User Anders Gustafson

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Realistic Santa and Reindeer

asked Dec 7, 2015 at 7:27

53 votes

12 answers

14k views

Would a "ring language" be possible?

asked May 15, 2019 at 5:17

37 votes

12 answers

5k views

How might a collective society (along the lines of ST's Borg) develop?

asked May 5, 2016 at 6:10

19 votes

15 answers

5k views

Would it be possible for hunter gatherers to accidentally colonize an exoplanet, from an asteroid knocking a rock containing a cave into space?

asked Jul 30, 2020 at 13:59

15 votes

7 answers

3k views

Could a species evolve a biological gravitational wave detector?

asked Feb 14, 2016 at 17:20

14 votes

13 answers

5k views

What type of food might an organism that lives its entire life in interstellar space eat?

asked May 13, 2016 at 5:18

12 votes

2 answers

488 views

What would be the equation for kinetic energy if $γ=\frac{v^2}{c^2}+1$ instead of $γ=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}}$? [closed]

asked Mar 5, 2016 at 6:19

12 votes

9 answers

953 views

Could the movement of animals and plants be used by a future civilization to figure out that it isn't the first civilization?

asked Mar 22, 2022 at 6:33

11 votes

4 answers

2k views

City state with a direct democracy turns into an empire?

asked May 17, 2016 at 10:50

11 votes

4 answers

1k views

Chemistry in two spatial dimensions?

asked Oct 14, 2015 at 8:31

9 votes

8 answers

2k views

Two countries in the same location and time?

asked Nov 12, 2015 at 6:14

9 votes

8 answers

4k views

Could an organism evolve to move faster than the speed of sound without technology?

asked Jan 28, 2016 at 5:08

9 votes

9 answers

2k views

Could near light speed space ships be used to destroy a civilization?

asked Jul 16, 2021 at 8:41

9 votes

5 answers

489 views

Could a non sentient land animal evolve an innate knowledge for making boats?

asked Aug 23, 2019 at 2:47

8 votes

1 answer

389 views

Schwarzschild Metric in a universe with the same space time metric as that described in the orthogonal series, but with massive gravitons?

asked Jul 8, 2019 at 5:54

8 votes

3 answers

272 views

Could a life form evolve an organ for generating temperatures less than a degree Kelvin above absolute zero?

asked May 31, 2019 at 10:17

8 votes

6 answers

3k views

Could an animal evolve to smell by throwing scents into the environment and waiting for them to get reflected back?

asked Nov 16, 2022 at 23:48

8 votes

11 answers

3k views

Why might a plant evolve a brain and the ability to move?

asked May 7, 2016 at 2:45

7 votes

3 answers

1k views

How would early Homo sapiens and a humanoid marsupial interact?

asked May 4, 2016 at 19:58

7 votes

3 answers

262 views

Would a life form with the intelligence of a human but without an appendage for manipulating its environment be able to have advanced technology?

asked May 4, 2019 at 3:11

7 votes

1 answer

492 views

Could a planet have an atmosphere that is composed mostly of Diborane, Nitrogen, and Ammonia Vapor?

asked Feb 5, 2016 at 21:02

7 votes

2 answers

444 views

How would it affect the universe if the W boson was massless? [closed]

asked Nov 30, 2015 at 20:32

7 votes

1 answer

770 views

What would produce tetration in physics?

asked Nov 25, 2015 at 7:00

7 votes

6 answers

904 views

Breeding two species to become genetically more similar?

asked Oct 22, 2015 at 4:03

7 votes

1 answer

231 views

Could a 3+1 dimensional universe have a spacetime curvature that never reduces to Newtonian Gravity?

asked Oct 2, 2020 at 1:55

7 votes

7 answers

312 views

Would intelligence affect the evolution of colorful display patters for attracting mates?

asked May 22, 2019 at 4:30

7 votes

3 answers

1k views

Bronze Age Underwater Civilization

asked Jul 12, 2019 at 4:33

6 votes

2 answers

283 views

Geckos walking on two legs

asked Dec 4, 2019 at 20:52

6 votes

1 answer

826 views

Could a charge with more than 3 types be self consistent?

asked Jun 9, 2020 at 4:03

6 votes

3 answers

3k views

What wild mammals could survive a nuclear winter? [closed]

asked Aug 3 at 3:58

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101 Questions

Realistic Santa and Reindeer

Would a "ring language" be possible?

How might a collective society (along the lines of ST's Borg) develop?

Would it be possible for hunter gatherers to accidentally colonize an exoplanet, from an asteroid knocking a rock containing a cave into space?

Could a species evolve a biological gravitational wave detector?

What type of food might an organism that lives its entire life in interstellar space eat?

What would be the equation for kinetic energy if $γ=\frac{v^2}{c^2}+1$ instead of $γ=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}}$? [closed]

Could the movement of animals and plants be used by a future civilization to figure out that it isn't the first civilization?

City state with a direct democracy turns into an empire?

Chemistry in two spatial dimensions?

Two countries in the same location and time?

Could an organism evolve to move faster than the speed of sound without technology?

Could near light speed space ships be used to destroy a civilization?

Could a non sentient land animal evolve an innate knowledge for making boats?

Schwarzschild Metric in a universe with the same space time metric as that described in the orthogonal series, but with massive gravitons?

Could a life form evolve an organ for generating temperatures less than a degree Kelvin above absolute zero?

Could an animal evolve to smell by throwing scents into the environment and waiting for them to get reflected back?

Why might a plant evolve a brain and the ability to move?

How would early Homo sapiens and a humanoid marsupial interact?

Would a life form with the intelligence of a human but without an appendage for manipulating its environment be able to have advanced technology?

Could a planet have an atmosphere that is composed mostly of Diborane, Nitrogen, and Ammonia Vapor?

How would it affect the universe if the W boson was massless? [closed]

What would produce tetration in physics?

Breeding two species to become genetically more similar?

Could a 3+1 dimensional universe have a spacetime curvature that never reduces to Newtonian Gravity?

Would intelligence affect the evolution of colorful display patters for attracting mates?

Bronze Age Underwater Civilization

Geckos walking on two legs

Could a charge with more than 3 types be self consistent?

What wild mammals could survive a nuclear winter? [closed]