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February 9[edit]

Coffee addiction[edit]

Is it possible for a person to be addicted to coffee, in the same way that some people become addicted to alcohol? Freeknowledgecreator (talk) 01:16, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are differences but you can be mildly "addicted" to the caffeine in coffee. See Caffeine dependence. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:41, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Enough said already. DroneB (talk) 00:25, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here we go again. Are you talking about just-plain coffee, or about coffee with added stuff like cream and sugar? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:55, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Did I even mention cream and sugar? No, of course not. Had I been asking about whether coffee with sugar is addictive, then I would have specified coffee with sugar. Freeknowledgecreator (talk) 02:57, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The last time someone brought up the subject of coffee, they said that to them "coffee" could imply cream and sugar already added. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:59, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your response is another example of you reading more into a question than the person asking it actually intended. Enough said about that. Archive this whole thing already if you like. Freeknowledgecreator (talk) 03:00, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It was you yourself who said it, a few weeks ago.[1] So you need to be CLEAR about what you're asking. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:02, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My question was, as usual, perfectly clear. Your response judges it in terms of what I said in a different discussion, which is unwarranted. Freeknowledgecreator (talk) 03:05, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your previous question made unwarranted assumptions about the definition of "coffee". It made total sense for any observer to expect you might be doing it again. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:07, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps a distinction has to be made between caffein and coffee as a cup of coffee could mean the double mocha cappuccino with the whipped cream topping with the cocoa powder dusting. Bus stop (talk) 03:18, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User:Baseball Bugs, User:Freeknowledgecreator - Both of you! Robert McClenon (talk) 07:45, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

??? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 08:02, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. -Roxy, the PROD. . wooF 08:13, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Facepalm-guy. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:17, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I remember him looking a bit peeved on Top Gear because he wanted to talk about his latest theater project but Clarkson kept badgering him with Star Trek jokes. To think you're a Shakespearean actor and get remembered for one facepalm... 93.136.88.203 (talk) 21:53, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sugar addiction[edit]

Is it possible for a person to become addicted to sugar? Freeknowledgecreator (talk) 05:15, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This article says the answer is Yes.[2] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:18, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And now we have to ask if chocolate is addictive. Bus stop (talk) 05:26, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And cookies. And bread. Milk. Boiled lollies. Potatoes. Lettuce? HiLo48 (talk) 05:40, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Would it make sense to create a Boiled lolly redirect for Hard candy? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:53, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I just wasted almost 20 minutes watching how peanut brittle is made as a result of researching "Boiled lolly". Bus stop (talk) 08:23, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikt:lolly; in Australia it means any candy or sweet, elsewhere in the Anglosphere it has to be on a stick to qualify. In the UK, we would say "boiled sweet". Alansplodge (talk) 14:17, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

creation of black holes[edit]

Hi. A few years back, global media was talking about how the large hadron collider might accidentally create "tiny black holes". Today I was looking up if there was something created. I searched for creation of micro black hole, and quantum black hole, with a few different keywords. All I could find were results from past, talking about future. Like this forbes, or this NASA article. So just wanted to know, has it been done? If yes, when and where. No excessive details are required. Its just, I am going to start working at new location (but same job) in a non-physicist capacity, which has similar installation/setup as of LHC. (or maybe it is the LHC itself ) —usernamekiran (talk) 12:52, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not a physicist and my information may be out of date but I doubt black holes have been created. We would've heard about it by now. And even if they were, they wouldn't really be able to do anything before evaporating in a tiny burst of Hawking radiation. See also Micro_black_hole#Man-made_micro_black_holes 93.136.88.203 (talk) 22:02, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No black hole yet the Standard Model of Particle Physics still stands strong.^[1] Creation of black holes creation is predicted in some physics beyond the Standard Model that require extra dimensions (eg M-Theory) and one of the extra dimensions is "large". Dja1979 (talk) 03:27, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks folks. Your input is very much appreciated. See you guys around —usernamekiran (talk) 21:56, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Search for black holes and other new phenomena in high-multiplicity final states in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV". Physics Letters B. November 2017. pp. 279–307. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.09.053.

how does alcohol intake affect white blood cells?105.112.24.49 (talk) 21:07, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[edit]

How does alcohol intake affect white blood cells? Really red wine has some phytochemicals that may guide against the effect of acetaldehyde, an intermediate in the oxidation of alcohol that undermines a healthy living,105.112.24.49 (talk) 21:07, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

One study found a positive correlation, another one found the opposite. And this is one study that found that specifically red muscadine wine has benefits to the immune system. I don’t know if there is a final verdict from the jury. I assume we are not considering long-term alcohol abuse here. --Lambiam 09:18, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Search for black holes and other new phenomena in high-multiplicity final states in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV". Physics Letters B. November 2017. pp. 279–307. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.09.053.

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