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Why is the sky blue?
The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air.
However, much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look, some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since you see the blue light from everywhere overhead, the sky looks blue. - Science Made Simple
Here's a question I've always wanted to know the real answer to: what causes that sense of deja vu? Everytime I experience, it freaks me out, because I can almost predict what's going to happen next, or what the person with me is going to say, etc. It's such an overwhelming feeling, that it's almost like being outside of your body.
What causes that?
Here's a question I've always wanted to know the real answer to: what causes that sense of deja vu? Everytime I experience, it freaks me out, because I can almost predict what's going to happen next, or what the person with me is going to say, etc. It's such an overwhelming feeling, that it's almost like being outside of your body.
What causes that?
Thanks for your response, Mama. The rational side of me wants to believe that there is a scientific reason behind deja vu, but I still get the sense that there's more to it. In addition to having semi-frequent episodes of deja vu, sometimes those incidents are not "I've done this before" but instead "oh my God, I just saw this exact scene play out in a dream last night."According to my new Psychology book:
"Sometimes, being in a context similar to one we've been in before may trigger the experience of deja vu (French for 'already seen') - that eerie sense that "I've been in this exact situation before." This fleeting experience happens most commonly to well-educated, imaginative young adults, especially when tired or stressed. The two-thirds of people who report having experienced deja vu often wonder "How could I recognize a situation I'm experiencing for the first time?" Those who suppose a paranormal explanation may think of reincarnation ("I must have experienced this in a previous life") or precognition ("I viewed this scene in my mind before experiencing it"). Posing the question differently ("Why do I feel as if I recognize this situation?"), we can see how our memory system might produce deja vu. If we have previously been in a similar situation, the current situation may be loaded with cues that unconciously retrieve the earlier experience. (We take in and retain vast amounts of information while hardly noticing and often forgetting where it came from). Thus, if in a similar context you see a stranger who looks and walks like one of your friends, the similarity may give rise to an eerie feeling of recognition. Having awakened a shadow of that earlier experience, you may think, "I've seen that person in this situation before." Or perhaps, suggests James Lampinen, a situation seems familiar when moderately similar to several events. Imagine you briefly encounter my dad, my brothers, my sister, my children, and a few weeks later meet me. Perhaps you might think, "I've been with this guy before." Although no one in my family looks or acts just like me (lucky them), their looks and gestures are somewhat like mine and I might for a "global match" to what you had experienced.
No, she gave me scotch tape. :tongue:If men had tits would they truly stay in all day playing with themWhen you were a kid and you wanted to stick stuff and you couldn't find glue didn't your mum tell you to make flour and water glue?
It's a mild sun allergy common in people with blue eyes or blonde or red hair. Brunettes and people with brown eyes don't have that issue.Now I want to know why looking at the sun (or a bright light) can help bring on a sneeze?! :wink::tongue:
To give horny partners something to play with. :smile:Why do men have nipples?
What is a block? In American terms, it's just around the block. How big is a block?
Why does salt make slugs melt?
Why does salt make slugs melt?[/quote]
Slug question
Answer: Slugs don't "melt" when salt is poured on them; they simply dry out. Slugs depend on being very moist to survive, and if they lose that moisturethey die. Salt is known for being very good at removing moisture from cells, so when you combine salt and slugs, you have a slug raisen. wildman jackson
If we had no skins would that happen to us then?
Here's a question I've always wanted to know the real answer to: what causes that sense of deja vu? Everytime I experience, it freaks me out, because I can almost predict what's going to happen next, or what the person with me is going to say, etc. It's such an overwhelming feeling, that it's almost like being outside of your body.
What causes that?
Why doesnt frozen bread get soggy when it thaws out?
I imagine it's because of the way bread retains moisture and how much of it there is.
When frozen bread is left out in the open to thaw on a very humid day, humidity condenses on it, so it picks up moisture from the air.