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How does alcohol negate consent when the same argument can be used when to defend serious criminal offences when intoxicated? | If one party is drunk and the other member is not, you're dealing with a situation where one person is in a weakened state and can be taken advantage of. In this case, the perpetrator is the one who is sober and is fully aware that they are taking advantage of another person. For criminal offenses where someone is into... |
Who is allowed to marry into the royal family? Who is not? | Until recently, all descendants of George II required the permission of the monarch to marry. Beyond that, the royal family can marry anyone, but marrying the wrong person could exclude them from inheriting titles. In the past, they could not marry divorced people, and until very recently, Catholics. Also, now only the... |
Why does tilt shift make stuff look miniature? | It creates the illusion of a shallow depth of field by blurring out certain parts of the picture. If you took a picture of a model, you'd use a macro lens and only focus on a small portion of the scene. By blurring out part of the picture, tilt shift inmates this effect. |
Could someone live off a diet of pills containing the nutrients we need to live? Or does food have something "more" that we need to survive? | If there is a way to fit all the nutrient in a pill, technically, we could just survive on that. However, currently there is no way to fit everything in a pill. The closest this that come close is probably Soylent . And then there is the physiological aspect, how can we satisfy the taste and smell factor? I think I wil... |
How come so many documentaries are on YouTube? Are they not in breach of copyright, or have they not been found? | Documentaries are much more about spreading information than charging people for entertainment. They are likely in breach of copyright but the copyright owners are not as interested in tracking them down and removing them. Also many documentaries are made by non-profits, which can't afford firms to go around YouTube an... |
If human are omnivores why is the canine the only carnivorous tooth we have? Wouldn't a true carnivore need more than two sets of these? | _URL_0_ > While the presence of canine teeth does not guarantee that an animal is a carnivore, it is an indicator that meat is some part of the diet. Additionally, carnivores *do* have other kinds of teeth. They often have sharp incisors, too, in order to help incapacitate and eat prey. They typically have smaller mola... |
why do women seem to have such a strong affinity for the way their men smell than men's affinity for the way their women smell? | Well, one reason that may attribute to this is that women have a more acute sense of smell then men. There is almost certainly more to it then that, but I think it has something to do with why men casually endorse it. Hopefully someone pops in to elaborate further, and worse case scenario, you could take the question t... |
Why does Sweden of all countries have a privatized emergency line system? | We don't? :) Some companies offer private emergency devices for elderly people, these are connected to a nursing home of some kind. As far as I know, from personal experience and general knowledge, the emergency number is not routed through any private firm. May be wrong though!", 'Sweden is not a good example/model of... |
Where does the tradition of giving gold, silver and bronze medals to the top three competitors originate from? | Gold and silver had been the primary form of money at that time for millennia. Gold doesn't tarnish so it makes an excellent metallic representation of victory. |
Is it better to get 7-8 hours of sleep every night or wake up at the same time every morning? | The goal is to get enough quality sleep. It doesn't matter if you got four hours or eight hours or twelve hours, it doesn't matter if you went to bed at 2000 or 2400, or if you wake up at 0600 or 0900. When you wake up and feel rested, you got the right amount of sleep. Going to sleep at the same time, and waking at th... |
What is the actual purpose of an amber traffic light? | Cars can't stop immediately, and people have a delay in their reaction times. A yellow light serves as a buffer between red and green, allowing people who can't stop safely to make it through the intersection before cross traffic begins.To slow down. To decelerate from motion at any speed cannot be done instantly. So u... |
If people say Dolphins and Orcas are as smart as humans, why have they not built underwater economies and cities? | Opposable thumbs might be one reason. Inability to harness fire underwater may be another. Our entire civilization is predicated on controlling fire. And as another poster pointed out. Why do you equate civilization with intelligence? We've only been living that way for a few tens of thousands of years and we've almost... |
How come the U.S doesn't use PIN-verification for card purchases? | We are working on it. Chip-and-PIN has become a heavy recommendation for card processors, though some merchants opt for Swipe Only or Chip Only transactions still. Even systems like Square and Shopify, which deal with individual private sales and small businesses, have chip readers available for use While PIN transacti... |
Why don't Reddit provide their own image upload service, instead of relying on third party sites like Imgur and Memegenerator? | Because it would provide no additional benefit to the user-base over using third party sites, and would cost a lot of money and take a lot of time to build and maintain. Reddit currently runs at a loss , so why would it spend additional time and money creating the exact same thing that a 3rd party can provide at no cos... |
do people with mental diseases know they have it? | I have chronic depression, had it my whole life. I used to self sabotage my life and then crawl out of the hole i dug and do it all over again. I started dating a girl who recognized it for what it was and I went to a doctor to get medication. Now i am functional but still depressed. It does help me knowing that it is ... |
When im using big headphones (bose or beats) with a small device (iPod) does it use more battery than using a smaller headphone? How does this work? | So, the short answer is no. The long answer is yes. If you unplug one pair of headphones and plug in another the same amount of power is being provided by your phone, so no extra power loss. But! If the volume has changed and you must change it to match then you are changing the output power. So, changing the volume or... |
The Ladyboy culture in Thailand | I'd say it's not that it's popular there. It's just well known. 1. People already go to Thailand for sexual tourism. 2. Part of that is experiencing new things they wouldn't risk at home: Prostitutes, pingpong shows , and sex with a transexual. 3. A lot of the Thai are poor in comparison to the visiting tourists. So a ... |
If in the US you are innocent until proven guilty, how come an accused criminal can be put in jail without bond prior to their trial? | It seems like things are getting a little too philosophical here, so I'll try to answer in very simple terms. Lets say you're out to eat, and you forget your wallet. You explain to the manager of the restaurant and agree to leave say, your cell phone, as collateral on you coming back and paying your bill, that's your b... |
What are spiders doing when crawling across the ceiling/wall and randomly changing direction? | There are some exceptions, but most spiders don't have the best vision. when they hunt for food they will have to establish the terrain they are on. Is it new terrain? is there any food here at all? In the case of your ceiling, the spider probably has never been in there and has to decide if its worth continuing to loo... |
Why do TVs make that loud high frequency noise when the screen is black? | I used to be able to tell if a TV was on in any house because of this. A few times, I was even able to hear it from outside These days, with TVs having moved away from CRTs, I generally don't hear it anymore. |
How does an illiterate person's mind develop over time compared to a person who can reads? | Non-scientific, anecdotal comment: reading is a learned skill. It's an add-on. The brain will develop whether reading is a part of it, just as it does for people who -- as an example -- never learn to read standard musical notation. there are advantages to learning to read, certainly in modern life, but lots of people ... |
Why do Arabic numbers (1,2,3,4...) not look like any other characters in Arabic? And when did the West adopt them? | Just a random factoid about the origin of us using X for unknown variables that i think will be appreciated here. _URL_0_ To long didn't watch:We use X because the spanish couldn't pronounce a sh sound and the start of Sh-alam looked kind of like a X.Found this image on Google; it seems that they used to be a lot more ... |
How do animals in the wild survive when they have serious injuries that would require medical attention? | Sometimes, not often a serious injury can be survivable if it heals quickly and doesn't terribly effect the day to day. But often the animal will die. Broken legs are a big one. Best case the injury will heal, but if it can't run it can't hunt or evade other predators.They often die. This is why animals might have doze... |
Why hubcaps/rims seem to spin in the opposite direction when moving at high speeds | It's called the wheel wagon effect. The [wikipedia article] explains it pretty well, but I'll try too. Imagine a wheel spinning slowly in a dark room with a strobe light hitting it every half second. Since its spinning slowly you can make out which direction it's spinning. Lets say each strobe flash reveals that the wh... |
What's the technical difference between a green screen and a blue screen (besides the fact that one is green and the other is blue)? | Technically, any color can be used. However, green is picked up really well by digital cameras, because of a bunch of physics stuff called luminance. So it can be filtered well by editing software. Blue works better on film cameras, because the blue particles in film are the smallest and pick up detail well. So it depe... |
Studded tires vs Winter tires. | Alaskan here. Not going to ELY5 because I'm no expert. However, I drove with winter tires on a front wheel drive sedan and had trouble stopping and getting traction in bad conditions. Got stuck a few times. The next year I upgraded to mid shelf tires with metal studs and had better traction and stopped better, got stuc... |
How do news channels get cameras and reporters on location to a breaking story so quickly? | As a tv photographer with 22+ years in the biz, this can happen a few ways: - You just get lucky and happen to be nearby. I imagine LaGuardia has plenty of tv news worthy events inside the airport or nearby. - A stringer was/lives nearby and shot it. - A station chopper responded, leapfrogging traffic jams and EMS for ... |
Why can't we "make" more water? | We have more than enough water on Earth. We have much more water than free hydrogen - in fact, the best way to produce hydrogen is by separating water into hydrogen and oxygen. Our problem isn't the lack of water, it's the lack of clean, fresh water. |
Hacking credit accounts occurs daily, why don't accounts get hacked to wipe out the debt on the account instead of taking the available credit? | because when the accounts get hacked they are using more of the credit available, not trying to be a nice person and help you out. Another reason is because if the credit company somehow wasn't actually having that money in their account then they would notice alot faster something going on and put up red flags |
Why is it always the US & the UK that intervene and send troops to the Middle East? Why not other countries such as Germany etc | As you mention GermanyArticle 26 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany reads: Article 26 [Ban on preparations for war of aggression] Acts tending to and undertaken with intent to disturb the peaceful relations between nations, especially to prepare for a war of aggression, shall be unconstitutional. They... |
TIL nuclear reactors can turn lead into gold. What are the economical implications of a company being able to produce gold? | Unless they could produce a gram of gold for less than the price of a gram of gold, there would be no point doing this. They can't. |
How does electricity work (ohms, voltage, amps, continuity, grounding, & watts, AC, DC, current)? | This is a big, big, *BIG* question to be asking. You really are going to want to break it down, I mean there's amps, volts, ohms, coulombs, elementary charge, teslas, flux, webers, EMF, conventional current, grounding, circuits , diodes, breakers, transformers, power loss Electricity is fucking *magical*, the more laye... |
Shopping locally vs big business, LI5 please. | Imagine you opened a lemonade stand . Your neighbor comes by and wants a glass of lemonade, so you charge him a dollar or two. He gets the lemonade he wants and you get a few dollars! Once you save up enough dollars, your mom can take you to the toy store and you can buy a fun new toy. So if you look at the trip the do... |
Why the top of my nose starts getting 'tingly' whenever my nose gets close to certain things | I can't find the source but I once read that it's believed to be a remaining trait from a time when we, like birds, could sense magnetic fields with the sensitive bones in the bridges of our noses. Not sure how true that is, but it sure feels magnetic to those of us who experience it.Not sure if related but sometimes t... |
why do movie computers/phones use fictional operating systems? | The print on real screens is way too small to see on camera. That's distracting and can cause ugly effects. Instead they put up something fake that looks good. |
Why would a person downshift and use a lower gear to accelerate (or obtain more power)? | Lower gears produce more rotational force because a bigger gear is spinning the output. It's all about leverage. Here's a great video that explains it: _URL_0_", 'This is for motorcycles, but will work for most vehicles: Depending on the make and model of the car, there is something called a "power band" in the rpm. RP... |
How 3D movies went from using blue/red cellophane glasses to just "sunglasses"? | There are a few comments already dealing with passive 3D technology , but a lot of at-home 3D uses an active shutter process to create the 3D effect. Instead of trying to show you 2 images *at the same time*. 3D TVs will quickly alternate between 2 different images at a higher rate than the original video. The TV then ... |
If it is said that the gravitational pull of Black Holes is so strong that it attracts light, then wouldn't that require light to have mass? | There are actually two different definitions of mass: 1. Inertial mass: how much effort it takes to move something 2. Gravitational mass: how much gravitational acceleration it produces For all the matter you interact with on a daily basis, the inertial mass and the gravitational mass are exactly the same . The weird t... |
Why hasn't the Westboro Baptist Church been declared a hate group? | 1st Ammendment is for all, not just the ones that we agree with. I think they are a perversion of organized religion, but that doesn't mean that under the Constitution they should be silenced. It is a very very slippery slope. If they are deemed a hate group then that kicks the door wide open for other groups to be lab... |
Where do game shows get all the money and prizes? | The prizes are usually donated by the company in exchange for advertising. It's why every prize in Price is Right gets a 5-15 second little commercial description and prominent name and brand placement. They give away a jet ski so the announcer will pitch you an ad for it. |
How does annoying the Internet cost a million bucks in a couple days? | It didn't actually cost them a million bucks. > So far the paid mods have generated $10K total. That's like 1% of the cost of the incremental email the program has generated for Valve employees _URL_0_ He is extrapolating that and possible future revenue losses to a million bucks |
Why do tattoo artists specifically ask for new ink to be washed with unscented soap? | When your tattoo is fresh, it's has made your skin WAY more sensitive, since the needle has punctured your top layer of skin to insert the ink into the 2nd layer of skin. Until it heals completely, any kind of chemical irritant can cause your skin to react to it poorly. You need to use soap to prevent bacteria from inf... |
If someone steals my identity and uses my information to finance a vehicle or a home could I just wait until said items are paid off and go claim them? | Obviously if somebody is planning on paying off a vehicle or a home they won't finance it in somebody's stolen identity. |
why does backing every horse, or it's equivalent, not actually work in practicality in gambling? | It would if the horses with the worst odds won, but in reality they usually don't. The bookies set the odds so that the most likely result gives the worst odds, meaning that if a favourite wins this will result in a net loss if you bet on every horse because the return is much lower. Of course, rank outsiders do someti... |
Why might somebody want to exercise Open Carry with their firearm? | From their point of view, it's the same advantage a cop or hunter might have, *i.e.* you can reach more quickly, carry more frequently, consistently, safely, *etc* . It's also somewhat of a deterrent, walking around on the street, for certain kinds of situations. On the other hand, keeping guns in your home, if people ... |
If Japanese children spend so much time on schoolwork, how is there such a large market for Japanese games and animated cartoons? | Japan has the third largest economy in the world, so the market is just big enough to keep the anime businesses going. I don't really think I spent actually much time on homework though.Japanese children are not the only consumers for Anime/Japanese video games. Japanese entertainment is extremely popular around the wo... |
Why does hair on our head and face constantly grow but our eyebrows don't? | It breaks off at a length dictated mostly by genetics. The ends get dry and break. It's that simple. |
What is the need for marijuana legalization? | There isn't a specific need, it's just a recreational activity that people would like to be able to take part in legally. One could equally ask what the need for alcohol to be legal is, and there isn't one, it's just a thing people like to consume and don't want to be illegal. |
What would happen if everyone on Earth screamed at the same time? | i'd smack you for screaming into my ear", 'It would sound like a One Direction concert.Then a nasty old giant space kangaroo won't boil our planet in beezle-nut oil.The Earth would likely get blown-up, again. Like that time the Vogon Constructor Fleet appeared, announced the destruction Earth right before they destroye... |
How do shows like IASIP with low Nielsen ratings get renewed in comparison to other shows that get similar ratings and get canceled? | Low ratings on one network could be amazing ratings on another network. I only know pro wrestling numbers off the top of my head but Spike TV loved having a second tier wrestling show on their network that only did a 1.1 rating because that was way above the network average. You raise the average network rating you can... |
Why is it socially acceptable to be seen in a bikini, but not with lingerie? | Context. Culturally appropriate dress varies by location and other factors. Lingerie is fine as outdoor wear at Burning Man. While guys can wear just shorts at the beach, or while running, it's frowned upon at a lot of gyms. |
Why does Computer Science have one of the highest unemployment rate of all majors when the field has so many job openings? | As someone who does interviews for a tech position. College graduates often times aren't prepared for these jobs.CS teaches a lot of theory. Employers want practical applications of theory. This brings a very wide range of skill sets from "can't ever write a line of code, but can tell you some CS trivia" to extremely t... |
Why is prostitution illegal, but porn is not? It's like having sex for money is wrong... Unless we film it. | Since this is one of the most frequently-asked questions in the subreddit, your post has been removed. Please use the search feature before posting to find all of the previous explanations. If none of those previous explanations help you, *then* you can re-post your question, making sure to indicate in the text that yo... |
Why does a tyrannical state like Saudi Arabia send thousands of students to the West for education? | The Saudi government is certainly less liberal than the West, but they're hardly totalitarian. They sustain themselves on business relationships with the West, and the West tends to have the best universities in the world. Those students pose no meaningful threat to the power structure, and are a great economic advanta... |
Why hasn't there been a cure for common cold? | To add to cecikierk's answer, the majority of cold viruses are RNA viruses rather than DNA viruses. RNA viruses generally have a faster mutation rate than DNA viruses because RNA does not have the proofreading ability of DNA so more mistakes are likely to happen as it replicates itself. This increased mutation rate wor... |
How is IQ calculated? | Through a complicated test involving many different aspects of mental aptitude. It's not easy and often inaccurate, though I can ensure you any test you can take online within an hour is not a good test at all. |
What force is stronger than electromagnetism, if any, and what makes it stronger? | There are four fundamental forces in [the standard model of particles]: * Gravity * Electromagnetism * the Weak nuclear force * the Strong nuclear force The strong nuclear force is responsible for holding protons and neutrons together in atomic nuclei against the electromagnetic repulsion of the protons. At the right s... |
Why do celebrities participate in roasts of themselves and of other celebrities? | Because shitting on each other is a time honored guy thing. These roasts aren't half as bad as the shit that gets said when my entire group of friends is around. |
Why do I blackout and almost faint after working out? | First off, go see a doctor if it persists. Don't rely on Internet answers for medical issues. Now, as for what might be causing it, it sounds like you're exercising pretty thoroughly which is good, but you may not be hydrating enough as you do, and if you're not warming down after your exercise that might be causing it... |
What causes the black dot to form in the far corner of my eye when I push my finger into the inner corner of my eye | [This] may help. That's what I used to learn this concept in Neuroscience. You can imagine pressing on the inner hemisphere of your left eye, which corresponds to the outer hemisphere of rods & cones. You can ignore the lower part of that image. That's the part relating to Neuroscience. It is interesting, though. It's ... |
Why do gaming consoles not use cartridges anymore? | Short answer - They are more expensive to create than CD or digital downloads. Long answer - Back in the 1990s SNES cartridges were just being stepped over by Sega CD and there were whispers of the Saturn and the Playstation, both CD based systems, and talks back then were that the manufacturing costs of cartridges fro... |
What's life like in Russia nowadays? | Hey - this really depends on where you live. This question is simply too vague. If you in live in Moscow or Saint Petersburg or something - your quality of life and standard of living rivals that of major American cities. They're very cosmopolitan. You can use the UN Human Development Index for a quick measure. Moscow'... |
What's going on when you get an itch? | Scientists don't really understand itching very well. Part of the problem is that you can itch for no reason at all. Your skin is fine. There's nothing that shouldn't be on it. It happens to everyone, especially if you think about itchy things. What makes it even more mysterious is that scratching an imaginary itch act... |
Why did Hitler hate Jewish people? | It's easier to blame problems on others than to admit to your own faults . The jews were an easy target. |
What is the difference between Windows Operating systems 32-bit and 64-bit? Why do they exist and what are they used for? | ELI5: A computer does work using things called bits. More bits means it can do more work in the same amount of time . It can make programs incompatible, though, because they didn't expect the computer to be able to handle so many bits I'll let someone else handle the technical parts. |
how do true dollar stores, selling items for only $1, turn a profit? | By purchasing the item they're selling for less than a dollar.They buy cheap things. A lot of off brand goods from China, bulk lots, overstock, and things that are approaching their sell by dates. |
How does induced hypothermia extend the window of treatment for stroke and cardiac arrest? | I can't comment on the exact science of it, however the 2015 AHA guidelines have increased the target hypothermic range from 32 - 34 degree Celsius to 32 - 36 degrees Celsius the reasoning is further explained here _URL_0_Basically it is still being studied and is not fully understood. My understanding is the theory th... |
What language do deaf people think to themselves in? | My parents are deaf and I know how to talk with them in sign language. Basically, deaf people remember the hand moves as in words. Each word, symbol, etc. has its own hand move. Some deaf people can read from lips, but it's way harder to learn, because you need to understand and remember how mouth moves for each word o... |
Why is "That's just the way it's always been done" an acceptable business model for large corporations rather than encouraging innovation? | What sort of situations are you thinking of exactly? Most huge companies are constantly innovating. It is not necessarily innovations you as an end-customer would see though. Often when innovation is not done, it is a cost thing. Innovation is costly, so they won't engage in it unless it pays the bills. Then there is t... |
How are multiplayer video games balanced before launch? | Along with the alphas / betas / excel sheets / best guessing, Internal play-testing helps a lot with this. Developers will set aside times to play the game and discuss balance issues and such. They also tend to have the QA group hold play-tests and report possible balance issues . Devs usually only make one or two chan... |
- Please explain to me why it's such a terrible thing for the UN to recognize a Palestinian state? | I was going to post to this subreddit but since this question is some what related I'll ask here. What does it mean for a country to have the UN recognize it as a state? What do they obtain from that recognition? |
Why do people hate DLC so much? | This is why I sail the Seven Seas . I don't mind DLCs with a whole lot of new content but I dislike shitty easy-mode stuff . Sorry for only Bethesda examples. Also, some expansion DLC are short, overpriced or promote season passes which I hate. |
Why do people dislike Bing so much? | A lot of it is because Bing isn't as good as Google, but that's also because Bing doesn't have as much usage as Google, so it can't get as accurate of results as Google. |
Why do you need a prescription for drugs that are not addictive and mostly helpful (antibiotiocs, viagra, etc) | I don't have an answer for you, but I've wondered the same thing. Having to get a prescription every 3 months for my contraceptive pill seems ridiculous. I can't see why they wouldn't just sell them over the counter in a pharmacy. |
What process causes the human body to generate heat? | We're literally burning calories. The oxygen we breathe is used in a reaction to turn food into the energy our cells can use . When that reaction happens, a byproduct of it is heat. |
What is the legal difference between a pyramid scheme and multilevel marketing? | Most companies that are multi-level marketing are actually pyramids schemes but not all. For example Avon and Tupperware are MLM but not a pyramid scheme. The difference is basically whether the emphasis is on getting new customers or new sellers. If the way to make money is to sell more products it's a true MLM compan... |
How exactly do you explain Diabetes? | I have Type 1 so I can put out some insight: Type 1: It's an auto-immune disorder where my body's white bloodcells are attacking my pancreas, which creates insulin. As the pancriatic cells die, the body struggles more and more to create insulin, until eventually it can't. Insulin is used by the body to break down the s... |
Why is jerrymandering tolerated? | As others have already spelled it correctly, can I just point out [*why* it's spelled like that]? Named after a bloke called Elbridge Gerry.The existing post here did a good job of explaining why it never gets fixed -- like filibustering, nobody wants to get rid of a weapon when they're the ones who can also use it. It... |
Pronunciation of "Kilometer" | Kill - o - meter is in my opinion the best way to pronounce it because of the metric prefix system. Kilometer is one KILO + Meter. Kilo means 1,000. Mega is 1,000,000. You can read more about the metric prefix system here: _URL_1_ But I usually just say Kill-Ah-meter because that's just how i learned it haha.The simple... |
Why does grape "flavor" not taste like actually grapes. | A lot of flavours don't taste like what they say on the packet. Crisps are a good one for this. If roast beef actually tasted like roast beef flavour crisps there'd be a serious problem somewhere. Just like dilute-it-yourself orange cordial doesn't taste anything like pure orange juice. |
In what ways are presidential candidates beholden to their campaign donors after they get into office? | Suppose a politician does this. You may have noticed that elections are held periodically. This means, among other things, that a politician may be out of a job in a few years if things don't go their way. How much funding do you think their campaign is going to receive the next go around if they pissed off all their f... |
What determines nationality? Why and when did the idea that our nationality is determined by where we are born start and is it internationally recognized? | The legal basis behind sovereignity and statehood came about in the aftermath of the 30 Year's War and the 1648 peace treaty that ended it. Yes it's universally recognized because citizenship has to be legally determined somehow |
Pareidolia. How on earth does it work? Wikipedia lost me within the first 5 sentences. | Our brains are really good at finding patterns in things. One of the first patterns we learn to see what makes a face so it's really common for people to see faces in things. /r/Pareidolia is full of good examples of seeing faces in inanimate objects. |
Generally speaking, why are conservatives so opposed to the concept of climate change? | It's not necessarily the science of climate change that conservatives are opposed to, it's the policies that are being proposed *in response* to the perceived threat of climate change. In general, conservatives favor less government control over their lives, especially from governments that are far removed from them an... |
Why do some lamps click 4 times? | The other top level explanations are correct, but I wanted to share this animation that I've found helpful when explaining it to others [Pic] Note that there are two different parts involved: * The bulb has two different filaments, with four different possibilities: No filaments lit, filament A lit, filament B lit, fil... |
There are certain layer of atmoshphere that hot but yet we cant feel it, why is that? | You dont feel the heat because it's so close to being a vacuum that you don't encounter enough particles of that temperature to warm you. |
Why do psychedelic mushrooms almost ubiquitously cause people to experience a deeper connection with nature? Why is this phenomenon not reported as often with use of other psychedelics like LSD? | You stop realizing there is a mind behind your eyes, and you are liable to dispose of your cumbersome body by curling it up into whatever position is most immediately comfortable, and doing what can only be called dying. While this is occurring, your eyes are open, so all you see is the sensory input, which separately ... |
Why did Sega drop out of the video game console business? | The fact of the matter is, they lost. The Nintendo sold in much higher numbers than the SEGA master system then the Super Nintendo outsold the Genesis. Now, someone has to be number 2, so SEGA was OK. Then came the next generation and the entrance of Sony. The orginal PlayStation did better than SEGA's Saturn and then ... |
Sometimes you have the urge to eat sweet or salty stuff. Is it because you lack a certain nutrient common in that food? (e.g. salt, sugar..) | Probably not, you may just be hungry. In nature, salt and carbs were both important parts of a diet, and hard to come by. Humans have been naturally drawn to those flavors forever. This worked out really nicely until the advent of cheap, refined sugar. I don't think, though, that my desire for something salt and sweet ... |
Is there a reason why some medications taste horrible? | Your mouth has one sweet receptor and about 30 or so bitter receptors. This is to detect I think it's alkaloids which are possibly poisonous in nature. So if medicine happens to be similar, our poison-detectors go off and it tastes really bitter. |
why didn't native american or new world diseases devastate the "old world" how come it was so unilateral? | It doesn't quite fit given that you are going by new world/old world distinctions, but a great example of a pandemic disease that wrecked European colonizing powers was of course malaria! Until Quinine was easily produced and administered in the early 19th century, malaria essentially stopped dead in it's tracks any Eu... |
How do Starcraft 2 commentators at major league gaming events comment on what's happening without giving away what's happening to the enemy team? | Booth he is mostly cosmetic and In **most** tournaments there was no noise cancellation foam or whatever you call it in. Is made to give players privacy so they can focus on game and not crowd outside. Big head set are not noise cancellation ether they dont have active noise cancellation software only some passive muff... |
Why am I not able to imagine colours that don't exist? | Because everything you imagine is the product of things you've seen or experienced in the past. You've never seen colors that don't exist, so you can't imagine them. It's the same reason people can't imagine something truly alien. They can only cobble together pieces and parts of things that they know of or have experi... |
why is IOS7 being mocked to have its UI/UX resemble Android? | Because they claim revolutionary innovation every time. People started to realize it's been done already.Two things, I think: 1. Apple is losing it's "cool" factor over time. It used to be considered elite and revolutionary, but is now so ubiquitous that even your grandparents might have one. People always poke fun at ... |
Can a person REALLY have an allergic reaction from the scent of something? | Yes. Especially if there's enough of the scent in the air, like perfume. I walked through a SEARS perfume department and my eyes swelled up within 2 minutes, and one of my eyeballs swelled up all around my iris. It was so squishy and gross, then spread to some of my face and down my cheek. I was bright red and looked l... |
why is there so many old security guards? | > what will a 67 year old do to some out of control person He is not the 'protector', but more of an alarmer, which calls back up in case of trespassing. And cheap wages.The best weapon a security guard has is his radio, and anyone of any age can use one of those. |
Why are all watches set to 10:09 in adverts? | The 10:09 position gives the clock or watch a number of benefits: • The hands are not overlapping, so they're fully and clearly visible and their styling can be admired. • The arrangement of the hands is symmetrical, which people generally find more pleasant than asymmetry, making the product more appealing to customer... |
What are Lagrangian mechanics? | Lagrangian mechanics is an alternative to Newtonian mechanics. Unless you're very comfortable with calculus, I would stick with Newton and good-old free-body diagrams. Lagrangian mechanics is very useful, because unlike Newtonian mechanics, you don't really uses forces. In LM, generally everything is done in terms of e... |
What is happening in Detroit? How did it get that way? | Adding to polarisdelta's comments While many other cities could and did counter suburban flight with immigration, Detroit did not. The flight was severe post '67 riots, and never recovered. It was also exacerbated with one of the better implementations of the Interstate system. There are many routes into and out of the... |
Why is a bank's online bill pay cheaper than buying checks? | With online bill pay your bank isn't printing and sending a check. They just wire the money straight from your account to the creditor's account. This doesn't cost a bank anything, therefore it's cheaper. Checks cost money to make. They have some pretty sophisticated security features that aren't easy to print, thus th... |
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