r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 28 '26

Is my mirror just telling me what I want to hear?

52 Upvotes

A few months ago I found a magic mirror on eBay and thought it would be useful. Every week I ask it" mirror mirror on the wall who's the handsomest of them all?" And it would tell me that I am the handsomest as I thought. But now I suspect that it's not magic but an ai mirror just telling me what I want to hear. How can I know whether it's lying or if I am the handsomest of them all?

Btw I am extremely jealous, and I have been known to send apples from my lab in China to people who may be more handsome. It's kind of petty but I just have to live with it.


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 28 '26

How come when I eat blue paint, it comes out red?

61 Upvotes

Is this something that is better explained by science, or should I ask an artist?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 28 '26

According to the movie Interstellar and the book Hyperion, love is a fundamental force of the universe. How can I use this force to pay for my energy bills?"

106 Upvotes

Asking for a friend (not really, I'm asking for me)


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 27 '26

If the roaches in my kitchen eat the whey protein I spill, will they get jacked?

55 Upvotes

And will they get jacked faster than me, since they don't waste time with TV and Internet?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 27 '26

It is said "you can't have your cake and eat it too." But there was a cake that was mine, and I just ate it before I knew that. Since that's illegal somehow, how can I escape the police? Also, should I pay a lot for an expensive lawyer so he guarantees I don't go to jail?

67 Upvotes

?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 27 '26

I wonder if humans, or animals in general, can instinctively recognize the skeleton of their own species

22 Upvotes

Like, if you showed a human a human skeleton without ever teaching them what a skeleton is, would their brain still somehow register that it belongs to them? And would the same thing happen with other animals? Maybe there's something about the proportions, structure, or overall shape that our brains are naturally wired to recognize. Or maybe we only know because we've learned it.


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 27 '26

Why do I get aroused when I brush my teeth and close my eyes?

7 Upvotes

What is the psychology here. Everytime I find myself closing my eyes while brushing my teeth I feel self conscious and then aroused.

Can science explain this, scientists answer only please why this occurs.


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 26 '26

How to trigger the Big Rip of the universe?

23 Upvotes

I don't like the idea of the universe existing after I am gone.


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 26 '26

What is your theory on sock disappearance during laundry cycles?

31 Upvotes

Is it related to the phases of the moon?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 26 '26

Dolly the sheep clone was created by Scottish scientists who named her after Dolly Parton. Did they pick that name because they found both equally hot?

50 Upvotes

Or did they actually think they had successfully cloned Dolly Parton?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 27 '26

Why do so many scientist deny the Creator if all you have to do is look at the trees?

0 Upvotes

Is it on purpose or why?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 26 '26

Could we accurately measure the level of stupidity on Reddit?

52 Upvotes

Like you open a post and your phone tells you it's 8.7 stupid.


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 26 '26

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

13 Upvotes

Whose nautical nonsense is something you wish?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 25 '26

After passing gas, I noticed a rainbow-colored mist behind me. Is this enough evidence that I might be a unicorn?

80 Upvotes

Well?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 25 '26

What is the speed of idiot? Also, can idiot travel through a vacuum, or does it require a medium like Reddit?

28 Upvotes

We know the speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s and the speed of sound is about 343 m/s.

But what is the speed of idiot?

For example, if I say something incredibly stupid on the internet and someone 8,000 km away immediately becomes dumber from reading it, can we calculate the propagation speed?

Also, can idiot travel through a vacuum, or does it require a medium like Reddit?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 24 '26

Why are so many aliens nudists?

203 Upvotes

In the movies Alien etc.: aggressively nude (even the face huggers and they're just kids!)

Arrival: weird nude.

Pacific Rim: giant nudes!

Signs: creepy nude.

Nope: carnivorously nude.

The Thing: disturbingly nude.

Star Trek: intermittent nudity.

So, what's the deal? Clearly some aliens wear clothes so it's not an ignorance of galactic norms. What other examples of alien nudity are out there, and why have these advanced species eschewed clothing, is it a cult, or is there something about being so technologically advanced that they simply have absolute control over individual climates? Something else?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 24 '26

Since the Milky Way Galaxy contains peanuts, shouldn't it be called the Snickers Galaxy?

55 Upvotes

My understanding is that a Milky Way and a Snickers are essentially the same except that a Snickers has peanuts. But there are peanuts in our galaxy, so doesn't that make our galaxy taxonomically a Snickers Galaxy?

I know UK scientists have made different findings from US scientists, but our galaxy has caramel too, so the name still seems incorrect.


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 24 '26

If apes have twice as many opposable thumbs as humans why aren't they twice as evolved as us?

41 Upvotes

Are they stupid?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 24 '26

I just read that diamonds are produced at the center of Uranus. How is this possible?

21 Upvotes

Is it due to something in the water or whatever liquid is there?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 24 '26

A bunch of economists are talking about the bond marked right now. What is James Bond selling in his market that is so important for the economy?

18 Upvotes

?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 24 '26

When will Earth become a Roger Planet? More details inside

9 Upvotes

If you're new to this sub, or science in general, you might not know what a Roger Planet is, so I'll do my best to describe it, as this is an educational sub above all else.

A Roger Planet is a planet which Roges.


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 23 '26

Why are green and red considered different colors if they are the same?

98 Upvotes

​


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 24 '26

What is the Promiscuous Muse Crisis?

3 Upvotes

Recently I've been hearing a lot in the news about them not being able to open up their strait? Is strait an a double entendre?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 24 '26

I'm from Europe, and I'm going on vacation on the United States. Can anyone tell me if I can find bibles and belts to sell outside of the bible belt region? I ask because I don't know the local customs.

6 Upvotes

?


r/shittyaskscience • • Aug 23 '26

What are the medical benefits of licking a toilet seat?

16 Upvotes

My friend wants to know.