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So, there's a closed question [So we have aliens in orbit. Now what?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/9593/so-we-have-aliens-in-orbit-now-what) - but there's an implied assumption:
That somehow, there will be some unified / coherent response from humanity to aliens in orbit.
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For my non-European readers, here is an excerpt of what the [GDPR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation) means: (emphasis mine)
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So, I've got this idea for a short story. Some researchers find a forgotten manuscript hidden locked away in an ancient tomb. While they are working on it one of them pastes part of the text into a Facebook announcement and **Facebook automatically translates it**. This links Facebook to the nether realm... |
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Let's say a time traveler from the year 2100 comes back to the year 2015. He has a very important message: [horrible thing] is about to happen soon, and he wants to warn us so we can avoid/prevent it. (Yes, this assumes a model in which "paradoxical causality" is not an issue.) The problem is if he goes ... |
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Yesterday my 7-year-old daughter asked me:
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Thus she grumbled, "a single law stole so much from us!"
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My hero lived his ordinary life until recently, when he realized that Magic actually exists. So far, he has been granted levitation for a short period, and invisibility for several hours.
Both worked perfectly fine. Now, he has received a third gift from a magician.
Immortality.
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For my non-European readers, here is an excerpt of what the [GDPR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation) means: (emphasis mine)
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Let's say a time traveler from the year 2100 comes back to the year 2015. He has a very important message: [horrible thing] is about to happen soon, and he wants to warn us so we can avoid/prevent it. (Yes, this assumes a model in which "paradoxical causality" is not an issue.) The problem is if he goes ... |
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My hero lived his ordinary life until recently, when he realized that Magic actually exists. So far, he has been granted levitation for a short period, and invisibility for several hours.
Both worked perfectly fine. Now, he has received a third gift from a magician.
Immortality.
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I am time traveller with aim to make world better. Last time I went to the past, all I heard was: "Kill Hitler!"
So I went to the past and I must tell you, [April 1945 was pretty loud in Berlin](https://xkcd.com/1063/)!
After I returned back, telling everyone that I shot Hitler to the head on 30th April ... |
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Say you have a hollow sphere, about the size of a (small) grapefruit, comprised of a (let's say red) top half and a (let's say white) bottom half. There's an articulated lid, and an LED on the front. Most importantly, it fits in the pocket of your pants (or skirt, if skirts have pockets).
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[Jimmy is an Eldritch Monstrosity.](https://medium.com/universe-factory/a-horror-named-jimmy-1fd07b2cf9be)
Jimmy has a Red Ball.
Jimmy wants someone to play with him and his Red Ball.
All of Jimmy's friends are busy trying to Overturn the Cosmic Order and bring Chaos to all of Existence.
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I just got shoved through a stargate onto a planet I don't know. I was told the gate would open again in exactly one Earth year.
I wasn't carrying anything; I don't even have my watch. How do I know what day I can return home?
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I recently played my way through the *Mass Effect* game series, and one of the ideas I found most intriguing was the emphasis placed on "time capsules" sent from one cycle to the next: not only did several Prothean messages last until the in-game present, but presumably each cycle had done the same in an... |
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Dragons are a grand classic of fantasy. For this question, let's assume we're talking about the following stereotype:
* hatches from an ostrich-sized egg and can grow to mountain size if nothing limits its growth (enough food and space)
* lizard-like appearance, bat-like wings, able to fly
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I live in a world where magic is common. Most people have enough magic to do simple tasks like lighting a candle or healing minor injuries. Higher magic is very rare, and those individuals mostly devote their time to the study of magical arts and science. In the last 100 years, there have been great leap... |
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Everyone suddenly disappears from earth except 35 people randomly scattered wherever they were before everyone disappeared. How long would it take on average for 2 or more people to meet? What other factors would indicate to a person that they're not the only person who didn't disappear?
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Some hundreds of years ago, all humanity was removed from the Americas. In fact, most humans are gone from the world altogether. In the intervening time, nature has overrun the formerly human dominated landscapes of the former United States.
The area in question is immediately west of the Mississippi Riv... |
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While exploring a dwarven/dwemer ruin in Skyrim, it occurred to me that the puzzle I was solving made no sense: a series of levers accessible from the direction of the entrance that each caused a wall of spikes to give way to the next lever.
This kind of system can't be used for defense, since the invade... |
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Chaos plagues the land. In the West, the King in Orange blusters and bloviates endlessly in barely comprehensible gibberish. Perhaps he is attempting to call forth the Elder Gods? In the East, the Queen of Mayflies glowers menacingly and shakes a vaguely pole-shaped object1 at friend, not foe. The people... |
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Yes, I realize this question is a bit ridiculous, and there are no cases of it in reality (that I can find), but with a bit of truth twisting, could it theoretically be possible?
In my fantasy world I want a poison, which has an antidote - that antidote being itself.
Here's my theory: the substance is v... |
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Over the course of history humanity rode several kinds of animals to war: horses, camels and elephants being the most common. However, bears are not amongst them.
So I was wondering, if they could be properly domesticated and/or trained, would bears be feasible as ridable animals in wartime situations?
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In a world where time travel is possible, but has not been invented *yet*, would travelers from the future come back to prove it exists?
Surely, they would bring that technology back in time to let the people of the past use it?
I have four theoretical explanations so far, **can anyone explain them in mo... |
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How many humans are needed in order to sustain and grow a steady population in a habitable area? Assume resources are adequate and the environment is favorable.
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A recurring theme is how an artificial intelligence built with completely reasonable and positive goals instead does great harm to the world.
However, I'm now thinking about the reverse: A supervillain builds an AI specifically to make people's lives miserable. Its task is straightforward: Maximize the h... |
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A common topic in alternate history fiction works is what would have happened if a major war had been won by the other side. These usually focus on the events after the war, and the change itself is not depicted realistically: it's either not discussed, or attributed to a superweapon or deus ex machina.
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The power of True Names over demons is unbelievable:
* A Lamashtu demon can drain you of your blood in under 5 seconds, blend into shadows, and travel at the speed of darkness. Yet it will crumple like a wet napkin, if only you know its True Name.
* Your average Glabrezu is 18 feet tall, 4000 pounds of m... |
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The internet is a mesh or "net" of computers, all constantly establishing and re-establishing connections with each other. For this reason, only temporarily do servers go down, before they are back up and running again (i.e. "This server is temporarily unavailable. Try reloading in a few minutes").
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Santa is Satan, after all the clue is right there in the name.
But why?
What reason would the font of all evil and the generally unpleasant one have to pretend to be a jolly fat man and give away presents to make people happy for one day each year?
Answers will be judged based on plausibility. Would a ve... |
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Rynn is not flashy at all. In fact, you would be forgiven to think she's a bit of an introvert. Sure, the people in the town are strangely reluctant to talk to you about her, but you *are* a newcomer, and after a few drinks tongues eventually loosen up.
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\*\*\*\*\* **Xenobiology expedition 'Profundity': Log entry 504** \*\*\*\*\*
Glass Ants are a fascinating species.
We discovered them on an arid desert world last visited by humanity aeons ago. They seem to have evolved from an Earth species into something unique. Glass Ants seem to have two interesting... |
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*DISCLAIMER:* Any resemblance to other [starships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701)) (living or dead) is purely coincidental.
The starship 'Exciting Undertaking' is a brand new ship about to set off on a five and a bit year mission to explore mostly new lands and go where only a co... |
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So when I say everything, I mean *everything.* Humans, animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, all dead. If the bacteria and other detritovores and decomposers can't decompose anything since they themselves are all dead, what happens to all the carcasses and remains of the life?
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Mechs are really just giant usually bipedal walking tin cans with their human pilot inside. I mean, shoot the legs and they can't move much anymore. Not really realistic.
Regardless, in a futuristic world where for some reason mechs are the main fighting forces supported by infantry and air forces, why w... |
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Creating an entire world is a daunting prospect, though something I've thought about often.
Ideas about different regions, religions, people, history and relationships all blending into a cohesive world come half-formed to me. But how can I go about turning these into a believable world with a foundatio... |
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Joe is an average bloke, who has a passive superpower that he's lived with all his life.
People believe everything he says. Implicitly, unquestioningly and absolutely. If he says that black is actually neon purple, people within earshot accept that as a natural truth. If he then recanted his statement t... |
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In the 1955 science fiction short story, The Tunnel under the World
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I've got a group of magical people living mostly incognito in an ancient society. They look and act exactly the same as regular people, but they are really magicians, and a side effect of having those powers is that they are two times as dense. E.g. a lithe woman who looks like 50kg/110lbs would really w... |
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In order to define the best vehicle these inputs have to be taken into account:
* The zombies are the classical ones, "the walking dead" ones are a perfect example (definitely killed only by headshot, attracted by noise, etc...).
* We are in year 2018. Population: 2% alive, 18% definitely dead, 80% zombi... |
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I'm the owner of a large bank in Europe, with vast resources at my disposal. I would like to increase my wealth by lending it out at interest.
The ruler of the country I'm based in has his own wishes: he wants to conquer the neighboring country, paying off some lords over there to join his side. The prob... |
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As is well known, all of Santa's presents are manufactured by elves at the North Pole. However, a lot of presents are protected by various IP rights. Be it Adidas clothing, a DVD of the newest Blockbuster or the newest iPhone, Santa obviously constantly violates trademarks, copyright and patents.
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We are occasionally asked for advice about the worldbuilding process. By its creative and imaginative nature, the process of worldbuilding doesn't have a single obvious starting point or a step-by-step process that is universally applicable to all worldbuilding efforts.
The answer below lists many worldb... |
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**Scenario:** While poking around in an alien ruin, scientists discover a gateway which offers instant transportation to an Earth-like world.
**The Observed World:** The gateway leads to an area that is temperate (let's say it's similar to east coast of America, like Virginia/Maryland/Pennsylvania, for s... |
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T-Rex Forever LLC has a mating pair of [Tyrannosaurus rex](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/tyrannosaurus-rex/). They're a bit shady on how they got them, time travel, cloning...they won't say. Third-party biologists and paleontologists have examined the pair and their first clutch ... |
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It's been a good year for me as an Evil Overlord. Lots of princess kidnapping turned into sizable ransoms, several of my Doomsday Devices were sold for high prices at auction, and my Minions have been working harder than ever. In fact, I'd like to think I'm moving up the Evil Overlord ladder.
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In the *Star Trek: Voyager* episode "Thirty Days", there was a planet made completely out of water, which is the inspiration for this question. However, that planet was held together by an artificial containment field. I'd like to know if a water planet would be possible that would be held together just ... |
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I'm developing a simulation where characters, "users", are interacting over a virtual communication network. "Users" have the option to engage in any activity they want at any time, as long as the international and local governing bodies permit such behavior. Each user has a different set of resources, h... |
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In settings with space travel we often see stories that rely on ships encountering each other, such as space piracy (which means you need to know where to wait in ambush), or distress signals that actually get answered by passing ships. Now on earth the idea of shipping lanes make sense because of curren... |
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I am a Dragon and I have an infestation problem in my world. Currently, I am the single one of my kind and your representation of a dragon in movie Desolation of Smaug is fairly accurate only there's no such thing as 'magic'.
All of my life I had enjoyed an indolent lifestyle: hunt when I am hungry, slee... |
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Fran is on holidays to planet Earth. She is having difficulty coping with the local geometry.
At this second Fran is thirsty. She can see a lemonade stand nearby. She knows a human would have no difficulty getting there. But she's worried of making a fool of herself or getting lost on the way. You see t... |
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[Humans as Pets](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/6550/humans-as-pets) is now a thing. But not for AI (as in the linked question) but for the aliens.
This celebrity was seen with their human pet and now every alien kid is begging their parent to get one human as a gift for their next hat... |
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Which body in the Solar System is the best candidate for being an artificial construct, placed there by a [Kardashev Type II Civilization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale)?
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We know that planets can have multiple moons, sometimes quite a few (like Jupiter). Assuming that a planet with several moons were habitable in the first place and has significant oceans (greater than 50% of the surface), what effect would multiple moons with independent orbits and revolution speeds have... |
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Could a Dwarven society as described by Tolkien mythology actually work? Dwarves for the purposes of this question are short, stout, bearded men and women who live primarily underground. They have a medieval level of technology although perhaps some advanced metallurgy techniques. They mine deep into mou... |
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**Disclaimer:** This question uses some liberal wording to get key ideas across. It's not meant to be academically rigorous, so please try to focus on the ideas and not the exact definitions of the terms used. If you need clarification on something or have suggestions to make the wording clearer, I'll be... |
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Let's assume, without revoking any of today's science, that the world is a simulation.
What would a bug look like?
I'm assuming that "the eiffel tower suddenly being bent at 45°" is rather unlikely, the same way you don't see a bunch of clowns appearing in the middle of a game of need for speed. So what ... |
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As we all know, language in England has changed massively over the centuries.
How far back would someone be able to travel in time and still have a basic understanding of what most people are saying?
The person going back in time is around 30 years old, only speaks English, and is located in the north ... |
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This is a medieval European (fantasy) setting, with the following (highly tentative) parameters:
* Each town is vaguely autonomous, and have their own municipal government system.
* Towns do trade with each other, but are not exactly dependent on said trade.
* Towns vary in size from the rural village (p... |
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I've been thinking about this concept for a while and have not been able to figure out what could be a plausible answer. It seemed appropriate for my first question on this website.
Imagine an experiment where a group of approximately 20 humans are dropped off on a fairly small (~1000 km²) island that c... |
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**A society of your typical beings from beyond the veil of reality have recently encountered the bounderies of the realm humans call home.** They studied our universe, via their own incomprehensible equivalent to what we call science and eventually learned how to generate a nightmarish portal (fueled by ... |
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Similarly to the question [How would it make sense that spellbooks or grimoires teach only one spell?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/91717/28789) I was thinking about typical RPG games and how to design the magic system therein.
While thinking about this topic I came across the fact that wea... |
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The setting is the medieval ages, vaguely European. No magic exists except what is explicitly stated in the question. The judicial system is similar to historic examples, with the head-of-state directly overseeing cases of sufficient magnitude to warrant his or her direct attention.
In this world there e... |
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It's common for people to say that if a time traveler or an alien displayed advanced technology to ancient or medieval people, that they'd assume it was magic, and either worship him as a god or burn him as a witch.
But if aliens visited the Earth tomorrow and had technology hundreds of years in advance ... |
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You know the common trope in fantasy. Meteorite iron is amazing.
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The eventual heat death of the universe is an awful time to be alive considering you wouldn't have long left after the last star finally fades away.
In this scenario there is a small group of about a dozen human survivors who live in a colony on an earth-like planet that orbits the last star to burn ou... |
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We’re all familiar with the heroes that can’t die. Honey-badger (with the claws and the angry voice), Dreadpeel, that girl with the weird cheerleading obsession...
Basically they all have the same superpower: any one of their cells contains the blueprint and exact reconstruction details for their entire ... |
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I want the Netherlands to be flooded entirely, and **I want the event to be of such a scale that it goes faster than hydroengineering can keep up with.** This will mean that I need a sea level rise of about 330 meters, since the highest point in the Netherlands is the [Vaalserberg](https://en.wikipedia.o... |
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**Setting:** a fantasy world with a culture loosely based on the late middle ages or early renaissance, with more value placed on the fantasy elements than strictly adhering to a proper "time period" (i.e., more World of Warcraft than Game of Thrones).
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Ten experts (CEOs, professors) of each of the fields of math, physics, chemistry, economics, engineering, electrical engineering, CS, sociology, psychology, art, politics and education (120 total) are sent back in time to recreate the 21st century in a different timeline.
They can carry as many books and... |
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In a modern, "western" country, where can I set my secret facility so that authorities won't find me for about 30 years?
The needed amount of area is relatively large, a bit less than 200 m2. The facility in itself is not particularly needy; it requires running water/electricity but nothing else. On top ... |
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I [Previously asked](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/98073/how-can-my-ancient-roman-civilization-develop-effective-steam-power-for-use-in-s) if the Romans could have built a steam engine to power a ship, which received a number of answers perhaps best summarised as “probably not but…”. ... |
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While considering [Ancient Light Trigger Mechanism](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/109013/ancient-light-trigger-mechanism), it occurred to me that any ancient trap mechanism is unlikely to work very long without regular maintenance. It seems far too easy for dust to clog the triggering... |
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In the near future time I invent time travel. But when perfecting it, something goes wrong and I'm transported back to the time and place of the Black Death. I wasn't prepared for this, and try as I might, I can't find my time machine (those parts could've been useful), so I'm stuck here for a while at l... |
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In 2039, our company was the first to bring a safe and reliable solution to upload someone's mind to the cloud. Although it was 10 years ago, you probably remember the news, don't you?
We guaranteed that your mind would be able to wander through the artificial world for at least 50 years.
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In almost all science-fiction stories that include alien races, said aliens are similar to humans in many ways: bipedal (and often humanoid), communicate with sounds coming out of a mouth, orient in space thanks to light, are fleshy (they look like carbon-based animals with an inner skeleton)...
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## Stars are never green.
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When a star's spectra "[**peaks**](https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kdeedu/kstars/star_colors.png)" in the green range, it also releases a significant number of waves of th... |
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[Is a moon made entirely of water possible?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/40171/is-a-moon-made-entirely-of-water-possible)
[Could a planet made completely of water exist?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/4969/could-a-planet-made-completely-of-water-exist)
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Fair warning - just rewatched [Bill & Ted](https://imdb.com/title/tt0096928/), so this is going to be a bit crazy.
Imagine for a moment there exists a world where “awesomeness” is a true force of nature.
Awesome people have the ability to perform awesome magic by channeling their inner awesomeness to the... |
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Mars has been terraformed and has seen its first few stages of large-scale colonization. The colonists are middle to upper class Earthlings. Earth is not a dystopian planet per se, but Mars offers great air quality, job opportunities and more.
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By now, everyone is familiar with the remarkable achievements of special-purpose AIs like [Deep Blue](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_%28chess_computer%29) and [Watson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(computer)). Now, it is clear that as our accumulated knowledge of algorithmic methods and of... |
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A world much like our own. A city like the one in which you live. A corporation whose doors you pass every day. Maybe you notice the subtle sans-serif fonted words adorning the entrance, maybe you pass by obliviously engaged in finishing your latte and catching up on a podcast.
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I'm looking for a scientific explanation as to why vampires would be incapable of entering a human's house uninvited.
There have been many terrific scientific explanations for some of the most interesting vampiric traits over the years, but this is one that I'm unable to find (Google, Stack Exchange). I... |
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I've built a time machine and it works in unmanned testing... sorta. I tell it to go into the past, it disappears, and then comes back to the present. The problem is that it isn't terribly accurate. I need to know how far back it's going in order to calibrate the "Time Selector" dial.
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In *The Lord of the Rings,* the elves invented an incredibly nutritious bread/biscuit; as Legolas clearly says, only a small bite is just enough to satisfy the needs of an adult man for 1 day.
An adult person needs about 2000 kilocalories per day... maybe 1600-1700 for extremely skinny and underweight pe... |
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As in the title.
We have the modern [periodic table](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table):
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In a potential near (or far) future setting humanity discovers a new element which serves as the basis for a c... |
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In a JRPG-like setting; Spells are chanted, mana is consumed, and spells can be learned through grimoires or spellbooks, how would it make sense that a spellbook teaches only one spell?
If it is like cooking, like say, how to bake a cake. Why would it take a whole book to learn? How could I make sense ou... |
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Let's imagine that on one fateful day, John Doe, the absolutely average citizen, wakes up just outside of a small village during the Middle Ages, somewhere in Europe, maybe France or England. Let's assume for simplicity that he knows the modern language of the specific region. Would he be able to survive... |
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I'm trying to write a 'gundam like' series, though with space fighters instead of humanoid robots. I want a semi-hard science world, I'm okay with making up technology without fully explaining how it works so long as it seems plausible, but I want to be as realistic as possible within my world and to sta... |
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