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<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some foods quickly become overwhelming? Like a quadruple chocolate cake or foods that taste very "rich".<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Rich foods tend to have a lot of free fat and other things that coat the tongue (like chocolate). This can create an overwhelming feeling in the mouth be...
<|im_start|>user I believe states' rights are an issue of absolutely no importance and should matter to no one. CMV. I could honestly not give one crap about states' rights and I don't understand why anyone does either. This has nothing to do with the Civil War ("states rights" was not the reason the South seceded and ...
<|im_start|>user Cutting my PhD thesis in half I can't avoid the fact that the last two thirds of my Computer Science PhD thesis is much stronger than my first third. The first two years of my studies were devoted to following dead end routes and discussing these dead ends forms about 25,000 words of a 75,000 word th...
<|im_start|>user Why do phone/laptop screens have such low contrast in sunlight? Other things (e.g. books) increase their contrast in the sunlight. Whoever invents a monitor that works properly outdoors will be very rich. **EDIT: Okay, so I got totally into this, and I've tried to fully answer it myself. See below. I'...
<|im_start|>user Why isn't Chemistry the main Discipline that studies Quantum Mechanics?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Many chemists do fundamental work in quantum mechanics, especially computational chemists. Platypuskeeper is a resident computational chemistry expert that could shed some light on the details of suc...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do submarines go underwater and come back up? I mean that how do they off set the buoyancy of the air inside the hull and how do they recreate that buoyancy to come back up?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They are designed to be buoyant (lighter than the weight of the water they displace, up...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does soap work? How does it keep off bacteria/smells?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Some molecules dissolve in water, and some dissolve in oils or fats. So if you get grease or oil on you (like from your own skin), water won't do much to get it off, because they won't mix. This grime can h...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's the purpose of water towers and why are they built so high up?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They store and provide pressure for water. You know how you can be on the second floor of your house, turn on the faucet, and the water comes pouring out? You don't have a pump in your basement...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do voter I.D. laws discriminate against minorities? If the reason is the cost of the I'd to the voter, why does the state or federal government not provide I.D.s to poorer people at little to no cost?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cost isn't just measured in money, it's also measured in tim...
<|im_start|>user [Steven Universe] Why Earth? I mean, why was Earth of all worlds chosen to become a colony? Gems are seemingly immune to harsh environmental conditions (Peridot mentions that their projected bodies can adapt to any world) and so in our solar system alone they had dozens of other planets and moons to ch...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Who is gaining from all the money spent during elections?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The majority of the money is spent on advertising, so who benefits? * TV stations * Radio stations * Google, Facebook, and other companies with big online advertising departments * Everyone who has a websit...
<|im_start|>user Has PTSD due to trauma and/or violence affected humans for centuries or is this a more recent phenomenon? Have there always been long-term effects when an individual experiences trauma and/or violence?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Trauma is a natural phenomenon with a purpose. If a person in our pr...
<|im_start|>user Why do electrons have spin 1/2 and photons have spin 1? I learned in quantum mechanics that electrons are fermions and fermions have half integer spin, and that photons are bosons and bosons have full integer spin. However, this was always just stated as fact, and we didn't derive it. Is this just one ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Democracy today lets demagogic pseudo intellectuals come into power through elections where unaware majority votes based on intuition rather than rational critical thinking. Democracy is flawed on many levels. Democracy today lets demagogic pseudo intellectuals come into power through elections wh...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why does the human body experience such intense reactions from drug withdrawals? What exactly is happening?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Drugs are substances that are chemically similar to stuff our body uses for internal communication. Morphines for example are similar to endorphines (hence t...
<|im_start|>user CMV: As a gay male, I think its better not to get close to Middle-Eastern immigrants I come across. I live in area with a fair amount of immigrants, and honestly, as a homosexual man, I think its best not to be friends with the immigrants from Middle Eastern and Muslim majority countries. To clarify, I...
<|im_start|>user What is the purpose of humans having different blood types? To unpack that question - I understand the basics about blood types as far as antigen and antibodies, and why one blood type rejects another. But from an evolutionary perspective, why would we develop different blood types? Or is it possible t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did country dialing codes come to be? I was on https://countrycode.org/ and noticed that, while USA and Canada use "1", no country uses "2", and all of them seem random (a few single digits, a few two digit, most are three or four digits). Is there an explanation?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assist...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that certain numbers are significant across different religions/cultures? Is there any reason that certain numbers are repeated across different religions/mythologies and within popular culture? Do different numbers resonate with us in different ways? Do we subconsciously assign signifi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does water make grease fires worse?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Three facts: water is heavier than oil, burning oil is hotter than the boiling point of water, and when water boils, it expands- by a lot. So when water falls onto a pool of burning oil, it sinks, then boils, then it blows o...
<|im_start|>user Did trees bear fruits before there were mammals to eat them? As per my understanding (which is limited), fruits exist so that mammals will eat them and spit out the seeds far away from the parent tree, spreading the seeds around. Because of this, would it be biologically viable/possible for fruits to e...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I am an atheist I am an atheist, formerly of the faith, however a desire for more evidence based systems have left that faith lost, in favor of supporting evidence. I do not reject the idea that a god might exist, only that I don't know if one does, and that the supporting material I either don't ...
<|im_start|>user What books to read to get deep into ethics? Hey I have only recently gotten into philosophy, I started off by reading The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell, and now I want to learn more about ethics in general. More specifically, I'm curious in how you ground out a moral statement into someth...
<|im_start|>user CMV: When it becomes widely available, a diet consisting primarily of 'lab-grown meat', would be more ethical than vegetarian or vegan diets. A little bit of background: I consume meat on a fairly regular basis, however. my girlfriend is a committed vegetarian and has been since she was very young. Rec...
<|im_start|>user eli5: Why are the oceans salty?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Salt is a mineral which can dissolve in water. The water cycle has water evaporating from the oceans and falling onto the land, running back into the oceans eventually. When the water evaporates from the oceans it doesn't take salt with it...
<|im_start|>user How can the morality of an action be seperated from its consequences? In a philosophy video I saw this quote from Kant (I appologise in advance if this is dumb question I'm new to philosophy): &gt;Because morality is not empirical, whether an act is moral or not cannot be determined by it's consequenc...
<|im_start|>user ELIF: How does the heart get stronger as a muscle? I get how muscles grow and get larger, but how does a heart mimic this behavior?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The heart can get stronger in many ways. Transient ways include increased sensitivity to calcium, which means, for the same amount of calci...
<|im_start|>user In modern steam power plants, can the amount of power output be managed? In modern power plants that heat water, make steam, and turn turbines through steam power, is the output set, or can the operators feed it less fuel, produce less heat, create less steam, and output less power? I'm curious due to...
<|im_start|>user Why do certain parts of our body reproduce themselves when destroyed (eg skin) and others don't? For example, if i rip or burn the skin on my fingertips, it will grow back. Or scars are somehow covered up.. But why if we cut a person's finger, or a whole hand it will not grow again..? Can this become...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why people blur cover their license plates when posting on the Internet since anyone can see their plates in real life anyways?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Helps prevent criminals from finding you as well as preventing someone from somehow making a copy of your plate and putting it on another ...
<|im_start|>user If one of the goals of exercise is to get the heart rate elevated, do things like anxiety or low BP help work the heart out? I've been told to set a HR when one exercises and try to keep it above that point to maximize the workout. I wonder: is there a difference, in terms of improving cardiac function...
<|im_start|>user CMV:The Use of Closed-Source Software is NOT Unethical **The Thesis I Am Challenging** "The use of closed-source software is unethical" **Defenses of the View** I have run into this view quite a bit as of recent, and I'm not really sure what to make of it. I first encountered it in Sanjoy Mahajan's...
<|im_start|>user I'm horrible at finding literature This week I had a meeting with my supervisor for my master's thesis. One of the main points of feedback was that my literature review had to be more extensive and that I had to add way more papers. My supervisor was kind enough put ten minutes into searching literatur...
<|im_start|>user [Mulan] Why is Mulan the only person with an ancestral guardian?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Ancestral guardians usually work behind the scenes, invisible and undetectable, but still able to influence matters with their vast powers. If the Great Stone Dragon had awoken like the ancestors had inten...
<|im_start|>user If soil comes from dead plants, what substrate did the first terrestrial plants grow on? This question was asked by my 8-year old as part of a long string of questions about evolution, but it was the first one where I didn't really know the answer. I said I'd look it up but most information appears to ...
<|im_start|>user How can I as a layperson get better at judging whether a scientist is trustworthy? What parameters are important when judging a scientist's trustworhiness? There may be a better word than trustworthiness. By trustworthiness I mean what it says in the first two lines of the Wikipedia article: "Trust...
<|im_start|>user Are forests and jungles growing more rapidly now that there is an increase of CO2 in the air?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In photosynthesis there are 3 metabolic pathways for carbon fixation from CO2. In forests and jungles we are concerned with the C3 and C4 pathway (the CAM pathway is only found ...
<|im_start|>user [ELI5]: Why do pigs go through a big transformation if they're introduced into the wild? How does a domesticated pig turn into a wild boar when released to the wild?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A creatures phenotype (physical manifestation) is dictated by its genetic code. There are actually differ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 Why do some colours go well together and some colours not?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Some part of it is seeing which color combinations we're already familiar with. For example, if you were to pair leaf green with almost any shade of red, pink, yellow, orange, or purple, they would work toge...
<|im_start|>user CMV: American Christians have an obligations as Christians to follow church teachings personally, and as Americans to not inject church based agendas into the political arena. Separation of church and state is a foundational principle of governance in the United States. The founding fathers were caref...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are there so many species of most living beings but only species of humans?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is less a question about biology and more about human categorisation. We see quite a lot of distinction between ourselves and our nearest relatives (apes), in no small part because...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why isn't getting checked for cancerous tumors, or tumors in general, a routine process? I feel like tumors are only discovered when the patient feels as if something is wrong, and by then it is usually too late to take effective action.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The problem is that there a...
<|im_start|>user Could exposure to radioactive radiation be "good"? So I'm just curious no I'm not gonna try to expose myself to radiation and I know it's very likely to cause permanent damage or kill you but was I'm wondering is whether there is a chance when it changes your dna that it makes you "better"<|im_end|> <|...
<|im_start|>user [Fullmetal Alchemist] What is the farthest distance an Alchemist can transmute? Like could Ed transmute on one side of central city to affect the other side?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Normal alchemy has its effect centred within its transmutation circle, though the line of effect can extend beyon...
<|im_start|>user Do peoples eyes really "change colour"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Color is determined by both physical properties of an object and the properties of light around it. The pigments in our eyes which determine what wavelengths are absorbed and reflected do not change. However, the color can change...
<|im_start|>user If every language is eventually compiled into the most basic machine instructions then why do languages like C and C++ run faster than Java and Python? I don’t understand why lower level languages run faster than higher level ones if they are all eventually compiled into machine code.<|im_end|> <|im_st...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Humanity has yet to master or even invent a form of government/economy that would sustain us as a species, on a massive scale, indefinitely, in outer space. First, let’s presume a few things: 1.) Humanity will eventually have to venture off this planet if we are to survive as a species because Ea...
<|im_start|>user How could you recursively find all permutations of a list? I'm trying to write a program that does this, but I'm having trouble thinking of how to solve this algorithmically. I've been trying to understand other people's solutions for hours and I'm just not getting it. Can someone please try to explain...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Illegal immigration in the USA would be far less common if there were strict penalties for employing illegal immigrants. However, this won't happen because of intense lobbying From my knowledge and perspective, most policies aimed at curbing illegal immigration are aimed at the illegal immigrants....
<|im_start|>user How do astronomers determine the distance and size of a star or exoplanet?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are many ways to measure the distance to an object in space. For the closest stars you can use something called parallax. If you put your arm out in front of you and hold one finger up and...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that after looking at a bright light source, and then closing your eyes, you see a colorful outline of the light source for a little while?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your eyes contain cells that chemically react to light. Stimulating them strongly can create temporary lasting impr...
<|im_start|>user What is special about sunlight versus artificial light that plants need it? If all light is just photons, and plants convert photons into sugar through photosynthesis then why do plants die when placed indoors even if given enough artificial light?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Plants operate best on...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that if I'm hungry right before going to bed, I'm not longer hungry when I wake up in the morning? The other night, I was going to bed and felt pretty hungry, but I just went to bed. I woke up, expecting to be somewhat hungry but the feeling of hunger was gone. Does anyone have a nice q...
<|im_start|>user [MCU/DC] Who's richer? Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne? More specifically Tony from the MCU and Bruce from the Dark Knight trilogy.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If we only count the resources that each of them can freely use to advance their agendas (versus assets that can't leverage or liquidate, corpora...
<|im_start|>user When was it first determined that Mt. Everest was the highest point in the planet, and how were they able to know for sure?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mt Everest's hight was measured during the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1856. All of the mountains on earth that are higher than 7000...
<|im_start|>user [DC] How can the Anti Life Equation and the Life Equation exist in the same universe when they both "prove" inherently contradictory truths about the universe? The Anti Life Equation mathematically proves that life is meaningless and not worth living, while the Life Equation proves the exact opposite. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do warmer countries/closer to the equator tend to be poorer than colder countries? Sure there are exceptions like Singapore and Mongolia, but why do most colder countries seem to be richer than warmer countries?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For most of history, there wasn't that much diffe...
<|im_start|>user While driving, if you look at dips in the road that are far away they seem to reflect light from ahead like a mirror. Why?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Other answers touch on this, but a substance's refractive index changes with it's density. The refractive index affects the angle at which inciden...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 : how do we know what's under the crust? How to we know what the layers of earth are? I've learnt in primary school that underneath the crust is the mantle, then the outer and inner core, but how can we prove this if we have never dug below the crust?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant By looking at ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are weather forecasts sometimes so different from each other? Don't they all use the same data and science? I'm talking about information displayed on different weather websites. One will say that there's a very high chance of rain in a place at a certain hour, for multiple hours, and another...
<|im_start|>user I teach high school Econ, but it’s very basic and relies heavily on content from before the Great Depression. What are some current theories an Econ 101 should include? I focus on the basics; being a business, taxes, government spending - but I know that economics has changed beyond basic supply and de...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does price gouging work? Couldn't one producer keep its prices low to attract all the consumers, and either profit by itself or force the other producers to lower their prices back to normal market value?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Usually the advantage is that a good is in such a short ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do squatters in the UK have rights to where they are squatting? Why can't they be kicked out as soon as they are discovered?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Although the specific laws and development differ in different places, the ultimate reason is always that the people who have to enforce...
<|im_start|>user What are philosophers experts at? When I want to fix my plumbing I can turn to a plumber as an expert at fixing plumbing issues. When I want to have knowledge about climate change, I could turn to resources from climate scientists and learn about the relevant facts on climate. For what should people tu...
<|im_start|>user Moon Base...feasibility and whether or not its worth it So we have the ISS which is a pretty impressive feat and allows us to conduct experiments in space and keep a presence there. Why not a Moonbase? I've read some of the obvious reasons such as cost and not believing there are many useful resour...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:The structure of middle eastern music<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant could you be more specific on what you want to know? I might be able to give an answer, but it really depends on specific countries and if you're talking about how the music is composed, put in order, performed.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user eli5 Is it correct to think of events happening on the far side of the universe or in a different galaxy as occurring "at the same time"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If you involve relativity events "happening at the same time" depends on the observer. So you can say some things are happening sim...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How is it that old Japanese houses seem to be made mostly of paper, but don't seem to experience any problems during rain seasons? Just generally curious as to how this works. For example if one of these were built in, say England would it survive the rainy weather? Edit:wow I got a lot more resp...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Embezzlement<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Embezzlement covers a rather diverse group of crimes, but let me give you a straightforward, concrete example. Suppose Bob works at a roofing company, and part of his job is to buy roofing tiles. Bob talks to his friend Charles, who sells roofing tile...
<|im_start|>user Would a perfect being ever create anything? Obviously this is about the idea of a perfect God that created the universe (or the world, or humanity, or anything really). Doesn't creating (or *doing*) anything imply there's some kind of need that isn't being fulfilled or at least is not being maximally ...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter] Are the owls that deliver the mail magic owls with heightened intelligence and such, or are they just regular owls that were trained by wizards?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are presumably magical variants of otherwise ordinary creatures found in the wizarding world. For example...
<|im_start|>user [DCEU] From an evolutionary perspective, wouldn't Aquaman be pale? Asking purely from a scientific/evolutionary perspective: If the Atlantians evolved underwater for tens of thousands of years, wouldn't the lack of constant direct sunlight leave them without any melanin in their skin and hair?<|im_end|...
<|im_start|>user [The Road] What exactly destroyed the world?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant While it is never directly stated in either the book or film, there are hints that can be gleaned from the details of the world. Noting the ever-present ash and the progressive cooling of the earth and darkening of the sky, we...
<|im_start|>user Do freeze-dried fruits have the same nutritional value as fresh fruits? Are freeze-dried fruits less nutritious than fresh fruit? Is there any kind of damage that the freeze-drying process does? I'm not talking dried, sugared fruits, I mean just pure fruit freeze-dried.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant...
<|im_start|>user How can one prove simply that the Earth rotates around the Sun? (I know that it does, but I have to explain it to someone who is being very stubborn/ignorant) I know that it has to be true because the Sun is so much more massive, so the Earth would have to rotate around it and not vice versa, but the g...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are octopi, salamanders, etc. able to regrow limbs, and why can't all animals do it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The exact mechanism that allow animals to regrow parts of their bodies are something scientist study to figure out how to help humans. It seems very complicated and not immedia...
<|im_start|>user How did Leibniz come to the conclusion that reality consists of single indivisible windowless monads? I'd like to know how you can even reasonably conclude that with just reason.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Leibniz's issue, along with many others at the time, was the problem of having matter at the...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are doctors and nurses encouraged to work such long shifts(like 14hrs +) Wouldn't the quality of care be of utmost importance, and decrease as staff get tired?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To some degree having them work longer shifts reduces the frequency of hand offs which is where a sig...
<|im_start|>user Do molecular shapes really matter? We all have learnt about how water molecule is "bent" , SF ₆ is octahedral , etc but does it affect the macroscopic substance we see? if it does , how does it affect it.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The bent shape of a water molecule makes it polar, and contribu...
<|im_start|>user If the human liver can regrow itself, why don't other important internal organs regenerate? People's livers can be cut and transplanted into other people, and then they regrow into full-size livers eventually. As far as I know, the liver is the only organ that can do this. Why can't a kidney? Or spleen...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do patients who suffer severe trauma often complain of being thirsty?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Patients who have suffered a severe trauma resulting in a lot of blood loss begin to go into shock. Without enough blood to circulate the oxygen to all of their organs, muscles, etc, their bo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that I can buy a perfectly edible block of cheese that has "aged for 3 years," but then cheese in my fridge goes moldy in a month? I'm fucking sick of this shit. AND I WANT SOME FUCKING ANSWERS!!!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Usually, it has been aged in a highly controlled environ...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] how educated or intelligent is the average Federation citizen?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Very well educated compared to 20th century humans. Every citizen has access to very high quality education and job training as well as access to medical technology that can level the playing fi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do we know DeepMind is right? I read that DeepMind AI solved the baffling problem of protein folding which is supposed to open new worlds in science. But if the issue is so baffling, how do we really know DeepMind is correct?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's a class of problems, ones ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do people find the dark so fearful? Of course there can be many reasons, but is there any ultimate characteristic that is most common or something?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Evolution. Darkness presents increased risk. We as a species depend strongly upon vision, which is in particular ...
<|im_start|>user Should residential rental investment be disincentivised? Across the world, investing in residential housing as an investment is extremely popular. So much of people's wealth is tied up in housing. Are there any disadvantages of this? Should residential renting be disincentivised?<|im_end|> <|im_start...
<|im_start|>user How to ask critical questions nicely at a conference When I ask a question after a conference presentation, sometimes it’s critical in nature, but I don’t want to sound too aggressive or hurt the presenter’s feelings. So I want to sound as nice as possible and add comments like “thank you for your pres...
<|im_start|>user what's the expected number of meeting hours with an assistant professor mentor I (early undergrad) was matched with an assistant professor in a mentorship program (we aren't at the same school). She runs a lab group of 15-20 people. This looks like a large group to me lol, so I suppose that she is quit...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do teeth not repair themselves after cavities?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cavities form when bacteria (or plaques, which are biofilms or special colonies of bacteria) secrete acids and other waste products that demineralize your teeth, leaving a hole essentially. For as long as the plaqu...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If you have cancer in a certain organ (like liver cancer) why can't you just remove the infected organ and be cancerfree again?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant (cancer biologist / oncologist here) * Cancer likes to infiltrate other areas and where this has happened is not always clear. * Removin...
<|im_start|>user (ELI5) How do hot teas help with sore throats?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Other commenters have commented on the chemical compounds within tea leaves, but there are also the important elements of heat and hydration. So even drinking warm water without tea leaves (sometimes with honey and/or lemon...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is happening when a chiropractor cracks a patient’s neck/back?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First and foremost, there's no scientific study that is peer-reviewed that provides any support to chiropractic adjustments except in very specific and rare conditions. Even then, the research is s...
<|im_start|>user Is it common for someone to be published in a big research group paper and that person not be able to fully understand/describe all of the details in that paper? There's a popular question right now about impact factor for publications, and I thought of this question because of it. I'm not up on my sci...
<|im_start|>user Why is/was Hegel considered so important and had such a great sphere of influence considering it seems almost nobody understands him? Probably a terrible question I know<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lots of people understand Hegel. Hegel definitely has a reputation as a difficult philosopher, but he...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are moldy food bad for us? Molds on foods like yogurt/cheese is fine, but on bread and suddenly we’re sick.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Different kinds of mold are bad for us. Like bacteria, there’s many species; some are harmful, some are harmless or even nutritious. The ones used to mak...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does the heart beat slower, on average, for athletic people compared to less athletic people?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As you improve your athletic fitness, your cardiovascular system becomes more efficient. Put another way, your body becomes better at taking the oxygen you breath in,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do we know that conservation of energy is a law? How have we proved that energy cannot be created or destroyed?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A scientific law is simply a statement that holds up under repeated experimentation. The law of conservation of energy has held up with every experi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do doctors ask the exact same questions that I just told the nurse before he came in? ELI5: Why do doctors ask the exact same questions that I just told the nurse before he came in? Pretty annoying. Why do they do this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A couple of reasons: * Easy to get char...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The public should be able to allocate where their taxes go Before I start explaining my view I should say that I am from the UK and since I do not have experience with other countries systems I'll mainly be phrasing this in terms of the UK's system. The only source I could for the tax as % of gpd ...
<|im_start|>user [Marvel/DC] If it was possible to create a Lantern Corps based around each of the different Infinity Gems what would they be like and who would use them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Power Gem - enhances strength, durability and has energy powers-- given to those who come from weak backgrounds, deep...