Tag: communication

199 How can a Horror from Beyond Reason reliably communicate with mortals? 2017-03-04T15:22:16.513

179 How might modern humans leave a message for 50,000 years? 2014-10-31T23:48:39.727

169 If everyone in the world disappeared except 35 random people, how long would it take for one of them to realize they're not alone? 2018-08-22T03:53:13.777

148 How to take down the internet? 2015-12-14T21:13:14.387

119 My carrier pigeons have been replaced by spoons: how can I send messages? 2018-08-09T13:06:08.603

110 How far back in time would English be understandable to a modern speaker? 2016-08-08T13:31:25.797

110 How can a race of eldritch abominations help humanity? 2017-08-14T14:10:48.243

75 How quickly and accurately should news travel in a rural medieval setting? 2014-09-16T18:53:43.057

70 How can an unimaginably huge life form reliably communicate with mortals? 2017-03-27T20:08:46.637

69 How to monetize magical mirrors in today's world? 2018-10-04T12:39:27.147

56 FTL travel is impossible. How is interstellar trade possible? 2015-05-14T13:14:15.987

53 How would an order of Monks that renounce their names communicate effectively? 2019-06-23T04:27:34.263

44 How Could A Time Traveller Communicate With Neanderthals? 2015-08-12T11:19:56.517

44 How to avoid the language barrier when there is no time to learn the other language? 2018-07-24T11:09:01.977

39 What Time is it IN SPACE? 2015-03-04T18:14:38.597

37 How would two ships travelling at light speed communicate with one another? 2014-12-11T10:37:18.457

35 Lying is illegal. How to make joking not an offence? 2019-02-13T22:25:55.070

34 Which current networking protocol would be the optimal choice for very small FTL bandwidth? 2016-11-17T16:35:38.737

34 Lighthouse Alternatives 2019-09-25T11:45:45.800

33 Could a Universal Translator be used to decipher encryption? 2016-11-21T22:32:53.813

31 Why would robots use verbal communication? 2016-02-21T03:21:23.687

31 Aliens are on their way. What can cause them to not understand us? 2016-05-20T09:18:47.763

30 Is there a scientifically plausible faster-than-light communication system? 2014-09-23T14:01:39.267

29 How far back in time would Maths be understandable to a modern mathematician? 2016-08-10T10:14:03.823

29 How far away could two countries be to have a relationship in ancient times? 2018-01-31T20:15:42.103

28 How would interstellar internet work? 2014-11-22T12:19:00.270

26 Recognizable natural numbers for alien message? 2017-02-05T06:44:12.197

26 How could you create a 95% effective global emergency broadcasting system? 2018-10-03T19:23:51.760

26 Humans meet a distant alien species. How do they standardize? - Units of Measure 2019-05-28T19:11:50.617

25 Are ravens a genuinely realistic way of carrying messages? 2014-09-16T19:43:02.353

25 Can we have a meaningful cultural exchange with aliens if we never meet? 2016-01-18T17:30:13.673

25 How would the software industry react if Stack Overflow was no longer available for use? 2016-01-24T13:19:34.353

25 Need a way for Earth not to detect an extrasolar civilization that has radio 2016-12-05T08:48:20.163

25 Self-destructing messages 2018-08-14T02:32:21.450

24 How to improve TCP/IP for an interplanetary WAN? 2018-09-10T02:00:34.777

24 Is it possible for a planet’s climate to block, or at least make wireless communication irrelevant? 2019-01-23T20:22:04.277

23 How (if at all) would being able to speak and listen simultaneously alter the structure and development of language? 2016-12-04T17:47:34.523

23 How would a very large, sentient spider communicate? 2017-05-07T17:12:13.347

23 Most bit efficient text communication method? 2019-04-17T10:26:34.760

22 Living Planet Possible? 2014-10-15T19:26:46.653

22 Is it possible for a large pre-electricity empire to stay in touch? 2016-09-09T03:16:01.153

22 How would an advanced civilization have constant communication between planets? 2017-01-13T11:50:28.903

22 How long can my small American city be without Internet access? 2018-11-27T15:09:02.107

21 In Space, how can they hear me scream? 2015-02-09T17:00:54.467

21 Looking for a soft substance that doesn't dissolve underwater 2019-05-23T21:36:00.303

21 Summoning A Technology Based Demon 2019-07-29T03:31:43.840

20 How to make a language evolve quickly? 2019-05-09T07:39:48.993

19 Alien message: arrows and sequence order 2017-02-13T11:39:37.627

19 Communicating the idea of danger to an unknown alien civilization 2020-01-09T15:13:37.200

18 How would aliens in orbit know that communications from Earth are legitimate "official" communications? 2015-03-04T07:57:12.297

18 The Information Desk provides all sorts of Information; how did it work? 2017-02-21T04:20:05.243

18 Non-visual Computers - thoughts? 2019-08-22T15:21:00.970

17 Could inter-individual communication be based on DNA transfer? 2014-10-08T21:39:49.467

17 Aliens picking up human radio and TV: how might it really happen? 2015-06-06T14:04:40.830

17 How could 1BC Earth speed up communication across vast distances? 2015-12-19T03:02:18.183

17 Is this real-time, cross-universe communication system physically viable? 2016-02-28T08:52:32.157

17 How to tell someone they have travelled in time, by gesturing? 2017-09-29T11:48:26.613

17 Ancient-Roman-type Postal Service with Rats as Couriers 2019-01-29T17:47:03.567

17 Is there a technology capable of disabling the whole of Earth's satellitle network? 2019-02-18T14:27:00.697

16 Are there any natural forms of communication as robust as speech/vocalization? 2017-12-07T04:28:13.870

16 Is it possible for underground bunkers on different continents to be connected? 2019-06-13T17:13:28.560

15 If Jesus performed miracles today, how could we convince the people of 4000AD that they happened? 2015-08-28T21:47:59.113

15 Grammar for a species that communicates via hallucinations 2015-11-16T23:03:05.587

15 How far can a civilization technologically grow beyond others? 2017-06-20T20:34:55.903

15 Why would a psychic subspecies of humanity choose not to communicate telepathically? 2017-09-28T15:58:50.707

15 Quick solutions to a modern warning placed on the surface of a planet for future generations 2018-07-31T13:01:16.557

15 How could a civilization detect tachyons? 2019-05-07T10:12:47.033

14 Why would a civilization want to contact with a hypothetical extraterrestrial civilization? 2014-09-17T09:30:16.667

14 Information Exchange In Space 2015-02-17T15:29:54.557

14 What components make up a universal system of measurement? 2015-05-01T21:09:03.820

13 Alien message: “Invitation” 2017-02-08T06:18:39.827

13 Could you carry a wormhole through another wormhole? 2019-01-22T10:32:02.587

12 What would be the communication range of an underwater species? 2014-10-14T12:39:56.943

12 Can the present human understand people in the past verbally? 2015-03-31T10:05:01.200

12 How might a highly intelligent aquatic species (mermaids) communicate underwater? 2019-03-17T21:02:26.317

11 How would organic EM transmitters/recievers be different than our mechanical ones 2014-11-23T23:11:27.227

11 How to deal with a friendly Boghog without hurting it, and maintaining a positive relationship? 2015-06-24T11:17:40.933

11 New inhabited invisible island appears - how do they make first contact legally? 2015-12-19T00:31:56.510

11 What happens when I cut the cables traversing the Atlantic? 2016-01-22T17:17:02.477

11 Is it possible to create a code to fool a computer? 2017-09-17T23:56:22.123

11 Why would telepaths have difficulty communicating with each other? 2019-03-28T13:59:51.850

11 Could an empire control the whole planet with today's comunication methods? 2019-04-12T14:31:40.777

11 Can radiation block all wireless communications? 2019-05-07T18:39:14.147

11 Could echolocated images be used for a language? 2019-11-02T15:16:48.873

10 What would be the effect of instant communication which is limited to certain individuals, in an otherwise medieval-Europe-level world? 2014-11-13T20:45:33.293

10 Skyping...by mirror? 2014-12-25T02:48:14.617

10 Far Future: Most plausible everyday communication (device)? 2015-04-23T07:51:59.933

10 Interstellar communcation with FTL 2015-08-10T08:45:54.673

10 What would culture be like on a 1 Light Year Diameter Planet? 2016-06-04T08:50:59.103

10 What is the most efficient and safest way to communicate with an alien should first contact occur? 2016-11-28T15:28:09.463

10 How could an insectoid race communicate with humans? 2017-06-26T10:35:09.133

10 The alphabet of a language based on pitch and vocabulary 2017-07-23T20:39:55.637

10 How to justify that people forgot the past and that they have neighbours? 2018-07-17T07:54:34.723

10 Is a network of spoon-launching trebuchets realistic? 2018-08-09T14:05:10.130

10 Pre-electrical fast long-distance communication using Acoustic Mirrors 2018-08-18T05:54:21.527

10 Is a Language with Two Phonemes Feasible? 2019-09-19T20:43:31.990

9 How long will technology (satellites, GPS, Cell Phone) still work after civilization is destroyed? 2015-02-09T20:36:30.390

9 Overcoming language barrier; no speech 2015-03-03T12:24:07.483

9 How would aliens recognize communication coming from Earth as communication? 2015-03-04T19:14:53.710