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<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does looking far help relax the eyes when our vision is 2 dimensional?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your eyes are controlled by muscles as almost anything else in your body. Looking at screens makes your eyes fixate very close spots, narrowing down your field of view both mentally and phys...
<|im_start|>user Why are amalgomations of objects around a gravity source roughly disc shaped/flat? (ie Saturn's Rings, the Solar System, or the Milky Way) I would not necessarily expect gravity to align randomly distributed objects into the disc shape that seems so prevalent. Will objects distributed in a random spher...
<|im_start|>user [Starcraft] Why have the terrans never attempted to utilize protoss shielding technology? Even lowly robotic protoss probes have shielding tech, and they are plentiful in number. Why have the terrans not attempted to capture, reverse engineer and utilize shields for themselves? The tactical benefits of...
<|im_start|>user Why is g++ saying my header file does not exist? I am trying to use g++ to compile a program that uses header files I created in the same directory as the .cpp file. The cpp file is titled "pgm2.cpp" and the header file is "cardDeck.h." I have made sure to add #include &lt;cardDeck.h&gt; to the cpp fil...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I don't believe that identifying as a gender actually makes you that gender I believe that gender is a simple matter of sexual organs and horomones, and that if you are biologically a female, no amount of gender identification could make you male (or vice versa). A lot of girls will say that they...
<|im_start|>user [Warhammer 40k/Halo] Do Spartans and Space Marines serve similar combat roles, and which is better used by their governments for their purpose?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Spartans are a precision tool for completing important missions and defending key installations. Space marines are shock troope...
<|im_start|>user How do I get better at philosophy without majoring in philosophy? I'm a politics major. I'm almost done but I'm realizing how important philosophy is. I'm assigned snippets of political philosophy but I'm realizing how all of philosophy is important. It's honestly amazing how much the humanities over...
<|im_start|>user In a biological way, how are hallucinations really created? With all the light on the retina and everything, it's like the inverse process- the brain sends message to the eyes to create something that isnt there. How does that happen?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Normally the eyes send signals to th...
<|im_start|>user How did you make money on the side through grad school? I will have a job at the school, but I'm looking to do more than just pay the bills. (Hey, conferences are expensive!!) What tips can you share for earning spending money?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant TAing, RAing helping out with admin stuff ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What does Aspirin do to us?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So aspirin has a couple of therapeutic effects. It is known as a salicylate (this is important later on) and a NSAID, non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. To start it is an antipyretic, also known as a fever reducer, much like Tylenol. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does Southeast Asia have such a high concentration/reputation for lady-boys in regards to the rest of the world?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First, that area (Thailand in particular) has a long history of cultural acceptance toward transgenderism. Or, at least, more social acceptance than...
<|im_start|>user [Iron Giant] What is the world like after the movie ends? A talking 100 ft. tall metal robot from space got blown up by a nuclear missile. News had to travel fast. What is the world view on this? How does it affect national and economic relations?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Obviously, the militar...
<|im_start|>user What is the DSGE Model? I'm a 2nd year undergrad student at economics, and despite knowing a bit about the terminology and the history, the wikipedia page (that usually helps) couldn't really help me understand the basics of the DSGE Model, and its implications for policies and macroeconomic research. ...
<|im_start|>user I’ve been perusing Wikipedia pages on hurricanes after Michael and have found detailed accounts of hurricane development for storms back in the late 1800s. How were these accounts recorded and/or constructed?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mostly by observing the change in barometric pressure of a pas...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a camera know when the image is focused? When you half-press the shutter, the camera adjusts and you physically see the image become slightly less / slightly more focused until it's done - how does it know that what it's showing you isn't blurry?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 3 main wa...
<|im_start|>user I think we should combine feminism and men's rights movement into one, CMV So, where I'm from the feminist movement is not in favor of females, but is fighting for equal rights for both sexes. They do fight strongly for women but I don't feel left out. I'm really proud of it to include rights for men a...
<|im_start|>user Is PEMDAS a human invention, or is there some mathematical logic that says it must be done this way?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It’s a hierarchical schedule of what is implied in ambiguous representations in how mathematical expressions are written. For example the expression 2x^2 means twice the...
<|im_start|>user Is the eyesight of small animals like mice and snakes as poor as ours would be if our retinas were the size of theirs?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Better or poor are tricky descriptors. Animals evolve their senses to be suited to their environments. Humans’ colour vision is amongst the best in the ...
<|im_start|>user What do software engineers do once an app/website is built? Realize the absolute ridiculousness of the question to those of you in tech. Just wondering as a casual outsider. Like, once the app/website is built isn't the heavy lifting basically done? What do all the engineers at Facebook/Twitter/Instagr...
<|im_start|>user [English History] Why did Henry VIII break off from Catholicism?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because the Pope at the time, Saint Francis-Pauljohn XV, discovered that the Royal Bloodline was carrying a notable disease, apart from hemophilia and weakchinedness. The Pope was visiting his faithful Ar...
<|im_start|>user Why are some US grad students on food stamps? I often see on Reddit mentions of grad students living on food stamps - how common is this, and how come this is a thing? To put my question in context, I’m not from the US and I’ve been led to think that US grad schools are well-funded unlike the UK. If t...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] Can the Borg actually assimilate any biological abilities? Or just technology? "We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile." Chilling wor...
<|im_start|>user Netherlands, I have difficulties finishing my master thesis because of my research questions and methods. I am not an expert on the methods but I don't really have too many options because it was "assigned". I am an international student from a developing country where the education is only for getting...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does tap water feels colder when touching it than when drinking it ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The temperature of water relative to your body temperature vs the temperature of water relative to what you perceive as cold drinking water. Another example would be getting into a pool of "co...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] it's the first day of high school (or whatever is equivalent). What sort of classes would an average teenager expect to take during the time periods of the prequels, original trilogy, and new trilogy? Would there be a planetary history course as well as galactic? Are the jedi brought up at...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did we measured the radius of earth and sun?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The circumference (and by extension the radius) of the Earth can be measured by comparing the angle of shadows of vertical objects at different latitudes (same longitude) at identical times. The radius of the sun w...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are logic chips (AND/OR/NAND/etc) actually built to work like their chosen logic gate? Like with an AND gate I understand how it works in that an input of 1 AND 1 make an output of 1, but how do the logic chips actually perform the function? How would you build a logic gate without using logi...
<|im_start|>user CMV: We Should Significantly Lower the US Military's Budget # I believe that the seven-hundred billion dollar US defense budget is extremely excessive and should be substantially less. I have this view for three main reasons: wasteful spending, obsolete army bases and development of useless technology...
<|im_start|>user When you lose weight, where does it go? How does the mass leave the body? I've been trying to get fit lately, and have lost three pounds. It got me thinking - where does "the weight" go when you lose it? In other words, how does the mass leave your body? I understand that when you lose fat, the fat ce...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How and why people develop irrational fears and phobias? There are many people among us with Irrational fears, like fear of spiders "Arachnophobia" (Not like normal fear which is common but really exaggerates one, people that can literally fade if they see one) or fear from the ocean, or Ancraop...
<|im_start|>user How do pure C programmers deal without some sort of STL containers? Hi all! Being interested in programming in pure C I wonder how pure C programmers deal without having some sort of containers in the C std. Vector may be replaced with C-style arrays, although with some limitations, but what about queu...
<|im_start|>user CMV Just as women have the right to have an abortion or give up the baby for adoption, men should have the right to give up all custody at birth, without any continuing financial obligation Women currently do and should continue to have the sole authority over their bodies - especially related to pregn...
<|im_start|>user Is there any philosophy that critiques the notion that the reduction in crime / overall safety of citizens within a society is the ultimate end goal of that society?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Arendt argues that providing for basic physical needs of citizens is a precondition of a well-functioning...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are there flat head and Philips head screws and screwdrivers? Are either better than the other?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Each has it's own advantages. Flat heads have the advantage that they're simple to make, and in a pinch can be worked with other flat metal objects. Phillips heads ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do all government-negotiated contracts with businesses in the UK seem to be ridiculously bad value for money? Every government contract that makes the news seems to involve giving some companies inordinate amounts of money to do a shitty job, and recently with clauses preventing future govern...
<|im_start|>user [Community] Why did Abed take the Who's The Boss class, if he was so convinced he knew who the boss was?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Abed has an interest in the systemic study of pop-culture. This is a pop-culture class. He didn't come in intending to contradict the Professor, but when the profes...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are chords made from a scale?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are four major types of chords: major, minor, augmented, and diminished. **Major** Major chords are the basic chords that make up any song you listen to. Every other chord is just a major chord with a little bit difference....
<|im_start|>user Does 'mastering' fusion mean making current fusion reactor designs a lot more efficient, or is there a different design or process we are hoping to figure out? You hear people talking about the amazing potentials if we master or 'have' easy fusion, while current designs are struggling to be positive in...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter] Why are there no wizard colleges or universities?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Very few students would want to go into that level of education, plus the fact the role is taken by apprenticeships similar to how medieval blacksmiths or bakers were trained. When a wizard or witch wishe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does food stick so strongly to plates or frying pans after its sat out a few hours compared to when it's fresh? I was doing dishes today and had a couple particularly old stubborn smears I had to clean off. Even food items that were never hot (like guacamole or sour cream) seem to bond abnorm...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: Why does the eye need a moment to "get used" to the dark to see properly?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two main things that dictate how well you can see in low light: First is the iris. It expands or contracts fairly quickly to let more or less light in. Second is a special chemica...
<|im_start|>user How can economics be used to make the world a better place? I want to become an economist because I´ve always loved economics. I am also very interested in politics since I really do want to make the world a better place before I die. I understand how naive this sounds but will be really grateful if yo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How come when we close both of our eyes, our eyes can still perceive darkness, but when we only have 1 eye open, we can no longer "see" the darkness out of our closed eye? Why are we able to "see" the lack of light behind our eyelids when both eyes are shut, but how come when only 1 eye is open, ...
<|im_start|>user How do metal detectors work? To clarify, why does not all metal set off a detector? Such as zippers on jeans, or metal buttons? Do these detectors not detect certain kinds of metals, or do they just need at least a certain amount?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A metal detector makes a varying magneti...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Employers should not be in the business of providing insurance (health / dental / vision / etc). I believe that all types of insurance should be extracted from the "benefits" of employment altogether. Instead, the benefits of employment should only be cash income (to the amount of your current sal...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What do the astronauts on the ISS actually do up there?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mostly research. In order to best study an environment with little to no gravity, the best place to go is space. Research includes tools and procedures for spacewalks, procedures for operating in minimal gra...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do humans go from having no concept of language as a baby to being able to speak whatever language they learn fluently<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First, babies learn to recognize certain categories of noises. As this gets fine tuned, they start tracking which sounds appear together and m...
<|im_start|>user Where do saltwater mammals such as whales, seals, etc, get drinking water? Do these animals not require water in the same way land mammals do? What about fish and other sea creatures?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They primarily get water from food, both as water in the food and as a byproduct of met...
<|im_start|>user We are four Stanford students looking to improve academic publishing and we want to hear from you! We are four students (incl. three MBAs and two PhDs), all of us fed up with academic publishing and embarking on a project to improve the process. But before we start building anything, we want to hear fr...
<|im_start|>user What's wrong with these Homeopathy studies? I've always believed homeopathy to be a pseudo-science, but yesterday someone provided me with a link to studies on homeopathy that seem to show that it has valid medical applications. List of all the studies: http://knol.google.com/k/scientific-research-in-...
<|im_start|>user [ELI5]: How do calculators find out the square root of a number?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Depends on the calculator, but here’s one approach, illustrated for square root of 100 1. Make a first estimate (eg half it, your calculator might make a better guess though) = 50. 2. Add that guess to yo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What exactly is happening when a program is "not responding" but continuously consumes large portions of CPU and memory?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In a graphical environment like windows, programs receive input like mouse clicks and keystrokes and they are required to respond to requests lik...
<|im_start|>user I still don't understand what a share fundamentally is Please explain it precisely and simply (sorry). Obviously it is a share of a company, but in what way? 1) Is a share defined as a percentage of a company or as a dollar amount of a company? Or something else entirely? I don't get how share prices...
<|im_start|>user Would debt forgiveness for things like student debt and medical bills have negative effects on the economy? I’m only asking because I saw a video on it, I liked it but I wasn’t sure how actually feasible debt forgiveness would be, or rather if there would be repercussions for immediate forgiveness give...
<|im_start|>user Have there been any theories on the decreasing efficacy of governing exceptionally large population? There has to be a humanly capable limit on governability in modern democracies<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant From *A Pattern Language* by Christopher Alexander, a book about architecture and urban pla...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How come when a camera is pointed at a monitor, it looks like there are lines in the picture?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your monitor has what's called a refresh rate, measured in hertz (which is just number of times something happens per second). 60 Hz is a fairly common setting. That mea...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why do we see same sex marriage being accepted globally so much recently?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Increased networking and globalization. Rather than being small communities scattered across cities and towns, they're not able to be heard as a more unanimous voice. Plus as /u/okayifimust s...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can I not take a good photo of the night sky? Whenever I do, it is typically just a black photo.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Those good pictures of the sky you see are taken with cameras on tripods set to long exposure. The exposure on a camera is how long the shutter stays open to light ...
<|im_start|>user in the FAQ it is stated that one proof of the universe's expansion is that "more distant galaxies are packed closer together". What sort of measurements have been made to show this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Telescope observations were done to establish two things. 1) The distance to galaxies ...
<|im_start|>user Are there any modern defenses or defenders of Plato's overall philosophy? Do any modern philosophers argue that Plato was more or less correct in his major assertions about metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics? I take "Plato's overall philosophy" to be roughly the positions that (1) our world is a de...
<|im_start|>user If a Higgs particle was the size of a human, how big would the sun be?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As is tradition, 'size' is a word that has multiple meanings; one is sensical in this case, the other is not. One meaning of 'size' involves comparing length scales. As the Higgs is a fundamental p...
<|im_start|>user How much more advanced and safer is a nuclear power plant built today compared to one built in 1986? I was recently thinking about how much better computers have gotten in the past few decades, and wondered if nuclear power plants had improved along the same rate of improvement. I chose 1986 because of...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Modern study of Philosophy is essentially worthless, and it is a very outdated practice to be a philosopher. EDIT: OK guys... There are a lot of good responses, and there are a lot of bad. A lot of you are saying that you don't know why I would possibly ask this since I said I'm a law student. You...
<|im_start|>user Feels like I've lost hours googling locations of publishing companies Elsevier is where again? And why doesn't it say in the book I'm trying to cite? And which one of the freaking Springer publishing companies do I need to cite? Are they in Wiesbaden or Berlin? Anyone else? What else are you googlin...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What, exactly is capitalism? I have googled it, trust me. I just don't understand it, no idea why. Can anybody help me out here? Edit: sorry about the comma in the title, lol.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Three main factors (simplified for this post) make capitalism: * private citizens own t...
<|im_start|>user PhD Application without publication/thesis I am an international student (South Korea) who recently graduated from Imperial College London MEng Chem Eng. Although I have graduated with Masters degree (it is an undergraduate degree, 4 years program), I got no publication or proper thesis. I do have res...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do Japanese keyboards work? I mean, if they have a symbol for every word as opposed to letters that make up words, doesn't that make a keyboard very difficult? In addition to this, how do they have books? I mean, obviously it's not going to be difficult for them to have books, but does that m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why do tomato based foods stain tupperware?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Tomatoes contain a compound called lycopene that reflects light strongly in the red portion of the visible spectrum. The lycopene binds to the plastic in the container causing it to take on a reddish tint.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user [Pokemon Games] What stops someone from buying 100 rare candies and beating the Champion and rule the world? I'm basically asking what is stopping someone from carefully selecting a team and leveling it? Are the game mechanics and items just there for the players convenience or you really can teach Pok...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What is the exact mechanism by which an implosion of a dying star becomes an explosion?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To understand supernovae you need to understand some basic gas laws and nuclear fusion. First of all the gas laws. Gas expands when you heat it up (see, hot air balloons). The r...
<|im_start|>user How to avoid "wasting" a year if I don't get in any of the Ph.D. programmes I applied for? I am in the process of applying to four programmes, one in Italy, one in Norway and two in the UK, and patiently waiting for May's intake to go bug another couple of institutions. In the while, I am trying to ...
<|im_start|>user [Big Hero 6] Question about Dr. Callaghan (full spoilers) I'm utterly confused about Dr. Callaghan's plan and his approach towards executing it. When he was walking around the science expo, was he prepared to steal a piece of tech that could successfully destroy Krei, and was he fully committed to fake...
<|im_start|>user What is the best way to prepare myself for getting into grad school and eventually doing a PH.d? I am going back to school this fall for Computer Science. I am roughly halfway through my degree although it will be around 2-3 years or so before I can actually graduate. A part of me has always been inte...
<|im_start|>user [Lovecraft] Cthulhu is a priest of Azathoth. Why does the "blind idiot god", who isn't even conscious of the world, need priests?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two portions to this answer: the first part is that azathoth's worshippers are largely interested in keeping him asleep/placated. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why isn't lead poisoning a more urgent priority? If there's no safe level of exposure, and the effects of lead poisoning are permanent, why isn't it eradicated?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The effort to remove trace lead from the environment is hampered by two problems: A: you'd have to repl...
<|im_start|>user What is the theoretical height-limit of a building using modern materials and engineering methods?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Modern materials come into play if you want to build a roughly cylindrical structure like a skyscraper. But you can build a very, very tall building with primitive material...
<|im_start|>user Is it okay for an undergrad to write a letter/communicate to the department that they support a professor who is up for tenure? Greetings all. I have just completed an undergrad thesis with a faculty member of my department. The professor is up for tenure next year and I'd like to show my support if it...
<|im_start|>user I rinse my fruit and veggies and pat them dry. are they really clean or is this just theatre?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Rinsing fresh fruits and vegetables is a good idea for getting rid of dirt. I'll let others handle the discussion of how it likely doesn't remove pesticides. Just make sure not ...
<|im_start|>user Does evolution opt for lifespan? Is there any reason why evolution would cause variances in life span? I guess I’m just curious why there are discrepancies in the lifespans of organisms. If it inevitably rids the gene pool of disease and defects, should lifespans continually expand over time? Thank you...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can polls be representative if only the kinds of people willing to talk to pollsters respond? I'm pretty sure if I got a call asking me to participate in a poll or survey, I'd just hang up. My friends and family say the same.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A good poll accounts for this--ther...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Do usbc devices "pull" just the wattage they need from the charger, or does the charger "push" all the power it can?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The device sets the amount of current drawn, and the power supply determines the volt-amps allowed for the circuit. Cell phone chargers are often fo...
<|im_start|>user Is it possible for a mutagenic agent to cause a beneficial mutation?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Theoretically, yes, and this is partly how novel traits emerge over time. In general though, most mutations are harmful and any agent which introduces many mutations is very likely to have a harmful ef...
<|im_start|>user Question: fully vaccinated + catch covid19 == booster dose? Since a few weeks we read about more and more fully vaccinated people catch COVID, often mild cases. I wonder what effect this has on the immune system of the affected people. I am specifically thinking about the group of people who become i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why did point-to-aim videogame light guns die out in the transition from CRT televisions? I'm vaguely familiar with the nature of how light guns used to work, a patterned flash-frame that the gun used to calculate where it was pointing. I'm also vaguely familiar with what light guns have to do n...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) How does it work? Most other explanations I found weren't too 'explanatory'... Pls halp<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Consider that the majority of your body is composed of water. MRIs rely on that fact. Now imagine an MRI machine as a giant magnet with an imag...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 how inbreeding causes the offspring have a higher change if developing genetic disorders<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Genes can be dominant or recessive. If you have two variants of a gene and one is dominant then only the dominant will be active. Recessive genes are more commonly negative eff...
<|im_start|>user Is there a comprehensive, CS-oriented book of common mathematical functions and operations and ways they can be implemented? Let me first preface this question by saying I am not exactly sure what it is I am after. I am looking for a book (or, generally, an overview) collating some mathematical operat...
<|im_start|>user Tactful way to say that someone's published paper is wrong Last year, I became aware that a very high profile, highly cited paper in my field had a rather elementary math error in it that had a significant influence on its results and the author's extrapolation of them. It's not too obvious (because it...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do nuclear missile submarines receive orders from the president to launch a nuke while underwater?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When deep, an ELF signal can be used to tell them to come up for further info. Extremely Low Frequency signals are very constrained, so it would take a long time...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does what we eat and drink eventually become so much different stuff like skin, brain cells, hormones etc.? Are our fingernails really just remnants of dinners gone by?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant What we eat is essentially building blocks for our body. When we digest the food, our body b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can encryption methods be open source? I was reading about the signal protocol and saw it has a github page. Doesn't this mean anyone can figure out how the encryption works and break it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It is a generally accepted security precept that "The enemy knows the sys...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Access to information has dramatically reduced the value of a university education. Universities used to hold a monopoly on information. If you wanted to understand a concept about history, math, science, philosophy, etc, you either needed to attend a lecture and have it explained, or go to the un...
<|im_start|>user Humans and chimpansees diverged some 6 million years ago. This was calculated using the molecular clock. How exactly was this calculation made? Please be very specific but understandable to laymen. I want to understand how divergence dates are estimated by use of a specific example.<|im_end|> <|im_star...
<|im_start|>user Why are people with down syndrome almost always obese? Why do we never see any jacked Down syndrome people? Do they have a genetic condition where they put on weight easier than others? If it is a genetic condition couldn't something be done to counteract the weight gain? Hypothetically could someone ...
<|im_start|>user Is there any literature on the metaphysics of how does the 'self' change in intimate relationships? I think relationships can have an influence on 'self', I was wondering if there is any material on how does that influence manifest itself in the short run vs long run? A sample material would define wha...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how do scientists determine the density of something like a planet or moon?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Density is the amount of mass in relation to the volume of the object. They can tell the volume of the object by looking at it ("you can tell by the way it is"), and the mass can be deduced...
<|im_start|>user Can we have knowledge of something, without knowing that we have knowledge of it? This question was prompted by a brief exchange I had with a user [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/pdyj02/if_a_replica_of_me_were_to_come_into_existence/hatrw6b/), where they said that philosophers ge...
<|im_start|>user When people typically die from poisons or toxins that work as inhibitors for vital enzymes (ex. cyanide), how does a relatively small concentration of the poison/toxin completely disrupt a much larger network of enzymes so quickly? For instance I am familiar that cyanide poisoning works by permanently...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a person's body decide where fat is stored? I understand that some people have a high metabolism and can just burn it all off. But other people can carry all their fat in their mid-section, where others have it more dispersed in other regions of their body.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistan...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does the US have huge cities in the desert? Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Phoenix, etc. I can understand part of the appeal (like Las Vegas), and it's not like people haven't lived in desert cities for millenia, but looking at them from Google Earth, they're absolutely massive and sprawling. How ca...