User Christopher King - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange

79 votes

19 answers

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Stealth in Space: How realistic is it?

asked Aug 25, 2015 at 2:54

68 votes

9 answers

11k views

I duplicate the U.S. President. What happens?

asked Jan 29, 2016 at 4:19

67 votes

12 answers

10k views

How can the NSA capture Santa Claus?

asked Dec 16, 2015 at 0:07

49 votes

7 answers

8k views

Is Honesty always the best policy? What could go wrong if a society valued honesty over every other virtue?

asked Nov 26, 2015 at 12:57

40 votes

13 answers

9k views

Scientific/biological basis of someone with unlimited willpower?

asked Nov 7, 2018 at 15:03

31 votes

7 answers

7k views

Is it practical to build dirt scrapers instead of skyscrapers?

asked Aug 25, 2015 at 21:46

29 votes

12 answers

8k views

My program designed to be resistant to malware and DOS attacks isn't letting me turn it off. What do I do?

asked Dec 31, 2015 at 20:25

27 votes

14 answers

4k views

We can change our leaders whenever we like. What happens?

asked Aug 27, 2015 at 21:46

22 votes

16 answers

5k views

Why would magic and science be split?

asked Oct 16, 2015 at 2:06

22 votes

10 answers

5k views

How to prevent your enemies from digging under you?

asked Feb 16, 2018 at 3:15

20 votes

11 answers

6k views

How would a magician trick scientists into believing he is using science?

asked Jul 13, 2015 at 18:15

19 votes

4 answers

2k views

What would the economic impact of the ability to transmute lead into gold?

asked Jul 27, 2015 at 18:38

19 votes

11 answers

3k views

What if Santa does not want Norad to track him?

asked Dec 14, 2015 at 23:48

19 votes

17 answers

6k views

How would a superhero who needs to fall asleep to use his powers fall asleep during battle?

asked Jun 28, 2017 at 3:53

19 votes

6 answers

910 views

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

asked Jan 8, 2018 at 18:30

16 votes

9 answers

5k views

Could there be an atmosphere in which I could both be alive and float?

asked Jul 13, 2015 at 18:51

12 votes

6 answers

4k views

What would be the state of society without semiconductors? [closed]

asked Apr 11, 2015 at 19:20

12 votes

4 answers

1k views

Santa is a time traveller. How does he not violate causality?

asked Dec 24, 2015 at 0:56

12 votes

6 answers

770 views

How would you arrange wormholes throughout the galaxy so that they don't violate the Chronology protection conjecture?

asked Nov 27, 2020 at 19:34

11 votes

5 answers

2k views

How to navigate the hyperbolic world

asked Jan 28, 2018 at 1:15

11 votes

1 answer

490 views

How would crystals be different in hyperbolic space?

asked Nov 18, 2018 at 22:41

11 votes

9 answers

568 views

How many entities would a post-singularity A.I. in a world recognize itself as?

asked Aug 15, 2015 at 2:20

11 votes

7 answers

768 views

Could a democracy where a program runs the nation and we vote on pull requests work?

asked Mar 8, 2016 at 1:17

10 votes

5 answers

2k views

What do you do with people who do not sign the social contract?

asked Feb 28, 2016 at 21:41

10 votes

6 answers

698 views

What kind of human music do badger-folk like?

asked Nov 20, 2015 at 1:45

10 votes

4 answers

2k views

Would the Hawking radiation from a small black hole make a feasible propulsion source?

asked Jul 7, 2015 at 5:00

10 votes

3 answers

748 views

If one of the spatial directions wrapped around, how would combat be different?

asked Sep 12, 2015 at 1:37

10 votes

1 answer

307 views

Could the equator of a world be a closed-time like loop?

asked Feb 8, 2019 at 5:56

10 votes

1 answer

560 views

How can people adjust spoken language to adapt for the discovery that they live on a non-orientable surface?

asked Feb 25, 2019 at 7:34

10 votes

10 answers

3k views

Everything has a tiny nuclear reactor in it. How much of a concern are illegal nuclear bombs?

asked Jul 4 at 14:17

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91 Questions

Stealth in Space: How realistic is it?

I duplicate the U.S. President. What happens?

How can the NSA capture Santa Claus?

Is Honesty always the best policy? What could go wrong if a society valued honesty over every other virtue?

Scientific/biological basis of someone with unlimited willpower?

Is it practical to build dirt scrapers instead of skyscrapers?

My program designed to be resistant to malware and DOS attacks isn't letting me turn it off. What do I do?

We can change our leaders whenever we like. What happens?

Why would magic and science be split?

How to prevent your enemies from digging under you?

How would a magician trick scientists into believing he is using science?

What would the economic impact of the ability to transmute lead into gold?

What if Santa does not want Norad to track him?

How would a superhero who needs to fall asleep to use his powers fall asleep during battle?

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

Could there be an atmosphere in which I could both be alive and float?

What would be the state of society without semiconductors? [closed]

Santa is a time traveller. How does he not violate causality?

How would you arrange wormholes throughout the galaxy so that they don't violate the Chronology protection conjecture?

How to navigate the hyperbolic world

How would crystals be different in hyperbolic space?

How many entities would a post-singularity A.I. in a world recognize itself as?

Could a democracy where a program runs the nation and we vote on pull requests work?

What do you do with people who do not sign the social contract?

What kind of human music do badger-folk like?

Would the Hawking radiation from a small black hole make a feasible propulsion source?

If one of the spatial directions wrapped around, how would combat be different?

Could the equator of a world be a closed-time like loop?

How can people adjust spoken language to adapt for the discovery that they live on a non-orientable surface?

Everything has a tiny nuclear reactor in it. How much of a concern are illegal nuclear bombs?