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Office Superpowers: which augmented soft skills help with happiness? [closed]
Office Universe:
In my fictional universe, superpowers exist, but they manifest in a peculiar manner. Individuals are granted abilities that are strictly related to enhancing their office work and ...
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What are the practical reasons for a species of humanoids to all wear sexy, revealing clothing?
Many cultures throughout human history have depicted skin, but few have done so explicitly for the purpose of being sexually enticing, especially not in their everyday routines.
Hence, I've been ...
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Feasibility of a Cannibalistic Army? [closed]
Among humans cannibalism has been practiced as a funerary ritual within numerous cultures across the world, and also as a way of ritualistically degrading defeated enemies, as was done most notably ...
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How would asexual reproduction (via mitosis) affect human cultural development?
I’m writing a humanoid race with perfectly symmetrical bilateral anatomy. This trait is shared by almost all complex life on their world and has shaped the way they reproduce; via mitosis. I’ve ...
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How does a religion based around destroying the world attract followers
How would a religion centered around summoning a god of destrucion to destroy the world attract new members?
What incentives or arguments would convince a mostly sane population to go along with ...
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Language features of solitary mesocarnivorous humanoids
The Background
I have a species of intelligent humanoids roughly modelled after bears. They're hulking great grizzly-sized solitary mesocarnivores. Genus Homo and descended from H. sapiens, but ...
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Encouraging Kindness in Rich People? [closed]
As the video linked here shows, there is some evidence linking greater wealth to a greater chance of being more of a jerk. Assuming that we're talking about humans or a sapient race with more or less ...
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Seven Deadly Sins As Virtues? [closed]
A series I found when trawling TV Tropes had as a theme that the Seven Deadly Sins (Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, and Wrath for the unfamiliar) could be virtues if controlled properly. ...
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Convincing but Fake "Magic" [closed]
A primitive culture living on the world of Ori-Alona has developed a system of magic based around dreams and the harnessing of elemental spirits. While there is no real basis for this magic and it's ...
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Memories stored in hair: social and cultural consequences [closed]
Imagine a world where we stored our memories in the hair on our heads rather than in our brains. What social and cultural consequences could arise from this?
Some details about the memory storage: (...
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What practices can a future human society employ to ensure that the number of "men of virtue" can increase over time? [closed]
The question is inspired by a couple of quotes by Confucius:
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-...
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Do separate races (not species) automatically portray a racist world?
Food for thought from /r/worldbuilding: If the dominant race (typically human) of a given world, without any other context, has a huge cultural diversity, then is racism surely going to appear?
If ...
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What mental trait or combination of traits could make a race well suited to warfare?
For my space-fantasy setting I created that I will refer to as Dragon-Folk here.
The Dragon-Folk look more like humans with reptilian features than humanoind dragons. The Dragon-Folk like the other ...
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How would culture changed if we found a cure for loneliness? [closed]
After intensive research, we've found the genes responsible for loneliness and we created a cure. (BTW, there are scientific hints that it is possible[1][2]).
This treatment basically removes all ...
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What would be an execution method in a culture glorifying strength, power and fire?
I'm currently inventing a culture based on strength and power. They believe there's a fire in everybody that gives them life and power. They glorify warriors and strength.
The culture lives in an ...
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