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November 27

Reddit question 1

Original question by 103.83.205.57 (talk) 13:51, 26 November 2018 (UTC) copied from reddit is the title here [1]. Removed as a likely copyvio. Nil Einne (talk) 23:16, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(1)Where is your evidence that "our ability to cook food has helped developed our brains". That sounds very unlikely to me. (2) Most of the food we give to dogs and cats is already cooked, so yes, they are happy to eat it.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 13:59, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently there is such a theory but it's disputed. As to what would happen if we fed cooked food to animals, that looks like speculation to me. --Antiquary (talk) 15:45, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The hypothesis was advanced by Dr Richard Wrangham, Professor at Harvard University and co-director of the Kibale Chimpanzee Project, in his 2010 book CATCHING FIRE: How Cooking Made Us Human. He explains all in this lecture on YouTube. Alansplodge (talk) 16:09, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe if the animals were doing the cooking. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:39, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Store-bought pet food in tins or sachets is cooked. 217.33.150.21 (talk) 16:56, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Besides dogs and cats, bears will gladly eat cooked food if it is available. There was this one bear^{[Citation Needed]} who would sleep 'till noon but before it's dark, He'd have every picnic basket that's in Jellystone Park. --Guy Macon (talk) 17:28, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but he's smarter than the average bear. --Jayron 32 17:29, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thus proving the hypothesis? CThomas³ (talk) 19:12, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the research division could shed some light on it... --Jayron 32 20:06, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I read once somewhere (my favorite source!) that chimpanzees will cook food if a heat source happens to be available – a tree smoldering from lightning, a hot plate set out by researchers. —Tamfang (talk) 00:12, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reddit question 2

Original question by 41.60.235.203 (talk) 18:34, 26 November 2018 (UTC) copied from Reddit is as the title here [2]. Removed as a likely copyvio. Nil Einne (talk) 23:18, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That depends on whether it would meet the IAU definition of planet. There are three parts of that definition; your hypothetical planetary-Moon meets parts 1 (Orbiting the sun directly) and 2 (hydrostatic equilibrium, i.e. a stable spheroid shape). Objects that don't meet part 3 aren't considered planets. Part 3 of that definition (known as Clearing the neighbourhood) is why objects like Ceres and Pluto are not considered planets, and is dependent on factors not entirely related to merely the size of the object. --Jayron 32 18:56, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It also depends on whose conclusions you accept. That third criterion is controversial, and some say it's bogus.[3] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:19, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reddit question 3

Original question by 181.211.32.82 (talk) 22:09, 26 November 2018 (UTC) copied from Reddit is as the title here [4]. Removed as a likely copyvio. Nil Einne (talk) 23:21, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Psychotherapy! Since Mars has no magnetic field like our home Planet, contrary to all the Movies, Illustrations, Predictions, SciFi-fairytails. the only way to survive there for longer would be to go deep enough underground to be save from the considerably high and hard radiation, cause that fancy glass domes everyone imagines for Mars, wont hold any of that off worth mentioning.

Check out Article Mars Radiation Environment Experiment for your reality update dear future mars adventurer.

So with consequently everyone there forced to stay in an underground Bunker 24/7, maybe allowed to go outside for a few hours per week at best, i would guess Psychotherapy would be in highest demand. Especially for all these fanboys and girls who expected to live under a glass Dome, watching the sky while they fall asleep --Kharon (talk) 23:11, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Statistics and estate planning, since half of all (unmanned) missions so far have failed. 212.178.135.35 (talk) 14:29, 27 November 2018 (UTC) Martin.[reply]

Healthy sex

How often is healthy to have sex? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:742E:8F00:8C61:BBE2:E9F2:C80 (talk) 06:55, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

By yourself or with a partner? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:21, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

is anal sex good or bad? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.132.106.53 (talk) 22:54, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

By yourself or with a partner? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:43, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Both I guess?

Define "good" and "bad". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:02, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

question

I want a site to find all Provinces, Prefectures, Counties, Cities, Districts and... Amirh123 (talk) 14:53, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Already asked and answered here Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)#question. MarnetteD|Talk 16:08, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

donation pop-up

if i donate will the notification asking for one go away? im tired of seeing it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.15.239.126 (talk) 21:16, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No. But if you create an account you can make them disappear. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 23:19, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]