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If someone asks me 'how many apples are on the table', and I say 'five', am I counting them quickly in my head or do I remember what five apples look like?

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What's the expected lifetime of the Hoover Dam?

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Do spiders have a fixed pattern they use when webbing up their prey?

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Would a sand timer still work the same if the sand grains were boulder-sized and the timer was proportionally larger?

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Does the deep ocean have seasons?

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Does the placement of numbers on a d20 affect the distribution of rolls in the long run?

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Can a brittle solid, like glass, be warped permanently without breaking it by keeping it under a constant, but low, pressure?

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Is the normal force just a mathematical construct?

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Has there ever been a push to standardize formula notation through all of science?

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How fast would my Internet have to be before I could have all of my computer hardware and software on a cloud server somewhere?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If someone asks me 'how many apples are on the table', and I say 'five', am I counting them quickly in my head or do I remember what five apples look like?	4451
What's the expected lifetime of the Hoover Dam?	1114
Do spiders have a fixed pattern they use when webbing up their prey?	1003
Would a sand timer still work the same if the sand grains were boulder-sized and the timer was proportionally larger?	88
Does the deep ocean have seasons?	85
Does the placement of numbers on a d20 affect the distribution of rolls in the long run?	8
Can a brittle solid, like glass, be warped permanently without breaking it by keeping it under a constant, but low, pressure?	7
Is the normal force just a mathematical construct?	4
Has there ever been a push to standardize formula notation through all of science?	3
How fast would my Internet have to be before I could have all of my computer hardware and software on a cloud server somewhere?	3