Science big questions Q&A

[LutheranGuy123]

I'm starting this thread for people who would like to ask any large-scale science questions, like "How does my immune system work?" or "How does my car turn gas into movement?" and get actual answers. Please don't ask small questions, like "Is a hyena a cat or a dog?" (it's neither).

 

[Wolfe]

How do the tissues pop back up in those tissue holder things?

 

[Everybodyknows]

How does quantum mechanics tie in with general relativity?

 

[Ken Rank]

How does science prove that Jesus had to be God?

 

[Everybodyknows]

Why does toast always land buttered side down when dropped?

 

[Wolfe]

Why does toast always land buttered side down when dropped?

When the toast lands jelly side down it means evil is afoot...

 

[LutheranGuy123]

How do the tissues pop back up in those tissue holder things?

The tissues are slightly attached to each other. The force required to rip them apart is less than the force needed to pull a tissue through the plastic bit, so it gets pulled up but breaks away before you pull out the second tissue.

 

[LutheranGuy123]

Why does toast always land buttered side down when dropped?

It doesn't. It does however tend to flip over once every six feet, so unless you rest your toast butter side down, it will land butter side down.

 

[Wolfe]

The tissues are slightly attached to each other. The force required to rip them apart is less than the force needed to pull a tissue through the plastic bit, so it gets pulled up but breaks away before you pull out the second tissue.

Okay, another big question.

What possessed you to actually answer my question?
Good answer, nonetheless.

 

[LutheranGuy123]

Okay, another big question.

What possessed you to actually answer my question?
Good answer, nonetheless.

Well it was kind of a small question, but if you really wanted to know then whatever.

 

[Everybodyknows]

It doesn't. It does however tend to flip over once every six feet, so unless you rest your toast butter side down, it will land butter side down.

Can you link to any peer review scientific papers to back up your claim? Not saying you are wrong, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

 

[Radrook]

Why do we always tend to sneeze twice?

 

[Occams Barber]

Can you link to any peer review scientific papers to back up your claim? Not saying you are wrong, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Have faith - its covered in the Bible in the well known Psalm - 'Breakfast with Mine Enemies':

Psalms:23:5: Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my toast with oil; my toast turneth over.

 

[AV1611VET]

Can photosynthesis operate apart from thermodynamics?

 

[USincognito]

Where do long period comets come from?

Please don't ask small questions, like "Is a hyena a cat or a dog?" (it's neither).

Point of pedantry - you are correct, but hyenas are members of the Feliformes subfamily.

 

[Everybodyknows]

Can photosynthesis operate apart from thermodynamics?

Can anything operate apart from thermodynamics?

 

[LutheranGuy123]

Can you link to any peer review scientific papers to back up your claim? Not saying you are wrong, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

I can link an episode of Mythbusters. Scientists have failed to realize the importance of uh... toast migration.

Why do we always tend to sneeze twice?

We don't. How many times you sneeze depends on what's causing it.

Can photosynthesis operate apart from thermodynamics?

Everything obeys the laws of thermodynamics. Photosynthesis is complicated and I study animal medicine, not botany, so I can't really talk about exactly how it works. If you have a specific reason to believe it may not obey thermodynamics, I may be able to explain it.

 

[AV1611VET]

If you have a specific reason to believe it may not obey thermodynamics, I may be able to explain it.

You do know that, according to Genesis 1, angiosperms existed before the sun, don't you?

 

[rturner76]

You do know that, according to Genesis 1, angiosperms existed before the sun, don't you?

Wasn't "Let there be light" the first thing?

 

[HitchSlap]

Wasn't "Let there be light" the first thing?

Yep, but sun on the 4th. day.