Tag: scientific-development

90 How would society react if the existence of a god was scientifically proven? 2015-02-10T17:15:36.573

54 Most useful knowledge from the 30's to understand current state of computers & networking? 2016-12-06T16:05:38.230

54 Crucial and unlikely discoveries in history 2017-02-19T13:58:32.730

48 How to explain centuries of cultural/intellectual stagnation? 2016-10-25T21:58:48.570

33 Everything Joe says is true. How can he most help humanity? 2015-12-21T10:01:02.373

28 Can singularity be achieved in a PC without any external information? 2016-09-14T11:27:24.190

21 What technologies and sciences are needed to detect a star going supernova? 2015-01-04T11:09:52.370

19 How would a magician trick scientists into believing he is using science? 2015-07-13T18:15:43.727

17 What scientists would go on an research expedition to an alien world? 2017-11-08T02:29:34.287

15 Entry requirements for a Type n civilization 2015-04-02T19:07:35.220

14 How to keep an authoritarian state from scientific stagnation? 2015-04-30T05:52:08.960

14 How might a Professor of Mathematics Change History? 2018-07-30T10:19:21.570

14 Could just a brilliant idea advance science by decades, or even centuries? 2019-03-08T17:08:20.067

13 Efficient way to transport a Stargate 2019-03-28T01:44:55.230

11 Towering Titans of Technological Terror 2015-01-29T08:40:07.747

11 How far would science advance if we lived in a cave? 2017-08-18T11:25:49.473

10 Would the knowledge of physics on a native aquatic planet be similar to our own? 2014-11-08T12:56:09.373

9 Under what circumstances will magnetic levitation kill Average Joe? 2016-11-14T23:23:58.650

9 Might a ritually cannibalistic society gain a head start or have an advantage in the study and development of the sciences? 2017-10-21T00:38:36.980

9 Which is easier to develop: a piston prop engine or a jet engine? 2020-02-12T12:42:30.540

8 What measures (and appropriate countermeasures) would be used for sensing and target acquisition in far-future space warfare? 2015-06-19T20:29:30.493

8 Why would a species of intelligent parthenogenetics invent males? 2015-07-18T00:18:32.617

8 Instant reloading bullets 2016-09-19T02:51:05.723

8 Deriving a system of scientific units 2017-12-03T07:30:45.010

7 Computers before cars? 2015-01-07T21:19:20.827

7 Building and powering a computer in a bronze age world 2015-01-26T18:02:01.177

7 Blind Humanoid Species - how would they discover the concept that some species have sight? 2015-10-08T16:55:09.960

7 How to create precise measurements from scratch 2016-09-04T22:50:48.507

7 What would be the last magic to disappear from the world 2016-11-23T02:10:56.043

6 Which space-based weapon technologies are going to thrive? 2015-01-11T23:44:39.450

6 Who would be the best candidate to revive for the development of the current world? 2015-05-29T10:44:56.827

6 When would a species with 100% correct intuition cease all inquiry? 2015-12-26T16:52:29.150

6 Is a habitable desert planet with large fossil fuel deposits possible? 2017-09-04T09:21:01.280

6 How can ruler support the invention of useful things? 2019-03-20T18:00:13.627

5 Reincarnated into a war-torn world 2014-11-25T04:41:56.580

5 Compose "good" alien welcome committee 2015-04-15T07:00:59.413

5 In a world with magic, how would technology progress? 2015-09-25T00:16:42.070

5 Why would a society reject binary logic as useless? 2015-10-08T20:02:46.750

5 Is the scientific method viable in a world with a god that can and does bend reality by will? 2016-01-21T06:54:32.260

5 Is there any way to improve chemically-propelled ballistic weapons? 2016-09-13T22:23:20.337

5 How to explain why a human society's state of technology on another planet might be locked? 2017-09-03T09:24:09.877

5 How to make variable super-soldier size the norm versus a single size 2019-01-14T12:00:21.137

4 How to Create and Use a Black Hole Computer Drive? 2015-04-08T15:55:51.243

4 How could a human and an animal swap minds? 2015-04-10T08:11:40.790

4 Population of 2 million confined to one island 2015-06-20T00:21:39.487

4 Would it be possible to a world to have multiple ages across itself, but in the same time? 2016-05-08T05:18:41.427

4 Is it possible to create a giant biological "mech"? 2016-08-25T11:25:51.807

4 Why might humans abandon the surface of their planet in favor of a subterranean existence? 2016-09-04T15:09:50.017

4 18th century zombie scientists 2017-01-22T02:00:59.087

4 Pumping blood turned into power 2017-06-14T17:01:55.290

4 What kind of science could be done in a station orbiting black hole 2019-01-28T07:23:03.837

3 In distance future will the A.I. think that they actually created human and they were evolved from nano-bot? 2015-03-26T06:51:27.433

3 What are the scientific values we can gain on discovering another Earth-Like planet? 2015-06-24T11:11:18.970

3 How can I incorporate a nuclear weapon in a fantasy middle-ages world? 2016-01-24T06:07:27.780

3 How long does it take for science and technology to become mutually non-intelligible? 2016-03-24T09:45:04.680

3 How might the emergence of intellectual traditions change the use of magic in my world? 2016-06-15T19:15:56.167

3 Near-modern (pre-digital) society without photography, TV or other image-capture technology 2016-07-27T20:29:36.187

3 Ancient Slingshots? Ancient (Vulcanized) Rubber? 2016-10-16T11:13:31.870

3 How to speed up development during medieval times 2016-11-03T09:02:30.340

3 How would a world with different timescales behave 2017-03-26T01:10:48.010

3 How much longer would it take to reach technological parity without access to energy dense resources like fossil fuels to bootstrap development? 2018-11-08T06:39:58.953

2 What can we do to preserve human species and scientific knowledge before a global catastrophe? 2014-12-31T17:42:51.897

2 Trait-Absorbing Race 2015-04-22T20:42:13.437

2 Studying science in a world made from gods 2015-07-26T12:57:53.417

2 Utilizing oil as an incendiary weapon 2016-07-08T12:14:49.073

2 How can one convince someone from the past that one really can transmute elements at-will? 2017-05-10T01:08:50.367

2 Reasons why AI/mind-uploaded humans would run long-term anthropological experiments on biological humans? 2018-06-25T22:13:42.573

2 Could a species develop the tech necessary to land on their own moon without comprehending light? 2018-07-17T23:24:06.950

2 Earth evacuated - what advancements would an early civilization gain from what they left behind? 2018-09-02T15:24:16.143

2 Implications of phlogiston theory? 2018-12-08T03:47:30.707

2 Quaternionic electro-magnetism, world that it can exist in, and the appropriate equation system 2019-05-02T00:03:04.990

2 What are some difficulties in synthesizing desirable substances produced in nature? 2019-07-13T19:04:01.690

2 The solar system is open for exploration. What fundamental research will we do first? 2019-10-24T10:11:16.623

1 Can haptic holograms be used to make something akin to a holodeck? 2017-07-25T02:53:05.737

1 Is it possible to build a Science-based medieval fantasy world? 2017-11-08T13:52:26.783

1 What consensual human experiments would provide the most geopolitical value? 2018-07-15T07:03:40.650

1 How fast can directed evolution make the leap from unicellular to fishlike ability level? 2019-01-24T13:20:37.113

1 Advance human society by time-transporting a book. Which to choose? 2019-07-28T18:54:17.113

1 How a character from the future, reincarnated in the medieval times, could use their knowledge without being accused of witchcraft? 2020-01-27T05:46:52.080

1 How to evacuate an entire planet? 2020-02-14T15:37:39.680

1 Building a formula 1 car within one month? 2020-02-21T00:19:40.717

0 What if the speed of light was not constant? 2016-06-09T11:19:01.640

0 What primitive and gun-based weapons would non-human species develop? 2017-04-23T06:06:02.867

0 Is a nanocomputer something a civilization would strive to create? 2017-08-03T03:03:57.900

0 How would the lack of nukes/fission technology affect warfare and conflicts between 'great powers'? 2018-02-22T14:21:24.053

0 which problem can be solved by virtual world technology 2019-02-28T05:11:16.100

-1 Can someone help me with creating a list of sci-inventions? 2017-03-04T01:23:42.083

-1 What is left in physics for a scientist in the Star Wars galaxy to study? 2019-07-07T17:41:52.307

-3 What technology could I expect to exist in the year 3000 A.D.? 2017-04-11T04:43:33.957

-3 The muscles of these humanoids stay the same size as they get stronger: what false theories would they have about strength? 2018-10-24T22:51:34.253

-4 Oligarchy as a form of government 2018-07-26T00:22:51.007

-4 Did people have an idea of DNA in the 17th century? 2019-12-18T22:26:59.383

-6 Could someone please share what they know about, or references on, a computer running a government (ethical implications etc) in a work of sci-fi? 2015-05-27T21:32:29.913