User Mark Morgan Lloyd

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What architectural tricks can I use to add a hidden floor to a building?

answered Dec 31, 2020 at 19:56

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What would lead an entire country to systematically ignore home invasion, theft and vandalism from 1 particular person?

answered Nov 24, 2020 at 17:19

6 votes

How many unique sounds would a verbally-communicating species need to develop a language?

answered Apr 5 at 7:46

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Is it believable to store information in live DNA for billion years?

answered Jun 15 at 16:11

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How would you get a medieval economy to accept fiat currency?

answered Jul 17 at 15:04

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Could a race with 20th century computer technology plausibly develop general-purpose AI?

answered Jul 18 at 8:47

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Why would sapient, emotional AGIs object to the creation of any lesser AIs?

answered Feb 15 at 8:39

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How plausible is it for nuclear power to be invented but not nuclear weapons?

answered Sep 22, 2020 at 14:25

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Could a nomadic group build a portable library on wheels pulled by horses?

answered Jul 25, 2020 at 22:04

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What reason would an extraterrestrial civilization have to adopt Earth's time measurement units?

answered Sep 12, 2020 at 20:53

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Can a rogue radio signal from the moon or near orbit realistically go unnoticed?

answered Sep 14, 2020 at 11:12

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If dinosaurs had a civilization, how primitive must it have been to leave no trace in the present?

answered Oct 15, 2020 at 15:48

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Are there any non-organic resources that are rare in the grand-scheme of the Universe, but common on Earth?

answered Jan 14, 2022 at 13:40

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Could a submarine 'sail' the ocean currents?

answered Feb 1 at 8:04

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Can it make sense for a spaceship to be crewed by many individual AI, rather than a handful with all the processing power?

answered Jul 21 at 11:20

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If magic is programming, then what is mana supposed to be?

answered Jul 6 at 11:00

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How can explorers determine whether strings of alien text is meaningful or just nonsense?

answered Jun 5 at 6:45

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Any way of having a breathable atmosphere with zero gravity in free space?(and universal directionality?)

answered Feb 19 at 18:19

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Why can't modern fighter aircraft shoot down second world war bombers?

answered Nov 5, 2020 at 10:10

1 vote

In the far future would weaponizing the sun or parts of it be possible?

answered Nov 12, 2020 at 12:39

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Humanity is an FTL capable empire with great technological capabilities, what will our fighting machine or machines be like?

answered Oct 3, 2020 at 10:00

1 vote

How could the crew on a small spacecraft (6 people) on an isolated long (10yr) mission remain productive and harmonious?

answered Oct 12, 2020 at 16:45

1 vote

What could make the technology to be conserved at the level of mid-late 21th century for centuries?

answered Mar 21 at 13:41

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Can you have a Clarketech artifact that you can replicate but cannot comprehend?

answered Nov 26, 2020 at 18:30

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Non-electrical technology that pre-modern people would see as magic?

answered Mar 31 at 6:47

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What if you could shut off the pull of gravity on your body?

answered Mar 16 at 18:12

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Sci-fi soldiers with bulky armor brace their rifles on their chest plates. What do their rifle stocks look like?

answered Oct 2 at 9:51

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What could lead humans to go extinct after a collapse of technological civilization?

answered Oct 29, 2020 at 14:41

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What architectural tricks can I use to add a hidden floor to a building?

What would lead an entire country to systematically ignore home invasion, theft and vandalism from 1 particular person?

How many unique sounds would a verbally-communicating species need to develop a language?

Is it believable to store information in live DNA for billion years?

How would you get a medieval economy to accept fiat currency?

Could a race with 20th century computer technology plausibly develop general-purpose AI?

Why would sapient, emotional AGIs object to the creation of any lesser AIs?

How plausible is it for nuclear power to be invented but not nuclear weapons?

Could a nomadic group build a portable library on wheels pulled by horses?

What reason would an extraterrestrial civilization have to adopt Earth's time measurement units?

Can a rogue radio signal from the moon or near orbit realistically go unnoticed?

If dinosaurs had a civilization, how primitive must it have been to leave no trace in the present?

Are there any non-organic resources that are rare in the grand-scheme of the Universe, but common on Earth?

Could a submarine 'sail' the ocean currents?

Can it make sense for a spaceship to be crewed by many individual AI, rather than a handful with all the processing power?

If magic is programming, then what is mana supposed to be?

How can explorers determine whether strings of alien text is meaningful or just nonsense?

Any way of having a breathable atmosphere with zero gravity in free space?(and universal directionality?)

Why can't modern fighter aircraft shoot down second world war bombers?

In the far future would weaponizing the sun or parts of it be possible?

Humanity is an FTL capable empire with great technological capabilities, what will our fighting machine or machines be like?

How could the crew on a small spacecraft (6 people) on an isolated long (10yr) mission remain productive and harmonious?

What could make the technology to be conserved at the level of mid-late 21th century for centuries?

Can you have a Clarketech artifact that you can replicate but cannot comprehend?

Non-electrical technology that pre-modern people would see as magic?

What if you could shut off the pull of gravity on your body?

Sci-fi soldiers with bulky armor brace their rifles on their chest plates. What do their rifle stocks look like?

What could lead humans to go extinct after a collapse of technological civilization?