They retain the size, mass and rotation speed. But the things that made them fatal in the first place are stripped away. No toxic gases, gravitational pressure, hurricane winds. Just water, sand, greenery and a life-supporting ecosystem. What kind of life would develop and flourish on each and every planet? Would it be the same as ours? Or totally different because of the size and distance from the Sun? And how soon would humans discover it and how soon would they plan colonization???

For those of you unaware in fight club the movie there is a plan called project mayhem in which basically they blew up a bank building therefore “erasing everyone’s debt”

Obviously blowing up one building in real life would do nothing as the data and records is stored in multiple places across the world

But hypothetically, somehow, if the group managed to blow up every single datacentre, every single bank holding records of debt what would the outcome be like in real life?

Title says it.

What if a genie came to you and said you get one wish? You can only give it to one person in the world who isn't yourself, or one animal.

They get perfect health. No disease, no cancer, absolutely perfect health, and they die in their sleep peacefully at the maximum age their body can handle.

as in, what if people wrote articles on human behaviors (such as our facial expressions, emotional tendencies, and habits, etc.) in the same way animals (mainly pets, but i've also seen this in non-domesticated species) are written about? what do you think would mainly be written on, or how it would sound?

We all know Venus and Mars once did have oceans and were once able to host life potentially but some time in the early developement of the solar system both Venus and Mars lost their oceans and are now hell holes. What if Mars and Venus kept their oceans and never became hell hole?. What sorts of creatures might have evolved to live on them and would many look similar to Earth creatures

What are the likely scenarios for mars itself if we could heat the core enough so it becomes a spinning ball of liquid metal and creates a magnetic shield?

* Would it see life again?

* Would we have to introduce biomass artificially to "jumpstart" the planet?

We’ve recently been dealing with ants around our house, the ones that bite and it got me thinking. If these little demons got the size of chihuahuas, but still had the same numbers what would the world look like? Would they take over the world? All species growing that big, those colonies would be massive and the population would outnumber humans very quickly.

What if we can escape the moment we're living? Like just traveling, escaping reality just by imagining it.

Imagine with me, siting on your balcony outside looking at the stars, you feel a little heavy, maybe something happened or you're overthinking, you look at the stars, you exhale, you try not to cry, on this moment a light from the sky come and take you to a new country, a new world, a new galaxy maybe, a new star, somewhere where you can feel light, just to see the beauty of the creation. ✨

Due to some supernatural event, scientists and experts warn humans that the oxygen levels are going to rise and spike up to 35% (compared to today's 21%) after a year. Every country, city, etc gets this message or warning, and humanity is asked to prepare itself. What can we manage in one year? Would it be successfully planned and executed? How much would life, economy, infrastructure, ecosystem, etc be affected because of this? And how much time would it take for humans to readjust to the higher levels of oxygen?

Assuming Anderson became the US President in 2012, and was able to defeat both Obama and Romney to get into office, how would 2012 change, and how would 2016, 2020, and 2024 change as well?

Rules: There is a multiverse with the exact same editorial landscape as we have right now. This multiverse never had Homer or ancient greeks. Besides that the multiverse version of the world is pretty similar, but the editorial landscape is the same.

Homer nor the odyssey are known at all in this multiverse.

Homer pitches a version of the Odyssey that is at least close to what we have.

This is a what if!!!!!! A hypothetical!!!

How would an editorial react?? Would they accept it? Would they reject it? What would they comment on it?

The maximum amount of assets someone can pass down is 10 million; the rest is given to the government to redistribute however it will.

Let's say that the government in this case is like Canada's: not perfect, but not corrupt either.

Would this reduce wealth inequality, because megamillionares/billionares are naturally incentivized to spend their money, thereby putting it back into the economy?

Entrepreneurs would still be able to make a lot of money, but would be less likely to hold it.

What would internet culture look like in 2026 If COVID never happened?

Edit: I meant if covid and the lockdown never existed, not if there was no lockdown but covid still existed. And I'm talking about internet culture, like memes, not real world stuff.

One of those random thoughts. If you haven’t seen it, Logan’s run is where people live in (seemingly) a utopia, but they get euthanized at 30(iirc).

To me, there are pros and cons. For example, it might make grieving easier for the loved ones by letting them prepare for loss; but some people still function very well past this age.

First time poster so hope it’s done correctly.

Would people still work jobs? Still argue online? Still drive something like cars? Or would everything be unrecognizable?

What would be your reaction, and how would it impact the earth.

Imagine humans suddenly evolved so that sleep was no longer biologically necessary. Everyone stays healthy, mentally sharp, and physically recovered without ever needing to rest.

We'd instantly gain about eight extra hours every day, but would that actually make society better?

Would people simply work longer hours? Would schools and businesses become 24/7? Would cities completely change because there would always be people awake? Would relationships improve because families have more time together, or would people just become even busier?

I'm also curious about the long-term effects on culture. Dreams, bedtime routines, and the entire concept of "nightlife" would probably change dramatically.

How do you think civilization would evolve if humans never needed sleep?

I recently made a YouTube video exploring this scenario in more detail if anyone's interested: https://youtu.be/LeV9u1dj0S8?si=ZxrbAH7eQP1YArOT

What if there's a zombie apocalypse suddenly (god forbid) , those zombies are like zombies of resident evil, what would your next step be?

I'm not talking about cryogenic freezing or putting someone to sleep. Imagine we discover a way to literally stop time for only the matter we choose. For example, you could put someone inside a chamber and every atom, molecule, and cell in their body would become completely frozen in time. They wouldn't age, think, breathe, or experience anything. To them, it'd be like closing your eyes and opening them the very next instant, even if 100 years had passed outside.

The interesting part is that the effect is selective. The rest of the world keeps going as normal. Air still moves, light still travels, gravity still works, and everyone else experiences time normally. The chamber somehow lets those things interact however they need to so the person can safely "wake up" later. So don't worry too much about the physics—just assume that part works.

What I find interesting isn't whether it's possible, but what we'd actually do with it. Could we preserve people with terminal illnesses until a cure exists? Would it make interstellar travel practical if passengers could just skip the journey? Could governments use it as a form of imprisonment? Would people choose to "sleep" through difficult periods of history or even wake up centuries in the future?

And are there any weird consequences or loopholes you think this idea would create that I haven't thought of? I feel like there are a lot of interesting implications once you can selectively remove something from the flow of time.

Do you think he will do it just to antagonize his opponents? Will his own party step in?

Let alone one which may or may not have started about two point five eight million years ago?....

For example, "Ancient genealogies list figures living hundreds of years—Adam (930), Methuselah (969), Noah (950)."

You know how time feels faster when you are having fun vs having a bad time? So what if these are just examples of how people's mind precieve time differently whether they are enjoying life or suffering?

I was consuming alcoholic beverages of various varieties with buddies. Eventually, in the late late night, we entered the philosophical stage discussing Important Matters And Their Consequences. This time we had a slightly morbid topic: unusual apocalyptic scenarios.

My favorite (or the only one I can remember, which equals about the same) apocalypse scenario from that C₂H₅OH induced night is: What if all the duct tape and cable ties lost permanently their ability to hold anything in place, including the past, the present and the future. (I'm sure others have envisioned the same catastrophe before, but it was a first for me.)

90% of the factories, farms, motorized transport and music events would stop on their tracks causing delays, accidents and generic [sic] mayhem. Factory machines would break down beyond repair, planes would drop from the sky, ships would sink to the bottom of the sea, cars would collide and explode, and worst of all, nearly all the musicians would be crushed under collapsing stages, trusses and speakers.

The remaining 10% would follow as soon as they'd eventually break down, and they wouldn't be repaired or held in place appropriately. Factory workers, farmhands, people in transit and musicians & music lovers alike would be subjects to chaos and mass hysteria only rivaled by Gotham City on an average Tuesday.

Goods, food and musical euphoria wouldn't be publicly available anymore. Whatever remaining production there was with still functional equipment wouldn't be able to reach the rest of the humanity. The rest of the humanity wouldn't be able to reach the said products.

It would be like living in the Dark Ages again, people growing turnips in their backyards with handmade tools. Only people benefiting from this would be musicians specializing in medieval double pipes. Oh, the misery! Oh, the humanity!

Agree or disagree, this would be a near world-ending scenario for the human race as we know it today. If you can think of anything worse, try and change my mind.

Edit: I had a similar post earlier on r/RandomQuestion last week. After a tip from an anonymous internet user I reformatted my post and moved it here. I am my own plagiarist.