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Post by Zyobot on Sept 22, 2019 22:07:16 GMT
' AANW World Reacts To OTL'. Never understood that universe. I'm afraid I don't know what you mean by that, Lordroel.
Apart from that, I assume that since it's a rather grimdark TL even compared to ours (and World War II was plenty bad as it actually happened), they'd envy the fact that overall, we seem to have it much better than they do IOTL. So maybe it'd be unnecessarily cruel to the AANW denizens to show it to them?
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Post by lordroel on Sept 23, 2019 2:55:27 GMT
Never understood that universe. I'm afraid I don't know what you mean by that, Lordroel. Apart from that, I assume that since it's a rather grimdark TL even compared to ours (and World War II was plenty bad as it actually happened), they'd envy the fact that overall, we seem to have it much better than they do IOTL. So maybe it'd be unnecessarily cruel to the AANW denizens to show it to them?
I think it will, especially the fate of the Germans.
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Post by Zyobot on Sept 24, 2019 0:48:49 GMT
I'm afraid I don't know what you mean by that, Lordroel. Apart from that, I assume that since it's a rather grimdark TL even compared to ours (and World War II was plenty bad as it actually happened), they'd envy the fact that overall, we seem to have it much better than they do IOTL. So maybe it'd be unnecessarily cruel to the AANW denizens to show it to them?
I think it will, especially the fate of the Germans. Yeah, TTL's Germany will doubtlessly be jealous of its OTL counterpart. The Germany we know lost World War Two and got dragged through the mud on their wartime conduct, but at least its an economic powerhouse that retains its sovereignty.
And OTL Russia, though maybe not the freest place to live under V. Putin, is infinitely better off than its AANW version.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 24, 2019 3:49:24 GMT
And OTL Russia, though maybe not the freest place to live under V. Putin, is infinitely better off than its AANW version.
I think that many countries will feel that way.
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Post by Zyobot on Sept 24, 2019 14:45:56 GMT
And OTL Russia, though maybe not the freest place to live under V. Putin, is infinitely better off than its AANW version.
I think that many countries will feel that way. True. China, Japan, and probably Asia as a whole are likely to fall into a similar category to the former USSR. What occurred in the OTL Asia-Pacific during the early and mid-20th Century was horrible and all, but at least it's doing much better now.
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Post by Zyobot on Sept 26, 2019 3:04:52 GMT
‘Ghosts Roam In Cemeteries’.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 27, 2019 14:51:51 GMT
‘Ghosts Roam In Cemeteries’. Do they not already.
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Post by Zyobot on Sept 28, 2019 4:25:31 GMT
‘Ghosts Roam In Cemeteries’. Do they not already. I suppose that depends on whether you believe in the anecdotal evidence that pervades the Web or not. Being a secular agnostic and none too knowledgeable about ghost-hunting myself, I dunno the answer to that.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 28, 2019 6:56:06 GMT
What if Trees could talk.
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Post by stevep on Sept 28, 2019 10:30:25 GMT
What if Trees could talk.
Actually I think there is a suggestion that some plants do communicate by chemical means. Just that its taken us until the last decade or so to realise this. So possibly the question should be what if humans could listen to [and understand] them? - Although I fear that for most people the reaction would be either ignore or how can we exploit it.
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Post by Zyobot on Sept 29, 2019 1:06:28 GMT
What if Trees could talk.
Actually I think there is a suggestion that some plants do communicate by chemical means. Just that its taken us until the last decade or so to realise this. So possibly the question should be what if humans could listen to [and understand] them? - Although I fear that for most people the reaction would be either ignore or how can we exploit it. I'm deducing that even though plants may be able communicate, it's not nearly done with the levels of intelligence and systematic development reflected in human language?
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Post by stevep on Sept 29, 2019 11:34:00 GMT
Actually I think there is a suggestion that some plants do communicate by chemical means. Just that its taken us until the last decade or so to realise this. So possibly the question should be what if humans could listen to [and understand] them? - Although I fear that for most people the reaction would be either ignore or how can we exploit it. I'm deducing that even though plants may be able communicate, it's not nearly done with the levels of intelligence and systematic development reflected in human language?
Don't have details as remembering something on TV a while back but agree its very unlikely to be that sophisticated.
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Post by Zyobot on Sept 29, 2019 16:59:26 GMT
I'm deducing that even though plants may be able communicate, it's not nearly done with the levels of intelligence and systematic development reflected in human language?
Don't have details as remembering something on TV a while back but agree its very unlikely to be that sophisticated.
Yeah, that'd be my guess as well. If there were any other species out there with communication sophisticated enough to approach our own, then that'd probably be a scientific breakthrough and eventually, come to be regarded as a landmark discovery.
Anyways, as another frivolous ASB scenario, 'WI Science Could Be Verified Like Math Proofs?'. For one, sufficient sample size for testing would probably be out the window since methods of proving or disproving stuff for all cases has become part of the equation (no pun intended).
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Post by lordroel on Sept 30, 2019 3:21:08 GMT
What if Hitler became addicted to eating only wiener schnitzels.
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Post by Zyobot on Sept 30, 2019 10:36:52 GMT
‘Anarcho-Capitalist Pacific States To OTL’. They’d be futuristic and cyber-preppy rather than purely cyberpunk-ish, not to mention laissez-faire enough to make Texas look like a bastion of left-wing central planning and arms control.
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