Activity for JDługosz
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Celestial arrangement for the Cube World An earlier question here concerning a cube-shaped planet got me thinking. Suppose an artificial world-sized engineering project as described in this answer The K-II civilization that built it would stock it with interesting life, just as we would fill a garden pond or terrarium. If that civiliza... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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How might a lost alien re-connect to a hidden secret base In an earlier question I shared the idea of Bill, the stranded alien that has a challenge getting the attention of local humans because he's the size of a mosquito. He needs to re-establish contact with others of his kind, elsewhere on the planet in similar capacities. They would have ID protocols ... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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Ways to make contact with aliens on a much larger size scale? One answer to the question of "Why don't we see any aliens?" prompted me to consider: The computer was a comparatively simple design, what the natives would call "single core" Von Neumann architecture machine. But it made up for its simplicity in raw speed. More than that; its tremendous proce... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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Could a species evolve intellgence and technology without Love? There are lots of posts speculating about a planet (or whatever) where life evolves intelligence and goes on to produce technology, under different differences lacking something or another that is available to us. Without thumbs, without metals, without vision, in a different atmosphere or liquid or... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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A: How would having multiple moons affect tides? I love the idea of competing moon gods! The people might not grasp the relationship between the moons and tides but might if the cycle was apparent. On an island in a global ocean with no girdling contenents to block the tide and keep the water in separate sloshing bowls, it would work as seen on ... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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Designing cities inside a hollowed-out asteroids When I was a kid, I read an essay by Asimov describing an inside-out asteroid: (summary from Wikipedia) The Bubbleworld or Inside/Outside concept was originated by Dandridge M. Cole in 1964. The concept calls for drilling a tunnel through the longest axis of a large asteroid of iron or nicke... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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