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What would aliens glean from our consumer grade computers? [closed]
David just bought a $1500 grand computer, he put the parts together himself. He was about to play some games on it and aliens just yoinked it to study. Without even looking at David or the biology of ...
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Society/culture of intelligent, eusocial ambush predator aliens? [closed]
EDIT:// Mainly looking for religion/politics I suppose, but any answer would be great. Not omnivorous at all, I thought I made that clear already. Local ecology/environment -- I already described ...
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Why would Earth become an Entertainment powerhouse? [closed]
The time setting of this world can be from near 2000 to present day, to near future. But basically, Aliens from around the galaxy are visiting Earth...for our TV series/movies, animes-manga, and ...
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Could a culture have free-market capitalism without corporations? [closed]
Could a culture have free-market capitalism that never (or at least rarely ever) results in corporations, large trusts, or other such groups? This culture is made up of a single alien species that ...
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A representative government in a world with rigid social castes [closed]
Globally, on this planet that's been around much longer than Earth has, with people who've been around much longer than humans have, there are four castes -- labor, military/law enforcement, science ...
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Single-sex species that has specific culture roles for different body types? [closed]
Basically what the title question says. I want there to at least be three socially constructed genders, each with their own expectations of how they should act and dress. I want the species to have a ...
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What movies would you show aliens to show we are friendly? [closed]
Here is an idea that I wanted to play around with but unfortunately hit a brick wall with. Human explorers have found a less advanced intelligent technological species on a faraway planet. For the ...
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Anyone wanna design some xenosophonts together? [closed]
I’m Campbell and I’m looking to create a science fiction universe. I’m 18, and I’m returning to writing and relearning a lot of things. But I’d love to make some friends and create an alien species ...
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What are some frightening characteristics humans and human culture (christianity in particular) would have in the eyes of aliens? [closed]
If humans made contact with intelligent aliens what could they find absolutely frightening about us and our culture. Culture-wise I am looking at christianity in particular.
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Mid industrial revolution society on the planet from Pitch Black? [closed]
What would life be like for people in an 1800s era setting (give or take a century or specific technologies that should or should not exist if it's convenient), who live on a planet inhabited by the ...
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How do you conduct xenoanthropology after first contact?
In the very near future, humans (somehow) travel to a distant planet - and discover aliens who turn out to be uncannily like us. Their appearance is, to put it bluntly, freakish, but they are humanoid ...
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Why might a society perceive erasing from history as worse than death?
So, long, long ago, on a planet in the Milky Way, dwells the Qualian civilization. The time is around Earth’s 16th century, in the Tasadian Empire. Emperor Zora II has just been betrayed and nearly ...
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Would an advanced and peaceful alien race have schools? [closed]
I am designing an alien planet which is inhabited by a peaceful advanced race and I was wondering, do aliens have schools or an education system on their planet? If so, what do you think it would be ...
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How would humanity react if aliens relocated humanity and then decided to bring humanity back a week later [closed]
I remember once in history class, we were taught about the whole stigma that during the United States early years, European Americans would take Native American lands and put them in preserves. I then ...
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How to differentiate, male and female names of an alien? [closed]
I am working on a story. I just want to know, is there any easy way to make readers differentiate male and female (alien) characters by reading their names.
According to my story those aliens are ...
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