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<|im_start|>user Can light be infinitely brighter? Is there a certain point where light cannot become any more bright?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Brightness is determined by the number of photons you see. If you have enough energy to power whatever is outputting the photons, you can have as many as you want. Any l...
<|im_start|>user Books (or the written word in general) are not inherently more "intellectual" than any other form of media. CMV I saw [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1dzik1/perhaps_the_kids_will_be_alright/) thread on the front page about kids on a bus reading books. I've often seen on Reddit the belief t...
<|im_start|>user I believe completing a degree in a STEM major requires more work than completing a degree in a non-STEM major. CMV. I strongly believe that STEM majors are more difficult in both subject matter and the sheer amount of work one has to do than non-STEM majors. The only evidence I really have is anecdotal...
<|im_start|>user CMV: there is no reason for Medicine and Dentistry to be separate fields Dentistry should be a speciality of medicine and dentists should go through medical school. Dentists already need to have a wide range of knowledge about the body to understand the effect on teeth and other medical specialities ne...
<|im_start|>user How do a bunch of small noises combine to make a very loud noise? So I was watching Game of Thrones last night. The soldiers started to slam their spears into the ground. One spear doesn't make much noise, but a lot of spears makes a lot of noise. Why is it that when a bunch of people do the same thing...
<|im_start|>user ELI5- Why are there unsolved mathematical equations? Who wrote them and how do they know if they are solvable or not?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So...you should note that mathematical problems and mathematical equations aren't inherently the same thing. An equation is basically just two sets of a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why is it that some metals like zinc and iron are essential for our bodies while other metals like lead and Mercury are toxic?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant We have enzymes in our body called metalloenzymes that contain metals to catalyze chemical reactions or maintain the enzyme's structure. T...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Actual effort and ability is rarely noticed. Perceived effort and ability gets all the attention, and it's killing productivity Person A and B are assigned a task at some company. Person A gives 100 percent effort to the task. Person B divided his time between the task and acting above his pay g...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why does ~x = -x - 1? I've always been confused about why the bitwise negation `~` of any number `x` equals `-x - 1`. Should the bitwise negation flip each bit from 1 to 0 and vice versa? For example, `~10 = -11`, but the binary representation of `10` is `1010` and the binary representation of `...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why we can secure banking/investment accts online but we can't secure voting seems to me like if we can trust billions of dollars to banking websites and stock trading websites, then we should be able to create a trustworthy secure electronic voting method<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The requi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 how can weed and crabgrass killer target said specific plants without damaging common types of grass?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Plants have certain processes that keep them alive and help them grow, and different types of plants can have different processes. Weed killers and herbicides can b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do producers prevent child actors in horror movies from getting extremely scared?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First, they take the time to explain things to them, and prepare them, and they have their parents/guardians present. And kids who can't handle it probably don't survive long in t...
<|im_start|>user What coding languages should I use to create this type of web &amp; mobile app? Hello! I was hoping I could get some direction in which coding languages to use for an upcoming project of mine. I'll try to give some background of what I am trying to accomplish. First off, I want to start developing this...
<|im_start|>user [ELI5] What does it mean to be "grounded" against electricity, and why does it keep you safe?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There is two facts that we have to establish here first in terms of safety around electricity. 1. Electricity hurts you when it flows through you. 2. Electricity prefers to flo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When exercising, does the amount of effort determine calories burned or the actual work being done? Will an athlete who runs for an hour at moderate pace and is not tired at the end burn more calories than an out of shape person who runs for an hour a way shorter distance but is exhausted at the ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how can electrons just be ok on their own and fly around? Where do these spare electrons come from? Do they come from atoms? If yes, how are the atoms able to just lose their electrons and it be ok? I mean like in the Maltese Cross experiment you're essentially "shooting electrons" but I just don...
<|im_start|>user What happens to an ant colony if its Queen is artificially removed? I recently watched BBC's ["Planet Ant- Life Inside The Colony"] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n0SkIGARuo) and after watching it I wondered what happens to the biological machine (the ant colony) after its Queen is gone. * Is ther...
<|im_start|>user If I had a pressure cooker that could raise the boiling point of water above 300 degrees F, could I fry food in water? Caramelization of sugars and the maillard reaction, responsible for the browning and crisping of food, is associated with temperatures in excess of ~300 degrees F. Since water at atmo...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Adding /s to a statement kills the joke. Always. A sarcastic joke or remark should stand on its own merit and no additional indicator should be provided to emphasize or clarify that there is humour. In fact, the doubt that the statement creates, the "is this person serious?" plays a major part in ...
<|im_start|>user What should I read to learn about Islamic Philosophy? I own two books on the topic, The Sufi Path of Knowledge and The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, and really want to dig into them, but I’m afraid that I’m not prepared for the reading. I’ve read the Quran and Plato’s the Republic, but o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why don't optometrists and dentists work in hospitals? Why don't we just centralize all medical needs?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Some hospitals do have doctors that focus on teeth and optics. But most of the time these are lumped in with bone and nervous system specialists. The simple fac...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why are (public) school breakfast/lunches (k-12) typically not freshly cooked and not very healthy in america? Would it really cost so much to provide freshly cooked lunches/breakfast that it is not possible to do so? Edit: i know not *all* public schools in the us have crappy food (hence the w...
<|im_start|>user [The Matrix] if two people plugged into the matrix conceive a baby... how is the baby born in the real world? if the two people never even touched?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A conception effort that achieves success trips a program flag that selects a prospective suspended zygote of the right phe...
<|im_start|>user [Warhammer 40k] How come Khorne is so popular? Look, I know that in the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but there are quadrillions of beings in the galaxy that are hardly ever exposed to war. Suppose I'm Billy the Farmer from an agriworld who decides to join a chaos cult. What does ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Elders don't deserve respect just for being old Why should I respect someone for being old? I get that as a majority senior citizens are probably wiser than those younger due to their experience in life, but there’s no way that’s true in every case. When I meet someone, it doesn’t matter their ag...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is no justifiable reason for organizations to offer internships that are unpaid Unpaid internships are labor theft. There is no reason a person contributing to an organization should not be compensated for their work (and no, experience does not count as compensation). The idea of an unpaid ...
<|im_start|>user The fovea is so small compared to the size of the visual field, so why does the world not appear to be of terribly low fidelity? By fidelity I mean blurred and generally degraded.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To add to what /u/monory said, you don't *experience* the world in low resolution because o...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter] Are there such things as wizarding universities? As in, if students would like to further their education, is there like a degree scheme for wizards or do they just have to get jobs/learn a trade etc?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It appears that on-the-job training and self-study are ...
<|im_start|>user eli5, what happens to the dead bodies in a battlefield Humans war against each other all the time, and throughout history hundreds of millions of people have died on the battlefield. This begs the question, what happens to the bodies? Like on the beaches of Normandy, thousands of people died. But th...
<|im_start|>user Can flammable liquids/gases just "combust" in high temperature environments or do they require a spark or some sort of ignition/catalyst? We touched on the combustion of organic molecules in my org chem class and I was just curious if a flammable substance is placed in a controlled environment and the ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Where do rich people keep their money? If I wanted to rob a poor person I would have to go their house and steal their stuff, because all their money is used up to buy "stuff." But if I wanted to rob say, Alec Baldwin...where is Alec Baldwin's money?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Banks, stocks...
<|im_start|>user How do I understand Discrete Mathematics? Hello, I'm currently studying Software Engineering, and would like to hear some advice on what are the best methods / ways to learn and understand Discrete Mathematics? I genuenly dislike math, and am abit scared of the whole subject.<|im_end|> <|im_start|...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do airplane standby passengers work? I don’t understand how someone gets put on standby. Is there some sort of standby ticket? If so, how.. and do people really go through all the hassle of going to an airport while having a possibility of going home?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's also...
<|im_start|>user ELi5: what is that horrible painful massive 'lump' in your chest when you drink or eat something too fast?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Food and fluids get transported through your esophagus. Where the esophagus connnects to the stomach, a) it has to pass through an ligamentous opening in the diaphr...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 If bug killer can kill insects, how is it safe to spray all over your house and not be harmful to humans?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In general, modern pesticides are designed to target specific things that the insect has and mammals (like humans) don’t. Since we are pretty distant from insec...
<|im_start|>user Is an O(sqrt(n)) solution really that bad? So I am researching elliptic curve cryptography and I keep getting terribly confused about what I'm reading. Let me give some very basic background: BACKGROUND: Many traditional cryptosystems are built so that to "break" the system, one has to be able to s...
<|im_start|>user Is stoicism and existentialism a view that can coexist? So I tend to follow stoicism as a personal philosophy but see existentialism a meta- philosophy that makes sense to me. I try to live my life by stoic virtues but also tend to view life as having no explicit or implicit meaning. Are these two view...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When searching for jobs online, I almost never see an amount (whether hourly or salaried) of how much a company will pay an individual who actually gets the job. Why is that so?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant they want to get away with paying the minimum amount they can, so they usually ask you ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Girls-only math and science competitions are counter-productive and do not help to encourage more girls into these fields Currently math and science tend to be much more male\-dominated than other fields, and this seems to be the case in math/science competitions as well. Competitions like the Int...
<|im_start|>user Can someone explain why most published research findings are presumed false? In his now classical paper, Why Most Research Findings Are False, Ioannidis makes a pretty strong case for why we should be more skeptical about published research. He lists six reasons for why any given research finding can b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a human being stay in a coma for many (like 10 or 20) years, and what wakes them up?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant While you are in a coma, assuming that you are being kept alive and your brain has some function, your brain devotes a grear amount of enery to repairing itself. This proc...
<|im_start|>user Why is 7nm considered the limit of Moore's law? I understand that around 7nm silicon can no longer be used, but I am unsure why. I have seen that using graphite can lower the limit to 5nm, but again unsure why.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Commercial integrated circuits today are made using projecti...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The outcome of a crime should not matter in sentencing First of all, I realise there are differences between countries and jurisdictions so I am not bound to a specific one here. I believe that only the intent combined with previous relevant convictions and circumstances should be taken into ac...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Speed causes time dilation. Mass causes time dilation. What is the link between speed and mass which means that they both cause the same phenomenon? I hope the title makes sense.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To try to make this very simple, space and time are both components of a single thing ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Since we're aware of the elements required to create water (H2O), are we able to do so? Are the elements scarce/abundant? If not/so, why don't we just create water and supply it to places in need? This might be a dumb question, but it seems so simple...which might be exactly why it isn't...<|im_e...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does burned food stick to glass? What's it holding onto?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The proteins and carbohydrates in food are glue. Old-fashioned methods of making glue used the long protein molecules in animal products. Long molecules help the glue stick to itself and the surfaces. Mo...
<|im_start|>user Is there a scientific basis for the concept of "fresh air"? What is the difference between "fresh air" and "stale air". Is there more oxygen? Less CO2? Fresh air seems to have a fairly profound physiological effect on some people, elevating mood, reducing nausea, etc. Is this merely a placebo effec...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Object Oriented Design Hi. I am currently studying computer science at university. I am a first year in need of some help. Please could someone explain to me the main principles behind Object Oriented Design. I am finding some of the concepts hard to get my head round. Thanks in advance! **E...
<|im_start|>user There is a strong incentive to discriminate against gays and blacks in hiring for small businesses, and in some cases women &amp; religious. CMV * Fair hiring laws exist * These laws give legal teeth to people of protected classes * There are often equally qualified candidates that are not of protected...
<|im_start|>user [Mass Effect] Why does Shepard only ever take 2 people with her on missions? At least in 1, it's not a limitation of the Mako, since on Feros we have an extra person along for the ride. Some missions of course require some more subtlety, but some really would benefit from more firepower. Hell, in 2 the...
<|im_start|>user CMV: It is morally permissible for parents to teach their values to their children Some people argue that it is wrong for parents or society at large to teach religion, moral values, or societal ideas to their children on the grounds that they are brainwashing the youth. I disagree with this assessment...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how do rich people with massive net worth(Ranging from $10 million to hundreds of millions of dollars) manage their money? I am curios to see how do they manage such a large amount.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I would have to say most if not all hire professional money manager and let them ha...
<|im_start|>user What makes honey "non-spoilable"? Pretty much the title. Once my uncle found honey jar in the basement of his house which was stored there by my grand grandfather in early 1900's presumably, we ate it ( and didn't die).<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Osmosis mostly. Osmosis is what happens when two...
<|im_start|>user [Steven Universe] How did Gems come to be? Like seriously, when and how did they come into existence?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Their means of reproduction are wholly artificial, so at one point they must have been an organic humanoid species who kept making iterative alterations and improvements...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it impossible to swallow rapidly over and over with nothing in your mouth, but chugging water is easy?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Swallowing solids and liquids works slightly differently. Swallow with an empty mouth and pay attention to what you're doing: The tip of your tongue press...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does software update with versions labeled as things like "Version 9.0.124.0" instead of just updating as complete numbers like "Version 4", "Version 2"? I'm kind of confused as to why it carries on as .04.02.98.165..... instead of whole numbers. Why are decimals involved? Edit: Thank you ve...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What are all the different types of noises that an MRI makes when you’re getting a scan? And why is it different noises every few minutes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant An MRI machine collects data by delivering electromagnetic energy into the body to ‘flip’ the spins of nuclei in the body. Whe...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There’s nothing wrong with being “ableist” when it comes to John Fetterman running for senate. In general, frivolously using someone’s disability(s) as a reason to not vote for someone is shitty and should be frowned upon. In the specific case where someone’s disability(s) negatively impact their ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does ISIS still exist and stay so strong although many nations have sent so much armed forces to hunt them down?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Much of the action against ISIS has taken the form of air strikes, special forces actions, and more conventional actions. To be effective against a ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What is the difference between cosmology, astrophysics and astronomy? I've been watching too many Neil deGrasse Tyson videos that are making me feel stupid. I feel like I should definitely have a better understanding of these terms. Are there any other terms similar to these that I should have a b...
<|im_start|>user Are there any economic papers that discuss the wealth(not income but wealth)gap between various white ethnic groups(ie russisn,french,Irish, etc)? Are there any economic papers that discuss the wealth gap between eastern and western European nations?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Wealth is extremely ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: "What is the difference between Reason and Logic?"<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The two concepts overlap somewhat in popular use. Reason usually refers to mental processes that evaluate affairs in an unemotional way, reason being preferable in many cases. Logic is more specialized; it derives...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly are astronauts doing on the ISS? How does data sent down yesterday differ from data sent down today? I'm not insinuating the science aboard the ISS is pointless, but I don't understand the meaning. What are some of the massive breakthroughs that happened on the ISS? Are we expecting ...
<|im_start|>user In Virtue ethics how are the virtues themselves decided? In Aristotle's Ethics he assumes from the start what his virtues are, and they seem quite relative to Athenian society. He denounces adultery, cowardice, and shame from the start but on what grounds is this the case? These virtues seem relative t...
<|im_start|>user What do economists expect the effects of Joe Biden's infrastructure plan to be? Its called the American Jobs Plan. [https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/31/politics/infrastructure-proposal-biden-explainer/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/31/politics/infrastructure-proposal-biden-explainer/index.html) W...
<|im_start|>user Is food digested in the order it is consumed? Or digested like freeway traffic moves, with some food overtaking slower to digest food? And how does the body decide, if it moves like traffic? Does everyone have the same 'speed limits' or does it vary per individual?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Diff...
<|im_start|>user Why do people cry when they're overwhelmed with emotion? For example: http://www.wimp.com/puppysurprise/ Happiness, sadness, frustration, or any other strong emotion seems to elicit tears. It seems like it's often a strange, irrelevant reaction, so what's actually going on in the brain that causes thi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does pushing our eye gently against a closed eye lid make us "see" things?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In order to process sensory information (light, sound, touch, taste, etc.), it must be input through a receptor. The sensory modality (type) a receptor is most sensitive to (made to inte...
<|im_start|>user Can light come in anything other than a sine wave? If not, can other waves be approximated? Such as a square wave... and if so... what would it look like to us?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mathematically, any wave can be broken down into a linear combination of sine (and cosine) waves (Google Fouri...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:When people listen to the radio, do they all hear the song at the same time, or is there a delay when listening further away from the towers? What is the speed of radio?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Radio waves are electromagnetic radiation just like light (just a different part of the spectrum...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Weed should be legally and socially treated in the same way as alcohol I think that if you boil it down to what people receive from weed and alcohol, most of the feelings are similar. It can be used for social purposes, to relax, or abused as an antidepressant. For legal reasons, if adults 21\+ ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The U.S. spends too much on foreign assistance; this may feel compassionate but could be better spent domestically or on defense To get it out of the way, I understand that the foreign assistance budget is a small proportion of the total U.S. budget and is dwarfed by our military budget. At [$23 b...
<|im_start|>user Applied maths in Economics I am planning on applying to Cambridge for Economics and need to beef out my personal statement, especially on the maths end. My college offers us an opportunity to present a field of mathematics that is not on the specification to our further maths class. I think this is a g...
<|im_start|>user Why is a philosopher's nationality denoted? I've noticed in several videos, seminars, and discussions about philosophy that people who know about philosophers always seem to denote their nationality - "The German philosopher, Immanuel Kant" for example. Is it important to a philosophical discussion to ...
<|im_start|>user [Loki] Does the Varient’s plan make sense? In episode 2, it seems that &gt;!Sylvie’s!&lt; plan is to &gt;!bomb the sacred timeline!&lt;, and although it isn’t explicitly stated why (unless I’m missing something), it seems like &gt;!she!&lt; is ultimately trying to &gt;!distract the TVA so that she can ...
<|im_start|>user ELi5: Why did eggs become such a common breakfast food?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most food choices were based on what was easy to raise and farm in an area. Chickens are easy to raise just about anywhere and provide an ample amount of eggs. They average 1 egg a day. Eggs are good for you (exce...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how can my smoke detector not be set off by my cigarette or fireplace smoke, yet goes off the moment my toast starts burning. Not sure this has been asked yet. If it has link me to post? Reddits search function is weird...<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Smoke detectors work by having a radioacti...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 They say if your stranded at sea not to drink the salt water because it will kill you faster, however dehydrated patients are given saline drips. Why? Is it somehow different? Is it the concentrate?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of about ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What do those massive shoulder mounted TV cameras do that a nice handheld video camera cannot?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As an operator of one of those big cameras, here's what's going on. **Enormous lenses and sensors designed to let in a lot of light, plus a mechanical aperture.** This g...
<|im_start|>user [General Fantasy] Why are werewolves most allergic to silver?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Alchemists used to associate different metals to different planetary bodies. Gold for the sun, iron for mars, copper for Venus. Guess what metal is associated with the moon? So if the full moon makes a werewol...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter] What kind of magic is the the forbidden section books at Hogwarts? Furthermore, does the section contain books/spells only for adults and experienced wizards that students may not borrow or are these kept in Dumbledore's private library. Are there any adult only spell book stores<|im_end...
<|im_start|>user Why is bioluminescence so common at the bottom of the ocean? It seems like bioluminescence is common at the bottom of the ocean, where there is no sunlight. But if there's no sunlight, then why would anything evolve eyes to see visible light? Maybe infrared would be useful, but visible light just doesn...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] What are the limits to interspecies mating? In the Clone Wars cartoon, one of the Clones and a Twi'lek had children. Can all sentient races mix? Can there be a Rodian/Aqualish? A Wookie/Mon Calamari?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Well, from a biological point of view, we can already produ...
<|im_start|>user [Mass Effect] So how did scale-itch get on the Normandy?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When many species approach sexual maturity.... experimentation is often common. Grunt has been exhibiting signs common among Krogan adolescents. Hypothesis: Grunt is the most likely carrier unless... Zaeed?<|im_...
<|im_start|>user Why does hot water taste different than cold water?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So cells in our taste buds express receptors that recognize different types of compounds - one receptor type per cell seems to be how it works. However, in addition to these receptors, gustatory cells also contain chann...
<|im_start|>user [Ben10]What does the omnitrix require in a species? Would it accept lower life forms like a dog or a cat or a threasher maw(mass effect) or does ot need to be intelligent life<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The Omnitrix was designed as an ark of sorts to preserve sapient species against extinction as ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The process of getting a book published<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First, the author writes some or all of a book. The author submits the work to various publishing companies looking for one that likes it and will buy it. If a publisher likes the book, they will make an offer to the author...
<|im_start|>user How exactly does a random function work ? As far as I know it randomly picks any member present in a list but the how does the machine decide up which memeory address to pick ? I mean how does a programmer describe the random algorithm ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Generally, there are two types of...
<|im_start|>user [Super strength] Do characters with enhanced strength have trouble telling apart the weight of smaller items? I was thinking of Superman. He can lift boulders, cars, ect and toss them with ease, but does that huge strength make it difficult to tell the difference between 5 and 10 pounds? How about we...
<|im_start|>user CMV: We should not have to alter history when a transgender person comes out. I support a transgender person’s right to transition and live as the other gender and be called by their preferred pronouns and all of that. The problem is in the idea that the person’s whole past life and works must now be ...
<|im_start|>user Why do some materials like iron, gold and other bend, while other like coal or rocks break?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It all depends on what kind of bond and structures the atoms form. when talking about metals and rocks, crystal structures become very important. The crystal structure of a compou...
<|im_start|>user [Marvel] How does Magneto's helmet block telepathy? What sort of properties does Magneto's helmet have that blocks out telepathy? Does it have something have something to do with the material, the exact construction, both, or something else?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Human brain works by producin...
<|im_start|>user Is it possible to teach ethics to an AI? If so, will philosophers become society’s biggest assets?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Sure, there's plenty of AI ethics going on right now to determine which ethical rules AIs should follow, and conversely there's quite some work going on to implement it. Re...
<|im_start|>user Do you know of any philosophers who grew to regret or disagree with their early work? I find it interesting that people can feel so certain in their beliefs earlier in life, even to the point of writing in-depth books about it, while at the same time continuing, themselves, to grow and learn with more ...
<|im_start|>user How do Astronomers figure out what the interior of planetary bodies are made of without sending probes there? (Neptune, Uranus, Ceres, etc)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1. A general idea of the composition of our solar system 2. Specific measurements of the objects gravitational effects 3. Spectro...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: We have invented materials that don't rust, so why do bicycles still use chains that turn rusty after a little rain?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Materials selection is often balancing a set of trade-offs. A chain needs to be both durable and relatively easy to make. Using a hard material and...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can water filters remove 99.9% of impurities but not turn salt water to fresh water?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The impurities referred to are larger particles and very large molecules. Unfortunately for us in this case, salt is an extremely tiny molecule -- not much bigger than a water ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can you sit 2 hours trying to solve a programming/math problem, give up, go to bed &amp; then when you wake up, solve the problem in 10 minutes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When you keep trying to solve a problem for a long time you often get stuck in some dead-end area of thought which d...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 Wine pairings. How do chefs and restaurants know how to pair wines with certain foods? And, more importantly, how can I learn to appreciate good wine/food combinations? What do professionals look for?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A lot of really good restaurants have a sommelier, which is a fan...
<|im_start|>user [Game of Thrones][ASOIAF] How are Kingsguard men chosen? (Minor GOT S6E3 Tower of Joy spoilers) The problem I see is trying to find the best fighters in the realm, and yet *also* managing to find the most loyal men who would defend the king to their last breath. Ideally whichever House was in power ...