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Question Reality Check: Space Gulag
How realistic is the concept of a space gulag? So let's say you want another option outside of a stern talking too, a fine, confining to quarters, demeaning tasks, VR "re-education," beating the snot out of somebody, or showing them the door (i.e. spacing them). Maybe you need to keep them around f...
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almost 5 years ago
Question Food Production ...IN SPACE!
One of the basic requirements for life is effectively food. One of the basic requirements of engineering is that we lift off with as little mass as possible. If we choose to explore the solar system we would need some form of farming, probably on foreign bodies. We could choose to bring soil with us...
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almost 5 years ago
Question Selectively Shutting Down Human Emotion
I ran across an article briefly describing a woman suffering from Urbach-Wiethe disease (UWd). UWd leaves calcification within the amygdala and in this case subject lost all sense of fear (this case appears somewhat unique as people with UWd end of up with severe anxiety, other mood disorders, or psy...
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almost 5 years ago
Question Methods to Implant Serial Numbers in/on Clones
I am writing a science fiction story with mass produced clones. Since I have a number of clone I need to tell them apart. The ID system must be: Permanent over the lifetime of the clone (call it 150 years) Very difficult to tamper with (radio frequency transmitters can be excised, etched bones can ...
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over 6 years ago
Question Virtual Reality and Physical Trauma
How realistic is the trope that wounds received in a virtual reality (VR) transfer to our own? Examples: In the Matrix (movie) and Neuromancer (novel), cuts, scrapes, and bruises seemingly jump from immaterial to the material world. Does this vary by VR type? Current VR technology doesn't seem to ...
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over 6 years ago
Question Inducing a Solar Flare
Is there a way to induce a solar flare / coronal mass ejection (CME)? For instance, could a very tight glob of charged particles reconfigure the the Sun's corona leading to this type of event? Is there a precedence for this type of glob in the experimental evidence or theory? What would be the chara...
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almost 7 years ago