Activity for bsideswiped‭

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Question	—	Can a land-based organism get to be at least 100 ft. in length and still be plausible? Basically, I'm trying to see if a land-based creature roughly between 50-100 ft. long could exist on Earth at the moment and still be scientifically plausible. I know that whales and other creatures of their size are able to reach the sizes they do because of the ocean; and creatures that reached si... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	Are kaiju more probable if they aren't carbon-based lifeforms? I don't know the science involved, so I'm hoping someone else does. But is it more probable a giant creature of that size and capability would be more likely to exist if it were, say, a silicon-based lifeform? Or maybe arsenic? I'm not sure what element would make the most sense on the periodic ta... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	How to improve manorial living with modern low-tech innovations? This began life as a much broader question on the site but I'm attempting to parcel it out as smaller topics to make it more digestible: I am trying to find ways, as the title suggests, to combine modern low-tech ideas with the life of medieval serfs, peasants, commoners, etc. Specifically, modern ... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	How to "prove" a supernatural entity exists? I know the innate contradiction present here: one cannot "prove" the supernatural exists, for a variety of reasons. But for the sake of argument I want you to consider this: A person is convinced that they have been haunted and oppressed by an entity (a ghost, a demon, an inter-dimensional horror a... (more)	—	over 8 years ago