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<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is war profitable I was wondering this when I debated war with my brother who said, that at least war and tax money going to the us army is not wasted, since war is profitable. But how is war profitable? The Iraq war cost 5 trillion dollars, which is more money than exists in the entire wor...
<|im_start|>user Does repeated exposure to COVID after initial exposure increase the severity of sickness? I’ve read that viral load seems to play a part in severity of COVID infection, my question is this: Say a person is exposed to a low viral load and is infected, then within the next 24-72 hours they are exposed a...
<|im_start|>user How are musical tastes developed? And do musical tastes necessarily have an effect on how a person behaves or acts? I've always been curious about this. Specifically, I'm wondering if someone has never heard music until they're 16 years old, and start listening to a broad range of genres, how would th...
<|im_start|>user Why are most moons tidally locked? With the exception of Pluto's smaller moons, all the moons in the Solar System are, to my knowledge, tidally locked with their respective planets. Why is this? Wikipedia says, &gt; Most major moons in the Solar System, the gravitationally rounded satellites, are tid...
<|im_start|>user [Corruption of Champions] Wouldn't dealing with... well, everything drive a human insane? This protagonist is confronted with demons, goblins, person sized bees, constant risk of pregnancy (even if male), repeated risk of death, and somehow, the character seems almost completely normal in conversation,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how original parts or models of machinery is made. How are machines parts made so exactly. I assume there is a master model that all lives are made from but how are those master models created so precisely and how are they measured.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's a variety of manufacturi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why did humans seemingly evolve to be unsuited for living in nature? * We struggle to survive in cold or wet climates without clothing and shelter * We have limited vision in low light * We can't see clearly underwater * Our babies require constant care and oversight for first couple years of lif...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's DOMA and why is it considered unconstitutional?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a couple of arguments, mostly to do with ennumerated powers, equal protection and full faith and credit. The 10th Amendment says in part that any power not specifically given ('ennumerated') to the ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Can someone briefly explain chaos theory and any modern practices/uses of it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most mathematical functions we use regularly are relatively well-behaved: if you take a few inputs and their respective outputs (both of which can be multiple variables) you can predict w...
<|im_start|>user What would happen if every child born had $X put into an 18 year trust and when they turned 18 that money could either be used for college, or help starting adult life? This could be much more intricate, but couldn’t this be some sort of “free college” compromise<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Quick M...
<|im_start|>user How were roots and logarithms inititially calculated without the use of calculators? Right now all I do is use the root, log or ln button in my calculator and it spits the answer out. Is there a systematical way of calculating this by hand?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are methods that can be ...
<|im_start|>user Why is there discrete states of matter, as opposed to a continuous “spectrum” of matter? Why does matter go through discrete phases of solid → liquid → gas, rather than a continuous change going through a “buttery” or “syrup”-esque phase?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant At the atomic level, the tempera...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Religion should not have any legal protection from the government beyond free speech. If I make a facebook post saying "I love Jesus", and my boss fires me because he saw it, I can sue him (if I can prove it). If I make a Facebook post talking about how I believe in aliens and the NWO is out to g...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do seeds know which way is up? So I was doing some gardening with my 9yo daughter and we moved on to planting some seeds. She was studying them carefully before dropping them into the holes in the compost. I asked her why and she said that she was trying to make sure she planted them the righ...
<|im_start|>user If you introduced a near-vacuum at, say, -20C, what would happen to an ice cube? I know boiling points are dependent on pressure (if you put water in a vacuum bell at room temperature, you can induce boiling without changing temperature), but I'm not sure what happens to solids / melting points.<|im_en...
<|im_start|>user What do professors/postdocs look for in undergrad students wanting to volunteer in their lab? Are there any particular qualities they look for? I've been told that they just assume undergrads have no research experience and I'm guessing it isn't as big a factor as it might be with grad students/postdoc...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Nearly all problems in history are caused by the human obsession with categorization While we can say "money causes all the problems! Look at the wars for oil!" or "religion causes the problems! Look at the crusades!" and so on, these things are true but I believe it all stems from our innate "des...
<|im_start|>user How do photographers make the sun/moon look massive? [Like this](http://imgur.com/1EGovcg)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Simply by zooming in with powerful lenses on far away objects. Think about the size of the moon relative to other objects on the far horizon- a tree may appear to be the same size ...
<|im_start|>user Finance vs Economics How can we differentiate Finance and Economic. Or can we ? Is stock market a topic under finance or economics.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Finance is one tiny subfield within economics. The stock market is a topic in Finance, which is one subject within this tiny subfield of ec...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What does exactly happen in your brain when you try to remember something but cannot and then you remember it out of nowhere after a while<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are different parts to memory, one of which is memory recall. There are also standardized ways in which the brain can es...
<|im_start|>user What is the importance of the prime numbers? I've often wondered what the importance of prime numbers are, since they seem to be stressed in mathematics. I've asked this question many times (this is the first time I've asked reddit), and I either get my question "answered" with a question, or a smarmy ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5. Why does recovery from an injury or cut, takes longer time for a person with high blood sugar than a normal person<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Non-enzymatic glycosylation from high concentrations of circulating blood glucose causes microvascular damage (tissue level), damage to normal cells a...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I genuinely think Breath of the Wild is an overrated game. Greetings! I think that Breath of the Wild (for either Wii U or Switch) is an overrated game which is exclusively appreciated by the nostalgic fanbase, and I think it fucking sucks. Let me just say that I DO have the game for Switch, but...
<|im_start|>user What's stopping Open Access journals Can someone explain to me why publishing research papers can't just be like submitting code to Github? Why do you have to go to a publisher when you have to pay them and they put your paper behind a paywall?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Who coordinates peer revie...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why don't car manufacturers make all cars as visually appealing as Ferrari's or Lamborghini's?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's a lot of reasons but I'll try to come up with a shorter list - 1.) form follows function. There's no way to make a car that looks like an exotic sports car tha...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why is it that when we yawn our hearing decreases massively for a second or two?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your throat is connected to your ears by tubes that allow pressure to equalize between the inner and outer ear. This is why yawning can help pop your ears, by manipulating those tubes....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is alimony paid for people without kids?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If one of the partners was not working, it is assumed that they were bringing other things to the marriage (keeping up the house, cooking, yard work, entertaining, etc.), and that these things were a benefit to the worki...
<|im_start|>user How does eye color change? I know that some people have eye colors that change noticeably and that children may have blue eyes that change color as they get older. How/why does this happen? Edit: Also please answer kwagener's potential color changes "Mine go from dark brown to bright green depending o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did shampoo become popular if there aren't any benefits to using it? I can see why once people start using it they don't want to stop due to greasy hair, but why did it start if its not useful? Also, if there are benefits that I don't know about, what are they?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What distinguishes light that reflects on a window and light that travels through? If you go to a window, you can obviously see out of it and also see your own reflection to an extent. My question is: someone on the other side of the window can also see you in the window. So, if a photon of light...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 the difference between colonialism and imperialism And why is colonialism painted as much darker? Isn't imperialism just colonialism within the same continent?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant **Imperialism** is one nation taking over another nation's land or territory and establishing political an...
<|im_start|>user What does synthetic a priori knowledge have to do with the thing-in-itself? In other words … how do they relate to each other? These are two separate, but related, theories, right? According to Kant, the thing-in-itself is impossible to know, but any possibility of metaphysical knowledge will be that o...
<|im_start|>user [Superheroes] I just discovered I have superpowers; what job will let me support myself but also give me the most flexibility to fight crime? Character Background * 21-year-old that lives in New York City * A high school graduate, they began working and living on their own as soon as they graduated * ...
<|im_start|>user If it is moral to live in restraint, why do only sick people do so? Hello everyone, I need existential help! A puzzle troubles me endlessly. I can't decide between morality and meaning. If it is not absolutely moral to live a meaningful life, and if it is not absolutely meaningful to live a moral life...
<|im_start|>user On what topics have philosophers reached a general concensus? Some background on me so as to explain why I'm asking the question: I've taken two undergraduate level philosophy classes, one general introductory course and another on Existentialism. My question stems from the fact that in both of these c...
<|im_start|>user Can mitochonrial DNA control RNA instructions, imposing a threat to transcription sequences in organisms (specifically mammalian)? Mitochondrial DNA is exposed to genetic mutations, as is the Nucleic DNA. In humans, mitochondrial DNA provides instructions for making molecules called transfer RNA (tRNA)...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do non-English speaking programmers write code? Are there translations for popular languages or do they simply memorize what the English words do (like print, for, loop, etc.)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant We code in English using the English keywords but it's common to see things such as m...
<|im_start|>user [WAKANDA] How does wakanda prosper with luxurious economy if it never shared it's natural resources with the world ? This always confused me even in the comics. (Lol its*)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1. lack of colonization prevented their natural resources from being plundered. 2. vibranium allo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do you text in Chinese? To my understanding, the Chinese language is composed of complex characters that usually represent words. So how do you text with a language on a limited keyboard?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Pinyin and knowing the tones. Chinese has a writing script based on rom...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is cancer so common in some organs, and so rare in others? You always hear about breast, skin, lung, and colon cancers for example, but things like brain, pancreatic, and stomach cancers seem to be so much more uncommon. Are some types of cells more susceptible to damage than others, or are s...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do hospitals use stainless steel instead of antimicrobial copper alloys? Go into any medical facility and it looks like everything in there is made of stainless steel, but hospital acquired infections are a serious problem. Wouldn't antimicrobial copper or brass for equipment and tools reduce...
<|im_start|>user Why don't sealed terrariums explode? Is it balanced so perfectly that the oxygen released by the plants is utilised by microorganisms that in turn provide carbon dioxide and nitrogen/waste, which feeds the plants and the cycle restarts? I'd just imagine there being some offset that causes gas accumulat...
<|im_start|>user I can't afford to pay Jstor $18 for every article I don't have access to. What's the best way to pirate philosophy? I was making a reading list for the summer, and there's so many articles [like this one](http://www.jstor.org/stable/40441225) that I don't have access to through my university. What site...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can a refrigerator from 1943 still function perfectly but cars need their air conditioning recharged after only a few years? I always assumed they were both simply heat pumps, so why does one run out of juice so fast?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Automotive refrigeration uses many rubber s...
<|im_start|>user Can the brain hold infinite information, or does it have a finite capacity once reached max you will have to start "forgetting/deleting" some of those information?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As some others have pointed out, there is probably a theoretical upper bound for the information capacity o...
<|im_start|>user What's your best case for or against a materialistic view of life? I, a questioning atheist, have been dealing with the reality of my imminent death recently. Though I did find solace in the anecdote "The materialistic view (in that the physical reality is the only reality) is not a fact, but simply a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do windows on the ISS and other spacecraft not fog up? Since it is extremely cold in outer space, moisture in the air inside a spacecraft should condensate on the inside of the windows. How is this prevented?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Condensation on your windows occurs because the heat...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do cooked vegetables grow bacteria (and therefore must be refrigerated) but raw vegetables don't? If I buy a pack of raw bell peppers and tomatoes, I can leave them out of the fridge for a week and they're still ok to eat. When they eventually go bad it's because they rotted, not because ther...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: if brain damage occurs after about 4 minutes without oxigen, how can the world record for apnea be almost 25 minutes? I'm first year in med school but I'm afraid this is physiology, which is a subject I haven't started yet. Feel free to explain this like you would to a first year med student inst...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why the death penalty cost so much ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lawyers fees through many court cases. You go through tons and tons of court appeals and trials etc before being executed. It's also a lengthy process lasting many years in most cases, so they also have to pay for your jail cost...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] What would have happened if Vader found out that Leia was his daughter rather than finding out Luke was his son?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For this to happen, a lot of things need to happen differently. Firstly, Vader found out about Luke when he and the Emperor looked into the pil...
<|im_start|>user Does a change in the curvature of space-time literally change the shape of a local object?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First it helps to think that objects, as defined and perceived by humans, are fundamentally manifestations of fields in space-time; you can't separate them. Now if you draw a circ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a microscope not show the microbes on its own lens? I hope I worded that correctly so you can understand my question. So I'm pretty much thinking "Ok, so a microscope is essentially a big 'zoomer' - it'll show everything in front of it magnified by... a bunch. So, there are germs on eve...
<|im_start|>user Other than humans, are there any known species on Earth that have increased their natural lifespans?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant let's modify this to: Are there any cases where geographically separate groups of the same species have different lifespans that correlates with some seemingly benign beh...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do bankrupt companies still operate? I read all the time about major companies filing for bankruptcy, but still operating. Do they not have to close their doors and attempt to liquidate assets to pay back debts?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are different types of bankrupcy, usually d...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Quantum Computing<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Quantum computing is another way of processing data. Much like your computer has a sound card and a graphics card, computers will one day have quantum cards for solving problems known as "intractable." These intractable problems are very difficu...
<|im_start|>user CMV:Public schools should have a later start time Public schools should have a late start. Waking up at 6:30 every morning for a child under the age of 18 is physically exhausting. I have gone to public schools for 13 years, having to wake up at 6:30. I can say first hand that my first 2 classes in the...
<|im_start|>user CMV: If a religious person truly believed their texts were sacred, they would devote a far greater amount of time to studying them I find it very very strange that religious people (of any denomination, but I primarily encounter Christians) claim to believe that their text is sacred, directly created o...
<|im_start|>user [Contact] How much do Terran scientists and engineers know about the machine they're building? They're apparently building it from scratch, and the machine seems to create effects that are not replicable with current technology. It's been suggested that the supposed failure of the machine was publicly ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do bodies know to "stop growing"? What tells the body to only grow your bones, organs etc to a certain size?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When the fetus grows, it turns on programs of genes, including triggers to stop. These programs can in turn trigger other programs until all the necessa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does sugar get viscous (form a syrup) at high concentration but salt doesn't? I just had a flash back to trying to thicken something as a kid with salt but it never got syrupy. The sugar isn't forming polymers is it? What is it about about sugar that can make a syrup but salt cannot?<|im_end|...
<|im_start|>user What happens at molecular level when water douses fire?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Fire requires three things to continue. 1. Access to Oxygen 2. Temperatures above the combustion temperature of the fuel 3. Fuel Water can remove two of these, but when it is generally used it just lowers tempera...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are countries that have languages that depend on tone able to have a music industry? This really may be an absolutely stupid question, but it’s been bugging me for a long time. Mandarin for instance is highly dependent on tone changes to say different words, but (pop)music takes away that abi...
<|im_start|>user [DC] Is Superman's loose hair-lock accidental or on purpose? Does he use some kind of Kryptonian hair gel to hold it in place?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Normal hair care products work. His hair is incredibly strong, but it doesn't have a lot of leverage to resist styling. It's not like it has any...
<|im_start|>user Why can I block most of the light when I hold my hand between me and a light source, but I can't block most of the sound when I hold my hand between me and a sound source?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Diffraction. Light and sound are both waves, and all waves exhibit five common behaviours: 1) Refl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Does exercise and eating healthy "unclog" our arteries? Or do our arteries build up plaque permanently? Is surgery the only way to actually remove the plaque in our arteries? Is a person who used to eat unhealthy for say, 10 years, and then begins a healthy diet and exercise always at risk for a ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Whats a transistor do? In all my technology classes everyone is like "yeah transistors make modern computing possible, now we don't need vacuum tubes" but no one bothers to say what a transistor does, even in my digital electronics class in high school, it was just like this is what a transistor ...
<|im_start|>user Would discovering that the universe was actually infinite or finite change anything regarding our understanding of physics?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If a particle is confined to a finite volume its allowed energies become discrete and quantized. However, if the size of that volume increases to ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Are sweatshop workers better off if their factories close down? I assume people work for sweatshops (I'm talking about adults here) because they have no better option. Would they be better off if the sweatshops closed down? What else would they do for money?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If y...
<|im_start|>user CMV: We are not good. I think most people are morally average with the possibility of turning morally horrible. OP edit(note): I cannot feasibly respond to everyone however I’ll go through as many as I can and award Delta to those who either make me question my position or change something about it! ...
<|im_start|>user Is it ethical for me to abandon vegetarianism? Recently, a study came out suggesting microdeficiencies of things like omega-3 (found exclusively in fish) and Vitamin B12 (found in red meat) are tied to mental health issues, specifically depression. The chance of a false positive was calculated at less...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why is it that we always see so many new awesome ways to fight cancer and yet it seems nothing of it is ever being used? I mean, I see articles every week here on reddit about a new way to kill cancer cells etc. And it's been like that for years and yet none of these ever seem to be used to actual...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When species get brought back from the brink of extinction there has to be a lot of inbreeding. How high is the risk that mutated features will change or derail the species?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mutations occur randomly, but if one had a mutation it would become more prevalent in the p...
<|im_start|>user CMV: "It's not my job to educate you" is not an effective way to get allies I understand people suffer prejudice and get killed because of it and this is our problem as a society to fix. We should all be worried about racism, sexism, lgbtphobia and so on. And I know it's tiring to keep answering stupid...
<|im_start|>user Karl Poppers critiques of Marx I’ve seen someone say that if any Marxist read Karl Poppers critiques of Marx they would stop being Marxists. I’ve only seen strawman critiques of Marx from most liberal thinkers. Could someone inform me on what Karl Poppers critiques of Marx are is there any merit to the...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 As someone from the UK, why are there only 2 main political parties in the US? In Europe/most of the world, there are lots of political parties, but the US has 2, why?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant **The 3 Most Commonly Cited Factors:** 1. First-Past-The-Post Voting: In much of Europe, parties ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If not steroids/PEDs, how do we continually set world records in running, swimming, etc.? I understand the basic idea that we can run faster today in the 100M or swim faster than 100 years ago or 50 years ago because of improved techniques, nutrition, better training and sports science, etc. But ...
<|im_start|>user Does the atomspheric pressure increase when more co2 is produced?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Very slightly, yes. Although scientists generally prefer the metric system, it can be very useful to think of pressure in terms of imperial units. When we say the pressure at sea level is "14.7 pounds per...
<|im_start|>user PhD in Computer Science -- Do you get time off/take vacation over the summer? I have been hearing people say that they treat their PhD like a 9-5 job. Do you also get breaks over the summer or take days off for a month or so to travel/relax? Or is it work all year round. Let's assume I am talking about...
<|im_start|>user Is the average human being closer to the size of the entire observable universe or closer to 1 planck lenght? On a scale that ranges from 1 plank lenght to 93 billion light years where would the average human being fall on that scale? would we fall towards the lower end or the upper end of the scale?<|...
<|im_start|>user What are the mechanisms by which mass protests influence political actors? Ok -- so there's a ton of people out on the streets. Why and how and who precisely does that affect governmental leaders? Is it that certain certain business leaders fear a loss of business, and so pressure the political leader...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Résumé's should contain tenure lengths rather than dates to avoid discrimination Having recently helped a few former colleagues with job applications, it occurred to me that a simple "fix" could help eliminate a few forms of discrimination. Common practice on a résumé is to list prior work and ed...
<|im_start|>user Doesn't a mathematical statement/theorem, etc. depend on the axioms you use, the logic you use in your proof, and proof methods you accept? Mathematical equations are often treated as hard and fast truths. However, a mathematical 'truth' can be different depending on what axioms you are working with (...
<|im_start|>user If one calorie, when burned produces enough energy to raise the temp of a litre of water by one degree. If I burn 100 calories, could I boil that same litre?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant NOTE: A calorie is not a Calorie (aka, kilocalorie, food calorie). One Calorie (the measurement used for food) is...
<|im_start|>user How clean is water in the middle of the ocean in comparison to the water near the shores? Also, if we had to resort to filtering water from an ocean where would be the most ideal point to do it at?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The measure of 'cleanliness' would certainly depend on what type of conta...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Chaos Theory<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If you run a simulation of something large and complex, like for instance the weather, you can plug in the relevant measurements for humidity, wind speed and direction etc. the output will be a similar set of numbers which you can then use to predict t...
<|im_start|>user I do not believe that "Free Will" is a coherent concept. CMV I have never heard a precise definition of free will. It seems to be a very important philosophical concept, but I can not think of a way to distinguish a world in which people have free will from a world in which they do not. Because of this...
<|im_start|>user Could you please explain Bayesian Probability to me? I've tried reading the wikipedia page, but it's a bit dense, and while reading the simple.wikipedia version helps understand *what* it is, it doesn't help me understand *how* to apply it.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Bayesian probability is a math...
<|im_start|>user Why do fruits get bruised? Specifically Apples, Pears, and Bananas. If they get bumped or banged around, why do they discolor on the inside?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Fruit contains an enzyme called polyphenoloxidase as well as phenolic compounds. When the fruit is intact they are seperated by c...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why is it sometimes a popular connotation to assume that attractive people are less intelligent than others?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 2 Primary reasons: Anecdotal evidence, people thinking instances of it and generalizing. Compensation thinking... people seem to have an unfounded belief t...
<|im_start|>user CMV: America is already a police state, the public just hasn't admitted it yet. Edit: I think I may have overestimated the problem, due in part to my sources, and in part to my zealousness. Many comments so far have pointed out that even if all of this were true, it would not constitute a police state....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did people on the Apollo missions knew the specifics of the moon? I'm reading a lot about the beginnings of space exploration, and especially the early missions from soviet Russia and USA with the moon landing goal. But what I read from now is that most of the "complicated" things were about ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did we know how to translate between different languages. Let's say for the first time in human history, someone tried to translate something from Chinese into English or vice-versa. How would they know what the right words and sentence structure were in the other language?<|im_end|> <|im_sta...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: why can't metal be clear?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Typically, the same properties that make metals conductive (the way they move electrons) makes them opaque. Color and transparency relate to how photons (light) interacts with a material. So something is transparent when photons can pass t...
<|im_start|>user [Men in Black] What becomes MIB's role on an Earth where humanity meets an alien race after becoming a spacefaring species? So I work at MIB headquarters, and it may have been brought up in orientation, but I can't recall what the protocol is in the event of humanity's ascension to an interstellar spec...
<|im_start|>user What established philosophical concepts might be most relevant to the issues being brought up by Antiwork? Beyond the summarized versions some of the most prolific theories in philosophy, I'm largely ignorant of philosophical literature. I've been lurking r/Antiwork, and I've been growing more interest...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The "Harry Potter" books make absolutely no sense if we are supposed to believe that the magic world where they are set exists within our own, real world. "Harry Potter" is supposed to take place in a magical world that exists within our own world, unbeknownst to us non-magical people or "muggles....
<|im_start|>user Why is it so hard (or impossible) to keep our hands steady? I mean, I don't have particularly shaky hands, but if I shine a laser pointer across the room, the dot isn't going to be stationary. Somewhat related (or maybe not), why is it so hard to control our bodies in general? For example: typos, mist...
<|im_start|>user If vaccines work by introducing a small amount of a foreign substance to your body to trigger an immune response to develop resistance, why don’t allergies work the same when they also trigger an immune response when exposed to something foreign to the body?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Allergies ar...
<|im_start|>user Why do energy saturated systems have negative Kelvin temperatures? I'm doing thermodynamics homework, and I'm having trouble with a problem that requires temperatures below 0K. What does this mean, and how are negative Kelvin temperatures (which I thought wasn't possible) achieved? Does it mean that ...