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War between two type III civilizations from the perspective of a type II civilization

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Pressure inside an infinite ocean?

answered Apr 30, 2019 at 18:21

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What shape of a ship would be most effective in real life space combat?

answered Mar 26, 2018 at 17:55

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Can singularity be achieved in a PC without any external information?

answered Sep 14, 2016 at 16:19

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How do you detect and defend against micro blackhole cannon?

answered Jan 4, 2021 at 15:56

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Would it be at all possible for a civilization to not have a concept of a god real or fake?

answered Jul 18 at 15:13

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Prehistoric messages to the future

answered May 4, 2017 at 17:31

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What does the Minotaur eat?

answered Feb 8, 2016 at 15:51

26 votes

How to tell if intelligent life has evolved in a Game of Life simulation?

answered Dec 2, 2016 at 19:49

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How to build a fail-safe system for an engine that can harness energy from a Black Hole?

answered Aug 20, 2018 at 18:25

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Why would cyborgs, assuming they are rare, be found in the lower classes rather than the elite?

answered Oct 11 at 15:06

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Why would civilizations have no major technological development even after ten thousand years?

answered Oct 17, 2021 at 14:32

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"Hard" SF reaction to "Soft" SF Aliens

answered Jun 25 at 4:55

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Socialist country with good economy?

answered Dec 13, 2016 at 15:43

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Dealing With Dragonslayers

answered Nov 11, 2016 at 18:21

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Von Neumann probes: feasible or not, now?

answered Dec 9, 2014 at 15:02

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Why would a crash landed generation fall back to the stone age?

answered Nov 23, 2016 at 20:30

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Would an ultra-heavy tank be a resource-efficient zombie-extermination unit for an CBRN-contaminated environment?

answered Aug 16, 2021 at 15:05

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Aliens englobed the Solar System: will we notice?

answered Mar 12, 2019 at 19:23

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Can a world exist with large calibre guns but without small calibre guns?

answered Oct 21, 2017 at 18:14

16 votes

Deep Space bomber - Best bomb against Interstellar warship that is kilometers long in size

answered Jun 30, 2017 at 15:00

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Could the development of a body armour that completely stops any small arms fire make a civilization go back to medieval-style combat?

answered Mar 16, 2018 at 15:18

15 votes

How does a modern military defend against a guerrilla Army of wizards

answered Mar 20, 2017 at 14:16

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Can Communism become a stable economic strategy? How?

answered Oct 11, 2016 at 13:36

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Planet Vanishes - How does this affect the orbiting starships?

answered Jan 10, 2017 at 20:54

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Does this alternate Universe with easier-to-understand physics behave the same as ours?

answered Feb 2 at 15:50

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How many people are necessary to maintain modern civilisation?

answered Jun 18, 2019 at 16:18

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How do you non-catastrophically reduce the mass of the Sun by half?

answered Sep 26, 2018 at 20:04

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Is depicting scenes of sub-FTL deep space travel with burning engines accurate?

answered Apr 19, 2018 at 19:27

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Will a person be able to see when he stops time?

answered Sep 26, 2016 at 17:52

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War between two type III civilizations from the perspective of a type II civilization

Pressure inside an infinite ocean?

What shape of a ship would be most effective in real life space combat?

Can singularity be achieved in a PC without any external information?

How do you detect and defend against micro blackhole cannon?

Would it be at all possible for a civilization to not have a concept of a god real or fake?

Prehistoric messages to the future

What does the Minotaur eat?

How to tell if intelligent life has evolved in a Game of Life simulation?

How to build a fail-safe system for an engine that can harness energy from a Black Hole?

Why would cyborgs, assuming they are rare, be found in the lower classes rather than the elite?

Why would civilizations have no major technological development even after ten thousand years?

"Hard" SF reaction to "Soft" SF Aliens

Socialist country with good economy?

Dealing With Dragonslayers

Von Neumann probes: feasible or not, now?

Why would a crash landed generation fall back to the stone age?

Would an ultra-heavy tank be a resource-efficient zombie-extermination unit for an CBRN-contaminated environment?

Aliens englobed the Solar System: will we notice?

Can a world exist with large calibre guns but without small calibre guns?

Deep Space bomber - Best bomb against Interstellar warship that is kilometers long in size

Could the development of a body armour that completely stops any small arms fire make a civilization go back to medieval-style combat?

How does a modern military defend against a guerrilla Army of wizards

Can Communism become a stable economic strategy? How?

Planet Vanishes - How does this affect the orbiting starships?

Does this alternate Universe with easier-to-understand physics behave the same as ours?

How many people are necessary to maintain modern civilisation?

How do you non-catastrophically reduce the mass of the Sun by half?

Is depicting scenes of sub-FTL deep space travel with burning engines accurate?

Will a person be able to see when he stops time?