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How exactly does a death cap mushroom kill you? What happens, chemically speaking?

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ELIMathematicianNotPhysicist: Quantum Bayesianism. What is it, and how is it different from all the other ways to look at QM?

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ELIMathematicianNotPhysicist: Quantum Bayesianism. What is it, and how is it different from all the other ways to look at QM?

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Is it possible to extract a data series' singal-to-noise ratio, if we don't have any prior information about the shape or magnitute of the signal, and the only thing we know about the noise is that it's completely random (not even a guess about its magnitude)?

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Are paraphilias (like pedophilia) "treatable"?

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Are sexual fetishes\paraphilias inborn or acquired?

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What is the pysical meaning of a matrix determinant?

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Is spin a bulk property? Does it make sense to talk about the spin of a macro object by adding up spins of individual particles, the same way that we can talk about its charge by adding up the individual charges?

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How is linearity of quantum mechanics compatible with non-linear systems higher up?

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Does the placebo effect work on animals?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How exactly does a death cap mushroom kill you? What happens, chemically speaking?	71
ELIMathematicianNotPhysicist: Quantum Bayesianism. What is it, and how is it different from all the other ways to look at QM?	34
ELIMathematicianNotPhysicist: Quantum Bayesianism. What is it, and how is it different from all the other ways to look at QM?	34
Is it possible to extract a data series' singal-to-noise ratio, if we don't have any prior information about the shape or magnitute of the signal, and the only thing we know about the noise is that it's completely random (not even a guess about its magnitude)?	30
Are paraphilias (like pedophilia) "treatable"?	25
Are sexual fetishes\paraphilias inborn or acquired?	22
What is the pysical meaning of a matrix determinant?	21
Is spin a bulk property? Does it make sense to talk about the spin of a macro object by adding up spins of individual particles, the same way that we can talk about its charge by adding up the individual charges?	21
How is linearity of quantum mechanics compatible with non-linear systems higher up?	19
Does the placebo effect work on animals?	19