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Do thin people have more sensation on their skin because their nerves aren't as spread out?

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Why is the black hole information paradox a paradox at all? Isn't "information" an entirely man-made concept with no reflection in reality? It's not a physical law or a description of any physical process.

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What are the requirements for a meteor or meteor fragments to end up on the ground on Earth? What I mean is: why did the ones that made it to the surface make it intact? Were they traveling slower? Did they come into the atmosphere at a better angle? Were they just made of tougher stuff?

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Why do some programs lock up under heavy load ("This program is not responding"), and others do not? How does a program that handles load gracefully do it?

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What are the long term side effects of SSRIs? (aka antidepressants; Selective Seratonin Re-uptake Inhibitors). I was told recently that long term, they can cause dementia.

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Why can't cell phones take horizontal video when you're holding it upright? Is it something about the lense, or is it on the software side and they just don't program it in for some reason?

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There's always talk about making Mars habitable, but could Venus ever be made habitable? Not necessarily within a human timescale, but over thousands of years?

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How much does leaving a lightbulb on for an hour accelerate the heat death of the universe?

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There have been news reports of a new cancer treatment that puts 93 percent of "incurable" patients into remission. Is there anything to this or is it a particularly shitty example of sensationalist journalism?

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Why do women talk so much?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do thin people have more sensation on their skin because their nerves aren't as spread out?	651
Why is the black hole information paradox a paradox at all? Isn't "information" an entirely man-made concept with no reflection in reality? It's not a physical law or a description of any physical process.	80
What are the requirements for a meteor or meteor fragments to end up on the ground on Earth? What I mean is: why did the ones that made it to the surface make it intact? Were they traveling slower? Did they come into the atmosphere at a better angle? Were they just made of tougher stuff?	12
Why do some programs lock up under heavy load ("This program is not responding"), and others do not? How does a program that handles load gracefully do it?	8
What are the long term side effects of SSRIs? (aka antidepressants; Selective Seratonin Re-uptake Inhibitors). I was told recently that long term, they can cause dementia.	2
Why can't cell phones take horizontal video when you're holding it upright? Is it something about the lense, or is it on the software side and they just don't program it in for some reason?	1
There's always talk about making Mars habitable, but could Venus ever be made habitable? Not necessarily within a human timescale, but over thousands of years?	1
How much does leaving a lightbulb on for an hour accelerate the heat death of the universe?	1
There have been news reports of a new cancer treatment that puts 93 percent of "incurable" patients into remission. Is there anything to this or is it a particularly shitty example of sensationalist journalism?	1
Why do women talk so much?	1