Activity for TGar
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Would common people in central Europe in the 15th century notice that the whole Asia disappeared? We have earth at the beginning of the 15th century, and suddenly the biggest continent disappears. There is nothing left of it, no animals, people, lands, anything. I don't think the details of the reason to disappear is essential. I want to add that there are no noticeable catastrophes connected wi... (more) |
— | almost 5 years ago |
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Could an intelligent worm-like race invent and build computers? We have a regular Earth as we know it, but instead of humans, there is this worm-like race, intelligent similarly as nowadays humans. Their inner physiology is different from our worms (and not important for the question) but from outside they're the same as worms as we know them here on earth, but b... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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How long would it take until we realise that suddenly nobody can conceive a child regularly? Some time ago I asked: "How long would it take until we realise that people stopped dying from natural causes?" I today realized that similar but much more interesting (and more realistic...) question is out there, just waiting for today. How long would it take until we realise that on the whole wo... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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How long would it take until we realise that people stopped dying from natural causes? This would only comprise death by natural causes, no accidents, suicides, homicides etc. As Wikipedia says: A death by natural causes is one that is primarily attributed to an illness or an internal malfunction of the body not directly influenced by external forces. For example, a person dy... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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What is the impact on the world politics if teleportation is possible? Say, we had a teleport in all bigger cities (let's say circa more than 1 million) in the world (and some other "important" places, like military bases). What would be the impact of this? Would the leaders be more friendly if they had the opportunity to see each other more often? Or will it cause onl... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |