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<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does it look like the eyes of a painting are following you but not the eyes of a statue?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A painting is two dimensional, usually when this effect is observed the eyes are painted in a way which depicts the irises as circles, which your brain interprets as eyes f...
<|im_start|>user CMV: "Scars make us beautiful" is a dangerous and deluded way of looking at your past. If you guys are frequent visitors on Instagram, you know what I'm talking about because this culture runs rampant there. You've probably seen at least one post about celebrating the scars life has given you and how t...
<|im_start|>user Why water? The majority of all power plants uses some sort of energy source to heat up water. It is then the water vapor which turns the turbines that produces electricity. Water is also a compound has an extremely high heat capacity (requires an incredible amount of energy to heat up). **My question ...
<|im_start|>user What equipment or arrays have been proposed for astronomy outside of Earth, using coordinated multiple devices? An array of optical telescopes? An array of rods on the lunar surface for radio astronomy? Or other equipment spread through the solar system?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So what you're m...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The best way to stop crime is not to have more police or to lock more people up; The best way to stop crime is to fix the reason why people commit crimes. Right now there is a debate over crime and the way to stop it. Certain groups fervently maintain that we need more police and harsher punishme...
<|im_start|>user What are some less known arguments for theism ?? Greetings. Hope everyone's faring well. When discussing theism the major arguments we often hear about are Cosmological, Design, Moral, Ontological yet I'm curious to know if there are other arguments for theism. Arguments less known and that we don't u...
<|im_start|>user Did Newton ever try to describe electricity? Or, did he for example consider it a secondary or emergent force, unlike the fundamental gravitational force?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a few mentions of electricity and magnetism in his Principia, but they reflect the very rudimentary unders...
<|im_start|>user At what point is a lake big enough to be classified as a sea?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lakes are inland and usually fresh water, seas are salt water and connected to the ocean. There is a lot of confusion as there are some lakes named sea and vice versa. While lakes do tend to be much smaller, ...
<|im_start|>user As sea levels rise due to climate change and flood coastal areas, will there be a similar rise in freshwater waterways? Will rivers, streams and creeks located far away from the coast also rise and flood adjacent lands?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The water level in rivers streams and creeks depend...
<|im_start|>user What process creates heat in condition called "fever"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The processes that create heat are the same processes that create heat normally in warm blooded animals. Metabolism of glucose for energy, muscle contractions, and in some cases deliberate metabolism of fat generate ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:what is a non-Newtonian liquid and how is it different from normal liquids<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First, a definition: Viscosity, essentially, is the measurement of a fluid's resistance to movement or deformation. Water is much less viscous than molasses, for example. Without getting ove...
<|im_start|>user Comparing the Economic Development of 2 Countries What are some countries whose economic performance has diverged over the years and are worth learning about? Haiti and the Dominican Republic come to mind as they had a similar GDP per capita in 1950, but are vastly different nowadays. What are some oth...
<|im_start|>user Given that everything is made of atoms, do objects exist independently of our minds? Something I really don't understand is in what sense anything actually exists apart from our minds, given that everything is composed of tiny constituent parts. Take an ordinary object, like a chair. I say that I ha...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why does some plastic tupperware type containers still look &amp; feel greasy after washing even with name brand soap (dawn, ajax ect.)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant On a chemical/molecular level, plastics and oil/grease are very similar in structure and composition. So when a grease molecule ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does the body know when it's okay to stop fighting an illness/disease/virus? For example, when you get sick and run a high temperature, it's the body's way of "killing the invader/virus with heat". But how does it know when its okay and have everything under control? EDIT:Man, reading all th...
<|im_start|>user Imagine that eventually humanity sets out to colonize the universe at near light speed. How much of the universe could they reach before it is too far to catch due to the expansion of space? Assuming that the time it takes for humanity to develop near light speed travel and set out to colonize is negli...
<|im_start|>user CMV: History should be taught backwards. At the very least, it would not be more confusing than teaching history forward. EDIT FOR CLARITY: People responding seem to be under the impression that I am saying "we don't need to learn about past events" or "it's not important to understand why things happe...
<|im_start|>user Clarification about our position in The Milky Way? The solar system has been measured to be about 28,000 light years from the center of the galaxy, and about 20 light years above the galaxy's equatorial plane, within the "Orion" spiral arm. I understand that given what we can see of the Milky Way even...
<|im_start|>user I have well water, people say not to "waste water" (mean let the tap run) but is that even possible since the water will collect back in the aquifer? How long does it take to reach the aquifer if the well is 300 ft deep? Or is it a general reminder as to not get in the habit?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assi...
<|im_start|>user If cardiovascular exercise is healthy for you because it gets your heart pumping, why wouldn't it be considered a "healthy" side affect of certain legal/illegal drugs the fact that they get your heart pumping (ie. cocaine, coffee, etc.)? I know drugs legal/illegal, although sometimes fun, are not "good...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do some medications require you to take them multiple times a day while others only require a shot every few months? I was watching a commercial for yet another medication with a ridiculous name and when they got to the dosage instructions it said after two booster shots you only need 4 per y...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Gender fluidity reinforces gender roles I first want to start off by saying that I am a huge supporter of the LGBTQ+ community as I am apart of it myself. I mean no harm and don’t intend on offending anyone, this is just a concept I genuinely just can’t wrap my head around. Growing up I was into ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is nothing intrinsically wrong with cannibalism. edit: this post blew up, which I didn't expect. I will probably not respond to the 500 new responses because I only have 10 fingers, but some minor amendments or concessions: (A) Kuru is not as safe as I believed when making this thread. I s...
<|im_start|>user Is there an economic opinion on "bullshit" products/markets and how they work? Lately after searching the internet and buying products. I notice there are a lot of services and products that thrive on uncertainty, buyer desperation, and fog of war to sell. And if buyers had more information I imagine t...
<|im_start|>user Why do objects of varying mass accelerate towards the earth's surface at the same rate?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Heavier things need more force to move them than light things do. Heavier things experience more force from gravity than light things do. It turns out that these *exactly balance o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do Adaptive Optics know how to correct for atmospheric distortion and give us Hubble-quality images from a telescope on the ground? The atmosphere is always changing (why stars flicker), so how can AO correct for that in realtime?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant the simple version is that the...
<|im_start|>user Name for this "paradox": When common things become more rare, they stand out more, which makes them seem more common? I'm thinking of things like crime and world conflict, not to mention infant mortality. I've seen it stated repeatedly that the world/country (I'm from the US) is generally getting bett...
<|im_start|>user What do neighboring European countries think of Switzerland's gun policy?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First of all you might want to ask what exactly Switzerland's gun policy is, and what effect it has on daily life in Switzerland. There seems to be a misconception in some circles that Switzerland...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How exactly are wages for jobs decided and why can the wages for similar jobs differ so much across different companies? Is there a law that states a basic amount for every type of profession or is it entirely up to the employer? While looking for jobs I noticed that in many cases the same or sim...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do CGI artists know what's behind the objects they remove in live action movies?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Copying parts of the background if it is visible at any point during the shot (most common, also mostly automated process at this point) or Using a reference shot. Basically they...
<|im_start|>user Being added as a co-author without contributing to the actual research? My advisor recently asked me to convert the formatting of a paper that was rejected from one journal to the formatting of the next journal they will be submitting it to. In exchange they have offered to add me as a co-author. I als...
<|im_start|>user How much of an influence do parents ACTUALLY have on their children's development?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It can be substantial or minimal, depending on the parents. If parents spend a lot of time with their children in the preschool years and stay engaged once school starts, their influence ...
<|im_start|>user is there a scientific approach to personality types? or at least valid scientific words that can describe personalities.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The "Five Factor Model of Personality" is empirically validated as a measure of personality traits. It measures on a spectrum: Openness (the spectrum...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The idea of “mental competence” in or in avoidance of court cases. How is it determined whether someone is mentally capable of standing trial in court, and what is the underlying idea behind stopping/altering a case for those reasons? Also what happens to a case where the defendant has been fou...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do video games detect if they're pirated? I remember hearing about how in GTA IV, if you were playing a pirated copy of the game, it would get stuck in drunk mode and make the game unplayable. How do games tell the difference between pirated and legitimate copies?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assist...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how doesn't high blood pressure from exercise destroy our bodies Everyone says that high blood pressure is destructive on blood vessels and can lead to heart attack and stroke. When you do physical exercise, your blood pressure rises for relatively long periods of time. However, physical exercise...
<|im_start|>user How many calories, or how much of my food goes to being energy for bacteria reproduction rather than powering me physically? With as much bacteria that is in our feces, and the pure amount that are in our bodies, how much energy does it take to keep up this microcosm within us?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>as...
<|im_start|>user When Can You Assume a Normal Distribution? I am currently watching a video responding to Charles Murray's 1994 book *The Bell Curve*. [Here is a link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBc7qBS1Ujo). A central thrust of arguments against the claims made in this book have to do with the validity of IQ test...
<|im_start|>user I believe all information should be free to the individual, and college is objectively a waste of money, energy and life. Diplomas should not be held in higher regard than sheer ability when it comes to the job hunt. CMV Some self-context to be fair; I haven't gone to college and just graduated High Sc...
<|im_start|>user What's the difference between fermented and rotted foods? And how can you know when fermented food is unsafe to eat?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Fermentation and "rotting" are assessments of value. Technically speaking, any microbial process on food can be construed as fermentation. If it isn't the...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why is it that when an alcoholic stops drinking alcohol they become sick even though alcohol is incredibly bad for us, what is happening in our body that makes us sick for not having it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Basically when you get used to a toxic substance being around, your body produ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do Spectrum analyzers work, what is their real world application and why are they so common with "ghost hunters"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Spectrum analysers often work based on something called the Fast Fourier Transform. This is a mathematical technique which lets us look at a wave,...
<|im_start|>user Which economic concepts do you use in everyday life? I realized that there's quite a few that I use subconsciously, so I'm sure other people do too. Hoping to learn a few new ones<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant opportunity cost, lots of biases which arent necessarily economical but are teached in beha...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is a computer with 2 or 4 fast processors better than one with 100 or 1000 slow ones? EDIT: Thanks for the answers. I learned that GPUs *are* many, many specialized processors.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It depends on your needs. If your task can be split up into many smaller parts and...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some martial artists yell in movies and at demonstrations? I feel rather stupid but I just don't get it. Are they doing it just because it is/has become a stereotype in in film, or does it have any practical uses at all?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are many reasons. Exhaling tig...
<|im_start|>user Does fatalism contradict success?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I think this question presupposes success as something you have to work for and achieve having overcome. Instead, fatalism rather redefines success. Success is not overcoming failure but the function of existence, success is what happen...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Accepting an exchange on my shop vac wasn't ethical. **Edit:** I added another pretty major chapter to the story at the very end that I also feel is unethical on my part that I would like to include in the discussion. So, this is a different one, related to consumer ethics. Looking back on what h...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can people not be in a "gender binary" How can people not be male or female unless they are intersexed? Is this just a social thing, and if so, why should it even be considered with forms and other things concerned with biological gender? If not, and it's a biological thing, why aren't they j...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What happens if 1 engine fails on a 2 or 4 engine plane during flight? What happens if all engines fail? ELI5: What happens if 1 engine fails on a 2 or 4 engine plane during flight? What happens if all engines fail?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Two engine commercial aircraft have a rating that...
<|im_start|>user What Scientific Discoveries Proved Lord Kelvin Wrong About The Future Of Physics? In the 1900s Lord Kelvin said "There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement." I'm assuming this quote is backed up with the fact there weren't many discoverie...
<|im_start|>user How does one move their lab from one university to another when taking a new TT position? Let's say you've been a tenure-track (or maybe even tenured) professor with a lab at one university, and you've been offered a position at a new university. What are you typically allowed to take with you to the ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why does the Lockheed C-130 Hercules still use propellers instead of jet engines?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's a number of factors that lead to the decision to use a turboprop engine over a turbofan engine (your typical jet engine). -Shorter take-offs. Turboprops perform better at sho...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Difference between LED, AMOLED, LCD, and Retina Display?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So these are terms that refer to some fundamentally different things. I'll throw a few other terms in the mix that will hopefully clarify things: ###Display Technology * Cathode ray tube (CRT) where an ele...
<|im_start|>user What did Albert Camus mean when he said "Morality, when formal, devours."? Title\^<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are some quotes which could help to elucidate this further. One (from his Notebook) is: "Those who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the c...
<|im_start|>user [GOT] Instead of Trant, if Joffrey had commanded Ser Barristan Selmy to tear Sansa's clothes and hit her, how would the situation have played out?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Tl, dr: Selmy's resignation delays but does not prevent Sansa's beating He's a professional with professional integrity; o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What does it mean when a state makes reservations, declarations or understandings when it ratifies a treaty? I was reading on how the US ratified the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crime of Genocide while making two reservations, five understandings and one declaration. Can anyone...
<|im_start|>user Is there such a thing as a mathematical discontinuity in nature? I know that due to the existence of vacuums or near vacuums, material discontinuities can exist, but can a mathematical discontinuity exist as an observable, physical manifestation? One potential example I can imagine would be the singula...
<|im_start|>user What's the difference between Social Psychology &amp; Sociology? Thank you!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Generally speaking, social psychology seeks to study the behavior of individuals within groups, while sociology seeks to understand the behavior and development of large groups and societies as a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it so important to print the name of the country that a product is produced in? I see "made in _____" everywhere and I don't see the impact of it.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Country of origin standards are important for determining how much tax should be charged on the item when it pa...
<|im_start|>user How does dye stick to a fabric so hard that it hardly comes off even with modern detergents?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For most fabric. The dye is first added then fixed with special chemicals. The details vary a lot by the colour and chemistry but often the fixing agent activates at very high te...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What happens when our immune system makes us ”immune” to a disease. And how does it do it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The Immune System is incredibly complex, so there really is no ELI5 answer, but in essence you have special immune cells that are designed to recognize foreign/non-native mol...
<|im_start|>user Why do elements need 2 or 8 electrons in their outer shell for it to be full? What makes these numbers so special? Does the fact that they are both powers of two affect this phenomenon in any way?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This has everything to do with quantum numbers. In general the shrodinger ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:The difference between an symphony, concerto, sonata, and waltz etc and so on.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant /r/classicalmusic will be happy to help further and provide some good examples. A symphony is a large work, commonly four movements (sections) long. A series of any movements for any in...
<|im_start|>user Which philosopher would you consider the most difficult to understand? I usually hear that it's Sartre or Schopenhauer.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I'd say that of the ones you absolutely must read and take seriously if you're a philosopher, Kant is the most difficult by far. Just out of a long lis...
<|im_start|>user Is it feasible to write a program to count the number of bees on a small frame? Just started a job where this pops up often enough. I have a little bit of experience (basic classes, haven't done any large scale projects) with c++, python, Matlab (kinda), and Java. The frames would look a lot like [t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does America benefit from spending so much on military rather than spending more on infrastructure, science, education and foreign aid?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Military indirectly influences/contributes to a lot of advancements in the private sector. It greatly sped up the developmen...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 Why can’t something be theoretically be faster than light? Why is that considered the absolute speed limit when we don’t even know what’s out there or what could theoretically be faster?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There probably isn't an ELI5 or even ELIPhD answer to this question. Nobody kno...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do zip files compress information and file sizes while still containing all the information?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Image if you had a long paragraph and then try to find all the repeated word or phrases. For each repeated word or phrase, you replace the word or phrase with a lookup....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Common Core math? I grew up and went to school in the era before Common Core math, can somebody explain to me why they are teaching math this way now and hell it even makes any kind of sense?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In the past, the focus of math instruction was on calculating ("doing mat...
<|im_start|>user [Doctor Who] So how do fixed points in time work? Throughout the Doctor Who show (haven’t seen classic) they talk about how certain points in time are fixed and can’t be changed whereas the rest of time “can be rewritten.” But that doesn’t make sense at all. Numerous time the doctor prevents the end of...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do you have to put in your debit pin in person, but not online?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The Idea of a PIN as a cardholder verification method relies on the two sets of data involved (card number and PIN) not being transmitted in the same way. For online websites, it's easier to use...
<|im_start|>user Direction for a nihilist. Hey everyone. As a nihilist, I'm a little lost. Some of my core opinions to clear things up; Life is meaningless and more painful then pleasurable, humanity is going to go extinct eventually and there's no afterlife or God. I've tried other ideas and even convince myself not t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: who and how do they determine how many calories are in a particular item of food?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A calorie in your food is the amount of energy that is needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius. This is done by burning the food in something cal...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Children should not be forced to complete "family" projects about themselves in school. It's disrespectful to children without traditional families I believe projects like these are incredibly unfair and awkward for children who do not come from traditional households. It can be very uncomfortabl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Will screens continue to have more and more pixels indefinitely, or will we soon reach a point where humans won't notice the difference between, say, 1000 pixels per inch and 2000 pixels per inch? I recently was looking at the specs of different generations of iPads and noticed that between the 2...
<|im_start|>user What actually IS a flame? Why does fire create a visible flame, why does it exist and what is it made of?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A flame from something like a candle is visible because it's filled with three types of atoms that are going through changes. The paraffin in the candle - wax - is a...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The "Free Birth Control for Women" issue was and is nonsense. A woman's employer should be required to pay for her health insurance to cover free birth control. The protest signs read "Birth Control: Not My boss' business" and "every woman should be entitled to free birth control no matter where ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is no logical reason for God to exist I understand that many people turn to faith in God as a source of comfort, even though that faith is not backed by evidence (like they think there is no evidence of God but the idea of a supreme being looking out for them is comforting and so they are fa...
<|im_start|>user What is a VPN? Should I use one? Which one?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Think of data traffic like road traffic, with your data being freight on the back of pickup trucks. Think of your home network as an island, with a bridge connecting it to the mainland (built and maintained by your Internet pro...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why a person can’t survive upside down (head down - legs up) for a long time?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Our hearts have evolved to pump blood with a specific amount of pressure, utilizing gravity to assist us. We've always had gravity to help, and many of our bodily functions are dependent ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how do you calculate how much an object gets smaller, the further is is away? Is there a certain ratio for this? Like how long is a 1 meter ruler, 1 meter behind a 1 meter ruler ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant it has to do with a thing called "arc distance" you don't see heights and lengths, ...
<|im_start|>user China has used "fireworks" to break up cloud formations and bring blue skies. Could this technique be used to dissipate a tornado, to save lives and reduce damage?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Clouds exist figuratively and literally at the boundary between being vapor and liquid water. Small varia...
<|im_start|>user [X-men] How many mutant abilities the future sentinels can mimic? For example, we can see that they minic fire, ice, metal, hardened rock skin, but what if they could touch Quicksilver or Wolverine or the teleporter guy? Would they just simply become machines that are superfast or supernanoregenerating...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Terrorists are not afraid to die. So fighting terrorists with violence is futile and only makes things worse. "They want to destroy our lifestyles, our traditions, our loved ones. They live a life that is not right, doing unspeakable things that no person in their right mind would do. They attack ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is overwhelming evidence that IQ is the best predictor of an individual's success in the developed world Note: this thread is not about race / gender / whatever and I would appreciate it if it did not devolve into that. Note 2: obviously this isn't true in 100% of cases - that doesn't chang...
<|im_start|>user What are good reasons for one to not procreate?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1) Procreation always entails a possibility of suffering of the child. It doesn't matter how small the probability of suffering is, the mere possibility suffices. To procreate is to gamble with someone's life. 2) To say th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How is it that although we don't know all of the words in the dictionary by heart, we can easily spot when something is not a word?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1. Recognition is easier than recall, so if you see a real world you usually recognize it, even if it's not one you use. 2. In a speci...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What causes grade inflation at universities such as Harvard to get so bad?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The opinion in society that every student should be capable of getting an A in a subject. In the actual design of the system an average student should be getting a C (or 2.0) in a class, abo...
<|im_start|>user CMV: italian terms aren't sexually discriminating anyone I'll explain for not italians. In Italy our nouns, adjectives ecc have a sex: if I'm a male I'll be "Studente", but if I'm female I'll be "Studentessa" (Student). So if I'm expressing to someone specific I'll use the noun that express his/her ge...
<|im_start|>user I believe in eugenics. CMV Let me preface this by saying, I really do want to proven wrong here. Every time I've confided my views in friends I've been thoroughly chastised, so I would absolutely love to just be able to conform to their opinions, but none of them have ever actually addressed my points ...
<|im_start|>user When a celestial object pulls on a beam of light, does the light pull back? Since photons are clearly affected by gravity, and since to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction, would it be prudent to assume that light induces gravitation? :D<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In Gener...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: Why are 'competitive/Paralympics' wheelchair's wheels slanted? So I was watching [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/j00qlh/para_badminton/?utm_medium=android_app&amp;utm_source=share) video of two (apmutees) people playing badminton on wheelchairs and noticed that the wheel...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The same logic that argues for the acceptance of transgender people can be applied to 'trans-race' people Please let me preface by saying that I do believe trans men are men and trans women are women. If you want to challenge that part of my view, fine, but I'd rather have a focus on the 'transrac...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can toddlers remember how to walk,"talk", know certain words but when we get older we can only start remembering things as young as 4?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The type of memory that babies to do quite well is referred to as "semantic memory". This allows them to know their parents, ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why humans fat mostly stores, or at least shows, at the stomach and doesn't so the same effect on the back.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There is an evolutionary advantage to having the majority of your mass close to (Edit: close to, or slightly below) your center of gravity. Having fat evenly...
<|im_start|>user [The Culture] What's with all the humans? So I'm listening to *Consider Phlebas* and it seems almost everyone except the Iridans and their companion race are some subspecies of human, but the book is listed as taking place during the earth date of 1381. Where'd all the people come from?<|im_end|> <|im_...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is click chemistry? And why is it special/useful<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Essentially it's a class of chemical reactions which meet certain criteria. If they meet all the criteria, it's a bit like snapping together lego bricks. The molecules just 'click'. You want the reaction to: *...
<|im_start|>user [General] If someone is turned into a vampire but freely chooses to never consume human blood, not even once - does that individual gain or lose any advantages or disadvantages to doing this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This depends on what universe you're in. In *Buffy the Vampire Slayer,* Angel ...
<|im_start|>user Why does looking through a tiny hole make things focus? When I forget my reading glasses and need to read small print I can curl up my forefinger (like making a fist, but only my forefinger) tight enough to leave only a tiny pinhole in the center of my curled finger. If I look through that tiny hole by...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do studio photographers use flash bulbs to light their subjects? Wouldn’t continuous lighting be more time-efficient because you could see what you’re lighting as you light it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There’s more to it than time effectiveness. Studio photographers often use what’s ca...