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12 questions linked to/from How do I resolve science-based problems in my worldbuilding?
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How can I break down the task of creating a world into manageable chunks?
Creating an entire world is a daunting prospect, though something I've thought about often.
Ideas about different regions, religions, people, history and relationships all blending into a cohesive ...
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Is It Possible for a Universally-Executable Virus to be Written in Binary?
In my world, there was a man that wrote a virus in binary code - which in turn infects every computer-based system in the world, as long as it is connected to the internet.
Is this even possible? ...
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Interstellar war tactics with no FTL capabilities?
I have tried to conceive the most realistic hard sci-fi human/alien conflict scenario without invoking FTL magic. By realistic, I mean “War is the wrong answer but we do it anyway”. Diplomacy has ...
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What Technology is Needed to Virtually Simulate...Everything?
This is not my question.
In my story, I have a machine that you can connect to using electrodes. It allows one to enter a small virtual reality room where everything from gravity and electromagnetism, ...
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Can a Robotic Eyeball Be Created that Perfectly Replicates Human Vision?
In my world, a "perfect" robotic eyeball has been created. This eyeball is electronic, but it emulates a human eye perfectly.
This does not necessarily mean that it has millions of synthetic ...
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Giant, Periodic Geysers?
My world has giant geysers. The height of these geysers oscillates over a cycle of 3 or so days.
Things you need to know:
1. There is an unknown force in the core of the planet, which exerts ...
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Is My Historical World Domination Reasonable?
This can be considered a sister question to this question.
The Beginning
Outside of Ser, the world was a chaotic and dangerous place. Ser was the only neutral country in a world filled with violence ...
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Can Someone Help Me Determine Plate Divisions?
I have a world designed called Ser. I want to place tectonic plates so that they can explain how the current landmasses formed.
Below shows the 6 major continents of the world. As continents are ...
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Can a Planet's Electromagnetic Field Be Strong Enough for Wireless Electricity (Induction)?
Wikipedia states:
"Electromagnetic or magnetic induction is the production of an electromotive force (i.e., voltage) across an electrical conductor in a changing magnetic field."
This one sentence ...
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What Should the Size of These Secret Superhuman Organizations Be?
Background: Around 600 years ago, the whole world was in conflict.
Outside of Ser, the world was a chaotic and dangerous place. Ser was the only neutral country in a world filled with violence and ...
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Stabilizing Synchronized Orbit
The planet in my story, Ser, is actually in reality a moon orbiting a larger body called planet Rea. Ser is located in the L1 Lagrangian point, which means it takes the same amount of time to orbit ...
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What would the health effects of a giant, proportionally-scaled human be?
I was reading a few answers to this question about anatomically correct giants, and it got me wondering.
In order for giant humans to evolve, many things would need to be changed.
As summarized from ...
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