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<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it when I wear 3d glasses on top of my glasses, it works. But, when I wear my glasses on top of the 3d glasses, it doesn't? Glasses is spelled weird.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 3d glasses work using polarized light. The projector shoots light a the screen with two pictures, one using ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The Western view of science is more valid than Eastern view of science. In class we're studying the effects of politics and culture on science, and how things become classified as either "real science," or something else, in what is known as Boundary Work. Western vs. Eastern science is a major pa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why does paper turn yellow and brittle as it ages?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Wood pulp from trees is made up of two major substances: lignin and cellulose. To make paper, we want just the cellulose part. So ordinary papermaking uses a strong acid, sulfuric acid, to break down the lignin in ...
<|im_start|>user Does the formation of bonds mean a chemical reaction has occurred? I was reading about how the components in a mixture haven't reacted with each other so can be separated via boiling which got me wondering what does it mean for them to react with each other. I've always thought of it as bonds forming b...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Andrew Yang's Freedom Dividend is Nearly Flawless Andrew Yang's campaign fuel of "Freedom Dividend" allocates 1,000 a month to every American citizen over the age of 18. The way this is payed for is a system called a value added tax. 10% tax is added to all products that are not sales tax exempted...
<|im_start|>user [Marvel] So if Secret Wars is supposed to take place in 2015 (sliding timescale means Marvel is always in the present), and that's gonna result in an All-New Marvel universe, how can 2099 exist?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Marvel has a many-worlds concept of time with one primary self healing timel...
<|im_start|>user CMV: It's impossible to help random beggars just by giving them money Background: I'm from Germany, so we do not have probably as extreme poverty issues as e.g. the US or other 3rd world countries. Assumption: While we have a social safety net, which entitles every citizen to a home and money to not s...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I think gifted kids should receive more attention than special needs children I'd like to preface this by saying that parts of my post may sound like they're bragging, but they're not trying to come across that way. Also, I'm using a throwaway because I would not like my age to be associated with ...
<|im_start|>user What makes CRISPR better than other genome editing methods, and what makes it worse?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most gene editing methods take advantage of local DNA repair mechanisms which are there to repair errors in DNA. As you might expect, these mechanisms are more active when there is a pr...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does the moon look so big and bright through our eyes, but when we try to take a picture it just looks like a small dot? Drives me nuts.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Part of it is the automatic adjustments of the visual information happening inbetween the eyes and the conscious part of you...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a radio station send metadata like song name to my car's radio? I was driving in my car, and for the first time noticed that the name of the current song on the radio was scrolling across the little LCD screen, and I wondered how that metadata works from the radio station's perspective.<...
<|im_start|>user eli5 If inbreeding causes a lack of genetics, how is there such genetic diversity? How is there such genetic diversity now if inbreeding causes a lack of it? How did that not happen when there wasn’t a lot of animals on the planet? Or was it that there were a lot of land animals by the time that was an...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Disregarding Economists' consensus on things like free trade and corporate taxes demonstrates the same ignorance as disregarding Climate Scientists' consensus on climate change. If one believes (as I do) that we should believe experts when a consensus is reached on an issue within their field, whi...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Conversation is the only way to change someone's mind, argumentation almost never, ever works. This is why the majority of protests in the United States will get nothing done. Note: I believe that semantically, "arguing" implies that the "winner" has shown dominance and subordinates the "loser," w...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is lead the best element for stopping radiation? It's a big atom, I would assume that small atoms arranged in a highly compact lattice would be best.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lead has the unique quality of possessing both a very high molecular weight and a very dense molecular structur...
<|im_start|>user What uses does philosophical logic have, and is it necessary to learn it as a student of History and Philosophy of Science?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If you have in mind a basic understanding of logic, and/or logic taught in an "applied" way, the use it has is that it trains skills in some of the...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If prepared foods should not be left unrefrigerated in the "danger zone" for extended periods of time for fear of bacteria growth, why do we treat baked goods differently? Is it some property of baked goods that prevents leaving them out from being problematic? Or do they still pose a risk but we...
<|im_start|>user [DC, Comics] So exactly what the hell is S.T.A.R. labs? they seem to have endless amounts of money to fund a frankly ridiculous amount of R&amp;D including what can only be extremely situational devices that must cost in the millions to make. but they don't seem to sell anything or have any source of i...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Alcohol Is More Deserving of Schedule 1 Status than Cannabis Alcohol is equally as deserving, if not more deserving of a Schedule 1 status than cannabis. A substance is a Schedule 1 Substance if ([per DEA](https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/ds.shtml)): * The drug or other substance has a high potentia...
<|im_start|>user How to satellites dissipate heat in the vacuum of space? Since resistors generate heat and many, if not all satellites have a large amount of them on board, how is the heat generated by these resistors dissipated into a vacuum?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are three modes of heat transfer in t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are water fountains designed so we have to bend down to drink when we drink upright?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You see, humans come in various heights. Some can be 7 feet tall. Others can finish growing in the 4 foot range. Some humans are even said to come in child, ~~midget~~ little p...
<|im_start|>user Let’s say a planet is 200 light years away. How do we know? Do we actually keep a telescope pointed in that area for 200 years to get a reading? If not, why is information traveling faster than the speed of light?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's a couple different ways, but the 3 easiest to und...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When a phone app asks for permission to access your contacts, identity, etc. what data can they get from your phone?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Potentially ALL of the information within the categories they are requesting and in some cases more than that. You are trusting that the creator/co...
<|im_start|>user Is the theory behind vapourizers (for cannabis, etc) scientifically sound? Basically, how realistic is it to claim that a very specific heat level can separate a chemical like THC from plant matter without combusting the material? This is one of those subjects that it's very hard to find unbiased infor...
<|im_start|>user Should you use academic language at tenure-track job interviews? When interviewing for work outside of academia, I carefully avoid academic "jargon." However, I'm wondering about academic language in tenure-track job interviews. When describing my research, is it okay to go full-on into academic explan...
<|im_start|>user [Kung Fu Panda] Why didnt Oogway give the scroll to Tai Lung and explain it to him? Why didn't Oogway just give Tai Lung the scroll and explain the lesson of self-worth? It was, apparently, the only thing he was missing from his training; if Oogway knew that Tai Lung and Shifu had been working towards ...
<|im_start|>user I am going to fail a project because nobody is working on it So, I have a project that is divided in two parts: one it's about a long survey that I have to submit to 50 people, the other one is based on a focus group interview. I ended up doing the whole survey and submitting it to 50 people without...
<|im_start|>user If instincts are genetic, is it possible to find and alter the genes responsible to make any information instinctual? (In theory)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant What do you mean by 'information'? You could almost certainly affect behavior by changing genes involved in instinctual responses, but there...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Slang is Language, so long as the idea is communicated I recently came across a situation where I was talking to my friend, using slang. Someone said I was talking "incorrectly" because of the use of slang. This wasn't in the most formal setting, and I could clearly tell that he knew what I was re...
<|im_start|>user How do flu/cold viruses survive lockdown? I live in New Zealand where the coronavirus is nearly eliminated because of the lockdown. However we are being advised to get flu shots. How is it that the lockdown eliminated covid but not all the other cold/flu viruses (which have a lower R naught value)? Whe...
<|im_start|>user How does a few people not getting vaccines cause an outbreak of the disease ? Shouldn't the disease only affect the people that have not got the disease (and may be for those the vaccine isn't that effective) ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant With the vast majority of people being vaccinated, the sprea...
<|im_start|>user [Middle-Earth] If dwarves build their cities underground, what do they usually farm/raise for food? Do they have crops that grow underground?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cave-fish and eating cave critters, mushrooms grown with waste product, and while they had large cities underground, many of them...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is research carried out in order to constantly develop and improve CPUs and GPUs? What does improving these computer components involve and what methods are used to develop more efficient processing units? Edit: with a strong emphasis on the experimental aspect<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant...
<|im_start|>user If you see through a colored filter, will the brain eventually adjust and reprocess it normally? Does it work the same with a colored filter like [seeing in an angle (Perceptual adaptation)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_adaptation)?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant if the filter is broad enou...
<|im_start|>user How do you program a programming language? I.e. How do you get a computer to understand a language? How does it actually make the transition from that language into assembly language?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First, you define your language. Define its syntax, its semantics, everything. Then, ...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter] Do sentient fantastic creatures like centaurs or goblins also have their version of 'Muggles' or can they all use magic?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They are inherently magical creatures--magic is what makes their bodies work, in many cases. You could consider *Homo sapiens* to be o...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Stoicism in its original form, while pragmatically helpful for daily living, cannot be grounded in sound logic at its foundation due to its teleological roots. I've been contemplating whether or not I should embrace Stoicism as a life philosophy recently, and the primary stumbling block for me is ...
<|im_start|>user [Tolkien] If Sauron is said to be the most powerful of all the Maiar, and the One Ring makes him even more powerful, why did he lose to Elendil and Gilgalad? Assuming that Elves and Men are less powerful than Maiar to begin with. You would think that the two kings were incredibly outclassed. How the ...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] "Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the Rebel's hidden... &lt;ack&gt;" How does Motti not know to not taunt Darth Vader?<|im_end|...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do we “hear” the voice inside our head with no physical sound?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When you talk and others talk to you, your brain lights up in places that process language. When you have an inner monologue, those same places (and some new ones) in your brain light up. Because th...
<|im_start|>user How do cancer vaccines work? I’ve recently read about BioNTech developing a cancer vaccine with the same mRNA tech used to develop the COVID vaccine. I always thought vaccines were for transmissible diseases such as COVID, polio, measles etc, but as I understand it cancer is not transmissible - you can...
<|im_start|>user [MW2] So I understand how the initial Russian attack got past the U.S. But how did the Russians keep themselves supplied? The main Russian force is comprised of airborne units which carry only so much fuel and ammo. So, they need to get supplied via the ocean by tankers. But that's impossible, since th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do planes know when there's an air turbulence in front to turn on the seatbelt signs? When there's a turbulence coming, the lights always go on a few seconds in advance. Can the pilot see the turbulence coming or is there a radar or something like that?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There a...
<|im_start|>user What exactly does Wall Street and the Financial Market do for the country and the economy? And is it necessary?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Wall Street creates "markets" which increases "liquidity." Say you buy a used video game for $20. A few month later you want to sell it. How much is it wort...
<|im_start|>user [General]Why is there man-sized ventilation in our place of business? We don't do smelting so nothing that needs that much air. Huge vents take up space on the floor plan and increase the cost of cooling the place. They go to every room in our place of business, seems like kind of a security risk? I am...
<|im_start|>user CMV: “Homogeneity” doesn’t matter when it comes to a nation enacting and expanding social aid programs and entitlements, and it’s very telling of the ideology and intentions of the Right that this is such a common argument America is the only industrialized nation without an universal healthcare system...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:When playing video games, why do I feel like I'm falling when my game character is falling from a tall height? Say in a video game, my character climbs up a very tall building, but then he falls off. Why do I get that feeling in my stomach like I'm the one falling, when its just my character on a ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Doctors wanting to be millionaires are as much to blame for the health cost problem in the U.S. as pharmaceutical and insurance companies. If roughly 60% of bankruptcies in the U.S. occur due to medical costs, as is widely cited, and doctors are on average the highest paid profession making roughl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What is design and systems thinking? I've referred to various definitions and examples but I don't think I still catch what it's all about.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most people tend to think of complex dynamic systems in terms of individual components, without fully grasping how they intera...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that when we eat something too much we start to dislike it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant We have an innate desire of a healthy, varied diet with lots of different nutrients, vitamins, etc., to keep our bodies supplied with all the items required by our metabolism. Short term, this m...
<|im_start|>user Is socialism a system possible to achieve ? Most philosophers appear to be socialist according to the latest Philpapers survey. Are philosophers the worst people to talk about economic systems with ? Someone linked me to this place saying "go to r/Askeconomics and find out why philosophers are the wors...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why does putting a credit card in a plastic bag make it more likely to swipe without an error? Working in retail it's just one of the things you learn. If a credit/debit card will not swipe, put I in a plastic bag and try swiping again. Works 90% of the time but I have no idea why.<|im_end|> <|im...
<|im_start|>user eli5: What is multimodal distribution? With examples, please :)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Consider height. Adult women are about five inches shorter than adult men. If you look at just the distribution of women's height, it's a normal distribution - many clustered around the mean, few at the extr...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why have so many people gotten cancer from dust/chemicals inhaled or absorbed due to the 911 attacks? I hadn’t really thought about it before but I realized I never actually understood why this happens. How does exposure to certain carcinogenic substances for a few hours manifest itself into canc...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter]Dementors make humans experience extreme depression, that being the case how do they keep people in Azkaban from just lying down until they die of hunger/thirst?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The effect of a Dementor probably isn't on/off so much as an intensifying area of effect enhanc...
<|im_start|>user Best practices to avoiding impropriety? As a woman in science, especially in the current #metoo era, I've always been acutely aware of men being sexually inappropriate with me (which has happened many times, both inside and outside professional settings). However, as my career has advanced and I've gai...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is soaking a wound in warm salt water or swishing salt water around in your mouth good for combating infection?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Soaking a wound in salt water can kill bacteria because it essentially draws the water out of the bacterial cells. However it's important to note tha...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does my head produce a seemingly infinite amount of mucous when im sick?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When we get sick from an infection, the body produces an inflammatory response to protect us from the bacteria or virus. As part of this response, signalling substances are produced and re...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 - how does the body decompose in a casket? How does the body decompose in the casket? Does it eventually just become goop? Do the bacteria within multiply and eat you up?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Yes, the microbes on and in your body multiply and digest all the flesh, organs, etc. The ossi...
<|im_start|>user Why is Lead a good radioactive shield?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lead (and other dense metals like cadmium) are good at shielding gamma radiation because they are dense. High atomic number and relatively short bond length means there are a lot of electrons for incoming photons to interact with. W...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is “international law” and who enforced it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant "International law" is the set of treaties, compacts, and conventions to which various nations have all agreed. It is enforced through lawsuits and through international regulatory agencies, such as the World Trade C...
<|im_start|>user [Mass Effect] How do you picture the role of humans in galactic politics changing after the events of ME3?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Humans played a major role in uniting the galaxy to victory, so that could put them in high regard among the other species. That and now the Citadel is in orbit abo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does macaroni and cheese lose so much flavor when refrigerated then reheated?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When you re-heat things in a microwave, water molecules are what absorb the microwaves and receive the energy. With things like cheese, that makes the water kind of separate out and m...
<|im_start|>user To what degree should casual readers of philosophy care about authorial intent?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This question opens onto a massive field (philology, hermeneutics etc.), but it can be interesting to juxtapose what authors intend to mean and what they do mean, what they intend to do, and ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do cars use a visual measurement for the engine's temperature rather than degrees?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is a classic example of good instrumentation design. Must people don't know what a "good" temperature is, so showing the actual number requires them to learn and think more....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is 1 hand more dominant than other? Why can't we use both hands equally?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A number of studies on task laterality have suggested both hands are dominant, but for different purposes. Your dominant hand is active-dominant and used for production (i.e. twisting ope...
<|im_start|>user My professor wants to use one of my assignments in his next textbook My econ professor from last year emailed me today asking if he could use one of the assignments I turned in for his class as a way to open his new Econ textbook (MBA) I'm not opposed to this, curious if there's any sort of compensati...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I think student should be able to test out of almost every class. I think students should be able to test out of any class, at the very least, any of those at the high school level or higher. I don't think it makes any sense to have a student sit through a class to learn things that he can already...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do non optical finger print biometrics such as on the Galaxy S7 differ from optical based ones? Yes I've searched and seen the post about smart phone fingerprints being "faster" than traditional, but how is it actually imaging the print?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Optical scanners work b...
<|im_start|>user How far under the ocean does the water extend? Or better yet, how far under the ocean before the ground is dry again? I know under ground there are water tables, is it the same under the ocean? do they extend deep? how far down under say the pacific ocean floor would you have to go before you were at d...
<|im_start|>user [Indiana Jones] Is every world religion "true" in the Indiana Jones Universe (including books if anyone's read them)?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant No, it is not that every religion is "true" but rather there is some underlying truth upon which some religions have been extrapolated from. So there is...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How signals, be they cell phone signals or data through internet lines, are transmitted along their medium without becoming overwritten or scrambled by other signals also travel through the same medium. If data is transmitted through pulses that designate 1's and 0's, how do you get multiple sign...
<|im_start|>user What is the maximum theoretical efficiency of an air turbine and how close can we get to it with current technology? The maximum theoretical efficiency of an open air wind turbine is defined by Betz's law to be 59.3%. But if instead the turbine was inside a circular tube of constant diameter, and had a...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: What is an api and why is it useful? From what I understand, it is a package of software that another company creates, so that a startup can use it and doesn’t have to code as much backend?? I’m only partially understanding this... edit: thanks everyone, this conversation has helped me understan...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 Imagine how much money and resource is spend shipping water around the world just part of everyday products. Why can we buy products then add the water at home?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Many things containing water cannot be isolated from the water and have their desired properties simply b...
<|im_start|>user CMV. Some lives are worth more than others. Truth be told, I don't necessarily believe this myself, but it's hard to make what I would consider to be a compelling argument against this. The only halfway decent argument is that life in general are an unknown quantity; you never know what someone is go...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is it possible that there are "unsolvable" mathematic equations? My general understanding is that math tends to make a lot of sense. Obviously this is very simple but 2+2 obviously equals 4. 3y=6, y obviously equals 2. How complex does math actually get that there are equations that aren't so...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What are Parole Board Members suppose to be looking when assessing whether an inmate should be Paroled or not? In light of the OJ Simpson Parole hearing today. EDIT: dammit I forgot a "for"<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are 8 criminogenic risk factors that can be used to predict the lik...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How did ancient Romans do complicated math using Roman numerals?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The normal method of calculation in ancient Rome, as in Greece, was by moving counters on a smooth table. Originally pebbles (calculi) were used. Marked lines indicated units, fives, tens etc. as in t...
<|im_start|>user Foucault, 'the death of man'. In the order of things, at the end of chapter 9, Foucault talks about man's disappearance. What exactly does he mean by this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The idea of the 'the human' or 'Man' was, for Foucault, an invention of the enlightenment and modernity more broadl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is P value and why is 0.05 so important?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When doing studies that have some probability factor involved in it (say randomly sampling people), there is a chance that you may conclude a fact about something simply because of random chance in your study. Say for e...
<|im_start|>user Why do brambles have thorns AND delicious fruit? Surely the fruit is there so animals will eat it and spread the seeds, so why guard it and discourage them from eating the fruit with sharp thorns?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most plants with fruit are adapted to have a particular kind of animal eat...
<|im_start|>user [Futurama] How does the government work? Where does The Central Bureaucracy fit in with DOOP and the government of earth?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Bureaucrats are unelected officials selected for their knowledge of bureaucracy and adherence to rules. They do the work of seeing the rules are fol...
<|im_start|>user Why does the IMF continue to force countries to enact austerity policies despite blatantly admitting themselves that they're bad? unless you think austerity policies are actually good (please explain).<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Context matters. Austerity in a recession in an otherwise "economical...
<|im_start|>user Why should we not be allowed to walk around naked? This is a question that had intrigued me recently. I understand that clothes protect us from the elements and that perhaps over time this has propagated a view of indecency (alongside other things), but I am really interested as to why any of you might...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] If Luke's identity was to be protected from Vader, why did he retain his Skywalker surname?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Two main reasons: 1. Everyone was told that Padme died and her child died with her. Thus Vader and the Emperor *weren't even looking* for Luke and Leia. 2. Obi-Wan t...
<|im_start|>user Is there a country that is currently decreasing in population due to an aging population? I'm aware of many countries like Japan that have an aging population due to low birth rates, but I would like to know if any countries are in the midst of a high death rate that might affect the economy and housin...
<|im_start|>user Why do some jobs pay more than others? Maybe this is a bit of a beginner question. But why do some jobs pay a lot more than others. Since just about everyone wants to be paid more money, why don’t they move to a higher paying profession? Besides barrier to entry (cost of education, or difficulty obt...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do store bought tortillas keep A LOT longer at room temperature than store bought sliced bread? When it comes to taste, texture, and mold, tortillas last a whole lot longer than your standard sliced bread. I have noticed that this is true for both corn or flour tortillas. Why is that?<|im_end...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How can a small amount of medicine (like a pill) affect my whole body?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's not unreasonable that small amounts of things can have a dramatic effect on the body. A tiny thorn only effects a very small number of nerves (compared to your entire body) which sends a sm...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why don’t you hear about the history of Africa before colonialism? Why don’t we learn about Africa’s history before slavery? Was it not documented enough or is it just another systematic racism?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Egypt is one of the oldest civilizations on the planet and we hear a l...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If diamonds have such a low resell value, why don't 2nd hand diamonds massively undercut the price of new diamonds? And in turn driven up the price of second hand diamond or destroyed the price of diamonds? I just watched this collage humour video: http://youtu.be/N5kWu1ifBGU and its left me thin...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does epigenetics work? How much can your actions change the genes you pass on, and in what way? What's it all about? How much can your actions change the genes you pass on, and in what way? Can I use this to influence physical and/or mental capability of my offspring? EDIT. For clarity.<|...
<|im_start|>user Why do a lot of philosophers dislike Continental Philosophy? It seems to me that quite a lot of philosophy students dislike Continental Philosophy, or more importantly dislike those who like Continental Philosophy. Is this because there is a type of arrogance that commonly comes with Continental Philos...
<|im_start|>user Why do we measure decay in half-lives rather than just lives?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To explain in simpler terms. I've run into a misconception occasionally that OP might be falling prey to. If a certain material has a half life of 100 years that doesn't mean it'll be fully decayed in 200 year...
<|im_start|>user Which topics are trending in contemporary political theory/philosophy? I'm particularly interesting in *novel* issues which are being debated *now*, rather than merely during the last decade or so.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Some new and interesting work is being done on the moral limits of market...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it better to brush your teeth before breakfast rather than after? And why do we need to brush our teeth in the morning if we brushed them at night and didn’t eat anything in between?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's actually debatable about when is best to brush your teeth throughout t...
<|im_start|>user Why do Microwave ovens set to low cycle high/off in intervals instead of steadily using lower constant power? I have always wondered when microwaving foods why operating at 50% power for example the food is cooked at 100% power for 50% of the time instead of 50% power 100% of the time. Is it a functi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do plants get root rot from overwatering, yet you put cuttings in just water to grow new roots? And also just like what’s the difference between that and hydroponic gardening in general?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So, plants grown in hydroponic systems can still get root rot— however... ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Natural death (aging) is good for society. This is almost a direct reply to [CGP Grey's latest video "Why die?"](https://youtu.be/C25qzDhGLx8) and all other arguments in favour of immortality. Basically, death is the reason we exist as a species, and we still depend heavily on it. Death is a mech...