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For questions about the creation, use, and application of all types of technology.
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Why would a magic world be stuck in medieval times?
If "technology", as you narrowly describe it, is limited to what we would consider a "medieval" level, it is because that was the point where magic became a more attractive option. … (Magic being as widespread as you describe)
TL:DR What we here have solved with science and technology, the other world will have solved with science and magic. …
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Bailing out of a train
Technology is limited to what is readily available in the eastern United States in the 1870s …
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Elves in a Modern Society
Now let's say that against all odds, evil sorcerers, heroic blunders, and such that that world managed to achieve a level of technology and civilization equivalent to our own. … otherwise ignored, due to few humans ever having cause to interact with them
Given these assumptions (many of which, thanks to Mr Tolkien, are common to most elves in fiction), would they withdraw from technology …
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How could Golems best be used to defend a modern day city of Prague?
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The year is 2014 and the city of Prague is under siege. Cut off from supply, the city prepares to defend itself with whatever is at hand. The Jewish community offers the services of as …
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Fusion Power and Plasma Propulsion
In the classic idea of a Tokamak Fusion Reactor, plasma races around an electromagnetic track. Is it plausible to "spin" off some of this rapidly moving plasma and direct it to nozzles for use in pr …
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How can I save a high-tech/no-spaceflight civilization against the wrath of non-technologica...
The gods are not technological at all and do not understand even the simplest piece of Atlantean tech
The Atlanteans have Star Trek level technology, but lack spaceflight. …
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Stone Age Circuitry?
As a tangent to How "advanced" can a stone age society get?, is there a way that simple electronics could be created by filling channels cut into rock with some form of conductive material? An organic …
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Occultic FTL Drive
In a hypothetical futuristic society that blends arcane magic with science, humanity has spread across the galaxy. FTL drives exist, but they are relatively slow and must exit at the outer edge of a g …
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Could a civilization achieve spaceflight without inventing advanced weaponry along the way?
(what those weapons are made of could, of course, have improved with better material science)
The question is one of interdependent technology and culture, I suppose. … Is it even possible to find a way into space without hitting the obvious alternative applications of rocket technology? …
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Tactical influences of an entirely electricity-based arsenal on starships?
The US Army has dabbled in this field recently, producing a prototype of something called a Laser Induced Plasma Channel (LIPC). Unfortunately, this weapon, like any weapon that relies on electrical a …
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