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<|im_start|>user Academics what are different research tools or programs that you wish people knew how to work? I'm looking for jobs and I want to become better versed in research tools that are regularly used in labs and academia. What are tools that you find indispensable to work? (the field is biochemistry focusing ...
<|im_start|>user How do lasers measure the temperature of stuff?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Usually they're used to just align an IR sensor, but in principle you could shine a laser on something and determine the ratio of Stokes to anti-Stokes scattering, which would be an indirect measure of the temperature.<|im_...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why does metal fire up in the microwave?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Microwave radiation is a form of radio waves. The microwaves radiation induces electric currents and voltages in the metal, just like a radio signal induces an electric current in an antenna. This electricity causes arcing.<...
<|im_start|>user Do children who speak different languages all start speaking around the same time, or do different languages take longer/shorter to learn? Are some languages, especially tonal languages harder for children to learn?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Basically, all the languages in the world have approxim...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When I shoot somebody in a video game, is there an actual bullet flying through the air? Or is that just added light effects I'm seeing. I always imagined it as when your sights line up on someone, there's an invisible "laser beam" that attacks people when you shoot the gun. Edit: The amount of...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does blood interact with organs/skin if it stays inside veins/capillaries? Do you understand what I mean? I understand that blood is pumped through the veins to all parts of the body, bringing with it oxygen and other goodies and is then recycled back through the heart. But... how exactly d...
<|im_start|>user eli5 How can life insurance be used before death? How can life insurance be used when you’re alive? I saw people comment that they used it to purchase rental properties. How?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two types of life insurance, Term and Whole Life. Term is just like car insurance. I...
<|im_start|>user Why are bugs drawn to light? Is it because it resembles the sun in some way? Do they derive energy from it? Do they just like shiny things?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In many cases, the insect uses either the sun or the moon for navigation by keeping it at a constant angle relative to another refe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do websites such as Facebook and YouTube constantly update their layouts when nothing is wrong with them? Facebook has gone through almost one layout change every year for the past 4 or 5 and YouTube is constantly changing. Why do they keep changing Where a website like Google is constant?<...
<|im_start|>user Leaving academia with no idea where to go? I’m a TT professor at an R1 in the US, about halfway into my tenure clock. In brief, I kind of suck at research and am very unlikely to get tenure (I’ll probably pass mid tenure review, because to fail that here you need to have almost literally nothing to sho...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What happened that led to the downfall of Myspace and the quick transition to Facebook?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Consistent clean design, the feeling of exclusivity (initially only Harvard students could use it, then other universities, finally everyone), and the expectation that people wo...
<|im_start|>user What is the role of reactive power in transmission networks? I've studied electrical engineering for some years, but honestly I'm still struggling with understanding complex AC concepts, especially reactive power. What's its role in transmission networks since reactive power can't do real work? Why is ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why does the air seem "fresher" in the morning?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Are you referring to outside air or your perception upon waking in general? Speaking to outside air, generally speaking (noting that each climate is different) humidity raises in the morning as the air is being warmed...
<|im_start|>user In Earth travel, we use North, South, East, and West, plus altitude for three-dimensional travel. Since those are all relative to the Earth, what do they use for space travel?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Pretty much on every planet or moon it is possible to define North, South, East and West based ...
<|im_start|>user [Jetsons] What does the button that George presses do?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The Referential Universal Digital Indexer requires input from an external source, be it a Human, a Robot, or a Mechanical Mechanism, to approve a queue of automated functions. Think of it as a failsafe to prevent Art...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is overclocking and how does it help/hurt your computer?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A computer program is basically a step-by-step recipe for your processor to follow. However, there are many different parts of a processor, and many of them have to work together for the program to corr...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Parents who have no custody over their children should not be required to pay child support. So this comparison came up in another thread and I thought it was apt. If a parent or parents decide they do not wish to keep their child they can relinquish it to the state and not be involved in its li...
<|im_start|>user If the atmosphere of Mars is less than 1% the density of Earth, why are there large dust devils and sand dunes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Two factors are involved there. First, windblown sand is not like beach sand, it's much finer, almost like talcum powder. Desert sand dunes are not much like...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] How major are the power differences between the main characters? Seriously, like I see titles of "best swordsman" or "gifted force user" on just about everyone. Just how big are the power gaps between the big names like Sidious, Dooku, Obi Wan, Yoda, etc.?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I ...
<|im_start|>user [Independence day] Was Russel casse actually abducted by Aliens? Or was he just a nut?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The novelisation might be informative. When Russell first sees one of the city destroyers, he is convinced that the same aliens that abducted him are in there, and the novelisation des...
<|im_start|>user Why did Homo sapiens become the dominant species on Earth rather than other ancient hominids? Do we know what developed in our brain that allowed *Homo sapiens* to become dominant rather than other ancient hominids such as the Neanderthals who were either absorbed into the gene pool of *Homo sapiens* ...
<|im_start|>user Do you have an example of something you can prove is immoral? https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateAChristian/comments/336j4b/what_evidence_is_there_that_god_exists/cqix184 So I was challenged on this, and I'm a philosophy laymen. Are there any examples? Now my understanding is you can make a deductive arg...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: What is the difference between shampoo, shower gel, 2in1 and conditioner? Title basically says it all. Specifically, though, what makes 2in1 able to do the job of both shampoo and conditioner?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Shampoo basically reacts with the natural oils and binds so when you rin...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How the US came to be a current world superpower<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As others mentioned, the USA has had a wealth of land mass and thus natural resources that helped propel its growth and progress since its founding. The influx of African slaves and Chinese railroad workers also play...
<|im_start|>user Why do we still have daylight savings time? Wasn't it created for farmers? Can't farmers just set their alarm clocks to match the sunrise?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As society became more industrialized, things like the beginning of school, work (for those with non-agrarian jobs), and public tran...
<|im_start|>user How does smell work? At an interested engineer, totally not a biologist level, I can smell things. When I try to understand how smell works, though, I get confused. I've heard a couple of answers which I'm not convinced by, so thought I'd get some clarity. * Resonating bonds between atoms in molecul...
<|im_start|>user How do two particles "become" entangled? I've been trying to understand entanglement but I fail to realize if the link between two particles is locked at random or if the particles need to originate from the same source (i.e:sub-particles of the same particle) to be entangled.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>ass...
<|im_start|>user What would Milton Friedman say about a planned economy where the monetary policy was to increase the overall money supply more or less in line with global norms? I guess this is a rangey type what if question, but Ive been watching some Milton Friedman on youtube because I realised I had no idea what h...
<|im_start|>user What would our color spectrum look like if we had four (or two!) cones rather than three? I had already asked this question on asksciencefiction, but was told it probably belonged here. FWIW, I'm asking mostly from a writing perspective, as in I want to have a species that varies in number of cones, o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why do the touch screens of some mobile phones only work with the finger. They dont work with a pen or anything else. Why so? URL or Text Here<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most touch screens with a hard surface, like on phones etc, use an effect known as 'capacitive coupling' (hence the name ca...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why I see a glorious and massive moon sometimes, with my eyes, but when I go to take a picture, it just looks like a tiny minuscule dissapointment?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One's perception of the size of the moon is heavily influenced by 'context clues', or other nearby structures. It's a...
<|im_start|>user How does raising the interest rate help inflation? It certainly appears that it only removes lower wage people from accessing loans, lowering the overall spending for the economy. What am I missing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Raising interest rates raises lending interest rates from banks, once r...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: How does it come we notice when we get direct eye contact with another person? There is something that makes you know when you have that direct eye contact with a person, even though they might stand meters away from you and you are surrounded by other people too. What makes you know when you ha...
<|im_start|>user Why are so many materials opaque? What's special about transparent materials like glass that sets them apart? Also, why do other EM frequencies outside of visible light go through so many materials so much more easily?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two requirements for transparency: 1. No ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How does Antivirus work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I expect others will chime in with more detailed answers but for an ELI5 it works in a few ways. Firstly it scans for programs people have identified as viruses/malware. A virus may be a file on your computer or it may be just a part of a...
<|im_start|>user How does the body keep itself warm? How does it raise it's own temperature when you're ill?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The main mechanisms to conserve/produce heat are (1) vasoconstriction to decrease blood flow to extremities and skin surface, (2) shivering, (3) decreasing sweating and (4) incre...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that waterdrops can't be bigger? What's stoping water from forming like the size of a golfball or even bigger?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Water drops are held together by surface tensions, and the hydrogen bridges that create it. Whichever force is applied to the drop will "battle...
<|im_start|>user Does philosophy arise due to the limitations in our language? It occurs to me that most philosophical enquiries revolve around the question “what is XXX?”. For example, in Republic, Plato discusses what Justice is; in Being and Time, Heidegger explores what “being” is. The branch Aesthetics ask questio...
<|im_start|>user Why are there hydrating creams, gels etc for the skin of the face and the body? Doesn't water get to every skin tissue to hydrate it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are three main types of moisturiser: Occlusives: create a barrier to “seal” moisture in Emollients: usually contain a high level o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's the relation of video resolution to screen resolution? I mean if I have HD display and can still run 4K videos ... Even if there are not enough pixels I may have wrong preconceptions<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Screen resolution is the maximum number of pixels a screen can display, wh...
<|im_start|>user how would you explain x^-1 and x^1/y? How would you explain taking a number to the negative power? I don't understand how that would be the reciprocal of x!! I also don't get taking a number to the reciprocal of something like 4^1/2 how is that the square root of 4?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Well...
<|im_start|>user Why can influenza infect a person multiple times, but once a person is infected with measles, they gain lifelong immunity?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Primarily because there are multiple strains of influenza that circulate differentially depending on a variety of factors. Influenza also has a high...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What makes the value of a stock go up or down?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Supply and demand. There is a limited quantity of each stock. When there are a lot of people selling but only a few buying, the buyers have more control of the price, so it goes down. Conversely, when there are a fe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's the difference between a subsidiary of a company and a division of that company?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Imagine you own a big supermarket with many departments, meat, sea food, produce, paper goods, etc. Each department would be a 'division' of the company. Everything gets sold a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are some people seemingly born with good time and money management skills while others need actual training to become decent at it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant People have different life experiences. If you had parents who discussed money in front of you, gave you an allowance and encoura...
<|im_start|>user Why can you eat meats like beef and seafood raw/undercooked but not chicken?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Essentially different meats are subjected to different bacteria throughout their life, as well as during their slaughter and processing. Because of this, different legislation and regulatory lev...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How do civil engineers determine if a building is structurally sound after an earthquake?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They would assess the structural components for signs of failure or serviceability issues. If they were looking at steel they could check and see if members or connections had...
<|im_start|>user How can same volume engines have different HP/torque/etc.?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The displacement of an engine is not the only factor contributing to work done by the engine. The compression ratio for one will change the power output (the more you squeeze the air and fuel the more power you ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If there's actually an advantage to using foam, solid or liquid soap over the other 2 I've heard people talk about how one is better than the other but never really specify why. There may be nothing better, but if there is which is the most advantageous to use and why?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What gives different people's houses their unique scent? I think I could be blindfolded and know whose house it is just from smell, and objects from there also carry the scent. Is it just perfumes and air freshener or something else?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's usually based upon what ki...
<|im_start|>user [Journey to the Center of the Earth] In 1880, Sir Oliver Lindenbrook leads a successful expedition to the center of the Earth. How does this alter human history? [Here's the Journey to the Center of the Earth IMDb Page, for reference.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052948/)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assist...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What does "open source" mean when people are referring to software and programs?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When a programmer works on an application, the file or files they produce are usually called "source code", and those files are used by a compiler to build an executable program. "Ope...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 : How is "corrected vision" is tested and why isn't it always 20/20 if it's corrected? Okay so I am researching a health regulation for a friend of mine and it says your corrected vision needs to be less than 3 diopters. Now considering that a 20/20 vision would be 0 diopters, how can even a corre...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is too much grass in the United States I just feel like from parks to lawns to the side of highways that grass is overused in landscaping. This post is in reference to grass that is planted by people and requires maintenance, not prairie grass, or wild grass that grows in meadows. 1. Grass...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do we use "the birds and the bee" to explain sex to children?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It was explained to me once that it's a very simplified explanation of how plants reproduce. Bees pollinate flowers, which creates fruit, which birds eat, which spreads out the seeds, and makes more...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How come water based liquids sting wounds but oil based liquids or ointments don’t?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Our bodies use water, in our blood, as the main fluid to move stuff around. So water is special to us in a way that oils are not, when water touches our wounds, it's sort of like the...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do animals like squirrels and frogs move like they are lagging?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant We have mostly 2 types of muscles in our bodies. Type 1 and type II The type one muscles are mostly for endurance. Where as type II allow for explosive bursts. You may have heard of "quick twitch"...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How do rich people go bankrupt yet continue to be multimillionaires?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Bankruptcy occurs when some entity cannot generate the necessary cash to settle immediate obligations. An illustrative example might be someone owning a $10m home but has a bill for $500,000 that t...
<|im_start|>user [Assassins Creed]What would be the consequences if the villains won in each game? I am only talking about the historical villains.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In most games, the main consequence would be the faster development of society and an increasingly orderly world that comes at the expense o...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] What causes the different personalities of clones? In the Clone Wars, some clones are shown to have different sort of personalities. One might be friendly and good with children, another might be cold and distant or overly aggressive. Why is this? Are they different aspects of Jango's origi...
<|im_start|>user CMV: We shouldn't group people into generations, because all it does it pit people against eachother. The generation groups that are currently alive right now are the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millenials, and Generation Z My view is that people should not be grouped into these kin...
<|im_start|>user CMV: A conspiracy theory is not necessarily false. Many definitions of conspiracy theory include that the conspiracy is false. Most are derided as false, but I believe some of them (at least portions of them) could theoretically be true. 1. **The Broken Clock:** Conspiracy theories are speculative in ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is the NBA predominantly a black man's sport? Was watching a game with friends when the question came up. Someone said it's because they're raised playing it, my black friend tried to argue that it was because black people are generally more athletic. Hopefully someone can solve this dispute....
<|im_start|>user Why does water form these tiny air bubbles on the side of a glass bottle if it is allowed to sit still for a while? [They look like this.](http://imgur.com/ctfos8j)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most water has various gases dissolved in it, like oxygen or carbon dioxide. The warmer the water is, the...
<|im_start|>user Scared about interview to work in lab : (( so im an undergrad student and i emailed a super cool important prof at my school for a chance to work in his lab. I WASNT EXPECTING ANY ANSWER AT ALL but he RESPONDED??? and he set me up with an interview with his research associate. IM SO SCARED IDK WHAT ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why isn't it possible to wring a cloth completely dry?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Water, at the molecular level, forms attachments to fibers that are absorbant like cotton. The small weak forces keep the water attached and prevent you from physically removing it by trapping it and also provi...
<|im_start|>user Send me a reading list for teaching in higher ed! I am extremely interested in teaching pedegogies for higher ed. Please send me the titles of books (or hyperlinks to them) or journal articles that are related to teaching philosophies, styles, or pedegogies. Bonus points for pharmacy education or he...
<|im_start|>user If an object is "blue" because it only reflects blue light, then why isn't it invisible or at least colorless if we shine red light on it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most materials aren't perfect absorbers of light outside the range that makes up the main color. A blue object will still reflect a ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: That Alpha Male v. Beta Male concept in humans is bullshit. There are entire industries that exploit the false idea of alphas and betas in human beings, but in reality it is a cheap scam. The idea is overly vague and also sexist. I argue that only the people (usually men) who watch videos about ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do wireless phone charges work? How does it manage to charge your phone through a entire rubber / plastic / metal case, and through the actual phone itself, and somehow penetrate the battery to charge it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Any sort of electric current will generate a correspondi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does America help and support Israel so much?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1. Highly organized and well-funded political backing from pro-Israeli groups (AIPAC, et. al.), and a lack of similar political backing from pro-Palestinian groups. 2. An undercurrent of apocalyptic Christianity in...
<|im_start|>user What's so special about lead (Pb) that makes it block radiation? Can other elements do this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The material that you want to use to shield against radiation depends on the type of radiation you're shielding against. But lead is a very common shield for high-energy photons...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are standardized tests so expensive? For example, the SAT is about $50 ($70 for late registration), subjects tests are about $20, and AP tests are $95. What goes into these for such a high price?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The price of a good or service isn't wholly dictated by how much ...
<|im_start|>user Is it purely coincidence that the human sleep cycle roughly matches the day and night cycle of Earth or is it the time of day that determined our sleep habits? For example, if days lasted 48 hours on Earth instead of 24 hours, would humans have adapted to stay awake for all the daylight hours and sleep...
<|im_start|>user I think parents should be held more accountable for the behavior of their offspring, CMV Parenting has a dramatic effect on a child's outcome in life. I think we should have a system in place that reflects that. If your child is good, you reap benefits. If the child harms society, you don't. Let's ...
<|im_start|>user Does applying ice or cold water to a superficial burn make any impact on the actual injury? Or does it just soothe the pain for a moment?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The initial effect would be to lower the temperature. This will decrease the amount of damage at the cellular level. Second effect w...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I do not think that my political positions being religiously motivated invalidates them **PREFACE**:Before I get into the meat of my argument for my point of view, I wish to clarify several things. First is that I am not claiming persecution. Sometimes people are obtuse or dicks because of my beli...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: How do photo restoration artists know the supposed colors of greyscale images? Are the colors based purely on their assumptions/imagination, or do the greyscale images retain some sort of data that tells what color on what part?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I often color old black-and-white ph...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is English the default language in the world? I mean I know the British Empire was vast, but how come it did so well when there were Dutch, Spanish, Danish, French fleets that were just as advanced at the time?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For 300 years British Empire had a lot of colonies...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do dryer sheets remove wrinkles and/or reduce static if it's just the small sheet? Wouldn't it not be touching all the clothes in the load?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Dryer sheets are fabric squares soaked in fabric softener (either quaternary ammonium salts or silicone oil). As the dry...
<|im_start|>user [NSFW] How does Superman (Man of Steel) have sex with Lois Lane without killing her? We have evidence from the films that Superman has fine control over his voluntary movements... but never see anything about his involuntary movments. Also, Superman surely must have had diarrhea once. Did he destroy t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What are the fundamental differences between face lotion, body lotion, foot cream, daily moisturizer, night cream, etc.??<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Worked as a cosmetics chemist for 2 years after school. It varies depending on the function of the lotion/cream. If its a general moisturizer v...
<|im_start|>user Why don't all cuts form scar tissue?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Short answer: Your skin has multiple layers and growths outwards. The stem-cell layer is the so called stratum basale and the last layer before the subcutis. When you damage this layer, the skin cannot regrow from the inside. In that ...
<|im_start|>user How are mathematical models of biological processes created? How can they be used to understand complex phenomena?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I'll give a very simple example. Mitotic cells divide with a certain period t. Each time the cells divide, there are twice as many. Thus, as a function of ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If we use degrees ( ⁰ ) to measure angles, why do we also use degrees as a measurement of temperature?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The most basic meaning of "degree" is "An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values." There are 360 degrees in a circle because there are 360 ...
<|im_start|>user Microwaves and radiowaves, how do they penetrate different material? I was curious at how microwaves dont pass through the metal mesh on the window, I understood this was due to wavelength but it didnt make sense how the waves just can just slide throughthe holes until I read that one should imagine th...
<|im_start|>user Can a Starfleet vessel travel at exactly the speed of light so that a supernova appears to be frozen at a given moment in its blast and have more time to study? If this is possible, could the ship move forward and back to any given moment of the blast and study that particular instant?<|im_end|> <|im_s...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If sound travels fastest through solids and slowest through gases, why does heat do the opposite? Aren't they both just the vibration of molecules?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Heat transfer in a gas is primarily through the movement of the gas. As the gas gets stirred up the hot gas can move...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does leftover food that has been in the fridge smell different than when it was just cooked? And then when you reheat it in the microwave, the smell returns. I’m probably just thinking about it weirdly but if there is a scientific explanation, I would be pleased to know!<|im_end|> <|im_start|...
<|im_start|>user If something is conscious, is it automatically alive? Obviously, there's plenty of life (in the biological sense) without consciousness. Unless we're panpsychists, we tend not to think plants, bacteria and so on are conscious. And of course, living animals are unconscious during deep sleep, comas... B...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why are Anti-Cancer drugs so expensive?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cancer is a tremendous collection of wildly different conditions, each of which can require the development of very different cancer drugs to either treat or prevent. Some anti-cancer drugs exist now and are very expensive. ...
<|im_start|>user [Predator 2]What if Agent Keyes' operation was actually a success? Keyes and his team manage to neutralize the Predator at the Slaughterhouse and get him into proper containment for transport elsewhere. What would the repercussions be?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Best case scenario, they get to ma...
<|im_start|>user [DBZ] What are the limitations of Shenron's powers? (from /r/Monsterdeconstruction) [**Original post**](http://www.reddit.com/r/monsterdeconstruction/comments/36hmfm/what_are_the_limitations_of_shenrons_powers/) -<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The strength of the dragon balls depends on the strength ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do lawyers need need certification, if the defendant, who isn't a lawyer, can defend himself? If there's a precedent for a non-lawyer to defend, why does a lawyer need certification at all?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When you hire somebody to work for you, you want them capable of doing ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I don't believe humans are meant to be monogamous. I don't believe humans are meant to be monogamous. Based on the fact that we used to be cave men and women and men would typically have multiple partners in order to pass their lineage on, I believe that while we have clearly evolved from that, bi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do they make vitamin tablets? Where does the vitamin come from and how do they make it into pills?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Vitamins can be derived from plant or animal products, or produced synthetically in a laboratory. Vitamin A, for example, can be derived from fish liver oil, and ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does it feel like when you are thirsty, sugar feels like a replacement for something to drink? Sorry for my bad english. Let me explain; Some days when I dont drink a lot I start to get really hungry for sugary candy. After I eat it I dont want feel thirsty for a while again. I could live a d...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can a company fire an employee for a Facebook comment, but not sue a non-employee for defamation because of a Facebook comment?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The standards are different. In the overwhelming majority of cases, an employee is "at will." This means that the employer can fire...
<|im_start|>user What are some metaphysical questions that are not ontological? My understanding of the distinction between the two is as follows: Ontology is a sub discipline of metaphysics. Metaphysics is the study of what exists. Ontology is the study of being. I presume there is subtlety that I missing. What is t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the evolutionary benefit to a species, such as the Praying Mantis, to have the female kill the male after copulation?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant By eating the male, the female gains a lot of nutrients, which will enable her to have healthier and stronger offspring. In this way, there...