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Why don't humans go into heat? | The question should be re-phrased into: Why don't humans openly display fertility? Humans do go into heat, its mostly that we have executive brain functions that can suppress primal urges. But we do have circadian rhythms of hormonal levels in both males and females. One supposition is that hiding fertility enhances a ... |
How come a man can rent a tux from somewhere or buy a suit and use it for multiple special occasions but a woman has too buy a new dress for every event that comes up. | She doesn't *have* to buy a new dress. She cares more about being seen in the same dress than she does about saving the money. Men think more practically. |
Why are we trying to colonize Mars? | Just to do it. The race to the moon created tons of new technology and know how just by existing. Its exceedingly likely that trying to get humans to Mars, let alone colonize it, will create huge tech advancement here on Earth. We're still decades, if not centuries away from a true colony on Mars. Right now the plan is... |
Why is it so easy to notice bad acting? What are good actors doing that makes them seem more natural? Is there a scientific explanation for how we tell the difference? | Director of education at a college for acting here. Two huge things. Think about how much of your body you see on any given day. None of your back, none of your head, face, or neck unless you look in a mirror, very little of your legs, and the rest. Mostly, it's your hands. So when you act, you attempt to 'be real', bu... |
Why do big game developers and publishers not listen to their community and continue making mistakes? | I think it's 50% them not giving a shit about us and 50% our demands don't work in reality. |
Why is cyber-bullying such a problem? Can't people just step away from their computers? | There are four factors that make cyber-bullying different/worse than playground bullying: 1. When done anonymously, parents/teachers can't identify the bully. Can't help stop a bully who can't be identified. 2. When done anonymously, kids are constantly looking over their shoulder. It's one thing to go out onto the pla... |
What happens when you call into a talk radio station? | I worked in radio, Basically you call up, someone answers it wont be the presenters on air, they ask you who you want to talk to what you want to say and if they like what you say they'll put you on air. Most of the time though if you call up and tell them your story and they don't like it they will say sorry but the p... |
Why did the people of Toronto vote for Rob Ford? | Because regardless of his problems with drugs or alcohol, he's a decent politician. We had the options of a clean cut politician that would do nothing, or a crack smoking drunk that would do something.Rick Mercer put it best:So why is he so popular? Well, #1) He’s obviously entertaining, he’s gone from being a car cras... |
Why do objects leaving the atmosphere not burn like they do when entering the atmosphere? | That burn is caused by hitting the atmosphere at high speed, often so high that gases have a hard time getting out of the way quick enough, and get compressed, heating up. When going from the surface to orbit, the Soyuz--for example--goes mostly straight up, and has pretty much left the atmosphere going approximately 1... |
if certain viruses need a living host to survive, why haven't they adapted to a point where they don't ultimately kill their host? | The same reason a housefly only lives for approximately 15-30 days. The best adaptive trait is dependent on other factors. Flies don't have a long lifespan, but they do reproduce rapidly.A lot of viruses are like this. Take the common cold as a good example. |
how does garbage always smell the same when it is composed of innumerable different smelly objects? | There may be an underlying similar smell but I'd wager that someone who's trained their olfactory senses could detect specific 'smelly objects' |
Nasa want to send a wind-powered robot to Jupiter. How does this work when there's no wind in space? | There are winds in space, but instead of air, it is electrons, photons and photons. It flows from the sun. This matter it ionized, and the ionization is what causes the aurora boriallis on earth, as our magnetic field intereacts with it. There are designs for using this wind to sail on, but it isn't as fast as the rock... |
Why do computers, as they get older, slow down even if there are no viruses/spyware on them? | I'm not an expert but I believe part of it is compatibility, everything today is designed for a different computer. Secondly moores law states that computers power will double every four years Approximately. So what you may have considered fast then is actually very slow now |
Facebook application request limit reached | Well Facebook app is now back up and running, but tinder still won't let me fucking log in.Soooooooo were pretty much screwed out of the app until God knows when? Great |
if there's a garbage island the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean, why can't I find it on google maps? | Google maps isn't satellite based - so the higher res pics you're used to seeing are from aerial photography. Obviously they can't fly a plane over every inch of ocean just to take pics. I was just as bummed to find this out |
why haven’t we built passengers airplanes with no windows but screen walls on the inside? | Each window gives the person sitting in that window seat an almost 180 degree view out the window; the screen would only give a very narrow view directly out from where they're sitting. Like, for example, if you're sitting in the front row and look out the window, you'd be able to see the wing if you looked towards the... |
Why does entering *67 before your phone number block caller ID? What is the practical purpose of this? | *Why* does it block it? Because that's something the system is designed to do. With the rise of Caller ID, people could now see what number was calling them. However, not everyone wants the person they're calling to see their number, so the person won't know who's calling, or so they can't be called back. |
Why is that families in the 1950's seemed to be more financially stable with only one parent working, while today many two income households are struggling to get by? | The most popular answers in this thread will use this topic as a way to address income inequality today. This is a compelling narative, but I believe that it is wrong. The real reason why the 1950's were so pleasant for the US is that Europe was decimated after WWII. There was a huge demand for manufacturing, and no in... |
What exactly happens in your body when you lose your voice? | The vocal cords are a very thin tissue that vibrates quickly. When they get swollen they become heavier and can't vibrate properly.The edema can usually come from over usage or from a viral throat infection that happens to attack the larynx. Usually this happens to people that work with their voices: on telemarketing, ... |
What's the difference between the Sunni and Shia sects of Islam, and why is there so much hostility between them? | [Islam Denominations Wiki] [Shia-Sunni relationship wiki] Basically you need to know Muhammad was a prophet and a King. The division has to do with who was to be his successor as king. Shia believe it should have been Muhammad's son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib. Sunni believe that since God didn't appoint anyone else leade... |
What exactly is buying debt, and how did Occupy Wall Street just do it? | So if you borrow money, you have debt. If you are struggling to make the payments, the bank may try to sell the debt to someone else if they feel it's a sound financial decision. As far as you are concerned, you still owe the money and such, but to whoever bought the debt. Occupy Wall Street just bought the debt and th... |
Since purple does not exist - When something is purple, what color is it? | Purple *light* doesn't exist - at least not as a single wavelength - so there's no magenta in a rainbow. When a mixture of red and blue light hits your eye, your eye sees that as purple. So an object can still be purple if it absorbs green light and reflects both red and blue light. |
In simple terms, what does the mathematical constant "e" mean? | In addition to what's already here, there's another place e shows up - compound interest. Let's say your bank is amazing, and offers 100% interest per annum on your savings. So you put in $100, and a year later it's doubled to $200. But your bank is even more amazing, because they'll let the interest compound more quic... |
Why do we get to decide if Iran is allowed to make nuclear weapons? | 1. The fewer nuclear weapons in the world, the better.2. They could point them at Israel, who is a US ally.3. They could point them at Saudi Arabia , which could make the whole region unstable.4. Even if this Iranian government is responsible, revolutions happen in this part of the world all the time. Remember, this re... |
How is Microsoft making money from Windows 10 if they are giving it away for free? | They're trying to build a larger base of people using Windows 10 as soon as possible. This will in turn encourage more developers to create software for their new product, because now there will be people that will actually use that software. No one buys new versions of Windows for the inbuilt OS features. They buy new... |
How did European's become light skinned? | Lighter skin = more vitamin D from the sun\r\rDarker skin = better protection from the sun's harmful effects, especially the breakdown of folic acid, which is critical for pregnant women to have healthy babies\r\rSkin tone can be altered through mutations, and having the right skin tone that balances sufficient vitamin... |
The "internet" to someone from the 1950s | Think about it this way; you get your newspaper every morning, you sit down, and you read the headline story. Let's say it's a story about a car crash; you get an idea of what happened, who was involved, etc. Now imagine that instead of just reading *one* report, you could read several different reports with different ... |
Why do we have historical evidence that Julius Caesar existed but none about Jesus Christ? | Jesus - if he existed at all - was not an important person to notable scholars of the day. The roman empire endured for centuries they had archives and provinces and 'news' . And Caesar ruled it all. The roman governors in Judea were documented and there are numerous historical accounts of their dealings - because they... |
Why can Netflix stream at 2.0 MB/s, but Steam can't get above 500 KB/s? | [Change which server you're using on Steam]. If you use something not as heavily trafficked, like a Russian server, you download things much faster. |
If Flash and Java plugins are going to be removed from Firefox and Chrome, why can't they make "good" versions of the plugins that will still work? | Why would Google and Mozilla spend time and money buying up the rights to rewrite either Java or Flash plugins, when instead they could spend all their time and money making Javascript and HTML5 better? Since modern Javascript and HTML5 can do most of what Java and Flash did, but are under better control of the browser... |
Why is Oman such a 'quiet' nation despite being right in the middle of chaos? | Also not an Oman expert, but I have a reasonable grasp of Middle Eastern geopolitics. /u/entropydecreaser has made some good points: Oman's economy is relatively stable and its geographic position is advantageous- away from major lines of conflict in the region. It is a long way from one end of the Arabian Peninsula to... |
Why is it that you cannot fix a flat tire if the hole is on the side? | In addition to these other answers, I'll tell you - he's not trying to rip you off. Sidewall punctures can't be fixed, you need a new tire. |
Why does pouring water on grease fire increase the amount of flames? | Using water to douse a fire is an attempt to prevent access to oxygen enough that the reaction doesn't sustain itself. When you have an oil fire, you have things working against you. Most oils are less dense than water, so almost all of the water you pour on it will end up underneath the oil leaving the oil in contact ... |
Why are you ordered to register as sex offender if you are peeing in public? There is no sexual matter involved in peeing. | > There is no sexual matter involved in peeing. False. On the internet, fetishes abound. Joking aside, you're exposing your genitals in public. Your genitals are sexual organs which can easily offend some people in this world. It is better for law makers, and therefore law enforcement, to side with the offended than th... |
How did we develop all this advanced technology in less than 300 years when it took us hundreds of thousands just to learn how to farm? | I disagree somewhat with the other posters so far. While there are certain catalysts that helped boost our progress from time to time, when you look at the big picture overall you see a trend of continuous improvement in technology over time. The reason we are advancing faster now than we were before is simple: Each ne... |
If permanent colonies were built on the Moon, how would someone born there be effected on Earth due to the differences in gravity? | Neil DeGrasse Tyson answered this where it comes down to the fact that there may be a time for you to get used to earth, but ultimately, you're human and your body can handle it without too much stress, because we're designed to. [Le Video] |
Self driving cars become common. Who is responsible for crashes and accidents? | > Who is responsible for crashes and accidents? Nobody knows. There are no laws or case history on that. It's legally uncharted territory. |
I was always told not to put a fridge or AC on an extension cord. Why? | They both have compressors in them which are very demanding motors. When a compressor spins up from a stop, it needs a LOT of power to do so. So much so that most of them use starting capacitors to help boost them up to speed. Extension cords have a maximum amperage rating @ 120volts and many devices like vacuum cleane... |
What changed that allowed SpaceX to go from crashing rockets on barges to a 3 for 3 success rate? | They fucked up the de-icing on that first one that blew up. of a vertical landing. And the first time it worked. An innocent and innocuous mistake. Just forgot to de ice one of the hydraulic legs. Anyway, that's the only issue it had. So they fixed that, and then they had a lot more success. |
How does Apple own the Beatles? | Actually, Apple Records IS owned by McCartney and Ringo and the estates of Lennon and Harrison. Interesting point to add:You may remember that it was a big deal when iTunes started carrying the Beatles' music. Why the delay?There was a lawsuit between the two in which the judge basically said that it was okay for the t... |
Why is it so hard to spot this "Planet Nine" when we can easily observe and photograph light years far off celestial bodies? | Imagine that you're at a big concert and almost everyone in the audience is holding up their phones with the flashlight on. You're on stage and you are using a pair of binoculars to find a little kid wandering around in the crowd with a mirror in his hand. The only way you'd be able to spot to spot him is if the mirror... |
Why did Chairman Mao kill so many people including teachers? What could he have been trying to accomplish? | From a practical perspective, destroying education is an excellent way to preserve power. An uneducated populace is unable to produce a critical mass of people who evaluate existing problems and see that there is a better way that doesn't involve those in power. Instead, they resign themselves to the status quo as inev... |
why carbon monoxide is so poisonous to breathe when carbon dioxide is not. | Colorless, odorless, tasteless. You'll never know it's there without a sensor. That combined with the chemical/biological reasons listed below make it deadly. |
How are presidential polls considered to be representative of public opinion when I've never met someone who has actually sat through a phone interview for one? | I feel as I can answer this question because I work for a research center. We conduct political surveys and some actually last around a year and a half so imagine all those people we call and they do actually take the public opinion survey. We're hired mostly by political campaigns or people associated with the candida... |
Why do old broken bones and injuries hurt when there are extreme highs or lows in the weather. | I've always wondered this. When the temp starts dropping, my knuckle starts hurting from a break 6 year ago.I have a metal plate in my neck. I feel all the pressure changes, going high up, bad weather, you name it I feel it. The pressure is real because I get real twitchy as bad weather rolls in especially when there i... |
What is the significance of prime numbers in encryption? Why are we trying to find bigger ones? | It is very easy to multiply two large primes together and get a really large number. But the reverse process is very hard .finding the prime factors of a really large number. Those facts are used in cryptography it's easy to encrypt/decrypt if you know both of the large primes, but very hard to decrypt if you don't. Fi... |
If I fell through a cloud would I come out soaked or 'misted'? | it depends if the cloud is forming droplets for rain. otherwise it'd be just like an airplane passing through the cloud. or you driving through fog. |
What happens to an unborn baby that is going to have a nut allergy (or any other type of allergy) when the mother consumes nuts? | Oddly enough, it seems that you **want** to expose children to, say peanut butter . This decreases the odds of developing allergies. We don't understand allergies too well, but it seems then they develop during the life of a person, they are not something you are born with. Or maybe that early expose helps the body lea... |
What would it take to bring back the automobile industry in the United States? As in, the ending of outsourcing jobs overseas for vehicles. | It would require technological innovation that would make possible for the US to build cars with far less labor than developing nations. The average person in Mexico earns about 1/6th of what an American does. If labor is your primary expense, there is just no way to compete with that. The alternative is to find a way ... |
Why sometimes when I sleep, in my dreams I try to get out of bed but my body refuse move, and gets harder to breathe but felt so real? | That's sleep paralysis. during REM sleep , your brain paralyzes your body to keep your body still and prevent you from physically acting out the movements in your dream. Usually, your brain is able to disengage the paralysis before you wake up, but sometimes it fails, and that causes sleep paralysis, where you are awak... |
Why is your throat so much more sore in the morning than any other time when you have a cold? | I feel like the biggest reason is because most of us sleep with our mouths open, which can make the throat feel dry and scratchy even when you aren't sick. |
How do companies discover that they've been hacked? | Network intrusion and detection tools can catch things. Some of those tools monitor real time, some produce daily/weekly reports and that is when you find things. Something as simple as a virus on your computer they gets found by a definition update to your antivirus and you can figure out when it was installed/changed... |
Why is breathing in faster than breathing out? | um are you telling me you don't breath at an even pace? Typically when I inhale and exhale it takes the same amount of time |
What's up with sloths? | Yes. The sloth enjoys a very slow metabolism which allows them to limit their exposure to predators. You're at considerable risk when you've got needs to fulfill that exceed safety, and the sloth has minimized those needs with this slow metabolism. |
How come people are not experiencing discomfort during highspeed train rides? | People aren't exposed to high G loads. We feel the acceleration and deceleration, but at speed you can't tell or feel that you are moving. Air travel would be impossible if that were the case. |
Why can't you put a cast on a horse's leg instead of killing it if it breaks it's leg? | Their legs are so thin that they can't support their weight on broken limbs. They spend a long period in pain, are at risk of infection, and will never recover properly. |
Can someone please explain to me what is so bad about Tesla's intended direct-to-customer sales models and not going through dealers? | Planet money did a story on why states have regulations requiring car dealers: [Why Buying A Car Never Changes] The regulations were created to stop car manufacturers from having egregious requirements for dealers that heavily favored the manufacturer. According to the article, and my personal experience, most customer... |
Why is income inequality such a bad thing? | Well, obviously, all else being equal, it's better for most people if wealth is not concentrated in the hands of the few. |
How do animals hibernate for so long? | How about water? Surely they can't go months without taking a drink", 'Think of hibernation as being frozen, only you eat a lot beforehand, and you burn food really slowly, so you dont wake up really thin after that time period. And because food is burned slowly, and there isnt MORE food being eaten during hibernation,... |
when commercials say "Next 20 callers will receive..." How do they keep track of that? | Technically, they're not lying. The next 20 callers WILL receive that bonus--but so will everyone else. We just assume that the poor 21st guy will get screwed. |
How did we get from the "Golden Age" of Air Travel to the current state of air travel? | When air travel got cheap. I've flown economy long haul several times in the last few years. It's been as comfortable, relaxing and well cared for as I can ever remember air travel .. and most importantly, it's affordable now. In particular modern aircraft are far quieter and less wearing to be on that the tri-stars of... |
How does sleep debt/build up work? | I can't find the article I'm looking for, but I have one that correlates a bit. Short answer, kind of. You can sleep for 24 hours and be awake for 36 and, absent any concept of day or night, that is actually what you'll end up doing. This is about a woman who got stuck in a cave and found herself sleeping 30 hours. _UR... |
How can gorillas and other herbavores get so big and muscular from a diet of essentially leaves and plants, while vegan humans tend to loose muscle mass on plant based diets? | Gorillas aren't the only ones. Bison, cattle, elephants, and many other very large animals develop massive muscle and bone structure on a plant-based diet. Think about how large and powerful a horse is, and it isn't even one of the really big ones. Also consider that they all eat a TON of food and must spend most of th... |
how does drinking water coming into NYC not get dirty from the pipes? | Why specifically NYC? Why would you think their water system is any different from any other city's water system?", 'The pipes are constantly washed with running water, and are under pressure so things leak out, not in. |
Why does healthcare in the USA cost so much more than elsewhere, is it better than treatment elsewhere? | Yes actually. If you were to choose any hospital to go to in the world you would choose an American one . You can get treatment very quickly for just about anything. Wait times in public hospitals are insanely long . On top of that America just offers far more surgeries than any other country. This leads to the wealthy... |
Please explain climate change proof like I am 5 | Way late to this, but if there are still any folks in the field lurking around and sorting by new, I have a question: one of the most convincing pieces of evidence I have heard is that the carbon we emit via fossil fuel burning has a specific known ratio of C 12/13/14 isotopes. And as the concentration of carbon in the... |
If the House always wins, how come most casinos go broke? | Most? I don't know about that, but just because the House wins doesn't mean it's making money. The house making money is just revenue. If that casino, like all businesses is spending too much elsewhere, then it can go bankrupt and go under, aka Trump's casinos. Say a casino took out too much debt and pre-interest profi... |
What do radical terrorists hope to accomplish? What draws people into such groups as Al Qaeda? | not just looking at religious terrorists, but in general, i think the only thing needed to be a terrorist is to have an ideal that seems worthwhile enough to die for. terrorism is only 'violent acts that are intended to create fear '. i guess being an army soldier could qualify as terrorist, if it wasnt for the fact he... |
Why do passengers have to open airplane windows during takeoff and landing? | Take off/landing is the most common time of accidents during flight. I've been told that you're asked to keep open your window so in case of a crash, rescue teams can see in to quickly identify where survivors lie and where clearly dead or empty seats are so as not to waste time while inside |
Why do servers crash during a big launch? Wouldn't the company have countermeasures to prevent that before the launch? | When you write a game server you do everything you can to do to test it. Unfortunately the only way to test how well your hardware and software perform with huge numbers of people using them is to let them use them. You can't effectively stimulate that, so some problems only show up at release, even if you tested as th... |
Why are so many Americans afraid of having voter id laws? | You still have to register to vote which requires you to prove your citizenship at the time. Voter ID laws just add more of a barrier of entry to voting that dis-proportionally affect some groups more than others. Basically Voter ID makes it so that it is harder for the lower class, elderly, and minorities to vote whil... |
Is it bad to hold back sneezes? Like pinching your nose to block the sneeze etc. | If you bless someone while their sneeze is on deck, it makes it go away. It's mean & hilarious. |
How were the lights synchronized in Lady Gaga's halftime show? | I was just thinking about this. My guess we're that they were drones. Hence the Intel drone commercial and logo after the show", 'The sky was definitely drones. They even showed it at the end of the show "drones powered by Intel "', "It's an Intel drone program. It's a group of 500 drones synchronized via a single comp... |
How can our brains allow us to kill ourselves? | There was a really good study, I can't remember who it was by, that basically said that there comes a point where suicide is the most logical and reasonable thing to do in the persons mind. |
What is the clear fluid that fills a bilster (from heat or pressure) and what is it's purpose? | Basically your blood has red and white things particles, the red things carry oxygen to your body, while the white parts protect you, when you burn yourself, they run there to cover that part of the body and repair it, but they wom't be able to do all the job fast enough so that's why we use medicine, i hope i've been ... |
Why are people still so obsessed with being racist ? | The real question is not who is racist but rather who is perpetuation the racism. . Hint: check the names of the people who control the news, the movies, the TV shows, the magazines, the newspapers. These are the most racist of all. And trust me, it isn't a case of black vs. white. |
Who has the most power in the U.S political system? | As it stands any individual or group that can garner enough support in Congress has the most powerful. They are, first and foremost, the legislative branch. They are law in many respects. Based on how things appear it would be safe to say that those with wealth are the most powerful in the country. However that is a bi... |
Why is beer not sold in plastic bottles? | It is, at some sports stadiums or concerts. Apparently they are concerned about glass containers being dropped/thrown. Otherwise, I'm not sure. Maybe the alcohol can slowly break down plastics, or something from the plastics can leach into the alcohol? |
From the Psychology perspective and personal perspective. What is depression like? | It isn't actually about feeling sad. As a matter if fact, I don't always feel sad. There's just a lack of interest. Its like being hungry, but not having an appetite. |
it's 90 degrees fahrenheit outside. It's going to rain. Is the air more humid just before it rains or just after? | i haven't done the readings myself ) but if i had to guess after depending on where you measure. so before the rain there is a lot of humidity, the air is somewhere near saturation for that temperature then a cold front comes in, now the air is colder and the humidity is above saturation and the water precipitates out.... |
Why do hotels always keep a bible in every guest room? | Can't say I've ever seen any in the hotels in England. Travelodges in Scotland, on the other hand, have bottle openers fixed to the bedside tables. Which I found quite odd. Until I remembered I was in Scotland. |
Why does streaming from sites like Youtube or Twitch seem to hit my bandwidth harder than playing online video games in real time? | **If you play a game most of the data needed to project a picture is at your location , like the model of characters, all the textures of buildings etc,etc** this is also the reason why most new games need so much Hard-drive space. **So the only information that needs to be send is how this local Data has to react.** L... |
Why is it more expensive to eat healthy? | I don't know where you two guys below shop, but I cannot purchase a single package of meat below around $5 for fatty ground beef and $6, $7, and more per pound for something healthier. Same w veg. I only buy when they are on sale and that determines my menu. I am an excellent scratch cook, but rely on my staples to str... |
Is there any significant difference between different brands of water? | I did my science fair on this in sixth grade, so you're lucky you found me. Basically no, but aquafina and dasani grew more bacteria on a petri dish than Sam's choice, ozarka, or evian.Fiji water is made from the crushed hopes and dreams of the oppressed people of the island of Fiji. The stuff made by Pepsi is just fil... |
Chrysler is currently requesting a subsidy from Canadian federal and provincial governments in return for expanding investment. Why do profitable private corporations need government subsidies? | Direct foreign investment raises a country's GDP*. The government gives a subsidy to increase the incentive to invest, where the GDP of the province and country both rise as a result. Investment goes up, output goes up in the long run. A business would have no reason to invest in a country if there was no incentive. Ev... |
If Amazon is estimated to be worth $175bl, why don't they choose to undercut Netflix on service and movie selection? What is stopping Amazon from outdoing Netflix for streaming? | I think this might actually be a better explanation than some of those offered earlier; _URL_1_ Netflix is a HUGE Amazon Web Services customer, so even if they don't take over Netflix's market share of video streaming, Amazon still gets paid. Also, having a customer as large and demanding as Netflix basically endorse y... |
Why is it so much more expensive to send texts and make phone calls internationally? | It is more costly for the provider to send a call overseas. But it's more about charging the maximum you can get away with without losing market share. I suspect most people don't select a mobile provider based on the international call rate. So a provider can increase the cost of international calls without losing mar... |
How did racism begin if no one is born/inherently racist? | Where did you get the idea that nobody is born racist? Cause that seems wrong to me. Ask a 5 year old: if everyone everywhere seems to prefer or trust people that look like them over people that don't look like them, does that seem like something that is learned or something that is a part of everyone? |
why do cats have to smell everything? Why can't they just look at the things? | Slightly off topic, I want to know why my cat randomly stops during her 15 minutes of craziness just to lick the back of the couch once and then go back to being crazy. Nothing has been spilled on it , there's no weird stain or anything |
Why is Golf the go to sports for rich and/or powerful people like Presidents, CEOs? What is special about it? | A lot of answers here confuse causation and correlation.Golf can be pricey, and that does lend a certain level of exclusivity. But rich people play it cuz its fun, not cuz its expensive. The fact that you might get some privacy and exclusivity is only an added benefit. Golf can be free. There are municipal golf and put... |
Why is there darkness? | It's a great great question! Here's the formal version of that thought experiment: _URL_1_ It proves that the universe can't be infinitely large, and steady state . Because that means in every direction you'd hit the surface of a star! And the whole sky would be as bright as the sun. So the universe had to be less than... |
Why do hard criminals (like murderers) become super religious during jailtime? | These criminals often joined up with gangs for a sense of belonging and being part of a social group. In prison, they don't have their gang but being part of a religion gives them a similar sense of belonging. Also many prisons push religious activity and bible study very hard on inmates, and there isn't a whole lot el... |
Why is there an age requirement (35) to be President of the United States? | The age requirement is so no one has to explain anything to the President like he's a 5 year old |
Why do people think that US income tax is unconstitutional? If so, why isn't this bigger news? | It's tied into American history and patriotism. The country was formed, after all to avoid paying taxes to the British without having any representation. Also the US believes very strongly that a bigger, more dominant government will always damage the peoples freedom, even if it's intentions are good. A bigger governme... |
Why do worldleaders even think about going to war with eachother even though they know that it will cost incredible amounts of money and many innocent lives? | Any two individuals or groups are always going to have different opinions on various issues of common interest. When you go out to dinner, you need to balance your desire for sushi with your date's desire for pizza. Most of those differences are sufficiently minor that nations are willing to compromise in some fashion.... |
Why do drive-thru fast food places have two Windows even though only one is used? | The idea was that if you collect money at one window and deliver food through the other you could process more customers per hour. In reality the increase in customers per hour doesn't cover the person required to man the second window.Back in the day, we would pull up to the first window to pay and then the second win... |
How come back in the 50s and 60s it was safe for parents to let their kids go off and play all day, but as the years progressed that changed? | It was just as safe in the 50's and 60's as it is today. _URL_0_", 'My parents told me that from their own experience that at least where they lived there was the perception that "the streets belonged to kids first and cars second". There were apparently so many boomer kids running around that it was considered the res... |
A lot of history books talk about the banning of atmospheric tests of thermonuclear weapons in the 60's. Where do they test them now and how is it safer? | They're tested underground, either in purpose-built wells/pits/boreholes or in disused mines. The benefit is that virtually all the radioactive products of the explosion are contained, so there's no fallout . |
What the difference(s) between a pub, a bar, and tavern? | In Ireland a pub is short for Public House, i.e. an establishment where the public can buy and drink alcohol. In the not-too-distant past pubs had both 'lounge' and 'bar' sections. The lounges was more comfortable and expensive. The bar might just have a bar with stools where men drank.Pubs and Taverns are the same thi... |
Before gunpowder weaponry, how were any naval battles fought? | Most methods have already been mentioned, but here's another one: fireships. Ships specifically designed to be lit on fire and allowed to drift into the enemy's midsts. |
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