EXPLAIN IT!

[BigApplePi]

If there is anything INTP's can do they can EXPLAIN IT. They can come up with a theory no matter how wild to do the job. As a member of the INTP Forum your job will be to EXPLAIN what needs EXPLAINING posed by the prior poster. You are limited to one sentence ... you are THAT good! After your EXPLANATION you are to propose something new requiring an EXPLANATION.

Just because the prior poster has purported to EXPLAIN IT doesn't mean they got it right! If you suspect a poster has not really EXPLAINED IT, you may propose a new explanation. Alternately you may embellish on an old explanation. You are just restricted to that one sentence. You don't need more. After all this is a world of sound bytes.

Examples:

Explain the INTP temperament.
Explanation: The INTP temperament occurs if the person is most comfortable with introverted thinking supported by extroverted intuition.

Explain gravity.
Explanation: Gravity occurs when something pulls on you seriously.

Explain why the sky is blue.

 

[Ex-User (5841)]

The sky is blue because light reflects off of particles of water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere.

Explain the relationship between social and individual capital.

 

[MissQuote]

The sky is blue because light reflects off of particles of water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere.

Explain the relationship between social and individual capital.

ahem, (expanding) The sky is blue because darkness pushing through lights creates an illusionary conundrum our optical nerves translate best as blue.

Or, the sky is blue because I think it is blue.

The more capital an individual has the more social capacity, the more social capacity the more opportunity for capitalizing.

Explain the schizophrenic state.

 

[eagor]

ahem, (expanding) The sky is blue because darkness pushing through lights creates an illusionary conundrum our optical nerves translate best as blue.

Or, the sky is blue because I think it is blue.

The more capital an individual has the more social capacity, the more social capacity the more opportunity for capitalizing.

Explain the schizophrenic state.

they mostly come out at night...mostly

explain hermetic theory

 

[BigApplePi]

Explain the schizophrenic state.

The schizophrenic state is when we can't get it together so we decide to split.

explain hermetic theory

Hermetic theory is all about what happens when you get together with a hermit and have a party.

Explain what why children are so young.

 

[TheSirSuperb]

Explain what why children are so young.

Children are so young because we have defined the word "what" in a way that describes children.

Why does it rain?

 

[BigApplePi]

Why does it rain?

It rains because water is a helleva lot heavier than air.

Explain why the most common missed typo is "you" instead of "your."

 

[Cognisant]

Because the absence of something is harder to spot than the presence of something that shouldn't be, I could go into neural net theory but to be concise from a mathematical perspective there's a potentially infinite set of things possibly missing whereas the thing out of place is a clearly defined value, therefore the probability of noticing something out of place is potentially infinitely higher than noticing the absence of something.

For fun see how many things you can sneak out of a room before the person in the room notices, then try to sneak something into the room, unless you keep them constantly distracted it's damn near impossible.

How do I do a tax return?

 

[MissQuote]

Because the absence of something is harder to spot than the presence of something that shouldn't be, I could go into neural net theory but to be concise from a mathematical perspective there's a potentially infinite set of things possibly missing whereas the thing out of place is a clearly defined value, therefore the probability of noticing something out of place is potentially infinitely higher than noticing the absence of something.

For fun see how many things you can sneak out of a room before the person in the room notices, then try to sneak something into the room, unless you keep them constantly distracted it's damn near impossible.

How do I do a tax return?

As of this post I really like you.

"How do I do a tax return?"

Hire someone.

Why is dissonance so pleasing?

 

[Cognisant]

Cognitive dissonance, in other words "confusion" is not pleasing, however the paradigm shift that often results after this dissonance can certainly be pleasing as it causes a cascading reconfigurement throughout your neural net... err basically forming new connections feels good and this makes you do a lot of it in a short period of time, it's like the satisfaction of solving a puzzle.

How do I sculpt clay without it cracking when it dries?

 

[BigApplePi]

How do I sculpt clay without it cracking when it dries?

Try covering the end pieces that are thin and edges so they take longer to dry to get more even drying.

Explain what causes war.

 

[gruesomebrat]

Try covering the end pieces that are thin and edges so they take longer to dry to get more even drying.

Explain what causes war.

Scarcity causes war.

Explain why the world seems full of idiots.

 

[Amagi82]

Explain why the world seems full of idiots.

Because you're way smarter than average.


Explain the most plausible theory for the origin of life on this planet.

 

[BigApplePi]

Explain the most plausible theory for the origin of life on this planet.

A meteor from the outer solar system brought enough organic material to Earth landing at just the right time bringing a starter kit for life.

Explain how honest men get corrupted.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

A meteor from the outer solar system brought enough organic material to Earth landing at just the right time bringing a starter kit for life.

Explain how honest men get corrupted.

money → power → women


Explain the Giza pyramids and Great Sphinx.

 

[A22]

Explain why hot air rises and cold air sinks instead of the two of them just mixing in an homogeneous mid-temperature zone..

 

[Sanctum]

Explain why hot air rises and cold air sinks instead of the two of them just mixing in an homogeneous mid-temperature zone..

Because the particles in both temperatures are moving at different rates, and it would take a longer time to form a homogeneous mixture (all particles moving at the same rate) then hot air just rising and cold air sinking.

Explain why and how people fall in love

 

[eagor]

some form of delusional hysteria, or alcohol take your pick.

where do babies come from?

 

[MissQuote]

some form of delusional hysteria, or alcohol take your pick.

where do babies come from?

If you want to make a baby you must first create the universe (thank you Sagan), the posts leading up to this one can explain a part of that process, this thread will likely explain the rest at some point before said universe dies a nasty heat death or other problem.

Explain the 1980's.

 

[Ex-User (5841)]

Borrow and spend.

Explain trophic cascade.

 

[BigApplePi]

Explain trophic cascade.

My reading of Google says trophic cascade is explained by, "When the cats away the mice will play", thus messing up the order of things.

Explain the theory of evolution in one sentence or less.

 

[Amagi82]

Evolution is the scientific term for the changing of life from one generation to the next, where the most favorable qualities for a given environment result in that creature successfully breeding; this principle, over millions of years, results in radical changes from the original lifeform.

Explain the special and general theories of relativity.

 

[BigApplePi]

Explain the special and general theories of relativity.

Special relativity is when your wife wants something you don't and general relativity is when your in-laws want to stay with you.

Explain religious Creationism from the POV of a Creationist.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Special relativity is when your wife wants something you don't and general relativity is when your in-laws want to stay with you.

Explain religious Creationism from the POV of a Creationist.

Book of Genesis Ch.1 KJV

Spoiler

1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

13And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Book of Genesis Ch. 2 KJV

Spoiler

1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

4These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

6But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Explain this image:
[bIMGx=500]http://i.imgur.com/IFl1x.jpg[/bIMGx]

 

[Ex-User (5841)]

Evolution is the scientific term for the changing of life from one generation to the next, where the most favorable qualities for a given environment result in that creature successfully breeding; this principle, over millions of years, results in radical changes from the original lifeform.

1. Evolution is the accumulation of mutations at the population level over time.


2. SUMO!



Explain how to age a male squirrel by measuring its testicles.

 

[eagor]

his body is trying to morph itself into a more aerodynamic shape

explain "purple drank"

 

[Amagi82]

I choose to explain with an image:

Explain in excruciating detail what happens when a horse kicks you in the face.

 

[BigApplePi]

Explain how to age a male squirrel by measuring its testicles.

Fit them in a calibrated vice to age it very rapidly.

Explain in excruciating detail what happens when a horse kicks you in the face.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
hhhhhhhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuufffffffffffff!!!!!!!!!!

Explain why icycold used multiple sentences to explain Creationism.

 

[eagor]

icycold is naughty and needs to be spanked

explain magnets

 

[Cognisant]

So there's shit and then there's bits of shit and then there's the smallest bits of shit, now when the smallest bits of shit start spinning together they distort the normally even electromagnetic equivalent of space/time thereby affecting other bits of shit, particularly those bits that are also spinning or are easily spun, causing that shit to either be attracted or repelled, basically shit happens.

Explain why whales beach themselves.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Explain what's taking Cognisant so long.

 

[BigApplePi]

Explain why whales beach themselves.

Whales are mammals like humans so they know the beach is the best place to get a tan.

Explain what's taking Cognisant so long.

He is trying to catch up to icycold's genesis.

Explain how the atom bomb works

 

[Amagi82]

Explain how the atom bomb works

An atom gets excited, and hits on another atom; the first atom ends up cheating on the second atom, so the atoms get in a fight and bomb each other.


Explain why rockets, missiles, bullets, and other weapons are shaped like dicks.

 

[Cognisant]

Because Freud was right.

Why do donuts have holes in them?

 

[Fukyo]

Because Freud was right

Why do men like boobs?






(lets refrain from freud this time )

 

[BigApplePi]

Why do donuts have holes in them?

Because there's no other way to tell to stop eating hamburgers and begin desert.

Why does Newton's 3rd law (every action has an = & opposite reaction) work?
Opps Ninja'd

 

[speiss]

Why do men like boobs?

They make comfy pillows!

Why can't I own a puppy?

 

[Amagi82]

Why do men like boobs?

Because they resemble the butt, which is the best thing in the world.

*edit*... crap, everyone posted at once.

Why can't I own a puppy?

Because ownership is an illusion.


Why does boredom exist?

 

[Fukyo]

They make comfy pillows!

Why can't I own a puppy?

Because he's mine already.


Why is @Amagi82 freaked about about androgyny?

 

[BigApplePi]

Why is @Amagi82 freaked about about androgyny?

Because he lives in Einsteinian space and can't get it straight.

Why is everyone posting at once?

 

[speiss]

Why is everyone posting at once?

Because all the cool people are doing it. Get with the program.

Why are teddy bears so creepy?

 

[Ex-User (5841)]

Explain why whales beach themselves.

The reason is unknown, but likely due to environmentally-induced changes in brain functionality that cause an extreme form of "spatial ADHD" similar to zugunruhe in birds.

Because they're inanimate objects with eyes.

Explain why I forgot to ask a question.

 

[speiss]

Explain why I forgot to ask a question.

You didn't. You noted your duty to when you told us to explain it.

Now explain to me why teddy bears are creepy, peasant, and follow the crowd!

 

[BigApplePi]

Now explain to me why teddy bears are creepy, peasant, and follow the crowd!

Explanation I thought:

Because they're inanimate objects with eyes.

Explain why does every action have an equal and opposite reaction (Newton's third law)

 

[ayn]

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction because there is no way that energy can simply disappear.

Explain female ejaculation.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Explain female ejaculation.

Penis envy.


Explain Wendy's square meat.

 

[Cognisant]

Like monsters from beyond time and space we pluck flatlanders from their homes and eat them.

Explain why nothing is faster than light.

 

[GYX_Kid]

Nothing is relatively everything, which is everywhere at once = faster than light

Explain why extreme solid red and yellow, and a clown, are somehow symbolically attractive to hungry customers (McDonalds)

 

[eagor]

children are like bees the color yellow makes them calm

explain what an Alabama hot pocket is

 

[Amagi82]

explain what an Alabama hot pocket is

The act of defecating into a vagina. Also, I hate you.


Explain why some fish can be eaten raw and others must be cooked.