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<|im_start|>user E: Why is it that Muslim Extremism is more prevalent than other religions? Bit of background first so stop any aggro: I am half Kosovan (for those who want to know what that is look [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo)), half my family is Islamic, so I'm not posting this as a vent of hatred, I s...
<|im_start|>user CMV: "White" is a Stupid Classification term for people. 1. **Continuous Cultural Gradient.** A Sicilian has more in common culturally with a Tunisian (not "White") than he has with a Norwegian. A Norwegian has more in common culturally with an Inuit (not "White") than he has with a Sicilian. C...
<|im_start|>user If a bilingual person were to experience full-on retrograde amnesia, would they retain the ability to speak both of their languages?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This really depends on what causes the amnesia, and from how long ago they learned their language. However, if they were bilingual since ...
<|im_start|>user Branching from a branch, merge to master Probably a pretty basic question but I am working on a branch, lets call BranchA. I have a PR in for BranchA right into master, but it will take some time to get approved. I need the changes from BranchA so I can create a branch of BranchA called BranchB. I ne...
<|im_start|>user How to actually learn philosophy? I believe this is an underrated question: When trying to learn about new topics within philosophy, how do self-taught learners and graduate students go about finding resources on the subject they want to learn? I am tired of just typing “x subject books” into the googl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If the brain can only survive 4-6 minutes without oxygen, how can freedivers hold their breath for 8+ minutes? And what about people like David Blaine or Tom Sietas? Sietas held his breath underwater for over 22 minutes (world record). I know they train for it like months and even years, but does...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How homeopathy is supposed to work? I just don't get it.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Homeopathy claims to work on two principles. 1. Like cures like. 2. The more dilute the medicine, the stronger it works. Principle 1 goes like this. If substance S causes symptoms X, Y and Z, then substance ...
<|im_start|>user The "Wikipedia game"- does it reflect something fundamental about human language and knowledge or is it simply an artifact of the structure of Wikipedia? Take any random entry in Wikipedia and click the first link in the text for the entry. Continue doing this long enough, and you'll almost invariably ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does information pass through the air? (ie, Wifi, television, phone calls, etc.) How did someone learn to do that? What? Science and technology literally blow my mind.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Wireless communication usually uses radio waves, which are a form of electromagnetic radiatio...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: the difference between Software Engineer(ing) and Software Developer(ment), if there is one. Just wondering what the difference is, if there is one. It seems that people that I know in software engineering tend to have slightly different roles than other friends who are software developers. I can...
<|im_start|>user Rubbing alcohol is often use to sanitize skin (after an injury/before an injection), but I have never seen someone use it to clean their counters or other non-porous surfaces — is there a reason rubbing alcohol is not used on such surfaces but non-alcohol-based spray cleaners are? Edit: Whoa! This is n...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does it seem like people are more religious in rural or impoverished areas? Just something I noticed while driving through a lot of small towns this weekend. A lot of the signs for the city had a list of all the churches.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are multiple reasons that all con...
<|im_start|>user What are the differences between waves? I hear sound waves, I see light waves, and I would feel micro waves if they were in a high enough concentration. So what is the difference between then?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Light waves and microwaves are the same, just at different wavelengths. They a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can't a single blood test show you all the information you need instead of having to take multiple tests for different markers?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A blood test looks at the number of molecules or ions in a specified volume of blood. To get this information, you need to mix the ...
<|im_start|>user I believe that it is extremely, extremely, extremely unjust for the media to follow a court case, provide a perspective on it, and show the face of the person on trial. Please somehow CMV. I could not feel more strongly about this. It is absolutely ridiculous that a person before they are innocent or g...
<|im_start|>user Why does a half dozen eggs cost almost as much as a dozen?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Two potential reasons, which may be interlinked. 1. The marginal cost to extra eggs is very low therefore moving from 6 to 12 eggs costs little in terms of extra materials or transport costs 2. Supermarkets ove...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Can someone explain the 2022 nobel physics winner’s experiments and what they prove more simply?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Quantum mechanics is a well established theory, but predicts many weird effects. One of these is that particles can become "entangled"which means that they share some p...
<|im_start|>user I'm Chris Blattman, economics and political science professor, and I just published *Why We Fight* a book about everything we know about global conflict. AMA! Hi, I’m Chris Blattman from The University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. My book [Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that when I look at the moon with my naked eye it's huge, but when I take a picture of it with my digital camera it's a tiny dot?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two reasons for what you described. The reason the moon can look so big to your eyes is that it is usually low on ...
<|im_start|>user Since the speed of an electrical signal remains the same, why is there still room to increase bitrate when transferring data?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant the information is carried by the electrical signal changing strength (this is a simplification - still holds strictly true for frequency modulat...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do animals at the zoo often look very healthy and in shape, despite a relatively sedentary life style? I don't see the Tigers running anywhere, but they're still relatively healthy in weight. I also notice monkeys virtually never look fat, and more often than not, look plain muscular. Yet ...
<|im_start|>user How did Schopenhauer manage to form a pessimistic philosophy while he was an utmost fan of Vedanta? The core of Schopenhauer's philosophy was the 'Will', which I think in layman's term can be described as an evil force at the heart of everything. However, he also was an avid fan of Indian religion scho...
<|im_start|>user Do philosophers often believe that there is an objective truth? And the statement - There is no objective truth. Is that subjective or objective?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant &gt;Do philosophers often believe that there is an objective truth? Most Philosophers believe there are objective truths ab...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are different actors credited in different ways during the credits of TV shows? For example, "Starring Actor A, Actor B, Actor C, featuring Actor D and Actor E, with Actor F and Actor G, guest starring Actor H" The only one I really get is "guest starring", but what's the difference between "...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How a Quantum Computer works, and why it is superior to our current computers.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Quantum physicist here - a classical computer encodes information in bits, which can either take the value 0 or 1. A quantum computer instead uses a qubit, which physically can be somethi...
<|im_start|>user Where does the energy released from nuclear fusion come from? I read [this post](http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1hjb7m/eli5_nuclear_energy/cauz0oo) about nuclear fusion and I am curious about the "massive amount of energy" that is released when a fusion reaction successfully occurs....
<|im_start|>user ELI5 If Staphylococcus is literally on our skin, and it’s so dangerous and aggressive, why don’t we get staph infections every time we get any cut, scrape, etc?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First, Staphylococcus is a genus with many species, most of which do not cause infections. For example, S. epi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If heat travels in space, why do we think things close to the Sun still freeze? I'm reading Apollo 13, and they keep talking about how they need to be careful of the Sun overheating their ship on the way to the Moon. But in so many movies and media, it all shows people/objects/water freezing in t...
<|im_start|>user For every poisonous item on Earth, do we know it is poisonous because someone tried to consume it and died? Or is there a way to know a substance is lethal without the trial and error?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant We have the Universal Edibility Test, and it was probably used by people of the past a...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] Why doesn't Starfleet and the Federation simply use ballistic weaponry to defeat the Borg? Since the Borg are vulnerable to ballistic weaponry (as seen in Star Trek: First Contact) then why doesn't Starfleet and the Federation simply outfit their ships and personnel with ballistic-based wea...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How do shows like Orphan Black, who has a actor who plays multiple roles, show the same actor playing several different characters interacting with each other, in the same shot? (example inside) For example this screen shot from Orphan Black: https://i.imgur.com/KgRa566.jpg (all three of them are...
<|im_start|>user Does fractional reserve banking create new money? The explanation I have heard is that Alice deposits $1 into the bank, the bank lends $1 to bob, there are now $2 in the economy so the bank created $1 out of thin air. This explanation however doesnt make sense to me. Alice cannot actually use the $1, ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do wild animals know what is safe to eat and what is not? Let's say you're a bear growing up somewhere in the tundra. How do you know which berries are OK to eat and which are poisionous? If it is something "taught", then are there studies about orphaned animals in the wild eating foods whic...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Has acting in movies gotten better throughout the years, or is there some sort of "recency bias"? I am currently watching the first Terminator and for the thirty minutes I've been watching, the acting through multiple parts have just been awful. Not only that but when looking at even older movie...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do humans think other sentient beings would use radio signals to communicate with other intelligent life? What if radio waves are a human exclusive invention, and sending these signals out are a waste of our time? Please someone ELI5.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most of scientists who are...
<|im_start|>user [Halo] What exactly does a gravity hammer do? To me it appears to just be a big hammer smashing people and has very little effect in the gravity. It lights up and makes a loud noise so it's doing something but what?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Gravity hammers are equipped with a gravity field gener...
<|im_start|>user [Warhammer 40k] How much of their personalities do Space Marines retain? I’m your average pre-teen hive-scum and one day after an especially fruitful day of stealing twice digested mutant rat flavored rations from my neighbor when I was suddenly kidnapped by a giant hulking space man. I’m sitting here ...
<|im_start|>user How accurate is "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin? I'm just wondering if it still fits with our modern understanding of what evolution is. What did he get wrong? What did he get right? etc. EDIT: Grammar.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Well Darwin didn't know about genetics , so he had to gu...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: if being Jewish is a race or a religion? I work with some Jewish people (not very well, don't know them enough to ask), both who have converted to Judaism, leading me to believe it is in fact a religion that one can opt in and out of. But I go to school with a girl who was "born" Jewish but is n...
<|im_start|>user [General Sci-Fi with Space-faring] Why do many stories involving space fleets use the command and organizational structure of a modern water-borne navy, instead of an air force or space command? Is this a throw-back to early Sci-Fi before an air force or space program was a separate entity in it's own ...
<|im_start|>user What significant movements of thought have come after/rejected postmodernism? I'm trying to wrap my head around the history of intellectual thought (specifically in the last 20th/21st centuries) and so far haven't come across any significant movements or thinkers/writers whose beliefs are not in some w...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are internet sites allowed to possibly provide adult content that minors could watch by simply placing a button on their site that says "yes, I am over 18?"<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The laws (obviously this varies by country) require that there be some barrier to entry. They don't spec...
<|im_start|>user How important is it to dress formally for an interview? I have an interview coming up in a day or two, for a clinical researcher/PhD position. The interview is surprisingly in person instead of on Zoom. And I'm wondering how important it is that I dress formally? It's not anything like an interview w...
<|im_start|>user How does the body decide where to store fat? In general, females seem to store fat around the hips and thighs, males around the gut. Why? How does the body decide where to store fat?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Beyond the generalized sex differences, there are a number of hormones that affect whe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's P &lt; 0.05 mean and why does it make everybody feel so confident?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In statistics, you're usually doing something called *hypothesis testing*, which relies on something called a *null hypothesis*. For example, after flipping a coin a few times and getting hea...
<|im_start|>user As a developer, what is the biggest challenge you’re facing now? What do you wish you could do better?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant gathering requirements, as always. there's nothing i find particularly difficult about coding or designing a system that works if i know what it's supposed to do. it m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do puppies (and some grown dogs)often tilt their heads to the side when spoken to by humans?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Dogs are particularly sensitive to the tiny difference in time between hearing something in each ear, and tilting their head allows them to better identify where a soun...
<|im_start|>user What does Foucault mean by 'discourse'?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In short, Foucault's view of discourse mostly centers around the relationship between power and knowledge. His concern wasn't really "what *is* said"/"what is true?" but *"*what *can* we say?" or "which truth is relevant in this co...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How Mirrors Work<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your eyes work by noticing light. The sun seems bright because you are noticing a LOT of light from it. Colours are because your eyes can also notice the difference between different kinds of light. A mirror has a special surface that makes light ...
<|im_start|>user How does a keygen generator actually come up with a valid registration key?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The CD key must match some pattern in order to be recognized as valid by the application, like "*every odd character must be a letter, while every even character must be a number, e.g. A1B2C3...*...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why the light on my Dell AC Adapter doesn't go out immediately after unplugging it. Sometimes electricity "goes away" the instant I unplug whatever it is that was being powered. Other times, it appears to hang around for a few seconds. For example, when I unplug my television or vacuum, it tur...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is a computer programmed to *not* play a game optimally? (Chess, for example) For reference, on lichess.org, you can play against the machine. You must choose a "level" to play on from 1-8. How is the programming different between each of these levels?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Many pro...
<|im_start|>user Do I need to go to a top college to be successful in computer science? I'm currently a freshman in college majoring in computer science. The college I am going to is a smaller, local college that definitely is not prestigious or world renown. I was wondering how much influence the college I went to wil...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why didn’t humanity advance technologically for thousands of years when it comes to things like electricity and other electrical power devices like WIFI, but now humanity is advancing rather rapidly?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The ability to produce excess stuff allowed more human resources ...
<|im_start|>user How do I productively discuss the "realness" of human constructs like money, finance, law etc In particular, I find that people like to say "the stock market isn't real", and in an abstract way, they are right, but there is so much more to it. Love, marriage, law, political borders, money, finance - ar...
<|im_start|>user Why are some viruses only transmitted by blood/sex and some only by saliva Reading about HIV I got wondering *why* it's not transmitted by spit? What's special about blood and sex fluids that saliva lacks? And then I realised that the cold &amp; flu are transmitted by coughing/sneezing (presumably sal...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the common cold? I had an idea that it was just an extremely common virus that we can't cure. However, upon looking it up some sources say that there are over 200+ viruses that cause the common cold. Does that mean the common cold is just some blanket term we have for viruses that cause t...
<|im_start|>user Pros and Cons of Auditing the Fed. I'd like to hear thoughts on the recent bill from some economists.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's a tough issue because it's at the intersection of 2 important, popular beliefs and some question whether they can coexist in this case. Those 2 beliefs are: 1. Tha...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How on earth is the "Chance of Rain" calculated?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Meteorologists collect lots of information about weather. They measure wind speed, cloud clover, how much it rains, the barometric pressure, etc. With all this information, they notice patterns and can use those patt...
<|im_start|>user What is the purpose of eyebrows? I was pondering this question earlier today while thinking about extremist groups that shave their eyebrows. What is the anatomical function of eyebrows?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Eyebrows are hypothesized to have two main functions: to prevent debris, such as dir...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What is the purpose of Nautical Miles and why dont we just use regular Miles or Kilometers for ocean or air travel?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Nautical miles are useful because 1 nautical mile is 1 minute of latitude, or 1/60th of a degree of latitude. It makes them useful when navigating on...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] What exactly did they take from Jango Fett to make his clones? Was it blood? A Hair Sample? Cheek swab? How much did they need? Did he have to come back to donate more later on?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's not specified, but it's likely blood, tissue samples and bone marrow. He did...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why credit inquries lower one's credit score If one is simply looking up her or his credit score and is not making a purchase on credit, why does his or her credit score take a hit?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You may check your own credit rating as often as you'd like with no impact to your o...
<|im_start|>user Does Occam's Razor eliminate teleological explanations for phenomena? Here's an example: Why does a bacterium swim up a glucose gradient to a food source? The reductionist way to answer this would be to examine the glucose receptors, and what protein messengers they trigger, which result in deformati...
<|im_start|>user What is the societal purpose of dignity? Assuming dignity is a social construct (another question would be if this is a valid assumption to make), it must be serving some purpose to the society. Has this been explored in any way by social science and if so, where could one look for relevant studies? Th...
<|im_start|>user [Super powers] What if you had the ability to manipulate the Higgs field, would this be a useful super power? God-like? Completely Useless?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You would be able to change the mass of objects at will. Particles passing through the higgs field is part of gives matter mass. If...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What happened to unbleached paper products? Back in the 90's environmentally conscious consumers learned to shop for unbleached paper products to reduce the amount of toxic materials required for production. It meant the product were invariably very off-white but still fully functional. Seems like...
<|im_start|>user eli5: how did Hellen Keller understand what words meant I know I sound dumb but I’ve been thinking about this and I just need answers please help<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A very patient caretaker/instructor. There are movies/books about this for more detail if you want more than base level. But ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Hospitals delivering babies should have a policy of assumed paternity testing unless both parents express that the opt-out. There are many things hospitals do during or shortly after delivery as a matter of policy. Many new parents don't even realize they are being done, or didn't realize they wou...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the purpose of "Not to be removed except by consumer" tags on mattresses, pillows, and the like?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are laws requiring certain items (for example, upholstery, mattresses) to be labeled clearly showing what they are made of. It's illegal for the store or ...
<|im_start|>user Disregarding the fact that people are considered mature or an adult at age 18(in most countries). At what age do different philosophers consider a person an adult? I'm guessing that people have different ideas of what's the ideal adult age. I think that I could consider myself an adult at age 25 and be...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Ninth Amendment Canadian here. What is the meaning of the Ninth Amendment, and what are examples of laws that would violate the Ninth Amendment.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It basically allows for the possibility that the founding fathers didn't account for 100% of the rights a person has and...
<|im_start|>user [Terminator] Why doesn't skynet use chemical and or biological warfare against humans? I haven't watched the Terminator:Genesis , if they do use that against them then I'll have to watch it. If they didn't use it then why don't they? Why don't they engineer a superbug that resist all medications and ki...
<|im_start|>user How does Hegel's use of the term "phenomenology" differ from its usage in 20th century phenomenology? I'm new to the history of philosophy. I know a bit about Hegel and the phenomenological tradition that proceeds Husserl, like Heidegger, Sartre, etc. I can tell that, for instance, Husserl and Hegel me...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do chip design engineers make sure that there is no interference between different circuit modules due to electromagnetic fields, given that every circuit component is very close to each other?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Specialized design, simulation, modeling, testing, and careful mate...
<|im_start|>user I want a PhD in humanities. But I'm not a strong candidate and in my last year of undergrad. What can I do? I recently had tough extenuating circumstances. I have poor GPA from a completely different major (STEM) that I started out with. I am essentially rushing to finish my new major this year. I do h...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Sports students should not get special treatment or exemptions. One student's extracurricular hobby shouldn't come with special allowances, exemptions, and treatment unless other students also receive the same allowances, exemptions, and treatment. This bothered me as a student, and infuriates me...
<|im_start|>user I have a professor who thinks political philosophers and moral philosophers are necessarily not analytic philosophers. Is this an idea people generally entertain or is she just insane? I argued about this with her at the end of class for about ten minutes. I brought up that political philosophers like ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do some people with Dissociative Identity Disorder exhibit abilities while in some personas that there real self can't do? I was reading about the case of Billy Milligan, who had Dissociative Identity Disorder and had 24 documented personalities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Milligan#P...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how is it possible people can create things like working internet and computers in unmodded Minecraft? Also, since they can make computers, is there any limit to what they can create in Minecraft?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Minecraft provides the fundamental elements required to build a comp...
<|im_start|>user ELi5: How does smoking cause cancer?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Chemicals in tobacco cause damage to the DNA in cells in the body. These cells then divide into other cells with a higher number of mutations then they would have without the damage. The higher the number of mutations the greater the ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why isn't the remote finder feature common on TVs? When you turn on the TV manually, a sound comes from the remote until you press a button. Why isn't this feature on all smart tvs?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most TVs use IR (infrared), which require line of sight to the TV - (the remote send...
<|im_start|>user Can erbium be used to stop a nuclear reaction? I saw on periodicvideos that erbium is a nuclear poison. It was described as killing any nuclear fission dead. If that is true, at what scale can it do this. Is it possible to produce a sort of safety kill switch for nuclear reactors? Or is the amount of e...
<|im_start|>user The physics behind breaking boards in karate I was just curious and decided to work up a simple physical model of breaking boards, so I was hoping you guys could verify this idea: **Motivation:** As with many other martial artists, I've broken my share of boards in my day. I've found that if you hit ...
<|im_start|>user Published philosophy papers less than ten pages that most first year college students would be able to pick up and read? After years of despairing at the quality of papers in my intro course, I'm realizing that we don't read a whole lot of good models of philosophical reasoning. So I was thinking of ba...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why only humans need to cook food to eat it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cooking food can be thought of as the first stage of our digestive system. Cooking breaks down the food, and allows our digestive tract to more effectively use the energy and nutrients... In fact it's thought that the d...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does the game of Chess seem so prone to having incredibly young prodigies who can beat masters who have been playing for decades? It seems like there have been numerous individuals who were recognized as savants at Chess at a young age, and were able to take down some of the greatest players ...
<|im_start|>user If our tears are salty, why does salt water sting our eyes? I've always been curious as to why my eyes burn underwater in the ocean but my tears always taste salty.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Great question! Let's consider any differences in those two types of saltwater. Now aside from microorgani...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Vehicle mpg as it relates to speed An argument broke out at work today . A co-worker pondered if you have to go 100 miles why not go 100 mph as opposed to going 50mph . He figured you'd get there twice as fast and since the engine is running half the time you'd use the same amount of fuel. He sur...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I like the idea of Universal Basic Income, but I do not believe that it would be sustainable. A friend of mine recently showed me [BasicIncome](https://www.reddit.com/r/basicincome), and I find it intriguing. The benefits look great if a UBI system could replace Welfare and Medicare/Medicaid/Obama...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Workers should not be pressured to go back to the office after “vax” and mask mandates are lifted. Remote jobs are the future. Indeed, we were all rushed into the pandemic’s side effects. Personally, I almost didn’t notice how much had changed because as an artist, I spent most of my time working ...
<|im_start|>user How do scientists determine what a planet core is made of ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are no direct methods, but there are several indirect methods that we can use. First off, it depends on the kind of planet you are studying. Let’s start with gas giants like Jupiter. Our first step would ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Quantum physics experiments suggest that reality doesn't exist until it is measured or observed. What the heck?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Observed does not mean by a sentient being. Observed simply means interaction in this context. Here's an analogy: Say you're measuring the temperature ...
<|im_start|>user why arent non normal distributions emphasized more in studies? i dont work in science, mostly economics and business data - i have almost never seen NON right skewed distributions. i mean, everything in the business space seems to start at 0 with big outliers. does that mean we are always supposed to u...
<|im_start|>user Why is the quantization of gravity so hard to prove? If mass if quantized, why does it not follow that gravity is also quantized?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant &gt;If mass if quantized, why does it not follow that gravity is also quantized? Mass isn't quantized. There is no reason, a priori, why a ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why are train tracks filled with stones? Isn't that extremely dangerous if one of the stones gets on the track? #Answer below ##Do trains get derailed by a stone or a coin on the track? No, trains do net get derailed by stones on the tracks. That's mostly because trains are fucking heavy and mo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 how do arm prosthetics work especially when you have almost your whole arm gone?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Sensors are placed to pick up signals both electronically and physically from remaining muscle structures left around the stump These are used to actuate the various artificial muscl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how a double-blind study works, and why it is considered so reliable<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Double-blind studies are usually used in medicine. They are to control for the placebo effect. Let's say you have a new drug and you want to test how well it treats a disease. So, you get a whole...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Palestinian refugees are held to different legal standards than all other refugees, and this is blatantly unjustified and unjust.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant All refugees are held to different standards based on where they are from and what country they are attempting to flee to. Despite the U...
<|im_start|>user How Does A Towel Gaining/Losing Water Function On A Atomic Level I was thinking about this early, but couldn't think of a reason that satiated me. My basic hypothesis was that, the towel functions like a net and "catches" the water and the water "escapes" when it evaporates into a gas. I don't feel ...