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<|im_start|>user ELI5 when your pour a liquid over flour, why does some of the flour remain dry?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Flour molecules have a hydrophilic end (water-loving) and a hydrophobic end (water hating). When the water drops into the flour it is immediately surrounded by flour molecules with their wate...
<|im_start|>user Why is it that human babies take so long to learn how to walk, as opposed to most other mammals? Surely it'd be benificial for survival if the smallest could walk? Why did evolution decide it wasn't a good idea?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As with most developmental priorities its a question of whe...
<|im_start|>user Thinking of life-long health, is it better to avoid germs as much as possible or be exposed to them and strengthen your immune system Will I be healthier if I always wash my hands, always practice food safety and temperatures to a tee, avoided dirt generally, used disinfectants, etc etc, or would it be...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How do glass and other transparent materials work on a molecular level? Do they have more space in between molecules? Does the light interact a lot less with their molecules? How does the light come through where in other materials the light is absorbed?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Glass does ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does concrete work on a molecular level? It goes from powder to chalky to wet to rock hard - what exactly is happening that makes it so shapeable and suddenly strong?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The chemical principle is called “water of hydration”. Concrete doesn’t dry out like paint. ...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] How would Star Wars not be a post-scarcity society? This kind of applies to any SciFi setting where an entire galaxy has been colonized and exploited. With the sheer number of planets and resources in a galaxy, how come there isn't just plenty of everything for everyone? I ask about Star Wa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some cancers present symptoms early while others don't often present until stage III or IV?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's important to understand every type of cancer is a different disease, even within similar types of cancers there are subtypes that present different mutations or ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Dimensions: How can there be more than 3 dimensions?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A dimension is simply a variable that is independent of any other variable. In this universe there are only 3 spatial dimensions (I.E. in the x, y, and z directions). However a dimension is not restricted to simp...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is the printing of currency regulated? When do they print more/less than previously ? title :)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Central Banks (like the Federal Reserve in the US, or the ECB in Europe) have the responsibility to manage the amount of currency in their respective countries. The ...
<|im_start|>user Do water filters (i.e. Brita) actually provide tangible health benefits in 1st world nations?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In most locations in most developed countries, the municipal water supply is "safe" to drink, by whatever national or local standards apply. This does not mean that there aren't...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: Why is light both particle/wave? Could we be getting wrong results due to the method of measurement?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Light is a particle because it appears to be a discrete, countable thing with a certain amount of energy. We've measured with with the photoelectric effect (Einstei...
<|im_start|>user what is the best economic path that a newly industrialised country like brazil or Mexico should take for example, do you consider the privatization of PEMEX a good approach?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is a sincere response. I think you're asking the wrong question. The language you use is l...
<|im_start|>user CMV:I believe that all religion was born out of the fear of death. Every single religion that I have encountered has always focused on what happens in the "after-life" phase of existence. The options come in multiple formats, some examples are: Valhalla/Hel from the Norse culture, Heaven/Hell from the...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does the body get ‘used to’ running long distances?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your body gets stronger and through that it also gets more efficient at using the oxygen you inhale. As a result your heart doesn’t need to pump as much blood throughout your body and you don’t need to breath...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do we know for sure that cancer and other deceases aren't caused by being constantly exposed to small radiations from electronic devices and 3G, 4G, WiFi, LTE, Bluetooth-signals? I am in no way trying to be ignorant. I am certain that scientific studies has drawn some kind of conclusion, but ...
<|im_start|>user Heidegger's the nothing Can somebody give me a relatively straightforward account of Heidegger's concept of nothing? Especially in relation to his essay What is Metaphysics?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The key to this text is the line where Heidegger says that the sciences "look at beings a whole, ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What Are The Principles Of Chicago School Economics? What are the principles of Chicago School Economics? The Pros and Cons?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The core principles include favor of free markets and supply-side economics as opposed to Keynesian economics. It prefers monetary policy as...
<|im_start|>user How do computers do math? What actually goes on in a computer chip that allows it to understand what you're asking for when you request 2+3 of it, and spit out 5 as a result? How us that different from multiplication/division? (or exponents or logarithms or derivatives or integrals etc.)<|im_end|> <|im...
<|im_start|>user Why do Mars rovers work so much longer after their mission is over? I saw Opportunity is going on 4000+ days, for a 90 day mission, but even Curiosity, with a much longer mission, is now hundreds of days past it's mission end date. What were their original missions, and what are they doing now? Is th...
<|im_start|>user How stable is a person's personality over time?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Personality is highly, but not perfectly stable (either rank-order or mean-level change). However, change may well be a heritable individual difference. Roberts &amp; Delvecchio (psych bulletin, 2000) did a study on this ...
<|im_start|>user I'm beginning to think that I shouldn't go out of my way to help people if I could stand to lose from it. CMV When I see people in difficulty, I have a very strong urge to help them. Though I can't claim to be any sort of humanitarian, I have in the past often helped friends, acquaintances and colleagu...
<|im_start|>user CMV: If a state treated men the way certain Islamic nations treat women, the UN would ostracise that nation. This is more a collection of views rather than just one, but I believe is nicely summarised in the above point. From an outsiders perspective, it seems to me that some Islamic nations essentia...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how do fleas jump so high for their body size?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As something gets larger, it's weight goes up proportional to it's volume, and it's strength goes up proportional to the cross sectional area of it's muscles. Volume scales as the third power, area scales as the second...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are we sure Challenger Deep is the deepest point when we have barely fully explored our ocean? Basically the title, but I always wondered if the Mariana Trench was the actual deepest point on our planet<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mix of: 1. All science is always "...to the best of our k...
<|im_start|>user Is Having Several Files Named the Same Bad? I'm currently making my first website and noticed that I have several files similarly named. It's going to possibly be my portfolio so I have access to the programs I want to share all being routed (using express.js) through a file called `routes/programs.js`...
<|im_start|>user Where does the pi in Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle come from? Is there a good intuitive reason why the uncertainty principle includes the pi term? If we absorb the pi and say that h(bar) should be considered as the physical constant, we find h (Plank's constant) shows up in many other expressions...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is different in the brain of a person having add or adhd? In comparison to a average brain what is different in someone having a attention deficit disorder ? I tried googling it but I couldn't find a real answer Also can someone please tell me what causes adhd ? Is it genetics ?<|im_end|> <...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Kant's transcendental idealism Thanks for all the great responses.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are things as they are in themselves, which are things as noumenon, and things as we experience them, things as phenomenon. We cannot experience things as noumenon. The structure of our experi...
<|im_start|>user [General Fantasy] How come humans are the dominant species in just about every fantasy world despite the existence of other sapient species? Not counting fantasy settings where only humans exist it’s something I’ve always found weird that when humans share a world with other sapient species it’s someho...
<|im_start|>user Therapeutic approaches to metaphysics/ethics? I've read Wittgenstein's *Philosophical Investigations* accompanied by McGinn's *The Routledge Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations* (which, as an enthusiast, is a fantastic book), and recently I finished the first half of *The New Wittg...
<|im_start|>user Becoming a researcher without a PhD I'm currently a CS undergrad and I have a job lined up for after I graduate. However, I love CS, learning, and research and have thus been considering going into a PhD program after working for 1-2 years but it will be difficult for me to give up my job making $90k/y...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: What does epistomology and ontology mean in simple words?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Epistemology: the branch of philosophy that investigates what knowledge is; what it means to know something; how we come to know things. Ontology: the branch of philosophy that investigates what kinds of th...
<|im_start|>user how to combine philosophy and computer science? how to combine philosophy and computer science?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Like, in college? Or in research? it is fairly common to study both. In research, there's a few interesting questions, from questions of logic to how AI (edit: and machine l...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: [NSFW] Why are the breasts and the butt now sexualized body parts of women, when their biological purpose is not sex related? *No misogynistic comments, please.* It's clear why the vagina is sexualized, but why the breasts and the butt? If it's just because of the round, protruding shape, then w...
<|im_start|>user [anime] Why do all protagonist's parents work overseas? What do they do for work? Where are they?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I have a couple of friends who work in companies and you can end up traveling a lot for business. Finance, sales and management positions often involve a lot of traveling to...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does the Options market work and can you use a lifelike example of a put / call position which is relatable?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You can see Options as a "price guarantee" for something you want to buy / sell in the future, but you want to agree on the price in advance. **Put Opt...
<|im_start|>user Can someone please explain some aspects of E=MC^2? Sorry in advance if these are dumb questions, just trying to understand Einstein’s equation better. I understand E represents energy, usually potential energy, but what unit is E measured in? Is it dependent on what units are used in the case of M an...
<|im_start|>user What advances would be required for us to see galaxies farther beyond the 700 million year mark?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Larger telescopes, especially in the infrared, longer observation time. The oldest galaxies are very dim, and their light is shifted towards infrared. JWST will be the large...
<|im_start|>user I dont understand philosophy at all Im in an intro to philosophy class and ive never been more confused in my life. I have to write an essay on what philosophy is and cant write more than one paragraph. I spent the last 10 hours reading and watching youtube videos and im still so lost. How am I suppose...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: what is the design process of building an application?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Ex-developer and now IT project manager here. It depends on the size and complexity of the application. For little wee ones like an Excel macro that processes a sheet or a data-cleansing routine, you usually h...
<|im_start|>user In order to calculate relative atomic mass the masses of isotopes have to be taken into account. How did the scientists know (initially) what is the abundance of those isotopes? Is it fixed (in an ore) or did they have to use some other method?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You use a mass spectromete...
<|im_start|>user [General Supers] I have the power to see through other people's eyes. How can I best leverage this power? Ok so recently I was thinking about my brother and suddenly I could see through his eyes as he drove down the road. It was wierd but I brushed it off as dejavu or a daydream. But it keeps happenin...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: Why do spicy foods like wasabi, mustard and horseradish burn differently to foods like chilli's and curry's? I always feel that wasabi and horseradish effects the back of my throat and nasal more, whereas the chilli's and curry's burn my tongue. What makes the spices react differently to the huma...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 : why do certain containers cause the liquid to disastrously pour down the side but others don’t?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Everyone here is talking about properties of water cohesion and viscosity, but OP specifically asked about why certain **containers** pour well while others don't. Tha...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why Bashar al-Assad is so universally hated, especially his Arab neighbors?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To better understand all things in the Middle East a great place to start is to know which countries are ruled by Shia vs Sunni. Sunni (think: many or "manni") are the **vast majority**. Sh...
<|im_start|>user CMV. Adding more gender is a problem. I just posted this to r/unpopularopinion but also wanted to post it here. I haven't posted much, so I hope I don't break any rules. I've been thinking on the topic for some time now. It wasnt until I read something that stated gender and sex are different. Now I t...
<|im_start|>user Why do other mammals not get food poisoning from eating raw meats yet humans do?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Humans are physiologically between carnivores and herbivores. Our digestive system is about 5-6x our body length. Carnivores generally have much shorter digestive systems, maybe 1-3 times bo...
<|im_start|>user How does physical exercise reduce the risk of getting cancer?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A major factor in reducing cancer risk involves lowering insulin levels. Exercise is great for that, especially if it lowers BMI into healthy ranges (avoids insulin resistance). Insulin does a number of things...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I consider pronouns and gendered general term unimportant. In my country there was a recent court case where a lady unsuccessfully complained that a bank was referring to her as (male and general) "customer" and not the "customeress" EDIT. "Customeress" is not an English term. "Kunde" and "Kundin...
<|im_start|>user How do bacteria become resistant to drugs?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Basically, since bacteria are relatively simple organisms, with small genomes, they tend to mutate easily. Additionally, bacteria are able to divide and multiply very quickly. As a result, as a population of bacteria grows, sub...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we discount the possibility of life on extrasolar planets outside their "Goldilocks Zones," when life on moons (Enceladus, Europa) within our own system, well outside our "habitable zone," are possibilities?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because we currently have a sample size of 1 plane...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What happens in your body at concerts when it feels like your heart is about to vibrate out of your chest when they hit super low bass notes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Sound is effectively just waves of air moving at different speeds and sizes. While most of them are so small you can really ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What is causing this specific version of the Galaxy Note 7 to have so much trouble? and why couldn't they fix it after recalling the device and issuing new phones?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If we knew the answer to that question, the problem could be addressed. Given that Samsung has suspend...
<|im_start|>user How did Rutherford bombard the atom with alpha particles when discovering the nucleus in the Gold Foil Experiment? I’m confused of how Rutherford 1. isolated an alpha particle, and 2. How did he even know what an alpha particle was or even measure it?? If they hadn’t discovered the nucleus yet how was ...
<|im_start|>user [General] What would humans look like if a higher life form bred them like humans breed dogs? Think the mid way point between us and a Great Old One. A creature that views us as pets rather than ants, and takes an interest in Human-Fancy, breeding us into weird, freakish things almoat totally divorced...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is Europe considered to be a continent and not just a peninsular of Asia?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Continents are largely a cultural concept; they have never been very consistently defined by geography alone. After all, North and South America are attached, and Africa is attached to As...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why emergency room visits are so expensive? Bonus points if you can tell me why everyone casually does their job with no real hustle. I feel like they take their time and just gossip while you wait in the room.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As a doctor in other countries you make a risk assessm...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why can you move one eye inward independently but not outward?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant "Moving one eye inward" uses the same movements as focusing on a point very close in front of one eye. You don't actually need to move your eyes "independently" to do this; so long as the focal point is...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How chroma subsampling works I found only one post about this dated 10 years ago with only one reply. The Wikipedia page and other webpages explain it similarly but I still don't understand it completely. For JPEG, it uses 4:2:0 subsampling scheme but I don't fully understand how it works or wha...
<|im_start|>user How do we know the composition and mass of some planets/stars ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In terms of composition. We're looking at a technique called spectroscopy. Basically, for any chemical element (or larger structures like molecules but when you're talking about stars it's too hot for molecu...
<|im_start|>user [Marvel/DC] Why do some villains only want to take over specific cities? Is their goal to simply be a non-democratically elected mayor? And how would this new leadership work within the context of a state and federal government? There are a lot of supervillains who want to take over cities but I genuin...
<|im_start|>user Can privacy be considered as a social institution? Hello, I wonder if privacy can be considered as a social institution, maybe you have some bibliography to suggest me? Thank you in advance<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I think it's fairly easy to argue that the concept of privacy fits the classical ...
<|im_start|>user Better one statement with all calculations are multiple statements with easier calculations? I'm learning c# and working on a little project i have been thinking about for a while. In it variables are influenced by different inputs and calculations. I was wondering for running more smoothly, is it bett...
<|im_start|>user What evolutionary advantage does a virus have if it kills the host?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Traits that evolve do not necessarily have to have an evolutionary advantage. Biological effects often have unintended consequences. The fact that an effect that kills the host can evolve from the proper...
<|im_start|>user CMV: If a woman has a unilateral right over deciding if she wants to abort or not, a man should not be forced to pay child support if he doesn't want a child. A strong argument can be made that no one else should have a say over a woman's choice to get an abortion or not. But that considered, then if a...
<|im_start|>user [General Sci Fi] If most planets were habitable, how important would security of an interplanetary facility be? Suppose space travel is possible, and I'm making a top secret lab on a remote planet in the middle of a random galaxy. How much of my budget should go towards security measures?<|im_end|> <|i...
<|im_start|>user [kaiju movies] why are the militaries so stupid? Whether it be bombing their own city, wasting time building giant mechs, or giving a nuke to creatures that feed off radiation, the military messes up a lot in these movies. Why? Bonus points if you can figure out the three movies I’m referencing.<|im_e...
<|im_start|>user Public schools should not offer sports or athletic programs to students at all. CMV Athletics cost schools thousands of dollars because they often entails hiring sub-par teachers for the sole purpose of coaching a school sport (at least at my high school and in my area), taking up more property than ne...
<|im_start|>user Knowing what you know now about your specific field, how far do you think a person could go following a self-learning path? Are there things self-learners will have a difficult time compensating for even when you consider the wealth of resources we have today?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If you're ...
<|im_start|>user Real life applications of paradoxes? I'm not a philosophy major, but I love the subject and thus I have subscribed to this wonderful subreddit. One of my favorite concepts to think about are paradoxes. I'm particular to the Paradox of the Heap because I find it very applicable to many real life situa...
<|im_start|>user Something I never quite understood from high school biology: What determines whether or not a gene is dominant? For example, I have a parent with blonde hair and a parent with black hair. I'm pretty sure that, despite being blonde myself, blonde isn't -always- dominant over black. I guess I'm trying to...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How was the first operating system created if there were no other coding languages at the time? Edit: holy shit this blew up<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Coding languages were around long before operating systems. An operating system was added primarily to manage memory use between multiple p...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why the encryption strength will not increase when an encrypted message gets encrypted again?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If you use 2 different kinds of encryption, it will strengthen. If you use 2 layers of encryption that works off the same algorithm, instead of requiring 2 passwords to ...
<|im_start|>user What causes the EMP in a nuclear explosion? My next question would then be: If a nuclear bomb was detonated in a vacuum on Earth, would it still cause the same EMP? Thanks!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A magnetic field is generated when there is a changing electric field. A nuclear blast releases ...
<|im_start|>user Why are CPU frequencies so much higher than GPU frequencies? Most CPUs can reach 4.8+GHz easily, whereas most GPUs struggle to get 2+GHz, why is that?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They're optimized for different tasks. CPUs need to compute stuff in order, and to get that fast, clock speed is needed...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I don't value the lives of children more than the lives of adults. I see appeals to sympathy all the time using the lives of children. Somehow, something is worse or more worthy of caring if it primarily affects the lives of children. I see no reason to value the lives of children over an adult....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the difference between computer science and computer engineering?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Computer engineering is primarily about designing computer hardware. Computer science is primarily about the theory of how computers work and what they can do. It also tends to include "how ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The fact that people come out of high school not worth eight bucks an hour is proof that the educational system needs to be reformed In these times of poverty, people often talk about financial issues, minimum wage, the whole "rich bad ceos bad", and whatnot -- all fine and good, but there is one ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can certain foods change the flavor of a guy's ejaculate?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The things you consume affect you. They affect they way you feel and the way you look. More relevant to this, they affect the way you smell and the properties of anything you excrete. Think about how yo...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Corporate Personhood should be abolished Elizabeth Warren wants to amend it, first time I've seen a politician approach this issue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accountable_Capitalism_Act I would go further, I do not see why shareholders and directors should not be held personally liable for a c...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do blacklights make white stuff glow?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Ok so our eyes can only see from red to violet (red,orange,yellow,green, blue and violet). The rest, either we cannot see or we see black. A black light produces what we call ultraviolet light. Ultra goes for what's over vi...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Our Society is Asleep. The AI/Robotics/Automation Train is going to hit HARD. Here's a short video that dives deeper into how we are not properly preparing for the explosion of exponential technology (AI, biotech, neurotech, blockchains, space, etc.) into our social fabric and what we can do to co...
<|im_start|>user CMV - Screws are superior to nails in every way. I'm hardly a carpenter, but every single time I have to build or assemble something, I find myself disappointed with nails. They don't hold as well, and although they are less expensive, I typically have to use twice as many to complete the same task. I'...
<|im_start|>user Job Interview questions I posted this question in academia and didn’t get much response so thought I’d ask here Humanities disciples: As someone who will be going on the job market this fall, and a first-gen Phd, can you please share a question that popped up during your interview process? Maybe a que...
<|im_start|>user Are there still things we could learn by experimenting on humans but haven't because the methods are seen as immoral?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Yeah like raising children together with no adult contact and seeing if they develop language. Or breeding two olympic weightlifters together and then g...
<|im_start|>user Many developed countries have the problem of having a majority aging population, as I understand they solve this by immigration. But what happens when the developing countries they get immigrants from become developed economies? My premise may be entirely wrong though. But if it isnt then what happens ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: if google fiber is far superior and not a substantial amount of money more than regular old broadband they should have no problem getting people to sign up so why isn't it available everywhere yet?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Laying down the infrastructure and planning the implementation of t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: what’s a rectifier and what is it used for?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two types of electrical current: Alternating Current (ac), where electricity goes back and forth between two leads and Direct Current (dc), where electricity goes from one lead to the other. A rectifier chan...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do people come up with math formulas or equations by just observing the world around us?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So, there's a bit of a mix of looking for patterns, knowing what certain relationships look like, and thinking about how stuff relates. Let's take a basic example. Suppos...
<|im_start|>user At what point along their evolutionary chain is an organism considered to be a new species? If you trace back the genetic lineage of human ancestors, how far back could you go and still have an organism that is homo sapiens? What is the "dividing line" and how is it scientifically defined?<|im_end|> <|...
<|im_start|>user What exactly is meant by "quantum information cannot be destroyed"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It means that given the current state of the universe, if you knew every piece of quantum information there is to know, you should be able to perfectly reconstruct the entire history of the universe from...
<|im_start|>user Are the shapes of galaxies we see distored by the light from different parts of it getting to us later than others? Given that a galaxy is thousands of light years wide wouldn't the light from a nearer part of it reach us sooner than light from a further part of it? Why aren't the images of galaxies sm...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do bees become less aggressive/fall asleep when beekeepers pour smoke into their hives?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Bees communicate using chemicals called pheromones. The smoke blocks the pheromones so communications between bees are essentially cut. While it does calm the bees, it can ...
<|im_start|>user If I wanted a sword made from materials that represent the pinnacle of modern materials science,what should it be constructed from? Most of the time, I hear about the value of swords being made in traditional ways, such as Damascus steel. It got me wondering what Nasa might come up with if they were ta...
<|im_start|>user Why can a console run exclusive games better than an emulator with better specs? For example; Wind Waker on a Dolphin Emulator with specs that definitely exceed a GameCube, yet runs perfectly on the GameCube.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lets say someone tried to teach you how to understand Japanese...
<|im_start|>user How much of an impact does it make to complete your PhD in the US versus Europe/Oceania/etc? I have read a few times here that US institutions prefer people who hold PhDs from the US in hiring, and I'm not sure if a similar idea holds for other countries/areas. I'm not sure if it'd be more difficult to...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 What is Non-Euclidean Geometry?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Euclidean geometry is based on 5 unprovable truths called Postulates. In basic modern English, they are: 1. You can draw one straight line between any two given points. 2. You can infinitely extend any given line segment in a straig...
<|im_start|>user Why is high-frequency sound easier to block than low frequency sound? I noticed that if you are standing far away from a sound source, that the high freq. notes tend to dissipate more rapidly than the lower freq. notes. Also, if you play music and step outside the room, only parts such as the bass guit...
<|im_start|>user How do scientists across the world accurately repeat experiments that use very fine weight measurements when the force of gravity isn't consistent across Earth?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For the majority of experiments, the variations of the Gravitational Field are small enough that any affect on...
<|im_start|>user [Communication] Term for managing relationships by way of not making oneself a threat? I can't think of a way to describe this - so I'll give an example or two. 1) Intentionally downplaying your experience to prevent an employer from believing you to be "overqualified", and not wanting to hire a "fli...