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<|im_start|>user CMV: Shifting to an 18-year US Supreme Court term would have substantial benefits that would outweigh the drawbacks I think we would be better off if Supreme Court justices were nominated to 18-year terms rather than lifetime appointments. My vision for this would be that a seat would come up every ot...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Differences among Broiling, Roasting, and Baking I just call all of those "sticking it into an oven"<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I just learned about broiling recently, but let's talk about baking first. When you bake, you cook the food by surrounding it with hot air. Because the hot air is ...
<|im_start|>user How can both nuclear fission and fusion release energy? I understand that nuclear fission releases energy such as a nuclear bomb. I also get that nuclear fusion such as how the sun power itself, also releases energy. How can two opposite processes both release energy?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Fi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How gas masks' air filters can safely hold back toxic gasses but let air through?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The simplest filter out using very fine fabrics or composites, more complicated versions have layers of varying materials and activated charcoal, which acts like a magnet to particles...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There’s nothing immoral about masturbating to someone’s Facebook/Instagram photos without their knowledge or consent I just see it as a victimless crime. If no one ever finds out that you did it, then no harm is caused to anyone. No one ever needs to know and it’s not exactly a difficult thing to ...
<|im_start|>user Race vs ethnicities Hi, Would it be accurate to say that ethnicities are social constructs? It is common to see "race" be referred to as a social construct. Would it be appropriate to say the same thing about ethnicity? Thanks<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Rick Bonus defines ethnicity as a group fo...
<|im_start|>user Will filling up your car tank with gas when it's cold get you more gas when it gets warm and expands? Someone told me this, and consumer reports https://bit.ly/3pZ8mel says it's negligible. I thought, if you added the same liquid volume of gas, even if it expands, doesnt the same total energy remain?<|...
<|im_start|>user Why does ingesting lead cause poisoning and ingesting silver or gold does not? What is it about lead that makes it toxic?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lead gets mistaken for other +2 ions such as iron or calcium. In the case of iron it can interfere with iron transport through binding to cysteine (...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly is radiation? Why is it dangerous? Also, if someone could explain why nuclear reactions give off so much radiation, that would be great.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Radiation is defined as waves or particles emitted from an atom as it moves from a higher energy state to a lower e...
<|im_start|>user CMV Suicide should be legal I know I'm probably gonna get a lot of hate for this but realistically I don't fully understand why it isn't. None of us ever really chose to be alive yet by law we're required to maintain an existence we never asked for. I'm not suicidal, I'm just genuinely confused why the...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Hand washing facilities should be placed outside of bathrooms rather than inside. Washing your hands after going to the toilet is obviously a good thing to do. The problem, as I see it, is that this relies on everyone washing their hands (which we know isn’t the case). If there is an inward openin...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 what is pre-workout and how does it work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Preworkouts are combinations of chemicals intended to do a few things (depending on what's in them). 1. Make you feel more energetic. Thinks like caffeine or ephedrine are usually used for this. 2. Ensure you get the most ...
<|im_start|>user In your field, how would you design the ultimate digital paper-reading assistant? For example, in computer science it might be helpful to have a tool that will keep track of variable name definitions in equations (i.e., highlight all instances of the variable and give definition upon hovering). That wa...
<|im_start|>user What does Nietzsche mean when he says "only the human being is a burden to himself! This is because he lugs too much that is foreign to him"? ...but only the human being is a burden to himself! This is because he lugs too much that is foreign to him. Like a camel he kneels down and allows himself to be...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do I get lightheaded when I stretch my body? Even stretches where my head doesn't go below my waist, like having one leg up on a beam and leaning forward, I always get lightheaded and have to stop. Why is that?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Stretching tells your body to put more blood in a ...
<|im_start|>user [Blade Runner] What's going on in the off-world colonies? Why are they so violent? By 2019, humanity has expanded into intergalactic space. [Most of what we know about the off-world colonies is given in the form of the job descriptions of Replicants during Deckard's meeting with Harry Bryant.](https:...
<|im_start|>user What does it mean if "the Sun releases 5 million tons of pure energy every second"? This is a quote lifted directly from a text-book designed to develop teachers' subject knowledge, and seems a bit odd to me. I'm assuming they're talking about tonnes meaning equivalence to tonnes of crude oil but that ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is Jurassic Park's CGI able to hold up and even beat movies that are released in this century, even though their budget was $63 mil?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant JP used a combination of CGI and "practical" effects, meaning real effects. A LOT of what you see is puppets. Most of its CGI i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why are so many Muslims pissed off with 'the west'? I take this huge world shaping fact for granted without really wondering why...did we do something terrible?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Many factors: Relations between Islamic countries and the U.S. were profoundly affected by the west's co...
<|im_start|>user [The Matrix] What is the purpose of The Oracle ? Isn't it harmful to the Matrix ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's important to note that while the Machines are all part of the same system, they are also individuals. Including programs. With their own sentience to boot. They are allowed to have dif...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The difference between speaking from the throat and speaking from the diaphragm. As best I understand it: The best way to project ones voice and, ultimately, orate is to ‘speak from the diaphragm’. How would I know if I was? Isn’t it just about vocal cords?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Here'...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the paradox of tolerance? I keep hearing this a lot and I don't get it. For instance: Say an argument breaks out between two sides, when a third party points out that both sides are being incivil and they need to chill out so they can lead to a civil compromise or conclusion, they get dis...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that when men ejaculate they do so in "pumps", but when they urinate, its in a constant stream?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Generally different mechanisms and muscles. Urine is stored in the bladder, which is basically a big muscular bag, and more or less just needs to be released. ...
<|im_start|>user I believe that combat between two consenting adults, up to and including dueling, should be legal and regulated. CMV. I believe that if two people choose to engage in a fight, they should be allowed to do so. Ideally, it would be regulated in such a way that either participant could reasonably withdra...
<|im_start|>user I think adding fluoride to public water is good CMV My husband thinks water fluoridation is bad but I think it's good since it keeps our teeth healthy and clean. I've been drinking fluoridated water my whole life and i've always had healthy teeth. Fluoride, is just a mineral and is a naturally occurr...
<|im_start|>user Genetically Speaking, how many possible people are there? (or how many possible combinations of genes are still "human") Presumably there would be a lot, but I was wondering what the likelihood of someone having identical DNA to someone who isn't their identical twin. (For example, is it possible for s...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Machiavellianism<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Machiavelli is best known, and the term which now bears his name comes from, a book he wrote called *The Prince*. In it he explains clearly to the rulers of his day how a prince, the ruler of a city-state, should act. He gives advice on a range o...
<|im_start|>user CMV: International migration restrictions are morally wrong and ineffective. Speaking as a liberal Canadian, I have a few reasons morally why restriction of immigrants is wrong (with the exception of screening criminals). * So, from a moral perspective mobility is a basic human right that should be a...
<|im_start|>user [Chemistry] Why is it unlikely that symmetrical molecules can turn plane-polarized light?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If you had *one* molecule, and *one* plane-polarized photon, and an extremely sensitive detector (way more sensitive than is probably physically possible), you might see that photon...
<|im_start|>user Eli5:What prevents our bodies to get rid of excess food/calories that are not necessary, and instead turns it into fat?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Through most of human history and that of our evolutionary ancestry, storing energy was beneficial to survival since food was more difficult to come by...
<|im_start|>user How long does an arrangement of particles have to be together to be considered a new element? What is the minimum half-life of an element?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The question is mostly about how long does a system need to be bound to be considered a new element. Well new elements are super hea...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do you "black out" when you've had too much to drink?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant People have 2 different types of basic memory-- Short Term and Long Term. Short term memories are processed and stored in the brain for only a few minutes. However, short term memories that are deemed by y...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how do they decide the name and generic name of medications?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When chemists name chemicals it is not as much a name as a description of it using Greek words. This is also why some chemicals can have multiple names as there are multiple ways of describing a chemical....
<|im_start|>user "If the assumptions imposed in an economic theory are unrealistic, then the theory may nonetheless predict better than any alternative theory." I don't quite understand this statement, I was wondering if someone could provide an example of what an "unrealistic assumption" might be within a given econom...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: if an unconscious person is operated upon by a hospital, is there an enforceable contract between them, even in the absence of an express agreement? Specifically, what kind of a legal obligation is that patent under, if not a contractual one?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Medical ethics, backed...
<|im_start|>user [Wall-E] How does Wall-E determine which objects are valuable/important? I mean, he's a robot. AI and stuff... is it just thousands of years of learning what humans had certain affinities for and sorting the items based on that? I mean, as far as collecting spare parts for himself, that's fundament...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How unique is each persons set of capillaries, veins, and arteries compared to everyone else? While I understand the general shape will (hopefully) be the same, how much variance is there in the path of veins and where capillaries branch off and meet back up?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Not on...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do trees get water to their top portions without any sort of pump (like a heart)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Vertical plants generally have vascular (transport) tissues called xylem which carry water up from the roots to the leaves. Wood is one of these transport tissues. And as everybody...
<|im_start|>user Mastering out after 4 years PhD (US)? Hello everyone, Plant biologist here doing a PhD in USA. Will try to keep this short, but any insight or comments are greatly appreciated. I am currently in the beginning of my 4th year of my PhD program (+ 8 months of internship in the same lab for a total of a...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] How casual is interstellar travel? Your average civilian on an average planet in the Republic, how likely do you think it is they have visited another planet? Trying to make a real-world analogy, would visiting another star system be seen like visiting another country, i.e. your average civ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How to Kurt Godel manage to "break" mathematics?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Godel did not "break" mathematics, but rather he proved that there existed limitations to the degree we could root complex mathematics in basic, formal logic. Philosophers and mathematicians wanted to devise a system...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What happens to a mortgage or similar loan if the person getting loaned to dies?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When someone dies, their assets and liabilities become part of their estate. This normally includes the house (as an asset), life insurance proceeds (another asset), and some types of...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How will the upcoming Russia/US space station remain in lunar orbit without being captured by Earth's gravity? It's all in the title. How do you keep an object (like a space station) orbitting the moon without that object being captured, and pulled in, by Earth's gravity without using an unreaso...
<|im_start|>user Do some people deserve to die ? Any books about death penalty, or righteous killing ? Ok to elaborate, i was talking with a christian and i told her that whether she accept it or not, god is a killer. And that the argument "God doesn't kill people, people are killing themselves by disobeying" is border...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What do the blood pressure numbers mean and how do they relate to each other? Basically, I've always been really healthy, went to the doctor, got my BP (104/68) and was told it's really healthy. Then I said (to my Mom, an RN) "would it be better to be 104/80 or 104/60" and she just looked at m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How is basic universal income different than unconditional welfare? At the end of the day, wouldn't basic income still just be the government giving away free money?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They are similar concepts designed to solve similar problems, but there are subtle differences. Ba...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If I throw a rock straight up into the air, for how long exactly does it stay at 0 mph before it falls down again? Is it the same for any mass? This is a bit of a weird one, but somehow I **really** want to know this.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In practice it depends on how accurate your m...
<|im_start|>user How do scientists decipher a language with no known speakers? How do scientists decipher ancient languages (like a carving, insription, scripture or whatever) with no known speakers? Can they figure out the sounds would relate to each visual symbol? What if there aren't any languages that were verbally...
<|im_start|>user So, where are all the beneficial infectious diseases? As far as I can see, most infectious diseases work somewhat along these lines (obviously extremely simplified): * microorganism infects host * microorganism takes energy (in var. forms) from host to reproduce * host is none to happy about thieving...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What is "the Great Man" theory? I heard of it when topic was history but never understood why?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's a lot of different ways to interpret history. They're all valid to different degrees and achieve different things, depending on what you want from history. The Gr...
<|im_start|>user ELI5. How do websites like ‘Ancestry’ and ‘23 &amp; me’ work? I am not sure if it is the altered state I am in, but I can’t seem to understand how these websites are able to track back so far before DNA could be analyzed and understood or even known?!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They compare your D...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it when I scratch one part of my body sometimes I can feel it somewhere else? I had shingles awhile ago and now I have a scar on my stomach and often times when I scratch the scar I can feel it on my back. Why is this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The skin on large areas of the body, su...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are bodies able to create an entire body with it's own lifetime supply of regenetive cells, but is itself unable to prevent gradual decay over a lifetime?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's a lot like a car. A new car you want to repair and replace as much as you can. As the car ages, it g...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Veganism and vegetarianism are not ethically superior to standard omnivorous diet There is no point in becoming vegan or vegetarian in effort to save animals lives. Suffering or even death of a farm animal are no different to those of a tomato, even if it is harder to emotionally compassionate to ...
<|im_start|>user [Loki] Why does Loki call himself 'young'? e1: "I was young and I lost a bet to Thor." DB Cooper was 50 years ago. (40, technically, since loki's set right after avengers). Loki is like a thousand years old, right? Four decades is like going from 25 to 26. Does he just age really slowly at first?<|im...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does time "fix" electronics? Similar things have happened in the past but a week ago my son dropped a stuffed bunny he has that sings, claps its hands and waggles its ears when you press on its foot. He dropped it on the floor hard and instead of working it would just slightly vibrate until ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 Why nutrient information like sugar and calories, isn't/doesn't have to be on alcohol?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The FDA requires all nutrition labels on food; however, alcohol used to fall under the jurisdiction of the ATF, who didn't require any labels; it however is now under the jurisdic...
<|im_start|>user Why is it that some people get eaten up by bugs while others seem to remain untouched?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Specifically in regards to mosquitoes, they have a preference for certain blood types and other blood characteristics which they can actually smell. First off, mosquitoes find their wa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The difference between a router, switch, hub, a bridge and a modem These are all networking devices that I constantly hear about but I don't know what they do. And no matter how any webpages I visit, I still leave more confused than when I originally went looking.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why don't we like the taste of everything that's edible? I mean from a survival view point it would be more logical to like everything; because it equals more food, which means more chances of survival.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Edible things have different nutritional values. Early human...
<|im_start|>user What else can I do with a CS degree that isn't CS related? I'm not sure if these type of posts are allowed here, so sorry if they aren't. Basically I'm coming towards the end of my second year of a CS degree, and so far, I've hated every module I've had with the exception of the few maths modules my c...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Bees should *not* be equal to humans under law. [EDIT: For context, someone posted an opposing CMV that was deleted because OP was not open to change. I am, and I found the topic interesting. There is room for good-faith disagreement about the scope of natural rights] Unlike humans, bees should ...
<|im_start|>user How many of the 118 elements on the periodic table are located on our planet and how many do we suspect exist outside of our world? I'm just curious, do we suspect there could be thousands/millions of unidentified elements within our universe or are we confident that we've identified most of them? Al...
<|im_start|>user Could any plants grow anywhere on Mars? Seeing as Mars has a wide variation in temperature and ground water could any plants from Earth grow anywhere on the planet for even a short time? If not, how close are any plants to being able to grow there?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It would be difficult ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are actions like kissing, hugging, holding hands specifically considered displays of affection? Specifically in terms of psychology or biology.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Hugging, holding hands, and kissing releases chemicals in our brain that are used for feel-good, bonding, and trust. ...
<|im_start|>user eli5. Why is natural spring and ground water safe to drink? Don't bacteria live everywhere even after natural filtration?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You can ingest a fair amount of bacteria and be perfectly fine. Even deadly bacteria and viruses in small enough quantities can be dealt with by your...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What does it mean that race is “socially constructed”?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It means that humans have decided to classify people as different races, but that there are really just variations along a continuum and not artificial break points with biological differences. While the differ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some surgeries take as long as 24 hours or more to perform? What are the reasons why it make take more than a few hours?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant How many things have to be done, and how complicated they are. The deeper you get the more dire it is that things have to be done right,...
<|im_start|>user [XCOM2] (spoilers) Have the aliens never heard of Polymerase chain reactions? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction For those who don't know, PCR is a cheap way of taking a small sample of DNA and replicating/amplifying it with ridiculous efficiency, as in making multiple millions of ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 Video Compression<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The next time you watch a movie or TV show look at how little changes from one frame to the next. For example, if you have two people talking to each other the background isn't going to change much. So, instead of storing a picture of the backgroun...
<|im_start|>user How important is where you received your PhD from to how others in Academia view you? I'm guessing this will differ a great deal among people and schools but it's a question that has been sticking in my head for a while now. Are expensive private grad schools worth it or can you do just as well with a ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When looking at a glass, why are we able to choose between seeing our reflection and seeing through it.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You can focus your eye to see a sharp image at different distances by adjusting the lens. Try holding your finger at arm's length before your face. Focus on the...
<|im_start|>user When exactly can we say a tree has 'died'? Even when you chop a tree down it still has a root system, and in some species that root system can support multiple genetic copies of a given 'original' tree. When can the organism that grows into a tree be called 'dead'? If you cut apart the roots between tw...
<|im_start|>user How do owners take on more risk than employees? And does it justify their much higher pay? It has often been said that the reason that workers are paid far less than owners/CEO’s and even shareholders is because they take on the risk of the company failing and losing money from declines in valuations. ...
<|im_start|>user How do you "make" color? Sorry if this question is kind of stupid, I've just always wondered. If you get blue paint, what makes it blue? I know color has to do with light and all, but what do you do/mix to get that blue color? And if its maybe a blue mineral, where does that color blue come from?<|im_e...
<|im_start|>user Looking for exceptionally well-written books of contemporary analytic political philosophy Any suggestions? I'm reading works of contemporary analytic political philosophy mainly for pleasure. I just finished *The Problem of Political Authority* by Huemer, which I greatly enjoyed. Please suggest onl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What keeps the man to woman ratio in the human population so even?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant DNA is stored in large clusters inside each cell in your body known as Chromosomes. Each cell has the exact same set of DNA. There are a total of 23 pairs, or 46 total chromosomes for humans. You ge...
<|im_start|>user I believe there is no secular "pro-life" argument. CMV I'd like to think that I'm fairly educated in the subject of abortion. I myself am pro-choice, and think that it is ultimately the woman's right to choose whether or not she decides to have an abortion. That being said, I would like to hear more ar...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are there different glasses for different drinks, and why does a beer glass make it taste any better?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Different glasses achieve different things. Wine glasses have long stems to keep you from warming the wine while holding it, as wine is usually sipped. Sco...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: I saw a post about college tuition being $152 in the 70s, and inflation means that’s around $700 now. What about income rates? I know college is severely overpriced, but wouldn’t it be a lot harder to reach $152 back then If that was the case? This is without research, but weren’t wages super sup...
<|im_start|>user I think that all prices displayed (e.g. on the shelf at the store, menus, etc.) should display the real, final price. CMV In some countries, such as France, the prices shown on menus, price tags in the store, etc. is the actual price the consumer pays. Not the price before tax, not the price before fe...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Websites that "track" your browsing and viewing data and provide ad's in accordance to what you view don't hurt anyone, and the backlash against them are largely in part to people not understanding how they work. Oh boy, so this is gonna a doozy. Let me try to explain this the best I can. Online...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How are 3D shapes described in 3D files I am working on a program to render 3D shapes with perspective using python and I would like to know how standard 3D formats "describe" shapes like how all the points and faces are notated. Thank you!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant .obj files tend to be the...
<|im_start|>user [Star wars] Between episode 3 and episode 5, how was Yoda using up his time on Dagobah?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Meditating on his failures, communicating with Qui-Gon Jinn with respect to the Living Force (and becoming a Force Ghost), and focusing on his personal (800-year old) connection with ...
<|im_start|>user There is no such a thing as race within the species of Homo sapiens. CMV Before I start I just want to say, I'll respond to everyone's comment, if your comments lacks logic or you're merely repeating what you've just said without taking in consideration what I just addressed, I will stop the conversati...
<|im_start|>user Is the perception of sound relative to size? I was sitting at home watching an ant crawl across my floor. I happened to be tapping my foot at the time and wondered if that sound, which to me is a basic tap, sounded like a huge boom to this ant. So I'm trying to figure out if sound, or rather how we p...
<|im_start|>user CMV: People are much closer in their opinions and feelings about the world than the mainstream media would have us believe. Mainstream media around the world tends to show face offs between this group or that. Whether it be advocates or deniers of climate change, liberals vs conservatives in politics, ...
<|im_start|>user how money changes a society I hope this is the right sub to ask this question, since it is multidisciplinary. The youtuber caspian report, has [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60JboffOhaw&amp;t=15s&amp;ab_channel=CaspianReport) video on the rise and decline of science in islam. to simplify - h...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does someone get more attractive the more we like them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because attraction is based on a multitude of factors, not just initial visual appraisal. Scent, touch, taste, the sound of their voice, the way they interact with you, their thoughts and beliefs.. thes...
<|im_start|>user What did Nietzsche mean when he wrote "Christianity is Platonism for the people?" In his book "Beyond Good and Evil" Nietzsche claims that &amp;#x200B; &gt;But the struggle against Plato, or—to speak plainer, and for the "people"—the struggle against the ecclesiastical oppression of millenniums of Ch...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the nuclear proliferation treaty and why do India, Pakistan and a few others refuse to sign it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The nuclear non-proliferation treaty says two important things: 1. All countries have a right to research and develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, ...
<|im_start|>user Why can't we replace hearts and lungs by pumping oxygenated blood though people? Like they do with bypass surgery. *Edit* In cases where people are waiting for new organs and such. Why can't it be a long term solution if a replacement isn't available immediately.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I too...
<|im_start|>user Can someone provide a very simple explanation of how malware "changes itself" to avoid detection? First year comp sci student. I'm just trying to understand how malware "changes itself". ...would it be something like keeping track of how many times a section of the code executes, and then after 'n' t...
<|im_start|>user Why exactly does String Theory require more than four spacetime dimensions? And are there predictions or ideas of what those extra dimensions actually are and how they... function?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To put it simply, there's a certain equation that has to be solved, and you can put in a v...
<|im_start|>user CMV: It doesn't matter who you vote for in America. There's really only two parties, both controlled by the corporations of America, and thus all the decisions made by the president are ultimately filtered through the CEOs and heads of financial institutions. It doesn't matter who you vote for since th...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is no fair and practical way to pay reparations for past crimes like slavery or what happened to the Native Americans. **Edit: I also meant to say that I don't mean this as a way to look down on people who might call for reparations. I think 98% of the time people call for it it's well inten...
<|im_start|>user Is it possible for the human immune system to "forget" any pathogen after vaccination as time passes? How does this work considering that information on certain pathogens are also retained by the immune system and does this vary based on different pathogens? If my understanding is correct, after being ...
<|im_start|>user How to form a better ability to understand raw philosophical texts? I’ve taken multiple philosophy courses so far and I always struggle understanding the raw text. I don’t take much away from certain readings from thinkers like Kant or Hegel and only start to get the basics once they are explained in c...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What does Bernie Sanders' "Too big to fail" bill mean when it says it is going to 'break up' big banks?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A lot of the biggest banks in the US (i.e. JP Morgan / Citigroup are probably the classic cases) are financial conglomerates that house many different kinds of b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What happens to all that bleach/toilet cleaning product after I flush it away? How is it removed from waste water (if it even is)? I've always had a mildly guilty twang every time I flush after loading the toilet with chemicals to clean it as I honestly don't know for sure what happens to it. In ...