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For questions that ask what might have happened if history had taken a different path.
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What is the most reasonable way for non-binary computers to have become standard?
One simple change would be to make solid-state electronics impossible. Either your planet doesn't have abundant silicon, or there is some chemical issue which makes it uneconomic to manufacture semico …
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What would an Industrial Revolution that never exploited fossil fuels look like?
Any "industrial revolution" will require a large energy source, to replace human and animal power.
The problem with the simplest alternative energy sources to fossil fuels - wind or water power - is t …
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What is the least "world changing" reason why the government would pay for you to keep a lla...
It's a computer error. The original constitution of the country mandated that all people aged 43 should consume more foodstuffs containing umami, to improve public health. However the spell-checker us …
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Can a world exist with large calibre guns but without small calibre guns?
It depends what you want to use the gun for.
Early hand guns had short range, poor reliability, and terrible accuracy, and (for muzzle loading guns) a very slow firing rate. Even in the 19th century, …
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