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How can kaiju exist in nature and not significantly alter civilization?
I'm building a world where kaiju-sized creatures exist alongside regular-sized creatures. How these kaiju don't crumble under their own weight doesn't matter, and can be explained away by them being ...
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What could Kaiju do to stop us from travelling into deep space?
The world's overrun with Kaiju but, while they kill many and cause much destruction, our civilization continues, migrating inward, away from the coasts where the Kaiju typically occupy.
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What are the advantages and disadvantages an underwater civilization has over a terrestial one?
In my world, mankind isn't the only intelligent species around. Merfolk are present in all of the oceans. The Merfolks look like a cross between humans and dugongs. The Merfolk also have long hair ...
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Can my civilization be totally isolated by deserts?
Is it possible for a dry planet similar to Earth* to be inhabited by an indigenous intelligent humanoid species that is restricted to a small area of the planet – perhaps 1000 miles x 1000 miles near ...
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How Could People Utilize a Hypereutrophic Sea?
In a previous post I asked about the feasibility of connecting the ocean to a dried sea bed with hand tools and it was pointed out how environmentally disastrous this would be.
So the bronze age ...
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What reason would a hidden, deep ocean society have to come up to the surface of a post-apocalyptic Earth and claim the land for themselves?
This is strictly Earth based. Would it be possible for a society to develop their own civilization underwater (nothing fantastical like Aquaman or whatever, but more of a grimy, hardscrabble existence ...
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Is development of technological civilization without ecological damage possible?
A god once created a beautiful planet and populated it with all kind of plant and animals. He brought up humans, because no world is complete without them. But then he paused. Not because he needed a ...
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Lake World and Water Salinity
I have an idea for a world where land prevails over water and what waters there are are largely relegated to scattered lakes of varying sizes. Some of these lakes would be mega lakes, the size of the ...
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What's the most effective clothing in a pre-industrial world of aggressive plant (and animal) life?
I'm building a highly verdant, "garden" world where fruit and vegetation grow so easily and naturally that they can be easily picked in passing by the relatively small human population. So, imagine an ...
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How do people sustain themselves in a siberia-like environment? [closed]
The climate is very similar to siberia, there are boreal forests, steppes and tundra in the north. The winters are rough but there is a short growing season, fishing is possible.
I am mostly ...
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How to remove most signs of past civilizations without destroying all life? [duplicate]
I am trying to generate broad ideas as to how to create a society with a refresh start. Where most signs of an advanced society (slightly more advanced then today's society) are gone but without ...
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If the sun of a fictional world did not rise on random days, how would it affect its civilizations? [closed]
I previously asked about the possibility of a fantasy world that has a different sun every day and where, on random days, no sun rose:
World with a different sun every day, and random days with no sun....
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How would an intelligent race on a methane world achieve a fire equivalent?
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What would the conditions on a methane world be like?
What would animal life on a methane world look like and how would it evolve?
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Okay, an intelligent race has evolved on a world ...
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How would medieval civilizations be changed if lands were seas and seas were lands? [closed]
If we lived on Earth, but with land and sea swapped, how would this affect civilizations on Earth?
This would include a total topographic inversion of Earth, so
The Mariana Trench would become the ...
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