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<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do Americans learn a foreign language so late in their educational career(i.e. high school and college) while foreigners are practically fluent in English by the time they're in their late teens? And on a related note, why is it that American schools only offer 2 or 3, maybe 4 languages (usua...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Are all sith "evil" or Darth Sidious and his followers were just shitty people who happened to be sith?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The Dark and the Light sides are simply divided by their practitioners' adherence to certain emotions. Where Dark Siders draw from raw emotion: Jealousy, A...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are so many common philosophical ideas dismissed as Philosophy 101? What concepts are covered at higher levels?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most common philosophical ideas are common because they can be communicated and understood without an extensive background in philosophy or specializ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did herbivorous dinosaurs get so large while have so little protein in their diet? I get that they would have a surplus of vitamins but I don't understand how something as big as the [apatosaurus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatosaurus) could get as big as it is with so little protein.<|im_...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 Why you must turn your phone to airplane mode on some airlines, while others offer on-flight wifi<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant WiFi radios can be set at specific frequencies in the 2.4 and 5ghz range, configurable by the access point. This frequency can be tested to not interfere with the plan...
<|im_start|>user [Three Laws of Robotics]I need my robot to disregard the first law The kids in my neighborhood have come up with a new way to pass the time: They walk up to someone with a robot, and tell the robot something along the lines of "I'll kill myself if you don't follow me" or "My grandmother is dying, only ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: American portion sizes are too big and this is contributing to the society's problems Compared to the rest of the world, or at least the places I have travelled to, American portion sizes for restaurant-served meals are easily at least 30 percent more than what they are elsewhere, usually even mor...
<|im_start|>user How do fish know where home is? Do they have a set place in the ocean they always come back to? How do fish navigate the oceans, and how do they not get lost along their way? Do they have a place in the ocean they would call home and always come back to?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Many organisms h...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are elementary schools so much smaller than middle schools, than high schools, etc? In the area where I live in the US which I'm going to assume is generally emblematic of most areas in the US there are a ton of small elementary schools, often really close to each other, some middle schools, ...
<|im_start|>user [ELI5] If sound is matter vibrating, and the speed it vibrates is pitch, what dictates volume? Is it the amount of matter vibrating, and if so, does that mean there’s a “max volume” for air?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The energy it carries, which is apparent by the amount of space by which it disp...
<|im_start|>user eli5: How did ancient armies find each other before battles? EDIT: A little background to the question for people saying scouting (and to clarify why I initially posted). This was my first thought as well, but in reading about Roman history, I’d found out that they were notoriously bad at scouting, as ...
<|im_start|>user [Mass Effect] How does the Quarian economy work? They are all secluded on their fleet, their only outsource being labour the labour of youths that leave to travel, and yet they have an acceptable military and their society is stable. What's going on?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The Quarian society ...
<|im_start|>user When two waves destructively interfere, where does the energy go?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Destructive interference occurs either at some moment of time or at some point in space. In time, if two waves meet each other and destructively interfere, then a few moments later they will have travele...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Just because I’m a white American doesn’t mean I’m a colonizer I was in a Facebook argument about something completely unrelated and someone called me a colonizer. I mean, just because my ancestors stole and colonized land doesn’t mean im a colonizer, does it? My reasoning is that I never colonize...
<|im_start|>user When listening to the radio in a traveling vehicle and then going through a tunnel, and the audio of the song/news turns to static, what is being played through the radio if the signal is lost, as in, what provides the 'static' sound? Thank you everyone for all the informative responses. Much obliged :...
<|im_start|>user How does one read information from qubits? When the qubits are being read by the outside world, they would collapse - how do we make sure they collapse so that the information is accurate?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is the entire challenge of creating quantum algorithms, and there's no set me...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What are the different programming languages for? I only know that HTML and CSS are for webpages but completely clueless about the rest. Can they all be used for web pages? Or do they each do a different thing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In general all programming languages can all do the exa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how does the inflation works? How come everything costs more than 50 years ago?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Governments try to run monetary policy so that there is a small but consistent level of inflation, achieved through a combination of controlling interest rates at the central bank and i...
<|im_start|>user [ELI5] What exactly is a mushroom? How do they differ from plants or animals? And what makes some safe for human consumption?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A mushroom is the fruiting body of some types of fungus. The reason the fungus living in the soil underground or in a rotting log grows them is t...
<|im_start|>user What is python for? So, I have a rough understanding of computer programming. I was into it like 15 years ago, but got distracted by life. But for the life of me, I can't understand what python is for or why it's so valuable. What do you do with it? I'm familiar with like machine code, or robotics pro...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the benefit of having a stuffy nose when sick? We get stuffy noses when our nose gets inflamed inside. But what is the point of this inflammation when we are sick? Is there any benefit to it? It only seems like its there to annoy us and make breathing a hard time.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>as...
<|im_start|>user CMV: While gender can be decided upon by the person, sex cannot due to genetics and sex, not gender, should be used for medical and other information on forms (as well as gender if necessary) Gender, especially because of people who identify as transsexuals, can be chosen since they are male/female but...
<|im_start|>user Is it a contradiction to be a pro-choice vegan? I became a vegan because I realized I couldn't justify causing unnecessary suffering for sentient beings, or those beings likely or possibly sentient but without clear evidence for being so (benefit of the doubt, as it were). However, in the case of pro-...
<|im_start|>user Why are there shadows in electron microscopy? How are they different from shadows due to the absence of light? I just watched [this gif of a moving drill recorded with an electron microscope](http://i.imgur.com/BMU4Wx0.gifv) and noticed that there are both shadows and gloss where you'd expect them if i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is Iowa so important in presidential elections? /<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As stated elsewhere, it is first, so it is important. People vote for winners, so if you are winning early, people are more likely to get behind you. And there are a lot of benefits to doing it this way. With so...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the difference between PGP keys, SSH keys, and SSL keys? I know that they all use asymmetric encryption, but I don't understand their differences and applications. Any guidance is much appreciated!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The only difference is the types of programs they're used f...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Writing is more persuasive when we vocalise it (say it out loud) first. A curse on business and academic writing is the Myth of Professionalism. This is the belief that to sound like we know what we’re talking about we have to use formal, abstract, high-register language, ie long, fancy words deri...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it often political suicide to "flip-flop" or change one's opinion based on sound argument, evidence, or voter opinion? It seems like every election cycle this is a negative phrase used by one candidate to the other (both sides being guilty of this). I can think of several times that my per...
<|im_start|>user How would Galileo (in his time) convince people of the accuracy of his telescope? How things look through a telescope is not evidence to convince people to switch to the Copernican model unless people believe exactly what they see? Galileo could have fiddled with the device so that people see an image ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are doctors trained to deal with hypochondriacs and patients that are especially anxious about their health? Do they end up getting worse care than more ordinary patients?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Generally, you try to avoid giving in to unnecessary tests. And you try to build a rappor...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The US national wait list of organs for transplant should provide "extra waiting list points" to patients with a history of being registered donors. There are currently over 115,000 Americans awaiting a life saving organ transplant and about 8,000 of them die each year while waiting. Organs are no...
<|im_start|>user Does it mean anything if professors at a university got their PhD at that same university? Im looking at engineering PhD programs \(US universities\) and notice at one university in particular that several professors \(at least 5\) within the department got their PhD from that same department. Three of...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why is the color green the magic color for video editing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The idea is to have a color which is unique to the background or a portion of the image which is to be removed or altered. Blue is another color commonly used but red is avoided because humans tend to be som...
<|im_start|>user how does light polarisation with a third filter at 45 degrees allows light to pass through? I understand how polarisation works but don't understand how adding the third filter to pass through, please help! Thanks :)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The key thing with polarisation filters is that once t...
<|im_start|>user [Rampage]Why did George Just get bigger, but stay otherwise the same? why didn't his body develop new defenses/adaptations (IE like the Wolf's gliding ability, or the Alligator's armored back spikes)?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It seems to effect different animals in interesting ways. It also see...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does tax evasion by large multinationals work? I hear a lot about large multinationals (Apple, Google, but also Panasonic etc) setting up their 'headquarters' in a country that has relatively low tax rates. How precisely does this work though and how come they don't have to pay tax in other c...
<|im_start|>user Moving to a new country for a PhD - scared it will ruin my relationship. So, im assuming this is a common problem, feel free to link any previous threads dealing w this. As young reseacher (ecology n conservation) it's super hard to get a funded position. But now, I might be able to get one in Germany...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The United States two party system is an illusion of democracy and basically the closest you can get to dictatorship without a dictator I so often hear Americans declare the United States the greatest democracy on earth and get confused. How can a system where you only get to choose from two real ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do healing wounds feel warmer to the touch?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When you're injured, your body inflames the area around it - basically by increasing bloodflow to that area. This allows the body to move lots of platelets to the area (to scab it over), lots of white blood cells (to...
<|im_start|>user The Conspiracy Against the Human Race - Influences? I began reading the book this morning and... it's a bit verbose for me. I'm very curious as to what works Ligotti may have picked his ideas up from in hopes that they may be easier to digest.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I’d advise patience. Ligott...
<|im_start|>user cmv: Culture Appropriation is not a crime and should not be taken as seriously by people on the internet. As per my understanding, culture appropriation means adoption of certain aspects of foreign cultures which may or may not be for profit. Whenever a celebrity makes an attempt to utilise characteri...
<|im_start|>user Is it possible that exposing deep-sea creatures to bright LED lights, like we do in wildlife documentaries, could be harmful to them or to their biomes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There is always a risk of exposure or harm in exploration. In this case, it should be a minimum, temporary disruptio...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What do lost ants do when moved away from their colony? Everyday, a lot of ants are moved away from their colony because of human interaction (for example, ants which are on human objects). What do those lost ants do?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Well ants have a special thing called pheromone...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is a "firing solution"? In regards to missiles and torpedoes, what exactly do they mean when they are working on a firing solution. Especially when most modern missiles and torpedoes seem to have automatic homing / target funding technology?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Firing a torpedo i...
<|im_start|>user Are there any legitimate medical conditions that make it difficult to lose weight, even on very low calorie diets? Doesn't that violate the laws of physics?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are many, many cases when people have no idea how much they actually do eat. Or, when they do, they are not ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how and by what means can the origin of the poison be determined, example from the recent poisoning in UK where they know it came from Russia?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Certain details of the manufacturing process leave detectable impurities in the chemical. If you have samples to compare ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does sunburnt skin feel warm to the touch?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your body opens up capillaries in the burn area and flushes blood there as part of the healing process. Redness and warmth to the touch of sunburnt skin is caused by there just being more blood than usual in the area.<...
<|im_start|>user [Fiction] So, really, are 'universes' and 'dimensions' two different things? If so, then why people get them mixed up when it comes to the multiverse? The reason I ask this, is because for the longest now, I've always assumed that 'universe' and 'dimension' are the same thing but are said differently, ...
<|im_start|>user Why are pokemon starters always Fire/Water/Grass?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Fire, Water and Grass are all useful types to the budding trainer. **Fire** is great for camping and outdoorsy people. Fire types can really assist the young trainer by allowing them a free source of warmth, fire and a ...
<|im_start|>user What causes seeds to germinate only when inside the soil, but not when inside the fruit?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Plant growth regulators. When those stop(fruit rots and breaks down) those stop and the seed can germinate if in moist condition. I’ve had multiple apples, tomato’s, and peppers actu...
<|im_start|>user [General Fantasy] There are widely available potions that can cure major injuries. Does this mean minor medical issues like headaches, allergies, or the common cold have been eliminated? Would a standard health potion cure my migraine?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One thing to note is that while hea...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does your body seem to sober up in an instant if something bad happens?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your body has a good setup in order to respond to emergencies. It pumps you full of adrenaline and endorphins and stuff like that, and that *can* mitigate intoxication. But the keyword he...
<|im_start|>user Are adult children morally obligated to care for ailing parents?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Do you have a general moral theory within which you want an answer to this question? Part of this is the extent to which you think familial status can itself cause a moral obligation. edit--just adding a ...
<|im_start|>user How does orbital resonance really work? What causes them and why are some unstable?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lets take, for example, the Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt: For asteroids in the asteroid belt, the biggest influence on them by far is the force of gravity from the sun. There is, h...
<|im_start|>user Is there a term for the cost of convenience while shopping? It's a bit of an odd question for a proper term so I'll present the story that led me to think about it. At one store, milk is $3, but the produce is bad so I will purchase none. At another store, milk is $4, but the produce is good so I wil...
<|im_start|>user [Real Time Strategy Games] Where exactly is the Player or "Commander" supposed to be? In games like World In Conflict the player is implied to be among the men that are fighting on the map, but where exactly are they? Are they the ones leading the charge or are they just hanging back and ordering their...
<|im_start|>user [Marvel] Is insurance expensive in cities like NYC? Do insurance companies even exist? With the number of superheroes and multiple villains the destruction just seems way too much. Does fighting like this cause mental health/financial problems in normal citizens?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The inc...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 : How and why does ice help swelling?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Swelling is the bodies response to anything that it perceives as harmful. It is caused by a rush of blood cells and your capillaries opening (called vasodilation) to allow more blood flow to the area for healing. This causes inf...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is a hedge fund?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Normally when you invest on the stock market, you can invest in single stocks of specific companies. However this can be quite risky and will consume a lot of your time to manage your investments. You could hire an investment manager to do th...
<|im_start|>user Is it morally justifiable to prefer luxury over charity? I have no professional or academic background in the field of philosophy or ethics, but this question bugs me a lot: I am a 17 year old white male living in Germany. I enjoy pretty much any advantage a human can hope for, I am healthy and my par...
<|im_start|>user How did you determine and refine your research interest to be as specific as possible? What kind of PIs did you reach out to? How did you go about requesting a supervisor? Whats big in the field of neuroscience right now? Personally, I am interested in looking at neuronal regeneration and how it can be...
<|im_start|>user [Avatar The Last Airbender] Could the Avatar pass any bending for ther children? If an Avatar who is already a master of the four elements has a child can he pass any element to his children or just the element the avatar was born with?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant No. While bending is largely spiri...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The result of an IQ test is not representative of a person's intelligence I've seen a few people here and there saying how they passed an IQ test with a relatively high result, but that they still considered themselves stupid. However, their view of their own intelligence might be flawed in a pess...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Are the humans (like Obi Wan, Princess Leia, Lando) actually human? Since Star Wars takes place in a galaxy far, far away, I would assume that they are just aliens that happen to look like humans.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Follow-up questions: * Why does it seem that humans are so mu...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Even though Cuban-style socialism leads to lower average standards of living than capitalism, it is immoral to allow anyone to live in abject poverty while others are rich and so socialist government is preferable I think my long, rambling title basically covers it. I'm not inherently anti-market ...
<|im_start|>user How to stay motivated and productive while advisor is on sabbatical? My advisor just left for a year-long sabbatical on a different continent (and several different timezones) making regular meetings impractical. I tend get things done when there are deadlines or something/someone to be accountable ...
<|im_start|>user How does a ponzi scheme work? I'm 5 years old. Is a pyramid scheme the same thing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant #1. you borrow lots of money, and promise to pay it back at huge interest rates over a long period of time. #2. you live like a king spending money on whatever you like until the money ru...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: the Holy Spirit in Christianity I literally went to Sunday school for a decade growing up and just realized I still have no idea what the heck the Holy Spirit is or how it's distinct from the other parts of the Trinity.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant That'll depend somewhat on your denomination,...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Whether climate change is man-made or not is irrelevant. In political discussions around climate change a common argument by those who do not want to legislate against fossil fuels, deforestation, mass land farming, greenhouse gas emissions, industrial biodiversity loss, rising temperatures, etc. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do bees have stingers if using it will kill them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Bees have a social order very different than ours. Don't think of a bee colony as a bunch of individuals working togehter, like a city. Instead, think of a colony as a single organism made up of many small parts...
<|im_start|>user Why do multiples of 9, always come back to 9 when their digits are added together? Sorry I could have probably worded the title better. I remember my second grade teacher taught me this but never explained why she just said it was a a magic number lol. Example: 9*2=18, 1+8=9 9*3=27, 2+7=9 9*4=36...
<|im_start|>user In the USA...Why do I pay more taxes as an individual, than I would if I was married?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The tax code in the U.S. is often used to support larger social objectives, like home ownership, caring for children and/or elderly parents, and to support certain nascent technologies ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how is light made My 4 year old asked about the sun and light bulbs. Describing the mechanisms (hydrogen or electricity) and why they, as opposed to other chemicals, make brightness totally threw me for a loop.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant All objects emit electromagnetic radiation according t...
<|im_start|>user Help for job after long pause ? Hi, I really need help in this. I am a housewife living in Canada. I am planning to resume job after a long hiatus ( 8 years ). I did my MCA and worked at least 8 years ago in India as .Net developer, then I came to Canada. Now I want to start job and I know technology ...
<|im_start|>user Marxist critiques of Singer's effective altruism. I have heard some claim they they exist, so what are they and (if you can be bothered) what counter arguments could be raised against them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A fairly standard criticism of charity from a revolutionary Marxist perspective i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: in the military, what are NCO's, how do they differ from normal officers, and why do some countries not have many of them? What does non-commissioned mean? Do these officers go through officer academy like ordinary officers? And why do some analysts say that having a strong NCO class is essential...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is the decriminalization of all drugs in a country beneficial?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1) It frees up police resources to better utilize their time. Fewer court dates, less paperwork, etc... Police departments are still free to take down dealers and distributors, but are no longer con...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How does voice analytic software work? And does inflections and or accents effect the probability of matching?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most speech to text software works based on machine learning algorithms that use statistics. The gist of it is that you can "teach" computer software to b...
<|im_start|>user Why is/was there a tendency for like minerals to collect together on earth? It seems that the original source for minerals was random and that they should be randomly, and relatively homogeneously spread over the surface of the earth. Yet minerals like iron oxide, sodium chloride, gold, silver, (and m...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Demanding more minority people/characters in media is misguided and not reflective of the reality of demographics. To simplify my standpoint, I'm going to focus only on the representation of Americans of African Descent (AoAD). First of all, it doesn't seem that most people are aware of the actual...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do "active cultures" get into yogurt?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To make yogurt, milk has to be inoculated with bacteria. Typically Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Lactobacillus casei. With out those bacteria, the milk would never be...
<|im_start|>user What happens at a chemical level when a bottle of liquor is allowed to "rest"? I'm curious about this and don't really see it addressed elsewhere. It's become common to allow a bottle of liquor (whisky, cognac, etc) to "rest" after opening. In fact, I just read this in a vodka review: "It is Beluga’s...
<|im_start|>user What causes a star to expand at the end of its life? Then what causes it to collapse after a certain point? I understand that the fusion process triggers this expansion once the star starts fusing larger elements that don't release the same amounts of energy as hydrogen, helium, etc., but I don't under...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The human race will never leave the solar system Science is amazing and it can create amazing things but unfortunately I do not think light speed will be one of those things. The closest Earth like planet we know of is 31 light years away and that is unimaginably huge. Even if we built a space ar...
<|im_start|>user i want to use a graph from an academic article in my publication. How does this work? It is a chart of some dry academic stuff. Will academics generally give permission to use it (free) or do i ask the publisher? My other option is to rewrite it, I guess, and present the same material with my own graph...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Teachers should have a degree in the subject they teach not education. What surprised me to learn after graduating high school was the fact that my teachers did not have a degree in what they taught. What did my history, physics, health, and civics teacher have in common? They all had the same de...
<|im_start|>user [The Culture] They've been around god knows how long, why don't those Culture freaks just sublime like everyone else and let someone new sit atop the galaxy?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The Culture is a collection of several space faring civilizations that joined together about 9 thousand years ago...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are some gases odorless (like helium), while others have strong odors (like ammonia)?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The exact mechanisms of human olfactory detection aren't too well understood but essentially certain molecules fit better into receptors of a particular shape in your nose. W...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is blood pressure measured? Why do doctors measure it? What does it tell them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Blood pressure can be measured in many ways. Most commonly we use sphygmomanometers (you may know them as "blood pressure cuffs"). They wrap around your bicep to measure your radi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How come nobody talks about the dangers of acid rain anymore? When I was a kid in the 1990s, school taught us all about this environmental scourge. (I remember thinking literal acid was going to fall on me). Now, it's not. What's happened to eradicate the problem?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How to wash clothes and bedsheets and cook for one person and socialize. Autistic at college and freaked out. I have no clue what I am doing. Preferably tailor your advice to someone with a HUGE pile of unwashed clothes (I have bought at least four detergents b/c I was unsure of what to buy). I h...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What happens in our bodies during the acclimatization process? Our bodies constantly adapt to handle temperatures in summer/winter, how does that process work? And can the body adapt to extreme cold and extreme heat at the same time?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cell membranes are made up of di...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why were prehistoric animals so much bigger than their present counterparts?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As a general rule of thumb: animals gradually evolve to larger and larger sizes as the environment permits, until the a change in the environment occurs (drought, food source goes extinct,...
<|im_start|>user CMV: schools should start later and finish later (maybe 10h00 instead of 8h00-8h30) Aside from irrational attachment to tradition, I see no benefits from having schools (especially middle schools and up) starting early in the morning. Various research has confirmed that teenagers naturally sleep later ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do musical chords sound good? Why do the notes that make up a major chord sound good together and others don't? Why do three random ones sound terrible?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Acoustics, physiology, and cultural bias. Imagine each note on the piano is a square grid, and each grid ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Alzheimer's is dementia, but not all dementia is Alzheimer's. So what is the difference? Both my grandmothers had dementia before they died. But my mom's mom had Alzheimer's. She died when I was about 9 or so. My only real memories of her are when she was in advanced stages. My dad's mom lived q...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: Why does it feel like your eyes are sandy, when running on little sleep?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your tear ducts create a mixture of liquids and oils (tears) to coat, lubricate, and protect your eyes. When you stay awake longer, the quality of these tears worsens so your eyes will be more...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did different races cone to existence if at first we were all of the same race?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Two main factors - distance, and inbreeding. For most of prehistory, humans were very nomadic. There was no incentive to settle down in one place until the advent of agriculture, w...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do many people motion with their hands when speaking? My partner doesn't even realise that she does it, so it's definitely a subconscious action in her case.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Human communication relies on much more than just words and tone of voice. Body language is important a...
<|im_start|>user eli5: what makes tea, tea? like what's different than me plucking leaves off a random tree or finding dry ones off the ground and essentially making flavoured water?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In addition to being from a specific plant, actual-tea is processed differently to make different kinds o...