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<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is it that all these houses in the UK can hold back a river. Are all the doors completely watertight, and they have brick walls that let no water in at all? What is this sorcery?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Some houses, in some areas, where flooding has previously been a problem have adap...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] What's household technology like? What sort of household technology would a normal middle-class person have access to on a technologically advanced world like Coruscant during the late Republic or early Empire eras?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Well tech is basically uniform. Lower clas...
<|im_start|>user [Stargate SG-1] - In season 1 it's mentioned that it costs 7 billion per annum to run the Stargate program. How on earth (and other planets) does it costs so much?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It takes a small fortune to maintain an underground base with 28 floors filled with cutting edge equipment ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How country borders are determined? How are country borders decided to begin with and how are they enforced? What events decides/decided how large a country is/was?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A lot of factors come into play here - (1) Village/town/city boundaries can constitute the limits ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why the infrared thermometers have separate settings for 'body' and 'object'? when measuring my temp with 'object' settings I get around 2,5 degrees colder reading than with 'body' settings on. Why... What gives...<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Not all objects emit the infrared radiation in th...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Free trade is equality for the world. The people who oppose it is no different than the greedy 1%<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Free trade makes economic conditions all over the world converge. However, owners are the most likely to benefit the most from free trade since ownership is the most mo...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is a large number of the population that area easily mislead and cannot think and reason for themselves. This is the reason we need government regulation on things like employment, health, EPA, and SEC oversight. Whether you wish to believe it or not, I sincerely believe that there are a lar...
<|im_start|>user Does special relativity have any flaws? We know that the theory of general relativity has its shortcomings, but what about special relativity? Are there any circumstances under which special relativity falls short or fails altogether?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The special theory of relativity is,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What causes embarrassment?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant People hypothesize that it has been developed as a social tool to have people be more forgiving when you make a mistake around others. It shows instinctual, genuine remorse, so it shows true intentions, which in turn increases your group'...
<|im_start|>user Why can't you ever have truly monochromatic light?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. The wavelength of light is related to it's momentum, and quantum objects (such as light particles) cannot have their momentum defined with infinite precision. That's why a photon canno...
<|im_start|>user Why can people lift so much on a leg press? I know people that can leg press like 600 lbs but can only squat about a quarter of that. So I was wondering what the differences were? I was able to determine, using high school physics, that because the weight rests on the sled at about a 45° angle, only a...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Teachers should have a comparable salary to doctors I strongly believe that the two most important things we should supply to our society is health care and education. Health care to keep us alive, and education to give us a reason to live (poetically speaking). In other countries (Japan, Korea,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: All these articles talk about the housing shortages and rising rents. Explain to me where all these people lived before! No article reports on this side and I’m confused.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Typically you have people at various points in their housing lifecycle. Young people renting a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The science of saline - why can we drink pure water, but when we put water into our bodies in other ways, like an IV, must we add minerals to it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your blood has a salinity concentration of about 0.9%, this is why most IV fluids have a similar “salt” concentration. ...
<|im_start|>user Is it possible to use multiple satellites across space to speed up space communication? Reading about the Webb teleacope amd it sending info back at 25mb a sec, i was thinking abput if it were possible to put satellites throughout space as relays. Kinda like lighting the torches of Gondor. Would that a...
<|im_start|>user How do those 99c-and-free-shipping items make any profit for the seller? To clarify: I mean on eBay. These sellers tend to be Chinese and have very similar layout/designs as each other. As a five year old - how do the Chinese kids down the road sell their lemonade at a really low price while still ma...
<|im_start|>user How can concavity (cardinal property) of instantaneous utility imply preference for smooth consumption sequence? I know that concavity is a cardinal property since f(x) = x is concave, g(x) = x\^3 is increasing and g(f(x)) = x\^3 is convex. I also read (e.g., in Per Krussell's Real Macroeconomic Theor...
<|im_start|>user [Half-Life] What exactly does health measure? Actual health would presumable be too complex to measure linearly. What exactly does the health bar in the HL games measure?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Expected chances of survival projected across the next 15 minutes updated by the second based on inj...
<|im_start|>user If you're lost, is it better to look for your search party or wait? Assuming neither of you know the other's starting location or plan, what is the best strategy to be found as quickly as possible? Ignoring environmental conditions and survival necessities, speaking strictly mathematically, how can you...
<|im_start|>user CMV: A ban on Burqas for the reason of public safety is faulty and a human rights violation. I personally believe that the view that banning the burqa for the case of public safety is faulty simply because if we look at the latest attacks in Europe, we can find that non of the perpetrators is wearing a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 Why do some injuries hurt at the moment of impact while others hurt the day after? For example let's say you fall and you can't move for a a few seconds because your knee really hurts, peter griffin style, but the next day what really hurts is like your back or your shoulders. Why is the pain at t...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Shoes should come pre-dipped in a hydrophobic liquid So the main argument against this I am expecting is the argument of monetary incentive. \- It would cost money for a company to make their shoes longer-lasting (two opposing forces since people would buy fewer shoes) However, I would be willin...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does a nearby lightning strike make the power flicker?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Electromagnetism is one of the forces of nature that acts at a distance. Gravity is another example. Just like two magnetic north poles will repel each other, electrons repel one another, push against each...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What does it actually mean when a state “declares a state of emergency”? I hear that phrase all the time. Most recently, governor McMaster of South Carolina declared a state of emergency in anticipation of hurricane Michael. I’m just wondering, what does that actually do? Simply raise awareness o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are we able to have a voice in our head? For instance I’m able to say “I need to go to the store” but it “sounds” like my voice in my head. Or I can think I bet she would say “blah blah blah” and it’s in her voice. How are we able to have a voice in our head that “talks”?<|im_end|> <|im_start...
<|im_start|>user What type of Math is used in Computer Science? Can someone tell me if the math in Computer Science is hard? I’m currently learning Calculus 1 and 2 in school and I feel like I’m understanding them very well. I read online that calculus 1,2,3 and 4 are used in computer science and that, in general, the ...
<|im_start|>user Are people who "talk" with Jesus or God considered schizophrenic? Why are people who "talk" to Thor or Zeus or Satan considered differently? Is it just because Jesus is more popular today?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The DSM consistently and specifically exempts religious beliefs. For example, from...
<|im_start|>user Is there a way to learn how to learn on your own? I'm interested in a few subjects. Over the years I've wanted to learn psychology, modernism, the history of world war 2, programing. With programing the path is easy, you can easily find a road map, regardless of whether you can keep going or not at l...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Public-key cryptography How does the public-private key system work? Why does it work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant ELI5 example how public-key cryptography works: Imagine persons A and B want to transfer secret message but they can only send packages to each other in mail which is unsecure. ...
<|im_start|>user [Black Panther] How can simply having access to a single metal (Vibranium) lead to such a wide range of unrelated technologies in such a short time? (computers, cloaking, medicine, weaponry) I mean, computers, cloaking, construction, medicine, flight, levitation, weaponry etc. are all pretty different ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does cannibalism have such negative health symptoms? Meat is meat, right?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Meat is meat, but different meats carry different diseases. When you eat a person, you are eating all the things that can thrive in a human host. One of the most famous diseases asso...
<|im_start|>user Why didn't the Europeans acquire new diseases when they explored the Americas? Disease was one of the biggest causes of death for most of the Native Americans, so why didn't the Europeans encounter diseases that they could have carried back to Europe and caused another epidemic.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>a...
<|im_start|>user Why is Aristotle often considered a more important philosopher than Plato? Kant as well? The general consensus among philosophers is that Aristotle, Plato, and Kant are the three most important philosophers in the history of the western tradition. I don't dispute that consensus, but I'm curious about w...
<|im_start|>user Would it be possible to view the Pillars of Creation with our naked eye? I was reading this askreddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2skk1s/what_fact_about_the_universe_blows_your_mind_the/ It got me thinking. The Pillars of Creation (or any other supermassive, on the order of ligh...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Diversity is not an intrinsic good and pluralism is not desirable. So yeah, diversity is neutral. All it means is variation, right? To say that there is diversity is only to say there is variation. Be it in skin colour, religious belief, cultural practices, rites of passage, philosophical schoo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 - Why if I own stock in a company and am literally a partial owner of that company I don't have a right to access all financial information of that company. Seems to me that I should be able to know everything about a company I co-own...<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Under SEC guidelines, all pu...
<|im_start|>user CMV: taxes should be higher on the rich and low on the poor I hold a left position on taxes and economics in general because I think that the rich, those with millions in income a year should pay more for social programs and infrastructure. Poor people on the other hand sometimes because of circumstanc...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I see no real benefit from Marriage that I cannot get another way. I am trying to decide if marriage is right for me and my partner. I will explain our situation as I believe there are benefits for marriage in other relationships. I will state a few benefits I have read online and counter them. Pl...
<|im_start|>user eli5, What are hedge funds ? I ve started learning about the market but I dont know what hedge funds are. Please explain<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If you're good at investing or trading securities, you essentially have 4 options: 1. You trade for yourself and do whatever you want. It's your m...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Parents shouldn't force their children to join their religion without asking them. I always little babies whose parents force them to join a random religion, without asking them if they would ever want. And I think that this is wrong. I mean that everyone is allowed to join any religion they want,...
<|im_start|>user Is it possible to hold a job without acting in "bad faith"? Most of us spend 40 hours a week doing things we wouldn't ordinarily do, and saying things we wouldn't ordinarily say. Would Sartre say that we're acting in "bad faith", or does this concept refer to something more specific?<|im_end|> <|im_sta...
<|im_start|>user Are there any studies or evidence of current evolution of humans? I know species evolve over millions of years but is there any evidence that shows how humans evolved in the past couple thousand years?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a few classic examples thrown around. First, realize that e...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What makes some people "naturally" smarter than others?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are some basic building blocks to intelligence to appear to be genetically linked. Things like memory, spatial reasoning, and pattern recognition are abilities that allow you to understand new ideas, acr...
<|im_start|>user ELI5, how instinctive knowledge and behaviour is passed through genes, as opposed to learnt behaviour. Eg. A kitten is put into isolation from day one, yet still scuffs at the floor when pooping.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Brains develop, much like all organs, from the control of genes. During dev...
<|im_start|>user [General Superheroes] Are there any, or many, superheroes (apart from perhaps Professor X and other "pure mentalists") who don't tacitly have "super strength" among their powers? It seems like fucking everybody has the power to hurl people, if not cars, all over the place. Wolverine's power is his adv...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is the production of iron atoms a sign that a star is dying? If I’m not mistaken, most elements were forged in the cores of stars at the beginning of the universe. Supposedly, when a star starts making iron atoms, that means it’s dying. Why is that?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A star is b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it negative to hold students back in school? Children develop at different rates, so what does it matter if a student wasn't ready for, say, fourth grade? Why is this stigmatized? This may snowball into a 'philosiphy of education' thread, but that's okay. Education is arguably one of the...
<|im_start|>user I want to publish work unrelated to my dissertation. Should my PI's name go on it? I'm a PhD student working on my dissertation in my PI's group. I've done some work on the side that is barely related to my dissertation and my PI isn't even aware of it. If I try to publish it, does my PI's name need to...
<|im_start|>user I am not wholly convinced that conserving certain species is worth the effort, CMV. Firstly, let me say I am not advocating disregard or disrespect of the environment, I think it's important to protect areas of biodiversity. I think it makes sense to conserve habitats and the ecosystems within them. H...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How come things like washing machines and cars always stay at high prices, meanwhile things like radios and TVs get cheaper and cheaper? Never understood why washing machines , cars and cookers always stay expensive whilst other things get cheaper as they get easier to make?<|im_end|> <|im_start|...
<|im_start|>user What is going to be the next big thing in Sociology? What I mean is this, what do you think is the next stage in the evolution of the field? Are there any issues are at the edges of the field right now that you see becoming important to the field as a whole in the near future? What areas of research ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how does the Olympic gymnastics scoring system work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Gymnast decides on a routine and submits it to the A panel. The A panel scores the routine with a set of rules. Every legal move has a difficulty class and is assigned a specific point value. A routine may i...
<|im_start|>user Can we tell that dinosaurs were cold blooded based of bones and fossils or is that just the popular theory?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One of the things scientists look at is rate of growth which they can see from patterns in the bone. Cold blooded animals have limited growth rates - essentially t...
<|im_start|>user What is the difference between blood types and why do our bodies only accept the correct type?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Biologically, ABO blood types are just seen as different combinations of sugars attached to some of the proteins within red blood cell membranes. The reason mismatching is prob...
<|im_start|>user eli5 How does laser cooling work<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Things to know/remember beforehand: * Temperature is the random motion/bouncing around of molecules and atoms * Light gets absorbed by atoms when the particles of light (photons) matches very specific kinetic energies that depend on the...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter] ELI5: How does sacrificial protection(i.e. Harry gaining"blood protection" from Lily's sacrifice) work and is it consistent throughout the series? Okay I've seen people try to explain this but it almost always seems convoluted and makes me think that it's not consistent and people are tr...
<|im_start|>user [Prometheus] How could the Engineers have created humanity while the fossil record of humans and their ancestors is well-documented and shows a clear line of human speciation from other primates? Basically, when the Engineer sacrifices himself to create humanity, wtf is going on in that sequence? Was i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Do honey products help or harm bees? I've heard about bees being endangered and it being dangerous to our ecosystem. Some honey products (ex: the young girl's honey lemonade business featured on Shark Tank recently) advocate for saving the bees. Does purchasing honey help this issue or are we dra...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 how’s does my brain recognise “fake” computer graphics which are intentionally designed to not fall within the “uncanny valley?” I’m watching a movie action scene which I know is unreal yet it’s perfectly “real” at the same time?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Generally the difference is light. I...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] Instead of the various Alpha Quadrant powers always fighting over colony planets in far-off star systems, why don't they use their amazing technology to terraform new planets much closer to home for habitation?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Terraforming is a lengthy process. We actually d...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly happens to muscles when you massage them and why is it good for them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Massaging reduces the production of compounds called cytokines, which play a major role in inflammation. Also, it stimulates mitochondria which helps convert glucose into energy used...
<|im_start|>user eli5: Why do most racing vehicles (F1, IMSA etc) lose control immediately the second they touch grass where a 'passenger' car would retain some control?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A normal tyre is made to handle all kinds of surfaces. Race tyres, especially slicks, are only made for race track...
<|im_start|>user Does Justice Exist? My friend and I are engaged in an argument on whether justice actually exists or not, and I naturally gravitated to the more skeptical view that justice doesn't exist. So far, I've discussed deconstructionism and variance (across history and time), but does anyone have any other in...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is no Reason to Care about my "Roots" or "Heritage" most who say they are, are lying. Whenever people ask me about my heritage and family culture, my answer is usually something along the lines of "I'm not really sure." They usually respond with, "don't you care about your roots?" and I can'...
<|im_start|>user What is the philosophical basis for respect of human corpses? Or is it just cultural? Is there anything philosophically/ethically wrong with desecrating a human body? It feels intuitive that there is, but I am having trouble identifying if the basis and have been unsuccessful in finding one.<|im_end|>...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How come when you do nothing all day you're more tired than when you're productive?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Hormones, or signals for your body, require a stimulus to be activated. The stimulus could be stress, fear, arousal, pain, motion, etc. When you sit around and do nothing, your bod...
<|im_start|>user I believe that college students should only be required to study courses relative to their major. CMV College students in America are required to complete all courses in their major in addition to a number of general education requirements. For example, I am a biology major but I also have to take cour...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why water doesn’t make a good lubricant It’s just kind of counter intuitive to me. I would expect water to to make things slicker but instead it often seems to make them rougher to move/touch or seems to chafe your body<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant What makes a lubricant good is that the molec...
<|im_start|>user Teaching a stats course this term. Student who rarely attends has asked for detailed walk-through of class activities, beyond the guidelines I already provided. How to proceed? I'm running a statistics course for the first time. The lecture and tutorial slide include very basic information on the theor...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do trees get rings that can tell us their age? How are the rings formed? Also, can you calculate a tree's age by measuring the outside of it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Trees grow from the center outward and different factors change the look of what grows. Lighter wood correlates to spri...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does AI (Bots) work in video games?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant AI in games has to have a couple things first; you have to have a designed goal for the AI to do first, and allow it access to stuff to achieve that goal. In a video game this might turn out to be something like a standard f...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The differences between acetaminophen, ibuprofen, &amp; aspirin? I know that aspirin helps blood clot, ibuprofen is a muscle relaxer, &amp; acetaminophen is an NSAID. Yet all are recommended for (&amp; provide relief for) headaches. This overlap I don't understand, what do these medicines have in...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How come flies and other bugs can so easily get into my house through a small crack in the window but then freak the fuck out and aimlessly fly at the glass trying to get out?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Flies and other insects are attracted to the carbon dioxide your body gives off, along wi...
<|im_start|>user What makes a circular paper airplane fly so well? Like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Yehe2dbyQ<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Stability. 1. Circles are very hard to deform compared to other shapes. This means the "wing" will not flutter or collapse, which is the main problem when workin...
<|im_start|>user [Superman] why doesnt superman just go inside a giant star and overcharge himself to the point of godhood? wouldnt that be more beneficial to helping ppl?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant &gt;wouldnt that be more beneficial to helping ppl? Not really- He doesn't need more power. He's good for that- if...
<|im_start|>user Is it less difficult to become a professor at a smaller, less research oriented university? I went to a small (2000 people) school for undergrad. We didn’t offer PhDs and while some professors did research, many seemed to solely teach. The environment was much different than the research-focused state ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I think once you become a "grown-up" and have family, you become depressed. My mom and dad don't really live what would be considered a "happy" life. My dad has anger issues, hates his job (got laid off 7+ times) and is constantly stressed out. My mom told me today, "I think people tend not to lik...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 How come you can look up at a height and it not seem so high, but looking down from that same point the drop seems a lot further. Like if you’re looking at a point that is just above your head it doesn’t seem that high up off the ground. But if you were to jump from that height to the ground, the ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: the feeling "I'm wasting my life" is more dependent on selection bias than any life decisions Sometimes I watch movies or listen to music or even meet people and think 'I'm not alive like they are alive. I'm stuck in some grey humdrum cubical of existence while they are out there experiencing wha...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If programs are lines of codes, how do we see images? Especially in gaming where there are so much interactive objects on screen.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Are you thinking that if you looked really closely at your screen, like with a microscope, you would see the code, and that somehow it ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is Borderline Personality Disorder? Friend I grew up with was just diagnosed with BPD. What is it? Is that why he never got along with his family?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It is a mental health diagnosis that does impact people's ability to maintain close and long term relationships...
<|im_start|>user Does Einstein's theory of relativity connect electric and magnetic fields?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Yes; namely under changes of inertial frames in relativity (Lorentz transformations) E and B fields mix into eachother. Super minimal example to show this: static charge, there's only an E field....
<|im_start|>user How do large scale shops/malls supply WiFi on such a big scale? How do shopping malls and big supermarkets supply a (considering it’s size) stable WiFi connection across such a large area? Sent using a shopping centres WiFi with a solid 20mb download.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This could be a ver...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are rural and urban cultures so different? One specific example: I recently asked my dad who lives in rural Australia if people in his community/town are homophobic, and he replied in a "D'uhh"-ish tone: "YES!!!"<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Density and variety. You're squeezed into a much...
<|im_start|>user I believe that space travel should not be one of the priorities of mankind. CMV I think that space travel is an interesting concept, and I don't argue against learning more about outer space, however when I hear people complain about NASA's budget I just don't see what all the fuss is about. I mean, wh...
<|im_start|>user How likely are we really to contract a virus or disease by drinking from the same cup? Given two scenarios: Your average US resident, sharing a drink from the same a cup of alcohol and also a cup of water (since I assume there would be less contamination in alcohol). Your third world country resident...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The difference between mass and weight Edit: Thanks for the answers, everyone!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your mass is a given quantity regardless of where you are. Its how much "stuff" you are made of. Weight is how gravity acts on your mass so you weigh less on the moon because there is le...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Religion as a whole does not need to be abolished. **Disclaimer:** I'm an atheist. With that out of the way, let me explain my view. [Many people on CMV](https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/wiki/general#wiki_against_religion) have expressed views that religion is harmful to society and has stop...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is gargling salt water known to help with sore throats, but eating chips doesn't? If the salt in salt water can aide the sore throat, why wouldn't the salt in chips, french fries, or any other salty food also be a suggestion to help?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's a phenomenon called...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: what is Keynsian economics?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In classical economics it’s all about supply and demand. If supply is higher then prices go down. If demand is higher then prices go up. Keynes added the actions of a central government to the model, allowing management of overall deman...
<|im_start|>user Why do quarks have "charges," and how does this work? I know that protons have a +1 charge because of their constituent quarks (+2/3, +2/3, -1/3), but I was curious as to what forces cause quarks to have these fractional charges and how it works.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Rather than forces creat...
<|im_start|>user How did we create precision-engineered components without a precision-engineered machine to make them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Patience and Polishing. Basically how you create anything with precision. Rough cut. Smooth cut. Smoother cut. Coarse polish. Fine polish. Super fine polish. You just...
<|im_start|>user Why do diabetes patients sometimes need their limbs amputated? Pretty much self explanatory. What happens to their limbs that causes them to be totally unsalvageable?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Diabetes causes high levels of glucose in the blood, which can damage just about any organ in the body. ...
<|im_start|>user How exactly does nothing (or almost nothing) react with glassware? I've been watching CodysLab and HTME on YouTube and seeing them put all those incredible reactive and dangerous into glass started wondering why/how it works? Are there other things that are as resistive to chemicals as glass is?<|im_e...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What can a "good lawyer" do that a normal lawyer can't? You hear of big businesses getting their way in court when they otherwise wouldn't because they have "good lawyers". Same with convicted criminals; a convicted man can receive a lesser sentence because he has a "good lawyer". I don't underst...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Since I live in a country, state, and city with modern waste water treatment facilities, how is running water while shaving, brushing teeth, showering, ect. wasting water? Isn't water reclaimed, treated and reused? Since it is not destroyed (by changing states) can it truly be wasted?<|im_end|> <...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I believe that trigger warnings are unhealthy, and institutions shouldn't tailor their content around them Edit: I evidently haven't thought this through very much, and my argument is criticising the wrong group of people. I think the bulk of my argument is a knee-jerk reaction to Tumblr-folk who ...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: How does a battery company produce say a double A battery that's better or worse than a competitor if it's the same thing? Do generic products just like add less juice and more popular ones add more or something?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Firstly there are several different chemistries that...
<|im_start|>user CMV:All drugs should be legalised Drugs are supposedly illegal because they are harmful and can cause damage to the user and people around them. How is this reasoning justified when alcohol, tobacco, obesity, motorbikes, skydiving, going into a tiger enclosure and many more are all legal. All of them...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: Why does meat from different animals taste so different? If it’s all muscle shouldn’t it be pretty similar? I can reason through cow and fish tasting different but not cow and pig.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Diet, environment, DNA and activity level will have an enormous impact on the taste ...