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Posts by Samuel‭

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Q&A How to go from a free person to a slave

It's different for every person. There won't be any guaranteed method that operates on human psychology (without magic). If you keep them for long enough then one effect might be Stockholm Syndro...

posted 9y ago by Samuel‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Samuel‭

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Q&A Where should I place my city in space?

Near a planet. A planet's orbital path will provide a clean bit of space, a star for energy, a way for people to reference the location, and other minor benefits. Put your city in very high orbit ...

posted 10y ago by Samuel‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by Samuel‭

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Q&A What would the sky look like to a being inside the event horizon of a black hole?

A couple of guys from the University of Colorado created a video simulating what it would look like to fall into a black hole, including passing the event horizon. They have several other simulatio...

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Q&A Gravity on a Minecraftian world?

I'm curious what the gravity would be like on an infinite area flat world. The plane of the world would have some finite depth but be infinite in all cardinal directions. This is, in effect, a Mine...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Samuel‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Samuel‭

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Q&A The Six-Billion Dollar Man: Oxygen. Do we have the technology?

We can rebuild him. We have the budget... but do we have the technology? In the process of reviewing the proposed enhancements for the Six Billion Dollar Man the following was discovered: Enh...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Samuel‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Samuel‭

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Q&A The Six-Billion Dollar Man: Vision. Do we have the technology?

We can rebuild him. We have the budget... but do we have the technology? In the process of reviewing the proposed enhancements for the Six Billion Dollar Man, such as improved oxygen use, the fol...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Samuel‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Samuel‭

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Rigorous Science Creating a realistic world(s) map - planetary systems

Once the geography of the world is designed, it needs a planetary system to inhabit. But how should that solar system look? The only constraint is that the system needs the new world to be placed i...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Samuel‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Samuel‭

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Rigorous Science Can Cloud Nine be built?

Cloud Nine is the name given by Buckminster Fuller to his proposed tensegrity sphere airborne habitats. The principle is simple and the physics seem to be sound. For a sphere, as its radius is ...

10 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Samuel‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Samuel‭

Question megastructures