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<|im_start|>user Why do photons behave differently in different frames of reference than classical objects? There is an observer A on the sidewalk at night. Person B is in a moving car passing by A with velocity 30 km/h and throws a ball in front (through the open window) with velocity 20 km/h in reference to the car. ...
<|im_start|>user Professor life in the U.S. I’m an American but obtained a PhD in Europe and developed my academic career there. I’ve recently repatriated and taken on a mix of adjunct and industry work, all of which is at home. Because of a disability, I am hesitant to work in office but desperately miss teaching and ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: It is a reasonable response for me as a white, straight, males to get defensive when a person, regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation, tells them that they are “privileged.” Just to start, I am a white, straight, man. I want to make it very clear that I am NOT denying racism, sexism, ho...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Jump Point Search, how does it work? I have no idea how this works. Can someone please explain how jump point search can find its way? Here is an article trying to explain it: [Jump Point Search](http://harablog.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/jump-point-search/) [Here is an example where it is suppos...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What are those swarms of bugs actually doing when they seem to just be flying around in a small area?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Could be for various reasons, depends on the situation, species, etc. Usually it's somewhere with a damp breeze (downwind of a river or pond), and food. They see...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are steroids bad to the body if they enhance physical capabilities and why can't we nullify those side effects?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The body works to regulate hormones by feedback. If it detects too much of X hormone, it won't produce it anymore (a problem whether one is using, or...
<|im_start|>user [Stargate]The novus humans know Canadian/American English from Eli's ancient video lectures, but is that what they actually speak in day to day life?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Why wouldn't they? The colony was founded by humans who used those languages. Training videos exist that include exampl...
<|im_start|>user [ASOIAF] How do the people of Westros store food stuff during particularly long winters?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The same way food has always been stored for the long term. Drying and/or heavily salting meat. Or just keeping large herds around for regular slaughter. Fishing through the ice is a...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I am not a self made man. Looking back at my life I came to realize that despite successes and failures, my life is not my own. What I mean is that every step of the way someone has been there to care for me, to instruct me, to give me advice. For every person I have met that has wanted to attack,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: For you finance guys out there, I’m trying to wrap my head around decomposing stock returns and why it’s used. Been reading research papers on the topic, bas as usual it turns into deep mathematical proofs on how it can be decomposed. But not how why it should be decomposed<|im_end|> <|im_start|>...
<|im_start|>user what type of therapy should be sought for trying to get in touch with suppressed emotions from childhood? To be able to understand how they manifest now in adulthood.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is a very explicit issue in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. But insight of such lin...
<|im_start|>user Why are children especially vulnerable to measles? Is it because of a general lack of antibodies, or perhaps because the immune system isn't as well-developed?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In the modern world, almost all adults have been immunized against measles. In the old days, everyone caught m...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The health insurance system of the United States is the biggest organized crime/extortion ring in history. Extortion, racketeering, preying on the weak and vulnerable. They have leaned on politicians for years for legitimacy. The business exists only to collect protection money from our population...
<|im_start|>user How does amputation affect the amount of blood contained within the body? So for example, if somebody had both their legs amputated. Would the body very quickly adjust to this and ramp down production immediately? Or would it instead change the pressure of the blood within the system in the short term,...
<|im_start|>user Did Darth Vader ever learn how to prevent people from dyeing through the dark side or did he just give up after Padme died?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant He found that he already knew how to prevent people from dyeing as long as he was right there in front of them. Or had a clear view of them. Howev...
<|im_start|>user How does the body decide on when to use diarrhea or vomiting as a method of excreting hazardous food?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First it would depend on a substances location. After it's left the stomach it doesn't have a mechanism to return. Second it would depend on it's ability to cause water ...
<|im_start|>user Is there any scientific validity to the technique of deep breathing as a cure to anxiety? Hi r/askscience, I'm a long-time sufferer of anxiety. Popular 'wisdom' has told me that slow deep 'diaphragmatic' breathing is the best cure for this. Is there any kind of scientific evidence for this?<|im_end|>...
<|im_start|>user I believe storylines in video games are not nearly as good as those seen in the majority of films and novels. CMV I love video games, but I can understand why most people do not take video games seriously as an art form. Films have their Apocalypse Now's and their Godfather's (granted, there are also s...
<|im_start|>user How to be maximally impactful as a kinda-but-not-too-smart person How would you respond to a student who says "I don't want to research \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ because there are way smarter people already working on it." ? It has certainly been my experience in CS that I get viciously outpaced by the develop...
<|im_start|>user What are the arguments against giving free things to cover basic necessities for everyone? The 7 basic things that every human being requires to prosper are Food, water, clothing, shelter, education, healthcare, and protection. What happens if we give all the 7 things for free to everyone, like basic r...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is machine learning and how does it work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Machine learning is a discipline that develops algorithms to get computers (aka thinking machines) to learn without having to be explicitly taught. It works very similar to the way our brains work. When you are born,...
<|im_start|>user If virtual reality was realistic and available for everyone (so you could live out any scenario possible), would there have to be made laws for what you could and couldn't do? Sorry if this is too imaginative or if it's the wrong subreddit, by the way. If a kind of virtual reality that was just like ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do computer screens ripple like water when you press on them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant LCD monitors / computer screens contain liquid crystals. These liquid crystals have properties of both a liquid (like water) and a solid (like a crystal). The reason for using liquid crystals is th...
<|im_start|>user CMV:It's time to stop hyphenating words because they don't fit in one single line. Whenever I read something in perfect columns I always hate coming across a word broken up by a hyphen just for the sake of having the column of words look nice and be all even. Sometimes you can read the word easily beca...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When an infrared non-contact thermometer is pointed at a target, how does it measure the target's temperature and not the temperature of the air column in front of the target?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I never got a satisfactory understanding of one of them. But regardless of exactly how th...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Exams should be open book/notes. As an engineering student I find this to be very crucial in learning. Memorizing the material for an exam is not a good way in learning the material whereas having an open book exam makes learning the materials much easier. All exams should be open resources. It...
<|im_start|>user How difficult would this project be? Hello, I am new to programming, currently a freshman in a C++ course. I am not sure if this is the right sub to post this is in, so please let me know if it is not. One of the projects I have always wanted to do was write a program that will automatically perform a ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If there are more colors than the human eye can see does that mean objects reflect more than one color or things we see as one color don't reflect that color but our eyes just can't see it? Would that mean there could be more skin colors? (This thought just popped in my head and I am now going cr...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I believe most people (including myself) don't know enough about the economy and politics to debate politics. My friends and I occasionally debate politics when we hang out and as much as I enjoy it, I don't believe there is always so much information out there that none of us can know enough to b...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I don't think Islam is problematic. I'm submitting this because "Islam is a problem that needs to be dealt with" is the #1 post on every "controversial opinion" thread, i.e. it's extremely popular, at least on Reddit. And a lot of smart people, like Christopher Hitchens, have said the same thing, ...
<|im_start|>user How do carcinogens work? How do carcinogens affect the body? What compounds within food are carcinogenic? Do carcinogens affect people differently?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1. Carcinogens are molecules that interact with a cell's system of checks and balances. Normally, our cells read DNA as a...
<|im_start|>user Why are nuclear bombs detonated while they’re still thousand of feet in the air?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To get a bigger area of effect. If you detonate the bomb at ground level, only the part of the explosion around the horizontal circumference that will do major damage to buildings and the s...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If light can't escape black holes, where does it go? Do chemical reactions still happen on/inside them? Can heat escape? I've heard the gravity is so great in black holes, that not even light can escape. This raises a lot of questions for me. If its swallowing stars, particles, planets, etc, then...
<|im_start|>user How can I support an overworked, unpaid instructor I really like? I'm an undergrad in a political science department and the amount of exploitation of these adjunct instructors is ridiculous. Underpaid, aren't given enough courses, part-time.. all while admins are making inflated salaries. So all this...
<|im_start|>user Why are research databases so bad at picking up keywords in search string? Hi there, I am currently trying to conduct a literature review and I have found this (many times in the past and present) that no matter what combination of very specific keywords I use, the results still end up with random pa...
<|im_start|>user What's the difference between photoelectric effect and photovoltaic effect?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The photoelectric effect refers to emission of electrons from one material into another, typically into a vacuum, although air photoemission (into a gas) or internal photoemission (from one solid...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: In theatre, why do so many people want to perform Shakespeare?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A lot of Shakespeare's plays are considered classics - which means that they're respected, popular, and compelling. So for an actor looking for a good role, a prominent Shakespearean part like Romeo, K...
<|im_start|>user Is there a finite amount of matter and/or energy in the universe? I know that energy cannot be created or destroyed but does the same properties go for matter as well?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Firstly, we have to make a distinction between the observable universe, and the entire universe. The o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why does restarting something usually fix the problem?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Problems can be caused by a number of things: A rare, randomly occurring error might overwrite some memory. Some unexpected combination of events can send something into an infinite loop or crash a critical part...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Child molesters and violent sexual predators should be sentenced to death. (Inb4 "What about an 18 year old in love with a 16 year old," obviously that doesn't count. I'm talking about true predators here. Nor am I talking about pedophiles who do not offend, rare though I believe them to be.) I b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 : What happens when a country goes bankrupt? Recently I just read about Sri Lanka going bankrupt so what happens next?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is a very complex thing to describe in an ELI5. Each case will have their own specifics. Countries don't go bankrupt like companies or individ...
<|im_start|>user Assembly Code This may be a very general or very loaded question, but how does a computer actually convert assembly Code to binary, or more high abstraction language into assembly Code?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You should take a look at the Nand2Tetris course. A great majority of your questions ...
<|im_start|>user eli5 the Difference between Asset and Property Hi everyone, Can someone please explain to me the difference between these two? I thought Asset would comprise Property but then I noticed property is split into tangible and intangible properties. I was thinking property was part of tangible assets but n...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How come modern day screens are almost impossible to see with no backlight but older consoles like the gameboy can be seen without a backlight just fine (most of the time)?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Modern LCDs use a backlight to shine through pixels of different shades/colors and display t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 Why do courts use “not guilty” instead of innocent?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The legal system is designed to determine whether someone is guilty, not whether they are innocent. When the prosecution fails to prove guilt, that in itself is not proof of innocence. Therefore the court states th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: the scope of a gun is on top of the nozzle the bullet comes out of, so wouldnt the bullet hit a bit lower than where you aimed for?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The scope is adjusted to correct for this (and for bullet drop in flight) at a specific distance. If you change distances, you need t...
<|im_start|>user What subfields of Economics is most used in Economics Consulting work? Can someone tell me which subfields in Economics are need or most used in Economics Consulting work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I interviewed and got an offer at Compass Lexecon, one of the best economic consulting firms, and h...
<|im_start|>user Coders of reddit, I want to start coding, what language should choose to learn and how should I approach it? Dear Reddit, I want to code stuff, I think its really cool and am prepared to give up some time. The only thing I know that's related to this is translating words to binary. I am thinking of usi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do Japenese put extra words after names in sentences sometime? Examples being “kun” or “senpai”<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Those are *honorifics*, which most often are used to show the status of the person being spoken to. In your examples, *-kun* would be used for a male friend close in...
<|im_start|>user Trying to understand Kierkegaard's Existentialism as a Christian I recently started reading more thoroughly into Existentialist philosophy - I went to university and graduated with an analytic viewpoint, and the courses/path I followed in my studies did not much lead me towards the existential thought....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is cancer common in organs like the prostate and breasts, but is not in other organs such as the heart or stomach?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The cells in some organs work very differently than in other places. In your heart for example, the cells stop dividing very early in your life. T...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can a program teach itself to play a game like mario cart?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Software that learns how to play a game is usually based on a machine learning technique called 'reinforcement learning'. The problem with learning games is that you don't immediately know wheter a ce...
<|im_start|>user [DnD] Do the "good guy" races (elves, dwarves, hobbitses, etc) allow genocide against the "bad guy" races (goblins, orcs, etc) or is it a tribe-by-tribe question? I can see it going either way. Might be that, say, Blood Hook goblins are "just another tribe, yawn" and yeah they tend to be excitable, bu...
<|im_start|>user Are there any buildings large enough to be affected by the curvature of the earth? How large would a building of this size be? Also, what engineering methods are used to counteract this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It has a small impact on very long individual structures like suspension bridge span...
<|im_start|>user Why is String Theory considered to be "un-testable"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To test quantum gravity theories, you need a situation in which both quantum and gravitational effects are significant. We only know of two such scenarios: black holes and the big bang. All the black holes are too far ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are people able to understand a language but not speak it? What happens in the brain? I was just with a friend and he talks English to his mum, but she speaks Polish to him. He understands everything, but can barely string a sentence together in Polish. (It's also not a pronunciation thing, h...
<|im_start|>user I just don't get NoSQL databases Perhaps it's just because of my years of working with relational databases, but for the life of me I can't figure out how a non-relational database works. I've read a number of tutorials and whatnot, and I understand that they are supposed to be faster and more suited ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do electronics break when they get wet?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Electronics are very sensitive to the amount of electricity that each component receives. When electronics get wet, the water conducts the electricity all over the place and zaps the components with voltages they are not...
<|im_start|>user Are the ideas of individuality and separatism taught to us, or are we born with the truth of that we are separate beings? I hope I worded this correctly. I’ve been thinking on the truths and mechanisms we are born with universally, opposed to which are taught to us socially. I assume that some trut...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Were there massive intelligence differences between the sapient races in Star Wars? Is there some natural cap on intelligence in the Star Wars universe preventing some aliens [droids excluded] from being super geniuses that can think circles around others? Do the super-intelligent ones jus...
<|im_start|>user [RPGS] Why do I keep finding fragments of journals spread all around instead of one place? I can never find them in just one place or book? Why would someone tear out pages or type entries in different computers around the wasteland?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Possibilities include: 1) There are ...
<|im_start|>user [D&amp;D/GeneralFantasy] Can adventurers "breathe" a tamed Air Elemental? If yes, bonus questions: * How long would it take a human adventurer to consume all of the oxygen contained in a large-sized Air Elemental? * Would doing this be fatal or injurious to said Elemental? * Could this method be used ...
<|im_start|>user How does salt (NaCl) accentuate flavors in foods? This has come to my attention after consuming unsalted peanut butter for the first time. It felt like the flavor was dulled down. I wondered how NaCl changes the taste so drastically. So I googled around... ..and I found the following on [The Straig...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why do I see articles daily practically saying we have found a cure for things like cancer, yet no cure actually exists?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Scientist here. We haven't cured cancer, but we have cured MODELS of cancer. Scientists will often use MODELS of cancer, because there are so m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do multi-lingual people seemingly, with no reason, switch between languages while talking to someone who is also multi-lingual? What benefit does it have over staying with the language they started the conversation with?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's called code-switching, and it allow...
<|im_start|>user What determines whether or not a substance has a strong scent? For example, why does an ester have such a strong smell?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In short, there are 2 main factors: 1. Volatility of the substance. In order to be detected by your olfactory system, molecules of the compound must r...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: what does it mean to overclock a CPU? what does it mean to overclock a CPU and what are the pro's and con's?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Overclocking means making your CPU to work faster by increasing the default clockrate (GHz). Increasing the clockrate makes the CPU less stable (might crash...
<|im_start|>user If cancer and psoriasis are both overactive cell growth, what is it that makes them different? If you were to compare skin cancer vs. psoriasis they are both described as overactive cell growth, though with different results and degrees of danger. A) how are they different, and B) what is it that makes...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: what does it mean to “sing from the diaphragm”? And is there a physical sensation that tells you you’re doing it properly?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When you breathe, you expand your lungs either by moving your shoulders up and chest out, or by expanding downward into your abdomen which all...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The college 4.0 GPA scale is dysfunctional and poorly represents students. Been wanting to do one of these for a while now. &amp;#x200B; I find that the 4.0 scale leaves a lot of the students' academic work on the cutting room floor and presents them in a weird manner. A student can have a con...
<|im_start|>user Why use an interface as a type? &amp;#x200B; Working on Amazon AWS S3 with the AWS SDK. The official AWS docs show an example of creating a Client like this: `IAmazonS3 Client = new AmazonS3Client(...` Why are they using an interface as a type reference? I changed it to this, and it works exactly ...
<|im_start|>user Is visible light, or any other form of light for that matter, affected by wind? Say I point a laser at a wall. If I turn a fan to face *perpendicular* toward the beam, would it push the light across on even an atomic scale? EDIT: Changed parallel to perpendicular<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Wind ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do rivers flow continuously? I understand the water cycle in that water is evaporated, condenses, and precipitates which puts water back into the ecosystem, but how does a river continuously flow millions of gallons of water when it eventually empties into an ocean? Where does all the water c...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can't we breed with other species? Why cant we breed with species like gorillas, when close species, like tigers and lions or horses and mules, can?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The general rule of thumb for interspecies breeding is that it comes down to chromosomes, which are strands of D...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Passing Another Gun Control Bill Will Make People 'Feel Better' Until the Next School Shooting, But That's About It. This is not an in-you're-face political post, so please don't bother replying with political or emotional diatribe. Here's my stance: There has not been a time in this county's his...
<|im_start|>user (Politics) How much do you need to know to be considered “enough knowledge” in regards to where deciding what your position is?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant another way to look at this question is to consider that you may have multiple competing positions which have different levels of justification...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is it possible that athletic results keep getting better and better; will they ever plateau? It seems like every Olympics, World Championship, etc, at least one record is broken, usually more. It's to the point now where gold-medal-winning 100m sprinters of a few decades ago would barely even...
<|im_start|>user Trying to understand which universities are the best in a specific field In my case, I am interested in nutrition/dietetics. The problem is that most of the official rankings ( shangai rankings, top universities ) do not have a ranking in specific for nutrition. There is agriculture but I dont’t know i...
<|im_start|>user Could someone step me through the math/deduction/reasoning that Einstein did to come to the conclusion that bodies of mass and energy distort space-time, hence macroscopically observed as gravity? Large or small, Responses all!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You need three assumptions: The laws of ph...
<|im_start|>user [R1/Star Wars/ESB] What purpose do these big ass glass screens with huge over lapping circles and lines on them serve?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's a way of representing 3D space on a 2D surface. For example, you put your planet at the center of the glass. You then draw concentric circles aro...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Reviews of restaurants by food critics are basically useless and the profession of "food critic" is similarly superfluous. A review of a restaurant is an opinion given by someone who is basically paid to give their opinion (cue the sound of half of reddit creaming their drawers). That opinion is i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: I often hear that "in western society, breasts are sexualized but in other places [I commonly hear Africa], they are not sexualized and therefore not as big a deal." So why is it different in western society, why did they become sexualized? I am aware it has to do with media but what happened tha...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: How does Aloe Vera assist in reducing the symptoms and help heal sunburns?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a lot of different things that happen in your skin when you apply aloe vera. It stimulates collagen production, helps bind moisture to the skin, it's an anti inflammatory, and it's...
<|im_start|>user Why do we have to avoid bacteria from our shit and snot once it's outside our body, but it doesn't make us sick when it's inside our body?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Certain bacteria don't do much harm when they're living where they're supposed to live, but if they go somewhere they're not suppose...
<|im_start|>user Took a few years off to travel and take a break, how would you portray that on your resume(US)? I've been coding professionally for \~25 years and was stack before. A bunch has changed in my short break, but I did keep somewhat up to date. Personal projects where I did poc's with ang/react/vue, along w...
<|im_start|>user [Ben 10] Does Ben have any aliens that can heal other people? I know Ben has a lot of aliens with regeneration powers (Wildvine, Swampfire, Diamondhead, etc.), but does he have any aliens that could heal other people through their powers? Alien X I guess could, but that's more because that alien is so ...
<|im_start|>user Why dont more people in the US get illnesses from mosquitoes even though the same mosquito may extract blood from several hosts? If a mosquito extracts blood from a squirrel, and then gets blood from you, and then gets blood from some other person, and so on, wouldnt their be a prevalence of some kind ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Within the next few centuries, homogenous countries will cease to exist, no matter how hard countries try to prevent this. As countries begin to prosper and as their quality of life increases, people from all over the world will have more opportunities to work and live within different countries. ...
<|im_start|>user How do stoplights actually work? I'm a delivery driver and just today while waiting a few miniutes at one did I actually question the science behind it. My question is what sensor is used to get a signal and what logic is behind the programming when it gets a signal?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the difference to my body if I eat 5000 calories one day and zero the next vs 2500 for two days?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It has been suggested that the human metabolism has evolved two modes of operation, activated by calorie intake. The first is *grow mode* where plentiful nutrie...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do most birds bob their head back and forth when they walk?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It’s either a product of the birds visual fixation or depth perception. A lot of birds’ eyes have non overlapping fields of view which makes them hard to tell how far away things are. They use motion p...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is 3D printing becoming seemingly more viable for creating mechanical and moving items (such as prosthetic limbs) compared to whatever existed before 3D printing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It allows for there to be specific parts made a certain size without having to make a mold to crea...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does a new pair of glasses temporarily distort your depth perception? What causes this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Glasses have two effects: focus, and magnification. The focus is what you want to change. The reason you need glasses is that your eyes are miscalibrated, and they need a ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do hackers hack?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant On the most basic level, they find a flaw or weakness in a system and exploit it. For example, the software that runs websites communicates with other computers. Sometimes, if you send it something it didn't expect to receive, it will work in a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What is postmodern ethics?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Postmodern ethics is way of approaching ethical dilemmas by examing the context and narrative. Generally speaking postmodernists tend to have a much narrower belief in freewill and so they feel that true questions of ethics need to be adre...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is the US college tuition so high? And where is the money going? Are all colleges private?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Price discrimination. Those who can afford to pay, do so. Those who can't are given various amounts of financial aid to lower the price to a more reasonable amount. At l...
<|im_start|>user How is account ID generation handled at a massive scale? I was pondering about this question in the shower this morning. Anyways, from what I understand in general on most services when a new user joins the platform they are assigned a unique account id. Now what I was wondering is how massive services...
<|im_start|>user How can radiation cause burns? I wouldn't guess it transfers much heat so why does it cause skin "burns"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Others have responded in complex terms, but here is a very simple one. Radiation kills cells by destroying their DNA. The body reacts as best it can. The results lo...
<|im_start|>user Neoclassical Economics on Slavery? I'm currently writing a research paper regarding the situation of slavery in Dubai, where workers from Bangladesh pay to be brought over to Dubai only to have their passports and documents stolen and be forced to work in slave like conditions. Part of this research ...
<|im_start|>user How do scientists figure out how an extinct language sounded like? Decoding an extinct language is amazing. I wonder even if we discover the meaning of symbols, how do we know what sound was associated with that symbol?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant From /u/voikya "Lots of ways. Here are some exampl...