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How do our bodies “get used to” being in very cold water (e.g. the ocean) after several minutes? | Your brain contains a region called the hypothalamus. This acts like an internal thermostat that controls your body temperature. When you jump in the ocean or a cold pool, your hypothalamus instructs your body to use more calories to raise your body temperature. Of course, it's not foolproof. If the water is sufficient... |
Why can't Mexico do anything to stop the drug cartels? | The cartels have tons of money, local support in some areas, and a small army worth of mercenaries. Mexico is up against a very difficult task. America's hunger for drugs is what finances the cartels, and Mexican leaders have repeatedly asked us to reconsider our drug enforcement policies. |
When dropping a counter into a slot from the exact same postion on a pegboard/plinko/pachinko style game what is it that stops the counter from falling the same way everytime? | If you could drop the counter into the same position in exactly the same way and the game was in exactly the same state then it would fall exactly the same way. However, you can't do that because even though it may seem like you are doing things the same way on the large scale, on the small scale there are very tiny va... |
why does cold water taste better than regular water? | It's just a cultural thing. The Chinese prefer to drink hot water. If there are contaminants or bad-tasting substances in the water, though, it'll taste better cold simply because you'll taste it less.Cold water kind of gives me a stomachache actually. Prefer room temperature. |
What does having insurance on a priceless artwork do? | Priceless is a subjective term used to describe something that is one of a kind and no reasonable amount money can replace. Realistically, every piece of art has a price . For insurance purposes, a guarantee of compensation for specified loss, damage, in return for payment. If you buy a “priceless” hand carved art for ... |
How can a solution to a problem suddenly pop up? | Subconscious mind solves it for you with all of the acquired knowledge and experience. This won't happen if you've no knowledge. |
how do you take an idea to invention if you have no applicable talents? | You need a partner. It is very doable if you are willing to do work. I.E research what materials are needed, how much it will cost. Applicable uses, just research what you can research. Get a patent. then you can do a lot of stuff. You can PM me for more info. BTW don't talk about it too much and just do. You don't wan... |
Why did everything become so minimalistic? Buildings, art, etc.. | In Western culture, the era from 1916 to 1945 marked a turning point. The old European ways did not seem to be working -- that culture seemed to be collapsing on itself in a wave of wars and mass murders. Some artists responded by trying to throw away everything and start with a new, more modern way of doing things, fr... |
Why do we need less sleep as we get older? | We do? I don't know about you but I am *tired all the time*", 'Define "Older"? 25? 35? 45? 55? 65? I'm "Almost Over The Hill", and I love me some naps.. I have a friend who stops for naps on his way home from work. |
How is it that SD cards stay the same size but manage to have such varying levels of storage? | Because the actual part the data is stored on is tiny. Think of it like this; a school buss looks just as big from the outside when it's carrying one kids as it does when carrying 20 kids. |
Why is my inner monologue an arsehole? | I'm not sure what kind of answer you're looking for. We don't know what your inner monologue is saying. It's your own unfiltered thoughts. So apparently you consider yourself to be an asshole.Funnily enough I just talked about this over in another thread somewhere. Everybody has both good and bad inside of them. Everyb... |
How did people in the olden days construct buildings that were multiple stories high without the use of machinery like cranes to lift and place materials? | Pulleys and inclined planes have been used since a long time. Pulleys to lift loads and inclined planes to push stuff up or down. Much like today's modern cranes, pulleys did the same except using man power. |
Are Volvos actually safer than other cars?If so why? | Yes they are. If internet is not lying then one of Volvo's co-founder's wife died in car accident, and safety was the highest priority from the start. They invented three point seatbelt and side airbags. |
In the recent Nuclear Weapons Treaty, why did the Netherlands vote in opposition? | There are American nuclear weapons stored on a Dutch air base. It was public secret for a very long time, though it was confirmed in more recent years. That sort of thing would be against the treaty. Currently, the government is not taking steps towards removing these weapons / ending this cooperation with the States, ... |
Protien Folding and how it relates to Alzhiemers and related conditions | A protein is a very long chain of amino acids. Amino acids are molecules with different shapes and components that can be strung together. A denatured protein has no defined shape and flops around like a piece of string. However, the different amino acids making it up have different *functional groups,* which are the p... |
Why does adding water in a beer bottle make the pitch of the sound higher when blowing in it, but adding water in a wine glass make the pitch lower when tapping on it? | The difference is in the medium making the sound. In the beer bottle it is the column of air, in case of the wine glass, it is the glass itself. |
What makes crack addicts pull out their teeth? | What makes you think that crack addicts pull their teeth out? Pulling out teeth isn’t easy, and pulling out your own teeth would be next to impossible unless you’re completely impervious to painThe crack fucks with your hunger and you basically just crave sweets like M & Ms or chocolate covered peanuts.The teeth disapp... |
Why do wall chargers seem to charge iPhones faster than computers, xbox... etc | To add to the other replies, current is drawn by the phone rather than pushed by the charger, and the rating of the charger is how much can be drawn before it shuts down/overheats/burns out. By default, the phone will only draw a low amount of current . The charger has a way to signal to the phone that it's able to giv... |
If a high-security building like The Pentagon or The White House catches on fire, do firemen have instant clearance to access any area necessary? | This was actually a problem with the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon. There were reports of unofficial firefighters and military personal touring the site without actually helping. Their motives are still unknown although a few were arrested. Rather quickly a perimeter was setup and all personal who required access were is... |
Why does my hair grow to a certain length a few weeks after I shave my head; but remains that length and never goes past my shoulders even after years? | Your hair doesn't actually remain a certain length. Depending on which part of the body, your hairs can only grow to a certain distance, once they reach that distance, they fall out. |
What is aggregate efficiency ? | You can figure out how much energy is in a barrel oil, say by burning it in an enclosed system seeing how much the temperature increases. But that is not going to be the same as the amount of economically useable energy it provides. It takes energy to pull it out of the ground, energy to ship it, to refine it, to distr... |
How come animals can eat off the ground? Does germs not effect them? | Not all germs cause disease. You can eat off the ground, too, and getting a parasite is very possible, but most bacteria and viruses don't survive outside a body for a very long time. People ingest more germs than they think they do, and for the most part, its unavoidable.Heykittums answered this well, but I feel like ... |
How do cell phones only pick up signal from their specific provider? | It's because of the frequency bands; they are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. I do not know who shares which frequency in Amerika but here in Germany we got 4 mobile networks each got a different owner and a different GSM900 frequency range. * D1 / Telekom\t13–49, 81–102, 122–124* D2 / Vodafone\t1–1... |
How do people see beauty? For example, what makes a rose beautiful but a Cactus not? | I find cacti beautiful, its all subjective. Beauty is not in the object, it is in your perception of it.It's really a case of individual likes and dislikes. Personally I find deserts and prairies beautiful because the wide open spaces mean room to roam, wind in my face and air to breathe. My SO thinks they're ugly beca... |
Why does the moon have a ring around it some nights? | was it a rather cold night? I believe that the Halo may be a light refraction caused by ice crystals in the air, similar to rainbows. |
The 9th amendment to the US Constitution. | The US government has "enumerated powers", which means that it can only do those things which are specifically laid out as legal for it to do. Civil rights, which the first eight amendments protect, work precisely the opposite way. The ninth amendment basically says that, as opposed to the powers of the US government, ... |
How are sentences by judges that are aimed at making an example out guilty parties not a violation of "Equal Justice Under Law", and therefore unconstitutional? | Each type of crime has a valid minimum and maximum sentence. As long as the judge stays within these guidelines, it is 100% legal. |
it's 90 degrees fahrenheit outside. It's going to rain. Is the air more humid just before it rains or just after? | Actually it's most humid WHILE it's raining. The air has so much water in it that some people even use umbrellas or stay indoors completely. |
When you bump, scrape, or acutely injure yourself, why does it instantly feel better simply by putting your hand over the injury? | Your nerves are mostly sending either pain or pressure signals to your brain. However, they can only send one signal at a time, and pressure takes priority over pain. So when you get hurt and apply pressure, your body thinks "ok there's pain and pressure but since we can only send one signal to this meatbags brain we'l... |
My rights, or lack thereof, when encountering the TSA in an American airport. | You are required by law to comply with legal orders of border control agents, the TSA, and police. You are not obligated to incriminate yourself. So you do not have to answer any questions they ask you. If you have entered a border control facility they have the right to open and inspect your luggage. They have the rig... |
How can ocean water and air temperature be the same temperature, but the water feels so much colder? | You don't feel temperature. You feel rate of heat transfer, which is greater for the water because of its higher thermal conductivity. The same thing is true when you put your hand in the oven at 350F: in air, no problem. Touch the metal, problem.Water has many more molecules per volume, which means it can transfer hea... |
2001: A Space Oddessy. | There is much more to the monoliths than they get around to in the movies. Read the books, they cover a LOT that's not in the movies, I can elaborate in PM, don't want to spoil the books if you may be interested in reading them. Of better yet, if you want book spoilers, read the wikipedia entry for the novel. _URL_0_",... |
What drew people to attend the Grateful Dead concerts over and over again? | The GD started their career as a band playing live gigs, most notoriously at the Acid Tests. These were like the very first rave parties, initially when LSD had not yet been made illegal. People would come and drink the spiked Kool-Aid, and there would be a variety of amusements, often including the Grateful Dead noodl... |
Because you have to swear to tell the truth in court then why is "I swear I'm not guilty" not a viable defence? | The court is not assuming your truth, they're asking you to pledge to tell the truth and will punish you if you do not. |
Why does 1% battery last longer? | Battery remaining is pretty much just a guess. Your phone measures the voltage and makes a guess as to how much of power is left. If you rarely or never let your phone run all the way to where it cuts off from lack of power, it will slowly start measuring more and more inaccurately. First it will think 1% remaining is ... |
What is a CO-OP? | A co-op is any independent organization where people cooperate for mutual benefit. REI is specifically a consumer co-operative, as opposed to a housing or worker co-op. In this case, the shareholders and consumers are essentially one and the same. If it helps think of Costco/Sam's Club . You purchase a membership for R... |
What will actually happen in the event of a financial collapse? | Credit will dry up in a financial collapse, causing banks to call in their loans and the people who can't pay are forced to sell. This applies to individuals, businesses and the government. The world runs on credit, so next to no credit slows the economy down. Then over time everything tends to correct itself and pick ... |
Why do all contests have a NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN clause ? | If a purchase is necessary, it becomes gambling, which is illegal in most states. As such, in order for contests to be legal, they have to include an entry option that doesn't require the entrant spend money. Usually the requirements are overly cumbersome , so no one really bothers. It's worth noting that most contests... |
How does the compass on the iPhone work? | Non-douchey answer: There's a chip inside that can sense magnetic fields and can use the field to determine the direction the phone is facing. There's really no way to explain simply how the chip works inside, as it uses fairly advanced principles of electromagnetism, but it actually works very much like a real compass... |
Why are some videos framerates 23.976024 fps (as opposed to exactly 24) | Basically it solves the problem of fitting 24 fps source material onto a 29.97 fps NTSC video signal. 23.976 fps is 80% – or four fifths of 29.97 fps, which is the frame rate of the NTSC video signal. By slowing down 24 fps *ever so slightly* , you get 23.976 fps. This then allows four frames of source material to be s... |
How is Uber legal without following the same liscensing rules as taxis? | Basically, because a taxi is defined as a car that you can stand on the sidewalk and hail. Legally, if you don't provide that service, you're not a taxi. This was upheld in a recent lawsuit against Uber, and the judge ruled that Uber didn't meet the definition of a taxi, since they can only be hailed from the app. They... |
Why are people mad about Microsoft's Windows "spying" but not Google's same "spying" in Android? | Everyone knows Google is spying on them. It is part of their business model, and Google is up front about it. They even give you web pages that show you how much they are spying on you. Microsoft is less up front about it, and has more of a history of doing dodgy things without telling users. Also, they are an older co... |
How come some city streets in the US like in NY emit large amounts of smoke/steam from underground unto the curbs yet you never see this phenomena in european cities? | Because the buildings are heated with steam that sometimes escape. We don't have that in Europe._URL_0_ District heating systems pump steam through certain areas, from a central heating installation. The system in New York is more than a hundred years old, and hence is less insulated and more prone to leaks. |
How exactly does our body produce electricity? | At the very basic level, it is caused by Sodium and Potassium ions, which are differently charged, and using these ions to create channels of chemically-induced electric current. It would be extremely inefficient if we wanted to use it as a sort of biological battery. Our current chemical batteries have much better sto... |
Does this lawsuit make the family (and possibly the lawyer) some of the richest people in the country? | No. [ABC News]: > An attorney who persuaded a Texas jury to award one of the largest civil verdicts ever says he and his clients don't expect to collect any of the $150 billion judgment, but they hope it helps persuade prosecutors to seek charges against a man they say doused a boy with gasoline and set him on fire. |
Why do water pipes not burst after you turn the sink/hose off? Shouldn't the pressure from the water backing up cause this? | Imagine that you have a bucket full of water. Poke a hole in the bottom of the bucket, and water will start pouring out. But if you plug the hole, the bucket doesn't burst from pressure backing up. The pressure is constant, and does not increase when the water stops flowing. The same is true with water pipes: The press... |
What exactly happens in a Windows computer when you delete system32? | System32 contains all the components to get your OS running, deleting that would just result in getting stuck in the bios. This doesn't happen when you are an active user in the OS, only when you restart your computer after trying to remove the folder 'system32'. |
Why do humans get time suppression during tragic events? | Time appearing to slow down is actually an illusion. The part of our brains that helps us feel emotions, the amygdala, becomes more active during times of stress. This causes our brains to ramp up memory recording, making our memories in the moment of a car accident or similar situation much more dense and detailed. Co... |
Why do I, sometimes, really not like some people for, seemingly, no reason? | You're probably not a terrible person. Everyone has a few little things that just rub them the wrong way. Not everybody is socially compatible. The polite response is simply to tolerate those people who you don't like and observe the social niceties when necessary and avoid them the rest of the time. |
Why do smartphones have two cameras on them and not just one double-sided one? | Its a tad more complicated than *just make it double sided!*. It would significantly increase the cost and bulkiness of the camera area, both things people care about more than the frontcam image quality. Its for selfies and posting to Instagram, people aren't taking panoramic landscapes with it. Quality doesn't matter... |
How does burning happen? Do food-calories "burn out"? | Pretend like you have a jar of marbles. The marbles/jar in this case are molecules/electrons. You start shaking the jar of marbles , now let's say you shake it hard enough to the point that some of the marbles break through the jar. The new marble goes flying out and just happens to another jar of marbles which then al... |
Why are smartphones coming out with a 64 bit processor but < 4GB ram? | Well if you've already hammered out your 64bit support before you need it for the RAM that's always nice, of course. There are some other advantages, though none I would imagine are Earth-shattering. 64bit CPUs would also generally use 64bit registers, which means you can potentially keep more useful information in the... |
Why do fries get soggy the next day? | The inside of a fry is moist cooked potato. Deep-frying dries and cooks the outside to a crisp. There is nothing keeping or blocking the inside of the fry seeping out moisture to the outside. Over time, this process makes the outside layer moist and soggy. |
Is it possible to drink water at a constant rate such that you can just keep peeing indefinitely? | No. You can drink in excess to the volume of water you excrete, and this can in fact even be fatal if done excessively enough. The result is that your extra-cellular fluid will be low in solutes, and osmosis will shift it into your cells, causing swelling in the brain, what is sometimes called water intoxication. Suffi... |
When I play guitar my left hand is fluent, fast and accurate but when I use it for anything else it's basically useless. How come? | You've taught the muscles to work in a certain way as you learn to play. Muscle memory. If you went and did normal day to day stuff with your left hand you will become more proficient at anything. |
Why do windows sometimes act like mirrors | Glass allows most light to pass through it, but because it's still naturally reflective ) you will always have some light reflected back. If the light coming through the window is brighter or more intense than the small amount of light that's reflected , you'll see the light from outside. If it's dark outside, you will... |
How does radiation from the Fukushima plant affect the fish I eat in North America? | It doesn't, really. The levels measured are incredibly tiny, nanosieverts. You'd get more radiation from spending time in Denver or eating a banana. |
Why do some sudden noises scare the crap out of us, while others go nearly unnoticed? | . If your ears cannot detect or is not expecting a specific sound the brain defaults to "this sound is foreign or out of the norm so it must be bad" and releases some adrenaline to help you fight the the threat or go away. In the days of primitive humans, a foreign or unusual sound usually meant danger, so the brain ev... |
Why are things like countries referred to as females? | Other languages have grammatic rules in a way that differentiates male, female, and middle form . Each noun belongs to one of these forms. Doesn't matter if it's a living thing or just a thing. And doesn't even matter if the object is of male nature or a female nature. It has more to do with a system or a classificatio... |
How exactly did the rotors on the Wehrmacht Enigma work? | I hope you get to read this. Look for a YouTube channel named singingbanana the guy is a matematician and he has an awesome explanation on how the enigma machine works. Found the link for you _URL_0_ |
Whats the psychology behind the "silicone baby" phenomenon on YouTube. | 1) Some people who have lost children use them for grieving 2) Some people who can't have children use them as surrogates 3) Some people just like them, they're considered collectible |
How to pay off students loans? | Interest is a percentage that you were told when you took out the loan, and every month that much percent of the amount you have left to pay is added to your bill. To pay off the loans you probably have to contact the company you took out the loan from, look for a contact number on the monthly statement you receive for... |
Why can't humans see in the dark? | Our eyes are stimulated by electromagnetic radiation in a specific range - we see the "short" end as violet, the "long" end as red, and everything between as various colors of the rainbow. Any shorter wavelengths start moving into the ultraviolet range, which doesn't stimulate our eyes. Same with wavelengths longer tha... |
Why is the patriot act viewed negatively? | The purpose of the act was to deter and punish american terrorists. In reality it was used by the FBI to ignore the constitution and things like \'probable cause\' to investigate people unrelated to terrorism. This included, drug traffickers, homeless people, visitors to las vegas, and a webmaster regarding copyright i... |
How do software engineers keep track of all the code in a very big program? | [Let me introduce you to git] Git is a version control system that acts as a repository for your source code. It has features like version history, branching and merging, code rollback, all the things you need to properly handle large coding projects. Git is one of a number of version control systems, and it is one of ... |
how do exploding bolts work? | The application I know explosive bolts are used for is aerospace engineering: they are used to separate rocket stages since they are lighter and much more reliable than other mechanical separation methods, especially in a zero-G environment. You can see that [here]. Explosive bolts contain explosive charges in a specif... |
What is it about the color black that absorbs light and converts them into heat? | it's physics. and you got it the wrong way 'round. objects appear black to you BECAUSE they absorb the electromagnetic waves we call light. that light carries a certain energy with it which gets absorbed, which is then converted to thermal energy aka heat. If thats not what you meant, please elaborate a bit on the ques... |
What is the scientific reasoning behind some substances that have a reverse tolerance? | "Reverse tolerance" or drug sensitization is a real thing that can occur with certain drugs or alcohol. If you think about alcohol in particular, over time you build up a tolerance for it and it takes more alcohol to get you intoxicated. Supposing you continue to drink heavily, you can damage your liver, which can lead... |
How do spiders get to the top floor of apartment buildings? | They can climb. They can also get blown along by the wind until they land on a higher floor of a buildingYou’re assuming it started on the ground floor when it well could have been born one story from the top. They can also climb well. |
Why do big threads from the default subs never appear on my front page until they're 8 hours old and have 5000 comments already? | Because of the way you have it sorted - by "Hot." It takes the subs you're subscribed to and picks the hottest ones, so big subs like pics and adviceanimals show the highest scored threads. Switch to sort by top - hour and you'll see a lot more, relatively quick revolving threads. Be active on them and comment/contribu... |
Why is it more expensive to eat healthy? | Your premise is somewhat flawed; it is not necessarily more expensive to eat healthy. It certainly *can* be, if you buy certain types of raw ingredients, but does not have to be. Industrial scale food processing is extremely efficient, so a lot of prepared food is cheaper than the make-it-yourself equivalent so if you ... |
What should I ask college student programmers if I want them to be able to design VR simulations for my research team? | Do you have an actual computer science department at your university? I'd give the project description to a professor in that department and ask them to advertise. If what you want is simple enough, you could even ask them to make a single example and see who does what you need the best to make the rest? That said, thi... |
How can IQ be so confidently ascribed to racial characteristics (i.e. hereditary)? | Simply put: 1) There is really no consensus amongst psychological sciences that IQ tests can be considered to be an accurate measure of anything, other than performance on the specific and abstract tasks that constitute IQ tests. 2) Even when using an arbitrary test like an IQ test, it has proven completely impossible ... |
Is there any significant difference between different brands of water? | Significant, I wouldn't say. The source of the water changes its composition, and therefore also the taste. If two brands get water from the same source, they would be practically identical, unless one of them really screwed up the bottling process. Unless you have a serious mineral deficiency, I can't imagine one bran... |
When I have a cold, why does my nose often continue to feel blocked after I have blown it thoroughly? | The blocked feeling doesn't only come from mucus, it's usually inflammation of the sinus cavities and nasal passage.When you have a cold, your sinuses become inflamed and swell to the point where all the built up fluid can't drain. This causes a lot of pressure and the "blocked" feeling. This swelling is also what lead... |
A compulsory music license. | From my understanding , it basically means that if you pay a copyright holder for the license to cover their work, they're required by law to allow you to do so. In other words, they shut up and take your money. EDIT: Clarity. |
Why do some "antibacterial" agents cause resistance, and some don't? | Right, I don't know the specifics regarding triclosan and tea tree oil but I can take a crack at this.\r\rAntibiotics and antimicrobials work, in their broadest sense, by either killing bacteria or preventing their growth. To do this they must interfere with some process that the bacteria need to live or to grow. If th... |
Why does being tickled make us laugh when it is such an unpleasant sensation? | The short answer is we really don't know. Of course, [people have their guesses], and it seems to be that it isn't a naturally occurring physiological response driven by a biological imperitive. Most of the hypotheses point out that you typically 'learn' about tickling through a parent/child interaction. Indeed, if you... |
How is it that prisoners can earn law degrees while serving time, but on the outside people go into six-figure debt to get the same degree? | Offering prisoners the chance to study in prison lowers their chances of returning to a life of crime afterwards and improves their behaviour while inside. That said it is not the same degree. Do you really think prospective employers are going to look at a harvard degree and a prison degree and are going to go 'yes, t... |
Why do we humans get so easy problems with their teeth while animals don't brush their teeth at all and most of them do fine their entire life? | We have terrible diets that contribute to damage to our teeth. Many animals also don't live as long as humans, and that damage can take a while to really compromise your teeth. And ultimately, if an animal's teeth go bad, which does happen, that's typically *the end* of their entire life. You don't see the bad teeth an... |
If any, what would the differences be to your body if you lost weight by burning calories through exercise, as opposed to eating the same amount of calories less? | As far as just plain weight loss goes, there would be no difference whatsoever. Your body requires somewhere between 1500-2000 calories per day just to survive adequately.You burn X and consume Y. If X > Y you lose, if Y > X, you gain, regardless of how you create that imbalance. However, muscles mass takes more calori... |
Do film companies pay theatres to show their movies, or do theatres pay film companies for the rights to show their movies? | It's a shared pool that works out roughly like this, the ticket price is split between the studio and the theater at a percentage 1st week: 90% studio / 10% theater 2nd: 80/20 3-5: 60/40 etc Specific movies and specific studios may have deals that alter the percentage for each week and timeframe, it's all negotiated, a... |
Why is it, that on the same amount of food consumption, I feel fine to exercise, but feel empty to edit an essay? | The empty feeling when thinking about the essay is a psychological process. There could be many reasons your brain wants to avoid it. This most likely has nothing to do with food intake. Sounds like small dose of the maladaptive coping mechanism psychologists call *avoidance*. Plain old procrastination is different. I'... |
Why do people listen to music with earbuds in while driving a vehicle that most likely has a stereo in it? | They could be listening to music from an audio player which can't connect to the car stereo . Or they could just be using their headphones to talk to someone on the phone. And where I'm from it's very illegal.I think in most cases they are just using the earbuds as an earpiece for their phones. A lot of earbuds these d... |
Why are head-lice a 'kids thing' that seems to only exist amongst groups of younger aged children? | Because kids, when at school and play they get their heads close to others. Adults, consider it rude/weird/childish to do that. While the lice may spread from child to adult, it is less likely to happen between two adults. |
Why does the toast get crunchier when it cools? | The steam evaporates off, so it's less moist.Food keeps cooking after you remove the heat source, since the heat is still in the food itself. Water will also continue to be evaporate. |
How do computers know what time it is? | They have an internal clock, a lot like a wristwatch. It keeps track of the time. There's even a small battery on the motherboard to keep track when the computer is unplugged. |
Can someone please explain the sunk cost fallacy? | Imagine you 've had a car for the last fifteen years, and that car is a piece of shit. It breaks down every few dozen miles, it smells gross, it looks like shit, and you're constantly pouring money into it. The Sunk-Cost fallacy is where you would be more likely to keep the car and keep pouring money into it than to sp... |
What's the difference between the different tiers of gasoline and is it really worth the extra money for premium gas? | Higher grades of gasoline are refined more carefully to give them a higher octane rating, which means they burn more consistently and are less likely to "knock" under the higher compression in high-performance engines. Unless your car's owner's manual specifically says you need to fill the tank with a higher grade of g... |
What happens when we sleep? How does sleeping “recharges” us? | Someone can explain this much better, but it basically gives your brain and body some downtime to do some repairs, make some different proteins, etc. It also gives your brain time to process the events in your day and serves as a break from constant stimulation |
How come New York City is so expensive yet 8,000,000 people live there? | Uh, can you explain your logic of why 8 million people living there would prevent it being expensive? |
What causes SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) and what helps? | Though not definite, some think SAD is a caused by a lack of sunlight during the winter months. People have come to this conclusion since countries that are further North are more likely to report higher rates of depression during the darker months. Melatonin is a hormone that our bodies produce. It is important in our... |
Why do the windows in the back seats of cars not go down all the way like in the front? | It's not to keep children in the car. It's simply that there isn't enough space inside the door for the window. The bottom of a front car door is bigger than the window, so it can go entirely inside. The rear doors have a cutout for the rear wheel well, which keeps the window from being able to go all the way down.It's... |
The current American immigration problem | The **unbiased** report is that the politicians are still arguing what they think needs to be done. And since they're arguing and arguing and arguing about it, nothing gets done. In the meantime, many poor and desperate people from the impoverished countries of Central America will continue to immigrate illegally to th... |
Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan | It regards taxes. 9% tax on corporate income, 9% tax on individual income, and a 9% national sales tax across the board. of coarse this is impossible, but people are having fun with herman, and I think he is having fun too9% Corporate Income Tax 9% Personal Income Tax 9% National Sales Tax The elimination of loopholes ... |
Why is it that some days after my hour long drive home, I cannot remember the journey at all? | The human brain has a bit of an autopilot function. However, with this said, if the brain detects a problem, it pops out of it. That's the reason why you start paying attention just as the guy cuts you off, from what I understand. |
Why do a lot of hospitals have religious connections? | For centuries medical care was provided by churches and temples. This is because for many religions care for the sick is a major command of their faith. This tradition has carried on into modernity and a lot of hospitals are heavily funded by religious groups, and many are physically owned by them with the religious gr... |
How are the elements in the 7th row of the periodic table created in a lab? | Particle accelerators fire streams of one type of atom at another type of atom. The kinetic energy is enough overcome the repulsive forces, and smash the nuclei together, creating new elements. It is nuclear fusion, not chemistry, so while you can't change an element through chemistry, you can through physics. |
Why does licking your lips make them dry out? | Moisture is kept in your skin by a thin layer of oil. This includes the skin on your lips. When you lick your lips, it wipes away those oils, allowing water to evaporate from the skin, causing them to dry out. |
From a biological standpoint, what is happening to these guys? | They're faking it. This will make you light headed and dizzy, but it won't make you hallucinate. You can achieve the same thing by huffing co2, and it's because the buildup of c02 in your blood. |
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