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<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do we determine if an animal has feelings, is self aware, or is sentient? On the topic of animal cruelty... I feel like it isn't bad to eat animals, and birthing an animal just to be eaten may seem harsh, but are the animals even aware of their own existence? Edit: Wow! Thanks for all of t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: if judges are just supposed to interpret and uphold the law, how can there be some judges that are 'friendlier' to left or right politically?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So the thing is, when it comes to interpreting the law, there are different ways that reasonable people would interpret the...
<|im_start|>user Why can't we use salt water in our toilets? Would the salt erode the pipes at an alarming rate?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The plumbing issue is minor, and can be countered with an appropriate choice of materials. Boats and ships use saltwater to flush their toilets all the time since its readily...
<|im_start|>user CMV: We don't live in a patriarchal world anymore Firstly it has to be said; before modernisation, the system was not fair to women at all, they didn't have the vote and on top of that they weren't able to further studies in univesities. They were basically stay at home wives with the lucky few able to...
<|im_start|>user We know that there are Suns in the visible spectrum, are there suns that exists purely in the gamma or radio ranges?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As you make an object hotter, the peak frequency of the emitted light shifts towards the higher frequencies. However, the intensity of the source will inc...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What happens when we recycle things, and how do we turn it back into usable products?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It depends on the material What happens is they first get sorted into different basic types of materials like paper, metals, plastics etc. Within these groups there might be diff...
<|im_start|>user Why are professional philosophers dismissive of Slavoj Žižek?—Is there documentation of the former's views on the latter? Zizek is fun to listen to (lots of videos on YouTube), but at this point I am looking for information that is able to situate his writings within (or possibly against) broader conte...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 Why is kelp not classified to be a plant but moss is? Kelp seemingly have more plant parts but it is classified as a algae, but moss is a plant?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Down at the cellular level, algae and plants are different. There's a ton of confusing overlap so it's not really clear c...
<|im_start|>user I'd like a simple explanation of what is String Theory. I don't get it.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant String theory is the idea that a particle isn't a pointlike object, but an extended object like a string. String theory was first introduced as a model of the strong interactions. It was found that s...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does electricity "want" to be grounded. If there was a bigger planet then Earth here would electricity jump to it instead ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The more general rule is that a system will tend to minimize its potential energy. For example, a ball on the top of a hill "wants" to ro...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Roman Aqueducts So i understand how the romans made water go up, by using gravity but Im still confuse how they do it, The diagram I made below shows my confusion, the romans uses gravity and hills to transport water, but how did they managed to bring the water up to the 1st hill?? [diagran](htt...
<|im_start|>user Build a project in Python or c++? I’m a student looking to add personal projects for resume. I wasn’t which subreddit would be best to ask this on, but is there anyone that would like to brainstorm a project and develop a program together preferably in python or c++? TL;DR: looking for a couple people ...
<|im_start|>user [40k] How are women incorporated into the Imperial Navy? Are there many women in the IN? Are they treated any differently than the multitudes of men? What ranks do they usually inhabit? Are there any notable female figures in the IN? Any other information relevant stories/information would also be appr...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does vision in darkness have grain?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You have two types of receptors in your retina. Cones are good at picking out fine detail and color while rods are better with picking out contrast and movement. In low-light settings, differences in light coming to your eyes...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are humans and most other species dependant on water? Is it just coincidence that 70% of earth is covered in it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant We need a liquid that can act as a medium for our bodies to do all the important things it does. Water is an easily accessible one that is made up...
<|im_start|>user Can a pair of binary planets share an atmosphere without exceeding the Roche Limit? Can the distance between a pair of binary planets be close enough that the gasses making up their atmospheres could mix at the L1 Lagrange point, without either planet being pulled apart by their partner planet's gravit...
<|im_start|>user Why is torque a vector? Right hand rule is a bit arbitrary isn't it? What does the direction of the torque vector signify?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Torque causes an object to rotate, and rotation in 3 dimensions is determined by an axis, the direction of rotation about that axis, and an angle. T...
<|im_start|>user [ATLA/LOK] Does God exist is ATLA/LOK? In the ATLA episode “The Waterbending Scroll” (and probably other episodes that I’m too lazy to look for) Katara says “Oh my gosh” gosh being an alternative to God. In LOK I believe there was an episode where Tenzin blesses the food. So is there some kind of god i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do regexes...work? So, have you ever run into a programming concept that you just *couldn't* learn, no matter what? Regexes are that for me. I can't tell you how many times I've read up on the basics of regexes, looked in books, seen websites, used tutorials, and even copy-and-pasted regexe...
<|im_start|>user CMV:Water is wet The Google definition of "wet" is: "covered or saturated with water or another liquid." I don't understand how a molecule of water that is surrounded by other molecules of water in not surrounded by water. If you simply Google "Is water wet," it will come up with an article from The Gu...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: What makes human memory unreliable?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Human memory is synthesized when first formed; you sometimes create it even before you’ve processed all the sensory input you attach to it. And then to keep a memory stored, you re-play it and store the result. So each time you...
<|im_start|>user Can an educated patient with a rare disease present and publish self researched interventions? I am not a scientist or healthcare professional. I do have a very rare genetic disease with no therapy or cure. I am university educated ( arts degrees) and self researched and applied lifestyle interventions...
<|im_start|>user Melanin protects from the sun, but does this extra melanin in your skin come at the cost of anything else? Is there any advantages to being paler?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Being paler helps with vitamin D synthesis. That's not to say darker skinned people can't synthesize vitamin D, but paler...
<|im_start|>user If chimps held slaves would we be morally obligated to intervene? Let's say there were chimp castes and those at the bottom were treated horrendously.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Look up the moral status of animals. A defender of the integral moral status of animals would claim they have the exact ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is college tuition so high in the US? What does all the money go to? What would be the easiest, most effective ways to make it cheaper? What parts of the school make it so expensive to run? I've never sat down to figure it out, but it's hard to imagine it could actually cost $40k/year to giv...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 - Why do packages of pork rinds have high protein but also say it's not a significant source of it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a bunch of amino acids that go into proteins and your body can make most of them but there are 9 essential ones that you can't build and need to get from yo...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The idea that "Any Job is better than no job" is false Last year I was laid off from my first "real" job at a Fortune 500 company with an outstanding (for my age) salary. I was unemployed for 9 months after that. I'm an IT professional with no degree (I'm not rich, I can't afford college. I couldn...
<|im_start|>user Would a perfect game of chess end the same way every time? As it stands right now, there are computers that can play chess, however, they do not play perfect games. If there were a computer playing a perfect game against itself, would the game play out the same way every time and have the same outcome?...
<|im_start|>user Can you get sunburnt behind glass? Now that i found the right subbreddit.. Hey Askscience :) It's coming up on summer her in Australia and have always wanted to confirm the suggestion by a friend that you cannot get sunburnt behind glass, as properties of the wave are changed once they pass through ...
<|im_start|>user How to dissect a GitHub project in C When you look at C code from GitHub, where do you start from? Do you look at all the header files first? Or do you look at the header/code pair with the least amount of imports? Or do you dive straight into main?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is an advice for...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's that weird tingling sensation I feel in my crotch when I'm on a roller coaster or swing? Pretty self explanatory. There's a weird sensation that goes through my crotch...like through the testicles to the upper abdomen whenever I have an experience of weightlessness, what is that?<|im_end|>...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can't psychologists prescribe medicine like psychiatrists, &amp; how did the two professions come to exist as separate beings? I'm very aware one can prescribe medicine and the other essentially is only there to talk with you about your life but if I'm not mistaken, both are doctors correct? ...
<|im_start|>user What level of culture did Neanderthals have? I know (now, through searching) that the sub is inundated with Neanderthal questions, but they mostly seem to be DNA and extinction related. So hopefully this is different enough. I wanted to ask what the current thinking is on the level of Neanderthal cultu...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does watching flash videos/streams in Google Chrome slow down other tabs? AFAIK Google Chrome runs each tab in a separate process. So if something hogs one tab, other tabs remain responsive. Why is it that watching twitch streams slows down my other tabs. For example it's especially noticeabl...
<|im_start|>user [Star wars] in attack of the clones when yoda intervenes count dooku fighting anakin and obi wan Dooku pulls a space pillar down onto the pair of Jedi and Yoda struggles to hold it from falling on them....why doesn't yoda simply pull the two Jedi out from under it as that would involve much less effort...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do very young or verbally challenged children get fitted for glasses if they are unable to verbally indicate that their vision is much clearer?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant With normal vision, an object from the world should focus to tight spot on the back of the eye, known as the retina. ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The ROBOT9000 should be enabled on reddit. The [ROBOT9000](http://blog.xkcd.com/2008/01/14/robot9000-and-xkcd-signal-attacking-noise-in-chat/) is a script invented by the XKCD author Randall Munroe. It ensures that every post is unique and deletes exact reposts. Reposters get banned for a short du...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Apple only continues to thrive due to brand name status, not technological innovation<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Technological innovation isn't solely about developing new features or pushing the limits on what things can do; it's also about taking new innovations and making it so that the av...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Yanks - what on earth is a 'take a penny, leave a penny' jar?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It is to fill in differences in change when making purchases. Suppose you have $4.25 in change but the purchase costs $4.27; you can just take two pennies from the jar rather than break a larger bill. Al...
<|im_start|>user Why should economists learn programming? I’ve seen some economists on reddit suggesting others to learn programming. Why?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Any job that an economist is likely to have involves making statistical inferences using data. Now you're probably not going to do this by hand, as d...
<|im_start|>user Mental Health and Philosophy of Mind Any literature I've come across on "Mental Health" seems to implicitly assume an internalist philosophy of mind. Has any work been done by externalists on this matter?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It might help if you provide some examples of what you've been rea...
<|im_start|>user Why do medical professionals use Saline Solution as opposed to Distilled Water? Saline seems to be the most universally used liquid in medicine. I've seen it used in IV drips, to clean out wounds, and to clean needles between stitches. Why is Saline used as opposed to simple water? Is it more sterile? ...
<|im_start|>user How to think philosophically How can I foster a philosophical mindset to be used throughout my daily life? Are there methods of thinking that I can practice that would allow me to formulate arguments based on everyday observations? In other words, what are the best ways to approach thinking with the...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter/General] What is magic made of? In Harry Potter, as well as many other fantasy series, magic is shown as a sort of spark/beam of light that shoots out of the wand. But what is that light? Is it plasma? Is is something else entirely?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In most cases, the light...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What are the sources of income for a country/government other than taxes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The government can directly own resources that they sell (oil, lumber, food, diamonds, lithium, titanium, etc). The government can own factories or companies that make things that are sold....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do all the different programmers working on the same piece of software arrange all their different lines of code together to form the finished working product?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most teams use what's called a Version Control system which tracks individual changes to files (calle...
<|im_start|>user [Dungeons and Dragons] How conscious are most people of the alignment system? Like, would a paladin consciously think of themselves as being Lawful Good? Would an anarchist specify that people wanting to join their revolution must be Chaotic?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Unlike a lot of abstract mec...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly is alcohol, and why does it kill basically everything?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 'Alcohol' describes a group of chemical compounds that are created by yeasts when they break down natural sugars in grains or fruits during a process known as 'fermentation'. There are different t...
<|im_start|>user When a photon is red-shifted, (how) does it lose energy?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant momentum, and therefore energy change based on frame of reference. a baseball thrown at 100 miles an hour has a decent amount of energy relative to a "static" observer, but if you were to drive by the pitcher in ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly happens when a music producer "masters" a song/album?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When most people hear the term 'mastering', they are think of the mixing process, aka balancing volumes and adding effects, etc. Mastering is actually a specialized subset of mixing that is a form o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How come Type O- (O negative. . . ) can be given to most other blood types but it can only receive it's own blood type?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When we talk about blood type, we're really talking about the different proteins in your blood. The biggest ones are the A protein, the B protein...
<|im_start|>user Has there been any attempt to create one of the elements thought to be in the island of stability? Is it even possible to create such large nuclei? How does one go about to create one?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The principle behind creating heavy elements is bombarding particles together to suppl...
<|im_start|>user Are there any Philosophers of Art which have examined the idea of the starving or suffering artist? After reading Antic Hay by Aldous Huxley, this quote stick out to me : "Perhaps it is good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, afte...
<|im_start|>user The mitochondria and chloroplast are examples of endosymbiotic relationships, but are there any other examples of eukaryotic cells forming an endosymbiotic relationship with another organism? If there aren't, then what stops cells from forming such relationships? If there are, what is the nature of the...
<|im_start|>user Why do my car windows fog up in a way that I can't wipe it off? I googled and understand the basic gist of why it fogs in general (humidity, temperature, etc) and that all makes sense. . But what I do not understand is why sometimes it seems to fog up...differently? I wipe off the outside with ...
<|im_start|>user Is everything humans do natural? We are part of nature, so is what we do natural?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This question pivots on whether we have a clear consensus about what it takes for something to be "natural" - once we have that in place, we can determine which, if any, human behaviors cou...
<|im_start|>user AskScience AMA Series: I'm Wallace Arthur, enthusiast about extraterrestrial life, author of The Biological Universe: Life in the Milky Way and Beyond (Cambridge University Press), and Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. AMA about our search for alien life! I'm ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Logic and Philosophy should be taught at a younger age to better education and prepare our youth for more complex jobs and an overall more educated culture. I believe that Logic and Philosophy should be taught at a much younger age to improve critical thinking, arguments, and to open the door to d...
<|im_start|>user [Dune] Is the "Known Universe" really the entire known universe? Or is it just the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies? We know that Shaddam IV, Paul Atreides, and Leto II Atreides were Emperors of the Known Universe, and that Arrakis is the center of it. However, is it really the entirety of the know...
<|im_start|>user What do mosquitoes contribute to the environment?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Besides being tasty bat, dragonfly and hummingbird food, mosquitoes primarily feed on nectar, so are useful pollinators. There may be a handful of rare orchids that are dependent on mosquitoes, and they are the primary po...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a radio station determine the popularity of their shows? Obviously they'd need stats to know whether a specific talk show/ dj is getting a lot of viewers to let advertisers know that it's worth paying to put an ad on their station. Can they tell, like television, how many "listeners" the...
<|im_start|>user Why do we still use stenographers? With all the new voice to text technology that is out there these days I can't help but think this job is becoming outdated. Edit: if I'm not mistaken court sessions are videotaped as well<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Put simply, the audio/video recordings would ...
<|im_start|>user How is it I can see through a Diamond, even though it's the densest form of carbon? When something is more dense, its atoms are closer together. If that's the case, then why do the closer-together atoms in a diamond allow more light through than the further-apart atoms of coal?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>as...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are vision problems so common in humans? There are a ton of people who have to wear glasses or contacts in order to see, have humans as a species always had so much of a problem with vision? Are our eyes worse now than our ancestors were?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant humans need glasses to...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does scalding hot water sometimes feel cold at first? That's all<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two major set of nerves which help sense temperature. There's the nerves that sense extremes in temperature, and the nerves that sense that something is warm. The nerves that sense warmt...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Food Delivery Apps Should Change their Tipping Model On all the food delivery apps I use, they recommend tipping the driver on a percentage of the total bill. Why is that? I'm arguing that delivery drivers should be tipped on an algorithm based on distance they have to travel to deliver to the h...
<|im_start|>user [General] How do immortals always get so rich? Vandal Savage, Sebastian Shaw, Ra’s Al Ghul. How do immortal (or at least very very long lived) people alway gain so much wealth? I know even if I lived for 2000 years I would still have no idea how to get rich<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's lots ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can bamboo grow up to 3ft per day whereas other plants can get no where near as close to this speed?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Bamboo grow in a different manner to normal plants. Rather than growth through mitosis (splitting and division of cells) they already have present a number of c...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why can’t we just plant a huge amount of trees instead of trying to stop CO2 emissions? It seems to me that most of our governments and environmentalists are focusing on people’s and companies’ reduction of CO2 emissions when discussing how to deal with climate change. This requires a lot of soci...
<|im_start|>user Is it possible to imagine a universe where the fundamental laws of mathematics are different in the same way scientists can imagine a universe where the laws of physics are completely different than ours?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mathematics is already not limited by this universe - it's only li...
<|im_start|>user Why has HIV not mutated to be transmitted more easily, say via respiration? Are we, the human species, just lucky that non-curable deadly viruses happen not to be as easily transmissible as say the common cold? This has intrigued me for a while. I feel like if random chance, in the evolution of the H...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is university called "college" and college called "community college" in the United States?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The meaning of the term 'college' varies a lot between countries. In Canada, a college is sort of like a technical or trade school that you attend at around age 18. It'...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's the difference between a formula and an algorithm? How does an algorithm work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant An algorithm is a sequence of steps. A formula, on the other hand, is an expression of information. For example: The volume of a sphere is represented by the formula: V = 4/3...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do overseas "tax havens" work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Companies need to pay company taxes on what they earn. Different countries have different taxes, some high, some low. To save money, the company says that it lives in "Tax Haven" Company pays less in taxes. _____ Tax heavens a...
<|im_start|>user ELi5 How do we know 1cm is 1cm all around the world? How are we sure about it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A centimeter is defined as 1/100th of a meter. A meter is (currently) defined as the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458th of a second - which means everyone uses a unive...
<|im_start|>user [Ready Player One] where the fuck is the government in all of this? A corporation keeps slaves in metal boxes with electrical control and torture devices so they can carry out menial labor in a video game, it is even confirmed that people have died doing this. The same corporation then murders several ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What stops the first kernel of popped corn from burning until the last kernel pops? The last kernel being the one you feel safe stopping the microwave at, without burning the entire bag.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Microwave ovens heat food by exciting water molecules: the radiation gets abso...
<|im_start|>user Are all central banks created equal? I think it's safe to say that, generally speaking, most countries' Central Banks are run by economic experts and are usually safely decoupled from the government enough to do their job effectively. With that being said, why do central banks take fairly different a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the significance of the letter in the title of vitamins e.g. vitamin A? Also, why are there so many different vitamin B's?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Vitamins were named alphabetically according to which ones were discovered first. There are so many different vitamin Bs because at fi...
<|im_start|>user Is there an obvious reason why this sum approaches 1? I was thinking about infinite series the other day; I knew the harmonic series diverges, and I knew the sum of 1/squares approaches *π*^(2)/6. I then assumed the sum to infinity of 1 over cubes would also converge; and so I wondered, if I were to s...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Sinkholes What causes them and how are they so perfectly formed? (e.g. - http://www.dvhardware.net/news/guatemala_sink_hole_2.jpg)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are many different kinds of sinkholes, and they are formed in different ways. The one you have pictured was formed by rainwate...
<|im_start|>user [Mad Max] How are these giant, gas guzzling monstrosities that folks try to pass off as cars in any way viable?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Conspicuous consumption is the basis of any civilization. Just the sight of a giant tank with a flame thrower/guitar is going to give any enemy pause. Immort...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do puzzles benefit our brains? Like, yeah I can see how it helps keep your brain active by like ‘solving problems’, but how else does it benefit the brain? How does it improve the brain? What specifically happens? Are there other types of ‘puzzles’ we could create to better help ourselves ...
<|im_start|>user Most philosophers, historically and contemporary, seem to be critical of their (current) society and would prefer a move towards their ideal. Are there any philosophers who strongly advocate the status quo and discourage change? I hope it's clear what I'm asking. Most philosophers' positions are arguab...
<|im_start|>user [World War]When humanity invent FTL the Race have trouble understanding how it works because they use different mathematical notation.Would learning alien mathematical notation just be matter of learning what are the equivalent of stuff like + &amp; = symbols, or would it be more complicated than that?...
<|im_start|>user How can someone become algeric to something they were not previously allergic to?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One of the biggest points of the immune system is the ability to adapt to new threats. This is the whole reason vaccines work, that we can fight off diseases we haven't seen, and that there...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why didn't America stick with the Westminster model when choosing how to run a government?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because each State in the Union was a sovereign entity that chose to create a federation to increase total military strength and trade negotiation power with other nations. T...
<|im_start|>user AskScience AMA Series: I am Dr. Saad Omer and I'm here to talk about vaccines and the diseases they prevent. Ask Me Anything! With vaccine preventable disease outbreaks making headlines around the world, we would like to welcome Dr. Saad B. Omer for an AMA to answer any questions on vaccines and the di...
<|im_start|>user [Pokémon] Nidoran question I'm a Pokémon trainer, and have had a question for a while now I was hoping a professor or a breeder could answer for me. Why do they consider NidoranF and NidoranM two different species of Pokémon? I know they look different compared to most Pokémon and evolve into differ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how can Pepsi use Coke in their ads so prevalently without legal issues? ...confusing<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Why do you think there ought to be legal issues? Anyone can use any other brand in their commercial so long as they don't construe that brand as endorsing your own (without their...
<|im_start|>user How exactly did we find out about Earth’s internal layers if we never dug that deep? The crust, mantle, and core.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mainly by analyzing seismic waves. It's basically like taking an ultrasound of the Earth, using earthquakes as the sound source. Computer models are also hel...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There should be no exceptions for generally applicable laws on religious grounds in the US. The Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution are in logical tension so far as exceptions to the law are concerned; it reads in relevant part "Congress sha...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do vending machines distinguish between different denominations of bills? For a long time, I assumed the midget inside counts but today my friend told me I was wrong. Please enlighten me.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The primary method vending machines use to recognize the denomination of...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does water form into droplets as its smallest unit? What's special about that specific size?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Surface tension causes drops to take a shape which minimizes their surface area per unit volume. It starts as a sphere, because that's the most effective shape, and th...
<|im_start|>user How can I be ready for competitive programming? Hey, I'm a high school senior. I have good knowledge in python, C#, C, html, CSS, and JavaScript. How can I be prepared for competitive programming like IOI and other competitions? Where should I practice and learn? And what topics I should learn?<|im_end...
<|im_start|>user Does restorative justice reduce recidivism?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Yes. Sherman, L., Strang, H., Mayo-Wilson, E., Woods, D., &amp; Ariel, B. (2015). Are Restorative Justice Conferences Effective in Reducing Repeat Offending? Findings from a Campbell Systematic Review. Journal Of Quantitative...
<|im_start|>user Is there a theoretical possibility of some day being able to empirically verify that particles are strings? If not, what is the theoretically smallest thing we will ever be able to see in a microscope?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To verify something it has to be true. String theory is a highly spec...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is our current computer storage bottleneck? So, what limits our current storage speeds? Is it the actual storage medium, the interface from it to the host, or the willingness to develop faster storage?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are engineering solutions to all of those issues. T...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 How do scientists know that nuclear fusion is the source of energy of the Sun?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's a lot of science done beforehand. E.g. we know that every element swallows certain parts of light's spectrum and reflects the rest. This is like a fingerprint for every element, w...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The United States would have turned out very differently if its initial gun laws had been different. Canada and the United States are a little bit like a "twins separated at birth" study. There are many similarities in their formation. They were both initially inhabited by indigenous peoples, mo...