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<|im_start|>user Why does sexual fetishism exist and, moreover, why are some fetishes more common than others?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I just finished a Human Sexuality class, and our professor showed us studies in which fetishism developed due to early sexual experiences, many times including trauma, stress, o...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] How long do the effects from a Jedi Mind Trick last? I heard about a Jedi during the Old Republic who used his Force powers to tell a guy to stop selling death sticks and go home to rethink his life. Would this guy actually turn away from selling these drugs for good or just until he realiz...
<|im_start|>user Is the spiciness of peppers intended to persuade or dissuade animals from eating them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant "The seeds of Capsicum plants are dispersed predominantly by birds: in birds, the TRPV1 channel does not respond to capsaicin or related chemicals in birds (avian vs mammalian TRPV1 sh...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 what is Gauge Symmetry?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Imagine you're trying to measure the length of a piece of string using a ruler. You place one end of the string at one end of the ruler, and the other end reaches the 10cm mark. However, you could also put the first end of the string at 10cm,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 how ivy, poison ivy, Virginia creeper, any other fast growing vine or plant, don't take over an entire area and destroy a forest?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Every living creature has a limit of size produced by the physics of their biology. While the capillary effect can transfer water very ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does your skin 'dent in' when wearing e.g. a too tight wrist band or bra strap or rubber band? What happens to the cells? What process allows them to bound back in place and is there any damages? Why does it get reddish?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There is water in three places in your b...
<|im_start|>user would it be possible that firing unproductive workers would actually shrink the economy at a macro level? let's say that a worker's marginal cost (their wage) is higher than their marginal revenue product, making them a net burden to the firm. in this case evidently an unproductive worker like this wou...
<|im_start|>user CMV: People identify too much with being either an introvert or an extrovert I think most people are sometimes one and sometimes the other. Identifying too strongly as an introvert means that you miss out on things. Identifying too strongly as an extrovert makes you loud and obnoxious. The issue part...
<|im_start|>user If I shine a laser pointer north and another south, from the perspective of the photons traveling north, wouldn't the photons traveling south be traveling twice the speed of light? How does this not violate the constant speed of light?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Velocities don't add linearly, they...
<|im_start|>user What did Camus mean by "there are truths, but no truth"? I'm reading through The Myth of Sisyphus, and in it Camus says, &gt;Of whom and of what indeed can I say: “I know that!” This heart within me I can feel, and I judge that it exists. This world I can touch, and I likewise judge that it exists. T...
<|im_start|>user What determines a material's heat capacity? Why is water's so high? This question came to me at 1:30AM in bed thinking about *why* we actually boil stuff in water: it has high heat capacity so it spreads the heat evenly and stays hot after we turn off the heat (or put out the fire) But yeah water seem...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Mon Calamari vision Do Mon Calamari have binocular vision and if so, what is the binocular field of view? Do they have difficulty looking forward?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are plenty of images where both of their eyes can clearly be seen from a point somewhere in front of them,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do antiviruses first discover malware? If someone creates a new piece of malware, like a botnet or virus, how does the antivirus company find the malware in the first place, so that they can include it in their AV database. Obviously it's pretty simple to detect things that completely wreck y...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: Why do Children that have gone missing for days, weeks or longer think they've only been gone for much less time? What happens to the human psyche under high stress situation, especially that of children?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant u/Novembergirl83 has provided a pretty thorough explanation,...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars]What kind of food can allow the more than 30,000 crew members of the Star Destroyer to live in the Star Destroyer for 2 years? There are more than 30,000 crew members in the Star Destroyer, and the consumables they carry can allow them to survive in space for 2 years. If it is conventional f...
<|im_start|>user [HP] Why do wizards not fix most physical disabilites/problems When Hermione went to the nurse to have her teeth fixed the implication was that it was fairly easily done. So long as it hasn't been curse off they can reattach limbs relatively easily, but they can't fix Harry or Dumbledores sight issues?...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does something become a commodity and what does that mean for public access to the item - like water, gold etc?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Generally commodities are less expensive than otherwise due to the greater competition between suppliers. If you want gold then any gold will do from...
<|im_start|>user [Mass Effect 2]Why is Shepard solving all of his squadmates issues? Isn’t there more pressing matters, like the extinction of the galaxy by the reapers? Can’t their daddy/mummy issues wait until after?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Resolving personal deep issues is pretty important in not dying when ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What makes a scientific study a good one? what are the best practices? Like, control groups, placebo, whatever. I don't have much knowledge about it. And how to check when some study seems reliable but it's actually flawed? Thanks.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's almost impossible to tell i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:what is information (referring Black Hole Information Paradox) i understand the logic behind the conservation of matter and energy, but i just can't grasp my head around why the information about the state of a system needs to also be preserved. if i take an apple and I dismantle it until it is n...
<|im_start|>user Why is a Chihuahua and Mastiff the same species but a different 'breed', while a bird with a slightly differently shaped beak from another is a different 'species'? If we fast-forwarded 5 million years - humanity and all its currently fauna are long-gone. Future paleontologists dig up two skeletons - o...
<|im_start|>user Would LIGO results improve if there were a third branch perpendicular to the existing two?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Yes, you would have increased sensitivity to some waves that do not propagate in the correct orientation to the current setup. However as it would have to be built directly into th...
<|im_start|>user Can better nutrition in a person's 20s make up for poor nutrition in childhood and adolescence ? During childhood years (8-12) i never had good nutrition. I often ate junk food especially like chips etc. even though i was hungry. In adolescence unfortunately money was tight so i did not eat well either...
<|im_start|>user AskScience AMA Series: We are climate scientists here to talk about the important individual choices you can make to help mitigate climate change. Ask us anything! Hi! We are Seth Wynes and Kimberly Nicholas, authors of a recent scientific study that found the four most important choices individuals in...
<|im_start|>user What happens to meat when it cooks? On a molecular level, what happens?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Proteins, which are molecules that generally speaking are specifically folded up chains of amino acids, denature and become tangled. Fat deposits in adipose tissue, and oils and stuff stored in vesi...
<|im_start|>user If i have a human fingerprint of just the index finger ,can an ai generate the rest of the palm's prints if the AI is trained with a huge dataset of human palms and will it be accurate?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The fingerprints form by how the skin develops in the womb. This is a random process...
<|im_start|>user How stable is the human oral microbiome against disruptions like mouthwash? If I use alcohol mouthwash will my mouth microbiome be back to the same amount and species ratio by my next meal? Several meals? Or never quite the same again?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This varies from person to person, ...
<|im_start|>user We've cloned sheep. We've cloned a lot of mice. Some folks want to clone mammoths. How hard is it to clone a tree? I was reading recently about a species of mahogany that yielded the finest furniture ever made--so fine, in fact, that it went extinct from over-use. With all the recent talk about resurre...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we feel stupid around people we like even if we're not acting or doing anything stupid?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's because you have a heightened perception of their competence. You laugh at their dumb jokes because you like them, even if the jokes aren't funny if told by someone ...
<|im_start|>user Isn't the free prisoner in allegory of the cave still ignorant? The prisoner who escapes the cave and now sees his previous truth for the false perception it is, now accepts this new truth as the ultimate truth, why? Shouldn't someone who just learnt that their truth was false be able to consider that ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: I'm laying naked in bed when someone breaks into my house, steals something and leaves. I bolt out after them without any clothes on. Can I get into legal trouble for being nude while chasing a criminal?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Legality is a difficult subject, because the legal system was...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is modern day camouflage pixelated?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The pixelation softens the edges of the large scale pattern and makes the outlines, and thus the underlying objects, harder to discern. It is also a lot easier to fabricate clothing with pixelated designs which lowers the cos...
<|im_start|>user [He-Man] Who built Castle Greyskull?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most versions revolve around a "Council of Elders" that existed in ancient Eternia and who were dedicated to discovering and preserving magical secrets into a Hall of Wisdom. One day they had a vision of a great danger coming (IIRC it...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The fastest solution to fix the US is to vote every single incumbent out of Congress I have followed politics heavily since 2000. I was one of the original members of a democratic website despite growing up in a heavy republican home. I have seen nothing but hypocrisy, false promises, pleads for v...
<|im_start|>user Coding Bootcamp Vs. Associates and Beyond Hello all, I'm wondering if going to a coding bootcamp would be worth the 11,000 I'd have to drop to get in. Are any of you employers? Or does anyone know from experience, can a 3-6 month bootcamp get me a job in CS fields or will my certificate be laughed at....
<|im_start|>user [MCU] If you can create a powerful wizard like Dr Strange just by telling him to read books and train, why alien races don't have armies of wizards? I imagine that funding whole fleet of battleships or army of genetically modified monsters would be a lot more expensive than training 500 wizards that w...
<|im_start|>user If water boils (i.e. turns to gas) at 212°F how do things ever get dry at room temperature?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To start, there is a distinction between temperature and heat. In a given amount of water, the temperature of water is the *average* energy level amongst all of the molecules of w...
<|im_start|>user Difference between a “Psychotherapist” and “Psychologist” When I look up the question above for myself , the info it gives just seems the same for both. Are these both two different terms to describe the same position?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A psychologist holds a doctorate (PhD or PsyD) in ps...
<|im_start|>user [TMNT] What would the offspring be like if the turtles fertilized some non-intelligent females of their same species?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In nature a new species can be created when an existing species is divided somehow and the two groups begin to evolve differently. Over time mutations wi...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I think cheating in university is acceptable under certain circumstances given the current standards. I attend a state university somewhere in Texas. I study a STEM major, again somewhere in the sciences. It is a "hard" science (like geology). It is difficult. It is tough. Despite my university'...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If a magnifying glass will magnify the sun’s rays, then wouldn’t wearing prescription glasses actually be dangerous for our eyes? If so, does prescription glasses that come with photochromatic or polarised lenses help to combat this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant All lenses focus light, includi...
<|im_start|>user Is there a way to test plants or flowers if they are edible without eating them ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant RAF edibility test: &gt;This test is only for plants; don’t try it with mushrooms, which can be deadly without the kind of warning that many plants provide. &gt;Separate the plant into i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the difference between momentum and inertia? My 5-year-old really likes vehicles, and we've been talking about rockets and rocket cars and why they're not as agile as regular cars when it comes to turning and maneuverability. They are designed to just go straight, in the case of rocket ca...
<|im_start|>user I don’t understand the value of gold? So, in terms of the applications of gold as a conductor and it’s value to computing and technology today its appeal is obvious. What I’ve never understood is why it has always been valuable thousand even tens of thousands of years ago. Is it really just a matter of...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is the autism spectrum so incredibly broad and diverse? It seems a bit weird to me that a person who is otherwise independent and has a successful career but struggles with relationships and social interactions can have the same diagnosis as a severely disabled non-verbal, self-harming person...
<|im_start|>user One of the main reasons so many die from the flu and coronavirus is because of pneumonia. Since we have pneumonia vaccines, why is it not standard procedure to have the public get vaccinated for pneumonia?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Pneumonia isn't a single illness, it's an umbrella term for an in...
<|im_start|>user How does one work in industry and do their masters? As the title suggests, I work for a company where people have completed their masters while working. I'm just curious about how this works. Do I still get paid my 40 hours a week? Do I conduct my research at work or at the school? I assume I have to s...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is Pragmatism? I've never exactly been sure of whether or not I'm right about what I think it is. Would a correct example of pragmatism be dealing with something in a more effective manner even if it's not moral or ideal for others or how it'd normal be dealt with? Never could understand its...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do companies like Blackrock and Vanguard make money?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant By providing investment services. People give them their money, they invest it for them while charging a fee. When people have given you trillions of dollars, the small percentage that you make from fees is s...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There isn't a single advantage for a language in not having consistent phonemic representations. In languages like Spanish or Greek there is no uncertainty in how a word is pronounced when you see it written, but in others like English it is really a pain when it comes to pronunciation. It just d...
<|im_start|>user Is it okay to do a personal/side project in a full-time postdoc position without letting the supervisor know? I am doing a postdoc in computer science. I kind of lose interests in the project after 1.5 year, but I still keep trying to be productive (2 papers accepted). I was doing a side projectby mys...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:what happens in an acid trip and why? edit: what happens to your body not what happens<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I'll explain starting with the "Why." Your perception of the world is controlled by your brain which places selective filters on the things we see and hear. Throughout your li...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do we remember Marie Curie but not Pierre Curie?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1. not the first woman to win a nobel prize 2. only won 1 nobel prize rather than 2 3. died in 1906 from traffic accident so any later accomplishments in life wouldnt be possible marie's life was a lot harder ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do we find the sound of the rain soothing but can't sleep if there's a tap dripping?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant rainfall is randomized, and produces what’s called a broadband sound: a sound which has lots of different frequencies, or pitches, in it. a dripping faucet is generally pretty...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do most lotions contain alcohol when alcohol is very drying for skin?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Alcohol is a big word that contains a lot of different types of chemicals. Some of them are dry but others are called "emollients" and they partially consist of fatty substances which help h...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why some people are able to easily recognize when someone else is receiving sexual interest but is completely clueless as to when they are receiving sexual interest themselves<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant People tend to be more risk-adverse when it affects them personally. When you're judging s...
<|im_start|>user How would a solar system with 3 suns work? This has been bothering me since the release of pitch black<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a few simplified cases: -the stars orbit each other closely and the planet orbits much farther away -the planet orbits one of the stars closely and then th...
<|im_start|>user I believe that despite religious beliefs, Jehovah's Witnesses children should be given blood transfusions if they are dying. CMV I was talking to a friend about how hard being a doctor would be, and he asked me this: "What if a kid, about 12 years old, was dying, and the only way to keep him alive was ...
<|im_start|>user Is a vacuum cleaner's "sucking power" limited to the atmospheric pressure around it? I feel like all a vacuum does is create an empty space by pushing air, and the "sucking" that happens at the end is just the weight of the atmosphere pushing air into the vacuum. So can a vacuum cleaner's suction only ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Where does the term "cop" come from when referring to a police officer?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In the 19th century, the verb "cop" was used regularly to refer to the arrest of criminals by police officers. Eventually, the police officers were called "coppers," and, later, that was shorte...
<|im_start|>user How to know the top Political Science (PhD) programs? Hello everyone, I am looking into applying to PhD programs in Political Science (next year), and most of my undergrad professors have told me to not apply to any schools outside of the top 15, but regarding this so-called "top 15," how do I figure ...
<|im_start|>user What is your opinion on Edsger W. Dijkstra's "Why numbering should start at zero?" https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/EWD831.html But I've noticed that many numerical programming languages like Fortran, Julia, Matlab etc. are using 1 as default base index.<|im_end|> <|im_start|...
<|im_start|>user I think college is way too easy and the number of people graduating college should be cut in half. College degrees are becoming more and more valueless because just about anyone with half a brain and enough money to pay 4 years worth of tuition can obtain a degree. I'm a Junior at a major University ri...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Instead of deporting them, we should give illegal immigrants in the US a "yellow" card. There are approximately 11,000,000 illegal immigrants in the US, significantly higher than any other country on Earth. That's a larger population alone than most countries. Trying to deport them all is like s...
<|im_start|>user [Comics] Could a character with a healing factor contract parasites or a bacteria that resides in, say, their intestines? Would their healing factor kill the intruders even if they aren't in the bloodstream?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Depends on how the healing factor works. Some like Wolverine or...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] A question about starship design What was the point of the saucer/body [design](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/USS_Enterprise_%28NCC-1701-A%29.jpg) of the Federation Crusiers? Is it a simple design aesthetic or is there some purpose to it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Or...
<|im_start|>user How do you come up with solutions to algorithms I’ve recently started studying data structures and algorithms and I’ve been having a hard time. The problem is not understanding solutions but how to come up with them. I constantly find myself just looking up the answer when attempting leetcode questions...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If I have a 1 light year long stick and push it, why does that information not travel instantly?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Information travels through materials in a wave at roughly the speed of sound in the material, not light. When you push on the end of a stick, you are pushing on atoms ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is 24 FPS unplayable in video games, but looks fine to me in movies/TV shows?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A lot of these responses are correct but are missing a critical point; That is that games require input and interaction while movies and television are passively observed. When a gam...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do wet clothes appear darker in colour when wet, even when water is colourless? And further to this, why do some clothes appear see through when wet?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Water increases the scattering angle of light on fabric, and as a result, light is reflected and refracted in a...
<|im_start|>user [Most Human Futures] Why in almost every conflict in almost every future universe is there a guy with a shotgun? Shotguns and their equivalents are seen in almost every future conflict. From Halo to Aliens to Warhammer 40K. In almost all of them there is someone with a shotgun blasting their foes int...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How exactly does my pickle jar still smell vaguely of pickles after several trips through the washer?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Basically the way soap works is that it forms molecular bonds with a lot of sticky and food type molecules. These bonds are generally stronger than the bonds betwe...
<|im_start|>user How do Ants Actually Eat? I know that ants can suck up liquid food like sugar water and bug guts and then return to the nest to share the food through trophallaxis. What I want to know is what ants do with the breadcrumbs and meat fragments that they drag down their anthills. How do they get the bits...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it when a person forces and mentally prepares him/herself to write something creative the mind is usually blank where as when he/she isnt actually thinking about it the mind is full of creativity?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When you're focusing, you're engaging the parts of your brain...
<|im_start|>user CMV: English speaking nations should do away with "Miss" and "Mrs.," and only use "Ms." instead. Miss means a young or unmarried woman. Mrs. means a married woman. Ms. either means an older unmarried woman or can be used for any woman. For men, they all just have Mr. regardless of age or marital s...
<|im_start|>user How can we change the economic growth model in light of climate change? Hi all, (I'm half a bottle of wine deep, don't judge pls). My question is one of debate (at least in NZ). Economic growth is correlated to decrease in environmental conditions and more pressure on remaining ecologies and stuff. C...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Would training under increased gravity, be it strength or otherwise, be beneficial to humans once they returned to normal gravity?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I think it would be similar to training at high altitudes. That is, there would be measurable benefits for awhile, but they would quic...
<|im_start|>user What are the basic questions one must ask themselves to form their own philosophy on the world, people, good and evil etc.? I feel as though I am a forward thinking individual. As such, I find myself lying in bed at night thinking of questions that seemingly have no effect on my life or current situati...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some people wake up with puffy faces after a night of sleep? What is going on inside that makes this happen?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Gravity makes the fluids in your body (the ones in your blood vessels and the ones between cells, outside of your blood vessels, called interstitial ...
<|im_start|>user Why don't we always get immunity to diseases that we have had once before?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lots of infectious diseases you can get multiple times because different strains exist, or mutate into different strains that is immune to the antibodies that worked on the earlier strain. Also so...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit Windows installations, and their relation to the hardware.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Think of a computer like a great library. There are all kinds of books (storage) but also a librarian who helps figure out what books you need. The librarian has 32 ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do we know exactly that the bee population around the world is decreasing? How do we calculate the number of bees to begin with?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Bee keepers know how many bees they used to have, and how many bees they have now. Commercial bee keeping is a huge industry (many b...
<|im_start|>user How did humans figure what the sun is made of?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When gasses become energized, they release light at a certain wavelength. Similar to how you can use a glass prism to split white light into a rainbow, you can use a glass prism to split light into its individual wavelengths...
<|im_start|>user evaluating a teaching demo For those who have served on a search committee for a TT job, what criteria do you use to evaluate a candidate’s teaching demo in class? What does a strong teaching demo look like to you? Thank you.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I look for good design (appropriate length, n...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What are encryption backdoors? I'm not sure what all the news is about and I don't really understand what backdoors are, and why the NSA wants them, or why they are bad.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Think of it like an office building, each individual has a key to their own office. Well securi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do we know what the Milky Way looks like? If we're part of the Milky Way how do we know what it looks like? How do we observe a galaxy that we're part of?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Three things 1 - We understand the orbital mechanics of galaxies. We understand what shapes are possible ...
<|im_start|>user Learn C++ or Python? First of all, I am aware of the fact that you better know both languages because they are both VERY powerful. What language should I learn first? In my CS subject I am currently learning a lot of Java and next year C# and other languages will come too. But I want to start learning...
<|im_start|>user [DC] Does The Flash always need to re-set his watch? He regularly reaches relativistic speeds, which should make time pass more slowly for him than the rest of the world. If he's wearing a watch, it would appear to be slow (ironically).<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Maintaining temporal relativity se...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that Iron is the worst element to a star? Why is it that it causes the end of a star?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Elements can be divided into two categories. The first category contains elements that require outside energy to push together (fusion) and give off energy when they spl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is that foods have to be eaten at a certain temperature to have "good taste"? Why does temperature affect our taste buds?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Food is tasted because of chemical interactions in our taste buds and works in concert with our sense of smell; smell is critically importa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is Social Security "running out" ? I keep hearing that Social Security is running out and people of my generation wont see any penny of the money we are paying now. If this is true, why? And further, how come Social Security is at danger of running out but other welfare systems are not?<|im_e...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Organized religion is harmful to human society Organized religion, specifically the main three monotheistic religions (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) cause more harm than good to human society and individual people. Religion causes conflict between people. Almost everyone would agree that conf...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] If Picard didn't specify the kind of tea, would it have been different? I imagine the replicators would remember a person's personal preferences, but I am unsure. To clarify: "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot." = hot earl grey tea. Would "Tea. Earl Grey." Produce a cup of tepid earl grey?<|im_end|> <...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Would health or body weight outcomes differ if you: a) Eat one slice of pie every day, year round, or b) eat 7 slices of pie on one day each week, every week, year round. Would the same be true for alcohol? Is regular consumption of unhealthy food/drink better or worse than periodic bingeing, hol...
<|im_start|>user CMV: "White privilege" gives nowhere near the advantages as money, family status and connections do. I don't deny that being a minority gives people some disadvantages and that there are still stereotypes and discrimination floating around. However, in recent times we have really done a lot to battle t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: when people do coke in movies, what are they actually sniffing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lots of different recipes. For snorting they use powdered lactose, or a vitamin b power if there are lactose intolerance issues. Also, if the actor is using a straw or something to snort it, they...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: what is visa? (not the credit card) Context: I want to ride the bike from Austria to Australia. 35.000km. 365 days. Obviously, I have to cross a certain amount of countries between. (More infos on austria2australia.com/) So: what is a visa? I was born with Schengen, I never had to apply for a vi...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] Why are Star Fleet computers so complex to operate? Every time a crew member uses a Starfleet computer to do anything it takes a lot of button presses, sometimes striking the same button several times. Why so complex? It just seems inefficient<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Remember that S...
<|im_start|>user Why are light blocked by walls but radio waves are not even though they are both electromagnetic radiation?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One of the ways to think of light is as an individual little "chunk" of light. Imagine that your class goes on a field trip to the amusement park. You're walking...
<|im_start|>user [DC/Marvel] When you sit down for your first day in a physics class, what does the teacher tell you about the value or truth of what you will be learning? And I'm not talking some special genius institute run by secret agencies or one of the world's smartest men. Just a regular physics/science class at...