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<|im_start|>user CMV: Workplace cafeterias should not make a profit. I'm not very knowledgeable about the topic, but worked in a hospital cafeteria in high school. The food they served to staff and guests was (and still is) extremely overpriced, and they always made moves to cut staff hours in favor of profit - even wh...
<|im_start|>user If I cut a rope into 4 pieces and braid them together, how much stronger will the resulting rope be in relation to it's original specs? I understand there will be a lot of 'depends', but in general, will it be 4 times as strong? Just a little stronger? Weaker because of the twists? In the original rop...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Single payer healthcare With all this talk about healthcare in the US I'd like to understand what the single payer model actually is. Thanks!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Currently, there are a bunch of different private insurance companies who provide health insurance -- BlueCross/BlueShield,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What do the 'H's, 'N's, and numbers mean in bird/swine flu viruses? Eg; H1N1, H7N9, etc...<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant H and N stand for the names of two proteins on the surface of virus cells (Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase). What they do is not particularly important, except that they have...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I believe women have fully equal rights to men in modern western society<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant &gt;then you are talking about something completely different and should word it accordingly. This distinction is particular to you. Most people fairly think of "equal rights" as meaning somet...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Linux's 'configure', 'make', 'make install' I just finished up installing ruby on a CentOS system and I can't for the life of me understand why I had to do these three steps. I googled around and it seems that this is the build system that all linux applications use. How does it work? And why exe...
<|im_start|>user [The Thing] How long would it take for animal cells to reproduce to a pound? I'm working on a The Thing game, and I was gonna have a biologist mention that a sample of Thing tissue has grown an abnormal amount since being brought back from Outpost 31. I was gonna say that it grew half a pound in four h...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is a repetitive sound "annoying", but an irregular one isn't? Like how most people can sleep to music, with the TV on, or around people talking, but cannot if there's an alarm beeping or a clock ticking.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Neural /sensory adaptation. That is, your sensory neurons...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does sending troops help prevent the spread of ebola?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The military has medical professionals. As well they can help organize and distribute necessary aid, and are capable of mobilizing (relatively) quickly on a large scale to construct and supply treatment faci...
<|im_start|>user authorship- is this normal? I’m a data analyst in academia (bs in stats), so I get opportunities to help on manuscripts and earn authorship. A senior PI and student (MD) were working on a project together and asked for my assistance performing the analyses. For context, the study was basically just tak...
<|im_start|>user [X Men Days of Future Past] How did the Sentinels take over the entire North American Continent without being stopped? I know Sentinels are good at what they do but there are too many way OPed mutants and heroes to allow this I feel. On top of this the Celestials want to foster the mutant population so...
<|im_start|>user How to Read Philosophy I was wondering about how to go about reading philosophy. I remember /u/wokeupabug saying that reading philosophy in a very slow and laborious manner is the way to go and I would like to do that. If /u/wokeupabug could possibly answer, I was wondering how you go about reading tex...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Graduation ceremonies should only be held for High School and College Over the past couple of weeks I have attended or seen pictures for family member graduation ceremonies for kindergarten, 6th grade, 8th grade, and my daughter's high school graduation. I'm not talking about a simple gathering, ...
<|im_start|>user What is the logical basis behind the multiverse theory? In other words, what does the multiverse theory attempt to prove or answer?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It is intended to explain some of the weird effects of quantum mechanics, most famously, the results of double-slit experiment. In the quan...
<|im_start|>user How do you compensate for poor short term memory? I’m trying to study for school and I scored pretty low for working memory on an assessment. Are there ways I can study that compensate for this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Do things that are memorable. Try new things you're curious about. Consider ...
<|im_start|>user [D&amp;D] I'm a Archmage and a scholar and I'm cataloging obscure planes of existence, what Do I need to catalogue?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Everything. Or at least everything that you reasonably can. Probably start with the 5 senses. What does it look like? Smell like? Feel like? Sound like? O...
<|im_start|>user Losing motivation to finish phD After countless job rejections from even the most entry-level/graduate positions in ANY area in industry (finance, banking, consulting, software, data science, research, etc.) as well as many rejections from postdocs (engineering, physics, math) that are closely related ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why aren't guitar frets evenly spaced?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because for a string instrument, notes have a multiplicative, not an additive relationship. For example lets take a string that's tuned to an E. In order to play an E one octave higher you have to place your finger in the midd...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does the training differ between a regular doctor/surgeon and an army doctor/ surgeon?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It depends on what you mean. A “regular” doctor/surgeon and an army doctor/surgeon are trained the same. The difference is that that army one is in the military and is an off...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Are all atoms perfect? Are there imperfect atoms with defects? Inquisitive minds wonder<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant What exactly do you mean by imperfect or defects? More or less protons? Those are different elements More or less neutrons? Those are different isotopes of the same element M...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: why does ̸̢̛̞̱͓Z̵̪͙͊̎̌ä̷̳͕̋̚l̵͉̙̓͘ͅg̴̫̠̑̈͜o̴̻͛ text look the way it does?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Some letters can be changed with accents. For example: e can be è, é, ê, ë, etc. How do computers store letters with accents? There are two main ways. 1. Store a copy of every letter wit...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The difference between advertising and marketing<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant **Marketing** is a business role that analyzes and/or makes decisions about everything needed to bring a product to market: research, manufacturing, finance, packaging, advertising, sales…etc. **Advertising** is one...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Abortion is taking a life, and that is ok. Edit: thought it was obvious but it wasn’t. I am talking about human life. I’m not interested in equating a human embryo to a tree. I see two lines that can be consistently drawn for assigning the legal status of being alive. Conception and birth. Prett...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Where does new water go when it enters a container that already contains some water? While giving my daughter a bath, she asked if water sinks or floats and I wasn’t quite sure on how to answer. Where do the new water molecules end up when it joins with other water?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistan...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does shampoo seem so much softer and well lathered after a second application? Every now and then I will accidentally go to shampoo my hair a second time while I am showering. I can always tell because the shampoo seems to lather much thicker and feels much softer in the hair. Why???<|im_end|...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do search engines like Google search through so much data so quickly? Honestly, this isn't from a completely ignorant perspective when it comes to programming, so feel free to go into great detail (If you'd like!) with your explanation.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Suppose you have a very ...
<|im_start|>user [Mass Effect] What is the domestic Quarian economy like on the Migrant Fleet? We know the Quarians, as a government, has access to funds used to trade with the greater intergalactic community, but what is their internal, domestic economy like within the Migrant Fleet for day to day living amongst thems...
<|im_start|>user [Alien vs Predator] What's an ideal hunt suppose to look like for the Predators? So Predators set up a hunt, or at the very least the conditions right? So what are the musts, minimums, and stuff completely forbidden when preparing a hunting ground? Because it seems like things very quickly got away f...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If an Earthquake is an giant plate moving, why is the epicenter a single point and not the entire fault line?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First, we need to make sure we know what an earthquake is: it’s the buildup and sudden release of energy causes by two tectonic plates interacting with ea...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How does reflection of light on mirrors act on the atomic level? i don't actually know if it is a chem or physics question<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Physics rather than chem, and it's subatomic/wave rather than atomic. Light is a wave (or a particle, or both, but we'll stick to wave) of ele...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:If two engines have the same horsepower but one has 20% more torque what is the practical difference? 20% is just a random number. I just mean, if you have two engines of the same family and one is smaller but turbocharged and theyre both rated at the same horsepower but different amounts of torqu...
<|im_start|>user CMV: My prejudice towards black people is useful Let’s start with some facts, I support BLM, think there’s systematic racism against non-whites in our society, and support progressive reforms. Ok, with that our of the way let’s get to my view. I’m a New Yorker, living in the city for almost twenty ...
<|im_start|>user Can you understand this question my C++ lecturer assigned cause it’s confusing me especially the pseudo code A chaotic, unpredictable behaviour sometime is caused by a surprisingly simple rule. Create two Boolean arrays of size 200, initialize every element of the first array as false except the elemen...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Dоes everything in the univеrsе еxpand unifоrmly? So we know that the univеrse is expanding at an incrеasing pace, and the gаlaxies are moving away from each other. My question is, does everything expаnd uniformly? For example, is the distance between me and the cоmputer in front of me expanding ...
<|im_start|>user [Comics] Super Strength in general... should that equate to being able to jump miles at a time... So I’m thinking about Thing, from the Fantastic Four. According to some sources, he’s strong enough to lift close to 30,000 Tons... considering he weighs only the slightest of fractions of that, he shoul...
<|im_start|>user Why do moral realists hold that only one ethical system is true when math seems to accept multiple systems? For example, mathematicians seem to treat both Euclidean and non Euclidean systems as "true" or equally valid, same for sets like integers, reals, complex etc. Do I misunderstand moral realism in...
<|im_start|>user Why does Kant believe that space and time are 'intuitions' and not 'concepts'? I'm currently making my way through the Transcendental Aesthetic in the first critique, and while I understand Kant's claims that space and time are a priori forms of intuition, I don't understand his arguments that claim th...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I believe that basic firearm safety should be taught across schools in America. In America (limiting this post to the US, since that's where I am and have knowledge of), I think that if fire arm safety was taught in schools, we would have fewer gun related accidents. I would suggest age appropriat...
<|im_start|>user If an entire species is inbred, how could that be determined or is it not possible unless there's a baseline of the non-inbred version of a species?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Simplifying a bit - one can count how many genes have multiple variants, and compare that to the total number of genes for...
<|im_start|>user Does econometrics courses teach you anything that you couldn't gain from statistics courses? Just as the title implies, I'm trying to figure out if there's benefit to taking econometrics courses versus standard time series analysis and regressions courses. Ultimately, this will help drive my decision ...
<|im_start|>user Would a "government" run by an AI designed to allocate resources 100% efficiently to maximise net social utility (i.e.: a socially benevolent AI) be a desirable form of government? \*Ignoring/disregarding the [utility monster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_monster) argument (assume it is not po...
<|im_start|>user Why isn't minimum wage tied to the consumer price index? Or inflation? Why is minimum wage adjusted so infrequently?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because if it was indexed, lowering it would require an active political decision, which would be politically costly. As it is, the real minimum wage can ...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] how does Earth's post scarcity economy affect the way inherently scarce things like antiques are aquired? for example Sisko has "the best collection of ancient African antiques you'll ever see" but how did he get them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There's no information on the civilian e...
<|im_start|>user [Pokémon] What happens to the Pokémon in the PC when a trainer dies unexpectedly? Are they trapped forever? What happens to orphaned Pokémon anyway in this situation? Left in wills? Donated? Released? Given to the state?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant From the *National Trainer Handbook*, chapter 17, ...
<|im_start|>user What are the disincentive effects of the Green New Deal ? Will more people substitute their private sector jobs for higher paying public sector jobs + work less additional hours for leisure ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It’s pretty hard to determine the effects of something without a clear picture ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do you die almost instantly when the level of CO2 in the air is above 10%?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The red blood cells serve the purpose of transporting O2 from the lungs to where it's needed, and transporting waste CO2 from where it's produced to the lungs. The mechanism is simple: I...
<|im_start|>user [the santa clause] Did charlie just say he wants to kill his father. In the first one he said he plans to go into the family business<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Here is the language of the clause: &gt;‘In putting on the suit and entering the sleigh, the wearer waives any and all rights to any pr...
<|im_start|>user Is there a name for the phenomena of a person assigning 2 different values to the same asset? So I was speaking with my friend who recently just got tickets to a sporting event. I asked him what the current market price for the tickets were and he said they were hovering around the $100 / ticket point....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do some fighter aircraft have a Weapons System Officer while others don't(?) (more in comments) This is inspired by seeing Top Gun: Maverick, where one fighter has a second person in the cockpit as a weapons system officer, while the other doesn't. Does the other aircraft only have a one-seat...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are airplane windows never aligned with the seats? Surely it can't be that hard to line them up, right?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The windows are aligned with the structural spars of the aircraft fuselage, and the spacing of those is determined by safety considerations and cost - rather...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why do certain cultures consistently own in certain chains and establishments? For example: Nail salons and dry cleaners often are staffed by asian individuals and Dunkin Donuts and 711 often have Indian staff. Not trying to be offensive when asking this question.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant T...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The difference between GSM, CDMA, 3G, 4G, LTE, etc. I know GSM is what ATT/T-Mobile use and CDMA is Verizon/Sprint, but that's about the extent of my knowledge. I'd actually prefer an explanation like I'm 21 and not an engineer. Thanks!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To things are needed for a c...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What causes me to wake up minutes before my alarm goes off, even when I've barely slept? For example, I woke up at 5:45 am today, like I would normally do to go to work, except I had the day off. I went to bed at 2:30 am, so it's not like I was fully rested either. What causes this to happen?<|im...
<|im_start|>user CMV: an undergraduate degree should not be required before applying for a professional school ( such as medicine, dentistry, law, physiotherapy) In Canada and the United States, one must compete a 4-year bachelor undergraduate degree before applying for medical,veterinary, dental, or law school. But I ...
<|im_start|>user How does animal testing really work? I was thinking about it and realized that I’ve got a lot of preconceptions from my teen vegan years (Yeah, I used to be that guy). I still think we’re unnecessarily cruel to animals in many ways but definitely no longer trust PETA as a reliable source. So, does the ...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] How does the crew of Enterprise know who to beam up, with only the phrase "(number) to beam up"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Transportees tend to cluster together, apart from non-transportees, when calling for extraction. If you hear "five" and see that the guy who called it is standi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: With "unsolvable" math problems, how do people come up with the problem and why do they think the problem is worth solving?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I am assuming you are referring to math problems which have not been solved, but may be solved in the future like the and Riemann Hypothesis....
<|im_start|>user eli5: why is cancer increasing in young people? Is it just because we dont die of other things first?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The largest reason why it's increasing for young people is that our techniques and technology for the detection of cancer have improved significantly thanks to all the m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some fruits have small seeds for their size (eg. Watermelons and pineapple) and some have big seeds for their size (eg. mangoes and cherries)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Different fruited plants have different strategies for reproduction, and the seeds can be different in part for that...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist I have a feeling I know the difference on some levels, but I still get confused. Especially when I want to explain it to someone else, I can't find all the right words. edit: thanks everyone for your insightful answers!<|im_end|> <|im_star...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why does it take us weeks (even months) to feel fit, but only a week of not exercising to feel like we're back at square one?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Our body is a multi-million year old machine that has evolved into being able to adapt to changing environments as we move around the plane...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why people deny climate change? What are their arguments? With the GBR news on the front page currently, I learnt that Greg Hunt (Australian environment minister) is a climate-change denier. I'm currently 17 and have always accepted climate change and have never really thought about why people de...
<|im_start|>user Why is honey the only food item that does not spoil?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Spoilage of food is mainly due to infestation of microbes. Microbes in food, like almost every other living being, need water. Honey has almost zero water content. If there are microbes in honey, they would soon lose w...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's the point of having multiple hexagonal cells in the eyes of insects?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Compound eyes are good for detecting and tracking fast motion, and allow for a very wide field of view, as you can just keep adding more cells as you wrap the eye around the head. Simple e...
<|im_start|>user For those of you in highly interdisciplinary fields, how do you appreciate the fundamentals of the fields you weren't actually trained in? As an example, my background is in psychology and behavioural neuroscience, and now I'm working in a field that combines clinical pharmacology and pharmacoepidemiol...
<|im_start|>user [Doctor Who] What makes the Time Lords so strong? Is it just their advanced technology &amp; mastery of time? What gave them the power over time, like being able to know what moments are "fixed" points? Further, why is the doctor so special? Why don't the Daleks ever just shoot him?<|im_end|> <|im_st...
<|im_start|>user If carbon dioxide is only 0.0391 percent of the atmosphere, how does it have such a big impact on climate change? Hi everyone, I have a teacher who believes that humans are not to blame for climate change and that climate change is not a real thing due to the fact that carbon dioxide only makes up a ve...
<|im_start|>user [Young Justice] How do the inhibitor collars work? They seem to work on anyone and don't have to be prepared specially on a case by case basis, but doesn't that mean every hero's weakness has been identified? If they work externally (ie they aren't injecting something into the wearer, couldn't that tec...
<|im_start|>user How does mimicry in plants work, how can a plant "tell" what an insect looks and feels like? Are those plants somehow able to recognize colors? Do they have some kind of sense analogous to sight?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The plants can't tell. The insects, however, can tell what the plants look ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the Bose Einstein Condensate Reading the wikipedia article didn't really help me get the full picture. What is it, how do you get to temperatures that low?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Bose–Einstein condensate is a state of matter, like solid or liquid, that happens when certain types ...
<|im_start|>user [MCU] About the dead people after the snap &gt;!In Avengers Endgame, did the dead know when they were brought back by Iron Man? And secondly, how did the other avengers know that a fight between Cpt. &amp; Thanos taking place? Sorry if these are stupid questions.!&lt;<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Fi...
<|im_start|>user Does it take more energy to heat something up or cool something down, or does it take the same amount?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Just to make a top level comment with the answer. Cooling takes less energy than heating from a physics stand point. The specific heat of a material, energy per unit ma...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Chinese Politics; how does it work? I'm a Westerner who hears so many conflicting things about Chinese politics. I like to think I understand the US political system pretty well but the Chinese one I don't understand at all. Is it communist? Is it capitalist? Is it democratic? Maybe this is the...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are there so few engineers and scientists in politics? According to this [link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_Senators), the vast majority of senators in the US seem to have either business or law positions. What is the explanation for the lack of people with scie...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Capital gains tax What are the arguments for why it should or shouldn't be implemented, and what exactly is it? I checked the Wikipedia page, but my understanding is still pretty fuzzy.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If as a private individual you buy something, then later sell it at a profit, y...
<|im_start|>user What's the difference between rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries? Why are the rechargeable batteries more expensive than normal batteries? Edit: thank you everybody for the answers!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are many differences between rechargeable batteries (a group of secondar...
<|im_start|>user [the matrix] is technology allowed to advance within the matrix or is humanity just stuck in the 21st century? And if technology is stagnant within the matrix are all the scientists agents. Or if they are other people trapped in the simulation are they only allowed to make minor advancements?<|im_end|>...
<|im_start|>user What do philosophers means they call something metaphysical? I was told that metaphysical is any and all object that is not strictly physical. Words, numbers, algorithms. But the way some philosophers use it makes me think that the definition i was given was wrong. For example, 'La phenomenologie' by J...
<|im_start|>user Why are there so many Annular Lakes in Quebec? While doing just a quick fly over on Google Earth of the Canadian province of Quebec, it is quite easy to spot the preponderance of almost perfectly circular lakes dotted around. If they are named, like lake Manicougan, it says that it is an Annular lake t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 what does overdrive or o/d do in cars?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Traditionally an automatic gearbox would select the gear based on the output speed so that the engine was turning at the speed at which it provided the maximum power output. This is good for acceleration and hauling heavy cargo...
<|im_start|>user Why do large airplanes retract their landing gear after taking off? Recently there have been a handful of instances in which a plane had to be landed with landing gear that was stuck retracted. I am curious as to whether the benefits outweigh the risks.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The landing gear ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do our nipples get hard when it's cold out<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is an interesting question, with an interesting answer. basically its to reduce surface area so its harder for them to cool down further, as to not get nerve damage, and keeping the body warmer. /u/penguinluvin...
<|im_start|>user What does it mean to "be Bayesian" in terms of a way of thinking? I'm familiar with [Bayes' Theorem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes%27_theorem) and how it's used in problems, but I've heard people talking about having a Bayesian way of thinking in general, or statisticians subscribing to a Bayesia...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 The difference between Libertarian Economics and Anarcho-Capitalism. I'm currently looking at various schools of though on economics. I'm confused on the difference between Libertarian Economics and Anarcho-Capitalism. Could someone please explain like I'm five.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Li...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do out of season fruits taste less sweet? Is it that they have less sugar in them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Fruit usually starts producing sugar as it approaches peak ripeness. Out-of-season fruits are often grown in places where they *are* in season, and shipped to you. So in the Amer...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When fasting to promote Autophagy; how does the body know that they should go for the damaged and senescent cells first instead of healthy cells?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Healthy human cells have a protein called MHC 1 on their outer surface. When they are damaged, they tend to lose this ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Islam is not a religion of peace or tolerance. The Koran speaks of women as property, Mohammed, Islam's prophet himself was a murderer and pedophile/polygamist who thought women had inherently deficient minds. Today, even moderate Muslim men in many parts of the world violently ensure their wives ...
<|im_start|>user What predictions can the social sciences make with high certainty? Apologies if the question is overly broad. I know many people criticize the social sciences for being too "soft" or "fuzzy". Where it that entirely not the case?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One prediction we can safely make in the c...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Is all electromagnetic radiation "both a wave and a particle" or is only light considered this way? I always hear about "light acts like a wave and also a particle" but I never hear about other EM frequencies being described this way ("never" considering my limited exposure). Are light frequencie...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How exactly do vector graphics work? Here's what I know. Unlike bitmap images, vector images don't pixellate when you zoom in on them. I guess that's because they aren't made of pixels. A friend of mine tried to explain it to me, but it went right over my head.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Bas...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is cannibalism detrimental to the body? What makes eating your own species's meat different than eating other species's?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your own species meat is infected with diseases that can also infect you, by definition. (Conversely with other animals, some but not all d...
<|im_start|>user I believe that, in some cases, illegally obtained evidence should be admissible in court. CMV I'm not saying that there should be no repercussions. If a cop wiretaps my phone without a warrant and discovers proof that I'm committing a crime, he should be reprimanded or fired. **However, that evidence s...
<|im_start|>user GMOs- engineered genes in crops don't spread into the wild, into other species, do they?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If the engineered plant or animal can interbreed with a native (or natively-cultivated) plant or animal, the engineered variants can be passed to offspring, just like any other gene....
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do hostage negotiations work? When they make "deals" with the hostage taker how much do they honor those deals? When I watched Captain Phillips the negotiator made all of these false promises and I was wondering if this is common practice.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I have a few co-worke...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] In TNG, could any of the bridge crew be speaking another language, and we wouldn't know it, due to the Universal Translator? I was just wondering this. Could Picard be speaking French through the whole show? Could Counsellor Troi be speaking Betazoid or whatever her home planet language m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can some watches be more accurate than others? I don't know much about watches, but I remember reading some watches only make a few seconds mistake each day, whilst others have larger error range. Isn't there a mechanical system that keeps the thing automatic? How can that create errors? Als...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the difference between waiting for the tea to blend with the water and blending it by force? I know a lot of people let a tea bag subside in hot water and just wait a few minutes before drinking/sipping the tea. I myself just pull the bag up and down until the color of the water changes a...
<|im_start|>user What is the reasoning behind a capital gains tax of 20% but income tax being &gt;30%? US-based situation, and I know income tax varies from state to state, but let’s assume capital gains of assets held long-term are taxed at 20% and income from salary is taxed at roughly 1/3rd of your gross pay check. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the significance of Prime Numbers?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mathematically speaking, you can define all other numbers purely by multiplying prime numbers. So we don't actually need any non-prime numbers, as we could simply define 4 for example as 2x2. Or 99 as 3x3x11. Obviously thi...
<|im_start|>user What should i know before learning to code? I would like to learn how to code or how to program in general, but i don't know what are the most important things to have in mind before doing so.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Don't be ashamed of looking up "solutions" to problems. If you look at someone...