being written by the victors?"	The incorrect assumption is that history is only written by the victors and no one else. Cross referencing statements and claims from multiple sources is a staple of verifying events/people that were observed by different conflict cultural groups. The easiest example would be verifying the existence of Christ as a pe...	[ "In 1961 the British historian Edward Hallett Carr published his \"What is History?\", which became well known. Therein Carr conjectured that the very nature of writing history will cause historians as a whole to reveal themselves to their readers as 'prisoners' subject to the context of their own age and culture. ...
how come after i yawn, i have superhuman senses for a bit?	Don't really have any answers anyway, but what do you mean?	[ "Patients with sensory ataxia often demonstrate pseudoathetosis and Romberg's sign. They usually complain of loss of balance in the dark, typically when closing their eyes in the shower or removing clothing over the head.\n", "Body modification enthusiasts have experimented with magnetic implants to attempt to re...
Can any type of energy itself distort spacetime and not just great speed or large mass-energy?	Spacetime distortion is due to the [stress-energy tensor](_URL_0_). An electromagnetic field (for example) has a non-zero stress energy tensor, so causes distortion of spacetime.	[ "which imply that small intervals in space and time mean large fluctuations in energy and momentum are possible. Since in GR mass–energy and momentum–energy is the source of spacetime curvature, large fluctuations in energy and momentum mean the spacetime \"fabric\" could potentially become so distorted that it bre...
How many Jewish people became Bolsheviks during the revolution and did antisemitism decreased after the revolution?	The short answer to this question is that it was less that Jews became Bolsheviks and more that the Bolsheviks offered many Jews a far better deal than their rivals (Whites and the Ukrainian Rada) Prior to WWI, most Jews within the Russian empire were restricted to the Pale of Settlement (roughly modern day Ukraine, B...	[ "Before 1917 there were 300,000 Zionists in Russia, while the main Jewish socialist organization, the Bund, had 33,000 members. Only 958 Jews had joined the Bolshevik Party before 1917; thousands joined after the Revolution. The chaotic years of World War I, the February and October Revolutions, and the Russian Civ...
how come you sometimes don’t catch a cold?	Mostly depends upon the state / strength of your immune system at the time. Which encompasses things such as: your stress levels, your vitamin d levels, how much sleep you're getting, and whether your immune system has encountered that bacterium previously and already developed immunity to it	[ "The common cold, also known simply as a cold, is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract that primarily affects the nose. The throat, sinuses, and larynx may also be affected. Signs and symptoms may appear less than two days after exposure to the virus. These may include coughing, sore throat, ru...
if both presidential candidates suck, why can't the public just write in a candidate we all love?	You can, and sometimes fairly large groups of people do. However, they won't win. If you could get everybody in the country to write-in a specific person, by all means. But the fact of the matter is 90+% of people are going to be voting for Clinton or Trump.	[ "The position is sometimes summarised, in an extreme form, as \"all votes for anyone other than the runner-up are votes for the winner.\" This is because votes for these other candidates deny potential support from the second-placed candidate, who might otherwise have won. Following the extremely close 2000 U.S. pr...
why does fast food taste really good but taste terrible a few hours later	This might not seem like a hard question but it has an reasonably complex answer like most things in food science; Its partially due to factors such as lipid oxidation (fats tasting bad), food dehydrating slightly, starch retrogradation (starches re-organising into bad tasting structures as it cools), loss ...	[ "Sometimes the fast is broken with tea and cake before eating a full meal. A drink of milk or juice before the post-fast meal helps the body to readjust and diminishes the urge to eat too much or too rapidly.\n", "In other parts of the world, American and American-style fast food outlets have been popular for the...
a heat haze isn't 'there' when you get to it, no moisture on the road etc, so why can you see a reflection at a distance?	Heat haze isn't caused by moisture. It's caused by a difference in temperature in the atmosphere. Say, the hot air rising from a blacktop road surface, relative to that elsewhere. This causes the light to bend at a different angle as it passes through this difference in temperature, which means that the light that pas...	[ "Air temperature variations close to the surface can give rise to other optical phenomena, such as mirages and Fata Morgana. Most commonly, air heated by a hot road on a sunny day deflects light approaching at a shallow angle towards a viewer. This makes the road appear reflecting, giving an illusion of water cover...
On small, super isolated islands, how does wildlife exist?	Given enough time, even extremely improbable events happen, but that's not totally satisfying. In a lot of cases, long distance colonization events are made possible because many lifeforms have essentially developed hypersleep. That is, some organisms have a dormant stage in their life cycle during which they have litt...	[ "Many of the species found on remote islands are endemic to a particular island or group of islands, meaning they are found nowhere else on earth. Examples of species endemic to islands include many flightless birds of New Zealand, lemurs of Madagascar, the Komodo dragon of Komodo, the dragon's blood tree of Socotr...
How did the Cults of Personality of Stalin and Hitler differ from each other?	Stalin ruled much more by fear than by awe at his grandiose achievements. He purged rivals at regular intervals. Hitler tended to be more oblivious to intrigues and played Nazi leaders off against one another (eg, Goering and the air force against Himmler and the SS). Stalin had to manufacture the image that he and...	[ "Moshe Lewin also focuses on the comparison between the personality cults of Hitler and Stalin, and their respective roles in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. He refers to them as the \"Hitler myth\" and the \"Stalin myth,\" and argues that they served different functions within their two regimes. The function of...
What voltage of electricity would cause a human to explode?	Voltage affects how far and through what barriers a current can flow. The current itself, in amps, is proportional to energy dissipated. As someone else said, current tends to flow along the skin. If you direct a lot of current, as in lightning via a thick wire straight into the aorta and provide a good ground out of t...	[ "Electricity is hazardous: an electric shock from a current as low as 35 milliamps is sufficient to cause fibrillation of the heart in vulnerable individuals. Even a healthy individual is at risk of falling from a high structure due to loss of muscle control. Higher currents can cause respiratory failure and result...
Whats the difference between h.264 and x265?	H.265 is a successor to H.264 that offers similar video quality at lower bit rates (number of bits representing the video and audio channels per second of video). The core of it is based on redundancy and a math trick. Redundancy just means if I have two consecutive frames, I can safely assume that the image in the...	[ "H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding (MPEG-4 AVC) is a block-oriented motion-compensation-based video compression standard. , it is one of the most commonly used formats for the recording, compression, and distribution of video content. It supports resolutions up to 8192×4320, including 8K UHD.\n", "Th...
how do winged beasts like flies avoid raindrops?	Very small flying animals shrug rain right off. They weigh so very little that they can get hit and roll right around a raindrop and keep going. Their small surface area and hydrophobic bodies keep the water from sticking. Bigger animals like birds aren't bothered as much by small amounts of water, and tend to avoid t...	[ "A hazard of flight for very small insects such as thrips is the possibility of being trapped by water. Thrips have non-wetting bodies and have the ability to ascend a meniscus by arching their bodies and working their way head-first and upwards along the water surface in order to escape.\n", "Although most flies...
If you mixed ice cubes and water and put them in a container which was completely unaffected by outside temperature, would the ice melt? Or would the water freeze?	It depends on the water and ice temperature (and air temperature if there's any) and mass. * The [specific heat](_URL_0_) of water Cpw, i.e the energy to heat or cool down 1kg of water of 1°C is 4.1813KJ/(kgK). The specific heat of ice, Cpi, is 2.11 KJ/(kgK) [Latent heat](_URL_1_) Ct, the energy need...	[ "Under a standard set of conditions, the melting point of a substance is a characteristic property. The melting point is often equal to the freezing point. However, under carefully created conditions, supercooling or superheating past the melting or freezing point can occur. Water on a very clean glass surface will...
what did justinian's code do for the byzantine empire?	Not an expert, but here goes nothing: The Byzantine Empire inherited like a millenium of laws from the Roman Empire/Republic/Monarchy. The sheer volume of all this, plus the fact that a lot of it was contradictory, plus the fact that a lot of it was obsolete, made it confusing and difficult to use for governance. Justi...	[ "The codes of Justinian, particularly the \"Corpus Juris Civilis\" (529–534) continued to be the basis of legal practice in the Empire throughout its so-called \"Byzantine\" history. Leo III the Isaurian issued a new code, the \"Ecloga\", in the early 8th century. In the 9th century, the emperors Basil I and Leo VI...
washing machine settings	Generally, the hotter the water, the more effective the wash. Higher temperatures makes it easier to dissolve things like stains. However, different materials can only tolerate certain heat settings. That's what those tags on your clothes are for -- they tell you the highest temperature setting that your garment can w...	[ "A washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, or washer) is a home appliance used to wash laundry. The term is mostly applied to machines that use water as opposed to dry cleaning (which uses alternative cleaning fluids, and is performed by specialist businesses) or ultrasonic cleaners. The user adds laundry...
If a fungus feeds on radiation, doesn't that make it a plant?	It does not make it a plant. Something is only a plant if it evolved from plant ancestors. However, if they're statement about using melanin as a chlorophyll analogue is correct, it would suggest some autotrophic features of the fungus, which is really neat. I guess it would be (kinda) a plant-like fungus.	[ "When the fungus invades the host plant it causes it to hypertrophy, its cells increasing in size and number. The fungus destroys the flowering structures of the plant, so it does not make seed. The crop is propagated asexually, by rhizome. New sprouts are infected by spores in the environment, which is generally a...
how does electricity move along a wire? how does it know which way to go? am i getting the same exact electron in my device as what was generated at the power plant?	It’s basically similar to how water flows. Imagine you have a container of water. Raise said container of water. The height here is your voltage. Poke hole at bottom of container. You start a flow of water, like a flow of electrons. Now this falling water has speed, therefore it can do stuff. Turn a wheel, flip a swit...	[ "Therefore, in this wire the electrons are flowing at the rate of . At 60 Hz alternating current, this means that within half a cycle the electrons drift less than 0.2 μm. In other words, electrons flowing across the contact point in a switch will never actually leave the switch.\n", "For waves with electric fiel...
If you fired a handgun from the ISS, pointing away from Earth, would it be able to escape Earth's gravitational pull?	Short answer: No (as stated very well above). One key item I wanted to bring out that people have referred to, but not explicitly stated is that firing the bullet directly away from the center of the earth is not the most effective way or perhaps most efficient way would be more to the point. As we all remember f...	[ "A space gun by itself is not capable of placing objects into stable orbit around the object (planet or otherwise) from which it launches them. The orbit is a parabolic orbit, a hyperbolic orbit, or part of an elliptic orbit which ends at the planet's surface at the point of launch or another point. This means that...
why can humans not maintain a sprint speed for longer distances e.g. 5k, 10k	Human skeletal muscle contains enough stored energy in the form of various chemicals to operate anaerobically - that is, without air (and more importantly oxygen) - for something like 10 to 30 seconds depending on the person (and I'm sure shorter or longer than that for some people). Once that reserve energy is used ...	[ "Sprinting is running over a short distance in a limited period of time. It is used in many sports that incorporate running, typically as a way of quickly reaching a target or goal, or avoiding or catching an opponent. Human physiology dictates that a runner's near-top speed cannot be maintained for more than 30–35...
What is a good source to gain a full understanding of Ronald Reagan?	There's a large volume of histories on the Reagan presidency/era. Many are good, and many are crap. Here's only a handful of some of the major ones. If you're looking for a comprehensive history the best place to go is still Lou Cannon's Role of a Lifetime. It's a big book, so if you're looking for something a bi...	[ "Craigan Paul Shirley (born September 24, 1956) is an American author, lecturer, historian and public affairs consultant. He has written four bestsellers on Ronald Reagan which include \"Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America\" (2014), \"Reagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of...
Why did the Roman Salute become the salute of many fascist parties?	Historical Note: There is almost no evidence to suggest the 'Roman Salute' (hand held out, palm down, fingers together) was actually used by Romans. No Roman text describes this salute, and contemporary statues never seem to show it. The modern idea of the Roman Salute seems to come from [this painting](_URL_0_), produ...	[ "In the 1920s, Italian fascists adopted what has been called the Roman salute to symbolize their claim to have revitalized Italy on the model of ancient Rome. A similar ritual was adopted by the German Nazis, creating the Nazi salute. Controversy grew in the United States on the use of the Bellamy salute given its ...
why do our eyeballs roll up involuntarily while we sleep, but its stressful to do so voluntarily when awake?	Correction: your eyes roll up when you close your eyes I think it’s called the bell’s reflex The nerves that control eye closure are intrinsically linked to the nerves that control upward eye movement and hence produce this reflex Purpose is obvious. To help protect your eyes when they’re not needed.	[ "Primary reasons is eye fatigue as a result of excessive pressure on the eyes because of reading, watching TV, computer, poor lighting, etc. Some other reasons are poor posture, poor diet, lack of sleep, etc.\n", "When the individual is awake, blinking of the eyelid causes rheum to be washed away with tears via t...
why is cthulhu so popular spawning as the theme of so many things in pop culture, when it was just one of the many beasts hp lovecraft wrote about?	While Lovecraft wrote many disparate stories, they had loose connections to one another. In 1925 he wrote "Call of Cthulhu." It was sold to Weird Tales. The fans loved it. It sort of crystallized the idea of ancient cults and beings who lived here before man. Others in the "Lovecraft Circle" -friends and other authors...	[ "Cthulhu appears as a monster in many video games. \"Terraria\" features bosses named after the character, and he appears as the main inspiration for the story of the \"\" Zombies saga. The massively multiplayer online role-playing game \"World of Warcraft\" has numerous references to Cthulhu and the Mythos, with o...
Why do we detassel corn?	Well, it's usually used to make hybridized seed corn. So you pick your female plants from one variety and male from another (artificially, the plants have both if left alone) You plant 3 or 4 designated female variety rows per 1 designated male variety. You detassel the female and leave the male alone The wind does...	[ "Because corn is a self-fertilizing plant, the prevention of inbreeding when producing hybrid seeds required time-consuming detasseling. In the 1940s and 50's, Jones collaborated with Paul Mangelsdorf of Harvard University to eliminate the need to remove the tassels from plants in seed production through utilizing ...
the flow of electrons during the production of electricity	As an electron moves, it lowers the potential of the place that it just left. This creates a potential difference for the next electron to follow, creating a chain-like effect. Electricity occurs when there is a potential difference between two areas that are connected in a circuit.	[ "In a 1916 experiment with Thomas Dale Stewart, Tolman demonstrated that electricity consists of electrons flowing through a metallic conductor. A by-product of this experiment was a measured value of the mass of the electron. Overall, however, he was primarily known as a theorist.\n", "BULLET::::- Electrons are ...
fidget spinners. what are they and why are the being mocked?	They're little things that spin that people who fidget like to use to keep their hands busy. I assume people mock them because you're paying $10+ for something a pen does just as well. My sister is a teacher and says she despises them because a ton of kids have them and they're insanely distracting and defeat the p...	[ "A fidget spinner is a toy that consists of a ball bearing in the center of a multi-lobed (typically two or three) flat structure made from metal or plastic designed to spin along its axis with little effort. Fidget spinners became popular toys in 2017, although similar devices had been invented as early as 1993.\n...
does the 'voice break' that occurs during a man's puberty time period make sense in evolutionary terms ? how does that benefit us humans and what happens in the the body that creates this change ?	This is a common misconception, not every trait has to benefit the species. So long as it is detrimental it won't be selected against, even if it is detrimental it still might not be removed completely. Voice cracking is just a side effect of puberty, it has no benefit or much disadvantage, given its infrequent and te...	[ "Puberty usually lasts from 2–5 years, and typically occurs between the ages of 12 to 17. During puberty, voice change is controlled by sex hormones. In females during puberty, the vocal muscle thickens slightly, but remains very supple and narrow. The squamous mucosa also differentiates into three distinct layers ...
why is ice made from hot water clear?	Heating causes most of the dissolved gases (potential air bubbles) to come out of the water, so they are not there to cause cloudiness when you then freeze it.	[ "Traditionally, hot water has been used because it slightly melts the layer of ice below it, leading some operators to believe it forms a stronger bond during the freezing process because heating the water releases dissolved gases thus allowing the ice to freeze in a clearer state as well as reduces the freezing ti...
the russian sleep experiment	Basically, they sleep deprive a bunch of people, and they start hurting themselves to stay awake. For the ending, it was poorly written. I feel the author just needed an end, so they put a 'possesed' thing in there.	[ "\"The Russian Sleep Experiment\" (also referred to as \"Orange Soda\") is the name of a short Internet horror story and urban legend – a creepypasta – written by an anonymous author. The anonymously penned short story has since inspired artists in other media and has resulted in the publication of films and a nove...
To what extent were East Germans less well off?	In general a GDR citizen after the late 50s (food stamps were abolished in 1958) was unlikely to be malnurished since basic food (bread, butter, most things that could be easily produced localy) was widely available. This was not the case for "luxury" goods, many of which had to be imported (chocolate, coffee, certain ...	[ "While official statistics painted a relatively rosy picture, the East German economy had eroded because of increased central planning, economic autarky, the use of coal over oil, investment concentration in a few selected technology-intensive areas and labor market regulation. As a result, a large productivity gap...
Why was government service such a coveted job in China despite the shockingly low pay?	Delicious, a question on Imperial China's bureaucracy. & #x200B; Local officials were not particularly well compensated (officially anyways) but there were a number of extremely enticing factors that came with passing the civil service examination. By the mid-late Ming, it became basically absolutely mandatory to h...	[ "Chinese cities, in contrast to those in many developing countries, contain a high proportion of workers in factories and offices and a low proportion of workers in the service sector. Workers enjoy a high level of job security but receive low wages. Between 1963 and 1977 most wages were frozen, and promotions and ...
What would happen if you threw a frisbee in a vacuum?	Its angular momentum and lateral momentum would be completely conserved, but it would behave like a completely ideal projectile and would not experience the 'gliding' effect you typically think of when talking about a frisbee's flight. So basically it would not loose any rotational or x direction speed, where the x d...	[ "R.E grabs the vacuum cleaner and sneaks behind Mr. Boogedy, shooting the plastic balls at him. Boogedy, not deterred, takes control of the vacuum, making it chase Aurie around the room. R.E. hides behind Boogedy, and the vacuum takes hold of Boogedy's cloak, sucking it right off of his back. Without his cloak, Mr....
buddhism-shintoism	> I don't really understand what is going on with the Buddhism/Shintoism combination. Both religions have their own kind of cultural trappings - different kinds of ceremonies and beliefs and so on. In Japan, the two religions mixed fairly freely. So you might get someone who believes in forest spirits (Shinto) but a...	[ "Buddhism is, however, is different compared to Shintoism. It is a religion and is a form of writing as well. It is studied by professionals that mostly consist of philosophers, priests, and others who study agricultural and other art forms. Both Buddhism and Shintoism have adapted to each other over the centuries....
what makes baby teeth "erupt"?	I'm pretty sure they just grow. They aren't pushed out, they grow like all other bones. I might be wrong here but it makes sense	[ "Tooth eruption is a process in tooth development in which the teeth enter the mouth and become visible. It is currently believed that the periodontal ligament plays an important role in tooth eruption. The first human teeth to appear, the deciduous (primary) teeth (also known as baby or milk teeth), erupt into the...
what the buddha meant by "life is suffering"?	It's a concept known in Buddhism as dukkha, which plays an important role in buddhism. It is said to be one of the three "marks of existence" which all sentient beings experience, & the [4 Noble Truths](_URL_1_) on which are some of the core teachings in Buddhism all relate to dukkha. Dukkha isn't quite the same as ...	[ "Buddhist ethics and medicine are based on religious teachings of compassion and understanding of suffering and cause and effect and the idea that there is no beginning or end to life, but that instead there are only rebirths in an endless cycle. In this way, death is merely a phase in an indefinitely lengthy proce...
the basque independence movement.	The Basque are an ethnic group who live on the Atlantic coast of France and Spain, right on the border of both nations. There are two main reasons for the independence movement. The first is nationalism, or the pride in ones nation. See, Basque used to have their own country, Navarre. However, this country was split ...	[ "ETA (; ), an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (; \"Basque Homeland and Liberty\" or \"Basque Country and Freedom\") was an armed leftist Basque nationalist and separatist organization in the Basque Country (in northern Spain and southwestern France). The group was founded in 1959 and later evolved from a group pr...
Is there enough water in Mars' ice caps to make Mars habitable?	When you say habitable do you mean for humans, or animals on Earth? If that is what you are speaking about then the answer is definitely not for Humans and most Animals/Plants as well. Mars is roughly 1/3rd the size of Earth meaning it's gravitational pull is not as strong, roughly 1/3rd as well(38% to be exact). Thi...	[ "Liquid water cannot exist on the surface of Mars due to low atmospheric pressure, which is less than 1% that of Earth's, except at the lowest elevations for short periods. The two polar ice caps appear to be made largely of water. The volume of water ice in the south polar ice cap, if melted, would be sufficient t...
How close did France get to becoming Communist? What factors likely played the biggest role in France not becoming Communist?	First of all, having "socialist tendencies" isn't exactly a proper interpretation category when it comes to history. How are you gonna measure, or see those tendencies ? Because we have universal healthcare in 2017 means we have socialist tendencies ? Or because we elected a President coming from the Socialist Party in...	[ "“\"The Communists turn their attention chiefly to Germany, because that country is on the eve of a bourgeois revolution that is bound to be carried out under more advanced conditions of European civilisation and with a much more developed proletariat than that of England was in the seventeenth, and France in the e...
I just watched "The Battle of Algiers" and I was wondering what kind of policies did the French have in Algeria that lead to the Algerian rebellion?	I love that movie! The crowd scenes are simply amazing, I almost disbelieve that they didn't use documentary footage just because of how many extras would have been required. I could probably spend this entire response gushing over it. For the sake of clarity, in my answer when I refer to the ‘French’ I will be referr...	[ "The Battle of Algiers was a campaign of urban guerrilla warfare carried out by the National Liberation Front (FLN) against the French Algerian authorities from late 1956 to late 1957. The conflict began as a series of terrorist attacks by the FLN against the French forces and civilians in Algiers, reprisals follow...
Gandhi supported gun rights? Quote of his being misconstrued?	Gandhi is here referring to the de-arming of India as a whole via the Arms Act of 1878. Here is the second half of the quote: > If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial...	[ "King had initially known little about Gandhi and rarely used the term \"nonviolence\" during his early years of activism in the early 1950s. King initially believed in and practiced self-defense, even obtaining guns in his household as a means of defense against possible attackers. The pacifists guided King by sho...
Why don't more animals eat snails?	Not too sure where you got your information. There are large numbers of critters which feed prominently on snails and slugs, either on an occasional basis or as their main food supply. Chief among them would have to figure several taxa of ground beetles ([family Carabidae](_URL_0_)), notably the genera *Carabus, Cal...	[ "Because of their appetite for snails, these loaches can help alleviate snail infestations in tropical fish tanks, though many have reported that while pond loaches do eat snails, they do not eat them at a fast enough rate to deal with an infestation.\n", "Wild snails eat plants rapidly,which often leads to prope...
windows registry and its separation from the file system	Hi, I worked on the Windows team at Microsoft back when the Registry was created. The idea was to provide a reliable, secure way to store configuration data for a wide range of programs and operating system features. It had to be accessible during the boot process, so its complexity was somewhat limited. Perhaps the b...	[ "Windows Registry is a repository for configuration and settings information for the operating system and for other software, such as applications. It can be thought of as a filesystem optimized for small files. However, it is not accessed through file system-like semantics, but rather through a specialized set of ...
why is it that i can feel extremely motivated at one point in the day, and entirely unmotivated hours later?	Delayed Gratification - > "Behavioral researchers have focused on the contingencies that govern choices to delay reinforcement, and have studied how to manipulate those contingencies in order to lengthen delay. Age plays a role too; children under 5 years old demonstrate a marked lack of delayed gratification abilit...	[ "Baumeister and Vohs have suggested that the disastrous failure of men in high office to control impulses in their private lives may at times be attributed to decision fatigue stemming from the burden of day-to-day decision making. Similarly, Tierney notes that \"C.F.O.s [are] prone to disastrous dalliances late in...

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