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Posts by PyRulez‭

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Rigorous Science How would humans and society react to a superhero existing and saving the earth?

This is going to be a test run of hard-science, social science edition. This is in accordance with http://meta.worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/2348/8914. Okay, so a meteor is about to hit the ea...

5 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by PyRulez‭

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Q&A Can you catch a fish with a fishing rod... from orbit?

Hijacking DaaaahWhoosh's backstory, let's say our sniper takes the shot anyway, but he accidentally hit one of his weather balloons he set up, and now he's out of tungsten bullets. Frustrated, he d...

8 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by PyRulez‭

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Q&A How would humans adapt their language in response to moving through time at different rates relative each other?

Okay, so humans are finally transitioning to a space-colonial society. We sent ships out, colonize worlds, etc... We aren't really in the business of sending multigenerational ships. Instead we use...

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

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Q&A How to accelerate living things really fast without killing them?

Okay, so our society has starting harnessing significant amounts of energy from its sun, and has started mass producing micro-black holes (although there have been experiments with gathering energy...

6 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by PyRulez‭

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Rigorous Science Could there be an atmosphere in which I could both be alive and float?

There an atmospheres in which I can live, like Earth's. There are atmospheres in which I can float, like if it were a really heavy gas. Is there some atmospheric composition where I could both be a...

9 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by PyRulez‭

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Rigorous Science Would the Hawking radiation from a small black hole make a feasible propulsion source?

I was wondering if a small black hole would make a feasible/possible propulsion source, and if so, how. Pros Black holes release Hawking radiation, would should be easy to direct in a certain ...

4 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by PyRulez‭

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Q&A Aliens steal our trees

Aliens steal all our trees. Nothing else happened, just all the trees are gone. Everything not part of the tree was left where it was (apples are stolen, termites are not.) What would be the short...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by PyRulez‭

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Q&A Aliens put us on the moon

So some aliens come, put everyone in space suits, and drop us one the moon. The aliens are super smart, and the space suits have enough air for a year, and can't be damaged easily, and only upon fr...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by PyRulez‭

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Q&A What if the earth was turned physically inside out?

Let's say some magic aliens come and prank us. They, in one step, remove out the innards of the earth, and put everything on the surface on the inside. They make some artificial gravity so we stay ...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by PyRulez‭

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Q&A What if the earth were physically split in half?

This question asks what if the world was divided into two regions? I'm asking what if the world were split into two planets. Let's say some aliens come to Earth and prank us (apparently they never...

6 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by PyRulez‭