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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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My perfect evil overlord plan... or is it?

Yes, nations who are stupid enough to allow a thousand of what are obviously nuclear missile platforms (I mean those things are big) to be placed into LEO do deserve to be manhandled this way. Howeve …
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Ancient-Roman-type Postal Service with Rats as Couriers

So basically this is a "star" network where the data packets are rats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_network The Exchange is where the interesting problems are, and it also is your bottleneck. …
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What mechanisms need to be in place for an advanced, peaceful society to retain high testost...

The Voyage An idea taken from Traveller's Adventure 10: a social ritual requires an arduous journey with other couples to the "Valley of Memories" and back. The sophont species in the adventure lay e …
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2 weeks day, 2 weeks night, how would the sleeping pattern of the planet's dominant species ...

Perhaps the humanoid species has diverged into two subspecies (or modes!): one is nocturnal, and the other is diurnal. The two have a symbiotic (and perhaps interfertile) relationship. During the day- …
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A solution for the time-travel paradox - What could go wrong?

Musing about the concept... Essentially, living memory becomes (potentially) more accessible. The big benefit is that those memories could contain information that was originally not really noticed, …
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