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<|im_start|>user When the body loses a significant amount of blood, is the production of blood cells sped up to help replace the lost blood quickly, or are they produced at the same rate?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The short answer is yes, the production of red blood cells is increased. The process is called eryth...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The 2016 US presidential election is mainly as predicted and won't be views as particularly extraordinary by history 1.5-2 years ago most political experts/analysts predicted that 2016 will be Hillary vs. Jeb Bush. Most predicted that Hillary certainly will be the Dem candidate and that she will m...
<|im_start|>user [General] Why do nearly all beings, from alien to robot to monster, store critical components in their topmost extremity? It seems that battle robots, at least, would be built with a decoy 'head' that can be lost with almost no repercussions. The instincts of many creatures would misfire if the head wa...
<|im_start|>user How do we design new surgeries and decide who attempts it first?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Many surgeries are one of a kind processes, not every tumor grows in the same place, affects the same organs/vessels, not all organs have the same pathologies, etc. A good surgeon will design each surgery t...
<|im_start|>user How do we know the laws of physics don't change over time? So much of what we know about the universe is based on our understanding of the laws of physics as we know them today. For example, the age of the universe and the rate of expansion are measured using this current understanding and application ...
<|im_start|>user [General comics]Why do superheroes wear such ridiculous costumes? In the comics world, it makes sense for your character to have a garish outfit, it means they're easily recognisable despite being drawn by different artists and it stands out on the newsstand (hence spideys red and blue) but in the worl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does water poured onto already moist potting soil soak in faster than water poured onto completely dry potting soil?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When the soil dries completely there are hydrophobic residues on the surface that prevent the water from being absorbed until the surface tensio...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does water taste different at different temperatures? Chilled water tastes different than warm or boiled water. What is the reason for this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Assuming that it's the same water and not from different sources which may contain different salts.. there are 2-3 major...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 - How can oases exist in deserts? Where does the water come from? How come they don't just vaporize? And where do trees and plants there grow from?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Oases exist where groundwater comes to or near to the surface. This usually happens in low places, where all the under...
<|im_start|>user Is the speed of gravity slower in a medium?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In the weak field limit, gravitational waves behave in a very similar fashion to electromagnetic waves. In fact the mathematics is nearly identical and if we consider a medium of point mass oscillators (say a thin gas because t...
<|im_start|>user Can a person that has seen the source code of a product, implement a clean-room clone of it? There's a program that is used in our company, which is a modified version of an open source program that is hosted on GitHub. The original developers at the company (they have since left the company) had lied ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is cancer research so expensive? Where is all the money from fundraisers and charities going?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cancer is not one disease, it is a huge variety of different diseases. People who study cancer and develop treatments are doctors (MD and PhD) who require a lot of ex...
<|im_start|>user What are examples of "bland" or relatively non-regional accents/dialects in other languages? Which accents/dialects are most popular for news broadcasts, for example, in languages other than American English? I remember reading this article about [General American](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General...
<|im_start|>user [Superheroes] I'm a misanthropic diver looking into super villany, what are some ocean crimes I can commit for fun and profit?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a lot of undersea cables crossing the oceans that are very important for global communication even in an age of satellites. If you inv...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why don't Americans have the lowest medical costs in the world... is it a failure of the free market or government intervention or something else?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Back during World War II some regulations were put in place regarding wages and salaries. But the short version is tha...
<|im_start|>user What is the role of the default constructor and why do we need more than one constructor? I still dont understand the idea behind constructors. What does the one that doesnt take any value do? And why do some other constructors less say, one takes two parameters and the other might take two parameters ...
<|im_start|>user [Mass Effect] If the Citadel is really a Mass Relay then how come it doesn't contain a massive deposit of Element zero in its core like the other Mass Relays have? I know that the both made of the same material but other than the fact that they're both mass transit devices there are no similarities bet...
<|im_start|>user If I'm in an environment with abnormally high humidity, would I require less water to keep myself hydrated, or what would happen?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It really depends on the temperature of the environment; in a hot environment you need more water, especially when the humidity is above the ...
<|im_start|>user What is the second fastest thing in the universe after the speed of light? How big is the difference?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Whatever you want. In a suitable reference frame. Relative to Earth: High energy neutrinos are *extremely* close to the speed of light. Some of them should be slower th...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Parents should not be given special treatment by employers at the expense of their childless colleagues. Note: This does not include legally required special treatment, such as the Family Medical Leave act in the US. **Specific areas of debate:** * **Parents getting special daily schedule consi...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] What can the average Joe do to help the Rebellion? I hate the Empire, but I'm not quite brave enough to lay down my life on the battlefield. Is there anything I can do to assist the Rebels, preferably from the comfort of my home?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If you you made contact with ...
<|im_start|>user Why do prisons exist? Today I remembered some middle-school philosophy teachings about John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau; and I've been wondering about the perspectives of each of these philosophers on various prison-related issue. The first issue is that of prison as an institution...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is a person able to sing 2 notes at the same time? Found this post in r/interestingasfuck that linked to https://youtu.be/vC9Qh709gas?t=27s of a woman being able to do this. Was wondering if there was a scientific explanation for allowing a person this ability or if it is based off of skill ...
<|im_start|>user How hot is the interstellar and intragalactic space in dense galaxy clusters? It seems to me that the space within these galaxy clusters would be that much higher because of the energies involved. Could life as we know it exist there?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You're asking, broadly, about all th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do Bluetooth things work, more specifically Bluetooth earphones?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Wireless devices (basically everything, these days) communicate by sending electromagnetic waves over the air that get picked up by other devices and interpreted as data. But in order for two devi...
<|im_start|>user What makes some plates, containers, etc. "microwave safe"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Microwaves create oscillating electromagnetic fields. These fields will create electrical currents in materials with free charge carriers, ie basically they act as an antenna. They will also cause polar molecules...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When we say that solar power is not (yet) efficient, what exactly do we mean? Does this imply that the amount of energy used to produce a single panel is greater than the total amount of energy that panel will be able to generate in its lifetime? This is the only way I can see it being inefficien...
<|im_start|>user How did we first estimate/calculate the size of and distance to the moon?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You are right that it is very difficult to measure the distance to and size of the Moon without knowing one of them. Is the Moon large and far away or small and close? It is a common technique in ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is heartrate usually only measured in BPM? Doesn't the strength of the beats matter too? Like your heart can be beating 110BPM with light beats, but wouldn't 90BPM with much harder beats be equivalent or stronger?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Blood pressure is an extremely important measur...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] It's said that Anakin could have been twice as strong as the emperor but after Mustafar he could only be as strong as 4/5ths of the emperor. Why is that?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Wholeness of body and of mind. A body can be cloned, cybernetic parts can be made, and the extremities c...
<|im_start|>user Question : decided to learn about Existentialism, what to read ? Hello, I've decided to learn about Nihilism and Existentialism, what books should I read and in what order ? Most answers I found just throw authors names - Kirkegaard, Nietzsche , Sartre , Frankel ... I decided to start from Kirkegaard...
<|im_start|>user CMV: "Radical Islam" is a harmful and inaccurate phrase. Much of the worlds current political struggles are attributed to the catch-all term of "Radical Islam." I believe this term to be wildly over simplistic and it ignores the political and nationalism issues that play a larger role in the hostility ...
<|im_start|>user Questions on physicalism Just wanted to ask. Wouldn't what we know about contemporary physics and the epistemic limits involved in the creation of such knowledge put physicalism in a position open to criticism? Much of what we know beyond the subatomic depends on not-quite empirical knowledge and seem ...
<|im_start|>user What do psychiatrists aim for, when treating a patient? As in, is there an equivalent of homeostasis for the mind?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It sounds like you're asking if the goal is to "make you normal". For a variety of reasons, the answer is technically no. The focus is on reducing discomf...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Does it rain over all the Oceans and Seas? Are any areas over an Ocean or a Sea classified as deserts? Well I was watching some documentary and they mentioned ancient dried up seas. This got me wondering why they dried up, the obvious answer was the geology changed. But then I thought to myself, ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: atheletes and their lungs and hearts What is the effect of regular exercise (athelete) on the 1.resting tidal volume 2. Ressting Breathing rate 3. Resting Ventilation rate (minute ventilation) 4. Resting Cardiac volume 5. Resting Heart rate 6. Resting Cardiac output Please only reply if you know...
<|im_start|>user [MCU] Does Tony have backups of his AIs? After JARVIS is integrated into Vision, we never see it again, and FRIDAY takes it's place. Does Tony not have a backup of JARVIS, or even all his AIs somewhere in his computer/cloud? Or is that not the case as we see Tony revives JARVIS only after he retrieve...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: how does Jupiter stay together? It's a gas giant, how does it work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Gravity. This gas has mass. All mass can produce gravitational force attracting nearby matter to it. There is enough mass for the gravitational force to become appreciable, and this force pulls s...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: As humans we seem to have an instinctual desire to be entertained, with videogames, boardgames, TV, jokes, the internet, etc.. Is there a scientific explanation detailing the evolutionary value of entertainment with humans and possibly other animals? Title. Also are there any unique ways that ani...
<|im_start|>user Are the steps one can take to get good at continental philosophy different than those one would take to get better at analytic philosophy? If one wanted to "get good" at, or "improve" at philosophy (I put those words in scare quotes b/c im not entirely sure what it means to be "good" at philosophy, gen...
<|im_start|>user Do the thousands of layoffs in the tech industry (ignoring twitter) point to an upcoming recession, existing poor economic conditions, or something else? &gt; Lyft let go of 13% of its workforce, Stripe cut 14%, Opendoor reduced its workforce by 18%, Chime parted ways with 12%, and more. Meanwhile, bot...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some animals tilt their heads when they are confused or trying to figure something out?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant By tilting the head, you can adjust how sound waves travel over the ear and possibly get a better understanding of the sound stimulus. But animals do this when they see s...
<|im_start|>user Why are there no solid objects that aren’t visible to the human eye? If humans are only able to perceive the visible spectrum of light, but we know there are other wavelengths such as UV that we can’t see, how come we don’t bump into ‘invisible’ walls or blocks that are only visible in ultraviolet or i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are salt and pepper such ubiquitous ingredients in cooking? Why do we put salt and pepper in EVERYTHING that we cook? Why not anything else? I imagine it is something to do with availability? Or is it taste related? Thanks **Edit**: thanks for all the answers, very informative!<|im_end|> <...
<|im_start|>user How does a spider make a line of silk taut from point A to point B?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They start by creating a horizontal anchor line between two points, by ejecting a type of light very sticky silk in the same direction as the wind. When this anchor line is attached to the other side, th...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Universities that receive public funding should be responsible for placing their graduating students in relevant careers We spend an absolutely ludicrous amount of public money on education, yet the government rarely demands a return on this investment. IMO this is an unconscionable use of public ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How pet ant colony produce queen? did they just appear randomly?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They develop from larvae. Ants lay 2 types of eggs, fertilised and unfertilised: Unfertilised eggs hatch into larvae that turn into winged males. Fertilised hatch into larvae that generally turn into...
<|im_start|>user [General] Why is there gravity inside spaceships? Why is there always gravity (or what appears to be gravity) inside spaceships. This is prevalent in Star Wars, Star Trek, pretty much every Sci-fi media, and it's always bugged me. We never see any sign of artificial gravity while inside spaceships, ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If fever is a defense mechanism of your body, why do we try to stop it? Shouldn't we let it do it's purpose?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Sometimes the body does certain things that it thinks are good for it but can be detrimental to another part. Too high a fever might destroy the infection b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why are normal downloads of .exe files (e.g. adobe flash player) replaced with small, 1MB exe files that then start and initialise the download? Instead of letting me install the exe myself??<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The benefit of having a separate installer is twofold: 1. The installer c...
<|im_start|>user Could one of the first ever Homo Sapiens learn the same amount and same quality of information as a modern Homo sapien? Does one of the first Homo sapiens have the same cognitive ability of modern Homo sapiens? Is what we know now simply collective knowledge that has been added on to each other or have...
<|im_start|>user Why did Acemoglu never win a Nobel Prize in economics? I feel like almost every topic on development he is the leading name, and his works seem disruptive. Are there some specific reasons? Is it probable that he is going to be laureate soon due to his contributions?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lau...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how we are able to convert the thought of people who are fully paralysed into data that controls things like bionic arms, exoskeletons and things like that<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Step 1: Put someone healthy in an MRI machine and tell them to lift their arm. See what parts of the brain li...
<|im_start|>user I boiled some carrots yesterday, saved the water, came back a few hours later and the water had turned blue. What happened? (pics inside) [First image (you can see a chunk of carrot in there)](http://imgur.com/duOP9,1DV1y#0) [Second image (slightly better lighting)](http://imgur.com/duOP9,1DV1y#1) I ...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: How do we sometimes feel tired when we haven’t moved or exhausted ourselves physically? Like sitting all day at the computer doing a project or during a flight sometimes when you land you feel super tired??<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Fatigue does not only occur due to physical exhaustion. It...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When a person dies of "old age", what is the actual cause of death? Does the person's heart just stop? Basically, can someone explain what happens/what it means to die of old age? edit: thanks everyone for your responses!!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's typically a number of compounding is...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly are “instincts” and how do they work? I mean, I know what they do. But what are they? Inherited memories? Where is the knowledge stored and how? Do we even know?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's basically any innate behaviour an organism has and it can be both innate (you're born...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If an astronaut was to open his suit in space and all the oxygen was sucked out where would it go? Would it somehow make it to Earth? If you were closer to another planet would it affect the outcome?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Each molecule would move according to the velocity it gained whil...
<|im_start|>user How does anesthesia work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant General anaesthesia has five components, required in various combinations. 1. The patient should be unconscious - hypnosis. This is usually achieved by inducing anaesthesia using an intravenous induction agent such as propofol and maintaining a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how are cured meats like salami and pepperoni safe to eat without being cooked?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cured foods are highly dehydrated, using salts, heating, or other processes. That lack of water keeps bacteria from growing on cured meats, making them able to last an extremely long ti...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The way Facebook, Google and other tech megacorporations control speech on their platform limits free/effective speech in the world today Let me start by saying that I am totally aware that private companies are legally allowed to choose what is and isn't allowed on their platform. The internet ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The minimum age at which an individual may be tried as an adult in a criminal case should be, wait for it, 18 years of age. Alternatively, all age restrictions should be flexible and open to change for individual cases. With the exception of legal emancipation, which in the United States is hard ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I find the practice of wearing shoes inside the home to be repulsive, disgusting, dirty, and uncivilized I grew up in the US in an Indian household and we always removed our shoes. I don't understand why you would wear shoes in the house. Shoes are to protect you from the ground outside, but by we...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are the president's connections with Russia bad, but everyone's connections with every other country are good? First, spare me any, political tongue lashing and down talking. I don't care if you're right or left or middle, or all three. I'm none of the three, I just want to know why I should ...
<|im_start|>user Can't connect to localhost:8000 Hello, programming student here! I'm really new to this and have no background whatsoever. Actually, I'm not sure if I can even word my question properly but here I go, I have a problem using phpMyAdmin for my project. I'm using JavaScript and my professor made us a ser...
<|im_start|>user What are some very impressive things (style/structure) etc that you've seen in a scientific presentation? Animations and graphics are really cool in humanities and scientific presentations are often termed dull. How do we bypass them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I think the most impressive thing I'...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does an Oreo package reseal itself without being sticky? Edit: I can't believe how many up votes this got! I was just a bit stoned on my couch eating these fuckers. Next thing you know I'm tits deep in answers and up votes. Thank you!!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In medical devices they c...
<|im_start|>user Why are there more incidences of cancer in developed nations. Source: http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@epidemiologysurveilance/documents/document/acspc-027766.pdf<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Better medical care means better documentation of cancer. It's not that developing nations don't g...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Saudi Arabia should be removed from the United Nations and stripped of all advantages that come with being part of the UN, due to their sexist governmental policies, harsh laws, and blatant human rights abuses Not only does Saudi Arabia violate the basic rights of every human being, several of the...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did the culture of "work before life" start in America? Whenever I read about work culture in many European countries, the culture is you go to work, you work, you come home, and don't do anything work-related until the next work day. That's *your* time to live *your* life. Plus they have S...
<|im_start|>user [General Science Fiction] Why do alien species name themselves after their home planets? Sure, if humans meet aliens from Mars, *we* call *them* "Martian." And if aliens visited Earth and met us, *they'd* call *us* "Earthlings" or "Terrans." But we call ourselves "Humans" while our planet is called "Ea...
<|im_start|>user Viral spread in marine environment? How do viruses spread in marine environments? After reading about the morbillivirus causing the increase in dolphin beachings and deaths, I was wondering how a virus like this might spread in a marine environment.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Understanding aquatic...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What on earth is Metaphysics?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the abstract concepts in relation to the actuality of the universe: Time, history, cause, existence, identities, etc. Similar to how metahumor is the humor found within the concept...
<|im_start|>user What limits how much of something you can dissolve into a liquid? This is essentially a drug dosing question I suppose. What limits how high you can concentrate a liquid? I currently work with 2 different drugs one is dosed at 0.5mg per ml and the other is 5mg per ml. I was wondering if this is just ho...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Gravitational Proportionality constant in the equation g = -(G M)/r^2 Really need help for a Physics project and can only find explanations for G when it's an equation using gravitational force between two objects. The equation I'm using is for planets or something. (g = -(G M)/r^2) Any help wo...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is nothing wrong with using the word "normal" when describing those who for within societal averages as long as it's not used to judge those outside those parameters Here's a couple of examples of what I'm taking about. I have a friend who is genderfluid and they posted in their Facebook the...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: After two horrible wars just two generations ago, how did Europeans get so close and warm with each other ? I mean, look at China, Russia, US, African nations, middle east etc. They still have massive conflicts while Europe went so far in economic and social integration. How did this happen ?<|im...
<|im_start|>user What are some examples of existentialism is modern media (music, television, movies, video games, art, etc.)? I’m doing a school project and I need to be pretty familiar with the source material. Therefor, I would appreciate examples that are overall well known or that I can easily research to understa...
<|im_start|>user If you're injured in multiple spots, will your body "focus" it's attention on healing certain areas before others?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Certain types of tissue are more resilient and grow faster than others. Blood flow to an area of injury also greatly affects the rate of healing, so in sho...
<|im_start|>user How is it insects can rub their 'eyes' without injuring them, but mammals/etc touching their eyes is damaging?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So, first off, eyes have evolved independently more than once, and while they all kinda work mostly the same way, the animals which evolved them used different ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did they calculate a single sperm to have 37 megabytes of information?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant DNA is coded with 4 letters: A, T, G, C. A byte can hold 4 pieces of these letters. A byte can contain for example "ATTG". If you know how long your data is, then you know how much byte yo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How does the stock market work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Imagine that you own a company that makes shoes. You're selling a lot of shoes, and you're doing pretty well for yourself. But, you just don't have a big enough factory for all the shoes you need to be making to keep up with demand. Y...
<|im_start|>user [Death Note] Inspired by a previous post, what can death note do if a person doesn't have a name like cavemen or really uncivilized indigenious tribe people?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Well, indigenous tribes often have ways of talking to one another so they would have names but just not in a comm...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can a dog have one ear that stands straight up while the other is wonky?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Dogs have well-developed muscles that control their ears and allow them to point them around with precision, like little radar dishes. Pointing one straight up allows them to listen specif...
<|im_start|>user As a linux kernel developer Well, I need a genuine advice on what are the benefit of being linux kernel developer. What type of job opportunities will come along the way if I contributed to linux kernel. To say, I want to contribute to linux kernel but also want to use that skill to earn money in means...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Why was military unit cohesion doctrine changed so drastically from the Republic to the Empire? During training, Republic clone trooper cadets automatically failed an exercise when they left a man behind. In the Imperial Stormtrooper Academy, backstabbing and opportunism during training was...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do babies of one dark skinned parent and one light skinned parent, land in the middle generally? Is skin color not a dominant/recessive thing? I’ll try my best to elaborate: if you have a blue eyed parent and a brown eyed parent, you aren’t born with blue-brown eyes generally. Or if one is bl...
<|im_start|>user What exactly happens when fruit becomes ripe? Why was it once sour and now sweet? Where did the sourness go, and where did the sweetness come from? Also, what explains the change of color in something like a banana?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When a fruit ripens, it converts complex carbohydrates,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why trees grow but leaves stay the same size. Title<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The size of a full-grown leaf is optimum for a tree to absorb sunlight and perform all the other functions in a leaf like respiration etc. It is more effective to have many small leaves, and when these fall they...
<|im_start|>user How does DNA function as an information storage medium? I wanted to relate this topic to microarrays, but I searched and didn't find much about it.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a few layers to it, but basically the DNA sequence is read by proteins that transcribe the sequence into an inter...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Cemeteries need to be phased out and eliminated I believe cemeteries are one of the biggest wastes in our society. They take up too much land that can return to nature or allow for new development. In addition, the embalming process has harmful effects on the environment that release chemicals in...
<|im_start|>user What are memories made of? I'm currently doing an absolutely challenging module on memory now, and it's been a blast learning about the different theories of memory - how the hippocampus possibly contributes to recollection more than familiarity, or the role of the frontal lobe in working memory, etc. ...
<|im_start|>user Why are some charging cables faster than others even when using the same power supply?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Wire length, wire diameter, and wire material all effect total wire resistance. If you know the resistance of the cable, r, you can calculate the maximum theoretical power transfer ac...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What makes the Video Player applications different? What is the difference between VLC, QuickTimePlayer and others<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Different interface which gives you different looks/locations of buttons. Different tools (one may give you hotkeys to skip forward/back 1,5,10,30 se...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The strongest ethical arguments for veganism are stronger than those for meat eating or vegetarianism I believe that the strongest ethical arguments for veganism are stronger than the strongest ethical arguments for meat eating and vegetarianism. For the purposes of this thread, veganism is a pra...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it so hard to figure out the optimal diet for humans? Seems like with other animals and our pets, we more or less have a good understanding of what they need, and why. And yet when it comes to what WE should eat, it seems like scientists can't agree on anything and there are countless opin...
<|im_start|>user How can light have momentum if the formula for momentum is p=mv? If light has no mass doesn't that mean it has no momentum? p=mv where p is momentum, m is mass, and v is velocity.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The equation p = m v is part of classical mechanics and will hold for particles with non-ze...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is there a debate whether Google Cars should be allowed to drive on the streets if they have already proven to be much safer than human drivers? From what I have heard, they not only never get tired / drunk / bored, etc., but also have capabilities that humans can never have (like seeing pede...
<|im_start|>user ELi5: When something painful is about to happen to someone, why are they given something to bite down on?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a number of reasons. One is that biting down can be a reflex to pain, so giving you something "safe" to bite down on prevents you from biting your tongue o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are school textbooks so large and complex, when teachers never have time to use the whole book in a year?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because they want to cover as many different topics as possible and some teachers might want to cover different things than other teachers. Also they shoul...