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Story about automatic writing machine in a dispute between writer and editor
story-identification
short-stories
asked Sep 8, 2022 at 9:29
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Does the focus on "humane" killing of animals distract from the real moral problem of killing?
death
pain-and-pleasure
animals
animal-welfare
euthanasia
asked May 8, 2023 at 16:34
philosophy.stackexchange.com
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Does the "gradual brain replacement" thought experiment prove consciousness is independent of substrate?
consciousness
functionalism
asked Apr 2 at 18:23
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Computability and continuity
computability
decidability
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Mechanics of infrequent meteor attacks
spaceships
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Can lenses defend against lasers in space combat?
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space
lasers
asked Sep 29, 2023 at 7:23
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
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Short story about a soldier's reaction to finding out his sergeant is a robot
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short-stories
robots
military-sf
asked Jul 7, 2023 at 12:35
scifi.stackexchange.com
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What percentage of light gets scattered by a mirror?
optics
scattering
reflection
estimation
optical-materials
asked Jun 8 at 0:59
physics.stackexchange.com
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Exponentially weighted infinite sum of Bernoulli variables
probability
hypothesis-testing
asked Apr 2, 2021 at 19:44
math.stackexchange.com
9
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When is it ethical to be ethical towards the unethical?
ethics
social-ethics
social-contract
asked Jan 23 at 11:56
philosophy.stackexchange.com
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Why are UFOs disk shaped?
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The Unreasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in most sciences
philosophy.stackexchange.com
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Would an ultra-heavy tank be a resource-efficient zombie-extermination unit for an CBRN-contaminated environment?
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My CO2 emissions in the light of Russia burning thousands of tons of it a day
philosophy.stackexchange.com
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How to keep critters out of my flooded skyscrapers?
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We know Classical Mechanics is wrong. But can we also say every other theory is wrong except the Theory of Everything?
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Obvious wrongness of Aristotle
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Is there such a thing as weak evidence?
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Does it make sense for giants to use clubs or swords when fighting non-giants?
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What collateral damage would a mach 23 bullet cause?
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What is the name of the fallacy where people assume that complex ideas are automatically better?
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If Socrates said he was ignorant but was in fact knowledgeable, was he simply a liar?
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What makes my artificial intelligence indestructible, but containable?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
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Plausibility of using orbital mirrors to dig a canyon
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What is the best handheld/portable weapon for a person who is 1 inch(2.5 centimeters) trying to take down an 6 foot man?
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What is the size of the largest possible flying animal? Realistically speaking?
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What is the best way to remove meat from a skeleton for necromantic purposes?
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What EM band would be least noticed if I started globally broadcasting white noise on it?
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Why are worldships not shaped like worlds?
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Is there any counterexample given against radical skepticism?
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An argument in favor of the existence of God
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Where do forge-worms live outside of forges?
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What is information?
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Someone just nuked your very expensive ship. What is keeping your ship intact?
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Can coldness be converted to heat energy?
physics.stackexchange.com
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How would a true artificial intelligence view emotions as useful and assign functions to them?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
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Could a 200m diameter asteroid be put into a graveyard orbit and not be noticed by people on the ground?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
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How small can a flame get?
physics.stackexchange.com
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Does absence of evidence mean evidence of absence?
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Is it ever rational to stumble onto the conjunction fallacy in probability?
philosophy.stackexchange.com
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