User Lostinfrance

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What modern technology would be most revolutionary to ancient Greeks?

answered Jul 19, 2016 at 7:29

54 votes

What happens if money vanishes if not spent?

society economy

answered Jan 12, 2016 at 15:13

46 votes

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Magic and the Legal System

magic law crime

answered Jan 4, 2016 at 18:49

43 votes

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Is a planet's southern hemisphere necessarily warmer than the north?

science-based planets climate

answered May 4, 2015 at 19:16

34 votes

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Feasibility of Centaur Hussars

warfare weapons fantasy-races mythology centaur

answered Sep 16, 2016 at 8:14

31 votes

Benefits of or reasons why a species would have only one eye?

internal-consistency biology evolution environment vision

answered Mar 1, 2016 at 9:56

25 votes

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Travel back in time and rise to power

time-travel

answered Jun 3, 2015 at 8:59

24 votes

How can we catch a teleporter?

internal-consistency government teleportation

answered Apr 28, 2016 at 19:51

18 votes

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What should centaur dwellings look like?

fantasy-races architecture mythology centaur

answered Oct 14, 2015 at 8:01

18 votes

Could I have a culture where stealing is not wrong?

internal-consistency economy culture ethics philosophy

answered Nov 15, 2015 at 22:01

18 votes

Is there a more effective way to build a language than a word frequency list?

language worldbuilding-process conlang

answered May 9, 2016 at 2:33

17 votes

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Could a lingua franca be possible on a galactic scale?

aliens language

answered Jun 5, 2015 at 8:13

17 votes

Is Honesty always the best policy? What could go wrong if a society valued honesty over every other virtue?

culture civilization utopia

answered Nov 26, 2015 at 13:23

16 votes

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

biology evolution aliens food anatomy

answered May 13, 2016 at 6:44

15 votes

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Feasibility of giant flatworm people

science-based internal-consistency biology creature-design

answered Apr 30, 2016 at 8:52

15 votes

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Anatomically Correct Hecatoncheires

internal-consistency evolution creature-design mythical-creatures

answered Dec 8, 2015 at 15:16

14 votes

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How long can language drift before it becomes indecipherable, and how to minimize drift?

internal-consistency time-travel language

answered Jul 2, 2015 at 18:36

14 votes

Is a steampunk style Clockwork robot possible?

technology steampunk

answered Apr 24, 2016 at 21:48

14 votes

How would people living in eternal day learn that stars exist?

internal-consistency culture stars day-night

answered Dec 20, 2016 at 17:55

12 votes

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Anatomically Correct: 4-legged sapient creatures (“centaurs” etc.)

internal-consistency creature-design humans fantasy-races centaur

answered Oct 16, 2015 at 13:33

12 votes

Justification for ambiguous poetic prophecy

magic prophecy

answered Dec 7, 2015 at 19:39

10 votes

What would make good clothing for an underwater species?

society underwater clothing

answered Dec 4, 2015 at 9:33

10 votes

How far is too far when worldbuilding?

worldbuilding-process

answered Nov 2, 2015 at 11:45

9 votes

Would a common language develop in a fantasy world?

medieval language fantasy-races

answered Nov 11, 2015 at 10:29

9 votes

What could cause vegetarianism to be outlawed?

earth food law

answered May 31, 2015 at 13:54

9 votes

Will artificial selection for religiosity make the gods real?

society evolution religion

answered Jun 7, 2016 at 9:49

8 votes

Uniting The Wild Peoples Of Eow

alternate-history

answered Oct 2, 2015 at 19:26

8 votes

In the magic==math trope, how do "they" know when we're doing spells?

magic mathematics

answered Feb 9, 2016 at 14:48

8 votes

What's the smallest change to physics required to allow magic?

internal-consistency magic physics

answered Apr 29, 2016 at 10:51

7 votes

Form of currency where precious metals are difficult to obtain?

economy currency medieval-europe

answered Mar 15, 2016 at 15:04

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What modern technology would be most revolutionary to ancient Greeks?

What happens if money vanishes if not spent?

Magic and the Legal System

Is a planet's southern hemisphere necessarily warmer than the north?

Feasibility of Centaur Hussars

Benefits of or reasons why a species would have only one eye?

Travel back in time and rise to power

How can we catch a teleporter?

What should centaur dwellings look like?

Could I have a culture where stealing is not wrong?

Is there a more effective way to build a language than a word frequency list?

Could a lingua franca be possible on a galactic scale?

Is Honesty always the best policy? What could go wrong if a society valued honesty over every other virtue?

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

Feasibility of giant flatworm people

Anatomically Correct Hecatoncheires

How long can language drift before it becomes indecipherable, and how to minimize drift?

Is a steampunk style Clockwork robot possible?

How would people living in eternal day learn that stars exist?

Anatomically Correct: 4-legged sapient creatures (“centaurs” etc.)

Justification for ambiguous poetic prophecy

What would make good clothing for an underwater species?

How far is too far when worldbuilding?

Would a common language develop in a fantasy world?

What could cause vegetarianism to be outlawed?

Will artificial selection for religiosity make the gods real?

Uniting The Wild Peoples Of Eow

In the magic==math trope, how do "they" know when we're doing spells?

What's the smallest change to physics required to allow magic?

Form of currency where precious metals are difficult to obtain?