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Activity for Thomas Myron
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| Comment | Post #275797 |
I'm also not a huge fan of the 'speculative' name. It's just that it's hard to think of alternatives. 'Extended' I feel is a step in the right direction. I don't like 'future' for reasons others have pointed out. 'imaginative' sounds a bit too much like we're inviting people to create science, rather... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #75053 |
@MonicaCellio I'll be there. It sounds like we're both on the same page with what should be on topic - it's just a matter of importing the questions we want. Once the meta is in place for Speculative Science, I'll do some research on what [magic] questions we might want to also import and get back to... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #75053 |
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— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #75053 |
@MonicaCellio Yes the plotting questions can be difficult. It's the difference between asking what could happen and what will happen, based purely on science/logic. I'll clarify that. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #75058 |
Perhaps we can filter out [magic] which does NOT have the [science-based] tag as well? We might get some questions we don't want, but the other way I know we'll be excluding questions which are on topic. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #75058 |
I absolutely agree. If the answer is just 'it's magic', then it's helping no one and you probably didn't need to ask the question in the first place. But I have asked several [magic] questions where the magic is a theoretical force with very specific scientific effects, and the questions revolve arou... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #75058 |
@MonicaCellio Ah, drawing a line from current science to the intended result makes sense. That still throws out all of the perfectly science-based magic questions, though. So just to be clear, we're fine with questions about aliens who can manipulate living cells through their advanced tech, but not ... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #75058 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Speculative Science Define: Exact Content Next to Writing SE, Worldbuilding SE was the SE site I used and frequented the most. The issue I'm having is that I'm seeing a lot of the tags (as in probably more than half) that I have used on SE, are being considered for exclusion for this new site. This leads me to... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #74929 |
I would heavily use this site, so I've got to weigh in and say that I don't like the speculative science name. I can't tell what it's about on a glance-through, and even after a moment of thought it isn't very clear. Is there some reason we can't just call it worldbuilding? Because that's exactly wha... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #75053 |
@luap42 Thanks for the link. I went over by the proposal. 'Speculative Science' isn't exactly what I'd look for when looking for a worldbuilding Q&A. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #74823 |
I for one have used worldbuilding to explore *very* scientific magical systems. It's one of the main things I asked questions about. Not being able to ask questions about theoretical scientific elements/forces would be a big blow personally. I feel like there needs to be a line drawn between scientif... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #75053 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Question | — |
How's the interest for a Worldbuilding site? I would like to propose a Worldbuilding Q&A site. This site would be similar to Worldbuilding SE and would be ideal for anyone creating a world, including: writers, game designers, and anyone else looking to fact-check the plausibility of their creations. The website is primarily geared around: ... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |