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Why everyone in the US isn't required to vote | Why should they be? You assume everyone voting would be somehow and improvement. It wouldn't be. Forcing people who dont care to vote to do so accomplishes nothing. You should be allowed not to vote if you dont want to. |
Why is the pay ratio of CEO to average employee such a big deal? Why do people care that CEOs make as much as they do? | Part of the deal is that CEOs receive this large pay even as their company does poorly. In general though, pay is always going to be a function of scarcity - the tougher it is for your skills to be replicated the more you're worth. There aren't many people out there who can do what a CEO does or is willing to do what h... |
Why didn't the Titanic crew simply turn around and go unload people on to the iceberg? | Generally, you can't unload people onto an iceberg. Very rarely do they even have a flat horizontal surface. More often, they look [something like this.] Also, the amount of damage was not clear at the time. They couldn't turn around either. A ship that size takes a quite a long time to turn around, it's not like it ca... |
How does our "new organ", the Mesentery, work? | It's basically the reverse of what happened to Pluto. Pluto got demoted while the Mesentery got promoted. Both do the same stuff they did before, they just have a different name. |
How did Batman go from the zany Adam West to the grim Dark Knight? | Evolution of comics as a medium. Superman also went from fairly silly to super-serious-business over the decades. Comics used to be for kids, nowadays they're, well not.Batman in the comic was always relatively dark. The TV show was the exception, and influenced the comics briefly. The campiness of the TV show was due ... |
Why does it seem like so many people are depressed in America today? Is depression at an all time high? If so, why? | On the one hand, mental healthcare today is better than it once was. So it means depression can get recognised and diagnosed earlier. Sort of like how people notice that there's more asthmatics around today - it's not necessarily because asthma is more common - it's because 100 years ago, if you had asthma, you probabl... |
if the West spends almost a trillion every year on their military, why can't they easily neutralize organizations such as ISIS? | Because ISIL is an idea, not a person. It's a collection of people rallying to a common cause and fucking shit up. We could kill leaders that come up, but it would at best splinter the group into smaller, more radicalized subgroups. Which is exactly how ISIL was created in the first place. |
China's population was around .6 billion in 1960. How did it increase to ~1.4 in just 55 years, especially with the one child policy in effect? | I'm 54 years old. Most men my age are grandparents. Start with .6 billion people. Let each pair have 1 child. Now you have .9 billion people . They pair up and have children. Now you have 1.05 billion from just that .6 billion. It tapers off, but not instantly. Now, if some people have twins and some people remarry and... |
Why do life endangering jobs pay less? | You aren't paid for effort or danger, you are paid for high the demand for the job is, and how scarce the supply of labor is. Firefighting is a job most able-bodied young adults can without a lot of previous training, largely because it has so much downtime, on the job training is more feasible than with other jobs. No... |
Why do Pixar movies take so long to make? | Well you've got to have your writers come up with a story. Spend time doing research. Have people come up with story boards. Concept artists and sculptures to further flesh out the ideas. Then you've got to plan all of this. Have modelers work on the models. Texture artists to work on the textures. Riggers working on t... |
Why are humans noses pointed down where nearly ever other animal's nose is pointed forward? | There is a lot of shit in these comments including the top rated one. Caucasian noses evolved to have a longer path into the body to warm the air you breath in colder regions. Just as paler skin evolved as people moved from their origin in West Africa. It's got nothing to do with smelling food unless you think Africans... |
Even with all of our current technology, why do women in developed countries still die in childbirth? | Two other things I would like to add. Just because the technology exists, does not mean everyone uses it. So some of that number of deaths come from people unable or unwilling to **use** the technology. Second, things that where always fatel before, are only risky now. Think about pregnancies in much later life. Or pre... |
What classifies as a mental disorder, and why isn't homosexuality counted as one? | Mental disorders by and large are required to somehow be detrimental. Homosexuality isn't harmful. Sure you don't have kids, but at the same time it's not a mental disorder to be a priest. Things like schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, Body Dismorphic Disorder, addiction, are all inherently harmful. They cause you to ... |
What are the cognitive benefits of reading? | I feel these points just support the idea of a cognitive benefit to reading but don't really say why 'reading' and why not another medium. Reading is the only way of absorbing information that is truly at your own pace. You can read and reread a passage of text as many times as required until you understand. Sure, you ... |
What is the purpose of continuing the Republican primary if there are no other candidates? | If Donald Trump doesn't receive at least 1237 delegates, then there will still be a contested convention in which a candidate who has dropped from the race can still become the nominee.There are *hundreds* of other candidates. People running for congress, for senate, for governor, and for dog catcher. The primaries are... |
Why do semi trucks leave so much space between themselves and the car in front of them during traffic jams? | Because Semis don't stop quickly, they have a lot of weight that needs a lot of time/space to slow down and stop. Not to mention that he isn't able to see right in front of his front end, just like he can't see right behind him or right beside him. Remember that if you can't see the mirrors or the driver, the driver ca... |
How did gladiators in Rome have so much muscle and strength eating what is portrayed as gruel? | They ate a lot of barley from what I understand, which has 23 grams of protein per cup. They also were well fed, from what I understand, receiving three meals a day. From depictions of gladiators in artwork, they were pretty muscular. The fact that they ate a vegetarian diet was a bit surprising, but I don't think they... |
Why is there not a cure for hangovers yet? | There is a cure for hang overs surprised all of you haven't heard of it. The problem is that it requires an iv injection involving a solution that rehydrate you and has a bunch of other vitamins to get you going again. The whole procedure costs around 160 dollars, not exactly the kind of money you want to spend just to... |
Australia's dollar is worth more than USA's yet we are still paying nearly double for almost everything, can someone explain this to me like i still wet the bed. | Please guys, there's a very easy way to settle this. It's called Purchasing Power Parity. So, there is this thing called currency exchange, and that's a market. So currencies become worth more and less and fluctuate regularly in the market. However, this has very little to do with what people actually pay for things in... |
Cloud Computing; Explain it like I'm Five! | Up until recently, data has been stored physically on the hard drive in the computer you are using. This allows you to access those files when you are at your own personal computer, because all the data is right there with you. This traditional method is excellent if you only use one computer for everything. Solutions ... |
Why are there two different screwdrivers (Phillips and Flathead) Wouldn't it be much more useful to just only use Phillips head? | There are lots of different types of head, each with their own benefits. A flathead for example is very easy to machine compared to others. Other screw heads may be less likely to cam out, or be *designed* to cam out so as to protect against stripping the threads. Still others are just obscure so as to discourage unaut... |
What causes programs to crash to desktop? Why isn't there an option to say "I don't care, keep going"? | The programmers *do* have an option like that when they're writing the software. And they often use it. But once in a while, something happens that they never prepared for. |
Why would a baseball pitcher use pine tar? | Pine tar scuffs the surface of the ball and makes fly in different directions when it is thrown. Sometimes the pitcher cannot control which way it flies after he has scuffed it, and people can get hurt, which is why it's a banned practice. |
Why don't artists explain their work? | I don't think this is as widespread a thing as you think it is. Prior to the establishment of the artist-writer archetype in the mid-20th century, the idea that the artist both creates work and actively participates in its discussion, sure there were *fewer* artists that explained their work. But writing about work is ... |
How does our brain choose 'random' things? | I don't believe it's random. I really believe these kind of choices are made based over a life time of experiences that shape who you are even if those experiences seem insignificant. |
Why is it not OK to use the term Oriental when describing someone's ethnicity? | It has connotations of exoticism and otherness, of the 'mysterious East.' It does NOT just mean 'Eastern' in a neutral way, it carries the baggage of meaning 'a person of the East who can/will not assimilate fully in to Western culture' Look at the way the word was used at times of poor East-West relations such as the ... |
Why is it preferable to keep apps running on Android Lollipop instead of closing them frequently? | It's called context-switching. If you're cooking dinner and suddenly a guest arrives and rings the bell, naturally, you have to stop your current activity. Also naturally, you do not put the meat back into the fridge, or the utensils into the cupboard. If you know you are going to resume a suspended task, it is general... |
Why do older generations seemingly look older than newer generations during the same age range? | It wasn't until relatively late that we have learned the health issues associated with too much exposure to the sun. One of the many detriments is premature aging of your skin. |
How can a company profit from Black Friday if the prices are marked down so low? | A lot of good comments here. I'd like to ad that stores will often compare their prices to the MSRP. For instance, my TV last year was normally $1599.00 It went on sale 2 weeks before BF for $1459.00 and was reduced to $1179.00 for BF. They advertise the MSRP for this TV is ~$3000.00. They want you to think you're savi... |
In the US, why do more politically conservative states tend to receive more federal funding than liberal states but their politicians tend to want to cut federal funding levels? | Cheap land. It's available in many more conservative areas, while less conservative, more urban areas tend to have relatively expensive land. When the government needs 15,000 acres to build a new nuclear test area, laboratory, or other program it's likely to build it in a state where it already owns land or can acquire... |
Why do presidents wait until the very last week of their presidency to pardon convicted inmates, rather than doing it earlier on? | Pardons tend to be somewhat to very unpopular with at least one of the President's constituents . That means each pardon will make it incrementally harder to accomplish anything that requires congressional support or approval . So most presidents wait until they have no time left for other Presidential goals to begin t... |
50 years ago $20 was a lot of money, today it's almost spare change. Where does all the extra money come from? | Twenty Dollars is Spare Change? Are you rich? Twenty Dollars can buy you a lot even in today's world |
Why do people advise that the best rates on foreign currency exchange are at the airport upon your arrival into another country? | I've found the exchange areas in airports to be the worst way while international ATM's or no foreign transaction fee credit cards to be best.Seems you took the advice of someone who owns an airport money changing kiosk. |
Why do many Americans support a 2-term limit on presidents? | Mainly to honor George Washington and its not really that we all support it, its just the way it is, one of the Roosevelt's actually stayed for almost 3 terms cause there actually was no rule about it until after Roosevelt's 3rd term |
Why Collision Detection does fail so often in Videogames | There's two things to think about here, detecting the collision and handling it. Other comments have described detection better than I can do, so I'll talk about the other one. \r\rWhen you see that two entities is colliding, you need to have code that handles this in a good way, showing the player in the opposite dire... |
Why do we say "On the plane", "On the train", but "In the car"? | Do people who own and fly personal planes say they're in' the plane, as opposed to 'on', referring to the personal possession explanation.The way I have always understood it is in terms of who decides the destination. A car or Taxi only travels to where we decide for it to go, whereas a train, bus or plane etc have pre... |
Why can't the police and military forces in places like El Salvador and Honduras control the gangs in their countries? | Police are very often untrained and not very professional. They will quite often not go after a bad person if it means that they will risk their life in doing so. Also note that in many places, police are sent into communities that they didn't grow up in and aren't a part of, with only a few other officers there as bac... |
Why are chemical weapons not ok, but depleted uranium bombs are? | DU did not exist at the time chemical weapons were originally prohibited, and doesn't really meet the definition adopted at the time. It's also worth noting that the country that uses it most has a security council veto. |
Why we can record sight and sound but not smell? | If you think about it .technically we can. Haven't you ever seen a scratch n' sniff. Or a scented candle? |
Who owns the rights of a song/music?The person who created the it or the record company? | Record labels make the artists sign contracts giving away a lot of rights in return for money now. When we pirate we get what we probably wouldn't have bought. If we did pirate instead of buying, giving the record labels less money for the same exposure . If the labels have less money they take less risks with new arti... |
Why is it in most American college movies or tv shows, everyone is always drinking from a red plastic cup? | To add on to what others have said, due to contraversies surrounding drinking and higher insurance costs, fraternities, sororities, and other student organizations have made policies that require their members to drink out of non-identifiable, opaque containers when hosting organization sponsored parties with alcohol. ... |
Why does Reddit obsess over the Jamaican bobsled team? | Some of the '88 team members make appearances at Sangster airport in Montego Bay often enough that I've seen them there a few times. Feel good story I suppose. |
what is the difference between borrowing a dvd my friend owns or pirating the content myself? | When you borrow a DVD from your friend, he no longer has the DVD. There's still only one copy of the movie. When you pirate the content, you create a new copy, and now you have the DVD, and the original owner also has the DVD. This is a violation of copyright law . |
Why do we grow old if our cells are continuously being replaced with new ones? | PhD Cancer biologist here. This is a great question, and the answer is vastly more complex and poorly understood than the answers here seem to suggest. Telomeres and telomerase are a small piece of a big puzzle. First, organisms whose somatic cells express telomerase still age and die normally . Second, the stem cells ... |
Why in the living hell do athletes get paid so much more than people who spend 8 years in college and sacrifice everything to save other's lives? | Because your pay is based more on how many people could do your job than on how important it is to society. Doctors are important, but there are hundreds of thousands of them. There's only 1 Lebron James or Tom Brady.First not all athletes do, only the best in sports that people demand to watch it and will pay to do so... |
Why does it cost over 10,000 to bury someone in the US? | Depending on the type of service you want everything has a fee. For a traditional service you have fees for the following: Picking up of the body from place of death at home, hospital, nursing home or morgue. Also, if the person died far from home you have those transportation fees. Embalming Cosmetizing/makeup/dressin... |
Why can movie theaters change ticket prices based on time of day but not based on the individual film | Given that they actually don't make a ton from ticket sales it's probably just not worth the effort. When a theater agrees to show a movie they make an arrangement with the distributor on what percentage of the profits they theater gets over time. I think most of the time opening weekend, it's less than 25%. It gradual... |
How does Earth's atmosphere not get sucked into the vacuum of space? | The earth's gravity. The same thing that prevents you from drifting off into space. There may be more mass out there in space, but the mass of planet earth is a lot closer. Remember, gravity varies inversely with the square of the distance of the mass. |
Why couldn't helicopters fly over the WTC and save people hanging out the windows with rope ladders or something? | Most helicopters don't carry rope ladders or anything like that to rescue people from windows on a typical flight. Besides that, most people wouldn't instinctively grab a rope ladder dangling from a helicopter, or have the physical ability to climb up it. I believe one of the WTC towers had a helipad that some choppers... |
Let's say I move to Australia from the US on an extended visit visa. Which country do I have to pay taxes to? | You will literally pay taxes to the US no matter where you live for however long you've been there, unless you die or renounce your citizenship. Source- some other redditor was explaining this well in another post. |
Why can't north korea/africa just plant crops to feed themselves ? | Well, a lot of aid is meant to help the givers more than the people in the receiving country. Aid money usually has to be spent on American or European goods/equipment, which are too costly to maintain. In other words, aid isn't designed to foster self-sufficiency, but to profit people in countries giving aid and to ke... |
- Why are you not supposed to squeeze a teabag after you let it steep in water? | I've practiced no squeeze for a long time, but now use PG Tip's which says to squeeze. It is good with no bitterness.Because it makes the tea taste bitter and awful. Have you tried not doing it once and see if there is a difference? |
Does anyone know where the "* * *** **** **" clap came from? | TIL I cannot convert starts into clap sounds in my head. I have no idea what's going on in this thread.Came here because I thought you meant the STD.Variant of this in the opening to John Fogerty's [Centerfield].My grandpa said it really took off when Kix cereal ran radio ads that used that to say/sing "You'll get a ki... |
How does groups like Vice, get interviews with high profile criminals? | Lots of bribes. Though I would also think that since much of the VICE reporting is as close to neutral as you'll see these days, those criminals perhaps give them a bit more credit. |
The lack of affordable, intermediate mental healthcare between guidance counselors and psychiatrists who cost hundreds per hour? | Bit a context first : I live in France, and one a thing we're known for is Healthcare. One of the thing our healthcare does is standardise doctor fees : in France a doctor's appointment costs around 24€, it's the same cost for all doctors and you don't really pay it since the healthcare system refunds you the 24€. What... |
What happens if a fire alarm goes off in a hospital during someone's surgery? | Zone control kicks in. The area of the hospital the fire is in is evacuated into a the most appropriate local zone that isn't currently on fire. Local zones around the burning one hear warning sounders to tell them to prepare to evacuate if necessary. All other zones continue as normal. You don't try and evacuate an en... |
The pros and cons of Obamacare | My doctor said his practice is suffering from Obamacare. He said he hasn't taken home a paycheck in months, and has had to open new lines of credit to keep the practice afloat. He summed it up as the system being a mess —not the whole website mess that happened at launch, but it's the information that Obamacare patient... |
What is the white stuff (I assume it's ice) that I always see falling off of space shuttles at take off and what does it do? | The fuel used in many rockets is made of liquid Hydrogen and Oxygen which have to be very cold to stay a liquid. So the skin of the rocket is below freezing which makes all of the water vapor in the air freeze onto itself. The stuff breaks off upon takeoff because it's not stuck on very well.Surrounding moisture in the... |
Why does everyone everywhere charge a penny less than an even number? | This is even worse with gasoline, which is priced in to the mil So it's something like 3.89 9/10. |
Why have Asian-Americans flourished, while African-Americans remain under-educated & impoverished? Both were slaves here at one point, and both were heavily discriminated against throughout US history. | I don't think asians were slaves like africans were slaves. African americans were subjected to slavery, and sharecropping, and Jim Crow laws. They have more of a distrust of anything this country does to them. |
Why haven't we cured HIV, HPV, etc. yet? | Actually, HIV has been cured, a couple of different ways, it's just not practical on a large scale, yet _URL_0_ |
If being gay is genetic, how come it has not been removed from the gene pool by natural selection? | A couple things. First, we don't know whether homosexuality is genetic or not. Second, homosexuals can reproduce; my father is homosexual, for instance, and my sister and I exist.Third, even if it was genetic, and even if homosexuals couldn't reproduce, it could still occur as a mutation, or simply a response to a gene... |
Why is the production and sale of GMO foods banned in many countries but not the US? | Mostly because of lobbying efforts from GMO producing companies and the farmers who plant them . Additionally, there's little to no scientific evidence that GMO's are harmful in a broad sense, and most of the arguments against using or eating them are emotional/psychological. As for why you wouldn't want to label them,... |
What is the problem between Greece and Germany? | Greece lied about their money situation in order to switch to the Euro. Switching to the Euro let them borrow money at the same interest rate as Germany . Greece went bankrupt because they spend much more than they make. Now Germany is trying to help them get back on track but all the people in Greece are mad at German... |
Why are we so tired throughout the day but when it's time to sleep we're wide awake? | Perhaps it's boredom. During the day, most do not have the chance to entertain themselves as they do at home, thus tend to procrastinate and entertain themselves with their leisure time which for most is at night. |
How you can 'project' the colour black onto a white movie screen | I suppose it's all relative to what's surrounding it. I'm sure as a redditor, you're familiar with the chessboard illusion, but here it is anyway. _URL_1_ I still find it incredibly hard to believe that A and B are the same color. But they are. |
Why do the US Armed Forces station their members somewhere else every 2-3 years? | 1. It helps mitigate nepotism 2. It's not always a forced thing, you can stay in one place, but, much like a civilian job, it's in a service member's best interest to go where the best professional opportunity is. For example, in the army, if you're an officer you need experience as a commander to get promoted, but a c... |
Why are the survival methods when encountering a black bear different from encountering a brown bear? | They are different species with different behavior. It's not like Black and White people, same species with different colors adapted to their environment, it's more like humans compared to gorillas. Major differences in size and behavior. Black bears are smaller and more timid than grizzly bears. They are still big and... |
Why are credit cards and credit so important? What's wrong with just a debt card? | Credit, as in your credit score is basically a record of how good you are at borrowing money. If you come to a point where you want to borrow money, having a good record makes it easier to get a loan with affordable payments or even lower intrest. Good credit basically gives you more options for borrowing money. As far... |
How is the thickness of borders between states/provinces and countries measured? | It's as thick as the line between the ocean and ocean floor. It's as thick as the line between a tree root and the soil. It's as thick as the line between your skin and the air.Canada and the united states have a 20 foot border, which is completely mowed to the ground. lots of the border runs through forests and wilder... |
with all the high tech non stick and ceramic coatings available for pans, why do restaurants and cook shows like masterchef use cast iron skillets for cooking? | Nonstick coatings cannot sustain high temperatures or acidic ingredients for extended periods of time . They are also not going to stand up to the frequent use in a commercial kitchen . To be honest, for anyone considering getting a nonstick pan, I would recommend only buying one or two for eggs and crepes, and that's ... |
Why do people think it is so bad that people in the "1%" are wealthier than "X" number of poor people? | Economically: Money moving around the economy is, very broadly speaking, good. Poor people spend most of their money, as they need to to stay alive. Rich people spend some of their money, can choose to circulate it in the economy by investing it, or can do nothing with it. The more money is in the hands of the very ric... |
Official Thread: Hugo Chavez and Venezuela | As an American, you can't explain our politics to a five year old. It is soul crushing. How you take this death really depends on your values or how well you know the oil business. Money over everything.Wait - so is the embassy official being expelled actually related to the death of Chavez? The article made it sound l... |
What does a girl mean when she says she wants to be friends but not begin a relationship? | This is more of a question for /r/datingadvice But, a bit of my perspective anyway. Maybe she changed her mind. Maybe she never wanted a relationship in the first place, but just didn't have the heart to tell you. It could be any number of things. As a guy, I admittedly have done this to girls before, and usually it's ... |
are people born with a tendency to be introverted/extroverted, or is that a learned behavior? | Babies can't tell us much about their personalities, so all we have to go on is observations, usually gathered in artificial conditions. Anecdotally parents will tell you that their baby is shy or outgoing, but that's hardly scientific data so we don't really know. |
Why do candidates announce that they will announce their planned run? Why not just one announcement? | They have to announce the announcement so that news cameras and journalists will show up, giving them publicity. If you don't announce the announcement, who's gonna show up? |
Why does this dress appear white/gold to some people and black/blue to others? | It's both, it's a matter of perception and depends on the person or rather how they perceive the color with respect to the reflection of light. People either see white/blue and gold/black. People who see white don't actually see a pure white color but rather a white that looks light blue in the picture due to the light... |
Why is suicide frowned upon and why is it considered selfish? | It is considered selfish because you are doing it for yourself. The end of Armageddon is technically suicide, but because it was done for everyone else, it was approved of. Also people feel morally obligated to honor the dead with a ritual, as it has been a tradition for some time now. That's why there is a money issue... |
why is it so hard to find a cure for cancer despite the money that has been poured into cancer research? | Because it's your own cells going haywire and taking over your body. It's like trying to stop an enemy that hides among innocent civilians. Yeah, it's easy to kill them if you have overwhelming firepower, the hard part is doing so without killing all the innocent bystanders. The innocent bystanders, in the case of canc... |
Why does our brain prefer to have nightmares or weird dreams, rather than pleasant ones? | Do they? It's very rare I have nightmares, and if I do they're only about spiders . Most days I have quite pleasant dreams and I'm quite good at remembering them. |
When a currency's value goes down after a major political decision, like Brexit, what exactly is causing it to go down? | Fear and uncertainty. Currency traders like things to be predictable and follow established patterns of behavior. When something happens that falls outside those patterns it sets off the 'oh shit oh shit oh shit' reaction and they unwind overexposed positions. |
Why are the Clintons still together after Lewinsky? | There is a popular theory that Bill and Hillary had an agreement about his extramarital activities, so any anger she demonstrated afterwards was about his getting caught, not the actual behavior. Only the two of them know for sure. Even if it's not true, there are many couples who stay together post-infidelity. We're g... |
Why people are so happy to get a Tax refund? Doesn't that mean the government has taken more money from you than they should have? | Yes. Many people use it as a forced savings plan. They could get a little more money if they had the proper amount of withholding and put it into an interest-bearing account, but many people don't have the discipline to make that work, and enjoy the annual windfall of cash.Not always. If your income is low enough relat... |
How can In-N-Out Burger offer a double-double animal style for ~$3 but a Big Mac averages ~$5? | I'm also pretty sure that In-n-Out is underpricing their burgers, though that's apparently part of their business model. When the drive-thru line at your burger joint is that long every night, you may not be meeting demand. |
What would happen if the moon suddenly fell into the earth? | Our theoretical physicists would have a field day. But, they'd be exterminated. See the other posts. |
How does a health insurance deductible work? | 1) The deductible is the amount YOU have to pay before your insurance kicks in. It's put in place so people don't nickel-and-dime their insurance companies into the ground. 2) as with all insurance, it depends on the level of coverage that you need, your circumstances, and individual level of risk 3) If you haven't met... |
Why is Africa, as a whole, such an impoverished continent? | The book *Prisoners of Geography* does a good job at explaining sub-Saharan African poverty. Basically, it's because the interior of the continent has historically been full of people who literally, because of geographic factors have been cut off from most of the world. If you think in the 21st century, we would be ove... |
Why is America so afraid of the word socialism? | Because everyone thinks they're going to be a millionaire and when that time comes, ain't nobody getting a piece of theirs! |
Why does medicine have unnecessarily large packaging? | So you're less likely to put in the effort of taking them all and having an adverse reaction. When bottles went to blister packs overdoses dropped considerably. |
Why does bottled water 'seem to' taste better than tap? | It all comes down to marketing. Pepsi ran a competition in the late 70's called the Pepsi challenge, part of it included a taste test between Coca Cola and Pepsi. The beverages were in blank cups. The results leaned towards Pepsi tasting better. However when taste test's are run featuring brand labels, then the results... |
What caused the Soviet Union to collapse? | Communism does not actually work. No agency, no matter how well intentioned, can really control all production in a country. It's easy to try to gauge how many pairs of shoes you're going to need, sure - just figure out the average lifespan of the shoe, the proportion of shoe sizes, and produce a little more than the c... |
If everyone using the internet used ad blockers, is it plausible to believe that a large portion of the internet could be lost? | Quite possibly. Most of the free services we depend on rely on Ads for income. These services wouldn't just vanish without ads if people still wanted to use them, but expect membership fees to be more common just pike we killed TV ads by paying for Netflix. |
Why do many Americans think Obama is a terrible president and Bush was amazing? From my view (uk) it easily seems the other way around? | Yeah, I'm Canadian and I don't understand why Republicans hate Obama so much. I tend to think Americans treat politics in part like a football game. It's like a Giants vs Cowboys rivalry gone amok. Or to treat it with more poignancy like Yankees vs Red Sox. A fan of one team wouldn't be caught dead cheering for the oth... |
Why can't you dispose of a bomb by simply cutting the wire(s)? | In real life, bombs aren't built by highly advanced engineers with nifty digital timers indicating how much time is left till they explode. Often they're crude, unstable devices, built by angry, unstable people. In fact, most bomb makers are killed accidentally by their own devices. Because of this, the safest way to d... |
Why Dogs within 5 seconds of meeting each other know if they are friends or enemies. | Mostly it's body language as they see each other. As an ACO we're trained to mimic it to raise the possibility of a positive encounter. Last week I picked up a 136.5 pound Presa and my training probably saved me from a very messy fight. He was behind the house and came around the corner because he heard me coming. He i... |
Were the Space Shuttles really so bad that its easier to start from scratch and de-evolve back to capsule designs again rather than just fix them? | Hi, Folks. Former Researcher from MIT here. I helped work on Constellation. Here's what I learned from the engineers around me about the shuttle. The shuttle was a pretty big failure in terms of it's original requirements. That may sound surprising and it upset me when I heard it too, but this was the reasoning: It was... |
How does "Diplomatic Immunity" work? | Diplomayic immunity Quick walkthrough: Meet\xa0Delphine\xa0in\xa0Riverwood. Meet\xa0Malborn\xa0in\xa0Solitude. Give Malborn any equipment to smuggle into the Thalmor Embassy. Meet Delphine at\xa0Katla's Farm\xa0in Solitude. Create a distraction and get away from the party. Retrieve the\xa0Dragonborn's\xa0gear. Search f... |
Why Do People Hate Episode I? | Watch [The People vs. George Lucas]. It honestly changed my opinion of George. Basically because it's devoid of acting, plot, and character development; and basically made Anakin look like a child when he didn't have to. You can tell a great Anakin-to-Darth-Vader trilogy that doesn't involve him as a small child at all... |
What exactly is an imaginary number and how is it useful? | Hi, This has been asked before. You can find previous threads on the topic [by searching]. If you feel the previous threads don't answer your question, and you can't find anything using the search, please [message the mods] to make your case and ask for a review. All the best, and remember your towel. |
Can we become resistant to constant pain the same way we become resistant to constant pleasure stimuli? | DefinitelyBeen getting migraines since I was eight years old and I am now 46. They still hurt but you learn to deal with it and it doesn't seem to affect my performance at work", 'Certainly. Ever see a baby/toddler fall down and cry? We naturally develop coping skills and adapt to a repeated stimulus good or bad. |
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