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<|im_start|>user CMV: Cows are Technology Not just cows, but most domesticated animals, corn, squash, and most other fruits and vegetables can be considered technology and a human invention in the same way that my phone is. All of these things have been modified from their original natural forms in significant ways. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do tinted windows almost look like a grid when you wear sunglasses?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Polarization. Simply put: Sunglasses with polarized lenses align the light in one direction. The tint is an imperfect film that has certain polarizing effects on light as well. When you have th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do we lose weight more easily when we drink lots of water?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1. Your stomach has stretch receptors that tell your brain you are full. If you drink a lot of water, your stomach is streched out by a 0 calorie drink rather than a high calorie food. That's partly why...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I'm going to vandalize my neighbor's car **The two key points of my view:** - This is a good idea - This is a rational idea **My view (just going to put this in bullet point form, think it's easier to read that way):** - I live in a town home community, that has a shared parking lot - I know ...
<|im_start|>user Does the number of wounds on a human affect how quickly each individual wound heals? Why or why not? I cut my hand recently and though about this. Is the work all local to the wound site, or is there some other component supplied by my body at large? Say there are two scenarios, scenario 1 is that a ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What happens when a country (like Egypt today) 'floats' it's currency?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Allowing a currency to "float" is to allow the exchange rate of the currency to change depending on the currency exchange market. People can buy and sell at different prices so the demand for th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is Japan's Declining Population viewed as a concern when geographically they are a small nation, and overpopulation is something that seems a like a global issue?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Draw a triangle and split it in half across. At the top, draw "the elderly" and at the bottom draw...
<|im_start|>user Does increased exposure of suicides lead to more suicides?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There is evidence that suicides tend to occur in "clusters"-- both via the media (mass clusters) and in local incidents (point clusters). However, the evidence for these clusters are mixed, sometimes showing that...
<|im_start|>user What is a simple way to understand Jean Baudrillard's concept of hyperreality?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I always found the first two paragraphs of *Simulacra and Simulation* to be among the most straightforward, and sorta beautiful. &gt;“If once we were able to view the Borges fable in which th...
<|im_start|>user What 'connections' is the brain actually building when you learn something? Everything I've learned about neuroscience so far has made this statement not really make sense. What about the synapse is actually changing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Here are some properties which can change at the syn...
<|im_start|>user Which programming language do automated factories use? I know they're not common right now, but it seems they will be in the coming decades. I think I should try and learn the language(s) that are used in them, so that i'm ready for the changes they bring.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1) automated f...
<|im_start|>user "How will you help the university reach its goal of 50% female faculty in six years?" I'm interviewing for a job in a couple weeks and I this will be one of their questions. In order to reach their goal, they would basically have to hire only women during this window, which means I stand no chance if t...
<|im_start|>user [The Martian]if future missions find evidence of microbial life on Mars, will there be any way to know its actually native &amp; not just contamination from the hab? Its understandable in his situation, but Mark made absolutely no attempt to avoid cross contamination. I mean he literally just piled his...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 Why America never switched to the metric system (or SI), whereas most other countries did. As an American engineering student, wtf?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In Europe in the 18th century, every little state had their own little measurement systems. What would become the metric system was un...
<|im_start|>user Do plants die of old age? Given enough nutrients, water, space to grow and a source of light for photosynthesis, and ignoring any potential diseases or natural disasters, could any plant - not specifically plants that are known to have survived for long periods of time like Weltwitschias or that aspen ...
<|im_start|>user [Waterworld] Why is dirt so valuable? So I'm watching the movie right now and the mc went into a "city" with a jar of dirt, and basically the clerk said something like "we will buy it from you at fresh water value" and the MC gets enough money to buy the city's whole store and some of their furniture, ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is it that Vladimir Putin was nominated for the 2014 nobel peace prize?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Formal nominations may be submitted by anyone in the following categories: * Members of national assemblies and governments of states. * Members of international courts. * University recto...
<|im_start|>user Are there any real and tangible examples of the Butterfly Effect? For those that haven't heard of it, here's the definition from Wikipedia. In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependency on initial conditions in which a small change at one place in a deterministic nonlinear system ...
<|im_start|>user Why does the middle east have so much oil? I'm sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, because obviously the region is somewhat poorly defined, and there are surely unknown oil deposits in other regions both above and below the sea, but I hope I can still ask this question. Is there a reason why ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: what do they mean when they say that spider webs are stronger than steel? How is that possible? As in the title.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It’s based on tensile strength when compared to effective diameter. Spider silk is only microns in diameter, so if you could extrude a steel specimen at...
<|im_start|>user If liquid helium is the coldest substance we have commercially available to us today, how did we first cool helium down to that temperature without the use of something colder?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Use a refrigeration cycle. Compress it and raise it's pressure (and thus temperature), cool it...
<|im_start|>user After light slows traveling through a medium, does it accelerate back to c upon reentering a vacuum or does it remain the same velocity as it was the moment it exited the medium?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The idea of "the speed of light in a medium" is really just a helpful trick for simplifying ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is the British Pound worth much more than the USD, when it seems like the equivalent goods cost the same face value amount?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Point of sale costs, government services and methods of taxation all matter. When you buy X in the UK you're buying all of the labour al...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Children should not have a life priority over those who are not children I don’t see any reason for why children are always prioritized in terms of healthcare, resources, and/or other ways. I get that children are cute and pure, but they do not benefit society the way a person who work does. I a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did they know splitting the atom, fission, would release so much energy? And why would the opposite be also true, fusion?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Small atoms release energy when they combine, big atoms release energy when they break, and both gravitate towards 'medium' size. That 'med...
<|im_start|>user Should I put my small online business on my CV for graduate program application? Hello, Do you ever apply for a graduate program while you are unemployed or doing your own small online business? If so, how do you put it in your CV for a graduate application? I plan to apply for a graduate program but...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does the price of everything keep going up?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Central banks, more or less, have control over how much money is in circulation and also have a fairly good idea of the amount of stuff produced and services provided. As such, modest inflation, and thus increasing pr...
<|im_start|>user When my computer calculates something and uses say 1KJ of energy to compute it, is any heat taken to do the calculation? Is it all waste heat? When a computer computes something does any energy go to finding the answer rather than just waste heat? Is there a theoretical limit for how little power it ta...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does sleep debt/build up work? If I were to sleep for 24 hours could I then skip the next 3 days of sleep? If so how does it work and if not why does it not work like that?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The first question to answer is, what is the point of sleep? Among some other function...
<|im_start|>user [Mad Max] How easy would it be to become important joe?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Pretty easy... Be named Joe, and have some knowledge that makes you important to someone in a position of power. Mechanics, engineering and medical know-how would be good. Now, becomming Imortan Joe is a different...
<|im_start|>user Do you burn more calories as an exercise goes on? For example say do I burn more calories on the last squat of the set versus the first squat of the set. I'm curious because you are struggling more as the exercise goes on so it would take more energy to continue?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant What yo...
<|im_start|>user [Dinotopia] How large is the island of Dinotopia?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 240 miles (385 kilometers) in length, and approx. 260 miles (420 kilometers) in breadth. In the center of the "main island" was the Rainy Basin, which with the Great Desert made up most of the island. It would fit pretty ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 Why don't we call countries by the names they call themselves? For example, Germany is Deutschland. Why do we not refer to it as such?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is an awesome question...I have ALWAYS been curious about this (specifically in the example you have provided). Looking at i...
<|im_start|>user CMV: r/AITA Does More Harm than Good r/AITA is full of pretty obviously fake stories, which are the ones that tend to get upvoted. Often the fakes are clear strawmen about feminists/trans people/gay people/black people/any activist or minority group, which gets eaten up by people who love a chance to g...
<|im_start|>user Eli5:why is it that when a clear item(like clear wrappers)is crumpled it turns white?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A clear substance becomes white when tiny cracks, localized crystalline structures or other impurities are introduced due to strain. The white look is due to the same dynamics that mak...
<|im_start|>user why are so many popular scientists staunch materialists/physicalist/naturalists? I've noticed a lot of modern and popular scientists seem to be hardcore materialists and I'm using materialist synonymously with naturalism and physicalism. The modern scientists I'm referring to are those like Sean Carrol...
<|im_start|>user Dissertation topic: What I can't tell my professors.... I'm a first year PhD student struggling to find a dissertation topic. The first topic I chose shows a lot of promise, but is costly/risky to implement, so I'm putting it on the back burner for now. On my advisor's suggestion, I've picked up a new ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why vitamins have expiration dates. Do vitamins and minerals degrade?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Many chemicals oxidize and lose their intended properties, just like food (which incidentally is made of chemicals :P). This means that free radicals (oxygen ions) attach to different parts of th...
<|im_start|>user Why don't we have on Earth those funny craters present on almost every planet? I mean, I just saw the brand new picture of Mercury from orbit, and they're all over the surface, just like every planet and moon in the Solar System. Or am I wrong?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Two factors: 1. Earth's ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why will water start to taste bad when you leave it in a glass for too long, but will taste fine when you dispense it out of a tap where it's been sitting for months? If you leave water in a ceramic, glass, or cup it will start to taste bad after a day or two, even if it's covered with a lid. How...
<|im_start|>user ElI5 Why do city governments care when people have garage sales? Had garage sale over the weekend and public security showed up and gave us a written warning saying we needed to have a permit to conduct a garage sale and we had 24 hours to get one. My question, why do they give a fuck if i'm selling m...
<|im_start|>user [SHAZAM] Does the marvel family have equal powers?Does their power divide the more of them transform? Does Billy and his foster siblings get equal speed strengh, powers etc. When they transform? Or are they weaker than Billy?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It has varied from universe to universe. Th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can't teeth heal themselves?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Tissues that can heal themselves need to be made of living cell that can divide and grow more cells from a small amount of living cells. Much of teeth is mineral that was deposited by living cells but after that initial process, tee...
<|im_start|>user How to refer my previous work without breaking double blind review process? I'm about to submit a paper to a CS conference that has a double blind review process, and that rejects papers that expose the authors' identity in the text. However, the work is an extension of a previous work we published la...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly is a Tensor?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For ELI5, it's better to give an example of a tensor than the actual definition. Suppose you have a cube made of clay. How many different ways are there to stretch it? Well, you could pull out on the top and bottom, stretching it vertic...
<|im_start|>user How does the “I want to teach but not be a research professor” after PhD route go Ignorant and naive phd student here. My plan a has always to work towards being a professor but the thought crosses my mind that I may just want to be a full time educator. What are the options like? I assume instructor p...
<|im_start|>user eli5 what are Computer “Drivers” After painstakingly installing printer drivers for a thermal printer at work I realized I still don’t truly understand what I was installing. (Bonus points if you can cover video card drivers too cause idk what drivers are In that sense either)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>ass...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Is logic subjective? (after a long time I still don't understand this, please help) Logic is the process of how things make sense for us. Everyone uses logic the same way.. In that sense, Logic is objective. In a debate there's often a perfectly logical argument dismissing another perfectly log...
<|im_start|>user Why do sunburns seem to "radiate" heat?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's simply a matter of 1) increased bloodflow to the area and 2) various biochemical processes involved in the healing. When your body senses the damage from sunburn, it activates the immune response, which triggers increased bloo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why don't all MLB baseball fields have the same dimensions?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are many dimensions that are the same, such as distance between bases, distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate, height and slope of the pitcher's mound, the minimum distance to the outfield f...
<|im_start|>user Do waves with lower frequency travel further than waves with higher frequency? What does frequency have to do with attenuation over distance? Does it depend on the amplitude or energy of the wave? Googling about this quickly got me more confused. What is the difference between Energy, Power and Intensi...
<|im_start|>user I've been out of high school for years now, but I distinctly remember my high school bio teacher telling the class how we're living paradoxes, something to the matter of "It's incredible how destructive oxygen is, yet how dependent aerobic organisms are on it." I tried rationalizing it as being somethi...
<|im_start|>user Why would an all-knowing and all powerful god want to be worshipped? I wanted some philosophy of religion perspectives on such a question. Worship is often taken for granted, I.e. if there is a God, then surely we must worship it. Has anyone put forth an argument to why God would command worship?<|im_e...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 the business model of "All drink sizes are the same price".<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Several comments touch on the foundation of this practice, but no one has really answered your question. The most common answer is *Fountain drinks are really cheap!* And, while that's true, it doesn't ex...
<|im_start|>user [General Fantasy] Why can't you just cast a spell to make you younger and use it again each time you become too old instead of becoming a lich or something? Even if you must do it every few years, it's not going to get any harder.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It depends on the setting. In Dungeons ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly is a conductor doing? In classical performances and stuff, besides keeping tempo in check. Is he really needed?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First, what you don't get to see while watching a performance is all the work a conductor has put into shaping the music. The conductor is m...
<|im_start|>user Why is causing children suffering as punishment via physical harm unacceptable but causing them suffering via mental harm (by say, isolating or boring them) acceptable? Obligatory “I’m not saying we should do x but just want to know why exactly”.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant How's three choices of h...
<|im_start|>user CMV: More people need to be educated about Net Neutrality before the public opinion surveys about it actually matter I am a big, big supporter of net neutrality. Commonly, people (especially on Reddit) will cite the fact that 83% of Americans, including 75% of Republicans, support net neutrality. Howev...
<|im_start|>user [Cowboy Bebop] How is it possible that the Bebop crew make enough money to maintain a spaceship but can barely afford food? It's been a while since I watched the anime, but I remember that the crew's hunger comes up often, living off bell peppers sans beef and cup noodles. Obviously a spaceship is an ...
<|im_start|>user [General SciFi] Aquatic aliens So I have been thinking and it seems reasonable to say that an aquatic or semi-aquatic species would have an easier time traveling in space and such because they can just pressurize water in their ships. Also they're used to not really having an up. What do you guys think...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Red, Green and Blue make all the colors for TVs/monitors... Why not Red, Yellow and Blue? We've all messed around with this function on a computer at some point, and I could never figure out why it was Green instead of Yellow. A simple color wheel would suggest this, right?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do so many businesses use computer programs that look like MS-DOS?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Changing a business computer system is like rebuilding your house while you're still living in it. It seems like a good idea at the time, so you start building new walls around the outside of yo...
<|im_start|>user What determines if a gene is recessive or dominant?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Genes aren't really recessive or dominant: they just code for proteins, and the particulars of the proteins determine what happens when you have a mix of both kinds. Let's say there's a particular process in your body ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: when a news story says something like "the fire caused $50 million in damage" how are they calculating the dollar amount?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Depending on the scope of the damage, they could get an estimate from the fire department. They know the extent of the damage, and can guestima...
<|im_start|>user What has changed in Darwin's theory since the publication of the Origin of Species? I'm curious as to how much Darwin's theory may have changed due to modern science. Obviously due to the advancement in genetics, we have a better understanding of how evolution occurs, but has anything in the theory maj...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I don't see the point in marriage. If two people want to be in a relationship, they don't need an official certificate Obviously depending on your area/jurisdiction there may be some legal/tax benefits etc to getting married, but I'm discounting them for the purposes of this post. The fact remains...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Is it possible that something (nothing in particular) we consider "true" in math could not be true For example, what if we found out 6^0 (6 to the 0th power) does not actually equal 1? How would that affect what we know about mathematics? Is this question even feasible?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assis...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What even is plastic?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You've probably heard that everything is made up of atoms. Well, atoms come together in different ways to form unique molecules. Sugar is a molecule, for example. Plastics are very special molecules called polymers. These polymers are made u...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are underwater tunnel highways, like the Lincoln and Holland Tunnel, built? edit: Thank you for all the responses! I learned so much :) and to those of you who were like "why can't you just google it" I DID. That's why I made this post, because I was left answerless and confused. Believe it...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: this wonky jet stream giving planes the extra speed from a tailwind. What happens if a 777 breaks the sound barrier? How bad can this extra fast jet stream really be for commercial travel? Is it dangerous? Do planes have ways to slow down if they get caught in it? Edit: wow. Lots of information...
<|im_start|>user How far can we travel away from Earth? I'm taking a Cosmology class right now, and I recently watched [this kurzgesagt video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL4yYHdDSWs) about our absolute boundary in the universe. So far in class we've mostly just been going over the expansion of the universe, so I t...
<|im_start|>user If gravity is the bending of space-time, then how can there be a graviton - a single particle of gravity? I just don't get that part. The presence of matter causes space-time to warp, and it is this warped space-time which we experience as gravity - at least that's how I've heard it explained many time...
<|im_start|>user I believe that STEM majors are inherently superior to Humanities majors. CMV. STEM majors are demonstrably useful: they have countless practical applications. The society we live in today is so great precisely because of the merits of science and technology. They are also based in truth and fact. In s...
<|im_start|>user Can isolated mountains like Erebor, the Lonely Mountain from LOTR actually exist in real life? You usually find a mountain as a part of a mountain chain. Is it possible for geological phenomena to favor the formation of a fairly large mountain that exists in isolation, without being a part of a mountai...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Many on the left focus too much on white privilege I believe that white privilege does exist, at least to a degree. Some amount of ardent white supremacists still exist, and a larger number of people who hold discriminatory views without being hostile also exist. This is a problem, and I support e...
<|im_start|>user [Marvel] Does Spiderman have any Martial Arts Training or is it all just Spidersense?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Through experience and trial and error he has essentially developed his own bespoke form of martial arts that exploits his enhanced agility and spider sense. When he lost his Spider se...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is nothing wrong with a non-obese guy dating an obese woman, and people who think otherwise are bigots I'm using a throwaway because this concerns me personally and some of my friends know my regular account name. I hope that's okay with the mods. I'm a young guy (average attractiveness, unf...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can cgi be used to cast objects on thin air like they do in football matches without the need of a green screen which is used in movies My understanding of a green screen is that the green screen defines the cast space on which an image or a video is cast on. Any space which isnt green isnt d...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Our current "world leaders" are incapable of the necessary change required to avert climate change. In light of the most recent [IPCC report](http://www.ipcc.ch/) and my own reading of [Ugo Bardi's *Extracted*](http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/extracted:paperback) it seems clear to me th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How was Germany under Nazi army able to find the money to fund WW2 when their economy was in shambles just a few years ago?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I just wish to highlight there's a good page on wikipedia that goes into depth about this. But in short, almost instantly after ceasing powe...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Having racial dating criteria isn't racist People can have racial dating preferences and it shouldn't be problematic or labeled as "racist". To clear the water, I want to state that I personally don't have any racial dating preferences, although I have a huge soft spot towards wavy-curly haired wo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What are the differences between lumen, lux and candela and why do i need to know? We were talking about it in school and i understood nothing.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lumens are how much light is emitted by a light source. Lux is how bright a surface is (lux = lumens/m^(2)). Candela is ...
<|im_start|>user How much energy would you need to create different types of mass, such as sub atomic particles, or even whole atoms?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In general you need energy equivalent to the amount of mass you want to create, according to Einstein's mass-energy equivalence. In practice, if you want ...
<|im_start|>user A lecturer, on a side note, said that if at all possible, always stay as far away from C and C++ and use other tools instead. Does this make any sense? I'm still fairly new to programming, so I'm just wondering here. If I were to build software like, say, Photoshop or Pro Tools, **what other options w...
<|im_start|>user I've heard it reflects badly if you do your PhD at the same place as your undergrad. Is the same true if you have a different undergrad but a Masters and PhD from the same institution? I'm currently in a terminal Masters program which results in not only the degree but a industry credential, thus why I...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How does the human heart seemingly keep going as a muscle without fail through years while other muscles in our body get fatigued within minutes or hours?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cardiac muscle cells contain more mitochondria than skeletal muscle, meaning each cell has more available energ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If a dog's hearing is better than a humans, why don't dogs seem uncomfortable when the TV volume is loud?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You're working from the presumption that "better" hearing means they perceive volume to be magnified, however this is not the case. Think about humans with di...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do they translate made up words when translating something like Lord of the Rings into a language with a writing system like Chinese or Japanese?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Not sure about Chinese, but in Japanese it would be translated as faithfully as possible phonetically, since Japane...
<|im_start|>user I've finished "Imagined Communities" by Benedict Anderson, what are some further interesting reads that corresponds with his ideas, whether as a critique or a further build?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Here are a few suggestions of texts that address some of the same questions that Anderson grapple...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does Israel spy on the US?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Everyone spies on everyone as much as they are able if they are smart. Making decisions requires information. If you don't have correct information then you are less capable of making the right decisions. Therefore if you value makin...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When a zygote first begins to divide in the womb, how do the new cells "know" what to differentiate into? How does a "kidney cell" know that it's a "kidney cell" and not a "brain cell" or a "nose cell"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Each cell in your body contains your entire DNA sequence, or g...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 , How do windsurfers get back to where they started if the wind is only blowing one way? The only way I can think that this would be possible is if the wind was blowing directly onshore? Edit: thanks for all the well thought out replies. I think I’ve got it figured out know, I’ve always Been a b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: 1/X^n = X^-n<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The relationship between different powers is as follows: You can get from X^n to X^(n-1) by dividing the former by X. That is, X^n divided by X equals X^(n-1) Given that X^1 equals X, we can use the above rule to find X^0. X^0 is X^1 divided by X. ...
<|im_start|>user Physics question, if stars moving away/towards Earth appear blue/red shifted, how do we know their colours are red/blue because they are moving, and not just that they are a red/blue coloured star that’s relatively stationary? (I hope this makes sense, I wrote this whilst very sleepy, and also I can’t ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I don't understand why we put so much into taking care of very disabled people To preface this I am not saying we shouldn't help them at all as that would be very inhumane I don't understand why we funnel so much time and money into trying to make them suitable for simple things like wiping your...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why does the body make SO MUCH snot during a cold? The presence of snot makes sense I guess, but why does the body make so damn much of it? How could leaking enough fluid to damage surrounding skin and half-drown a person be productive?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant What's important to understa...
<|im_start|>user [Saw Film Series] How is Jigsaw able to almost psychically know people's darkest secrets? Like the bystander who saw Jeff's son get killed, or the woman who smothered her baby?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant He was an engineer with a knack for picking up subtlety, seeing how things worked and understa...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Knowledge is valuable in so far as it is useful. The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is pointless.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's difficult, if not impossible, to say what knowledge will or won't be useful before it's acquired. Einstein's theory of general relativity seems, at its surf...
<|im_start|>user Death penalty, Correction centers and society It is quite easy to jump to judgement of someone who killed, raped another human being. Lock them up and throw away the key right? Who’s with me? Well it is my hope that as a society, we can say wait lets hold on for a second. Doesn’t that make us animals, ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can parrots imitate human speech, but our closest relatives, chimpanzees and gorillas, cannot?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Primates have vocal cords which are used to make sound, then your mouth and tongue to form that sound (humming) into more distinct sounds used for words. Human vocal...