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<|im_start|>user I think time zones should be eliminated and that the whole earth should use one central time. CMV. In the past all cities used their own time. So even cities that were quite near to each other could keep time that differed by 10 minutes for example. Starting from the 19th century, we began to use time ...
<|im_start|>user Why did humans develop the Instinctive Drowning Response? It seems extremely ineffective. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about: A drowning victim remains vertical in the water, has their arms extended to the sides alternately moving up and pressing down, their mouth alternates betwe...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars]How did the Galactic Republic manage to fund such a fast military build up? And also how was it feasible to maintain such a massive military? I mean between losing such large tax paying corporations to the seperatists, and constant warfare that would affect trade for several decades. It seem...
<|im_start|>user Do we lose memories, or only the ability to access them? For example, I can't recall what I did on a particular day one month ago. Is that information no longer available in the brain, or is it still hidden away in there? When looking at people such as 'rain man', and others with a similar condition, ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is water so difficult for 3d animation?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Water presents a number of challenges. First off, since it's a liquid it can move in a huge variety of ways, which means it's difficult to simulate well, and the more accurate you want to get, the more computational time ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The "credit reporting" industry is a complete scam I've been thinking about this off and on for years. The "credit score" industry: * Has a proprietary formula for calculating credit scores * Obtains your personal financial information without your consent * Is prone to errors in your...
<|im_start|>user [iron sky] how does every single space capable country on earth manage to create their own combat spacecraft without the US noticing it i mean its really easy to follow a rocket liftoff, and there are only four countries in the planet with their own rocket capabilities (the US, russia, china and india)...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do leftovers taste different than freshly cooked food?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Foods as they heat and cool change structurally and chemically. They continue to break down over time. Things that are higher in acidity more quickly. Sometimes this is a good thing, as flavors meld and sug...
<|im_start|>user It seems like a common perception that sociology doesn't produce theoretical "advancements" in comparison to economics. Is this view unfounded? What would be your best examples against it? To clarify: economists can often point to applicable models typically accepted as "true" by the majority of the pr...
<|im_start|>user What happens in the brain when a deaf (from birth) person reads? I was thinking about how when I read silently to myself, I "hear" the words I'm reading in my head. When I read the word "window" I "hear" it, know what it is, and continue on. I don't "see" in my mind's eye a picture of a window unless I...
<|im_start|>user [General] If you combine the DNA of two different species to create a race of super monsters, how do you classify it taxonomically? I'm cloning a race of tarantula/grizzly bear hybrids as a funny joke and to reign terror upon my enemies, but I don't know how to classify it when I publish my findings. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:how would I calculate the rain flow into a water tank off a given corrugated iron roof structure? Say I had a four square metre roof and the given average rain fall (say it was 1000 mm annually)? I'm building a water tank system for an off the grid property- just for occasional use, so a 1000 litr...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's the difference between a Senior Vice President and a Vice President of a company? Are their duties completely different? Why the difference in the titles? I notice, like at General Motors, there's a lot of both.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Strongly depends on the company. In some compa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in layman's terms? EDIT: Past the basics i.e. "The more we know about something's speed, the less we know about its location."<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In the simplest terms, anything we do to try and detect the location of a particle will change ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Presidents and members of their administration should not be invited to the WHCA dinner Presidents dating back to Calvin Coolidge have traditionally been invited to the annual WHCA dinner, a charity event with awards for journalistic excellence and typically featuring a comedy roast of politicians...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do coffee makers suggest you start with cold water? If the machine makes it hot in the end, whats the purpose of using cold water? Specifically is there any scientific reason that using cold water could the way the coffee turns out in the end?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Hot water is mor...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:The structure of songs - verse, chorus, bridge, breakdown etc.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is an interesting question, let me give it a shot. **Verse:** This a part of the song where the lyrics are unique generally take the place of the melody, but not necessarily. The other instruments ...
<|im_start|>user Particle entanglement says distance between particles is irrelevant for one to affect the other instantaneously. What if the particles are a light year apart? Does that mean the speed of light really isn’t the universal speed limit?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's arguable if "one particle affects...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why is directly looking at a solar eclipse bad for your eyes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your eyes adjust to the total light in your field of view, not the brightness of any particular object in your field of view. So during an eclipse, there's less total light, however any visible portion o...
<|im_start|>user Question about atheism and moral realism I've been thinking about how there might be a double standard with atheists who are also moral realists. They reject all arguments trying to prove the existence of God, including the "feelings argument". i.e. the argument that says that through prayer, meditatio...
<|im_start|>user Why is the average height of humans increasing over time? Napoleon, who was known for his short stature, was average height in his day. During the American Revolution, the average male height was 5'6. Does this mean that taller people are "fitter" to survive?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Increased...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we and other animals get so excited for food, but not so much for water, even though thirst is a more immediate concern?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Food generally requires more effort to get than water. Generally, you have a known water source, but you have to hunt or gather for food....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the so called Axis of Evil and why does it trouble astronomers?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Basically there is an underlying assumption that our universe should look essentially the same from any location, and that there's nothing special about where we are in it. The Axis of Evil i...
<|im_start|>user I think I should go around telling a lot of the people in CMV that they have great views that don't need to be changed, CMV. I was just reading the rules and I noticed that responding to OP is limited to challenges to the view and clarifications on what is being said. I am bothered that I can't suppo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How do music apps like Shazam work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant music can be converted into a digital data format that describes (in a format that can be understood by a computer) the sound that the music is made of. this usually involves sampling the music at a very high frequency rate (for e...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 Why can't we have transparent metal? I'm guessing that the crystalline structure scatters the light. Polymers are semi crystalline and also scatter light, but we have amorphous polymers that are transparent. Why can't we have something similar with metals?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Metals ar...
<|im_start|>user How can a material remain radioactive after it has been exposed to radiation? I was watching TV today and the topic of the Fukushima nuclear accident was brought up on the news and the reporter had mentioned "radioactive water" which got that way from exposure to radiation from the Fukushima nuclear pl...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The government should stop recognizing ALL marriages. I really see no benefits in governmen recognition of marriages. First, the benefits: no more fights about what marriage is. If you want to get married by your church - you still can. If you want to marry your homosexual partner in a civil cer...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The ratings of engine oil, i.e. 5w10, 5w30, etc.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant These oils with 2 numbers, like 5W-30 are called "multiweight" oils and protect the engine under a wide range of operating temperatures. This rating indicates the engine oil thickness when cold (the first number) a...
<|im_start|>user I believe that punishment should be based on the action taken alone, and the consequences should have absolutely no bearing on it. CMV. First and foremost, my apologies if this is a repost- it seems like a somewhat obvious CMV candidate. I could find no post like it though, so please delete this and re...
<|im_start|>user Why is learning Economics good for daily life?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I'd say the average person benefits most from a decent understanding of economics because we live in a democracy, and it's important, to the furthest extent, people be informed on the people and polices they vote on and the ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How can Wim Hof raise his blood pH through the use of a breathing technique, directly influencing the immune system? ^<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I have no idea who/what Wim Hof is, but breathing absolutely influences your blood pH. When carbon dioxide is in your blood, it is converted to H+ ...
<|im_start|>user Could someone explain why gravity doesnt fit in with other areas of physics for a unified field theory? Thank you for thinking about answering my question!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are four fundamental forces that we know of. Three of them appear to be 'quantized'. This means that they com...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Attendance should not count towards the final grade in a college course. When I was in high school, it was continuously stressed that the individual had no cap on their freedom in college, for lack of a better explanation. I was told time and time again that students were able to eat in class, or ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why is Judge an elected position? So in my state (California) we elect judges in the same way as all politicians. Unlike politicians, they don't campaign. I had to spend a fairly significant amount of time searching to find anything about them. This seems like a dumb way to choose judges given ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What actually happens when a program stops responding? Why does it sometime crash and other times continue working?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Let's start off with your operating system. That's going to be Windows, etc. That's your overseer within the computer, and it communicates and inte...
<|im_start|>user How does Parthenogenesis work? Given that the average person like me usually thinks of reproduction as taking the sperm and the egg, I struggle to understand how you can create something without fertilisation. Can anyone explain?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are three major types of parthenoge...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does fertilizer explode?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most fertilizers contain ammonium nitrate. Ammonium nitrate is an oxidizer that reacts with other combustible materials. Normally it's fairly safe to have around at normal temperatures. But when it's heated up to higher temperatures,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How microwaves work, such that my leftover gravy boils on my plate while my lump of cold mashed potatoes stays cold? Eating leftovers, obviously.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Microwaves are at the right frequency to cause water molecules to vibrate, increasing the temperature of the food. Grav...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we feel weak (as in not being able to lift a heavy object) when we are laughing a lot?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Someone may be able to correct me on this, but a good ELI5 would be that our core muscles (Abs and such) play a major role in keeping us upright and maintaining posture, a...
<|im_start|>user [Avatar] Why is it that some Benders don't need to move to Bend?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Bending is all about the manipulation of the flow of chi within the body and using it to affect the outside world and the element(s). The various bending arts and styles help to focus the chi into doing spe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: In felines crouching to pounce, why do they "wiggle" rather than being completely still? I've seen many a cat, when preparing to pounce on something (a toy, a cricket, spider, or other bug, or big cats vs. prey), "wiggle in preparation" - [seen here](http://fat.gfycat.com/MeekPracticalBlackbird....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: irrational coefficients Pi and e Im an engineering student, and at times when Pi or e appear in formulas it makes no sense why is it there for first, and then how did it even originate. Okay, I know how the Pi was created. But sometimes I dont understand when in formulas it appears, when there i...
<|im_start|>user Why do some medicine need to be taken on a full stomach/with food where as for others it doesn't make a difference??<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's generally two reasons why a drug might be recommended to be taken with food. One is just that taking with food can help lessen nausea, which is a ...
<|im_start|>user Is Logic a priori? I working on a master degree Thesis on philosophy of Mathematics and I am trying to demonstrate that Logic Is not a Priori. Can you share with me some of your thoughts and some papers on the argument?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Standardly it’s understood that logic is the tool w...
<|im_start|>user ELIF how the square root function of a calculator works.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are methods (called algorithms) to do it. The most famous algorithm was known even to Babylonians (and it's very similar to the method Newton invented). Imagine you want to find out the square root of 3. 1...
<|im_start|>user Why are radio frequencies split into radio waves and microwaves? I'm doing a project for school on radio frequency and how it is used for communication. However, it has been extremely hard to find any information on why it is split into radio waves and microwaves.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Both r...
<|im_start|>user Why has RESTful become the accepted way to handle data rather than stateful? In typical web programming / app development, it’s coming for the backend to be mostly RESTful. But why is that the case? It seems that WebSocket based (or something similarly stateful) should have become an accepted use by no...
<|im_start|>user If we were all completely rational beings with unlimited time to learn and research things, would we all arrive at the same set of beliefs and views?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You want to look at the debate over epistemic uniqueness/permissivism. That's about (roughly) whether a single body of ev...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] What's the advantage of using a rifle-style phaser over a handgun-style phaser? Looking into the phasers shown in TNG and other series, it seems like there's not much of an advantage to the rifle-style. Handheld, handgun-style phasers can be set powerful enough to completely disintegrate so...
<|im_start|>user Does hypnosis work? Is it a real thing? Or is it just a magic trick? And if it works, how so? Can one get hypnotized by watching videos?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Suggestion works to some degree - for example, it has been successfully used as a mild alternative to analgesia, in dentistry for exam...
<|im_start|>user I've heard people describe how they became sick when they ate meat after a long time being a vegetarian. Does one's digestive system actually change from eating a vegetarian diet, and can then eating meat actually make one ill? Or is it more of a psychosomatic response to eating meat? I'm curious as I ...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] Why are surface to space planetary defenses not used? Homeworlds have been attacked repeatedly, yet homeworlds seem to be remarkably lightly defended. Even the Dominion only had orbital defenses around Cardassia Prime. Legions of soldiers on the ground, but no surface to space weapon emplac...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Are there enough resources on earth to get ALL population out of poverty and hunger? Would it be possible to have a scenario where all population on earth is middle class with all basic needs satisfied based on our current natural resources? Could the current wealth be distributed evenly to get ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can SEARS declare bankruptcy and only plan to shut down only a part 142 of its 700 current stores. Shouldn't they shut down all stores and let the court decide how can they sell of inventory and pay off the companies they owe ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two primary types of co...
<|im_start|>user [Magic School Bus] How does Miss Frizzle get the permission to take children on such crazy field trips? Like, how in God's name did she get the okay to take her students into other countries, shrinking them into the size of insects, going into the human body and into out space, MULTIPLE TIMES for both ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did people get fountains to work in medieval times?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Gravity, water and air pressure, and an understanding of fluid mechanics (especially siphoning). If you have a body of water (a little pool, for example), and a very narrow tube leading from the bottom of the...
<|im_start|>user I've heard we share 99% of our DNA with chimps but only 50% of our DNA with siblings. Please explain.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When talking about chimps, we're talking about genes encoding for specific proteins (or all the other things that DNA does) being in the same place on the same chromosom...
<|im_start|>user [DragonBall] Are the human Z Warriors just irrelevant? Saiyans -&gt; Oozaru form,Zenkai boosts,unrivaled fighting spirit,Saiyan Human offspring are said to have more potential than full blooded ones,anything else I'm missing??? Namekians -&gt; Regeneration,stretchy limbs,can sustain themselves with on...
<|im_start|>user Name change after wedding I recently got married, and I'm planning on taking my husband's surname legally, possibly with hyphenation. However I'm not sure what to do for work as I've published quite a few papers under my maiden name... BUT the maiden name is a very common name so my husband's unique su...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why isn't there toothpaste that's "Whitening" &amp; "Enamel protection" &amp; "3-in-1 plaque defence" etc. Is there actually a big difference between them all?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So, whitening toothpaste and to a much greater extent the professional whitening treatments are pretty ha...
<|im_start|>user I've heard it said that Eastern Philosophy, particularly Confucianism, is different in respect to the individual than that of most Western philosophy. Can someone explain this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One example that may explain what is meant by individualism of the west vs east could be in ho...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There Should Be Trade Schools For Every Major And Employers And Graduate Schools Should Take Them Seriously I honestly think college is a waste of time for several people including myself. Let's just say that one wants to be a mathematician so they major in math. Wouldn't it make sense for them to...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do we know the calorie content of food when not everything that burns is digestible? Like cellulose, it produces a lot of energy when burnt, but gives you zero energy if you eat it because humans cant digest it.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Calories are just a measurement of energy, like j...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does only a pinch of salt make so many meals so much better?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Short version : Sodium draws out flavours, creating a stronger, bolder taste. Finishing salt (used after cooking) can provide a good contrast that makes accompanying flavours more pronounced. Ever try...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Ethnic/Racial diversity for its own sake is unnecessary. **CONTEXT:** America. I work at a small company with 10 full-time employees. I am one of 3 men, and the other 7 employees are women. All of us are white (one of the men, our CEO, is half-Asian). On our website and our other online listings w...
<|im_start|>user [Wall-E] Why was the Axiom still sending out EVE units to look for plant life, if the AI had been explicitly told to give up? It's pretty obvious throughout the film that all the ship's essential functions are *completely* controlled by AI. The human captain is basically vestigial, he has no real power...
<|im_start|>user What is the easiest (most "basic" structured) language on Earth?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant From a linguistic perspective, all languages are supposed to be equally complex and difficult to learn. One language only becomes harder to learn based on what languages a person has already learned, but pr...
<|im_start|>user Why are narrower tires better in the snow? Why would narrow tires that provide less contact with the ground be better than wider tires? Wouldn’t wider tires provide more contact with the ground?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Narrower tires means that cars weight is distributed to a smaller area of ti...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can't we recycle the stuff that's sent to landfill?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two reasons, both of which are applicable in many cases: 1) Things that are mixed together are more expensive to take apart. Aluminum cans are easy to recycle because they are almost pure aluminum....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are we not supposed to rapidly turn lights on and off?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A lot of lights have a lifetime dependent on the cycle time. For example an incandescent light bulb have a tiny wire that heats up every time you turn the light on and produce light. But heating the wire al...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do dogs communicate with each other?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Body language mostly, like many animals on this planet. Some of the stuff is obvious and we all recognize: bearing teeth and ears back is aggression, wagging tails and "bowing" (head down, butt up) is happy or playful, whil...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What is the difference between a Shia muslim and a Sunni muslim?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Both Sunni and Shia Muslims share the most fundamental Islamic beliefs and articles of faith. The differences between these two main sub-groups within Islam initially stemmed not from spiritual differe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The monty hall problem<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Count the success rate for the two different options: 3 doors, prize is behind door #3 Option 1: Never Change Pick door 1 - lose Pick door 2 - lose Pick door 3 - win total success: 1/3 Option 2: Always C...
<|im_start|>user Why aren't there more eye colors? Why are human eye colors so limited (when compared to the rainbow spectrum). Have we just selected for those colors or does it have to do with the actual composition of the eye?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Eye color pigments only vary from light brown to black. No ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does 50% volume on video and music players not sound half as loud as 100% volume? Usually if a video is too loud, 75% sounds almost the same as 100% and only at around 30% there is a noticeable difference in volume.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Human hearing is complex. For something to be...
<|im_start|>user Why is the unemployment rate in European countries, such as UK and Germany, still so low? It currently stands at 3.9% for UK and 3.5% for Germany which seems very low considering the COVID-19 impacts.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Germany has a program called "Kurzarbeit" (short work). The way this w...
<|im_start|>user What kind of damage would a collapsing space elevator do to earth? In a few anime a falling space elevator has a potential to destroy the planet but what kind of damage would it really do if the elevator was 60,000 miles high?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A space elevator consists of three parts: th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What makes a country a third world vs a first? Are there second world countries? ^<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First Understand this The term **"First World"** refers to so called developed, capitalist, industrial countries, roughly, a bloc of countries aligned with the United States after W...
<|im_start|>user Is bone damaged or strengthened by repeated blunt impacts? Example: If I whacked my elbow/forearm up against a solid object once a day for 20 years, would the underlying bone become stronger to compensate for the impacts or would it be left in a weaker more fragile state? This is mentioned in martial ...
<|im_start|>user If a pool is on a ship and the ship is in rough waters, how do the waves in the pool mimic the waves that are hitting the ship if at all?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The size and frequency of waves on the ocean are determined mostly by wind speed and fetch (how long the waves are exposed to the win...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] Why are the main hulls of federation ships saucer shape?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The shape of ships in Star Trek have a lot to do with keeping the warp field stable and efficient and the specific shape of ships for any given species depends on the sort of warp technology that specie...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Euclidean vs non-Euclidean geometry<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Euclidean geometry is mathematical model that tries to capture your intuition about what would happen if you took a piece of paper that was *big enough*, put it on a flat surface, and started drawing circles, lines and points on ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 What is the simple chemistry behind soaps, how is it polar and non polar at the same time? Why does the formation of soap allow it to pick up different items?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant soap molecules are relatively long molecules. The arrangement of the atoms (and their electrons) leads to o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it easier for two people to lift twice the weight together, than half individually?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two different issues with lifting a heavy object: force and torque. Often with a large box, apply a *force* equal to the weight of the box isn't hard, but applying...
<|im_start|>user [DC] [Swamp Thing] How are the Parliaments operated? Are they only organic or are there concepts like rocks?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They are elementals, or in some cases something else uplifted into beings that are at least partially elemental. Not all concepts have a Parliament, though all Pa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are manhole covers not in the middle of a lane so car tires don't run over them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Transportation engineer here. Usually the sewer systems under the road are much larger than you would think. Usually 10-30 ft wide. If you think of a cut-away of this underground s...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is happening when i stare at the same spot(usually in an already dark place) and all remaining light slowly fades?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Eyes use 2 types of receptors, one type for brightness and one type for colors (there are three distinct subtypes for colors funfact: theres a m...
<|im_start|>user Can your immune system create resistance against bacterial infections the same way it does viral? Say you got a bacterial chest infection and was prescribed antibiotics to treat it. Would your immune system create some kind of resistance to it if you were to come in contact with someone else who had th...
<|im_start|>user What exactly makes a tumor inoperable? I have a friend who has been fighting a glioblastoma. He was recently told by his doctors that the tumor has doubled in size to 2 inches and is inoperable, and that likely has up to 2 months to live. What exactly makes a tumor inoperable? And in a situation l...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Who/how do horoscopes get put together each day? I have a horoscope app, everyday they come out with new and different horoscopes. Most of the time they are very specific. How do they come up with ths stuff?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is known as the Forer Effect. Other names are Bar...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are so many types of toothpaste advertised as “whitening” toothpastes? Shouldn’t every type of toothpaste be cleaning and whitening your teeth regardless of the type?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant "Whitening' toothpastes typically contain stronger abrasives and substances with the specific ...
<|im_start|>user Why does South Africa do so much genetic sequencing of COVID viruses in comparison to other countries?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When the AIDS epidemic struck Africa, several countries (South Africa being one of them) took that opportunity to put a substantial amount of funding into research and ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:why was the world able to come together and ban leaded gasoline and CFCs, but refuses to do much of anything about greenhouse emmisons?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Two main reasons: First, the effect of greenhouse gas emissions occurs on a longer timescale and with much less clarity on exactly...
<|im_start|>user What's "real" programming in a day to day job like? I'm going to assume it's VERY different from the scope of school assignment programming but how different is it? What's an average "project" and how long do they take and what makes it so much harder/more complex than a school assignment would be?<|im...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The liberal arts are an essential component of a complete college education I think that at least in the United States, the intense focus on production and materialism has elevated STEM careers to the highest echelon of desirability for people entering the workforce after receiving their degree. I...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Why was the flaw with the Death Star so weak? There was a video I watched a while back that explained the significance of Luke turning off his targeting computer. Shortly before he went in Garven Dreis, one of the most veteran fighter pilots in the Rebel fleet made an approach on the therma...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Patents vs. copyrights vs. trademarks vs. servicemarks What's the difference between them, and why are all of them necessary as distinct concepts? I'm from the US, if there's any significant variation between countries.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Patents: You invent something new that no...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can communities where polygamy is common, have a large enough quantity of females when the the boy to girl ratio is around 1:1 ? I have mostly Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints and Muslim communities in my head but i know that there are plenty more that have polygamy as a part of the...
<|im_start|>user Why do we "Weigh" things in kg,g,and mg, if grams are units of mass? If I've got some powder on a scale and it reads 40mg, is it actually calculating the weight and then dividing it by 9.8 to tell me the total mass of the powder on the scale?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant &gt; Why do we "Weigh" thing...