Activity for Green‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	How do you establish identity when people can change their appearance at will? Building on the universe established in this question, what happens to identity verification when someone's physical appearance and genetic code are modifiable at any time? Review of universe rules: - All genetic disorders have been eliminated. Children are tested at birth for disorders and t... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Question	—	Exploration of a 50 mile high mountain My friends and I are building a world with a 50 mile high volcano on it. The mountain is the result of some bored god deciding to play a joke on everyone. Or, some other god got angry and decided to really, for realz this time, bury an unruly city. The legends aren't especially clear on how it got ... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Question	—	How do I manage memetic infection while time traveling? Time travel works...just invented, by you. The tests prove it! After many conversations and significant planning, your epidemiologist significant other has approved your plans for time travel, forward or backwards. You are both satisfied that if you do bring back some dread disease, the only pers... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Question	—	What is the best apex predator to thin the zombie herds? A global epidemic of H1Z2 virus has rendered 95% of the population into zombies. The zombies have lost most of their frontal and temporal lobes so the following capabilities are either severely degraded or missing: decisions about right/wrong, suppression of socially inappropriate behaviors, new mem... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Question	—	Why buy tech from the future? The Demonstration -- You're a rich, successful CEO/capitalist working in the electronics business. Your R&D division is exceptional and routinely fabs state of the art processors at bleeding edge processes. (If it helps, you're in an equivalent position to the CEO of Foxconn, Samsung or Intel). ... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Question	—	What good are herbivores in an animal army? This is a multi-species animal army with predators of all shapes and sixes, foxes, lions, bears, tigers, leopards, wolves, lynx, eagles, falcons and so on. The herbivores have been excluded from the army because they appear to serve no apparent purpose. They have no talons, no sharp teeth, no abi... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Question	—	What would it take to build a ship capable of crossing the Pacific? In my story, I have a small extended family of 30 to 40 individuals ranging in age from 0 to 50 who are on the run from Chinese and Japanese forces in 1400AD. No place in Asia is safe for them. By a series of lucky chances they have found a very quiet location that appears to be untouched by humans.... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Answer	—	A: Is it realistic to see satellites moving across the sky centuries after humans stopped space activity? Satellites will still be visible. A couple of characteristics make human satellites easy to see. They are fast and bright. Slow objects are difficult to pick out from the background star field. Faint objects don't emit enough light to be seen by the human eye. Fast Let's see how orbital per... (more)	—	over 3 years ago