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Why do I only seem to realize how drunk I am when I go to the bathroom? | Going to the bathroom requires some modicum of focus. So when you're trying to go weewee, you have to concentrate, forcing you to realize you in fact are shit faced.Lol, everytime I go to the bathroom drunk, I fall asleep on the toilet XD And my friends are always like "wtf where 'd that bitch go" lol', "Doesn't work f... |
Why does the US use Private Military Contractors such as Academi (Blackwater), Executive Outcomes etc. for some roles rather than its own soldiers? | Because private contractors are not subject to UCMJ action. I also believe that the Geneva convention rules don't apply to them either. The most often have military experience and can often be more cost effective than the military because they can operate without a massive presence and limited resources. |
What happens to the neural connections in a transplanted organ? | Good site explaining why transplant organs don't get nerves connected, mostly because the technology is not there yet. _URL_0_ That info is somewhat dated. There have been several double arm transplants and they have shown patients able to tie their shoes. Nerves don't grow fast but they can grow across small gaps. The... |
How does the TSA know my meds are not illegal drugs? | I think you guys are overlooking something. The TSA is not looking for illegal drugs. Maybe if they found a kilo of wrapped powder but some pills in a bottle are not their main objective. It's to prevent dangerous contraband from getting on the plane. Guns, knives, etc.Properly labled, documented, and presented drugs a... |
Why do mausoleums and in-the-wall graves not smell like decay? | In some mausoleums the casket and remains are exposed to conditions where air is drawn away from the remains, pulling away moisture. This results in a drying that avoids some of the less pleasant aspects of 'wet' remains. Additionally embalming can retard the decay process itself, which may further prevent unpleasant d... |
How was "incest" or lets say DNA from same family tree avoided in small clans/Nomads where there are less than 10000 people? | In Ireland we had matchmakers and contrary to popular belief their job was more so to make sure you weren't related to some bird you wanted to ride rather than help you find some bird you would ride. |
Can the President of the United States have another job? | No he or she can not. 1. Modern presidential candidates have to forgo sources of income like lucrative tv appearance deals in order to stay legal with campaign fundraising laws. This was actually a concern for some candidates in 2012, who didn't run because they feared the economic toll of being jobless during the camp... |
Why does putting a mug of water in the microwave keep bread from getting soggy when heated? | So I've had this argument with two of my roommates. They say that when they put a mug of water in the microwave for a minute with let's say leftover rice or chicken that it helps steam it a bit and makes it less dry. I don't believe it. Anyone have any input on whether or not this makes sense?", 'I did not know you cou... |
Why have so many cultures developed the concept of honour? A fair fight cuts down chances of survival. | Because a code of honour is evolutionarily advantageous. One of the biggest factors in our species having become the dominant life form on earth is our ability to cooperate. I'm sure for the first hundred thousand years people were constantly killing their neighbours with a club for their left-over mammoth meat. But a ... |
If I was able to travel alongside a photon, would I be able to see it at the multiple points in space? | If you could go that fast, you wouldn't see anything - Time would stop for you, so the trip from where you started to where you stopped would seem instantaneous, just like it is for photons. |
What’s the difference between copyright, trademark, and a patent. | Patent is for inventions. If I create a new gear, I make a patent. Nobody can use this gear, or use the idea to make a copy, without your permission. Copyright is for creations like books, games movies etc that you can make money by selling copies . Nobody can copy without your permission. Trademark is for the name you... |
What would happen if we added a large amount of water to a desert? | Something like what you are describing occurs naturally in some deserts which have monsoon seasons. Having lived in Arizona I'm more familiar with the high plateaus around Tucson and the waste around Phoenix. Essentially for a short time each year nature does add large amounts of water. The immediate result is very int... |
Why do gift cards have an expiry date? | I've never seen one with an expiration date, and I am pretty sure I've read that it is illegal for them to have one. |
Why do birds get up at 4 am to aimlessly chirp at each other? | Because 4am is just in your head. Birds don't tell time like you and I. They see the sun starting to rise, so that's when their day begins. Also, they went to bed when the sun set . |
How does a lightning strike know where the tallest object is? | Lighting develops when there's a mismatch between the amount of charge in the air and the amount of charge in the nearby earth. Lightning acts to equalize that charge by providing a path for electrons to flow from a place with too many to a place with fewer. It's really hard to get electrons moving in air, but it's eas... |
How is ISIS recruiting so many people from so many different countries? What makes them more attractive than other organizations and why are people going out of their way to join? | Disaffected youth in many countries probably. In that the world economy has been awful. So you've got 1000s of young men bored and angry how have a chance at doing something. A sense of adventure. Add in the possibility of a radicals giving them this opportunity and some take it. Eric Blair went to fight in the Spanish... |
In terms of society and just in general - how is the United States different from Canada? | I agree with the earlier comment. The largest difference I've seen is that Americans have this mentality, which is obvious in movies like Independence Day, of this hope where everyone can rally together and overcome thus large obstacle together. While it doesn't seem to play out in real life, there's this hopefulness i... |
Why does America have such bad internet, and what can we do to fix it? | From what I've heard, major ISP's don't have to compete because they all spread out across the country so they can charge high prices for terrible speeds. If we all come together and voice our complaints we can get some competion going so we get lower prices and higher speeds.We do? Mine is awesome here in LA. |
Why nations don't unite to liberate transgressions against Human Rights. E.G. NK? | We have a union of nations to do just that, fittingly called the United Nations. It can decide on what's unacceptable, and it can decide on what to do about it. But those are political decisions, it's not purely people deciding what's wrong in good faith: each country also looks at the political implications. For examp... |
Why is there a seemingly larger risk of getting viruses on a laptop/desktop than there is while accessing the internet through a smartphone/console? | The existing comments are all great ideas. I would add this: Think of what you might target as a producer of malware, whether that's ransomware or otherwise. Going after end users is not going to be profitable. End users don't often have the cash to shell out to ransom their files. So malware producers target businesse... |
How do we go from bits of information (1's and 0's) to a line of text? | > what the very first 10 or 20 one's and zeros are? Strongly depends on what file format you're dealing with. The first 20 bits of data of a .txt file are the first 2.5 characters of the text. it is the responsibility of the program reading the file to parse the file and make sense of the information within. |
Whats the difference between Atheism and Agnosticism? | Is there a term for someone who believes in a higher power, but not any of the versions that are out there? The old white man with a long white beard sitting on a throne just doesn't work for me.Atheist: "Do you believe in a god or gods?" --"No, not yet." Agnostic: "Does god exist?" --"I'm not sure." Note that it's ent... |
What has gone on with the Marvel properties which means they can't all be in one universal film (if they wanted)? (But Stan Lee can) | Minor addendum to what others have said. Marvel originally started selling those rights because they were hurting financially. Happened to be around the time that major CGI effects could finally be integrated seamlessly into live-action. This was especially important for the mutants and the Fantastic Four who had more ... |
Why do people take taxis when public transportation is so much cheaper? | it's more private, and also it gets you directly to where you're going", 'Taxis are MUCH faster and much more comfortable. |
What causes us to all have different personalities? | Well, there's many theories about what makes a personality and what affects people. Assuming you're a blank slate as a baby, the way your parents treat you and their personalities have a big effect on you. They influence you greatly as you're first developing. Then, it's your life experiences and the people you come in... |
Why don't commercial planes have parachutes on board for the passengers in case of emergencies? | There's actually not much point to it. The cruising altitude for a commercial jet is well out of the parachuting range. If the doors to an airplane were opened while you were at cruising altitude, everyone would either be sucked out of the plane, or would lose consciousness because there's such a small amount of air up... |
Do the people on the show Impractical Jokers know they're being recorded? Isn't there some type of law that forbids you to record someone without consent? | I live in Hollywood and have been pranked on film for a TV show. Immediately after revealing the hidden cameras my friend and I laughed it off, there was short banter with the prankster, and as soon as we walked away a team approached us with contracts asking us to release our image for the show. I said hell no, and so... |
Why does America mostly use traffic lights at intersections when Europe uses a lot of traffic circles? What are the benefits to either? | I think roundabouts are fucking horrible, but people seem to like them. IMO, roundabouts trust more heavily on the good judgement of drivers to be able to merge into and out of traffic, whereas light just dictate exactly what to do at any given moment. This makes you less susceptible to minor accidents but enables peop... |
why does carrying something heavy like a bucket of paint seem more exhausting than carrying a child of the same weight? | The weight is distributed more equally throughout your body. If you hold a paint can like you hold a child it'll seem lighter as well. |
What does it mean when a recipe or something of that nature calls for “1 part ____ and 3 parts______”? | For example, if you are cooking one cup of some food and it calls for 1 part water and 3 parts jujubes, that means you'd add 1/4 cup water and 3/4 cups jujubes. |
Why didn't Native Americans have unknown diseases that infected Europeans on the same scale as small pox/cholera? | I really liked the takedowns in /r/BadHistory so I don't think he's taken seriously in the tourist money. |
Why do we know more about space than about our oceans? | Space, while being inhospitable, has a lot of variables that we can account for and approximate. The pressure on a ship's hull is, for the most part, relatively consistent in space. Now, if we dive deeper and deeper into the darker parts of our ocean, the pressure exerted on a hull becomes more and more difficult to co... |
How are scientists so sure you need water in order to have life? | It's not so much that they are sure, as the fact that water is a straight up amazing molecule and it's perfect for pretty much everything that you would need for life. On top of that it's composed of some of the most common elements in the universe, in fact, if you look at the list of elements that compose life on eart... |
What is the big deal over Anita Sarkeesian? | If you're willing to put in the time, [tooltime9901] made a great series of videos on YouTube. He looks into what she says, what her critics say, and how her project can be improved. [Tropes VS FeministFrequency Playlist] and [FeministFrequency Series Playlist] |
would an average person be able to strangle someone with a hand towel, one-handed? (ala Bourne vs Desh in Bourne Ultimatum) | If the stranglee were unconscious, most likely. It wouldn't take that much strength to collapse the windpipe. If they were able to fight back, then it would depend on whether your grip strength is stronger than all of their adrenalin-fueled fighting, and you need to maintain the grip until the person loses consciousnes... |
Can someone explain why that last fish in the gif is so intent on dying with his friends? | Hehehe. It's a mouth brooding fish :) Safest place for a little fish is in Mum's mouth. |
How come humans need to learn how to have sex whereas insects with complicated mating rituals don't? | I'd think that two people would figure it out on their own but after about 2-3 minutes she'd end up pregnant. |
How to wash clothes and bedsheets and cook for one person and socialize. Autistic at college and freaked out. | CLOTHES: If you have enough clothes of different colors you can separate by light and dark. If you don't it isn't a big deal, you can wash them all together. Do a cold wash. This won't ruin your clothes. Also warm water and hot water sets stains in clothes and tends to decrease the life expectancy of jeans and t shirts... |
why do so many people who claim to embrace Science reject it when it comes to certain things (e.g. nuclear power, GMO crops, etc.) | This post is not asking for a layman-friendly explanation to something complicated or technical, so it doesn't belong here. Entirely subjective questions generally belong in /r/askreddit. |
Why is the 'glass ceiling' glass and not some other material? | Because it's invisible -- ie, it's not actually a policy written down that you can point to and ask to change, it's something unspoken and implicit. A glass ceiling is an invisible barrier preventing you from rising.Interestingly, it appears your question has been down voted, this is an example of the ceiling being gla... |
My local McDonald's charges $1.07 for a large water and only $1.00 for a large sweet tea. Why is this an economical decision for McDonald's? | It's because you wanted a large. Just order water and it's free and a very small cup. You're paying for the cup.Where does McDonalds charge for water? Do you mean a bottled water or a fountain water? Most places in the US provide fountain water for free.Large sweet tea for a dollar is a promotion. It's like the five do... |
Since everyone involved in the making of a "B Movie" has to know it is going to be extraordinarily bad while they are making it, why do they do it? | A job's a job. Most actors work for a living and need steady income, even if means taking bad movies. |
why I can't have metal bones installed? | Even if you had metal bones you still couldn't karate chop everyone. Go karate chop a wall or a chair or something now. You'll hurt the muscles in your hand long before you start breaking bones. [This] is your best substitute for metal bones and karate chopping when it comes to effective self-defense. |
Why isn't the BAC for drunk driving zero tolerance? | In some countries it is. However the risk of a car crash from driving drunk isn't linear. Having a BAC of .02 maybe makes you twice as likely whereas the risk of 0.10 is maybe 20 times as likely. Also, there are other activities that carry the same risk as mild intoxication and it would be dumb to ban one activity and ... |
Why does construction start before most work hours? | What everyone here said is true, but in my city at least, the city sets the hours you can work by zone . You should check your city's noise regulations and make sure the contractors are obeying them. |
For as long as the mod application thread is downvoted I will keep on posting links to it. Stop trying to hide it people. Click here to apply to moderate ELI5. | I THINK I SHOULD BE A MODERATOR. * I LIKE THE SUBREDDIT* I LIKE THE CHICAGO BULLS* I LIKE THE CHICAGO CUBS* I LIKE THE WORLD CHAMPION CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS* I LIKE THE CHICAGO BEARS* I LIKE COMIC BOOKS, ESPECIALLY BATMAN AND SUPERMAN* I ENJOY EXPLAINING THE COMPLEX TECHNICALITIES AND MINUTE DETAILS OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ... |
Why Linux is supposedly so much more secure than Windows, even though it is open source and does not have a multi million corporation behind it? | Hackers don't attack it cause of the user base it has. Who would you rather attack to scam money out of? A windows user who doesn't even know what he is doing or someone who went through the trouble of installing Linux on his system? And I'm not saying installing Linux makes you smart. I'm just saying a very large part... |
Pharmacists of Reddit, why does it take half an hour to put 20 pills in a bottle? | That's like asking a waiter why it takes 3 minutes to get one soda. You're not the only customer being served. Your task isn't the only task they're taking care of. |
Why is Alexander the Great so great? | He wasn't. He was a crazy teenager who inherited a nearly unbeatable army from his farther and competently led it east until it revolted. |
Why doesn't every company do the "Hollywood Accounting" tricks to make no official profits? Wouldn't it save them money in the same ways it saves Hollywood money? | > Wouldn't it save them money in the same ways it saves Hollywood money? The way it saves Hollywood money is that they have contracts written with naive people that given them a portion of the profits of a movie. So they have a big incentive to make sure their accounting shows no profits. This is also why major movie s... |
why can't we just have Coke and Pepsi in the same restaurant? When will this blood feud end? | I used to work at a bar that used an independent beverage company to order our sodas from. We had Coke, Diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, and Mountain Dew in addition to Minute Maid lemonade. You could mix and match however you wanted. However, it being in Atlanta, Coke was king. And I don't blame them. Pepsi is icky. |
Why did Russia and China veto the UN resolution on Syria. | Russia and China have a history of disrupting US goals in the Middle East because they are competing powers. Bashar al-Assad has been a good friend of Russia's and China's for a while and his regime is a part of an anti-American axis in the Middle East. Speaking of that axis, which consists of Syria, Iran, Hizballah, a... |
What makes our sides hurt when we run? | The explanation I was given was a build-up of lactic acid caused by insufficient oxygen to the muscles. However, it appears this isn't accurate; some people get stitches riding motorbikes, for example, suggesting it may be more of a mechanical issue. But I don't think it's well understood. |
Why do phone chargers eventually get to a point where you have to place them in a very specific position to actually charge? | LPT: If your phone charger stops working, check if your phone's charger input has lint in it. You're welcome.It can also be dust buildup in the charging port of the phone. Dry digging it out with a needle or something. Be gentle though.Along with the other reasons mentioned, I've had my charger port slowly accumulate l... |
Why is a large proportion of the names in the Bible seem to be non-Middle Eastern names? | Most bible names have an equal in Arabic and in the Koran: Yahya =John Daud or Dawud= David Adam just isn't a common name here Mark doesn't have a direct Arabic/Koranic equivalent. Most Christians don't realize that almost every bible story is in the Koran. Christians do Emphasize some people that are never mentioned i... |
Why can’t you refreeze thawed ice cream? | A couple of years ago, I made a big bowl of homemade ice cream using the Kitchenaid churn attachment. Someone in my house accidentally put it in the refrigerator one night instead of the freezer. As you are aware, refreezing it simply wouldn't be the same. Not wanting it to go to waste, I brought out the equipment and ... |
As a very new user to reddit. Why is r/politics about US politics rather than global politics? | Simple answer: Because the overwhelmingly vast majority of redditors are from the US. And yes, whoever claims a subreddit first owns it in perpetuity, assuming they don't abandon it or get banned in the process.because everyone on this planet is american amirite |
What happens to government officials who don't get re-elected - do they have to revert to a normal career or are they downgraded to a lower government role? | generally they revert to some other career. Really notable politicians often make a living by writing or going on speaking tours. For a funny example, Patrick Brazeau. He's a Canadian senator who's currently suspended from the house , but he can't do anything with and isn't collecting a salary from it). Right now he's ... |
The American fascination with their lawns. | I don't know why they are so important, given the magnificent representation of native American flora we have. Lawns began in Great Britain. One supposes that they were exported to the US by colonists or later immigrants. |
Why didn't any Hacker groups such as Anonymous uncover PRISM and other NSA programs? | A lot of the data/intelligence gathering technologies used by the NSA are completely passive and thus undetectable to any 'hacker'. For example, the NSA literally uses glass prisms to split beams of light running through fiber optic cables in to two beams, one of which is directed to and terminated at a wiretapping box... |
Why is the shortest day of the year (solstice) the first day of winter and not the middle of winter? | You can blame the oceans for this. Oceans take a long time to heat up and cool down. Even though the days are getting longer and warmer, it's only a start for the heating up of the oceans. Try dipping a toe in the ocean off, say, Cape Cod, Massachusetts in June , and you'll get an idea of just how long this can take. S... |
If it takes lawyers 3 years to learn the law, how can we trust a cop to learn it in 6 months? | You don't need to have learned the law to know you're not allowed to drive 100 on the highway. You don't need to have learned the law to know you're not allowed to take an item from a store without paying for it. You don't need to have learned the law to know you're not allowed to beat your neighbor with a golf club fo... |
Why does information stored in a digital format 'decay' over time while an analog copy doesn't? | Both have pros and cons. As /u/FACE_FUCKING_PALM pointed out, with digital data you have to worry about being able to properly decode the format. This is somewhat true with analog too, since you need to be able to understand the language. But languages don't change quite as rapidly as computer file formats. Digital has... |
Academics: Explain your thesis LI5. | area" and "volume". Sometimes a fractal won't have any of these! So mathematicians have invented new words like "fractal dimension" and "Hausdorff content". It makes sense to talk about these things even for shapes that don't have a length, an area or a volume. In my project, I'm going to take one of those bumpers, and... |
The average mid-sized sedan in the USA weighs about 3300 pounds. What accounts for the bulk of this weight? | It's an awful 3D pie chart, but [this] image should have the information you're wanting. About a quarter of the weight is from the structure, while another eighth or so is the engine. If you care to read the article that the above graph came from, it's available [here]. |
During a police interrogation, can you actually get away with not saying anything until you're provided with a lawyer? | Never talk to cops without a lawyer present. The only exceptions to this are: Fuck you, there are no exceptions. Ask if you're free to go VERY politely. If they say no, ask what you're being charged with while obeying commands again VERY politely. Once charged invoke the 5th amendment and demand a lawyer over and over ... |
Why isn't there an industrial process for manufacturing petrol/gasoline? | One can do it that way. There are plants in existence that convert natural gas to petrol / gasoline. It's commonly called gas-to-liquids or GTL. The process is actually that one first breaks down the natural gas into its components - carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxygen. So one could generate gasoline /... |
Why don't space shuttles use nuclear energy? | Like with the Antares rocket the other day. If you determine that it's off course and the decision to self destruct is made, you just crop sprayed nuclear fuel over your own country. |
What happened to Blackberry and why did they go from a sensation to being a rare sight? | You used to need a Blackberry enterprise server to be able to connect your blackberry to your corporate email account. They were expensive and frankly a pain in the ass to run. If you wanted a blackberry you also got dinged for $10/month just for the privilege of having it vs an iPhone or android. The app deployment pr... |
Why should I uninstall a program when I could just delete it directly from the hard drive? | Even on a Mac, there are a lot of files associated with the program that get strewn around, especially in the Library folder. Preferences files, dynamic libraries, helper programs, etc. Removing the application itself leaves all of those supporting files in, and it's very difficult to actually find them all manually.As... |
What happens to the drugs found in a drug bust? | I work for CBP at the border. Once it's all weighed, tagged, processed etc. it gets taken to a vault at one of the the POE's for the time being. Once a month the vaults at the POE's are emptied and it all gets loaded up into a semi trailer and taken north to a larger location where it can be held pending trials or dest... |
How to use a combination of Tor and a VPN to download torrents safely/anonymously | [You don't use tor for torrents]. It's not designed for that purpose. All you need is a VPN service that does not record traffic data.I know this is off topic but, these two hosts are die hard log clearers and fast as hell compared to other VPN host. They also protect you downloading: _URL_2_ _URL_2_ |
If humans have infantile amnesia, how does anything that happens when we are young affect our development? | Start in Chicago. Drive either east or west for three days. Then forget where you came from, why you left, and what you did. You're still in *either* California or New York. |
When, if ever, is it beneficial to lease a car instead of buying a car? | Leasing is good if you want a new car all the time and you don't need to drive it much let's say you live in a large city with good public transit, and you'd only ever drive it when you have to go out of the city limits. Buying a car and keeping and keeping up on maintenance for 10 years is so much more financially sou... |
Why, after hundreds of thousands of years of being around plants, are humans still allergic to pollen? Shouldn't we be more immune by now? | Genes get passed on if the ancestors survive and have children, and don't get passed on if the ancestors die before they can have children. Presumably, human allergies to everyday pollen did not pose a threat to the survival of our ancestors, so both types of ancestors, those with allergy immunity and those without, we... |
What is coral bleaching, why is it a problem, and why is it happening? | Bleaching is the death of the photosynthetic organisms that make coral, which then makes the turn white, hence the term. It's bad because it's a major chunk of the food chain which will lead to ecosystem collapse. |
Meats can be left outside for > 12+ hours in Asia, but are considered unsafe if room temperature for a few hours in the USA. | Different meats have different structures which can make them more or less prone to dangerous contamination. As well, different meats take different routes to market, which again, can result in more or less proneness to dangerous contamination. And of course, what people consider 'unsafe' can vary between different gro... |
Why are wireless adapters so much faster than internet speeds? | Local speeds are higher, as mentioned, but it's also fully possible to have an internet connection with gigabit speeds, in which casea a gigabit router is necessary. |
How is diesel better than regular gasoline? | It was once but not now. Diesel fuel is 30 to 50 cents higher at the pump than regular gas in most states. The diesel engine option will ad $1000's to the sticker price. They are more expensive to repair and service. Although progress has been made in this area, they don't start as well as gas engines in very cold weat... |
Why can't we build an oil refinery in Canada to process the tar sands? Why does it need to be piped such a long distance? | I'm sure we *can* build an oil refinery in Canada to process the tar sands. It's probably much cheaper to build a massively long pipe than to build a new refinery. We haven't built a new, large-scale oil refinery in the United States since the 1970's; stricter regulations make building a refinery from scratch cost a lo... |
Why is Phil Fish, Developer of FEZ, under so much controversy? | I just recently watched Indie Game: The Movie, and honestly he seemed pretty unstable upon first appearance. I know there are probably reasons for his downward personality spiral, but he kind of seems like he's on the verge of a killing rampage. |
I saw a thread about game developers getting the way how shotguns work wrong, but how do they actually work and why are shotguns so widely used. Aren't they kind of unreliable? | In games they exaggerate the spread. The reason they do more dmg in games is because theoretically the closer they are the smaller the spread meaning the density of the pellets is higher, farther away you hit the target with less pellets because they have spread out. In real life it doesnt spread out this much, also it... |
If i own a device like android phone, why is it so hard to get full privileges? | Few reasons: 1. Lock down features for the user as a deal to the carrier 2. Security. The vast majority of people don't need root privileges for what they do with their cell phone, and by allowing it, they open an unsuspecting user to a bunch of security risks. Viruses, Trojans that can steal their identity since we do... |
Why do we instantly start coughing when we accidentally inhale smoke? Wouldn't it be more efficient to completely empty the lungs all at once instead of in little bursts? | I don't think it works like that. Can you imagine opening your mouth for what seems as one long cough? Rather short incremental coughs? |
How is it that moms keep on finding evidence that vaccines are bad for their kids? Is ANY of their evidence valid, or are they just looking for ways to connect illnesses with vaccinations? | It's all lies, nonsense & has as much scientific merit as homeopathy. People who believe it and don't have their kids vaccinated need to be rounded up into camps, vaccinated & educated for the safety of the rest of the population at large.You mean written by some lady who claimed that she has a PhD. The study which cla... |
Why can they mature cheese in basements for months while I can't keep it in my fridge for 4 days without growing mold? | Just throwing this out there, mold on your cheese doesn't mean the whole block has gone bad. Cut off the mold, what's beneath is still good.Mold is what protects the cheese. The " crust " actually contains mold. But when they store it for months the cheese is COVERED with crust/mold. Also, you don't want to wrap it in ... |
Why are mediums not classified as schizophrenics? | I'm sure there are mediums out there who genuinely believe that they have mystical powers - and these people, if they were to see a mental health professional probably would be diagnosed with something. But your average give-me-money-and-I'll-contact-your-dead-relatives medium isn't mentally ill. They're arguably quite... |
What's going on in a hoarders brain where they feel like they can't throw anything away? | IIRC it's basically a sort of emotional attachment, sort of like how you can't get rid of childhood toys because of that attachment to them, except it occurs with EVERY. DAMN. OBJECT. Correct me if I'm wrong. |
If you are paralyzed (from the neck down), does your brain still register when you are injured in those areas? | Paralysis from neck down means you have injured your spinal cord just below C4 this injury will block most /all sensory and Motor impulses. The healing process of injuries doesn't require the involvement of the brain, it's mostly a local process and had little to do with the brain Its a bit more complicated than this, ... |
How come some of my older memories are in the third person? | Thats fucked man, i never thought of it till reading what you said but now when i think about it my memory's are also in 3rd person, thats odd .sorry i don't have an answer for you :( |
Why are the use of chemical weapons considered so heinous? Why they more deadly or brutal than regular weapons of war? | Chemical weapons have a far wider range of effect as well. Think of WW1. They'd use artillery barrages that lasted days or weeks to try and punch through enemy trenches, with relatively little effect, i.e. there were still thousands of soldiers to fight when the barrage was over and the ground troops moved in. But fire... |
Why my Laptop's Hardware runs hot when playing a mid quality flash movie in my browser but stays cool when I watch a DVD or a movie (e.g. avi) in VLC? | short answer: Flash is an old, mashed-together piece of programming that's been around for ages and is so jigger-rigged and taped together, it becomes an absolute resource hog that crashes more often than Lindsay Lohan. VLC isn't.Most technical threads on ELI5 have highly rated comments by armchair enthusiasts who know... |
Why do bags of dry beans have rocks in them? | Soak the beans in water for about 30 minutes before cooking. The rocks fall to the bottom and the good beans float. Some beans will fall to the bottom. Leave them there when you skim the good beans. Funny story: My dad's favorite food that his mom prepared was beans and ham hock. They need to cook all day. My mom, shor... |
How did we arrive at the number 3.141592653581... for pi? | Because at the time we weren't smart enough to realize that we should have computed the ratio of the circle's circumference to its *radius* - not to its diameter. If we had, we'd all be using [tau[ instead of pi, and we'd be much happier. |
How come when you are hungry your stomach feels nauseous? It seems like a design flaw that when you're hungry, you don't feel like eating anything. | As I have been practicing interval fasting, I've noticed the nausea goes away. Almost as if you're body is producing too much of it because you're used to always digesting something and not letting your body heal.I feel pain if im hungry, and i really want to eat when i feel that way. I never feel nausea. Is this just ... |
How do people survive direct lightning strikes at all when lightning is often over 50,000F? | It's inaccurate to say lightning has a temperature. It's electricity, which only generates temperature by what it goes through. Air has a high resistance, so air heats up quite a bit by having that much electricity go through it. The air that lightning passed through is usually extremely hot, but the lightning itself i... |
What seems to be the best method for raising a dog? | My secret for training my boxer was hot dogs. No dog can resist a hot dog, and they'll damn near do anything to get some. |
Why is it so hard to draw or animate hands? | 27 bones, all connected to various muscles and tendons. Extremely innervated areas that we are very conscious of because we use hands to interact with the world. All of these details are small. An artist's nightmare. |
can 2 people have at most 2^23 different children? | According to [this]: Humans have 46 chromosomes, and 23 in each gamete. Meaning a person can create 2^23 different gametes. Adding in the other person's 2^23 gametes, you simply multiply 2^23 by 2^23. This is 70,368,744,177,664 different combinations when talking about chromosomes. |
How we know we see the same colors | As others have said, we don't. But we have reason to think that we do because we know the physical phenomenon we are detecting is the same, and that the biological mechanisms behind the sensation are similar in basic function. Therefore it seems likely that our brains would interpret them the same way. |
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