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<|im_start|>user Can someone explain leveraging debt. I’m mostly interested in how governments use their debt. Also what’s equity?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I am assuming you are talking about investment finance here. Equity means shares in companies. Leveraging debt means borrowing money (paying interest on it) ...
<|im_start|>user How is real-time traffic determined with applications such as Google Maps?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Departments of Transportation have traffic survey systems. You can see them while driving around. Usually you see pairs of magnetic pickups in each lane, or a CCTV video camera pointed at the hi...
<|im_start|>user Watts, Voltage, and Amperes What are they? The title is a bit misleading as I do know what they are but I don't entirely understand them. I have a test in Science class soon, however, taking a look back at my notes, I feel like I overcomplicated everything and am feeling confused. I understand that Wa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does weed relieve pain? Does it work like ibuprofen or aspirin? How does marijuana relieve pain? Does it work like ibuprofen or aspirin?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Ibuprofen/aspirin, opiates, and marijuana relieve pain in different ways. Ibuprofen and aspirin interfere with the productio...
<|im_start|>user What physical properties make an object sharp?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a few things that contribute to this. The first is simply how the force is distributed. The reason the blade of a knife cuts better than the side of your hand is because the area over which the force is applied i...
<|im_start|>user Why did they opt for an mRNA COVID vaccine as opposed to using said mRNA to generate the viral antigens and inject those instead? I'd figure the viral antigens themselves would be a lot more stable than mRNA and maybe not need to be stored at such extremely cold temperatures. Since everybody is getti...
<|im_start|>user eli5:Why is one side of our hands lighter than the other? This is easier to see in POC.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Here’s the ELI25 version, with an ELI5 at the bottom: The layers of the skin go (from outer to inner): the stratum corneum, the epidermis, and the dermis. The stratum corneum is the...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly is MSG and why does it have a bad repuatation in foods.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant MSG is mono-sodium glutamate, a salt of glutamic acid, which itself is a naturally occurring amino acid which is essential for life. MSG has a bad reputation because it is used widely in Asian cu...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Want a world with more trees? Use more paper. Want to keep endangered animals from going extinct? Turn them into food. It really just seems to come down to supply and demand. Just about all of our paper comes from privately owned forests called "managed timberlands," where trees are grown specific...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does the stock market respond to falling oil prices with sell-offs? Shouldn't every sector that uses energy to make and ship their products see increased profits? I have a lot of money in the stock market right now, and I'm getting frustrated with the constant nosedives the DOW and S&amp;P ke...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 - If electrons are constantly losing energy while being in an atom, why don't they fall to the nucleus? So our physics teachers asked us this question and I found many different answers to it, here and on different sites. It doesn't fall into the nucleus because it is in a state where the kinetic ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I believe cheating on your taxes is not immoral I'm self-employed and make a six figure income. However, I have worked my ass off for many years to get here. I served in the military out of high school, attended a cheap state school (first in my family to graduate college), and have been self empl...
<|im_start|>user Why aren't linked lists and other data structures built-in to Javascript? I've googled as much as I can to find the answer, but every result I come across is just "*Datastructures Basics! How to make a singly linked list!*", but my question is more about the *why*. If linked lists, stacks, queues, tree...
<|im_start|>user If, during the month of January, you were to transplant a deciduous tree from the northern hemisphere to a location with similar seasonal conditionals in the southern hemisphere, would it be able to adapt to that instant 6-month change in weather conditions and survive? Also, which would be more favora...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do tax havens (like the Cayman Islands) benefit from allowing corporations to register there? As far as I can tell, countries/territories (like the Cayman Islands) levy absolutely no taxes on corporations thereby gaining nothing from the corporations being registered there. Meanwhile corporat...
<|im_start|>user What are the biggest obstacles in 3D printing human tissue or organs?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Complexity of structure. An organ consists of multiple different tissues arranged in very specific ways. Tissues themselves have their constituent fibres and/ or cells arranged in specific ways too. It...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do master keys work? How come Key A can open Lock A. Key B can open Lock B. But not lock A. And key C can open all the locks? Doesn’t that mean A and B should be able to open each other?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A master key only works on the locks it's designed to open When a key is ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why does sugar turn brown when melted?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Sugar is a molecule made of a particular arrangement of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms. When you heat up the sugar, this adds energy to the system that can be used to fuel chemical reactions that rearrange the bonds betwee...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter] How do Dementors sense souls? If they couldn't "see" Sirius Black's soul while he was a dog, how do they know when there's a human soul in front of them for them to slurp?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Dementors feed on the positive emotions experienced by people, and therefore recogni...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Dementia is a collective term for disorders marked by progressive decline in cognitive abilities such as memory in a way that interferes with daily life. Alzheimers on the other hand is a type of dementia. It's kinda ...
<|im_start|>user Where do I start with Karl Marx's writings? I'm interested in familiarizing myself with Marx but I have no idea where to begin. Should I start with The Communist Manifesto? Or Grundrisse?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You could start with *Wage Labor and Capital* and *Value, Price, and Profit* becaus...
<|im_start|>user How do you keep updated in your field? Especially if you are an independent researcher I received my master about a year ago and currently I am between gigs (research and some other stuff) until I get a better opportunity. I have research interest in a couple of fields that I plan to focus on for a fut...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What determines whether or not someone is a naturally good singer?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Physically speaking, being a naturally good singer means you were born with a good "instrument". Your vocal cords would be more elastic and flexible, and this would make your voice able to produce m...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The Dickey Amendment banning gun research by the CDC should be removed from future budgets The [Dickey Amendment][1], orginally added to the federal budget in 1996, effectively prevents the CDC from doing research on gun violence. Specifically, the wording of the amendment says, &gt; none of th...
<|im_start|>user Why does the sun look orange closer the horizon, but white in the sky?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant During sunset, the light from the sun has to travel through a thicker slice of the atmosphere to reach your eye than it has to during midday. As the white light from the setting sun travels through t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that cytotoxic drugs can be consumed but has a label to advise to avoid physical contact? Wouldn’t it do more damage if absorbed into our blood?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The pharmacists have done lengthy studies on how it is appropriate to administer every drug in the safest and ...
<|im_start|>user What is the source of fundamental electric charge in leptons and quarks? *sips coffee<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The laws of physics are invariant (unchanged) under a transformation called U(1) gauge invariance. To get this invariance, individual fields have to transform in well-defined ways unde...
<|im_start|>user [MCU] Captain America's shield absorbed a full strength hammer smash from Thor leveling the woods around him in the first movie leaving cap unscathed, yet Ultron got knocked away by a casual hammer swing by Vision in the second movie. The shield and Ultron are both made of vibranium, why did this happe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why was leprosy such a big issue hundreds of years ago? I remember watching a documentary about a Greek town where they would send people with Leprosy. Why was leprosy such a big deal if 95% of people are immune to it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Before the cure for leprosy was discovered it ...
<|im_start|>user Struggling to give life meaning 30yo male here. Struggling to find my meaning of life. I find Stoicism very appealing but mostly to deal with personal things. Meanwhile I'm floating to and fro, from feeling a deep sense of civic duty and desire to be active in politics to hedonism or nihilism. I'm ho...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is it decided which gene is dominant and which is recessive? Does each gene have some sort of "score" and the highest one between a pair is expressed?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Let's say a gene is responsible for making a certain protein. The gene has two alleles - one that makes the pr...
<|im_start|>user How do doctors get the blood pressure of patients with amputated limbs?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant We can measure BP with an automatic cuff on either arm or either leg, so long as there isn’t significant peripheral vascular disease which may skew the readings. I’ve taken care of plenty of amputees...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do governments assess private companies for estate tax considering they are not bought and sold and thus the shares to not have a price? Based on an discussion i had with friends, if its a large private company, but one which is not valued by the market how does the government assess it for i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 how rigor mortis works. Why does the human body get locked up in 6+ hours and then get flaccid again?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You’re muscles use a molecule called ATP to function, specifically it binds to muscle fibres and allow the connections in them to be broken, which allows the muscle...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 radiation causes cancer, but radiation therapy is used to beat cancer?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Radiation causes DNA damage. DNA damage causes mutations. Mutations *can* cause cancer... but usually trigger apoptosis; cell suicide. Tumors are a concentrated mass of cancerous cells. In ra...
<|im_start|>user [Warcraft] How does magic work? From a spellcasters point of view how does magic work for the "wizard" classes (i.e. mage, warlock, priest, druid to an extent). Shamen seem to be granted their magics from spirits of nature, druid's have a similar deal going on, but the balance discipline seems to veer...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the difference between Marxism and socialsim? Is Marxism the ideological premise for it? Then socialism is the actual economic structure?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Marxism is a sociological principle created by Karl Marx. Basically, it's the idea that there are two classes, the pro...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do words start to look unfamiliar or misspelled when you look at them for a long period of time?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It is called *semantic satiation*. If you look at a word long enough, you stop seeing the word, and start seeing letters, which have nothing to do with the word. ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: High school GPA should be compared the persons z score. If you are unfamiliar with a z score, all it measures is how many standard deviations from the mean a score is. So if the mean is 100 and the standard deviation is 15, a score of 115 would have a z score of 1 and 85 would be -1. Colleges sho...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why is vagrancy a crime? and why are poverty and unemployment illegal if both having no money and no taxable employment aren't necessary to support one's self without impeding on those who have both money and a taxable income?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Vagrancy, poverty, and unemployment are...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do black widow spiders have such strong venom, when they only eat insects?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In nature, it's often advantageous for predators to minimize the time it takes to kill their prey so as to minimize harm, i.e. the longer the prey is allowed to struggle and fight back, ...
<|im_start|>user Does Mass directly generate Gravity? Or is Gravity simply correlated with mass? I'm working on understanding the concepts of Relativity and how Gravity works. I've googled a little but the results I get are usually above my head. I don't need the math or formula's as much as an understanding of the con...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: By what mechanism does the body force you to take another breath after you've held it for a long time?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant O2 levels in the blood fall. CO2 levels rise. Acidity of blood rises. Hypothalamus in the brain can detect this change, notifying the brain the O2 levels are gett...
<|im_start|>user Tax Loopholes: Fact or Fiction? I've heard my entire life, from every direction imaginable, that the "Rich take our money, and find loopholes to keep it!" Never ends. Sometimes new or more explicit phrasing, but typically always the same vibe. On taxfoundation.org it states that the top 1% of Amer...
<|im_start|>user [Marvel] How strong is Captain America? This is something that a lot of people have trouble pegging down and Marvel's never really given an official word on it. He seems to be beyond regular "peak humans" in the Marvel Universe. Ed Brubaker and Mark Gruenwald have said that he's the peak of "human ev...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do economists always discuss nonfarm employment? What's wrong with counting farmers?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Farms are highly seasonal jobs, like fishing. They're called "agricultural jobs". Because they can last as short as 2 months, but rarely year round, the industry isn't a good w...
<|im_start|>user I believe the cloud industry is destroying the very principle that made the internet so powerful in the first place: distributed organization. CMV! Now, while your data is theoretically safer as you 'distribute' it into the figurative cloud that is the vivid internet itself, here is the catch: Even if ...
<|im_start|>user Where to go from Foucault's biopolitics? From the birth of biopolitics, are there any texts by either Foucault or anyone else that can be recommended? Be it a contemporary extension or some fundamental text that influenced the man<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You could read up Giorgio Agamben's writ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Other people are never the CAUSE of your emotions, only the stimulus. Hi folks! This is something I just thought up, and I want to see if there are any holes in my logic. If that’s not appropriate for this subreddit, please feel free to report/delete. **TL;DR: Other people only stimulate your em...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do you feel more awake after not sleeping for an extended period of time? Like if you stay up overnight you start to feel really drowsy at around 24 hours of no sleep, but then after that initial drowsiness you start feeling awake again.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So there are two indepe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does it hurt more to pinch or hit parts of your body such as fingers when they’re very cold?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Our body uses some of the same pathways for sensing cold as it does for pain. So when our skin is cold, the sensory nerves have a heightened sensitivity to pain stimuli...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What does the NSA do exactly and why is it so bad? I always hear about the NSA but I honestly have little knowledge about the group and what they do.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's signals intelligence - i.e. they are concerned with the content of communications between parties of interest ...
<|im_start|>user Is it possible that Mars once had significant life on it? We're literally only scratching the surface of Mars at the moment, is it possible that full civilisations were once on Mars, got wiped out by an asteroid or something, and slowly over a million years the buildings and evidence disappeared under ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do cameras on 0x zoom produce images that seem further away than what you see?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A "normal" lens is what yields approximately the same angle of view as the eye. It has a focal length about equal to the diagonal measurement of the sensor or film format. To go back...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are video game AIs programmed?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Normally.by a mix of states and branching decision making. Depending on what's recently happen it will be in a certain state ie cautious, searching, patrolling, aggressive etc. Then based on their state it will have a decision tre...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does ice reduce swelling?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your body restricts blood flow to cold parts of your skin to conserve heat. When you dramatically cool down your skin with ice, your body reacts as if it's in a cold environment and constricts blood vessels flowing into that area as if...
<|im_start|>user Are there any texts that describe why some people are drawn to deeper meaning? I’m thinking of the scientist/artist/philosopher. It seems ultimately more painful to follow an innate curiosity for the unknown. But for some reason, many are drawn down a path that requires a confrontation with the undisco...
<|im_start|>user [Cyberpunk] I am almost fully cybernetic and now I want to go back to being (mostly) organic. Is this possible?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Depends on what point in the timeline you're at. By the Time of the Red and out to 2077, bespoke high-speed organ cloning is a mature enough technology to have...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's the difference between general relativity and quantum mechanics and how come they don't work together?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant General relativity describes the effects of gravity on the motions of matter and light. It works well when really massive objects, like the sun or other st...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Where gold gets it's worth from and why it's so valuable to economies<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If something is useful, then it's valued more. If something is hard to find, then it's valued more. If something is shiny, it's valued more. Since Gold is useful, hard to find, and shiny, it ...
<|im_start|>user [Pokemon] What is the course of action if a strong pokemon ends up somewhere it shouldn’t be? Say a level 80 Salamence decides it wants to hang out just outside of Littleroot town and terrorize all the new trainers setting off on their journeys? Who deals with that and how?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assis...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why when looking for life on other planets is water a prerequisite? Isn't it possible that some alien life forms can exist without water? Or is "life" just a very specific term? I've just always wondered why it's assumed that all life forms necessarily need water, or maybe I've just got the wrong...
<|im_start|>user [General Sci-Fi] Why are aliens always attacking Earth for its resources when mining the Sol System's asteroid would be more economic? Seriously. I've listen to enough science podcasts to know that asteroids are full of the minerals and metals that high-technology societies want...and they aren't cover...
<|im_start|>user [MCU] What makes the people of Wakanda so special? Wakanda is described as having Vibranium, the special herb, and isolation from the outside world. Why is their technology and society advanced as compared to everyone else? Are the people in Wakanda the smartest, most talented people on Earth and becau...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are binoculars and riflescopes expressed in magnification, but camera lenses are expressed in focal length?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Binoculars and rifle scopes are additional lenses in front of our camera system: the human eye. They change our innate view by the magnification. Camera...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I believe that local councils shouldn't have the power to approve or decline the construction of major projects, as it always leads to NIMBYism I believe that local councils should never have the right to decide on whether or not they will permit the construction of projects which affect an area f...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How much do we sweat during and after taking a hot shower/bath? How clean are we really once we step out?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This isn't really a good ELI5 type question because the answer depends on a lot of different stuff. How clean you are completely depends on what kinds of dirt...
<|im_start|>user Can someone explain the differences and similarities between Epicureanism and Stoicism<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I'll assume that you're presently more concerned with a comparison in their ethical theories rather than metaphysical ones, since thats usually what most people are invoking when they ...
<|im_start|>user I don't believe that a married couple is any more legitimate, committed, or loving than any other long-term couple who doesn't want to get married, CMV. I think marriage is kind of BS, obviously it's beneficial b/c of tax breaks and benefits, but I don't think it will change the way I feel about my SO....
<|im_start|>user [DC Comics/Batman] What does Poison Ivy eat? She's obsessed with saving/protecting the plant life of the Earth (likely other worlds...). Seems to me she'd have a hard time eating fruits and vegetables. So, does she focus on eating mostly meats and dairies? Or is she vegan?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assista...
<|im_start|>user [Arrival] Why doesn't Ian learn the heptapod language as well so he can see his daughter? We're told the reason Ian eventually leaves Louise is because she gives birth to their daughter despite knowing she is going to die. This is made worse by the fact that while Louise has the ability to go back and ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How water gets around to the rest of my body after I drink it.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So cells all have a membrane, which acts like a border. This membrane separates what's inside the cell from what is outside. If you're looking to get into the cell, you have two ways of doing it. The ...
<|im_start|>user Why is there no precise weather forecast for very short timescales, very narrow locations? I know why the weather forecast for 2 weeks away is usually worthless, and ~3 days is the max at which we can get a pretty good to get an estimate of the weather. But what about going in the opposite direction? S...
<|im_start|>user Is there a theoretical minimum size for a living cell? I know that mycoplasma and rickettsia are among the smallest cells known, but is there a theoretical size smaller than these below which a cell could never be viable? What is the limiting factor?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant An interesting answe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The difference between 32-bit and 64-bit.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant imagine you're adding numbers like in school where you write 1 3 5 3 1 6 0 5 1 2 5 6 _________ 1 8 6 5 7 2 That's how a computer adds numbers too. A computer with "more bits" can work with longer numbe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why can kids pick up a new language and speak it like a native with no accent but adults cannot? Assuming an equal amount of language immersion as a 10 year old who moves to a new country, why can't a 30 year old pick up the language to the same extent?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Human being...
<|im_start|>user How do you avoid allowing philosophy to paralyze your ability to say anything about anything? My initial goal in studying philosophy was to clarify and edify my thoughts and beliefs. I wanted to open my mind to new ideas and be able to articulate those ideas effectively to others.  But ive found that...
<|im_start|>user Why are venomous and poisonous creatures more prevalent in hotter climates? Aside from the questionably-dangerous Massasauga Rattlesnake in Ontario, there don't seem to be many venomous or poisonous creatures in temperate or colder climates. These traits seem much more common the hotter you get - trop...
<|im_start|>user [ELI5] Why is Japan's shrinking population such a huge problem?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Like most developed countries, Japan has a social program that the younger workers pay into to assist the older, retired population. It may not be sustainable in its current form if the number of young worke...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is laparoscopy and how does it differ from conventional surgery? Edit: Thank you all for the inputs, me and my family are trying to get the basic differences in terms of recovery and procedure and decide which route to take. Once again, much appreciated<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lap...
<|im_start|>user [DC] How come the villains never follow the bat signal? Has this ever happened in a comic? It doesn’t make sense why Batman can track the signal, but never the villains. Kinda seems like a good way to kill Batman.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant What do you mean, track the signal? It's on the roof of p...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are birthmarks formed? Also, I'd always assumed that with age, a birthmark would 'fade' as the skin cells are broken down, is this the case?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two general causes of birthmarks: either due to abnormal pigment forming melanocytes (the brown/blue colored m...
<|im_start|>user Why corporate tax? So with the Inflation Reduction Act, there is now a 15% minimum corporate tax. It got me thinking though, why do we even have a corporate tax at all? At the end of the day, all taxes are paid by individuals. Taxing a corporation just means taxing the shareholders, as the tax will be ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 What the Russian diamond announcement means to the diamond market, the global market as a whole, Russia, and DeBeers. This seems like a huge announcement. What does this mean?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1. Some smart people found some really hard rocks in the ground 40 years ago. 2. Things in...
<|im_start|>user Is there a difference in doing 100 pushups in the course of 5 minutes and doing 10 pushups 10 times a day, in terms of health benefits and muscle development?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two standards you can judge the two activities by: muscle build-up, and cardio (calorie burning). I...
<|im_start|>user Academia is toxic. Why? I hear this quite a bit on here. I will be starting a PhD soon, and I'd like to understand this concept and it's origins.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant While our academic model has been extremely successful for a long time and continues to produce outstanding results, some of...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Mentally ill people that kill are inherently evil people. I myself am mentally ill and have had voices tell me to do terrible things such as burn down a church, stab an aquatence, shoot up my old school. I fought these voices and didn't do what they tried to convince me to do. I told the voices ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do languages have homonyms? Bat and bat, muñeca and muñeca. I'm sure there are a ton more in all languages, but why? Did we run out of words so we have to start using some twice? Note, this is not homophones, which sound the same (raise, raze, rays), but homonyms, so the exact same word. EDI...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does the inverse square law show up so often?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The inverse square law describes how a set amount of something (a field, or a total emission of radiation) is diluted over area as it expands in three dimensions. Since we live in a universe with three spatial dimen...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The Difference Between the Use of the Army and the Marines<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Traditionally: * the army had soldiers stationed on land who fought on land * the navy had soldiers who were stationed on ships and fought other ships * the marines had soldiers stationed on ships who foug...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars Episode 3] How can the force be used to keep other people from dying like Senator Palpatine explained to Anakin? In Ep3, Senator Palpatine told Anakin that the force could be used to keep other people alive and of course Anakin wanted this power so he could keep Padme from dying during child...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is it possible to snipe someone from 2000+ meters away? I'll admit that I just watched American Sniper and became curious about long distance sniping. With all of the factors that must be accounted for (wind, gravity, etc) how is it possible to hit a person with one shot from that distance?<|...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If remote controls use infrared light, why does it appear blueish when recorded on a cellphone?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Near-Infrared light, such as what is used by infrared LED remote controls, appears purple/indigo/blueish when recorded by a lot of cameras because the engineers who prog...
<|im_start|>user When an adult learns a new language, does their brain store the words in the same way as when they learn new words in their native language (i.e. expanding their vocabulary)?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two methods of learning words. The meaning-based method is used by childeren learning ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does acid dissolve things? Can't understand what Google gave me :( EDIT: Thanks for the help!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Basically, aacids are really attractive to other molecules/atoms, to the point where they will leave their current bonds to combine with the acid. As parts of the mat...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Robots replacing people's jobs can have a likely positive outcome Everybody is panicking that when robots and automated scripts take our jobs from us, there will be a giant socio-economic crisis. They do have a point, I must say. However, what if instead of people losing their *jobs* we start to ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do the underground pipes that deliver water for us to bathe and drink stay clean? Is there no buildup or germs inside of them? Without any regard to the SOURCE of the water, how does water travel through metal pipes that live under ground, or in our walls, for years without picking up all kin...
<|im_start|>user Do objects physically change the wavelength of light or just absorb certain wavelengths and reflect others? Also, how is light physically absorbed? What happens to it? Does it just hit the electrons and cause them to vibrate more?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When light hits an object, certain wavel...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter] Could Voldemort have made anything a horcrux? Like Hogwarts Castle or a mountain? So Voldemort can turn a ring, a locket, a cup, a diary, a diadem, a snake and a boy (even if inadvertently) into a horcrux.. But what about something that’s got a little more lasting power? Like a mounta...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When measuring the blood pressure nurses often say numbers like"120 on 80". What exactly do those numbers mean and why do you die when they coincide?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The first number is the systolic pressure (when the heart is actively pumping), and the second number is diastolic ...