The Unanswered Questions Thread

[ed2962]

If a former U.S. president is put in prison, does the Secret Service stay in prison with him or her? Asking for a friend.

I doubt that even if your friend is convicted, he'll do prison time...

[Jack Dracula]

If a former U.S. president is put in prison, does the Secret Service stay in prison with him or her? Asking for a friend.

I really, really hope we find out.

[Ghost Rider TheHellfireDemon]

Characters that become invisible can still see in movies including Hollow Man, any of The Invisible Man movies, etc.
A human being invisible has a flaw because a human can't absorb light to see so how exactly did the Hollow Man, the Invisible Man, and any other invisible characters still have the ability to see instead of becoming blind?

[ed2962]

Characters that become invisible can still see in movies including Hollow Man, any of The Invisible Man movies, etc.
A human being invisible has a flaw because a human can't absorb light to see so how exactly did the Hollow Man, the Invisible Man, and any other invisible characters still have the ability to see instead of becoming blind?

Warren Ellis sorta addressed this in an issue of Planetary. A character who was basically an evil version of the Invisible Woman wore special glasses in order to see.

[DrNewGod]

Beyond Pizza and BBQ (that latter will get you cut up in down in Dixie, BTW) is there another food so hotly debated as to whose region has the best?

[Jack Dracula]

Beyond Pizza and BBQ (that latter will get you cut up in down in Dixie, BTW) is there another food so hotly debated as to whose region has the best?

Chili comes to mind. Texas claims any variation with more than just meat isn’t really chili.

[CaptainEurope]

Beyond Pizza and BBQ (that latter will get you cut up in down in Dixie, BTW) is there another food so hotly debated as to whose region has the best?

Hummus throughout the Middle East.

Hummus and The Hummus Wars: A Delicious Story of Controversy

[Kirby101]

Beyond Pizza and BBQ (that latter will get you cut up in down in Dixie, BTW) is there another food so hotly debated as to whose region has the best?

Kipapi

[DrNewGod]

Chili comes to mind. Texas claims any variation with more than just meat isn’t really chili.

Yeah, but it's not like Arizona, New York and Georgia have jihad quality disputes with Texas and each other over chili the way BBQ regionophiles do.

[Catlady in training]

Beyond Pizza and BBQ (that latter will get you cut up in down in Dixie, BTW) is there another food so hotly debated as to whose region has the best?

Borscht has several variants, the most well-known originating from Ukraine. As expected, there are some tensions over the origin between Ukraine and Terrorrussia.

[Riv86672]

I’ve always wondered how heavy Asgardian (non magical) weapons are.

As a kid I read in the Marvel Handbook…

…that average Asgardians are in the 25-30 ton range strength wise.

Even exceptionally strong humans don’t use swords weighing more than 5lbs (and that’s considered way heavy). I can’t see Asgardians using 5lb swords.

[ed2962]

So, looking up old Atlas/Seaboard titles from the70's...comics with Neal Adams and Howard Chaykin art, etc are very reasonable priced. However "Vicki" which in fact are reprints/reworkings of "Tippy Teen" from the 60's are somehow going for like $80...?

[DrNewGod]

Why do some of us still suffer miserably from allergies? If Darwin was right, shouldn't evolution eliminated us back in the hunter-gatherer stage?

[Jack Dracula]

Does free will really exist?
We’re all subject to emotional reactions to outside events. Those emotions and how we act regarding them are determined through learned behavior based on feedback from similar experiences and genetic predilections inherited from our parents. On some occasions we have the presence of mind to halt those emotional knee-jerk behaviors and act with planning and forethought but I’d argue that even those instances are subject to a degree of emotional interference.

[Kirby101]

Does free will really exist?
We’re all subject to emotional reactions to outside events. Those emotions and how we act regarding them are determined through learned behavior based on feedback from similar experiences and genetic predilections inherited from our parents. On some occasions we have the presence of mind to halt those emotional knee-jerk behaviors and act with planning and forethought but I’d argue that even those instances are subject to a degree of emotional interference.

Not in the biblical sense that all our actions are determined by our decisions. We have a certain amount of autonomy, but Free Will, in caps, doesn't exist.
Using it as an excuse of why God allows evil is stupid and heartless.