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Human Colonists You answered your own query. Humans are broken creatures. Almost by nature, it seems. They are contrary, restless, easily gruntled, and even more easily disgruntled. You can give a hu …

Each individual in any society stands at the head of a polydimensional and interlinked pyramid of interlaced social fibres the nodes of which are both the individual's own pyramid structure and simultaneously …

Technically Feasible Description: Essentially, what you are looking at is a secondary through-body tract that bypasses the entire gut. This tract must do two things: It must be controllable by the c …

Because Western Union Already Did It Nature abhors a vacuum, and people loathe change. Drawing inspiration from the Font of All Knowledge, it appears that rotary dials are not exactly new ideas in t …

Tik Tok Torture There is, in the midst of the Eastlands, a country where a particularly devilish torture is carried out. One famous archon of this land quipped that only an amateur torturer would blin …

Pastoralists Follow Herds Depending on the specific region of the aetherial seas you're looking at, Skyherd folk might follow any one of several great flockbeasts of the sky! In the warm lands of Irin …

Obviously These dragonfolk have these qualities in common with humanfolk: sophont intelligence & awareness ability to communicate ability to assign value to discrete sorts of materials ability to rea …

Sorry to Burst Your Bubbl(ing Cauldron)! The fact of the matter is: there is no sensible reason to brew potions in extreme bulk, except as a potions master preparing stock for sale or distribution. Mo …

Fundamentally, the worldviews of Christianity and Buddhism can't be farther apart. Siddharta encountered suffering in the world and sought to reject the world. Reality is illusion; the ultimate goal o …

Why wear clothing at all? Always consider the option of wearing nothing at all apart from decorative bits & bling and protective gear. Clothing, for the vast majority of the human race, is a matter of …

I suspect Rangers, as a class, would be fairly adaptable. They'd be able hunters, trackers, warriors, odd jobs men, kings in waiting, news bringers, mercenaries, and the like. As for roles they'd be p …

What does it reveal about the character of both parties as well as the character of society and its conventions? What role does insult play in social and legal life? …

Conclusion The answer to your question is obviously YES, because it's already been done, and modern human society, with its Twitter mobs and culture of outrage and just plain stupidity, is the obvious …

You mention the timeframe and thus the ultimate cause of (sub)urban sprawl in the US, and therein lies also the answer. Kill most of the soldiers. Short and sweet and to the point. The reason why we …

You've already mentioned cross & crown as the two great pillars of authority in human society for much of its history. …