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You are given an opportunity to hard reset our universe (particularly, the Earth). You are also allowed to change one rule about the new universe. What rule would you change? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by Marighost@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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The rule could be anything, as funny or as serious as you want. The universe will progress in a similar way that it has up until this point, unless your changed rule prevented it from doing so.

Some examples might be:

The invention of currency is not allowed.
Iron is slightly less stable.
The Ancient Greeks are able to cultivate Silphium, which does not go extinct now.

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[-] DigiDemiFiend@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Our solar system would have a greatly reduced speed of light so as to avoid being attacked by other sentient life.

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[-] bear@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 months ago

The theme of the whole story of the universe changes with my mood. God is real, I'm him, so is magic and karma. Some days it's hentai.

[-] VitabytesDev@feddit.nl 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Making the speed of light ~~infinite~~ one hundred times larger and the speed of sound the current speed of light. ~~No more blue/redshifting!~~ Faster communication!

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[-] Today@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

You both have to solve a new (to you) calculus problem to make a baby.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

OP said the universe does a hard reset. Life would never evolve if that was a new rule

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

No humans, just dinosaurs

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[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

NO FUCKING AGRICULTURE

It would solve a ton of our issues .

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[-] Corno@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

The sky is teal, rather than blue.

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I will rmov thy lttr

[-] magoosh@feddit.nl 4 points 3 months ago

Set the electron g factor to exactly 2

[-] Katrisia@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

No suffering, no dis-pleasurable state, no undesirable reality exists. Everything that is, is deemed good by all beings that can judge it (if any). This has, as a consequence, no moral dilemmas, no conflict of wills and interests, no tragedies, etc.

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[-] stelelor@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

No more Pauli exclusion principle. I'm not smart enough to describe what that world would look like... which is exactly why I would do it.

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I'm pretty sure that would result in all matter compacting down to a single point again...

[-] okamiueru@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

That whatever species ends up dominating the earth with tools and technology branches out from bonobos instead.

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