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How can you tell an AI apart from a human over the phone but not in person?

asked Aug 31, 2021 at 2:27

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22 answers

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How do I stop Bob the gigantic animal from overheating?

asked Dec 12, 2021 at 10:36

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17 answers

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How does a Game of Thrones-style hyperwinter occur?

asked Nov 2, 2021 at 2:05

19 votes

8 answers

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If you were wearing a bomb suit, would it be safe to set off a Claymore mine strapped to your chest?

asked Feb 15, 2022 at 2:42

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22 answers

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How would an entity automatically know when someone is directly observing it?

asked Jan 27, 2022 at 23:49

18 votes

5 answers

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How powerful would a volcanic eruption need to be to blast debris to the height of the ISS?

asked Nov 8, 2021 at 20:48

15 votes

7 answers

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How many refugees can I pack into a nuclear-powered version of the largest ship ever built?

asked Feb 9, 2022 at 6:41

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14 answers

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

asked Aug 16, 2021 at 4:53

14 votes

6 answers

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How would one go about making a subdermal Faraday cage?

asked Oct 31, 2021 at 11:08

13 votes

4 answers

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What biomaterials with higher compressive strength than bone can I use to make big but proportionate humanoids?

asked Dec 7, 2021 at 9:12

13 votes

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Would a diamond mountain floating in the mantle cause a supervolcano or lava pool in the crust above it?

asked May 7, 2023 at 21:11

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9 answers

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How can a repressive government quickly but non-permanently disable human vocal cords in a way that allows only that government to restore them?

asked Sep 6, 2021 at 0:57

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6 answers

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What would land vehicles designed to operate in a perpetual hurricane look like?

asked Aug 18, 2021 at 21:32

12 votes

9 answers

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Why would an everything-eating fungus be unable to spread outside of Australia?

asked Aug 19, 2021 at 4:28

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Give me a human-portable weapon capable of rapidly melting a Terminator into a molten puddle

asked Jan 3, 2022 at 7:33

11 votes

7 answers

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What are some sociological or military justifications for localized nuclear warfare?

asked Jul 26, 2021 at 21:55

11 votes

13 answers

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Why would it take years to decades for aid to reach the survivors of a localized nuclear war?

asked Aug 15, 2021 at 23:14

11 votes

3 answers

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What would an above-ground residential apartment designed to negate the effects of a one-kiloton nuclear surface burst at 500 meters look like?

asked Sep 12, 2021 at 1:21

10 votes

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Vampiric kiss with effects similar to nitrogen narcosis

asked Feb 27, 2022 at 8:21

10 votes

4 answers

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I'm making a tattooed repository of paramedical knowledge for a religious ceremony. How small can words be if they're tattoos made of cremation ashes?

asked Nov 11, 2021 at 0:29

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How thick must granite walls be to isolate monks?

asked Jun 1 at 3:26

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3 answers

431 views

Can a vampire carbonate serum to make blood soda?

asked Jan 31 at 6:57

9 votes

4 answers

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What are some of the structural problems inherent to a kilometer-scale hydrogen airship?

asked Nov 14, 2021 at 10:16

9 votes

1 answer

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Limpet-Style Metal Superbones

asked Dec 9, 2021 at 3:06

9 votes

6 answers

525 views

Defending against dinosaurs with an automatic shotgun that fires miniaturized anti-tank munitions

asked Apr 28, 2022 at 2:38

9 votes

4 answers

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Is there space in an average animal cell that I could cram some extra organelles into?

asked Jun 4, 2022 at 8:26

8 votes

1 answer

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Altering the muscles of giant creatures to let them stand without collapsing by changing their proteins

asked Jun 22, 2022 at 7:37

8 votes

4 answers

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What shape most efficiently disperses an overpressure wave from a nuclear weapon?

asked Oct 14, 2021 at 23:18

7 votes

1 answer

283 views

This organism can survive temperatures of 45°C. What's the next overheating-related threat?

asked Jul 31, 2022 at 2:01

7 votes

2 answers

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How long and heavy can a tentacle tail get relative to the animal it's on?

asked Nov 29, 2021 at 17:23

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147 Questions

How can you tell an AI apart from a human over the phone but not in person?

How do I stop Bob the gigantic animal from overheating?

How does a Game of Thrones-style hyperwinter occur?

If you were wearing a bomb suit, would it be safe to set off a Claymore mine strapped to your chest?

How would an entity automatically know when someone is directly observing it?

How powerful would a volcanic eruption need to be to blast debris to the height of the ISS?

How many refugees can I pack into a nuclear-powered version of the largest ship ever built?

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

How would one go about making a subdermal Faraday cage?

What biomaterials with higher compressive strength than bone can I use to make big but proportionate humanoids?

Would a diamond mountain floating in the mantle cause a supervolcano or lava pool in the crust above it?

How can a repressive government quickly but non-permanently disable human vocal cords in a way that allows only that government to restore them?

What would land vehicles designed to operate in a perpetual hurricane look like?

Why would an everything-eating fungus be unable to spread outside of Australia?

Give me a human-portable weapon capable of rapidly melting a Terminator into a molten puddle

What are some sociological or military justifications for localized nuclear warfare?

Why would it take years to decades for aid to reach the survivors of a localized nuclear war?

What would an above-ground residential apartment designed to negate the effects of a one-kiloton nuclear surface burst at 500 meters look like?

Vampiric kiss with effects similar to nitrogen narcosis

I'm making a tattooed repository of paramedical knowledge for a religious ceremony. How small can words be if they're tattoos made of cremation ashes?

How thick must granite walls be to isolate monks?

Can a vampire carbonate serum to make blood soda?

What are some of the structural problems inherent to a kilometer-scale hydrogen airship?

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Limpet-Style Metal Superbones

Defending against dinosaurs with an automatic shotgun that fires miniaturized anti-tank munitions

Is there space in an average animal cell that I could cram some extra organelles into?

Altering the muscles of giant creatures to let them stand without collapsing by changing their proteins

What shape most efficiently disperses an overpressure wave from a nuclear weapon?

This organism can survive temperatures of 45°C. What's the next overheating-related threat?

How long and heavy can a tentacle tail get relative to the animal it's on?