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<|im_start|>user Before and during a recession, what is seen as the “better” option: cash or real assets? Or neither? Additional questions: does the attractiveness between these asset classes change when not in a recession? What is seen as the least valuable asset class during a recession? Why?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>as...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Would people who are more intelligent, beautiful, and/or social than average be considered more evolved according to the theory of evolution? I understand that all of these characteristics are relative or can be considered as constructed by the society. However, the majority of us can agree wheth...
<|im_start|>user How do directions work in space? On Earth we have north, south, east, and west, but those are relative to Earth. What directions, if any, do people use for space?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a few different celestial coordinate systems, which tend to be used in different applications. Ast...
<|im_start|>user What are some philosophical arguments against antinatalism other than the quippy “If life isn’t worth living, why are you here?” Title<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A few points that are commonly targeted: * The argument for axiological asymmetry between goods and bads is hard to define/justify with...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does one word end up meaning several, completely different things? Synonyms make sense, but a word like "match" have at least three different meanings that have nothing on common.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The borrowing of a related word from another language which becomes the original ...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 how people stay alive during surgery I’ve never really been able to wrap my head around how people can survive certain kinds of surgeries. For example, stuff like organ transplants, open heart surgery, brain surgery, etc. How is it that a stab wound can be fatal but we’re also able to cut open peo...
<|im_start|>user [DC] how did superman age when he was young but doesn't seem to age now that he is older?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Maturing and aging are actually independent processes. There are kids with a condition that causes them to age prematurely and it doesn't make them grow any faster, there are adults...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can a diary be admissible as evidence? Couldn't it be completely forged the night before? I see diaries often mentioned as great tools for keeping organizations honest and a few big political cases where diaries or personal journals became major evidence. Is it just so the journal-keeper can...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] Food dispensers produce any quantity of virtually any delicacy you can think of. Why isn't obesity rampant in the Federation? I know for sure if I had unlimited food at my disposal I know I would snack like crazy. A food dispenser that beams anything I want into existence? Yeah I'd be crazy...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What are the differences between all these awards show ? The Grammys, the Golden Globes, the Emmys, the Oscars, the Tonys, the Academy Awards, the People's Choice awards .... There are so many different ones and I'm not so sure what the differences between them are. It seems some of the categorie...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Laws against holocaust denial is a bad thing.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In Germany and Austria, holocaust denial laws are a historical legacy. In the decades after WW2, those countries were such a mess that they could not afford to adhere to lofty ideals of absolute free speech. They had...
<|im_start|>user Will China fail? According to Why Nations Fail, China appears to have a significant amount of the issues seen in failing nations, albeit does seem to have fairly strong institutions. So the question is, can China avoid the fate of states with their similarities, by massive state spending on developin...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do speakers generate sound? Subquestion: why is it that smaller heaphones usually can't product strong bass sounds compared to bigger speakers?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant What we know as sound is our response to pressure waves in the air around us. The frequency (how close together) and...
<|im_start|>user Why is it so hard to build robots that have more fluid motion? [This](http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/canadians-teach-darwin-to-ice-skate-play-hockey?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29) may be more ground-breaking than I r...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why it can be too cold to start a fire I was scrolling through youtube shorts and stumbled across [this scishow short](https://youtube.com/shorts/fCv6a5jYWa8?feature=share) from Hank explaining how it can literally be too cold to start a fire. I did not know this possible and his explanation did...
<|im_start|>user CMV: 20% Downpayments for Houses are Unrealistic So, I've been looking at purchasing a home in the next few years. All of the calculators and tools that I've seen assume a 20% downpayment plus closing costs out of pocket. Yet, all of the banks around me are advertising no or low-money down loans. Giv...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why, when someone dies from something that does not permanently damage anything vital, they can not be "restarted" or brought back to life? Just wondering why, for example, if someone is cut and loses enough blood and dies, they can't simply "replace" the blood and get everything working again? I...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does Benford's law apply to so many different data sets? Why is a leading digit of 1 so much more common than 9? This blows my mind and I can't understand the explanations easily. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law Benford's Law, also called the First-Digit Law, refers to the...
<|im_start|>user eli5: If the US is a net exporter of oil, can’t we easily become self-reliant for oil? Am I just confusing crude oil for “petroleum products”? Or is there too much money exchanging hands? I’m just confusing by all the rhetoric around us being dependent on foreign oil when statistically speaking all the...
<|im_start|>user Do each ring on trees actually signify a year or does the amount of time vary? Do the differences in color signify weather changes? Does* lol<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The rings signify rate of growth. Since trees grow different amounts at different times of the year, we get the rings. Interest...
<|im_start|>user Why is it so hard to cure baldness? What exactly are the challenges that make this such a difficult task, despite all the other amazing advancements in medical science?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant our current advances in medical science excel at repair. if you broke your leg, we can easily repair i...
<|im_start|>user Is there a limit to wireless connection speed? (Internet) With all the recent posts about increasing data speeds, such as: the 5G coming in S. Korea and and the proposed deal between the UK and Germany, as well as the new 800Gigs/sec cables Intel is making soon - I was wondering what limits are on wire...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do people claim to know how many illegal immigrants are in the United States? If someone is illegal, there's no documentation on them, right? I realize the numbers are estimates, but I can't imagine how these estimations are even close if there isn't any hard data.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assi...
<|im_start|>user What does the term "imaginary time" mean Stephan Hawking uses in the context of cosmology (or if it's related what does it mean in quantum mechanics)?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's a mathematical trick which you can use to simplify certain problems, or connect different areas of physics. The und...
<|im_start|>user Peter Singer on vegetarianism For my college moral ethics class we have been studying moral ethics around animal rights/interests. I recently read "All Animals are Equal" by Peter Singer and just wanted some more clarification regarding his utilitarian view on reasons for vegetarianism. So far, I've d...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Medicare in the United States I quickly read the Wikipedia of medicare and it said that it is for senior citizens in the Wikipedia but what I've heard sometimes is that it is the United State's version of universal Health Care. I guess I'm just confused, could somebody clarify for me? Thanks<|i...
<|im_start|>user Do the potatoes in my kitchen have an immune system? I was thinking about how the potatoes I'm cooking are in some sense alive since I had to cut the sprouts off them before peeling them. So it got me thinking, if they're alive then they must have potential pathogens that can infect them. So the next o...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Crime in the ghetto isn't due to just poverty, it's due to violent &amp; drug culture [Looking at the list of countries by homicide rate,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate) there are countries which have generally much worse poverty than ghettos, yet ast...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can mathematics and physics simulate natural phenomena so closely in thought experiments, calculations and computer programs?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because mathematical and physics models that do not correspond closely to reality are deemed incorrect and not used, then the scientist...
<|im_start|>user French vs German for continental philosophy I'm currently a senior in high school and plan on majoring in philosophy next year, and after that would most likely pursue graduate studies in philosophy. I've already done a fair amount of self-study and, after taking a very broad look at the history of phi...
<|im_start|>user What kind of jobs/internships do people with B.As in economics get? So i just finished my first year of undergrad, and im kinda lost. I had to declare my major in the beggining of the school year, and i choose econ and compsci without haven taken courses in either of those two classes before, because w...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does nature like square roots and cube numers? Late bloomer when it comes to physics here but I wonder why nature is first of all describable in such a precise way with numers and letters and why nature even "obeys" to square roots and cube numbers. Take for example Newton's law of universal ...
<|im_start|>user How come water does not flow deep into our ear canal?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Water has a high surface tension, and clings to the walls of a container. In order to flow deep into the ear canal, the water would need to displace the air already there. But the air has no way to escape past the w...
<|im_start|>user Why do you need to take malaria pills BEFORE you travel?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant General rule of pharmacokinetics, start with high dose, probably double what the goal is. This gets the drug passed "first pass" which is removal by liver and kidney, but leaves "target" dose in the blood stream. T...
<|im_start|>user The hard problem of consciousness and solipsism From what I understand, the so-called "hard problem of consciousness" arises from the difficulty in reconciling physicalism with the *phenomenal* qualities of our experience. Now, I take physicalism to be the view that there is an external world made of ...
<|im_start|>user What happens in our brains when we are asked to say the first word that comes to our minds? How does our brain choose?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Studies show that part of what is happening is priming from whatever came before it. For example, if you hear "money" and "Finance", and then are asked...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If one cannot give consent while intoxicated why can one still engage in transactions, such as buying something while drunk? I mean it seems like the merchant would be unable to sell you something as you could not legally consent to buying it. Is he not taking advantage of you?<|im_end|> <|im_sta...
<|im_start|>user Why are white surfaces not mirrors? An object is white because it reflects all wavelengths of light within the visible spectrum. Mirrors also reflect all light within this spectrum. So why are white surfaces not mirrors? Alternatively, shouldn't all mirrors be white?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mir...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why do so many people seem to hate hippies? Like the title says! Anyone who I've met you is a 'hippy' has been a great person, and they have jobs so it's not like they are bumming off the economy<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Two main reasons: 1) Historically, hippies *have* had a reputation of...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Critical Race Theory doesn't offer a clear or realistic solution to the supposed issue of "Systemic Oppression" Perhaps I have not quite fully understood Critical Race Theory, or am missing a crucial point. However, as of now I just don't see this theory offering any realistic or clear solution to...
<|im_start|>user When fossil fuels are forming, what makes the dead stuff become oil vs coal vs other fossil fuels? Is it the type of organism deposited? The conditions? How does this work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The process of transforming organic matter into hydrocarbons is controlled by 2 main effects: temp...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I don't see a point in having so many pronounces to choose from I don't get why people need other pronouns when there are already they/them, she/her, he/him for them to choose from. As someone whose English isn't their first language it's so frustrating. I feel bad for those who already struggle...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do news organizations report natural disaster death counts so specifically and so quickly (i.e. "88 people dead as a result of ...")?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When there are major incidents, local emergency workers generally establish a command post-type place where things like fatalit...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do they launch boats sideways instead of forward when first launching them? It also looks like they just roll straight in, do they not use any mechanism to slow the boat down?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Boats are designed to have their weight supported for the entirety of the keel length...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Peanut Butter should absolutely be served in a tube much like icing or toothpaste. I'm sitting here toiling over removing that last bit of peanut butter from the bottom of the jar. I have to reach a whole hand in to get the peanut butter at the bottom and I end up getting it all over my hands and ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: I have endometriosis—how does my heating pad make my pain subside?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Heat or ice work for pain relief because effectively they offer two solutions. Heat increases blood flow which promotes the ability of the body to heal. This is more useful for muscular pain such a...
<|im_start|>user Explain academic philosophy to me (science PhD) **TLDR:** how does your committee determine you've done "enough" to achieve a PhD in philosophy? Give me some very clear, concrete examples of philosophical "rigor" (for example, submitting for peer-review...what kind of comments do you receive and how ex...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do illegal immigrants apply for welfare if they dont have any social security card or formal identification? I hear a lot of talk in the American debates about illegal immigration constantly and how they are using welfare. How is this possible if they dont even have the right credentials to s...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What are the actual physical changes that happen inside a computer while it's running? Specifically curious about what it means to write something to memory: What happens inside a computer when I save a text file, or a Jpeg, or save a game, or anything else that changes the state of the computer f...
<|im_start|>user If I'm in polluted air or there's an awful smell, is it better to breathe through my nose or my mouth, to have as few molecules reach my lungs as possible?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It honestly depends on what is in the air. Is is particles or chemicals? For larger particles (think dust) , breath...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are we able to stand up and balance on two feet easily, but it's hard to balance on only one foot?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's a skill, let's say standing wasn't a thing that you do normally so you will have to face the same issues​ as standing on one leg (different of course). Quic...
<|im_start|>user How much of a difference does wearing white/black on a hot day make? I've heard that you should wear white on a hot day because it reflects off more radiation. How much of a difference does it really make on how hot you feel?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This also depends on the design of the cloth...
<|im_start|>user Ethical problem in writing papers I have a problem I don't know how to deal with. Is it ethical that my professor takes my draft of my paper and rewrite it when he finds it needs improvements and makes himself the first author? Isn't he supposed to guide me through the writing process? If he is right...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Interstellar travel is unfair to the children born during the voyage I've been reading the book [Aurora](http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/08/aurora-kim-stanley-robinson-review-science-fiction) by KS Robinson. It's a book about interstellar travel. A couple thousand people (volunteers) fro...
<|im_start|>user How debated of a topic is the idea of "language games" in the philosophical community? How prevalent of an idea is it in modern philosophy/linguistics that the words we use to describe reality cannot be separated from reality itself? What are the counter arguments to this position? I've been taking a c...
<|im_start|>user ELI5. In mangroves how do plants filter out the salt water and what do they do with the salt?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It depends on the mangrove. Some mangroves use osmotic pressure in their root systems to limit the salts that are absorbed into the plant. Red mangroves do this-they are called...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why and how do insects stay still for hours? I don't understand why this spider chill on my ceiling since yesterday<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's already been said, but to really ELI5: I dunno how much you know about computer software, but all computer programs are just a giant pile of "I...
<|im_start|>user CMV: If a US Police Officer detains/arrests someone for simply flipping the middle finger at them/showing contempt of officers, they should immediately lose qualified immunity and removed from duty until further training is completed. I have personally experienced, and have seen a vast amount of incide...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why, in bright sunlight, closing one eye completely helps to keep the other more open i never understood this if i have both eyes open, i have to squint hard and my overall vision is worse than if i close one eye, allowing me, somehow, to keep the other one more or less fully open, giving me cle...
<|im_start|>user CMV: When unions lose the ability to bargain by withholding the creation of value due to automation, they will instead bargain by not destroying value When workers are no longer needed and people are desperate in a United States that is increasingly unfriendly to the poor, workers unions will adopt maf...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's stopping new ISP's from popping up and competing with the monopolies some ISP companies have within major cities? Why isnt there more competition? Spawned from the Japan internet article posted on TIL (I think it was TIL, maybe it was politics)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Extremely hig...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Killing animals for pleasure is wrong Hi all! I've recently been thinking a lot about the subject of ethics and how they apply to the treatment of animals in the modern day and age (especially in the food/meat/dairy industry, obviously). I've come to the conclusion that I could get rid of animal ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do animals let us domesticate them? / Why can't we domesticate some animals?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You should read Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. He talks a lot about why certain animals and plants were domesticated and why others weren't. As far as animals that won't let...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There isn't a compelling reason to bid on an eBay Auction before the closing hours/minutes. So, I am not a particularly active user of eBay, but I don't see the reason to bid on a traditional ebay auction well before the closing time. For example, if there is something I want to buy on eBay, rath...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does caffeine stop working on the brain/not make people feel awake anymore after adaption but still trigger physical side effects like shaky hands?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Caffeine works by blocking the detectors that your brain uses to figure out if you are tired. If they get block ...
<|im_start|>user [DC] How much training do I need to be Batman? Ignoring how much money he has, and the occasional "beyond normal human ability " feat he performs, how much training would 1 person need to go through to achieve the level of skill Batman is able to perform at? Edit: I meant in terms of hours of learn...
<|im_start|>user CMV: 2A advocates have no incentive to compromise with those who want gun control. By "2A advocates" I mean people who think guns should generally be available to citizens for self-defense, home defense, and as a means to ensure self-government. People who only want guns for hunting, plinking, and/or t...
<|im_start|>user Can we make small, lab-sized, analyzable nuclear explosions?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Depends on the size of the lab? But for a "classical" nuclear explosion to occour you need a "critical mass". This the minimum mass of nuclear material that can go critical (explode). Assuming you're not usin...
<|im_start|>user Why do some fruits grow in 'slices'? For example, the clementine or the orange, they come in slices that each have a sort of skin separating them from other slices. Why do these and many other fruits grow like this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Fruits develop from the female part of a flower called ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: With all the anti-union rhetoric we hear in the US why are the police unions never targeted by politicians and interest groups.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant 1) Police unions tend to wield a lot of political power. There are something like 35,000 cops in New York city, which is high for most m...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] How does the Federation base time? Surely not all planets have a 24 hour rotation.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They tend to use local time for planet-based assignments. Unless a planet has a radically different schedule, like night lasting a month, people adapt. Most planets seem to h...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Wireless charging. No really, Explain like I'm a young child.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Two very simple ideas govern the whole thing: 1. When an electric current passes through a wire, it creates a magnetic field around it. 2. When a wire is passed through a magnetic field, it induces an...
<|im_start|>user Why is the mortality rate of liver cancer so high in spite of the liver having such a great regenerative potential? Edit: Even if detected early, cancer has a high mortality rate, which I find especially unintuitive. My thought was that, if detected before metastases form, the tumor could be removed wi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can you sometimes not recall information in your brain that is there? For example, I forget the name of a song but then later remember it. The information was always there. Why couldn't my brain retrieve it? And why do stimuli "jog" these memories, making them able to be remembered?<|im_end|>...
<|im_start|>user How do countries with more than one official language write their laws? I'll use Canada as an example. When they translate a law from English to French, does it ever lose its intent or true meaning? Who does the translating?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They have the law in both languages. There are...
<|im_start|>user Do sea creatures (dolphins, fish, whales) see as well outside water as in it? And what about, for instance, baluga whales in tanks that can see people through the glass. How well are they seeing them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The reason we don't see well in water is because it has a different re...
<|im_start|>user Why do some mints make water 'taste' colder?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You have cells with enzymes that act as receptors to signal warmth and cold. The molecule menthol, which gives mint its taste, activates your cold receptors and gives a 'cold' sensation. Capsaicin, the molecule that gives chil...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are we more creative when trying to solve other's problems? others*<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Two main reasons: First, you have no personal stakes in the consequences so you're less likely to write off an option because of the potential negatives. For example, if you hear someone compl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 What causes traffic and what can the average person do to help prevent it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Traffic is largely caused by an overload of cars in the road system (most road systems in urban areas aren't built to handle the amount of traffic they actually have), but there is a lot the ...
<|im_start|>user If you were a minimum-skill worker and the only thing that mattered to you was the bottom line of your bank account, which country would you go to (if you could)? submitted<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Just to muddle things a bit further, aside from comparing wages to purchasing power parity and cos...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some foods taste better hot?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Things like texture and aroma play a large part in what we consider the “taste” of food. Heat changes the texture of many foods— for example, take a fatty food like a cut of steak or a piece of fried chicken. when the food is h...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does seeing a therapist actually help someone who is having a hard time coping with a situation?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Yes, *if* you believe therapy is helpful, *and* the techniques you're given work on you and you've never tried them before. A lot of therapy is being able to talk ...
<|im_start|>user Why is Alan Watts so often considered not to be an actual philosopher? and if he isn't a philosopher, how would you describe who he is and what he does?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Some people hold that to be a philosopher now means submitting one's self to the larger scholarly community and its em...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] What are some legitimate reasons to turn off the safety protocols on the Holodeck? I mean, it seems like every couple of months something goes wrong on a Federation starship and somebody has to struggle to survive in an environment that is both lethally hostile and wholly illusory. A whole ...
<|im_start|>user [Dead Space] How are the first Necromorphs created? The marker gets people to kill each other to make bodies to be converted, but how is the first Necromorph made with nothing to infect/create it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The markers emit guided electromagnetic pulses which subtly alter the gene...
<|im_start|>user Why do we use the Hardy Weinberg equilibrium if it never in fact occurs in nature? If mating is never random, mutations always occur, immigration and emigration is common and natural selection is always occurring why is Hardy Weinberg so important?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It provides a baseline...
<|im_start|>user Should I report my teacher for sharing anti-vax views during class? This is a community college alcohol and drug studies class in California. During class today, the teacher went on a rant about how she is refusing to get her kids vaccinated, that it shouldn’t be required and how it’s extremely dangero...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do pH indicators work? How do pH indicators, for example hydrogencarbonate indicator, work? What determines the colour they change to?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant PH is one measure of acidity based on hydrogen ion concentration in a solution. Some kinds of dye molecules gain a hydrogen i...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Apple Overprices Way Too Many Of Their Products And It Is Not Justified A topic that has been raging for quite a few years now, and the arguments I hear from the people defending Apple are quite weak, so I am now turning to the more Intellectual people of Reddit to see if anybody can change my min...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are Republican candidates so against Planned Parenthood? As the title suggests. Thank you.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Planned Parenthood is an organization of clinics offering primary care and sexual health services on a sliding scale cost (making them affordable to low-income population...
<|im_start|>user CMV: "Extra Time" on tests is a broken system which artificially hides weaker applicants on account of their conditions, while not getting at the core issue of ineffective testing. Firstly, to explain my biases I'm thinking about this primarily from the perspective of people who are studying things tha...
<|im_start|>user ELIF: Why is the frequency 18.9Hz called the Ghost Frequency?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Human hearing ranges from (about) 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz. If a sound wave falls outside of that range, you are not going to be able to hear it. However, that doesn't mean that you aren't able to perceive it in o...
<|im_start|>user Do you think high levels of immigration is good or bad for the economy and why? I was having a discussion with a few peers about it and would really like to know other's opinion.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For me it would depend on circumstances. Does the destination have a cheap worker shortage...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Different degrees in martial arts, what does it mean to be an 8th degree black belt?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In most of the modern martial arts that use a belt system (judo, karate, taekwondo, etc), a black belt signifies an advanced student - not yet an expert, but someone who has a good...
<|im_start|>user [Rick and Morty] Why isn't there more automation at the Citadel?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because when you have someone doing the jobs, they have less time to think of how to get into your position. The jobs aren't even necessary at all, it's just to keep the people on the bottom at the bottom.<...
<|im_start|>user I believe that prayer does nothing to change the world. CMV Prayer as an act of reaching to a deity for help or comfort has no appreciable effect beyond what can be achieved by normal positive thinking. Praying to end world hunger or to get a job has no effect unless you or someone else makes the deci...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Cruel as it may seem, I do not see the point of handicapped parking spots. Based on what I have seen in my surroundings. I am actually willing to have my mind changed about this but hear me out first. Here's what I see in my neighborhood which has 6 handicapped spots. * They are almost always emp...
<|im_start|>user Would heavy water turned to ice still float on normal water I want to know deuterium in its solid form would still float like normal ice. Also would it freeze in the same way that normal water would? *Thanks for all the very complete answer!*<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For those reading, he's ref...
<|im_start|>user Why do solar panels use Silicon cells rather than a metal with a lower work function, such as Cesium/Caesium? Silicon has a work function of 4.05eV, whereas Cesium/Caesium which is 2.1eV. Surely solar panels made with one of the many other metals with a lower work function would produce a higher electr...
<|im_start|>user I'm curious about the reasoning and methodology behind the long string of numbers for versions and updates of professional apps Why does it always seem to be something like "v1.0.1.4.2.7," instead of just "version 26" or something like? What's the thought process behind that? How do they decide which n...