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Why would robots use verbal communication?

answered Feb 21, 2016 at 4:39

38 votes

How can a Horror from Beyond Reason reliably communicate with mortals?

answered Mar 4, 2017 at 16:35

18 votes

Is there a good geometric analogy for a 'trap' dimension that you can stumble into easily but is very hard to exit?

answered Aug 14, 2022 at 19:51

15 votes

How can orientation-discriminating people keep their views when it turns out they live on a non-orientable surface?

answered Jan 11, 2018 at 19:13

11 votes

How to defeat exact copy of yourself?

answered Dec 18, 2015 at 5:17

9 votes

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

answered May 9, 2016 at 21:11

8 votes

Help! My Mother-in-law got Mind-Uploaded and now pesters me through the surround system

answered Feb 3, 2016 at 13:24

8 votes

Is there a technology capable of disabling the whole of Earth's satellitle network?

answered Feb 19, 2019 at 7:09

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Forememory: What could prevent reiteration from working?

answered Mar 19, 2019 at 23:31

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What species should be used for storage of human minds?

answered Feb 25, 2019 at 5:36

6 votes

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How can aliens convince the government of Earth to form an alliance with them?

answered Mar 14, 2016 at 16:02

6 votes

How much does Santa's sleigh weigh?

answered Dec 15, 2015 at 0:18

5 votes

Is there a clever one-letter code to describe worlds?

answered Jan 22, 2019 at 2:24

5 votes

How would the government cover up a nuclear war?

answered Nov 29, 2023 at 15:12

4 votes

What is a plausible reason for everyone to disappear/die except for one person?

answered Nov 3, 2022 at 20:37

4 votes

Non-religious reasons to have highly advanced physical simulations without any AI which can predict or mimic human behaviour, even algorithmically?

answered Aug 31, 2022 at 23:21

4 votes

Why does space warfare not lead to total anhiliation of both sides?

answered Sep 24, 2022 at 14:06

4 votes

The science behind an invisible wall of pain

answered Dec 8, 2023 at 21:34

4 votes

How did the bugs get all over the place?

answered May 9 at 15:39

4 votes

How could double damage be explained in-universe?

answered 2 days ago

4 votes

Shapes for an infinite animal?

answered Apr 25, 2018 at 0:33

4 votes

A game to outplay Death?

answered Nov 17, 2018 at 2:28

4 votes

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At what scale would negative curvature be noticeable (and a nuisance to the flat space society)?

answered Jan 15, 2018 at 20:13

4 votes

Heterochiral biosphere: a two-handed world

answered Jan 19, 2018 at 4:03

4 votes

Why would space combat require boarding?

answered Feb 9, 2018 at 1:24

4 votes

The AI that fails to be evil

answered Oct 8, 2015 at 1:17

4 votes

Magic rules without logical loopholes

answered Jul 6, 2016 at 13:00

4 votes

Abolishing slavery

answered Jan 29, 2016 at 1:23

3 votes

How could a galactic empire work?

answered Aug 28, 2015 at 1:20

3 votes

Is there a reason to believe that programming languages are going to converge?

answered May 25, 2015 at 15:51

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Why would robots use verbal communication?

How can a Horror from Beyond Reason reliably communicate with mortals?

Is there a good geometric analogy for a 'trap' dimension that you can stumble into easily but is very hard to exit?

How can orientation-discriminating people keep their views when it turns out they live on a non-orientable surface?

How to defeat exact copy of yourself?

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

Help! My Mother-in-law got Mind-Uploaded and now pesters me through the surround system

Is there a technology capable of disabling the whole of Earth's satellitle network?

Forememory: What could prevent reiteration from working?

What species should be used for storage of human minds?

How can aliens convince the government of Earth to form an alliance with them?

How much does Santa's sleigh weigh?

Is there a clever one-letter code to describe worlds?

How would the government cover up a nuclear war?

What is a plausible reason for everyone to disappear/die except for one person?

Non-religious reasons to have highly advanced physical simulations without any AI which can predict or mimic human behaviour, even algorithmically?

Why does space warfare not lead to total anhiliation of both sides?

The science behind an invisible wall of pain

How did the bugs get all over the place?

How could double damage be explained in-universe?

Shapes for an infinite animal?

A game to outplay Death?

At what scale would negative curvature be noticeable (and a nuisance to the flat space society)?

Heterochiral biosphere: a two-handed world

Why would space combat require boarding?

The AI that fails to be evil

Magic rules without logical loopholes

Abolishing slavery

How could a galactic empire work?

Is there a reason to believe that programming languages are going to converge?