Activity for Jakeā
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What is the strongest glass that can be formed from nature? tl;dr What is the strongest glass that can be concocted from a single reasonably abundant, natural source? (Without nuclear or quantum manufacturing) So I am developing a character for a story. He has powers that are very similar to alchemy in Full Metal Alchemist and in FMA they have the Law of Equ... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Is electricity the answer to mind control? (Sister question to this question) BACKGROUND: I really like the Anime A Certain Scientific Railgun (it is superior to Index, deal with it). In it a certain character ("Railgun") has the ability to control and generate electricity (and thus magnetism). She has a character, "The Queen", that she hat... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Can this mind control work? (Sister question to this question) BACKGROUND: I really like the Anime A Certain Scientific Railgun (it is superior to Index, deal with it). In it a character with the alias "The Queen" has the ability to control peoples' minds. She has a character ("Railgun") that she hates. This character has the... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Is it possible to selectively evolve a "perfect" organ? In the anime Vandread, the antagonists (earthlings) had a goal that I find interesting. So I am going to use them as the premise and hopefully expand it well enough to work for a world I am working on. Background There are earthlings and their are settlers. Settlers are basically humans that have l... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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Will a gravity-o-meter detect a jumper? I am sure that this is a scenario we have all encountered. We have all of the expensive sensors that money can buy to protect our vintage collection of bottle caps and Golden Girls memorabilia from theft, but our circa 1987 Coca-Cola commemorative Bea Arthur cap has gone missing. Le gasp. However, f... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Overpopulation . . . IN SPACE! The government of Futurestan has finally decided to hear the voice of her people. It would seem that the protriotors access to malware, EMP-otovs, and weaponized angry glaring (and thermite. Lots of thermite) caused enough of a thorn in the government's side and generated enough of a presence that th... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Physics of magically enhanced travel Background I have a character. He is the master of a particularly specific martial art that is pretty much only movement. But it's pretty powerful, in that he can separately: a) move in a manner that is FTL b) move from shadow to shadow instantly c) move very quickly in a non-relativity violating ma... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Would 100-200 years be sufficient to "erase" past atrocities? In the particular world that I am working on, I am attempting to build a "utopian" society. A major piece of this society is that, effectively, all historical atrocities have been "forgotten" by the mainstream society. Now the vehicle I am attempting to use to accomplish this is something I read abou... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |