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How can plants reliably intentionally poison those that eat their fruit?
I see an analogy with carnivorous plants.
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The erosion problem on floating islands
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How does 15th century beancurd delivery work?
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A sentient carnivorous species trying to preserve life. How could they find a new food source?
@Philipp: Thanks for pointing it. Upvoted.
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What biology does it take to form human language (communication between species)
The most important biologic part of language is brain. Scientific experiments to teach sign language to apes showed thay could learn a maximum of 2000 signs (see Koko for instance).
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If one tech giant (Google, Facebook, Amazon) were to go down, which one would be most detrimental?
Facebook going down would free so much time to Mankind.
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Could a supertall building have been built in the 18th century?
A cathedral on top of a ziggurat may reach up to 200m.
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Can a Super-intelligence rewrite the laws of physics?
This is the plot of the Heechee Saga from Frederik Pohl.
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Why would an army train living soldiers when manufacturing robots is easier
@Zucce05 - Many people in the World don't need to refer to the Holy Bible. And many people who do can make up their own interpretation. (Thou shalt not kill...)
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Santa is broke. How much does it cost for someone else to be Santa?
Indeed this event already happened: Santa no longer delivers gifts, he left that duty to parents and only try to feed his reinders on his meager retiree pension.
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How long would it take to 'Raise the Alarm' in a medieval city?
That is what bell towers were made for.
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Who writes the laws and creates the policies in a direct democracy?
For an existing example, I would consider early Internet with Netiquette, RFCs, IANA...
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Charging phone in medieval times
Forget about your phone, medieval times are known for their very bad cellular networks and GPS satellites are still waiting for their launchers.
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High Speed High Tech Stealth Transportation in a Medieval Setting
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Would a squad of soldiers who can shapeshift into T. Rexes be useful in a modern battle?
How would logistics be easier when one need to feed an army of T-Rex ?
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If my world is flat (obviously not possible) how would I explain the edges?
Why would people want to go there ? Here be dragons
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Reasons why healthy people would intentionally want to get infected?
See Zika virus may be useful in treating brain tumours for a promising real-life example.
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Surviving inside a space station crashing into a planet
Why don't they escape with the lifeboat instead of crashing the station?
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Buying energy from the sun?
Better than taxing energy use: tax surfaces able to receive sunlight.
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