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<|im_start|>user Understanding of language by a computer, couldn't we make it work through linguistics? Let's first define understanding of language. For me, if a computer can take X number of sentences and group them by some sort of similarity in nature of those statements, that's a first step towards understanding. ...
<|im_start|>user Discrete Mathematics Topics For Learning Algorithms and Data Structures Hi all ,I need to know what topics should i study first in discrete mathematics before i study data structure and algorithms<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Understand mathematical induction well is important. It's a standard tech...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: I'm baffled, how is it even possible that this many unarmed people are being shot down by police?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant * As the internet becomes more deeply woven in everyone's everyday life and it reaches lower and lower into the socioeconomic latter, issues can disseminate from a cla...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The definition of asexuality is too broad and invites more ridicule and less acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community as a whole I started thinking of this after seeing this tweet. It's an asexual model advertising an asexual-themed lingerie line. [https://twitter.com/SophNar0747/status/1453702975222919...
<|im_start|>user What are researchers and scientists primarily doing on Antarctic missions? What have been the most significant discoveries or advancements from this study?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One of the most historically significant discoveries made in Antarctica was the work of Joseph Farman (and many oth...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Popular educational Youtube channels like VSauce, SciShow and MinutePhysics cause more harm than good These channels are often advertised as "better" alternatives to TV, especially here on reddit, and it bothers me because I really don't think that they can enrich your life in any way and might ev...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When an animation studio like Pixar has multiple dozens of people, all with their own styles, working on a project, how do they keep everything uniform?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Usually in animation we have model sheets and motion bibles (terms vary from studio to studio) that tell us how ...
<|im_start|>user [Avatar] Where are the water and earth shamens? We know that the Air Nomad monks are responsible for identifying the Avatar when the rebirth cycle is on air. We know that the Fire Shamans are responsible for identifying Avatar's when the cycle is on fire and that they're supposed to be helpful and loya...
<|im_start|>user How would waves be any different if there was a superocean like Phantalassa. Would they be larger and more dangerous or calmer and would anything else be different?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The amplitude of waves in the ocean somewhat depends on the wavelength of them. For a longer unobstructed ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a salt water rinse work for toothache/inflamed gums? I had my wisdom teeth taken out and I've been using an anti-bacterial mouthwash (chlorhexidine) but I've found a salt water rinse actually works better for getting rid of the pain/inflammation/aching. So why does something as simple a...
<|im_start|>user All religious debate between atheists and theists is pointless. CMV It seems to me that whatever the argument, the two parties clash on the issue of "faith". Atheists in general require some proof or logical set of reasoning that leads to a religious conclusion (which they haven't found), whereas theis...
<|im_start|>user Professors: what questions do you wish prospective/new PhD students would ask you? I am visiting the campus of a PhD program that has offered me admission. Since their offer, I have Skyped for an interview, corresponded via email with various faculty members in my field of interest, with current gradua...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Recently my hometown got 9" of snow, and the forecast was 8-12 inches. How can this (and other weather) be predicted so accurately so far in advance?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Centuries of record keeping helps us see patterns and trends, decades of tracking weather patterns and results and ...
<|im_start|>user [Avengers] Are the Avengers or Agents of Shield paid for their work or do they simply have all their expenses from food/board taken care of? Are they eligible for benefits, what about their families?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Agents of SHIELD are either federal employees or employees of the UN, d...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Once you have an idea, how do you get it into production? IE. investors, app development, protection from others blatantly stealing your idea?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1. Have money to invest in the idea 2. Find other people to invest in the idea 3. Legal costs to know if you're actually t...
<|im_start|>user If chlorine is supposed to kill microbes in tap water, why is it safe to drink?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Chlorination in drinking water is low enough not to cause any significant harm to humans due to our size and ability to deal with small amounts of toxic material. Given that microbes are micr...
<|im_start|>user Is it okay to do research in a field outside of the subject I eventually want to get a PhD in? I graduated in 2019 with a degree in Cognitive &amp; Behavioral Neuroscience. I did a year of part time psychology research in undergrad. I then worked as a full time RA for a psychiatric research lab from No...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can NASA tell the structural layer of a planet without digging into it<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Firstly, they have mass. An ice planet will have less mass than a planet made of rock or iron, and more than one made of light gasses. Mass can be very accurately calculated if it has a moon...
<|im_start|>user [MCU] Why don't they give all of the Avengers Falcon wings or War Machine suits? Or at least more than one of them? EDIT: Holy crap, guys, I get it, chill. /u/imariaprime says pretty succinctly what about three sextillion other people have said: &gt; without a minimum level of technical expertise (...
<|im_start|>user Can a gravitational locked planet outside the Goldilocks zone support life on the side facing the star? I have read that based on a stars size the Goldilocks zone will differ from star to star. I have also read that if a Planet has one side locked facing the star with in the Goldilocks zone it wouldn...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I believe that a Bachelor's Degree for office type positions are simply to weed out the large amount of candidates and that it isn't practical since you can simply train on the job. I always believe that you can take average performing high school students and train them to work in office jobs lik...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Is there a canon explanation for why so many aliens are humanoid?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For most, such as Sullustans and Abednedo, convergent evolution. Species in the galaxy that evolve into intelligent toolmakers tend to have the same basic body shape. The species that have hu...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does something like a complex theoretical equation get turned into a real world application? This is such a brain-smoother for me that I don't even know how to really easily word the question, so I'll try to give an example of what I mean: In some books I've read in the past, there have been...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] if I had no knowledge of holodeck programming and wanted to create my own, what would the process be?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Unless you need something particularly complex or obscurely specific you can simply request what you want in plain speech and the computer will attempt to re...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a company decide a job requires X-Y number of years for a particular position? Just scrolling through job postings. I'm qualified for a lot of jobs with the exception of 8-10 years in business XYZ or 4-5 years in industry ZYX. I know what they want and could probably hop right in and do ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Any Relationship Between Any Set of Consenting Adults Ought to Be Legal **Breakdown:** * **Any relationship:** I mean any form of relationship, whether that be polygamy, incestuous thrupples, polycules, plural marriages, interfaith swinging, or any other configuration you can think of. * **Any S...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why inbreeding causes problems. It's general knowledge, as far as I know, but what actually happens?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Certain diseases are related to genes. Now for every gene in your body it has a partner. You have two sets of genes, one from mom and one from dad, and need both to ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why they don't teach how to do taxes, credit cards, insurance(health and auto), loans, investments in general public schools. It seems like these are all important things everyone person will have to deal with in their life and yet, they barely scratch the surface on teaching these in schools.<|im...
<|im_start|>user Could someone explain band gaps? Its been brought up in a couple of my classes, but I've never really understood it.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So when you have one atom you have distinct energy levels that electrons can occupy. The electron can have these allowed energies, but not any others. ...
<|im_start|>user If the virtual particles exchanged to create forces don't really exist, then what are forces made of? Hi, other /r/askscience posts I've read, such as [this one](https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/14qa1n/if_photons_are_the_force_carriers_between_magnets/?st=j4fix84s&amp;sh=18e4b480), and [thi...
<|im_start|>user [Resident Evil] What’s up with Umbrella and bio-terrorism? I mean, sure, it creates a lot of panic and casualties, but so could a normal militia. Why keep going for viruses and making monsters like Nemesis or Mr. X?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In the modern marketplace, diversification is the key t...
<|im_start|>user Why do "all-black" institutions still exist? Primarily, universities/colleges. I was driving through an all-black college the other day and thought to myself in a very simple manner, "Why?" If colleges are really to prepare individuals for the real world, why shun certain races? Why purposefully surrou...
<|im_start|>user How to talk to a grad student about productivity issues? I'm paying one of my grad students for 40 hours of work per week, and I feel like I'm getting barely half of that. How do I politely approach her on this subject without sounding like I'm micromanaging? I'm fairly new to academia, so I haven't re...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are calories measured, and how accurate is it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Calories can be calculated by the following equation: Q = mc∆T Q is energy in calories (not Calories, which is what nutrition labels use. 1 Calorie = 1000 calories). m is mass in grams, c is specific heat in calor...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how come we have computers that can beat chess champions since 1996. but now in 2014 video games AI are still horrible ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Researchers have studied chess for decades. Chess, for all it's complexity, has a very well defined set of moves that can be made &amp; options...
<|im_start|>user If we can't see UV light why does a room get brighter if UV is used to disinfect it? [Example of what I'm talking about ](https://www.reddit.com/r/specializedtools/comments/foepa1/the_autonomous_hospital_cleaning_uv_robots_were/?utm_medium=android_app&amp;utm_source=share)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assista...
<|im_start|>user What component/mechanism of a tree determines when and how it will branch off from the parent branch? I was walking around my girlfriends cabin in the PNW, quarantining and all, and became fixated of the structure on simple moss/lichen &amp; trees. I recently dove into computer graphic generation and ...
<|im_start|>user Correct me if I'm wrong on Wittgenstein (I'm wrong) What exactly does he mean by "language games"? Is it the claim that in inquiry, all participants need to have the same or similar experiences in traditions as well as fundamental beliefs (ie God exists for religious discourse, or reason can tell us ab...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Where do those monster waves in the middle of the ocean come from? Tsunamis get that big since the beach makes that the water has no space when going high up. But those monster waves just exist on the oceans with hundreds of meters ocean dephts??<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Research into this...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Why aren't robotics and cybernetic implants more common in criminal and military settings? Luke's hand is at least as good as the real thing, and the technology is obviously there to make it way better. Look at General Grievous. Now Vader's huge cybernetic transformation could affect his f...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If IQ is standard deviation, why isn't there a ceiling that no IQ can surpass?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Standard deviations, and by extension, normal distribution, tell you data is likely to be distributed, but it doesn't impose limitations. In fact, if data has a perfect normal distribut...
<|im_start|>user Why do abusive parents abuse some of their children but not others? I have my own observations based on anecdotal evidence, but I would like to hear what research has to say.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Bowen's family systems theory has some of the answer. Basically, you're born into a position tha...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's the difference between HAM radios and "normal radios"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In addition to the other good information here, there is a difference between ham radio and most other radios. On the ham frequencies we are allowed to select our own frequencies on which to operate, as ...
<|im_start|>user How was Pi "discovered" and how was it plugged into formulae correctly? How was it able to be used before the invention of calculators?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Take a length of rope. Tie one end to a pole and to the other end attach a stick. Pull the rope taut and use it to draw a circle in the...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did we realise the mind is in the brain?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most human cultures large enough to have major medical practices or dedicated healers were able to observe that injuries to the brain can cause changes or impairments to the mind. It took more studies to get a more pre...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do divers wear their oxygen bottles with the exit valve pointing up, but firefighters with the exit valve pointing down? Shouldn't the pressure always force the air out of the exit valve, regardless of its orientation? What is the reason for this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Divers are go...
<|im_start|>user Why was Immanuel Kant so captivated by Rosseau's "Emile" that he missed his afternoon walks? I apologize if this had already been answered. Kant is perhaps infamous for being rigid enough for his neighbors to set their clocks to the time in which Kant took his afternoon walks. However, I read that K...
<|im_start|>user CMV: After 90 years of age, the default resuscitation status of patients admitted to the hospital should be "Do Not Resuscitate" with an option to opt-out. After working in the hospital for several years, I have noticed that families of elderly patients often elect full-resuscitation measures for their...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] how do mynocks fly once they are in the vacuum of space? Their wings would only work in an atmosphere.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The organs contained within the Mynocks wings can interact with gravity and magnetic fields. Kind of like a biological version of the repulsor lift that you...
<|im_start|>user [ATLA] How much of bending power level is innate? Clearly there are some benders which are innately more powerful than the rest of the world by a large margin. Namely these are the protagonists and villians. Is this to say every bender born comes with a different power level or skill ceiling to their b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What causes air turbulence and how does it shake a plane?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To understand that, first you must understand how planes fly at all. In short, airplanes fly by sitting on a cushion of air. If you've ever stuck your hand out of a car window while it's moving and felt it t...
<|im_start|>user How do I improve at programming? I've always wanted to pursue CS in college and get a job in it, and I was able to get into advanced CS for my final year in HS. It's really rewarding and I enjoy it like I thought I would. However, I'm really, really bad at it I think. Originally, I thought It was just...
<|im_start|>user [WH40K] On Blessed Holy Terra, a meeting of certain and exclusive dignitaries including an admiral or two will attend private dinner. The guest hotel where I work has been given the responsibility for hosting the event and planning the dinner menu. What do I need to know for success?<|im_end|> <|im_sta...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does blinking take me almost no effort at all, but winking forces multiple muscles/areas in my face to move oddly that aren't even near my eye (i.e. side of my mouth being raised/lowered)?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The sequence of movements and the muscles involved are the same group of...
<|im_start|>user Improving the state of /r/AskScience 4,575 readers as of the time of writing. Wow, that's quite a change from just a few short months ago. Most of the changes are simply awesome. The volume of questions and answers has increased drastically, and we're finally starting to reach some of the goals we set ...
<|im_start|>user Is the dialectic method truly a science? When I say dialectic I mean Marxist dialectic. In the socialist literature, I read Marx and Engels both refer to dialectic as a scientific method, Stalin's writings as well. It is repeated over and over it is a scientific method. When I think of dialectic I ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why did humans, and other species, evolve to have both male and female species? Wouldn't it be more efficient if everything could reproduce asexually? There's probably a simple answer to this, but in reality it would be more efficient for every species to just reproduce asexually.<|im_end|> <|im_...
<|im_start|>user Why does infection cause increased blood sugar in diabetics? I'm a type 1 diabetic and have been lucky enough to be very healthy, I recently had a pretty bad infection and the first thing I noticed was my blood sugar became near unmanageable. Why is this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Infection leads...
<|im_start|>user If light is produced by the release of photons when electrons return to stable energy levels, why do blackbody objects emit light over a continuous and wide spectrum? Doing some light reading on the Internet and was reading up on black body objects and why objects glow when they heat. I was told that p...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does your body know when to stop or start making blood? Like after you donate blood (or have blood loss from some unfortunate event) what makes your body say "time to make more blood!"? What makes it say "okay I'm full on blood now. You can stop."?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You have cel...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why do humans need to eat many different kind of foods to get their vitamins etc but large animals like cows only need grass to survive?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In addition to the 'efficiently breaking down grass' thing, and the 'they eat a variety of plants' thing, there's also the fact t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: In baseball how does the "Hidden ball" trick work, as seen on the front page today. I assume a 5 year old probably doesn't play much baseball or any baseball at all, like me. Also, is it a 'legal' move to make?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In baseball, the ball is almost always in play. In ot...
<|im_start|>user Why is seemingly every ML/CS paper posted on Arxiv and published as a conference proceeding, whereas most biology papers are not on BiorXiv and are published in actual journals? I'm trying to understand the cultural/domain differences here. They seem like very different approaches to presenting researc...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are moles and freckles formed?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are cells in your skin called Melanocytes. These melanocytes produce something called melanin. The amount of melanin produced determines your skin colour. The more melanin you have, the darker your skin. When we are exposed ...
<|im_start|>user Do photons (ie. light) possess the property of inertia, or inertial mass? It seems surprisingly difficult to find an authoritative (layperson-friendly) answer to this. It's pretty obvious that a hypothetical box of photons will have a greater inertial mass than an identical-but-empty box, but can ligh...
<|im_start|>user How does a social science education shape students' political views? Do they become more/less conservative/liberal? Do different social sciences affect students' political ideology differently? Is the average Political Science graduate more left-leaning than when she began studying? Does an Economics s...
<|im_start|>user [Last Airbender] Even an average bender is capable of pretty mammoth acts of destruction. Why, then, do any major cities still stand? A motivated Earthbender vandal or Firebender terrorist could do very extensive damage in only just a few minutes. What prevents this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why aren't refrigerators placed against the outdoor wall with a ventilator that just lets in cold air if the temperature is cold enough outside? Wouldn't electricity be saved if refrigerators were cooled down with outside air when the temperature is cold enough?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Re...
<|im_start|>user [Batman] why doesn't batman camouflage his whole face? If stealth and his secret identity is so important, shouldn't he camouflage his jaw? It would make him harder to aim at and obscure his skin tone.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant People have given good practical answers here, but there’s another el...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is swelling bad for healing? I get why swelling is painful/inconvenient. What I don’t get is why doctors recommend things to reduce swelling of an injury even if pain management isn’t an issue (unless they just assume it is). Isn’t swelling part of our bodies natural response to protect/heal ...
<|im_start|>user [Comic Books] I am just an average human being, but there are plenty of superheroes around me. Is there anyway I can ascend to godhood and outpace them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There exist many ways to become empowered, but they are all risky. Your best bet is likely to become an archeologist ...
<|im_start|>user Why do we take anti-inflammatory medicine for an injury. Isn't your body inflaming the injury to promote healing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You are 100% correct in saying that inflammation is the body's way of promoting healing. However, inflammation can be categorized into one of two types: acut...
<|im_start|>user An infinitely long line made into a circle? My question might be odd but i can't figure it out or come to a conclusion. So if i had an infinitely long line and turned it into a circle, the circle is infinitely long but has to end because a circle is a closed loop. Infinity can't end tho, as it goes o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Coming from the Philippines, how does a welfare state like Sweden work and how is it that third world countries like us can't do the same?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lots of countries, including the Philippines, do have welfare and social service programs but ensuring access and distribution...
<|im_start|>user [Dawn of the Dead 2004] Having access to an entire mall, was there a way the group could've used the malls resources to turn it into a safe, permanent, and sustainable settlement?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Provided they were smart and started more or less immediately after moving in: potentially....
<|im_start|>user [Lovecraft] What's the deal with the Dreamlands? So it's this other world we go to in our dreams, but people seem to live there. The story about the town of Ulther, where no man may kill a cat, suggests that there are whole cities of people living there. Are they dreamers too? Do they live, die, sleep ...
<|im_start|>user What is Critical Theory? What are critical theories? Definition? Requirements? Are philosophers who call themselves "critical theorists" actually ideologues in disguise? Also, other than the SEP and IEP, what would be some good resources for getting a very intimate understanding of Critical Theory/cri...
<|im_start|>user [Jurassic World 1 and 2] What would make dinosaurs more superior in military combat than any other animal? If you could genetically modify a create to obey commands why not an attack dog? Little easier to defend if it turns on you?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Military procurement is about more than...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do ants and insects get trapped in pen circles? [Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_sSx54aIYI) [Another example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcPHP24zxOw)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a few different explanations for this, depending on what the circle is made of. Ants...
<|im_start|>user What makes definition of a word the "correct" one? Greetings everyone. Let me elaborate and give you some context for the question posted above: Quite some time ago, on another subreddit, one of the users created a post titled "Should we cure aging?", with a video of 40 minutes long attached, where h...
<|im_start|>user According to contemporary philosophers, which aspects of Kant's transcendental idealism are most tenable? How much of the original theory has been abandoned or modified?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The answer is: it depends on who you ask. I think the majority position is that 19th and 20th centu...
<|im_start|>user Why is it wrong to value strangers as much as you value your loved ones? Every stranger you see has a life that could be richer than yours or anyone you know. They may be more righteous. There are millions of starving children, why do they come after your own?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Utilitaria...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: What causes leaves to fall off trees? Obviously gravity, as well as the leaf dying as the tree moves into its dormant phase. This morning I was outside before the sun came over the horizon. It was pretty windless, and cold, and the Norway maple in my yard was holding its leafs. 10 minutes after t...
<|im_start|>user How do potholes form? Potholes are never gradually descending, which seem counter-intuitive. How do they form then?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Modern roadways are paved with either two materials: cement concrete or asphalt concrete. Both construction materials contain two portions: a binder and an...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do certain muscles spasm randomly when doing a simple task like just picking up a backpack that you’ve picked up before fine but after it feels really sore? I don’t know if it’s muscles I’m talking about or another part of the body - I can’t think of right now sorry. I went to pick up my work...
<|im_start|>user How do scientists discover new ways of combating diseases? In other words, how do scientists determine how and what to start looking for to cure diseases like HIV/cancer/etc.? I understand the scientific method, medical studies, and that sort of thing to determine whether a particular method of combati...
<|im_start|>user If photons are mass-less, then why does gravity affect light? How does gravity affect mass-less particles?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Gravity isn't just an attraction between masses, it's the way the paths-of-least-resistance through space and time, which light follows, are modified by the presenc...
<|im_start|>user Isn't all human activity technically natural? Why do we classify it as something that seems out of this world? The point I'm trying to imply is that humans were created by nature, and thereby humans using land to build homes is no different than a beaver building a dam, and a human building factories i...
<|im_start|>user Using work without permission My former advisor published a paper I wrote without requesting permission or making me an author. I am in the credits. I had submitted the paper and gotten it accepted but was unable to do the experiments requested to finalize it and set it aside. The text is about 70...
<|im_start|>user CMV: We should be aiming to understand and discuss with each other more, and be outraged less. There have been a lot of horrible things going on lately. A ton of hate and bigotry and divisiveness, the reaction to which (understandably) has been anger and outrage. My view is that in the face of a bigot...
<|im_start|>user [Mathematics] How can I store multiple integers as a single value? So I'm a programmer and I had a thought. There are functions I can use to store a value between program states, but I can't store a list of values. If I have 2, 8 and 15 and I want to carry them between states, I'd have to store 3 val...
<|im_start|>user What are the best arguments against contractualism/social contract theory?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The most common criticism of social contract theory is that the character of the contract is merely ideal and hypothetical. There is no obviously no point in which a certain group actually gathers...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Is there just something about force choking? Why do they always go for the throat like that? Seems like there are a lot of ways to fuck with someone using the force. They could pinch a nerve, or squeeze their brain, or something...<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Its an intimidation tactic,...
<|im_start|>user Is there some "quick and dirty" supposed counterexample to virtue ethics, as there is to deontology or utilitarianism? What I mean, for utilitarianism and deontology, there are a bunch of well-known examples that are at the very least meant to strongly challenge your intuitions surrounding those moral ...
<|im_start|>user What are the utilitarian responses to Bernard Williams criticisms of their theory? If you have specific papers or books in mind, I'd like to hear those as well.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A lot of Bernard Williams' criticisms are rooted in very fundamental disputes over what constitutes a good the...
<|im_start|>user Steps to becoming a professor? Hi Academia! I'm currently getting my MS in Biology (Evolution and Ecology) and am trying to put together a plan for my future. I have 1 year left and then to defend my thesis. I will most likely go on to my PhD after, though I'm newly married so we have to figure out pla...
<|im_start|>user The fundamental unit of electrical energy is the photon, not the electron? - "Misconceptions Spread By Textbooks for Electricity" I found this resource ["Misconceptions Spread By Textbooks for Electricity"](http://amasci.com/miscon/elect.html). I've read through it all and it says a lot of interesti...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why is it so hard to NOT read subtitles? Whenever I go to the cinema to watch a movie I have to focus to not read any of the subtitles since I don't need them.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Visual perception in the outer regions of our visual field reacts mostly to movement and changes rather th...
<|im_start|>user Where do yogurt companies get their cultures? Do yogurt companies have microbiology labs? Do they try to select for/genetically-engineer strains? Wikipedia says yogurt is made by *Streptococcus thermophilus* and *Lactobacillus bulgaricus* (and maybe a few others). I also know that yogurt has been aroun...
<|im_start|>user Is the surface of the ocean relatively flat (i.e. the biggest difference in height are waves and the occasional storm surge) - or are there notable peaks and valleys? This may seem like a stupid question but given the vast network of oceans and waterways in the world I really was curious if you were to...