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If a person never swims in the ocean, is the probability they will be bitten by a shark absolutely 0? | or you could be in a plane crash over the ocean. or you could be kidnapped and thrown in the ocean. I guess maybe there could be some kind of freakish zoo accident. Or in your example, a Sharknado. It is unlikely and avoiding the ocean is the best way to hedge your bets, but I don't think you can ever put that number a... |
Why do non-fighters collapse when they get elbowed in the head, but MMA fighters can take it with the punches so to speak? | I am *not* a doc or a fighter but I think this is more or less accurate. If you watch KO vids and know a bit of brain science, it's all about the axis of rotation of the head. A straight punch drives the brain back and forth along a single axis - a knockout blow is generally to the chin or temple which twists the head ... |
What is the actual threat of the Yellowstone super volcano? | Laymen explanation coming and im sure someone will come along and do better but basically its supposed to go off 'soon' in a geological timeframe which basically could be any time in the next thousand years. Odds are its not going to happen in our lifetime but if it did then yes you would have to be very worried. A sig... |
Why do most small towns have car dealerships? | Car dealerships use a lot of land area. You have to park a lot of cars. It's too expensive to pay rent in a big city. You can't be in the middle of nowhere either however because zoning and electricity and plumbing etc. |
Do electrons really travel through a wire? | It's actually very unclear how energy actually travels using electricity. We know it works, and we know the differences between DC and AC, but modern science really doesn't have a clue as to what is actually happening. The two predominant theories are: 1. Electrons in a wire act like a Newton's Cradle, where a charge i... |
Why is the USA not a signatory to the International Criminal Court treaty? How is the rest of the world okay with this? | The most important thing to remember about international law is that it is for lack of a better word made up. International law only exists between nations when both nations agree to it, this is why the UN really doesn't have much real power. Treaties are not contracts they can be token lawfully and the only real conse... |
Why does everyone want to move to Canada when their country falls on hard times? | A good mix of European and American ideals. There's enough freedom available to ensure a decent capitalist market and individual freedom. But enough government regulation to help people not be screwed over by any particular industry. Because our Banks are well regulated our recession wasn't as bad, though it did take s... |
Why don't developers in California, and other drought-stricken areas of the U.S., have to include solar panels and drought-resistant landscaping, as well as water-efficient appliances, in all new buildings? | Because they don't have to. France just made it a law that industrials area must have solar. Also, hiring a construction company to build a home actually doesn't cost that much, they certainly don't make a million off of building a family home. |
Metal Gear Solid (The whole darn story) | **Spoiler Alert**There is no way to lay out a story of such epic proportions and intertwined stories. So many times you find the plot turned completely upside down and then again and again, but no matter how many times it's turned it never faces the same way. If you want a basic overview I would suggest watching the fi... |
Why do many economists view basic income as a solution? Wouldn't it simply increase the price of most goods based on simple economics? | The reality is the basic income wouldn't add all that much money to the system, for a country like Canada, the cost to bring everyone to at least above the poverty line would be 7-8 Billion in a $1.8 Trillion GDP. Also most goods and services that would be consumed as a result simply aren't rare or scarce resources, in... |
For whom or in which part of science do 1 point difference of RGB numbers matters? | sure, especially in photo recognition. I attended a talk last week where I guy was looking at determining black carbon concentrations in air by evaluating the color of deposits. For him that point can really matter. So for 95% of applications no it doesn't, but there are people that it matters for. |
Why does draining water form a vortex, why doesn't it just fall through the opening? | ELI5: You're heading towards the drain, but oops, you are either hit off course or overshoot it, just like in golf when the ball rolls ontop and over, now, since you are heading away from the drain you are suddenly pulled back, making a circular motion and hence you are forming a vortex. |
How is it viable to use 4 or 8 bytes to address a single byte? | OP appears to be asking why we use pointers that are 32- or 64-bits wide to address a single byte in memory. The reason is so we can address a fuckton of bytes easily. A single 32-bit pointer can reference any one of 4 gigabytes of of contiguous memory. A 64-bit pointer can address any of 16 exabytes. Meanwhile, the po... |
Under basic income, what is to stop large sections of the population from not getting jobs? | Nothing, it's designed specifically for situations where large amounts of people are, due to technological advancement, not able to find a job. People are incentivised to get jobs to get more money and live more luxuriously, but there is now no incentive for people to work at a sweat shop, because robots are doing that... |
Why are so many Americans in favor of illegal immigration? | Nobody is pro-illegal-immigration. Many people are pro-open-borders and many are against deporting those who are already here as any immigration reform shouldn't be retro-active, especially if they've paid their dues and contributed to society. |
Why does the water in the toilet bowl go frothy when I pee? | It's pretty much like making any other foam - you vigorously mix together something solid with air, and bubbles form. The structure is supported by whatever solids are present. In some cases the structure is pretty solid, and the bubbles hold up. In the case of pissing into water, there is really no protein to hold the... |
Why is there no common household appliance that can instantly cool/freeze food? | Well, you could always get a flash freezer, but then your drink would be frozen. Plus liquid nitrogen imposes maintenance hassles. You could get a wine chiller. Those typically only take 5-10 minutes for a bottle of wine. If you're looking to cool a beer really fast, just wrap it in a wet paper towel and throw it in yo... |
Why do household doors in North America open by folding into the home instead of folding out? | Screen doors usually swing outward. It would be difficult to have a second door behind the screen door if it didn't swing inwards, no? |
If wars are so good for industry in the US, why does the stock market tank when we're about to start one? | The market loves certainty. Traders want to know what the rules are, who the players are, and what to expect so they can plan. Markets lag during elections and then activity picks up after the election because people know what to expect. That's why there was so much cash sitting in money markets during large rallies th... |
Can a pet/animal be allergic to humans? | My 3yo Bernese Mountain Dog has been battling bad allergies most of his life. We had him tested and turns out one of the top things is Human Dander. So not exactly, directly allergic but still irritated by touch. His ears are always warm and red and he chews his feet until they get infected. We've tried allergy shots, ... |
How do some viruses cause cancer? | The mechanism through which the six viruses known to cause cancer do so is very different from one another. HPV is very easy to understand though. The proteins it creates when infecting cells indirectly cause tumors because those proteins disrupt the body's natural tumor suppression pathways. It doesn't mean to do this... |
How are verbal contracts a thing? Couldn't anyone just deny saying anything? | There is usually something more than a mere verbal agreement that can prove the contract took place. If I agree to pay you to wash my car for $20, and then you go and buy a bucket and sponge, why would you do that unless I induced you? Sure, dishonest people may lie about the terms or about never making a contract, but... |
What is the difference between computer programming languages and what makes one "more powerful" than another? | You can think of programming languages on a scale from more computer readable to more human readable. The more computer readable it is, the faster and more powerful it has the potential to be because you're working closer to the instructions the computer actually reads. The more human readable it is, the easier it is t... |
Why do large corporations pay any tax at all? Can't they just become sovereign countries in international waters? Or move the HQ to Imaginationistan? | Under the law of the sea treaty, a stateless corporation entirely in international waters would fall under the jurisdiction of any state. Under the prior rules they're pirates and they can be seized by anyone stronger than them. The US Navy is quite a bit stronger than anyone else on the seas. |
If you hurt yourself why does shaking that part of your body relieve the pain? | It's just a distraction from the pain. It doesn't truly relieve the pain, just distracts you from it. |
How do MREs work? | If you're asking about how they keep fresh, it's because they're vacuum sealed. There is little to no air in the packages. It's like canned food, but instead of a metal can it's a plastic pouch. |
Why do websites prompt you to "Wait 30 seconds to download, or click here for instant download?" Why not just instantly download? | Sometimes they're going to hand off the download to a CDN service. For various reasons the download from the CDN may not start instantly. The page is set to refresh after an interval and that will start the download assuming everything is configured and working correctly. Or you can click the link and start the downloa... |
What is the source code of a game? Why was the golden disk so valuable? | But my question is: why would it be valuable to them NOW? Sure, if he returned it to them years ago before they had to write a new one - holy shit yeah. But now? They already started over and completed the game so what's the big deal? |
Why are water mains buried beneath streets? | They could bury it under the grass and I would think that sometimes they do. The public right of way usually includes the road, the sidewalks, some amount of setback from the sidewalk to the property line, and any landscaping in between those elements. However, the landscaped areas often aren't just simple grass. They ... |
How accurate is the information from sites like _URL_0_, etc. How helpful/successful were these sites in registering for college classes? | I always used _URL_0_ as a good foundation for my class schedule decisions. They typically have very few trolls/haters and provide a good idea of the general consensus of the teacher's ability to teach, likability, grading difficulty, etc. It's definitely a handy resource to use. |
How come people can "feel" like they're being watched? | They actually can't. A study was done where people were covertly watched, and then later asked if they had sensed being watched. They responded no more accurately than if they had been guessing.[source] |
why do American airports not have smoking sections?! | Many airports allow smoking, but ONLY in certain areas. For example, in Washington DC, they have basically a giant vented booth to stand in that filters all smoke through fans in the ceiling. It's nice and all, but each one as at the opposite end of the airport and it takes too long to walk to one unless you have a lon... |
How does a crematory not mix people's ashes together? | You could read this book 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'. It's a narrative by a mortician. Very enlightening and also well written and interesting, I learned a lot about the morgue life from it. |
If I was stranded on an island with people who don't speak English how would I learn their language? | This actually happened a lot when explorers discovered parts of the New World--they would literally show up in places that had zero English knowledge & amp; vice versa. A surprising amount of language is nonverbal. Like /u/whalenmich said--point to an object , learn the word. Then you'd probably start to learn actions ... |
When we're having a nightmare, why do we wake up just as we're about to die? | I just finished up a 2 year residency in a sleep lab run by the AASM. So far there's not conclusive evidence to answer why we wake up from nightmares, but the leading theory is that it's the body's way of increasing your heart rate or respiratory rate if it becomes dangerously low. This is also why patients with sleep ... |
Why does it usually sound in tune when a large crowd sings together, but not individual singers? | I'm not sure how much you know about music, so forgive me if I'm restating things you already know. We can tell musical notes apart based on what their frequency is. For example, Middle C is 261.6 Hz. The A above Middle C is 440 Hz. If you increase or decrease the frequency enough, you'll hit a new note. But if you don... |
If a photon is massless, why is there (supposedly) a limit to its velocity? | Momentum is not mass times velocity, it is mass times velocity times the Lorentz factor of /c^)^. You may notice that as v approaches c, this factor tends to infinity. If mass tends to 0 as velocity tends to c, then we find that the momentum is undefined. We require quantum mechanics to tell us that a photon's momentum... |
what is a so-called "hostile takeover?" | The power over a corporation is ultimately held by the shareholders but controlled more directly by the directors and executives, so think of it as two separate groups to deal with. When the shareholders get real incentivised they react, but usually it is the directors and management at helm. If you wanted to purchase ... |
If fast food workers are fighting for $15/hour, doesn't this basically crush any benefit entry level graduates or professionals with a few years experience making 17-25 receive? | There are many problems with increasing the minimum wage. If increasing the MW happened in a vacuum with no ancillary problems then that would be one thing. Unfortunately. 1)It drives 'ma and pa' type stores out of business and benefits huge corporations that can more easily absorb the wage increase. The end result bei... |
What is the advantage to society in funding NASA? | Outside of general space exploration NASA's largest contribution is in the sheer number of life changing technologies that began or were perfected through work with NASA. [Spinoff] is a publication that list these. Here's just a few: * Barcodes* Cordless Power Tools* Velcro* Artificial Limbs* Medical uses for LEDs* Scr... |
Why do they carge .99 cents for a 16 oz Coke and not just an even $1? | It looks like less money at a glance, that's why at most stores everything ends in .99 or .49. $5.00 vs. $4.99. some people mistake it as $4.00 if they just look at the first digit. |
Why couldn't space rockets land like Space-X? What is the significance of this new technology? | Landing like that is really, really, *really* hard. The ability to manufacture materials that can handle the stress on both the rocket and landing site, the complexity of the autonomous pilot from a hardware and software perspective, and the understanding of the vast number of environmental factors that can turn a soft... |
Why does it require a bill to be passed in order for 9/11 victims to be allowed to sue Saudi Arabia? How does the process of suing a country work? | Just as a small note before the really good answer arrives: in terms of assets the US could only seize Saudi assets located here in the US. I'm assuming it's probably stocks and bonds, maybe some real estate. That being said the said the Saudi's have threatened to sell everything if this proceeds, which could hurt the ... |
When one animal eats another animal that has a defensive mechanism such as claws or fangs, how is it that they don't cause internal damage? | Poisons aside, the biggest problem with claws and fangs is when they're moving . When something is dead it does not move anymore so the predator does not have to worry about that. Your body can digest bones and teeth, and that is just what claws and fangs are.On the same train of thought, what about if something eats a... |
This guy dived down 40m without equalising. How? | It's actually possible to equalize the pressure in your ear without using your hands at least for me it is Might take some practise to pull off tho |
In a Democracy, if nobody knows which candidate anyone else voted for, how do we know we can trust the results of an election? | Audit trails. In every good elections system, there's a way to go back to the physical ballots and count them again, and to compare how many ballots there are as compared to the number of people who showed up at the polls. There's no need to tie a specific ballot to the person who cast it. |
A "tax holiday" | A tax holiday is a temporary reduction in tax rates. In theory it encourages investment, which can help stimulate the economy to get out of a recession. Then when the tax increases again the government makes money from tax revenue again. The problems are that it still requires people to be willing to invest, and it tak... |
what are the laws of having tattoos in the workplace, UK | I don't believe there's a specific law covering tattoo's, but unless you have something specific in a contract or employer's policies that states rules around appearance, then you should be OK. A lot of employers are more relaxed about tattoos now, especially if they're below the neck and above the wrist - ie, tattoos ... |
Is it better to pop a zit or let it go away itself? | Definitely better to leave it alone. If you pop it it'll most likely just get infected and could potential scar. |
April Fool's Day. | Don't forget japery. Japery is also very important on this day.Like everything important, I learned this from the Simpsons: _URL_0_Although I cannot cite a specific source, I remember reading that April Fool's Day had something to do with changing the date of "New Year's Day". I read a story, or something, about kids w... |
If you are slowly dunked into lava feet first when do you die? | You would die well before your feet touched the lava. Lava is freaking hot. As you get closer the heat is pretty intense. You'll pass out and get cooked well before you actually hit it. |
Why are there "Democratic" and "Republican" pollsters? Wouldn't everyone want to know what the results of a poll are without the introduction of any bias? | The politicians don't particularly care what the results of the polls are today when the election is not today. They only care to the extent it can help them change things, and rigorously nonpartisan pollsters are probably not so likely to help with that. |
The bunny apocalypse; Myxomatosis in rabbits and how it makes viruses do seemingly wierd things explained like you are five. | I have no idea why I needed this explained, but now that I've read it, I've got another tidbit of knowledge to share at parties! |
Why does Vimeo have higher quality videos, Youtube has medium quality, and Liveleak has low quality? | Youtube can play in 4k at 60fps, so I think it's just that vimeo has more people uploading at the higher quality. |
At concerts, why do I sometimes "feel" the music inside my body, and is it harmful? | Sound travels through the air by forcing air to move back and forth - that change in pressure is what your ears detect as sound. Your ears are very sensitive and can detect tiny changes in these compression waves so you can hear very quiet sounds. But when sound gets loud enough, like at a very loud concert, especially... |
Why is there so much opposition to nuclear power? | Because it is spooooooooooooky. You might be two-headed babies if you run your blender on nuclear power. That's about 90% of the argument against it. It is true that there have been a small number of high profile nuclear accidents. It is also true that more coal miners and oil drillers die each *month* than people who ... |
How does a computer work with Ones and Zeros and why ones and zeros? Cuolnt it be like twos and threes? | Computers work in binary. On or off, yes or no, true or false, 1 or 0. The fact that we use the numbers 1 and 0 is basically arbitrary. The important thing is that computers can create a complete and powerful set of logic just by using a binary system that's basically a series of true or false comparisons. What you cal... |
Why is it so much harder for women to achieve orgasm (vs men)? [NSFW] | I'm just gonna add that the clitoris is waaay more sensitive than the vagina and I personally come as quickly as a man normally would when that is whats being stimulated. So when your having sex with a woman, your using the instrument that is designed to kind of take a beating, but the magic button is being ignored. Ju... |
The whole Cliven Bundy Ranch situation in Nevada. | His ranch does not extend into the the federal land. I am at a loss as to why people think it's OK for an individual to use up public resources to make a profit. He can still graze his cows on his private ranch, no one is removing cattle off his private property they are removing them off public property. The reality i... |
How does a clutch on a manual transmission work? | The clutch separates the Engine from the Wheels. A flywheel is bolted to the engine. When the engine speed increases, the flywheel speed increases. When the clutch is up , the clutch is mated to the flywheel, connecting the engine to the transmission. This is how the engines power is translated to the wheels. When you ... |
Would I die of radiation poisoning If I lived in a house made of just banana? | No. It does not matter how many bananas you accumulate - even replacing Earth by an equal-sized collection of bananas won't lead to problematic radiation ). The key point here: bananas emit radiation, but they also absorb it. Most radiation is absorbed within a meter. No matter how many bananas you have, your radiation... |
is it harmful if I wake up and my arm is numb from lying on it? | If you're laying on your arm for extended periods of time, blood clots can develop or you can cut off your circulation to the point where it can become dangerous. Normal sleep usually won't cause this but if you find that the numbness is persistent, you may want to change up your sleeping position and see if that helps... |
I have a fundamental understanding of what a mathematical algorithm is, but I wonder: Can anyone can explain how Google's PageRank algorithm works? | Netflix has a short movie called algorithms that provides a good explanation using a soccer team as an example. If you've got Netflix, check that out. Pretty informative movie about all kinds of algorithms in general. Worth a watch.The PageRank algorithm is based on [Markov chains] In a nutshell, these are probability ... |
what causes a 120v residential power line to fluctuate between 118v and 122v? | 120v is the ideal output, but due to various reasons that cannot be guaranteed from the wall so there is tolerance built into the standard. I don't know how much specifically, but there will be some percentage of allowable deviation either side of 120v. As for the 110v, some countries use that rather than 120 or even 2... |
Why Does 24fps Have a Movie-Feel While 60fps Looks Like a Soap Opera? | If you are in North America, it's probably due to the 3:2 Pull down. Movies have traditionally been shot in 24fps, though it is changing now. However, your television can't show 24fps, it either shows 25 or 30fps, depending on which region you are in. If you're in region 2 they will simply play the clip at 25fps, so it... |
The Brony Phenomenon (Brony- young adult males that watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | I think people started watching it ironically and kept up because it's watchable.I had heard about this show yesterday when I was omegle on spy mode, and the question asked was who was your favorite pony on this show. Needless to say I was shocked that the other stranger gave an answer almost instantaneously, and when ... |
Do dogs know they have been rescued in those before and after videos? | I've spent time at a rescue facility, and some dogs definitely know. People assign human emotions to animals all the time and mostly incorrectly, but I gotta admit, I have seen some dogs show what can only be described as gratitude. |
Why does the Police Union seem so aggressive? | Most Unions can be; In a union members pay to be protected. The union is going to do anything it legally can to protect it's members if its a good one, possibly including aggressive threatening non person specific statements. It's one of the reasons to join, if they aren't visibly protecting me/members I'll keep my mon... |
how come some people perspire much more than others? | Really surprised no one has said this yet: genetics I'm half Philipino and in good shape, similar to my teammates on my soccer and tennis teams, but I always sweat WAY more than them. It's just because I'm Philipino, and all of my Philipino relatives sweat a TON as well. My brother and sister sweat when meeting new peo... |
Why is it legal for schools to make third party learning tools that have to also be paid for, mandatory. | > I suppose it isn't completely mandatory, but in a way, it is. In order to get an A in the class, you have to pay for these programs. It's not really clear what you mean. Are you saying that a formal requirement for getting an A is to pay for the program? Or that it's extremely difficult to get an A without paying for... |
in the early centuries people died at around 30 but did they look like they were 30 today. | People didn't actually die around thirty. The average life span was thirty because that also included a huge amount of childhood deaths. If you adjust for that, many people lived into their fifties. |
If a bot on reddit can read text on a meme, why can't they read captcha codes? | For the most part captchas have very distorted text, while memes are quite bold/clear so it's a lot easier for text-recognition software to pick up the text of a meme but not so much with the captchas. to be honest even I have a hard time reading captchas. |
What is the link between Alcohol & Petroleum? | > Second question: If alcohol can be made from petroleum why are we are we adding corn based ethanol alcohol to gasoline instead of the other way around . Others answered your first question nicely, so I thought I'd tackle this one. We're adding corn-based ethanol to gasoline as an attempt at renewable energy. We can g... |
How is the "golden ratio" or "Fibonacci's Sequence" used in music? | Tool Lateralus. Syllables of his words. Black. Then. White are All I see. In my infancy Red and yellow than came to be Reaching out to me Let's me see. The Syllables are 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 5, 3. The music follows the same pattern. Great youtube video on it. |
What does a driver update do? Specifically, how does re-defined software change what happens with, say, a graphics card? | Drivers are basically specialized pieces of software that can tell the hardware to do certain things in certain ways. Perhaps the new graphics card driver has a better optimized code for how to handle screen-space-ambient-occlusion, where the old code might be capable of doing it, it wouldn't be as good FPS-wise doing ... |
National Debt and the financial state of a country | High national debt may or may not be indicative of a country's health. Essentially, there are two main ways to use debt. You can borrow money in order to fund future investments to get more money in the future, or you can borrow money for consumer goods and services, which is a short-term boost in a country's output bu... |
How do high liquors makers (like scotch) forecast demand 6/8/12 years in the future? Is scotch really aged for that long or is it some magic marketing math? | Some liquors are aged to a certain number of years and then 'sealed' to prevent further aging / oxidation etc, thus allowing the distiller to release the exact same '15 year' liquor for multiple years. In reality, it may have been 15 years old 3 years ago, it was just removed from the aging process. I did some research... |
How do we biologically "lose" energy as we age? | You don't lose energy, but your body becomes less efficient at everything. Your body is ultimately a biological super machine, but after decades of living you accumulate toxic substances in your organs, wear out joints and bones and the tiny 'mistakes' that your body makes when it repairs and renews it's cells accumula... |
The Jian Ghomeshi trial. | The women were involved in a BDSM relationship with Mr. Ghomeshi. Things got rough, they didn't mind at the time. Instead they kept the contact, sent love letters, kissed, sent nudes . Then a few years later they suddenly felt that were sexually assaulted and hired a lawyer, public relations people and started a campai... |
Why can't they make showers that have temperature settings separate from the off/on valve since I need the same temperature water pretty much every day? | Well, they do. I've had 'em for about 12 years. Kohler. 2 knobs. One sets the temp - and you never have to touch it again if you don't want to - the other is on/off and volume. |
What stops someone from stealing people bags at baggage claim? | * it's a crime* there is a pretty good chance the owner would see you* there is a really good chance you will be filmed committing the crime* for all that trouble and risk, you would likely get little more than someone else's dirty clothes you would have to steal dozens of bags to get anything worthwhile |
What stops Bacteria and Viruses from genetically mutating against being detected rather than being resistant to specific drugs? | Are you talking about detection by the body's immune system or detection by a laboratory test? Pathogens are constantly trying to evolve to evade the hosts defenses, which is why you can get a cold or a flu so many times. These are very similar viruses that change so that antibodies developed against one strain will no... |
What made India so diverse in terms of Culture, religion and language? | One thing not address here is the British Empire's influence. The British came in and carved up the area to how they wanted, without respect to the local cultures' geography. |
What motivates social interaction? | Sex.Evolutionary speaking, our goal is to reproduce. You aren't going to be able to do that without approaching someone.As for going up to someone of the same sex, the hope is that you have something to gain from the interaction. It used to be for food, shelter, protection but these days people are just looking to pass... |
Why is a mortgage only 30 years? Why can't it be 60 years? | They don't want your property, they want your money. Banks are in the business of loaning money, not real estate. Besides, who would want to be saddled with a mortgage their entire life? The whole point is to pay the thing off. 30 years is long enough to make the payments manageable. Edit: Proofreading", 'Most people s... |
why are humans so good at creating visual scenarios in our minds that never actually happened? | I read a really great book called the Storytelling Animal that hypothesized that humans developed daydreaming and other storytelling activities like playing , dreaming, and oral traditions as a evolutionary mechanism. The author said we developed this habit for linear narrative arcs to practice and teach our offspring ... |
Why is there not affirmative action for Jewish people after all the atrocities of the Holocaust, which took place much more recently than slavery? | I don't know what you mean by affirmitive action, but I think you mean reparations, and getting Israel is definitely reparations. I don't know what more 'affirmitive' actions you could think of.Progressives do not feel better than the Jews, while they usually feel better than other minority groups. Also, Jews are so es... |
How do people actually genuinely believe the world is flat? | They don't. Nearly anytime that someone talks about the Earth being flat its because they're trolling you/the world at large in an attempt to get the reaction that ezbot1 gave. |
Why is salt so important to our bodies remaining hydrated but when I eat salt it makes me more thirsty? | I'm not an expert, just a bio major. When you eat salt it is digested and enters your blood stream. You now have salt in your blood, along with many things but for our focus, water. Your body's cells also have salt and water in them. The important factor is the amounts. So when you add salt to your blood, it then has m... |
How does the human body metabolize stored fat? What can you do to help it metabolize at maximum efficiency (i.e. burn fat at greatest rate possible)? | The oxygen in water is used as part of your body's fuel as well as water helping everything be able to move around in you. Basically, dehydration contributes to a lower metabolism. For maximum fat metabolism, you should look into carb cycling and high intensity interval training. There are ways to sort of trick your bo... |
Why do auctioneers need to speak the way they do? It seems like 99% incomprehensible gibberish with some numbers in between. | Auctioneers absolutely do not need to speak like an overcaffeinated country western singer with marbles in his mouth. That's just a traditional style. I've attended many auctions in the Southern United States, and it really varies by auction house what you get. Some auctioneers still do the whole speed trance thing whi... |
If a person were underfed to the point of stunted growth and delayed puberty, what would carbon-dating their bones reveal? | Carbon dating works by looking at all the carbon in a sample and figuring out what percentage of it is C14 vs. C12. It doesn't matter if the person is malnourished. Regardless of whether they ate one sandwich a day for their whole life or a full banquet, the carbon isotopes in both diets will have the same percentages.... |
How does (ideal) gases in space behave? | If you have a 1 liter bottle the gas within is 1 liter. The Earth's atmosphere has a pressure on the surface. It is expressed in lb/in squared, kg/cm squared, or inches of mercury. The Earth's gravity keeps our atmosphere from escaping although hydrogen will eventually escape. In space the pressure is approximately zer... |
How does my remote still control the T.V. even though it's not directly pointed at it? | Your remote works exactly like a flashlight that you flick on and off in a pattern. If the light from the flashlight is bright enough, it doesn't have to be pointed directly at you for your to notice the pattern of on/offs. The only difference is that TV remotes use part of the light spectrum that humans can't see, and... |
Does Time Stop in Absolute Zero? | Well, the short answer is no depending on how you identify time.In terms of chemical reactions or kinetic movement, yes time has stopped. But that isnt the only thing that happens in line with time passed.Absolute zero is not a lack of any movement, it is when a 'minimum' has been reached. Electrons still work the same... |
Why aren't we driving solar powered cars? | As everyone has said, it's an issue of how the panels aren't efficient enough, what they weigh, and what they cost. An alternative would be to just generate all the solar energy along the edge of the highway, and conduct it into tracks built on the highway that cars could just run on However, again, this is ludicrously... |
What would happen if someone had purely REM sleep? | Evidently, you never get enough sleep. I have a friend with narcolepsy and he said this is basically what his sleep pattern is: almost directly into REM and staying there. On days when he didn't have medication, or it was not working effectively, he would very quickly drop to sleep if he was not actively doing anything... |
What are the possible ways that we could terraform another planet? | Depends on the planet, let's take Mars for our first example. First, you need a thicker atmosphere. The easy way to do that is to melt the carbon dioxide icecaps and to release compounds from the soil, like oxygen and water. To melt the Co2 in the polar regions, you could spread fine dark dust across them that would ca... |
Why do modern gamers expect backwards compatibility from their new gaming systems when it's never traditionally been a thing for consoles to have? | 1) Medium - Back in the old days of cartridges, each new generation of cartridges would have a different shape, so there was no expectation of backwards compatibility. The current consoles uses DVD/BluRay as storage device, as was the previous generation's. Since the medium is EXACTLY THE SAME and the hardware is bette... |
Why does food reheated in the microwave seem to cool down faster than food fresh out of the oven, even when brought to a temperature too hot to eat? | In addition to the fact that microwaves heat unevenly, ovens heat the container as well as the contents. Microwaves leave the container relatively cool. The food's heat dissipates into the container. Hot containers keep hot food hot. Restaurants serve food on hot plates to keep it hot. |
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