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There are some movies, like The Matrix Reloaded, that I thought looked perfectly realistic when I first watched them. Now I look at them and they feel fake. Why is this? Why am I harder to fool now?

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There are talks of a full body transplant happening. Is there anything preventing us from keeping a head alive by itself?

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Is there anything significantly physically different about the brain of someone like Elon Musk, and the average person?

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Is there some evolutionary advantage humans have by having hair on the head grow several feet long while the rest of the body only has hair that grows no more than a couple inches?

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If we found a planet that was identical to earth aside from the fact that life never existed on it, how long would it take for us to make it livable?

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If I started consuming nothing but whiskey and enough water to not get dehydrated right now, how long would I live and ultimately what would I probably die of?

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I just noticed that most animals have nostrils that point forward but humans have nostrils that point downward. Is there some evolutionary advantage to this?

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It seems like there has been a lot of advancement in rechargeable batteries. Has there been any advancement in alkaline/disposable batteries recently?

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Do we know how behaviors like web building/nest construction/instinct are coded in DNA? When they develop, that sort of thing?

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How long could the average person live if the only beverage available to them was a 5% ABV beer?

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There are some movies, like The Matrix Reloaded, that I thought looked perfectly realistic when I first watched them. Now I look at them and they feel fake. Why is this? Why am I harder to fool now?	1
There are talks of a full body transplant happening. Is there anything preventing us from keeping a head alive by itself?	1
Is there anything significantly physically different about the brain of someone like Elon Musk, and the average person?	1
Is there some evolutionary advantage humans have by having hair on the head grow several feet long while the rest of the body only has hair that grows no more than a couple inches?	1
If we found a planet that was identical to earth aside from the fact that life never existed on it, how long would it take for us to make it livable?	1
If I started consuming nothing but whiskey and enough water to not get dehydrated right now, how long would I live and ultimately what would I probably die of?	1
I just noticed that most animals have nostrils that point forward but humans have nostrils that point downward. Is there some evolutionary advantage to this?	1
It seems like there has been a lot of advancement in rechargeable batteries. Has there been any advancement in alkaline/disposable batteries recently?	1
Do we know how behaviors like web building/nest construction/instinct are coded in DNA? When they develop, that sort of thing?	1
How long could the average person live if the only beverage available to them was a 5% ABV beer?	1