Questions tagged [humans]
For questions about humans as we know them or slightly changed, their physiology, psychology, politics, society and goals.
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Is lighter-than-air flight possible in animals? [duplicate]
Is it possible for a human to be genetically altered to be able to fly, but instead of wings, they use internal cavities filled with a lighter-than-air gas (possibly hydrogen) which, paired with ...
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Why would a technologically advanced society use human controllers to direct space ship traffic?
There's this idea for a story that I've been toying with, and I'm struggling with finding a good logical explanation for the main character's job.
It's a science-fiction story. No aliens; just humans. ...
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How Much Would The Creeper Enchantment Benefit Someone? [closed]
The Creeper Enchantment is simple in principle; it simply grants a creature mobility it doesn’t normally have. The Enchantment itself is gained from Reapers, mutated and magically supercharged vampire ...
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How would a language-based disease work?
I was trying to find an explanation as to why all the characters speak English, and this popped into my head. Could a disease (bacterial or viral or whatever) affect only people who don’t speak ...
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How unlivable could I make a planet, but still have it livable? [closed]
So I wanted to make a prison that is like no other. The planet itself is the prison. Your put on the planet and you serve your sentence and then you get taken back to your home planet. How hellish ...
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What gene could have a mutation that makes humans have blubber?
In my world, there are three species from the Homo genus that make together a clade named the aquatic humans: Homo maritimus, Homo corpulentus, and Homo gigas (the names respectively mean "marine ...
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What evolutionary pressures would lead humans to evolve to be able to see ultraviolet light?
In my world, there is a species from the Homo genus named Homo maritimus (which means marine human) (there are still humans, just not Homo sapiens). They are commonly named merfolk. However, they do ...
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Magically created duplicates with limited autotomy. Is this spell too much or just enough to work?
I have come up with a spell usable by some of my Alendyias characters: Crimson Clone. This spell was inspired by the Semblance of Blake Belladonna from RWBY and the Substitute move from Pokemon, and ...
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How to get the Lilim to breed true?
On my worlds of Earth, Ruquelis and Ersutiabu, there are three sexes relevant to this question, Men (XY male), Women (XX female) and Lilim (LX female), where X, Y and L are sex chromosomes. Lilim ...
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Why would a society be matriarchal but patrilinear?
In my universe, there is a species from the Homo genus named Homo haematophagus (which means hematophagous human) (they are still humans, just not Homo sapiens) (their scientific name is a reference ...
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How to prevent humans from being killed by alien diseases?
Humans build big rockets and fly generation ships to extrasolar planets to settle. There’s already sentient alien life on that planet, but the humans has none of the immunizations and natural ...
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Can knowingly and willingly murdering someone interfere with a women's menstural cycle? [closed]
On Peacemaker, Harcourt, one of the characters, mentions that when she first killed someone, her periods stopped happening for quite a bit.
My question is this: Just how realistic is that?
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How much would a 3 foot tall person weigh [closed]
I'm trying to worldbuild and one of my creatures is a 3 foot tall humanoid and I have no idea what they should weigh.
Does anyone know how much they would weigh or a math equation I could use to ...
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Physiological consequences of being a brain in a jar plugged into a robot body [duplicate]
In an alterante universe where Nazi Germany conquered the world, an unfortunate soul has ended up like Cliff Steele from Doom Patrol; his brain has been removed from its original body by a mad nazi ...
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What would modern color wheels look like if the human eye saw fewer/different spectral colors?
The typical human eye can see wavelengths between 350nm and 750nm. In 1666, Isaac Newton used a triangular prism to split a beam of white into a rainbow and then define the first color wheel.
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Is it possible for a metal like the Skarilium of my works to exist naturally while also being obtainable for humans in the near future?
In some of the universes featured in my works, a material known as Skarilium exists. This material is used by humanity, in a universe where we’ve successfully colonized the majority of Mars and are in ...
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Would it be plausible to have someone who grew cancers to replace all his organs to achieve a pseudo-immortality?
Since cancers are immortal, as long as they are ‘fed’, could a bunch of controlled cancers be used to create all the organs and bones needed to support a human and prevent death by old-age? That way, ...
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A genetic disease that is characterised by both gigantism and intellectual disability [closed]
In an Of Mice and Men parody I want to write, Of Rats and Women, there is a 30 years old woman named Léonie Petit (her surname is ironic, because petit is a French adjective that means small/little/...
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What would the recovery period for a five year coma look like? [closed]
So, I've been kicking around a sort-of "return from another world" idea for a bit now. Basically, the MC gets the crap kicked out of him and ends up in a deep coma with very little brain ...
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Superbabies can walk right from birth. How many times are they stronger than a normal baby?
XXIII century genetic engineering creates superbabies that can walk straight out of the LDR (labor, delivery, and recovery) room right after being born.
These superbabies are enhanced by a set integer ...
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Are there plausible ways a spacefaring society could develop along feudal lines? [closed]
There are works in science fiction (the Dune saga probably being the most famous of them) where in the future, a space-faring human society has somehow, instead of being a republic (at least in name, ...
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What are the effects of making a woman as light as a duck? [closed]
With a pinch of handwavium, Clarabelle the witch causes an accident. She became permanently as heavy as an ordinary duck, while her body remained the same.
Her density was forever altered. She is five ...
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Why would all drugs be legalised? [closed]
In my world, there is a species from the Homo genus named Homo magicus. They are my wizards (or sorcerers, if you want).
Traditionally, magical humans/wizards/sorcerers are an EXTREMELY religious race:...
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Physical consequences of being a brain in a jar plugged into a robot body [closed]
Some unfortunate soul has ended up like Cliff Steele from Doom Patrol; his brain has been removed from its original body, suspended in a vat of life-sustaining liquid, and wired up to a new, robotic ...
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Can anatomically modern human siblings have three decades of age gap? [closed]
In my story titled La Maison Sapiens, there is a HUGE nuclear family composed of the father, the mother, and their seventeen biological children.
To be exact, the dyadic cisgender man and the dyadic ...
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Will this "miraculous" change have a long-term effect on technology? [closed]
In a fictional world, the following changes suddenly happen to all humans (and future newborns) for no apparent reason:
Their temper becomes better.
They now enjoy socializing with each other more ...
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What is the best ways of cleaning/bathing inside an astronaut suit?
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In this sci-fi scenario/story, they don't use an space walk Astronaut suit (because of costs), but a crappier version of an astronaut suit, cheaper and mass produced.
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How Dangerous is Unity? [closed]
No, I do not mean unity between other people. In one of the stories I came up with, people become "zombies" once an alien substance (Choromis) distributed unknowingly amongst the population ...
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A genetic disease that makes humans of any origin have epicanthic folds (slanted eyes) [closed]
I imagined for a future film, a 21 years old human of French nationality and citizenship named Thérèse Arielle Huguette Flavie Alexandre (Alexandre can be both a given name and a surname, in this case,...
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A synthetical virus created by a racist [closed]
In my science-fiction story, there is a vile scientist that creates a synthetical virus, because he wants to kill all humans of British and Irish ancestry all over the world.
This virus ONLY affects ...
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Is it reasonable that a nation reject reincarnation?
On my world, a magical device known as a Reincarnation Anchor (RA) was invented. The effect of a RA is that any human who spends a significant portion of their life within sight range of a RA becomes ...
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Why And How Do My Mind Readers Keep Their Ability Secret
My first question so bear with me, also please tell me what I can do better (both about my question and about my way of asking it).
In my parallel universe everything is a carbon copy of our universe, ...
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Why do people want to immigrate to North Korea? [closed]
In the alternate reality, no one escapes North Korea. In fact, no one wants to. On the contrary, people around the world want to immigrate to North Korea.
North Korea is a non-democratic state ruled ...
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Future therapy/treatment for veterans of near future/ further future mass casualty conflicts
The setting I am working on is near future in a sense and involves veterans dealing with the aftereffects and trauma of war. However, in this setting war is extremely deadly even if not always fatal. ...
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Why would a catarrhine species from the Homo genus be MUCH more likely to be colour blind than Homo sapiens?
In my story, there is a species of catarrhinian primate named demons (their scientific name is Homo demonus) (so there are still humans, just not Homo sapiens).
They look like a mixture of Afro-...
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Why travel to another system and populate two planets with genetically modified humans? [closed]
I'm trying to create the backstory for a world which has 2 planets populated with genetically modified humans, and 'normal' humans who live on space stations/domed habitats built on moons. I also need ...
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Would a grizzly bear be big/strong enough to ride?
I'm asking solely for the purpose of one possible scene in my story/WIP. Non-spoilery context: my characters become real-world animals, one of them becomes a grizzly bear. In a scene, I have him ...
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Best Way to Style Ridiculously Long Hair (for magic purposes)
Okay, so for the story I am working on, I have a problem-or, rather, Serena the Shaman/Witch has a distinct problem. She has only one low-mana spell-Hydro Jet-and it deals low but consistent damage. ...
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What would still discourage my people from settling on this subcontinent?
Context: The inhabitants of my world, humans, live on a supercontinent divided into three subcontinents separated by seas. The supercontinent is located above the equator in what is roughly the size ...
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What are some things that could destory humanity? [closed]
I trying to think of ideas for the destruction of humanity/civilization that are not the usual (nuclear war, extreme viral/deadly disease, global warming, overpopulation, etc). Something that would be ...
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How could interspecies wrestling fights be fair?
In real life, there are weight classes in combat sports.
In my world, there are sixteen species from the Homo genus:
Anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens);
Marine humans/Merfolk (Homo maritimus);
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A genetic disease that makes genetically and biologically male humans unable to grow facial hair (the opposite of hirsutism)
In a live-action musical film I want to direct, Le Président et Moi (which means "The President and I") (I want the film to have French as its original language), there is a character named ...
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When given the option to win $1M or die with the press of a button, what known winning probability would cause the most deaths?
Let's say every person at this very moment gets the option to press a button that will either let them win a million dollars or die (painlessly). They all know what the probability of winning is, and ...
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What would a dead body look like after spending 20 minutes at 1500 PSI? [duplicate]
You always hear "crushed like a soda can," but I'm pretty sure that the body wouldn't be much smaller than normal. The person wouldn't be breathing, so nitrogen narcosis wouldn't be an issue....
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Would a human with electric powers be able to use them to strengthen their muscles?
I heard that electrical stimulation can lead to a similar effect to working out, so I was wondering if someone who can create and finely control electricity would be able to increase their physical ...
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Why would some species from the Homo genus be much more likely to be autistic than Homo sapiens?
In my world, there are three species from the Homo genus that make together a clade called "aquatic humans": merfolk (Homo maritimus) (their scientific name means "marine human"), ...
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Which factors determine the political system of the various species from the Homo genus? [closed]
In my universe, there are sixteen species from the Homo genus: anatomically modern humans, marine humans (merfolk), winged humans (angels), demons, ogres, giants, dwarfs, elves, orcs, gnomes, trolls, ...
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Does it make sense for my "zombie" to drink blood?
I'm working on another arc for my story saga, and one of the characters is a "zombie". I'm putting "zombie" in quotations because he's actually the result of genetic ...
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What kind of side-effects might stimulating the pain-sensitive nerves have?
In a sci-fi story I'm working on, a group of aliens utilizes a implanted device that induces incredible pain solely by stimulating the nervous system; specifically, the nerves that tell you you're in ...
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How can I bypass Bergmann's rule in cold weather populations of humans?
I am working on a setting with a large native population of humans who live in a year-round freezing environment, somewhat akin to the real world Antarctic. These humans should be as biologically ...
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