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Will computers ever be powerful enough to "solve chess?" Are there any fundamental physical barriers that will prevent us from creating a machine that could do so before the Earth ends?

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If a particle was discovered to go faster than light in a vacuum, wouldn't it release Cherenkov Radiation?

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How efficient is the human brain at computation compared to the theoretical maximum obtainable computation for a given size equivalent to the size of the human brain?

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If I whispered something to someone in space, wouldn't they be able to hear it because of the gas I was expelling even through we were in a vacuum? How far could shout until they could no longer hear me?

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Why is it easier to differentiate faces of people of the same race as the observer compared to other races?

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If light colors reflect light and darker colors absorb light, why are fair-skinned people more prone to sunburn? Shouldn't their skin reflect the radiation more than a dark-skinned person?

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If you took all the energy that the average person expends over a lifetime and used it for a bomb, how large would the explosion be?

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Are there any known mathematical problems that have been proved unsolvable but a general agreement exists that an unknowable conjecture is true or false?

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If something the size of Ceres were places gently on the surface of Earth and left there, what would be the sequence of events?

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Regarding the recent typhoon, just how much energy does this storm contain? How much energy is being departed on a 6 foot 200 pound man standing in 235 mph winds? How much force against a wall of a house? Wow me askscience and eli5 just how powerful this storm was for me.

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Will computers ever be powerful enough to "solve chess?" Are there any fundamental physical barriers that will prevent us from creating a machine that could do so before the Earth ends?	1
If a particle was discovered to go faster than light in a vacuum, wouldn't it release Cherenkov Radiation?	1
How efficient is the human brain at computation compared to the theoretical maximum obtainable computation for a given size equivalent to the size of the human brain?	1
If I whispered something to someone in space, wouldn't they be able to hear it because of the gas I was expelling even through we were in a vacuum? How far could shout until they could no longer hear me?	1
Why is it easier to differentiate faces of people of the same race as the observer compared to other races?	1
If light colors reflect light and darker colors absorb light, why are fair-skinned people more prone to sunburn? Shouldn't their skin reflect the radiation more than a dark-skinned person?	1
If you took all the energy that the average person expends over a lifetime and used it for a bomb, how large would the explosion be?	1
Are there any known mathematical problems that have been proved unsolvable but a general agreement exists that an unknowable conjecture is true or false?	1
If something the size of Ceres were places gently on the surface of Earth and left there, what would be the sequence of events?	1
Regarding the recent typhoon, just how much energy does this storm contain? How much energy is being departed on a 6 foot 200 pound man standing in 235 mph winds? How much force against a wall of a house? Wow me askscience and eli5 just how powerful this storm was for me.	1