Are Video Games Good Or Bad for You?

Whenever I come across this question, I refer the questioner to the website of one Sam Hughes, a mathematician/coder living in the UK, and to this page in particular: http://qntm.org/good. Without copy-pasting the entire page (although it's not that long), Hughes argues that games are good because they develop the following:Character - Games require perseverance and active participationSkill - Games improve dexterity and hand-eye coordinationYour brain - Games make you think and use problem-solving skills Also, in his final point, Hughes says that games are valuable as entertainment and makes the case for them being better than TV.

I'd have to say that I tend to agree with everything he says on his page.

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How do I build my first Warhammer 40k army?

Depends on how much you're looking to spend.

The Get Started sets are probably the best value for money, but if you've got a bit extra to spend, I'd have a look at online retailers, some of whom sell bigger starter sets, usually the Get Started set plus three or four other units. I personally buy all my 40k stuff from Element Games, but if you're not in Britain, it'll be useless to you. Also, don't forget to buy paints.

If you want to get Citadel paints, then I'd advise you to buy a few colours at first; the base colours for whatever army you're buying, then expand from there.Alternatively, buy Indomitus, it's well worth it's value. You'll have two immediate armies to play with, plus all the ancillaries you need.

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What is socially acceptable today but would be horrifying in ancient times?

My answer is not what you want probably. But if you think of ancient times and the lives they lived and secrets they kept it would pretty much be the same as today.

I think different societies would feel from here to there on many things. Perhaps wvery society from every society would find the technology of todays youth and the decline in any true socializing and any care in saying whatever horrible thing that pops into a persons mind is sent out on social media tohurt and injure without giving it 510 mins before speaking in anger and how our younger generation is really lacking in respect due to all our tech. Dont get me wrong.

I love my phone , laptop, tv, tablet, and all the crap on them but having four kids and seeing the differences due to it that is what I think ancient times would find horrifying

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What did Japan think would happen after attacking Pearl Harbor?

Good question. Looking at the U.

S. at that time, the U.S.

was negotiating a peace treaty with Japan, and didn't seem too worried about Japan's rampage thru Asia. Including the massacres in China.The U.

S. was dragging its feet getting into the German war, sending supplies to help England but no declaration of war.I believe Japan felt if the U.

S. declared war on Germany they would be a weak opponent in the Pacific. Indeed the U.

S. was a sleeping tiger that rallied the nation to mobilize after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Nobody guessed that the U.

S. could industrialize their weapons production so fast and so effective, or enlist and put effective troops into the field so fast.And an more effective bombing of Pearl Harbor such as hitting the fuel storage tanks, disabling aircraft catriers, could well have changed the initial outcomes in the Pacific.

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Why do most Muslim countries hate Israel?

Very simple. I am a corrupt incompetent ruler.

I know that I cannot keep up with my corruption or incompetence forever. Eventually the people will turn against me,unless.What if I can find another reason why my people are so unhappy?

This is where Israel comes in, the country everybody loves to hate. Blame the miserable plight of the people on Israel, turn the peoples anger away from myself and onto someone else.As irrational and demented as it may seem, that is exactly what happens.

Keep the level of education so low that no one will really investigate the history of the conflict, make up your own alternative version, and play it to the crowds. There you go, I have just found a way to keep myself and my decendents in power forever

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What is more important life or beliefs?

The word belief when re-arranged gives us BELIFE.

Life can be led in any way possible. It doesn't have to be segregated into good, bad, ethical or unethical. But this is the most rudimentary inference of life.

Belief gives this new angle to life. Of life being good, bad , ethical or unethical. Now it varies from person to person, how he wants his life to be.

Whether living is important or believing. Whether he wants to experience the feeling of being alive or add complexities to it. Personally i think there is no better phenomenon than Life in the universe.

So life is what i feel is important. Being humans however, we are bound to develop beliefs sooner or later in life. But the first step is to Learn to Liv.

what is more important life or beliefs?.

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Why are some nurses cold and uncaring with patients?

Isn't it their job to be comforting and kind?

In Australia at the university I study at we are trained to communicate in a way that demonstrates empathy as it is very essential to patient wellbeing and recovery. We are trained to care as many naturally do.

This is essential for mental well being . being understood matters hospitsls do not need to dehumanise a patient. So according to our standards nurses are meant to be kind and caring and this leads to a quicker less expensive recovery too.

Some nurses may be cold and uncaring because they may be tired of abuse and hate their job. Or maybe they have no empathy to demonstrat. I don't know why I have met a few and to be honest I don't think they are suited to their job

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How powerful is Jared Kushner in the Trump Administration?

I guess that Jared Kushner is very influential, I would not call him powerful. Being a senior adviser to Trump, Trump of course listens to him. It is a family business.

He may agree and/or disagree with Kushner. But Trump makes his own calls. The President is more powerful than the Congress.

But the Congress can get rid of the President through an Impeachment process. Trump cannot get rid of the members of the congress as they are all elected members, by the people. Likewise, Trump was elected by the people.

Congress, likes it or not, awarded him the presidency. They cannot deny. This is a democratic process.

I do not think much about Trump , Kushner or Ivanka. There are much better people to run this country

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What could be an easy to do tiny campaign between two people for Warhammer 40k, with a small genestealer army and a small tau army?

I think Ben D.

Bollen is giving you guys some good advice, but I wanted to throw out the idea to do something that might not be pre-designed.In the back of the rulebooks/codices you can find those campaigns and battle plans that lay out the design for the field of battle. Use those to develop your own!

Say you have a Tau world/outpost that has been invaded by some genestealers and the two come to blows. You can even start with a try to define a choose your own adventure thing and have the story continue from one battle to the next with small bonuses or disadvantages to one side or the other from one battle to the next.Just a thought!

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Do whales and dogs have a common ancestor?

Every creature on Earth today has a single common ancestor the seed of the tree of life, if you like which first appeared nearly 4 billion years ago. They were incredibly simple yet hardy little buggers they had no nucleus or cell membrane!

with just enough of the right organic material to stay alive. They did this long enough to divide (their form of asexual procreation) and create sister cells, an endless cycle which helped to ensure the survival of its species. These single-celled microorganisms, called prokaryotes, are also the earliest known form of microbe.

And from them and over those 4 billion years, evolution took over and left us with all the beautiful, manifold species including yourself which today live literally throughout the world

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What are the major societal differences between Spain and Portugal?

Besides what others have already said, you can see the main differences between the Spanish and Portuguese way of living (and acting) by:1. seeing what happens in major cities in both countries after 7 pm: - in Spain, youll see lots of people gathering outdoors near tapas bars with their relatives, including children and even babies, socializing, speaking loud, drinking and amusing themselves - in Portugal, youll notice that most people just go home for dinner (or maybe to the supermarket to buy last minute ingredients to cook for dinner)2.

listening to their typical music. The Spanish Flamenco is a vibrant kind of music, while the typical Portuguese Fado is a sad, melancholic rythm.Maybe this is an oversimplification, but I hope it helps.

PS: Im Portuguese, prefer Fado to Flamenco but love the way Spanish enjoy life :)

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As an American driver, if I wanted to drive in the UK, would I need to take classes?

No but read the highway code.https://www.

gov.uk/highway-code/contentsIt's an easy system to understand once you know it.Speed limits for cars and motorbikes.

If you're on a road and there is no signage. With street light system always 30mphWithout street light system National Speed Limit (NSL) single carriageway 60mph or dual carriageway 70mph All other times there will be repeater signs 20, 30, 40, 50 and NSLTraffic lights anything other than green means stop.Drive on the left, that includes motorways, the other two lanes are for overtaking (I know British people can't keep to that simple rules either)Giveway to the right when approaching a roundabout.

You'll be fine. If you get beeped apologise, if you get flashed (and I mean with lights, don't be so rude lol) show your thanks.

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I want my boyfriend to feel free in our relationship.

I want to trust him, but I feel like I can't trust anyone right now. How can I stop being so jealous of my boyfriend talking or dealing with other females? What steps should I take to improve my behavior?

.and? Sometimes you can make a statement into a question simply by adding a question mark at the end (e.

g. "Dinner at seven?") but it only really works for yes-or-no questions.

Think about what you're really trying to ask, and ask that. Add some question details if you want answers that more specifically deal with your individual situation. Like most Quorans, I'm assuming right now that you think your boyfriend having female friends is a bad thing.

It isn't. I'm also assuming you're feeling insecure, and rather than change how you see yourself, it seems like it would be easier to blame how you feel on the outside situation. That would be a bad thing.

But I have no idea if that accurately reflects your situation or not. It's pure conjecture.

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How do Israeli Arabs feel about Israel?

From data I have seen from many sources, most Arabs who are born and raised in Israel, Christian or Muslim or Druze, are very very unhappy with the racism they experience, and are against the way Palestinians are treated.ButMost polled still prefer to be in Israel than in occupied Palestine, do not support land swaps of Arab towns into Palestine, and are a lot more pro Israel than Palestinian Arabs and every other group of Arabs.The question I wonder is how can Jews and Arabs coexist in an Israel where many extreme conservatives polled have said theyd move if their neighbors were Arabs and answered other questions in concerning the aha.

And how can Jews and Arabs coexist when Arab culture is very anti Semitic and anti Israel?

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Why do people around me think that I am smart?

Heres something to think about.

Public speaking, or speaking in situations where there is more than one person, uses the same skill as having a conversation with one person. Its just a conversation. You open your mouth and you speak.

You might be reacting this way because you feel you can control the response of one person, but cant do so when there is a group of people.But if you think of the group discussion in terms of the mechanical process of speaking, you might be able to allay your fear. I dont feel theres a connection between your inability to speak with a group of people and them thinking you are smart.

But sometimes, we cant see in ourselves what other people can see