Questions tagged [future]
For questions involving the future or taking place in the future. The "near-future" and "far-future" tags are preferred. Users of this tag are encouraged to provide detailed information about the nature of the future in which their question takes place.
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Climate Correction gone awry
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I'm working on a new creative work and I was looking for a scenario that would create a world with:
A frozen north/south region outside of #2
An extremely hot (130F) equatorial belt (4000 ...
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Is a plasma force shield feasible? [duplicate]
I am somewhat obsessed with the plasma shields the Gungans use to protect their troops in Star Wars Episode I. They are effective against the laser cannon blasts of the Trade Federation troops but ...
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What would be the human population if all humans and human activity disappeared from the mainland continents [closed]
Basically, I'm in a collaborative project where all of humanity and human-built development disappear on the mainland continents (Africa, Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas) ; and the islands have ...
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Is this timeframe realistic for compact full-brain simulation?
The year is 2175, and at this point, there are compact ASIC systems (no larger than a 2024 smartphone) that use a combination of powerful dedicated processors and some quantum computing subsystems ...
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Is it possible for a group/clan of 10k people to start their own civilization away from other people in 2050? Like the Amish but with more technology?
They are a group of fed up people in a third world country who somehow acquire/buy land in a remote place near the Himalayas.
Ignore the powers like China trying to conquer them.
Is this possible in ...
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5,000 years from now — The Best valuable for wealth & trade? [closed]
Humans using faster than light-speed (FTL) travel have found and begun populating other planets, planetoids, asteroids, etc. Local societies farm; they ranch and mine; they are bootstrapping light ...
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Rip van Winkle crime spree
Let's say a rogue physicist wanted to make a fortune allowing criminals to use time tech to avoid the time when statute of limitations would allow them to be arrested. But how could someone prove to ...
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At what technological level can a mixed-gender military not be at a disadvantage to an all-male one?
In various fantasy settings, female combatants are quite common. There is a history of women in the military in real life but such women were generally rare and often hid their identity. Warfare was ...
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Justification for foreign intervention in an anarchist Middle East? [closed]
What would be a rational reason for Western countries to unethically intervene in the Middle East following a total economic collapse?
I'm writing a story where Middle Eastern countries descend into ...
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Why would people want a benevolent AI-controlled society? [closed]
Inspired by the Orion’s Arm worldbuilding project, I am imagining a science-fiction scenario where humans are ruled over by entities known as GODS, or Geocomputing Directories. These are computer ...
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Disasters to prompt the bettering of civilisation [closed]
so, being a cynic as well as a speculative biologist and all-round sci-if fan, I believe that the scenario I want to reach in my project, where humanity has restored the Earth’s biosphere and climate, ...
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If in the future there are flying vehicles with the same aesthetics and function of car, would it be still called a car / flying car or somthing new?
In a future where technology has evolved and cars don't need wheels and can hover and fly, but retain the same: aesthetics, functions, affordability, and cost as the cars we have today just without ...
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How could the lottery and gambling work with accurate fortune tellers?
In my world, fortune tellers and psychics aren't con men but actually possess supernatural abilities. People born into the Romani lifestyle can make repeated and accurate predictions via tarot cards, ...
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Field Promotion to Captain [closed]
In a future space navy universe that is heavily based on modern wet navies, would it be acceptable for a vessel XO (rank of Commander) to be field promoted to Captain from a single Fleet Admiral?
To ...
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Will Cobalt still be available on Earth in the year 2100?
I would like to know the state of cobalt on the earth in the year 2100, but I hear that it might run out in 2025 or 2030. Cobalt is used to make electronic components. In a world where most of the ...
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