General Knowledge
Exploring "Why" questions about General Knowledge
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Why do some construction projects take so long?
Manpower is crazy expensive. It is by far the most expensive part of almost any construction project. If 100 guys can do in an hour what 10 guys can do in 9 hours, you hire the 10 guys.
Why do pharmaceutical commercials always tell viewers to see their ad in a magazine? Do people seriously buy a magazine just to look at an advertisement?
It's because they can't always fit all of the legally required fine print into the commercial -- side effects, warnings, etc. Take a look at a pharmaceutical ad in a magazine sometime, and you'll find
Why do some people choose not to be organ donors?
Some are too lazy to register or check the box. Some find it unacceptable due to their religion. Some don't like contemplating the thought of their mortality.
why do people constantly compare communists and nazis? Aren’t they diametrically opposed ideologies and didn’t the communists defeat the nazis?
Both systems result in the deaths of millions. By shear numbers, communist russia killed way more people than the Nazis did. Politics is a horseshoe, as you get closer to the extreme edges, they start
Why is it so difficult to have automatic translations?
> I know it has something to do with context and the different meanings of words This is pretty much it. When you use the word "crown", how do I know if you mean a "fake tooth", "the thing that a k
Why does Amazon allow users to write reviews for products they have never purchased?
If I'm not mistaken you can see if the reviewer has purchased the item or not so you can take the review itself with a grain of salt. They allow people to do this because they realize people can purch
Why stage 4 cancer is “uncurable”
At stage 4, the cancer has spread throughout the body to multiple locations distant from the original tumor. It's considered uncurable at that point because it's not feasible, or really even possible
Why are farmers struggling financially when there are more people than ever before to feed, people eat more on average than ever before, we know more about the science of agriculture than ever befo…
Automation is eliminating most of the simple jobs for farmers. A typical farm machine does the work of 40 laborers. So now being a farmer means you need a ton of money to operate a fleet of expensive
why do we usually say “ow” when we hurt ourselves?
Short answer is both social conditioning (we grew up hearing other people saying it, so we mimic it) as well as vocalizations actually helping to reduce pain. Studies have shown that verbal expression
Why do bands bring have their own speakers and amplifiers if everything is just run through the arena’s PA system?
Like their guitar amps and stuff? A guitar amp does a whole lot more to influence the actual sound and tone than the PA. A guitarist's amp is pretty integral to his whole sound, so he'll want it to be