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<|im_start|>user Sometimes water decreases friction (like when ice gets wet), and sometimes it increases friction (like using a damp towel to open a sticky jar lid). What determines the direction of this effect?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Water always decreases friction between two solids, the effect increases as ...
<|im_start|>user [Science] How long does it take to actually understand papers and journals. I'm a second year undergraduate student in Biomedical sciences. On my course, we are constantly told to read papers in journals like Nature and Cell to expand our knowledge. The issue is, I feel like they're in a different lan...
<|im_start|>user How many cell's distance is the average human tissue cell away from a capillary? I get that it's a broad question and it would probably be different in bone vs muscle, but I'm assuming not every cell is directly adjacent to a capillary. Roughly how many cells would or could be between 2 capillaries an...
<|im_start|>user CMV: in terms of utility, reward, and cost, there is no better hobby than cooking. It's all there in the topic. Learning to cook is useful every day, allows you to save money and improve your health through a good diet, and gives you a skill that is transferable to truly every walk of life. While there...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is it that glass is hard and solid yet totally see through?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The light you see is a kind of electromagnetic radiation and different types of radiation can pass through different types of objects. For the type our eyes see, we created a type of object where that...
<|im_start|>user What happens to a person dying of thirst if they drink seawater? If a person is dying of thirst on a raft adrift in the sea, they'll likely be tempted to drink seawater even though they know it won't help. What will happen to the person once they consume some seawater? I know they will eventually die...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do both coffee (stimulant) and alcohol (depressentt) both make the human body sweat more than usual?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Coffee increases heart rate and blood pressure by stimulating the central nervous system, which in turn stimulates sweat glands. Alcohol dilates (widens) blood ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do objects exposed to radiation become radioactive themselves? After reading [this phenomenal ELI5](http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1lv4fy/eli5_what_is_radiation_and_how_does_it_kill_you/), I went on a Wikipedia splurge and ended up reading all about radiation and the Curie...
<|im_start|>user Programming becomes boring and repetitive? I'm a 1st year CS bachelor, programming since HS 2nd grade. This hit me after I moved from competitive c++ to learning how real world apps work. Programs mostly are built with frameworks (Spring, .Net, Laravel...). They force their way of doing things. In one...
<|im_start|>user How should a layperson decide whether to trust a psychology study? The question obviously applies to all fields of science, but I was particularly interested in psychology studies after having looked at [this paper](http://neuron4.psych.ubc.ca/~schaller/528Readings/SimmonsNelsonSimonsohn2011.pdf) demon...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why does hair know when to stop growing Can anyone please explain why the hair above my neck (eyebrows excluded) keeps on growing but all the rest grows to fixed lengths.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Hair growth happens in a 3-step cycle - the anagen phase, catagen phase, and telogen phase. The...
<|im_start|>user Does Flash Really Damage Paintings? If So, How? Photons are massless so how do they affect paintings.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Their spectrum reaches into the ultraviolet. UV can interact with electrons in molecules and can cause reactions. Such reactions can bleach out some pigments. You can se...
<|im_start|>user [DC/Marvel] When superman visits other worlds to try and save them, how can the aliens and superman understand each other? Is there a universal language?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most of the Galaxy speaks Interlac, a common language designed for trade and commerce. It's simple to learn, and thus...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do trees transfer water and nutrition to its leaves ? How do hundred-meter trees transfer water and nutrition to its leaves, despite gravity ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Do you know how a dry paper towel will absorb more water than a wet paper towel? Roots do something kinda similar to m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do mind-controlled prosthetics actually work? And how do they "feel" when worn?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mind controlled prosthetics work the same way your current limbs work - actuators respond to signals sent by the brain. Normally, your actuators are your muscles and tendons. Start...
<|im_start|>user A Kant inspired thought experiment I have been reading Critique of Pure Reason, and as I am trying to understand the transcendental aesthetic I thought of a scenario that seems to support Kant’s ideas of space and time. The scenario goes like this: I imagine myself floating somehow with absolutely not...
<|im_start|>user How does the protein p21 "know" to bind to G1-S Cdk preventing its uptake of cyclin, when DNA is found to be damaged? Also how does the cell know to produce this protein? I guess "know" isn't the correct term but i just can't fathom how the cells chemistry regulates all of this, is there a constant sys...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we use Latin for scientific names?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Back when this scientific name thing started with genus and species, Latin was the language of the educated and academic class. So they used Latin. Keep in mind, there was a time in Western Europe when people spoke lots of ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is the immune system so fast to respond to allergens, but take days to fight off a legitimate infection?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your immune system fights off most germs as quickly as it responds to allergens. Our bodies are invaded by germs constantly. Every breath you take. Every ...
<|im_start|>user [Marvel] Why in the Marvel Universe does Earth not have intergalactic space flight capabilities? Why with all this alien tech being destroyed on Earth, Tony Stark being a genius, etc. etc. is Earth limited in having advanced technology used only by certain people (avengers)? Even in the comics and such...
<|im_start|>user eli5: How do fish know where to stay in the ocean? Or all species of fish all together in one big ocean? (e.g do hammerhead sharks and great white sharks stay away from each other or are all of them together and know no boundaries to their “territory”?)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Just like land an...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If a CFL bulb is rated at 2700k, how would it still emit blue light?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The color temperature refers to the peak of the frequency output of the light. In actuality it outputs a wide range of other frequencies, otherwise it would appear like a laser or extremely filter...
<|im_start|>user Regarding the meaning of life and suicide. I realize this is a sensitive topic. But I have spent so much time mulling over these issues recently, and I would like to hear other's opinions regarding my own. I would also like to preface this by saying that these thoughts and statements are made on the pr...
<|im_start|>user How efficient is chlorophyll in converting sunlight to energy compared to our best solar cells? If it is more efficient, why don't we copy what those cells do in designing new solar cells? Presumably we know how plants convert sunlight to energy, so I was wondering if they do so more efficiently than w...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are humans attracted to certain color combinations over others? Why do we like complementary colors so much, but not really other color combinations? For example, we seem to be drawn to green/red often. I understand that the color wheel is the source of complimentary colors, and how they're ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is 2.71828183 so important it's known as e and not just 2.71828183? Like, why 2.71828183 as opposed to 4.5549867549867837432?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It so happens that **e** is very important in trigonometry, probability, statistics, and differential calculus. It's also not 2.718281...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some fabrics get softer when they're washed a lot, while others get rougher?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It depends on the textile. With wearing and use, some materials relax and become softer and looser because the thread is bent, pulled, and twisted through mechanical motion, much th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 if spider silk is multitudes the strength of steel, why isn't spider silk farmed to any degree? If it is so much stronger, why hasn't it been farmed in any significant way? Surely we can see the benefits of it over steel. It's bio renewable, non invasive and requires very little upkeep for the sil...
<|im_start|>user How does a compass work on my smartphone?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant With a device called a Hall Effect magnetometer, which is a solid state device that produces a voltage proportional to the strength of a magnetic field (such as the Earth's) along a particular axis. By having two sensors at righ...
<|im_start|>user Is luck actually a real thing or is it something we make up when in a worse situation to try to stay positive? I’ve been thinking about it recently and people seem to always say; “man you’re so lucky, I wish I had…” The thing is, most of what I have is not so much due to luck and more about skill, rese...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The theory that the universe is a hologram.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant All the holographic principle means is that the information contained in a volume, can fit on it's boundary. To try to ELI5: If you had a sphere filled with particles, the state of all those particles will fit on the surf...
<|im_start|>user Solution for combating eye-strain? On Friday I read over 100 abstracts and just about killed myself. What would you suggest to help combat eye-strain? &amp;#x200B; I'm trying to work in eye-breaks, but it's tough when I'm "in the groove". A friend suggested LASIK to keep me from being dependent on my...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's so bad about allergens that your body would rather kill you than let them enter? I know allergies are really common, but I don't quite understand what's so bad about pollen, peanuts, etc. that you body would rather shut down your airways entirely than let them enter. What exactly would hap...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:If I were to sell my pounds £100 to Dollars $120, the Dollar increased in value to $150, then I sold back to pounds, where has that money I've earned come from? Currently trading is a zero-sum game- where does the cash generated come from?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It comes from the amount o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does Eye color work? How does one group end up with Hazel, Blue and Green eyes while another is mostly Brown and Black? How does inheriting these colors work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's more complicated than basic genetics. So, there are two genes that matter for eye color. Both gen...
<|im_start|>user If I shine a white LED light through a prism, would I see a spectrum, or would I see a red line, a green line, and a blue line? I've been thinking about this since I got some of those little window hangers that put shine little rainbows into your room by ~~refracting~~ dispersing(?) sunlight, but I don...
<|im_start|>user Do my thoughts feel like they come from my head because I know that's where my brain is? Or have inner monologues always felt like they're in our head? And of that's the case, isn't it obvious that your brain is the originator of thought? Why did it take Alcmaeon of Croton to come along and tell us all...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 : how did people in the past ensure that a building/structure will be structurally sound?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They basically knew from experience in what way to build buildings for them to be sturdy. To the modern eye, the surviving ancient buildings are massively over-engineered (whic...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a company like "Open Office" make money if they just give their product away<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most not for profits have a part of their company which focusses on support for those products, providing the knowledge which comes with having created a product to large companie...
<|im_start|>user [Wall-E] After the captains die are they chosen from the passengers or is their a certain unseen human worker class that are promoted? It would be unusual for AUTO to pick a passenger if they are a paying customer descendant.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Children receive an education and undergo apt...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that beef is relatively cheap but leather is so expensive?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Leather requires more treatment and preparation, even more so when made into a garment of some sort. And cow skin is more likely to be damaged than meat during the course of the cow's life, due to...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Political posts like Health Secretary, Education Secretary etc should only be held by academic experts in their field. In the UK every few years the government's 'cabinet' has a reshuffle and the minister in charge of, for example, education moves job to become minister in charge of transport. Su...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If Bandura's Bobo doll experiment proposes that aggressive behaviour can be learnt via observational learning, how come there are no stronger links between violent games/movies and violent behaviour? So, social psychologist Albert Bandura performed a couple of experiments in the 1960s, and he pro...
<|im_start|>user Why does water tend to follow the path of a nearby object instead of going straight down? For example, when pouring water from a mostly-full glass, it will cause the water to follow the side of the glass instead of fall perfectly down. Also, a sink will do the same to your arm, or finger.<|im_end|> <|i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are cells living? I know they’re the building blocks of life but what defines living? Are plants a different type of “alive” because they have a different cell structure?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The current definition of life simply states that for an organism to be considered living,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is water a liquid at room temperature, yet hydrogen and Oxygen, which are the elements water is made of, a gas at room temperature?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Hydrogen and Oxygen are both positive, but oxygen is more positive. Therefore the oxygen atom in water holds onto the electrons m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is stainless steel made, and why is everything metal not made of it? If it does not rust, then why are cars, tools, everything else that may rust not made of it? Is it a cost issue?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Stainless steel is a group of steel alloys with high chromium and low carbon. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do celebrities keep their cell numbers and personal emails so locked down? I know it really doesn't matter, but how do they give out their numbers or emails and how hasn't a privacy issue happened sooner?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Usually a combination of two ways: 1) Multiple phone nu...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is seawater green in some places, and clear/blue in other places? And why dont these colors mix?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Green sea water is usually the presence of floating algae, diatoms and other plankton that feed on the nutrients in the water. Green water has more stuff alive in i...
<|im_start|>user How do imported commodities affect GDP? Hi! I'm new to economics, and still don't have a grasp of some of the basic concepts. If a Norwegian store sells clothing for 10,000$ a month, but all the clothes are produced in Bangladesh, and the store imports them for $2000$ a month, what is the store's net...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it easier to pull than to push?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's a lot that contributes to it. When you push, you lean into the object and you tend to be applying force into a partially downward direction, increasing the resistance of friction, while you lean away and tend to lift u...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Amino acids I've started taking supplements lately because it's summer now, and I have more time on my hands, so that means more training. Im currently training 7 times a week, training 2 times a day twice a week, and having two restdays (thursday and sunday). I've started taking some fast carbo...
<|im_start|>user If you cut yourself ten times in different places across one of your limbs, does it generally heal as fast as cutting yourself once? Or is there a cost to simultaneous healing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The answer is "it depends". The wound healing process does have a cost, regardless of number ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does drinking water solve so much? So many problems in the human body seem to be solved by drinking water, or more of it. Ie, you're sick, have acne, weight loss etc. Why is this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Don't think of drinking water as solving problems, think of not drinking enough b...
<|im_start|>user What job opportunities are there for economists outside academia and government, and also specifically on Wall Street? Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I'm thinking about majoring in either standard econ or a math and stat oriented econ. Anyway, I have no desire to become a pr...
<|im_start|>user Why does Kant believe that metaphysics, unlike mathematics and physics, is not a science? Why does Kant believe that metaphysics, unlike mathematics and physics, is not a science? What are the areas in which Kant believes that metaphysics claims to have knowledge, and how does Kant refute those claims?...
<|im_start|>user How does HIV/AIDS actually kill people? What's the process to an individual's death by HIV/AIDS?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant HIV preferentially infects a type of cell called a CD4+ T-cell. These cells are commonly referred to as Helper T-cells and are crucial during infection to help stimulate vari...
<|im_start|>user How can light carry momentum if it has no mass?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The notion that only massive objects carry momentum stems from classical, Newtonian, mechanics, which has been shown to just be an approximation for the more complete theory of relativity. In Newtonian physics, momentum is...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] Why are there so few artificial lifeforms and AIs running around? As far as I know, the only forms of artificial life are the androids designed by Noonien Soong, the "machine race" from the V-ger incident, and the occasional self-aware holodeck program. What is it about the Star Trek unive...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If we know that movies and shows are fake, then why so we still get teary-eyed or scared during certain scenes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One: because humans are storytelling creatures. Two: because humans possess empathy. Firstly, humans are evolutionarily accustomed to receiving importan...
<|im_start|>user Why is the sound barrier an aerodynamic problem? Vibrations we pick up as sound can only move so quickly through a fluid (air). Fair enough. But why does aerodynamics get so tricky at that same speed? Why is it difficult for physical objects to exceed? Why did transonic speed cause such odd control dif...
<|im_start|>user In quantum field theory, are the electric and magnetic fields considered to be two separate fields that interact, or two aspects of a single field?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They're unified into a single field, represented by the electromagnetic field tensor, which can be expressed in terms of a ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: A 20-30 hour working week would improve the livelihoods of working people. Over the last half century or so we have seen automation and women coming into work reducing the jobs available per person. This has lead to a worker surplus which brings down average wages and but increases profits for emp...
<|im_start|>user Why is The Fed printing $2T not risking hyperinflation (while other countries in the past printing money had resulted in that) I read this NPR article about how The Fed printing money is not likely to cause hyperinflation as the money is unlikely to flood the market and drive up prices of commodities. ...
<|im_start|>user I'm having trouble grasping the concept of energy. I understand all the equations that I have been given and see how they all relate, but I can't help but feel that it doesn't exist. Energy to me feels like a common variable that is used to relate other variables together. Can somebody help me material...
<|im_start|>user Why does Neptune have such strong winds? According to Wikipedia, it has the "strongest sustained winds of any planet in the solar system, with recorded wind speeds as high as 2,100 kilometres per hour (580 m/s; 1,300 mph)." Why are the winds so strong there?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There'...
<|im_start|>user What is it about cockroaches that makes them famously able to survive radiation from a nuclear apocalypse? Are they really the only (land?) animals that would be able to make it? Is this specific resilience an evolutionary advantage or just some kind of quirk of their biology? Thanks<|im_end|> <|im_s...
<|im_start|>user [BioShock] Why is Booker strong enough to fall 100 feet and grab a magnetic rail without ripping his arms from his sockets, but not strong enough to carry more than two guns?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's not just about strength, it's about accessibility. Sure, Booker could carry another 50 to ...
<|im_start|>user Why do some researchers do two PhD in the same field? (economics) Hi, &amp;#x200B; I've noticed some economists have two PhDs in economics (for example, Jean Tirole or Philippe Aghion). What would you say the reasoning be for embarking in a second PhD? Is it to access a better university? Would there...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does mixing lights result in a different color than mixing paint? for example green + red = yellow in lights, and brown in paint. why does this happened.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mixing light together is simple addition. Adding red light to green light gives you yellow light, add in bl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why does having a long story before a recipe help websites get better search engine results? Whenever I'm looking for recipes online there is invariable a long story about the author's family and which family members like this dish and which ones do not. I'm sure I'm not the only person who think...
<|im_start|>user [General] do beings like Superman with the ability to fly in space need to consider orbital mechanics? I’ve noticed that individuals like Superman, Capitan Marvel, Omni Man, etc… seem to fly through space with little to no consideration of orbital mechanics. Is this simply because it’s too complicated ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: what is being discussed in contemporary philosophy? Is there something like one common problem that a lot of people try to solve?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A famous modern philosopher is Zizek, who ponders (among many other things) the philosophical and sociological implications of today's ...
<|im_start|>user How come evolution is gradual, but species are distinct? This question is specific to ancient species. I understand that we can label species right now because they all have distinctly different properties/DNA, and in our timescale evolution plays little impact. (Though I'm sure that's up for debate, b...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Is there any evidence in new canon that talks about the empire having homophobic views? i recently came across a tweet where a user claimed that in the new canon one of the books talk about the empire having homophobic views. i know that the empire is a fascist state and has many discrimina...
<|im_start|>user What causes the "Green Flash" as the sun sets over the ocean? My friend and I saw a video of the legendary green flash and were trying to figure it out. The best we could figure was that as the sun sets behind the water light travels through the blue ocean and the light appears green. Have any studies ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is String Theory? Has it been proved wrong? Whats the current replacement theory/idea?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are four fundamental forces in the universe, gravity, the electromagnetic force, the strong force, and the weak force. We can describe so of these forces with two mo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do they say that you should wash your wound (or put it under a stream of water) when you cut yourself and blood is pouring? Doesn't it prevent the blood from coagulating? Which is our body's way to heal itself preventing blood to keep pouring out?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In general, t...
<|im_start|>user Did the construction of the Panama and Suez canals affect the ecology of the surrounding waters? Despite the small overland distance, would connecting two very different bodies of water have a noticeable effect on the flora and fauna of the two regions?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Suez allowed lots...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How come full siblings share only 50% genetic with each other and not 100% since they both have the same parents? Someone told me that full siblings with the same parents only share 50% genetic material, but why wouldn't it be 100% since they both have the same parents and are both getting 50% fr...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 : How does oversampling work? I just don't got it. I'm talking about oversampling on a screen. Let's suppose I have a full HD screen. That means 1080*1920 pixels. When a game purposes to display the image with oversampling, how does it work? My screen still has the same amount of pixels doesn't it...
<|im_start|>user Einstein's Theory of Relativity is based on the principle that the speed of light is the same for all observers. How did he deduce that and how do we prove it now?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For one thing, in order to work Maxwell's equations require that the speed of light be constant. One of Ein...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: 20/20 vision. What does it mean, why 20/20, and not 10/10 or 50/50?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant At some point it was decided how clearly a person should be able to see at a distance of 20 feet. If you can see from 20 feet what a person "should" be able to see from 20 feet, you have 20/20 visi...
<|im_start|>user How to do a literature review if there is no literature published on the area? I am a geology student and I am trying to do a literature review. The problem is that the study area is very small and there is no literature published on it. My master's guide is the first person to work on this previously ...
<|im_start|>user [Digimon] Are there any other uses for a Digivice? Other than the traditional use for Digivolution ( whereby the Digivice itself only acts as a conduit for the Tamers emotion ) is there another practical use for them? Each iteration appears to be a sophisticated piece of technological hardware with b...
<|im_start|>user Why does the central limit theorem work? I asked a teacher, and his answer could almost be rephrased as "it is a general property of the universe".<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It works because the math works out (which is similar, although philosophically pretty different, to your teacher's answer)...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is calculus important in the medical field?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When you take any medication, someone has to have calculated how long the drug lasts at each dosage level. They have determined the correct dose for each body weight. They know how that medication is affected by other...
<|im_start|>user [Batman] What are the advantages of henching for a supervillain (as opposed to a regular suit-and-tie gang)? So like, beside those cult guys Ra's carries around, pretty much all of these unnamed mooks are Gotham citins, born and bred in the city, yeah? I know its a shithole and unemployment is probabl...
<|im_start|>user If one were to take a seasonal tree from the Northern hemisphere (that has lost all its leaves), and replant it in the Southern hemisphere, what would happen? If one were to take a tree from one hemisphere, and replant it in the opposite hemisphere (where the seasons are opposite), what would happen? W...
<|im_start|>user Why aren’t waterfalls just eroded to slopes? I can understand that water needs some place to go and sometimes the easiest path is over a ledge. However, I would think that the power of erosion would convert these waterfalls into smoother inclines. Are waterfalls usually just the result of recently redi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why is it that some people eat a lot and exercise little, but don't get fat?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant - Differences in metabolic status (genetical/hormonal). - Difference in body size. The more mass, the higher base need for nutrients, particulary muscles. - People don't always know everyth...
<|im_start|>user [1984] Is there any hope for peace, democracy, etc. in this world?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Two hopeful answers: First, there's an alternate reading of 1984 that says that the book is, in effect, a lie. Not that the events aren't true within the book universe, but that the description of the r...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are some skills "use them or lose them" but others are kept for life? How is it that I can ride a bike for the first time in 10 years with ease, but I can't math myself out of a paper bag, even though I completed multiple calculus classes in college?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant These are ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: A “pro-life” stance is logically at odds with being against universal health care My view: being pro-life, particularly to the point of considering any abortion unacceptable, is contradictory to the view that the government is not responsible for ensuring universal access to health care. Note, I ...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek TNG] In "Elementary, Dear Data", if the holodeck has a finite amount of space, how does Moriarty get Pulaski at so far a distance (several hundred feet, perhaps even several hundred yards) from Data and Geordi that they just couldn't find her?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Distance is a fl...
<|im_start|>user Do people who survive Ebola develop resistance to reinfection?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Yes! In an infection, the body takes some time to mount an adaptive immune response, because the correct T cells and B cells with the specificity for that pathogen need to encounter the virus, then proliferat...
<|im_start|>user [Fantasy] eli5: The difference between sorcerers, wizards and warlocks.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A wizard studies hard to earn good grades, and thus has a wider breadth of knowledge. A sorcerer slacks off on homework and studying and still gets good grades due to natural ability and creativity....
<|im_start|>user [General Fantasy] What's the difference between a Mage and a Wizard?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A wizard studies the arcane arts, and learns to use magic through rigorous study, practice, and discipline. A mage is a general term used to refer to a spellcaster who uses the traditional arcane magic...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are contacts so thin when eyeglasses are so thick?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The important thing is the size of the lens. A lens needs an even curve from one edge to the other. This curve continues from the middle all the way to the edge, becoming steeper as it goes, and the steeper the...
<|im_start|>user Married couples should not get more favorable tax benefits than singles simply for being married CMV Why should a married couples get advantages when it comes to IRA's, deductions, etc. over people who choose not to get married? I believe that this is practically a punishment for not getting married, ...