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<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does water make some things slippery while also making other things more grippy? When your hands are wet, it can make gripping things more challenging, like your feet on a pool deck or your tires on the road, right?. Climbers use chalk on their hands to get rid of moisture/better grip. So why...
<|im_start|>user Which IR theories are the most popular today? Which contemporary IR theorists are the most cited? I live and study in Poland and I can't help but think that the curriculums in our universities are a bit outdated when it comes to international relations theory. Even the university libraries don't really...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 Why does diarrhea come so quickly when food takes hours for the stomach to digest and days to pass through the intestines? I had Mexican tonight and had to rush to the toilet after a hour. Did I expell the burrito? What about the pasta I had for lunch, or the omelette I had for breakfast? Did they...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The "Model Minority" and "Positive" Asian Stereotypes are Dangerous and Racist People don’t believe Asian stereotypes are harmful. We are the “model minority” and how can stereotypes be harmful when these stereotypes are “positive?” All my childhood, I have been bombarded with unrealistic expectat...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's the difference between one day (single use) contact lenses and regular lenses? What makes the single uses lenses single use. Why can they not be used multiple times like other contact lenses?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One day lenses are much thinner and less durable, however since yo...
<|im_start|>user Advice For Humanities Scholars Thinking of Leaving The Academic Industry I wanted to offer advice to professors or PhD students who are considering a career change. Last year I resigned from my tenure-track job in English, my first full-time academic post after graduate school. Ten months ago I began a...
<|im_start|>user CMV: New York City should abolish rent regulations. NYC currently has two schemes for limiting rent: rent control, and rent stabilization. Both of them should be abolished, though gradually. I would propose that currently controlled units remain controlled, but that: * Current units cannot be transf...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is acid, and how can it "burn" things into almost nothing? My knowledge of acids are very limited: All i really know, is that it has to do with the value of the PH-scale.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Acids are compounds that provide hydrogen ions when in solution. Since a hydrogen molecu...
<|im_start|>user Are there more than 2 solutions to the grandfather paradox? It seems like the only two solutions that I've ever heard are that either you can't kill your grandfather no matter how hard you try or the universe splits into alternate timelines. Are there any other possible solutions?<|im_end|> <|im_start|...
<|im_start|>user Why can't quartz be grown epitaxially?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Ceramic engineer here - it can be grown epitaxially, but generally if you try to deposit silica onto a substrate that isn't quartz or something with a very similar structure it's deposited as amorphous silica rather than one of the ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 what happens with spit once you swallow it.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The vast majority is water which will recycle back into your bloodstream and lymph system where it will either be used or excreted. The small remainder which is protein, enzymes, salts, etc will either be digested and reus...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why the US congress is trying to class pizza a vegetable I've only seen the odd joke about it here and there, what are they actually doing it for? Is it in the interests of the pizza industry or something? &amp;#3232;\-&amp;#3232;<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Food in school has to meet various...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Jury nullification should be a respected right. Jury nullification is when the jury acquits someone because they feel that the laws used to convict them are unjust, or are being unfairly applied. I think it should be a right that's more publicly known, that courts can't restrict the doing or aware...
<|im_start|>user What are the best contemporary defences of liberalism against Marxist critiques? At least in what I've studied, post Rawls there seems to be a basic acceptance of at least a modest liberal framework in contemporary analytic political theory, even from philosophers pretty far to the left (e.g. Otsuka or...
<|im_start|>user If the sun disappeared, just vanished, would we be able to tell something has happened before it all goes dark? If some weird cosmic event made the sun disappear, presumably, it would take 8 minutes before the lights went out on Earth. However, are there other effects we would notice before the lack of...
<|im_start|>user Can one be a good person and be happy while others are suffering? I am wondering how/if it is possible to be happy if one knows that people in the world are suffering. For example, how can a globally conscious person be happy if there are many people suffering due to mistreatment, war, poverty, etc. Is...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do college applications and job applications even ask for your race, ethnicity and gender? Wouldn't it be more fair to screen applicants without that knowledge?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For colleges there are scholarships and grants that are limited to specific races, ethnicities, and ...
<|im_start|>user What keeps tree roots from rotting under ground?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Rot happens when dead tissue gets consumed by bacteria and fungi. Living organisms don't rot because they have immune systems to protect them. The immune system of a plant doesn't work the same way ours does. It tends to...
<|im_start|>user Why dont we kill HIV/ AIDS by killing the immune system? Alright so I was prepping a lesson for class, where I need to cover HIV in the work place. My question is, since the virus cannot survive without attaching to and replicating through a cell(specifically for HIV,cells with the CD4 molecule) why d...
<|im_start|>user Does Thomas Nagel believe there is no evidence for an external world? https://wmpeople.wm.edu/asset/index/cvance/nagelskepticism I was reading this excerpt and from the reading it sounds like Nagel thinks of the problem of the external world to be an unsolvable one. While most philosophers would say ...
<|im_start|>user When I brush my teeth, what's more important—the brushing or the toothpaste? Which would leave my teeth better off: brushing my teeth with no toothpaste for a year or putting toothpaste on my teeth for a year without brushing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Brushing the important part, the mechanical ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does this whole net neutrality thing affect non-Americans like me?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A few things to consider: 1. if ISPs in America figure out how to make money off of content providers, then you can bet ISPs where you are will want to get some of that action. I'd worry about...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Are music tastes completely personal or does our environment play a role on them? Do friends shape what we listen to? Are we born with certain music tastes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Nature or nurture? It's both. Your environment can definitely play a role! 1. You like what you hear around...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 Why are there so many different internet browser and can I make my own?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So, there are two different aspects of an internet browser: the user interface and general usage, and the browser "engine" which does the transforming of a webpage to a more computer friendly s...
<|im_start|>user How do denatured proteins in cooked food get absorbed and "used" in the body? What I mean is: Proteins are essential components in the body for building all kind of things like building enzymes....I also know that proteins denature at high temperature and that this process is irreversible as you destro...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Do IQ tests actually mean much? How accurate of measurement of one's intelligence are they?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They are fairly accurate in the sense that whatever they measure, they measure it consistently and it is reasonably correlated with true intelligence. If you score well, yo...
<|im_start|>user What types of Economist jobs are the most prevalent in the private sector? What do people do in these jobs? For instance what does a corporate economist do? Non-native English speaker here. &amp;#x200B; It seems that virtually all the occupations of an Economist is in the government. There does not ...
<|im_start|>user How should Schopenhauer’s Philosophy be reconciled with his essays? His essays teach one how to live the good life materially, his philosophy says life is simply suffering, and preaches music or asceticism as the way to overcome the will to life.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Schopenhauer prefaces hi...
<|im_start|>user What exactly is a linear transformation? This is a basic question I know but I cannot wrap my head around it. I understand the conditions under which a transformation is linear (although I could not tell you exactly what the significance of it is) given here. What I don't get it this. The transformatio...
<|im_start|>user How do barometers measure altitude accurately when air pressure is constantly changing? Fitness watches or bike computers - probably some phones too - track altitude change via air pressure change, accurately enough down to the foot/metre. How can they do this when the air pressure is always changin...
<|im_start|>user Why do entry level jobs demand 3-4 years of experience ? About to graduate next year with a CS Degree and almost all entry level jobs on every possible platform i could find (like linkedin , angellist , indeed etc) demand 3-4 years of experience while paying the shittiest of salaries they possibly coul...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do we know instruments used in measuring the properties of distant objects (e.g. the mass of a star) are calibrated correctly?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Calibrating any measurement instrument is a combination of trial-and-error and testing agreement with mathematical models. If an instr...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] How the heck do you burn food when using a replicator? One of my buddies who was stuck on Voyager during its extended trip in the Delta Quadrant always tells stories about during potlucks the great and powerful Captain Janeway always managed to burn food that she made with replicator. How i...
<|im_start|>user The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics dictates that a black body is a perfect absorber AND emitter of light. How does a black body emit light? This also means the sun is a perfect absorber of light. How does the sun absorb light?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It is important to understand that light does not...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is it decided how much memory a picture takes. Like what makes a difference and why do some pictures take more memory than others.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This depends on the type of compression used and with many compression algorithms depends on the complexity of the photo. If the...
<|im_start|>user I believe if there is a minimum wage, unpaid internships should be illegal. CMV Pretty self explanatory from the title. Unpaid internships are jobs that pay less than minimum wage. Therefore they should be illegal.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Any legal unpaid internship can't be called a job becaus...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are clothing brands like: Ralph Lauren, Kenzo, michael Kors So expensive? i just looked at some online stores and found out that most of their clothes costs above 200 euro's/dollars for just sweaters!, even the polo's from ralph lauren are like 60 bucks or more, why is it like this?<|im_end|>...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter 7] When they started processing half-bloods,considering them as no witches/wizards, what was their sentence? What did they do to them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There was a whole range of possibilities. The simplest and most "merciful" route would likely be the snapping of their wa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What do spies do in real life? Both in a modern and historical sense<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Gather intelligence in different forms, communicate that information back to others, and sometimes try to stop the "enemy" from getting certain info, and sometimes spread false info. If you ever g...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why are lenses round but the camera sensor and resulting image square? For SLRs the attachable lenses are circular, yet when you look through the camera, as well as the image taken, the shape is rectangular.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When making lenses for a camera, it's difficult, if not im...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do small, superficial wounds heal faster on certain areas of the body, like the mouth, than in other areas?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The mouth is special for two reasons, one it contains certain chemicals that aid wound regeneration and saliva, saliva provides moisture, cleaning/defenc...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why is private education in England called "public school"? It's confusing.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A small number of older private schools are known as "public schools". When they were founded, the name made more sense because it indicated that they were open to the general public rather...
<|im_start|>user [MCU] Ok, so Ant-Man can lessen the distance between the molecules in his body while retaining mass, making him strong. So when the distance expands and grows huge, why didnt he just flop and fold on the floor?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Pym Particles can increase/decrease size AND mass. The point...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How did time become standardized across the world? How did we get all of the countries to accept the hour/minute/second system?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Multiple cultures simultaneously developed a system of 'hours' equal to or divisible by 12. - The ancient Egyptians divided the day into ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does seafood go bad faster than land food? It seems that fish and other seafood goes bad more quickly than land animal meats, and when it does, it goes bad seriously, being more likely to result in food poisoning. Why is this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant ELI5 Version: The parts of a sea ...
<|im_start|>user REALLY basic question about how money works in a closed economy I'm having trouble understanding where new currency comes from when value is created in an economy, and how it enters circulation. I'm thinking of a hypothetical closed economy with say 10 people. Each person produces 10x of goods/servic...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Surely they must have a way to just regrow lost limbs by this point, right? We've seen so many robotic arms and by this point, these wars have spanned 3 generations of a family. Are you telling me medical technology hasn't progressed in like 60+ years across any planet when there's already ...
<|im_start|>user [40k] Warp entities are maxe through belief. Countless billions of people believe in the god Emperor so it must exist in the Warp. But the Emperor is a powerful psycher. Is there a vastly powerful warp entity that thinks it is the Emperor, but in fact is not and has nothing to do with him?<|im_end|> <|...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When picking up a prescription at a pharmacy and you have to wait 20-30 minutes for it to ready, what are they doing during that time?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Checking with your doctor that the prescription is valid. Checking the dosage instructions for sanity. Checking other medications ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is a p value and a null hypothesis in scientific research and how significant are they I’m starting to get into science a lot more these days but I do not know what p values and null hypothesis are. Appreciate the help. Thank you.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Going to start off with som...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is AC better than DC ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The main benefit is that you can easily change voltages/amps with AC using a transformer. Voltage and Current have inverse relationship, but power used/lost depends mostly on current, so being able to transport it as a very high voltage,...
<|im_start|>user I think unmarried fathers should have the right to absolve themselves of responsibility to their offspring. Please CMV. In many countries, non-custodial parents can be sued for child support - and in the majority cases, the plaintiff is a mother seeking payment from the child's biological father. An u...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Classes on the meta topic of strategies for learning should be a requirement. After graduating I took a class on learning how to learn, it was fantastic and becoming a skilled practitioner would have been immensely valuable to me as a student. The current technique, at least in the California stat...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does your body "get better" when you practice things like holding your breath?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant when you do something repeatedly, the relevant parts of your body at first improve functionally, e.g. the muscle fibers coordinate better to improve general strength without(!) growi...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Harvard getting sued over discriminatory admissions criteria is a good thing and will serve to create a precedent for more fair practices in the future because race should not now or ever be a part of admissions criteria. From my understanding, here's what's happening: Harvard is being sued by a g...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is Spacetime and Curvature of Spacetime ? I googled, but they were too hard to understand. So please explain like I'm five ...<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Space has 3 dimensions. Objects can move up/down, left/right, forward/back through space and we can describe their motion. Similarly ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What are the leading theories attempting to explain "Deja-vu"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The prevailing theory is that the sensory input is stored to memory as it is being "experienced" as a live event by the brain. But sometimes, signals get delayed, and the input gets put in memory a tiny...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why hasn't there been another "Einstein" yet? There have been many great astrophysicists and cosmologists since Albert Einstein, but none that were on Einstein's level. We currently have better worldwide conditions (e.g. education, nutrition, healthcare) than was present during Einstein's time. ...
<|im_start|>user If blood rushes to your head when you are upside down, why doesn't the blood rush to your feet when you stand straight up? Human Body<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are valves in your veins and arteries that prevent incorrect flow of blood. Think of it like a backflow preventer in a piping syste...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What feminists mean when they say "empower women" and how "empowering women" will lower rape rates.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a number of stereotypes about sexuality in women in modern society, and many of them are problematic. The major one when it comes to rape, is that a woman’s...
<|im_start|>user How does the body generate heat? Whenever you get an infection, the body turns up the temperature, which we call a fever right? So how exactly does it generate this excess heat<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Many chemical reactions in your body are exothermic (produce heat as a byproduct). When you ha...
<|im_start|>user How do things dry? Let's say I spill a glass of water on my wooden floor. After a while, it's just not there anymore. Where does this water go?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A puddle dries by evaporation, which is when the water molecules get enough energy to turn into water vapour. Now, on a normal...
<|im_start|>user [Independence Day] Why do the aliens like to get the landmarks? How do they identify the landmarks?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant We tend to build landmarks where we have a lot of people concentrated in a relatively small area, and where we concentrate political and economic power. The aliens just w...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do DVR TV ratings matter so much if people recording shows are likely to just skip the commercials? Shouldn't the more prominent ratings be focused on the people actually watching the ads?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They track both -- live viewing, same day viewing, next day, three day a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If everyone is so against racism, why do we label races, offer benefits and scholarships to certain minorities, and expect certain ethnic groups to like certain politicians just because of their ethnicities?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In many ways, minorities are still at a disadvantage in t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does Google/Apple Maps accurately measure traffic on every single road to predict trip time from origin to destination? In addition to amount of traffic and trip time, how do they know if an accident occurs? I assume it has something to do with satellite imaging and/or tracking individual use...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The Verizon workers going on strike My understanding is that it is an economic strike. So I asked a friend of mine who works at Verizon "why not just quit?" They have hired temps to fill those positions and I could be wrong but because of the nature of the strike when it's over doesn't mean they ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is medicine equally effective at the same dose despite vast patient weight differences? For example - a 110lb woman can be prescribed the same dosage of any given medicine as a 220lb woman. How is it possible that the medicine will remain equally effective at the same dose with 100+ lb weight...
<|im_start|>user PhD interview Hi everyone, just looking for some advice please! I have an interview via Skype next Thursday for a potential PhD in the social sciences. Does anyone have any advice? I have no idea what to expect!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They already know your credentials, background, and goals. ...
<|im_start|>user [Superman] How is there so much kryptonite on Earth? Isn't it only exclusive to Krypton?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's a few explanations that I've heard (or at least a few examples that I've seen) that I'll list here. - Random stray bits of Kryptonite fall to Earth in the form of meteorite...
<|im_start|>user Help us fight for net neutrality! The ability to browse the internet is at risk. The FCC preparing to remove net neutrality. This will allow internet service providers to change how they allow access to websites. AskScience and every other site on the internet is put in risk if net neutrality is remove...
<|im_start|>user Countries that developed after political liberalization? Are there any countries that developed after political liberalization - i.e the modern, rights-oriented democracies that we have today. China, South Korea, Russia and Singapore had either repressive dictatorships or "soft" authoritarianism. Peopl...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Confidence does not comes from within. It comes from external validation and success. First; just logically it makes no sense that confidence is a choice. If it was as easy saying, “Ok I’m going to be confident” there would be no self doubt, self esteem issues, or insecurities. Looking more at th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If medical research papers aren't available for free, how does med schools teach their students?Does it mean that different med schools are using different study materials based on the medical papers they have access to?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The libraries at large universities will hav...
<|im_start|>user What is the next form of governance beyond nation-states? Right now, the world is divided into nation-states yet this was not always the case. Before this, the world was ruled mostly by monarchies and their colonies. There was a time when city-states held a lot of power. Before that, feudal states he...
<|im_start|>user [Ben 10/General Sci-fi] Which other universe would the Omnitrix be most useful in combat? To promote peace and understanding across alien cultures? Or maybe just most interesting overall? For those who didn't watch Ben 10, the Omnitrix is a device that allows the user to transform into other aliens, as...
<|im_start|>user Why is ductility often listed as a separate property of a material from malleability? To my understanding, malleability is a material's ability to be shaped (as opposed to being brittle and failing) and ductility is a material's ability to be drawn into wire. Is drawing into wire not simply a certain ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does water climb up into tissue? Why when you put a piece of tissue into contact with a droplet of water does the water droplet climb up into the tissue?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because of the capillary effect. The water molecules have a tiny amount of attraction to particles of other...
<|im_start|>user How much have we evolved as a species over the past 100, 200 or 500 years, in contrast to how much we have evolved over the past 200,000+ years? We've certainly changed over the past few hundred years. Per Wikipedia, our anatomically similar ancestors came into being 200,000 years ago while we reached ...
<|im_start|>user How much weight should I give the NYT-ranking for a graduate degree in Philosophy? Of how much relevance is this NYT employability ranking ( http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2012/10/25/world/asia/25iht-sreducemerging25-graphic.html ) for me choice of grad school in Philosophy. Obviously I would love t...
<|im_start|>user How does omniscience interact with randomness? What are the implications of God's omniscience for randomness? For example, could God create a truly random number generator, such that even He doesn't know what number it will generate? I know nothing about quantum physics, other than that it's supposed t...
<|im_start|>user Why does plastic turn white at the creases when folded/bent?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Plastic is a polymer, meaning that it is a long chain of molecules bound together forming a structure. Now when you bend or fold plastic you are stretching out those chains, which then trap air in the gaps. Tha...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Strict parents raise children with low self-esteem My parents are really strict, and i grew up following their rules. If i don't follow what they say, i usually get scolded. I did not have many friends because i was too focused on my academics. My parents get angry when i don't get grades above 90...
<|im_start|>user How do we know the point where species truly divide to the point that they can no longer breed with each other? I was under the impression from biology class that to be a different species that means they can no longer breed with other species. So looking at large cats and the equine family you can see...
<|im_start|>user What books should I read if I want to read books that reconciles/combines and charts out the differences between western and eastern philosophy? I have read eastern philosophy and to some extent it has always made me feel that the major difference between EP and WP is about the goal of life and the ide...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do businesses such as grocery stores have cheaper prices for "members" when membership is free? How do they benefit from that? Most retail locations have a membership program that is free, giving them access to cheaper prices. How does the store gain from that? It seems like all they're getti...
<|im_start|>user Do defenders of Kant's political philosophy of 'right' have anything to say about the striking coincidence entailed in the fact that pure transcendental reason turns out to support political institutions and values which began to pop up around the time Kant was writing? If so, what do they say?<|im_end...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What is "bridge mode" on a router, and when it is useful?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It can mean different things. A home router is often a router and a modem combined, but the router part tends to be pretty crappy. Bridge mode basically disables the router part, allowing you to use the mode...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: has any civilisation of any size not come up with the concept of names for individuals?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You specifically mentioned a "civilization" which has certain requirements; one of the criteria to be a civilization is that there must be a language system. So, in that regard ...
<|im_start|>user 10,000 word chapter in 10 days - doable? As per title. PhD introduction for a Confirmation review. I am already familiar with the literature, and have the ideas down pat. I have been unwell and also a tiny bit of procrastinating (I am likely ADHD but still waiting diagnosis), but now it’s getting close...
<|im_start|>user Why is it that you can only make memory cards with powers of base 2? (eg.128,256,512,1024 etc.)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The short explanation is that to be able to recall the information, the memory needs to be accessed. This is done by putting a signal on certain wires and 'strobing' the chip....
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is very little reason for most tests/exams to not be open note/calculator As the internet has become an increasingly more important part of our lives, we’ve reached a point where rote memorization of facts for most subjects has become more or less unnecessary. Everyone carries what is the eq...
<|im_start|>user Is it just me that 20 something undergrads need a lot more these days? I'm just 33, but I'm beginning to feel like the newest crop of students needs a lot more handholding than I did when I was in school. I'm in a graduate program in counseling at a decent state institution in the midwest. We spend at ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it possible for people to understand a language but not speak it<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Listening/hearing is a passive skill, but speaking is an active skill. A passive skill is something you are able to do without any real effort. This can include reading and learning, or list...
<|im_start|>user [Fullmetal Alchemist] What's stopping a State Alchemist from tattooing themselves with dozens of different transmutation circles? Surely that would open up their battle options a lot more than just having one circle on a glove?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Merely the amount of time to study all thos...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does bitcoin fluctuate so heavily? Like, the prices of this crazy thing that isn't real (because it can't be real when our money isn't real) is nuts. Plus, in 2 months it HALVES it's value? What kind've hyper inflation shit is going on?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Traditional currencies...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why are humans so prone to creating and following routines? What benefit do we get from sitting on the same seat on the train every day? Or walking the same path to work? What purpose does it serve?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In general, if you find a way to solve a problem, repeating the ste...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Blood Types<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant on your red blood cells you have markers called antigen. There are 2 Different markers, A and B. your body recognises the markers you are meant to have as self, and will react to those which it doesn't recognise. What you have on your red blood cells: ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the difference between programs and algorithms?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant An algorithm is just a collection of instructions to do something. But that's pretty abstract, it's not tied to the specific way its done. For example there's a maze solving algorithm that goes like this: "W...
<|im_start|>user Why is it important to "prove" mathematical conjectures/hypotheses? For example, the Rieman hypothesis. What is the benefit to proving it over simply assuming it is true/false and seeing what the consequences of that are? After all, mathematics rests upon any number of axioms and posulates that are ac...