Questions tagged [humans]
For questions about humans as we know them or slightly changed, their physiology, psychology, politics, society and goals.
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Does human biochemistry change enough to cause death in higher-fundamental-causality-speed space?
Imagine a future scenario if you will, through ancient aliens, transapient minds, or phenomia humans have learned how to cause but we don't understand, a bubble of space is created between star x and ...
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What is the most humane way to kill humans for meat?
On the world of Ruquelis, about which I have written many times before, there are three sexes, Men, Women and Lilim. Long in the past, the lilim were afraid that their biology was such that women ...
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How to maximize the bandwidth when transferring data from humans with perfect control over their body
Let's suppose that there is an entity, that can't be distinguished from ordinary humans, but it has a perfect control over its body.
It might be an alien android, sent to spy on humanity, that has ...
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At what point in history would we first be capable of decoding a modern digital wireless signal? [closed]
The basic setting: in the 1940's, aliens arrive on Earth and set up a system of intelligence gathering, monitoring, and study. They are very good at hiding their presence, but their communications ...
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What is the best location for a tracking device in the human body? [closed]
In most worlds it’s in the forearm. Have you decided to put it anywhere else for any reason? Or do you see any other reason for it to go anywhere else? In my world it’s under the upper arm not far ...
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Would there be any notable physiological effects of 24/7 artificial light exposure on children?
I have a group of children 0–10 years old. Darkness, shadows, and general lack of light have supernaturally dangerous effects for them, ranging from insanity to death, necessitating extreme efforts to ...
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How to Make Lifelong Rulers Responsive to Popular Demand?
I am creating a fictional government (in a modern setting) that must have the following characteristics:
The head of government is a collective body. For the purpose of this question, we will refer ...
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Habitat that would enable brood parasitism in humans?
There are a multitude of human species in my late-medieval setting, including some who practice brood parasitism. Instead of raising their own offspring, they replace human ones with their own when ...
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Removing some bones to make them into talismans
In my story, a predictor utilizes his own bones to work them into talismans. These bones will be broken down and pressed into a container of gold/silver. He generally gives these out to noblemen. With ...
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How to not get blood on you in close-quarters combat?
The pre-industrial humans of my world have noticed that if you intentionally do violence to someone and some of that person's blood gets on your person (including what you're wearing), a fairly ...
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Is it possible the homo genus could evolve if, magically, all of earth's fossil fuels had been burned within a 1000 year span?
Coincidentally, It Starts Off A Lot Like Earth
Consider a world that is analogous to planet Earth at some point in the last 50 million years. Around 20 - 10 mya would be my ideal, but I'm flexible.
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Drawbacks of stem cell regeneration with magic?
I have mages who can create regenerative effects on the body. They do this by creating stem cells with the patient's DNA inside wounds, replicating the shape of the damaged structures. Assume that ...
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How would the human body react to increased oxygen levels and low gravity?
I’m working on a speculative biology project in which man kind discover an earth like world that they decide to make colonies on, but I must know something. This planet has around 66% of earth’s ...
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Most efficient human-powered vehicles? [closed]
I have in mind a system making use of humans as power sources, but I am not sure what the best way to use them is (I am aware, this will be very slow and impractical). To make it move, we have to turn ...
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What would a world where not everyone has sinned be like? [closed]
I want to create a story where in the beginning, not all humans sinned (so some are still perfect.) how do you think these humans would act, and do you think they would still have a choice to sin?
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