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<|im_start|>user What is energy? All of matter is just energy, we look at it closer and closer, and we get to something like quantum foam or the vacuum energy. Isn't this just a measurement of energy? It doesn't really tell us what energy is. So what exactly is energy?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is a Big Qu...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Access to Safe Abortion Services is a Human Right My view is that absolute and unrestricted access to safe abortion services is a human right. This view includes access to comprehensive reproductive health services and access to preventative birth control methods. Any restrictions, limitations, st...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can you buy glasses for Long-sightedness off a shop isle but not glasses for short-sightedness? Why is it that you always need a prescription for short-sightedness but can walk into any pharmacy or supermarket and buy glasses with Positive power?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The glasses yo...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I am afraid that being politically active might harm my future I live right near DC. It's only a 30 minute drive and I'm always free to go any weekend. For some reason, I have this pathetic fear that being politically active might bite me in the arse someday. Like I'll somehow distance myself from...
<|im_start|>user I believe that men shouldn't get as much of a say as women in regards to abortion. CMV I'm pro-choice and believe that the choice to get an abortion is highly personal and that it's not fair to tell strangers what to do with their bodies. That said, I don't believe that men have the right to tell a wo...
<|im_start|>user If I jumped on the moon with the same force as I use when I jump on Earth, would I hit the ground just as hard? I'm not jumping off of anything, just up and back down on level ground.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Ignoring air resistance and gravity effects while you are actively jumping: Your initi...
<|im_start|>user Why is most of the gold in the world found in Africa?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant By total amount of gold mine reserves, North America comes out on top with about 30% of known gold mine reserves by weight. Africa has only 22%. The US and Canada combined have more gold than all of Africa. So the pre...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What can someone do with your IP address? How does it work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The most common and easiest thing they can get is information about your physical location (city, state, ZIP code), which they can use in some cases to get even more information about you, especially if yo...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] Even using Warp-speed, there are limits to how fast starships can travel, but they have no problems communicating at huge ranges. Why? So throughout Star Trek ships and stations frequently communicate with places that are weeks or months travel away instantaneously. Why is there no lag tim...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How come cows get protein and fats from only eating grass, and lions get vitamins and minerals from only eating flesh? What is so diffeent about their metabolism?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cows have special bacteria growing in their gut in order for them to be able to digest cellulose - the ...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek DS9] Garak's mannerisms and way to speak seems to differ from other Cardassians. Is he considered to be the equivalent of stereotypically gay/flamboyant by Cardassian standards?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Garak suggests that folks like him tend to tailor their outward personas to match ...
<|im_start|>user "Unemployment alone explains 80% of the variation in Dutch suicide rates between 1960 and 2015" Is this a meaningful number? How do we determine causation? I got the number from page 21 of this report: http://www.dyingforchoice.com/docs/TheTenDeadlySinsOfJonesPatonAndKheriaty2017.pdf &gt;Trends in Dut...
<|im_start|>user (Star Wars) What changes did Luke Skywalker implement to the Jedi doctrine when refounding the order? For example: According to legends, his Jedi were able to marry. Luke Skywalker himself was even said to have married Mara Jade, a turned assassin who became a Jedi herself. How did Luke justify these ...
<|im_start|>user If deep water is colder than surface water, then why does the water at the bottom of a lake not freeze before the surface water?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A few key things to keep in mind: - Nearly all heat transfer to/from a lake occurs at the surface - It takes increasingly more energy...
<|im_start|>user Throw a rock into a lake of an unknown liquid. How much can you learn about what the liquid is, just by measuring the way the lake reacts? Assuming you know the weight and speed of the rock. Can you figure out anything about what the lake is composed of? or are do you have to actually measure the liqui...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The Concept of Men Having To Be the Pursuer In Relationships Is A Stupid Idea Meant to Control People Its forces men and women to form life and morals around a societal idea that is designed to force people into roles. If you want to be approached by anyone, you've got to play this Alpha Male Danc...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why taste is subjective even though the structure of our taste buds and biology is generally similar or the same. I understand that we can link positive memories etc and other sensory inputs with certain tastes and so on, but why does something literally taste good to some people and not to other...
<|im_start|>user Why aren't bacterial pandemics as common as viral epidemics? It seems as though any modern epidemics or pandemics with importance are caused by viruses (like the Swine Flu, the Spanish Flu, HIV/AIDS, COVID), but the only bacterial epidemic I can think of is the Bubonic plague. Is there any reason for ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a symphonic orchestra work? Is there a standard set of instruments or does it vary? How is the amount of each instrument determined? What is the reasoning behind how every group of instruments is positioned? Can each musician hear the sound of their own instrument? Isn't it crazy lo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's the difference between a hotel, motel, resort and inn?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They are general categories that hopefully convey what one can expect from the establishment. A hotel would have full features, including indoor hallways, room service, laundary, and maid service (to na...
<|im_start|>user How does one actually make an API? Hi everyone! To clarify, I know what an API is. I use APIs. And maybe this is a super obvious question (because I can't find an answer on Google for this, only what an API is), but I for the life of me can't figure out how one would actually make an API. For examp...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What exactly is radiation? Is radiation comprised of particles? We all know radiation is "bad," but I'm not sure what it actually does to make it so bad. Thanks!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Radiation is energy that comes from a source and travels through some material or through space. Light, ...
<|im_start|>user Based on the Voyager probe trajectories, is it possible to calculate where they will end up thousands or millions of years in the future?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Their trajectories out a few tens of thousand years are known, since they will remain in the Sun's gravitational sphere of influence ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is world population calculated? And how accurate is the number? Is it possible that the number can be entirely wrong?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In general, information about the world population is aggregated from information about each country's population. From there, each country us...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: For example, we have a bottle filled with water to the point when there’s no space left in that bottle, is the water still moving as we shake the bottle?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mechanical engineering PhD here with significant study in fluid mechanics. Yes the fluid will move around int...
<|im_start|>user How to deal with detailed student emails that is partly outside the scope of the topic? I am teaching a topic that's mostly within my area but I do not know everything about it by heart. I cover the textbook, give extra readings I am familiar with and mark their assignments with enough feedback. Late...
<|im_start|>user What's the point of imaginary numbers? I understand on a basic level how they work, but why bother having them in the first place?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First, I'd like to make a point about the rather bothersome terminology: Imaginary or complex numbers are no less "real" or more abstract th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are there starving people in third world countries? I'm not trying to be insensitive or anything, I'm just completely oblivious to the socio-economic situation in third world countries. But why are there starving people in third world countries? Can they not grow food? Is the soil not firtile...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are faces the biggest factor in attractiveness? Is this consistent through cultures? through time? faces are the most important part of initial attraction, at least in the developed world. What does the face convey that drives sexual selection to favor facial features even more than muscle ma...
<|im_start|>user CMV: All classified govt material should be unclassified after 100 years I believe that transparency is a hugely important thing for the govt of a civil society. One of the things that protects bad actors is the ability to hide their misdeeds from the public. Different justifications are used - most al...
<|im_start|>user [Final Fantasy VIII] Why is Esthar so much more technologically advanced than the rest of the world?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Different cultures progress at different rates. Asking why they are so much more advanced is like asking why we (the West) are so much more advanced than central African ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can we discover planets that are so far away? I always wondered how can we find those planets that are light years from Earth.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Usually exoplanets are discovered by looking for a characteristic wobble of stars in a telescope. Because gravity from planets will a...
<|im_start|>user Reading about Philosophy making me anxious, confused and depressed? I took a philosophy class in college and it captured my interest. Started from reading Kant to Spinoza and then to Leibniz. After reading their views on reality, it just started messing with my head. According to Leibniz, it is a pre-h...
<|im_start|>user why is Hilbert space useful in quantum mechanics? I believe I understand the mathematics of Hilbert spaces, but don't understand how their properties are useful for quantum mechanics in a visual sense. What is it about the dot product that applies to, say, probability amplitudes? I'm trying to understa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If Homosapiens survived the last mass extinction how is there almost 8 billions Humans now? Are we all related? Is every human related in some way?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Every human IS related to some extent. That extent tends to be very, very far back. Mitochondrial Eve (the most recen...
<|im_start|>user [ELI5] Why do the fret spaces get smaller as you go down the neck of a guitar My high school physics professor asked me this and I just randomly remembered. I don't think she ever told me why.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To go up one octave requires doubling the pitch, which in turn means dividing ...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter] - Are the spoken incantations universal or do all countries and languages have their own versions of the same spells, said with different words? I'm thinking about Ron and Hermonie's exchange with regards to the spell; "Wingardium Leviosa". During that scene (and in the book) Hermonie i...
<|im_start|>user Would proving the existence of dark matter change the way we view the world or affect our physics equations?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Whatever dark matter turns out to be, it will likely have some interaction with regular matter, or some process that leads to its production. That interaction wil...
<|im_start|>user Grad Student struggling to understand the usefullness of a citation manager (i.e. Zotero) vs. Google Sheets I've been recommended Zotero many times, and have read posts on this subreddit as well as countless others praising citation management softward. However, I'm struggling to understand the utility...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do blind people often seem to have eye discoloration. I've noticed that they eyes of the blind are often white, or (for lack of a better word) strange in general. Why is this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It all depends on what's causing the blindness. If they're eyes are whitish, it's typ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Please explain the benefits and purpose of a union to me. Dear Reddit, I understand that this could be a volatile ELI5, since unions and the NMB are kind of a polarizing topic. A little background about myself and the reason I am requesting this ELI5. I am a current employee of one of the l...
<|im_start|>user Is the universe fundamentally incomprehensible for human minds? How could we know if so? So this is something I've wondered for a while, but have never really looked much into, so I'm not sure whether it counts as science vs philosophy, or if it's even a question which deserves much thinking/writing at...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does inbreeding produce genetically inferior organisms? A couple of follow-ups: In terms of dogs--if you have a German Shepard from one family of dogs and a German Shepard from another family of dogs, would it still be considered inbreeding if they mated? Are the mutts/crossbreeds o...
<|im_start|>user If I was an organism in a 2D world, would there be any experiment I could conduct, in order to prove whether there is a third dimension or not? I was just watching a documentary about space time and the fourth dimension. They said, that we cannot sense the 4th dimension, but it still exists. That's whe...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I think that everyone should use Adblock and if that puts companies out of business, good. And by companies, I don't mean websites and such, I mean the advertising services. As far as I know, Adblock doesn't block non-obtrusive ads and particularly doesn't have the capability of blocking actual pr...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are things like drug tests and polygraphs not violations of the 5th Amendment?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The supreme court has also ruled that compelling urine tests from employees qualified as a "search" and thus the 4th amendment applied. *Treasury Employees v. Von Raab, 489 U.S. 656 ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: With the exception of a "I just don't like the taste of meat" argument, it is impossible to justify a non-vegan vegetarian lifestyle. First of all, everyone is afforded their food-taste preferences. So, people who have no ethical/health qualms about eating animal products, but simply do not enjoy ...
<|im_start|>user How does the cosmic microwave background persist? Why hasn't it been distorted and destroyed by new sources of energy pumping into space?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The universe is largely transparent. Sure, some parts of the radiation have been absorbed, and there is a bit of new emission at this...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Corporations should be forced to pay higher minimum wage than small businesses 1. They can afford to do so as they benefit from economies of scale, automation and even lobbying. 2. This would give more money to the people while preventing bankruptcy of small businesses. 3. Inflation would be con...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is black light and how do we artificially produce it? I thought the colour black was absence of light, how can we produce a lamp which shines black light?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Black light is light of a color that is outside of our visible color range (usually ultraviolet). We prod...
<|im_start|>user I believe that a person's natural intelligence defines only their minimum potential and that intelligence can be attained through hard work. CMV. The general consensus on this website seems to be that a person's intelligence can be likened to the RAM of a computer, representing the raw processing power...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Preloading Okay. So a game is preloaded onto my system. How does the manufacturer ensure i cant play it before hand? How does the preloading work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Generally using a combination of two methods: 1. They download all of the game's assets (3D models, textures, videos,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it such a huge deal that scientists have taken a picture of molecular bonds? [See this imgur thread](http://imgur.com/gallery/c55TpKl). I'm aware that it's never been done before, but why is this ***so exciting*** to so many scientists/science fans? where does this ability lead us in pract...
<|im_start|>user Does having a CS degree mean nothing for a frontend developer? I am currently a CS student and will graduate soon. I realized that I am indeed interested in frontend developing rather than being a backend developer. I know having a CS degree must not hurt me, but does it mean nothing if I decided to w...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Paying a copay instead of full deductible. eiyeRqCSABCzO4BIBUoVxrYQiGJqZ02l6rLSEiFbS9Cjxdse1NiKocJM7nyrqteiyeRqCSABCzO4BIBUoVxrYQiGJqZ02l6rLSEiFbS9Cjxdse1NiKocJM7nyrqteiyeRqCSABCzO4BIBUoVxrYQiGJqZ02l6rLSEiFbS9Cjxdse1NiKocJM7nyrqteiyeRqCSABCzO4BIBUoVxrYQiGJqZ02l6rLSEiFbS9Cjxdse1NiKocJM7nyrqteiyeRqC...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: the problem with Monsanto and its rise to becoming such a prominent monopoly.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Farmers like to plant crops year after year and like to fight off the insects that attack their crops. Crops normally produce seeds that can be used to grow crops next year. Monsanto ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does diabetes increase your risk of just about everything?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because it affects your blood flow, and proper blood flow is the key to maintaining your health aagainst viruses/infections and healing injuries. When your blood sugar becomes high, it is much harder fo...
<|im_start|>user What is the difference between an accent and a dialect?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant On a surface level, an accent is purely differences in pronunciation, while a dialect includes differences in grammar and vocabulary. In practice, much like the definition of species, the differences between accen...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the purpose of the tiny little hole on airplane windows? What is the point of [this](http://i.imgur.com/EP3WSBq.jpg) hole in the planes' windows? I am aware that this does not actually go through to the outside of the plane...<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Pressurized commercial aircraf...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why are semi truck engines diesel, while passenger cars' are gasoline? Why are there no gasoline big rigs?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Diesel engines are also a lot more tolerant of extreme conditions such as running non-stop and idling for extended amounts of time. Gasoline engines tend to o...
<|im_start|>user [Star wars] Why doesn't the Empire force Kamino to make clones for them for free? The war against the separatists ended, Palpatine saw the clones are good troops, able to hold their own against pre66 Jedis, and are able to be easily commanded by batch orders, the only problem seems to be that they are ...
<|im_start|>user Question about a professor withholding an exam I have a question regarding my professor and how I should approach talking to the dean. My professor has demonstrated favoritism and also violated FERPA. He won't let us students look at our exam without saying "I was lenient so if you want to go over you...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why small businesses are considered "good" I always hear about small businesses on the news and whatnot and they always say how we should put money into small businesses and support them. I've heard various reasons why they are good/important but I'd like a concise answer.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>a...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: How can a plants roots survive in a cup of water (root cuttings, propagation), when the same plant planted in soil can be drown if you over water it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Overwatering your plants kill them (mainly) for two reasons: lack of oxygen and/or root rot. It's also important to...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] Why do most Federation ships have a neck? The Star Trek Federation ship has an iconic look. A saucer, a long thin neck, a core, and two huge engines. I am not a professional engineer, but the neck connecting the saucer to the core seems like it would be a structural weak point. Especially w...
<|im_start|>user Why don’t vaccines carry over genetically? Just curious with everything going on why vaccines don’t essentially pass down to our children genetically if we’ve been immunised. Is it purely because we didn’t genetically start with that or purely down to the synthetic (well atleast not made naturally by t...
<|im_start|>user [MCU/Age of Ultron] Tony Stark mentions how Ultron keeps taking to the human form despite its inefficiency; if not a reference to something, what IS an efficient physical form for an A.I. to take?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Whatever optimizes the form of locomotion relative to the mass and can als...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some near death experiences cause PTSD and some cause other people to live their best lives after.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Resiliency. There's the notion of "window of tolerance" in psychology. For someone with a large window of tolerance and good support, getting a ton of stress...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What constitutes a draw in chess? Why does it seem as though a draw happens when it looks like a normal game going on?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are several situations where a draw may occur, and while it may seem like a "normal" game is going on to the average person, a trained eye w...
<|im_start|>user How come there is such huge wealth inequality even in competitive markets? Jeff Bezos has a net worth of $166.4 billion. The CEO of McDonald's in the US earns 3000x what the median McDonald's worker earns. But both Amazon and McDonald's operate in a competitive market. The neoclassical doctrine on both...
<|im_start|>user Are there any philosophers that write about the perceived conflict between a seemingly random universe and our causal and determinant perceived reality? This is a bit specific to a train of thought I've been nursing for a while so I might not be explaining it well enough for a third party. So I'll elab...
<|im_start|>user Why are things measured in half lifes in science? Why not just use the whole amount of timethat something is expected to exist for? I don't see the point of a half life. Why not measure in a full life? If 100 atoms of X have a half life of 4 years, why not just say they have a life cycle of 8 years in...
<|im_start|>user How do companies determine the ROI on advertising on Hulu, TV commercials, twitch.tv, youtube, etc? Like, if there's a papa johns commercial, how does papa johns know how effective their advertisement was?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Big companies with big advertising budgets often have a number of...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I will never use any math in the future besides basic multiplication, division, and properties. I am in 8th grade Geometry and often find myself dosing off and asking myself when I will use any of this in the future. Just recently we learned how to find the area of sectors in circles and I couldn'...
<|im_start|>user What happens to a photon after it has been seen by our eyes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Our eyes "see a photon" through the response created in our visual system by the absorption of that photon (or more realistically a stream of such photons) by the biological dyes in our eyes. Since the photon i...
<|im_start|>user Does listening to audio with one ear or watching something with one eye have an effect on how the information is processed/remembered?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Both visual and audio information is immediately crossed on secondary neurons in the brain. In the brain stem for hearing, and in the op...
<|im_start|>user Are there any universities in Asia that compete with Harvard, Oxford, MIT, etc, for engineering? Looking for some lengthly answers hopefully. Thanks!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant MIT is regarded as the world's best engineering school. Stanford is pretty close and then there are some R1 state univer...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 how are gps ETA’s calculated? Does every traffic light get the same amount of time? Do left turns get the same amount of time as right turns?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Navigation software that's internet-based such as Google Maps on a phone and some newer nav units in cars base their calcula...
<|im_start|>user Why do dogs enjoy fetching things? is there some biological reason that they get pleasure from bringing a tennis ball back only to go chase it down for long periods of time?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Many breeds of dog have been selected for use as hunting dogs. In these dogs there may be a genet...
<|im_start|>user How could I motivate myself to study philosophy without taking a class? I find that I am much more motivated to study philosophy when I am taking a class for it and have a paper due or have to prepare for a debate. I will give a couple of examples. When I was working on a final paper for my moral psyc...
<|im_start|>user How is water able to evaporate if it is below the boiling temperature?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The temperature of an object just relates to the *average* kinetic energy of its molecules. Some molecules have higher energy than the average and some molecules have lower energy than the average. Th...
<|im_start|>user How do scientists schedule time with the JWST Telescope? I’m assuming it’s an appointment thing, but I’m just curious if anyone knows how the process works?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Astronomer here. Almost all telescopes (JWST included) have a peer reviewed proposal process. We write proposals f...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it so hard to port programs to a different instruction set? As I understand it, a program compiled for x86 for example can only run on x86. But if a compiler was ported to ARM, why can't the program just be compiled for ARM? Is there more to it than that? And if there isn't, why does it ta...
<|im_start|>user CMV: A life with religion is more meaningful and fulfilling than one without. I'm an atheist. Lately, I've been thinking about what it means to be human, and live life. I've come to the conclusion that a life without the idea of a higher power, and a greater meaning, is ultimately emptier, and less ful...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The main reason that artists generally aren't paid as well as STEM positions is because artists produce something that is readily available in nature This is sort of a weird view of mine but it makes sense to me. This discussion is about artists in general, but to make things simpler I'll focus m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do modern graphing calculators have such a terrible resolution?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Some of the graphing calculator models have basically remained unchanged for decades. This has two benefits: 1) it's all standardized so regardless of how old the calculator is, all the calculato...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are wires generally preferred over ACH when transferring larger amounts of money? Title. Noticed transfers of over $30k+ generally are done over wires and ACH isn't accepted, why so?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant ACH (actually EFTS specifically as wire can be done through an Automated Cle...
<|im_start|>user [Comics] When it comes to punching power, shouldn't speed/quickness trump strength? I've been reading over this today, and I have seen some discussions stating the Flash should be up there for punching power -- but realistically, wouldn't big, slow characters not pack as much of a punch as fast ones? ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why do eastern countries (e.g Philippines, Japan) focus on discipline, honor and excellent grades more than western countries (e.g America, Canada?)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because western countries focus more on creativity, individual achievement and social development? Many eastern schoo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do images of things on a microscopic level not have color?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You are probably referring to electron microscope images which are taken with electron bombardment rather that visible light; indeed some of the structures may be too small to image with visible light b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How does my iPhone Face ID still recognize me even after I grew a beard and wear sunglasses? How does it know I’m not an imposter in disguise?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant the ai measures the distances between features of your face e.g nose width, distances between brows, your brow ridges, fore...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I believe children can be told about sex from the get go. I don't think there is anything wrong with children knowing what sex is at any age, even if they are too young to fully grasp it. Obviously I'm not saying that children should be exposed to sexual situations, I'm just saying that they can k...
<|im_start|>user What is the difference between generalizations, stereotypes, and racist statements? What, exactly, makes a statement racist? Is a racist statement a particular type of untrue generalization based on physical characteristics?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant - **generalization**: you assume that all blac...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a laxative work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It depend on which type of laxative. There are osmotic, stimulant, lubricant and bulk agent laxatives. Osmotic work by forcing water to stay inside the intestine. It also attract water from the surrounding tissues, therefore increasing th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do people get allergies? Why do people get allergies even with 21 years for the first time like me. And is there already a cure with a high success rate?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One analogy for the immune system could be like the role of the police within a city. Just as a city is ma...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Video lists, video explanations, and long form informative media in general are inferior to concise written versions where applicable. Many people confuse length of media with quantity of content. There are many videos listing things, or explaining a list of things, or explaining a thing that take...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we usually put hills or foliage on roundabouts, obscuring the view of other vehicles? it just seems so much safer to have a flat roundabout so you can clearly see vehicles. idk if its just a UK thing but it seems like most roundabouts have a manmade hill or tons of big trees<|im_end|> <|i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does a simple app such as iHeartRadio need access to my photos and call information? I figured I'd get the app in case I ever wanted to listen to proper radio on my phone but it says it needs access to so many different things. I'd understand needing wifi info, maybe even location info, but ...
<|im_start|>user CMV:I Believe The Prosperity, Cohesiveness and Generous Spirit of Canadians is Because They Are Simply Americans Without the Enormous Costs Involved In Fighting the Cold War I love Canada and Canadians. I believe they manage to address their diversity, their health care, their economy and their educati...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: In Quantum Physics how can simply observing something change the way it reacts? I am not good with specifics but I have seen documentaries that comment how particles can move or do something different depending on if they are observed or not, how can that possibly influence them?<|im_end|> <|im_s...