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FAQ
Answering the big questions that even Einstein
failed to tackle
Why does looking at a bright light induce
sneezing?
This one has been beaten around a little. Some
people claim looking at the Sun induces sneezing, others say it impedes a
sneeze:
Sneezing
Why does ice-cream
give that chilling pain in the forehead?
Crossed nerve
pathways - again!
Ice
cream headaches
Why do men have
nipples?
Because we're all built from the same human
"pattern".
Nipples.
Love: What is it? How is it? Why is
it?
Science can't say for sure what it is, but it can
say what it does.
Love.
How do you explain deja vu?
Deja
vu
Deja
vu.
Has science solved the puzzle of
belly button fluff?
It's had a go at it.
Belly
Button.
A Chief Baker's
story.
Drunk
Titanic survivor
Why do we enjoy
music?
No-one is certain yet, but here are a few
ideas.
Why does music sound good?
Why
do people sing?
Why
do we like music?
Hair????????
Hair
and shaving Regrow thicker
Body
Hair: Wax or Shave Regrow thicker
Hair
Thicker Regrow thicker
Nose
hair
Facial
hair
Why
do I have hair?
Speed
of hair Growth
Baldness
in men
Eyelashes
+ hair
Eye Colour
Eyes
change colour
Blue
Eyes at birth
Husky's
Different Coloured Eyes
The Human Body does not
behave….
What is
that funny twitch that you sometimes get in the corner of your
eye?
Eye
twitching
Why do we do
it?
Blushing
Is this for real?
Light
on the knees - cure for jet lag?
Exercising?
Exercising
What makes a person right or left
handed?
Handedness
Do they remove toxins from the body?
Tears
Human Nature
How much of a human is due to DNA, and how much is due
to upbringing?
Nature
vs. Nurture
How can people inflict
violence without feeling empathy for their victims?
Emotional
off switch?
Is race a useful concept?
Can we validly divide humanity into racial groups?
Race
Is racism justifiable?
Race
and Racism
Does homosexuality
originate from birth, or is it developed?
Gay
people
Attitudes to
Homosexuals
Attitudes
to Homosexuals
Can it be manipulated
in adults to change basic traits?
DNA
Are people with these chromosomal anomalies more likely
to be criminals?
XXY
and XYY criminals?
Do people act
strangely when there is a full moon?
Lunacy
- literally!
Why do we find some
things funny?
What
is humour?
I'll explain this thread
later.
Procrastination
Men are from Mars, Women are from
Venus?
Women's
emotions
e.g. compulsively surfing the
web!
Non-chemical
addiction
Do clothing maketh the
man?
Do
clothing maketh the man?
Do we get our
musical appreciation from fish?
Musical
fish?
Which is the "creative" side?
Are men different to women?
Brain
sides
What are the roles of the two
hands for different musical instruments? Which hand has the harder
task?
Music
and Handedness
Are "primitive"
societies so different to our own?
Hunter-Gatherer
Suicide
Will we always have
war?
Warfare
Does human culture have a biological
basis?
Does
human culture have a biological basis?
IQ INTELLECT
If
intelligence is so great, why didn't the dinosaurs evolve
it?
Intelligence
Is there a gene for intelligence?
Intelligence
Genes
Is artificial intelligence
possible?
Machine
Intelligence
IQ tests What do they
measure? What does the score mean (if anything)?
IQ
tests
What use is the IQ
score?
IQ
Classify yourself into one of sixteen types. Fun, but
like IQ, perhaps not valid.?
Personality
Categoriser
How can we tell if a
psychological or IQ test is useful?
Testing
testing
Why does maths seem to work so
well in explaining the universe?
Mathematical
universe or mathematical brain?
Is
there any correlation?
Birth
Order and Character traits
Memory
How can we improve it?
Short
term memory
Why can't we remember
things before a certain age?
Earliest
memories
Language..bad or
otherwise!!
Why
do so many people speak English so well?
Languages
Are all languages equally expressive?
Languages
Accents.. Why do people have them?
Accents
Accents
DEATH
Death.. What is it?
ANSWER
Please describe the process of rigor
mortis.
ANSWER
What is meant by
this?
Life
expectancy
How long would it
take?
Starving
to death
What are the bends? Why don't
dolphins get them?
Diving
and the Bends
Does it
explode?
Human
body in
vacuum
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