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For questions that ask if a given concept is consistent, or being used consistently, in the context of the referenced world rules. Answers should say yes or no, with supporting info. This tag should not be used with the science-based, hard-science, or science-fiction tags. Comparisons to the real world should use the science-based tag. This tag may not be used alone. This tag may not be used with the science-fiction, science-based, or hard-science tags.
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Triceratops cart load
Pulling a cart might not take full advantage of the triceratops size and strength. Moreover, you have to deal with the logistics of delivering food and water to its current location and removing the r …
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What would a laptop look like after 300 years? Would it still work?
As indicated in other answers, the laptop would be a mess. Fortunately, the Company of the Transistor, a non-profit founded in 2200, dedicated to "the preservation, study, and reproduction of 20th and …
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Tomorrow is Groundhog Day... For everyone. How does society respond?
My take on this is to think of how a particular project would work, and the types of people who would contribute. I choose putting on a new performance of a play. Once everyone has viewed every record …
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Would the US government of the 1960’s be able to feasibly recreate a modern laptop?
In addition to the valid points about physical construction, modern computers are too complicated for paper and pencil design to be practical. Designing a generation N computer requires many generatio …
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A mathmatician just discovered a way to solve any NP-Complete problen in N*log(n) time. How ...
Regardless of whether the new algorithm is practical, the mathematician collects $1,000,000 from the Clay Mathematics Institute for solving one of their Millennium Problems.
Any consequences beyond t …
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Massive Medieval structures
The nave of Notre-Dame de Paris is 35 meters high, and the towers are 69 meters. Cathedrals were built tall for aesthetic reasons and bragging rights.
In castle architecture, height was not that impo …
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How to trap medieval humans in a land using geology?
Mudflats. Their island/continent, which is nowhere more than a few feet above sea level, is completely surrounded by miles of sticky mudflat. The tides are so slight that any point they can reach from …
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What Practical Reasons May Encourage an Empire to Build a War Academy Campus in a Fortress o...
The military has a lot of facilities that exist mainly for strategic location or other potential usefulness in time of war.
In peace time, it needs facilities for activities that will be suspended in …
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Would a warhorse allow its rider to approach a Dragon at all?
Has the horse been desensitized to dragons? Horses can be trained to accept and keep calm in the face of things that go against all their instincts, even plastic bags.
For example, a predator attacki …
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Could a language based on absolute pitch develop music?
Poetry and music would be a single art form. In a non-tonal language such as English, a poet conveys meaning through both the definitions of the words and their sounds. A word may be selected instead …
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How do I ensure that two characters survive the black death without making them naturally im...
The mother is a cat hoarder. She adores cats, and cannot have too many of them. Any rat looking for living quarters takes one sniff near her house and decides it would not make a good home.
The cats …
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