What if our universe was already deliberately placed in a higher dimensional beings artificially created 'Black Domain' to isolate our universe from the rest rather than destroy us in a dark forest strike?
Anything and everything to do with Liu Cixin's award winning book 'The Three-Body Problem', and the 'Remembrance of Earth’s Past' trilogy.
Why is it that politics and religion stir such a strong emotional response from us?
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Can somebody explain to me why it seems that communities are increasingly becoming more politically homogenized?
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Does one's own nihilism deter them from having children?
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Curious as to what people's thoughts are on why the Trisolarans reconsidered exterminating humanity but relocating them to Australia?
Anything and everything to do with Liu Cixin's award winning book 'The Three-Body Problem', and the 'Remembrance of Earth’s Past' trilogy.
This series ruined all other sci-fi novels for me..
Anything and everything to do with Liu Cixin's award winning book 'The Three-Body Problem', and the 'Remembrance of Earth’s Past' trilogy.
Was Cixin Lui sending a message that censorship on the internet or widespread disinformation can be just as devestating to human progress as the sophons were to scientific development in TBP?
Anything and everything to do with Liu Cixin's award winning book 'The Three-Body Problem', and the 'Remembrance of Earth’s Past' trilogy.
Do you think this story of an alien world that draws parralels to our current circumstances in regards to race and nationalism and facing a familiar crisis to Earth's climate change be worth writing about or reading?
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Eavesdrop on this guy's conversation on the phone sitting next to me at the bar
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Is there an approach where I can tell people my views on free will being an illusion and not offend?
Are determinism and free will compatible? Does free will exist?
Trying to conceptualize this sentient cloud alien race I have in mind I am trying to write about?
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Need advice or insight on how best to write my first novel?
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Was it true that Laguna was supposed to be a full fledged main character alongside Squall?
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Anybody get discouraged dating or seeking relationships because of booty calls?
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Anybody else get frustrated with how society praised Chieng Xi, yet demonized Luo Ji for their sword holder roles?
Anything and everything to do with Liu Cixin's award winning book 'The Three-Body Problem', and the 'Remembrance of Earth’s Past' trilogy.
Did anybody else actually think the netflix show handled the Ye Wenjie/Saul Durand conversation better than the one with Luo Ji in the books?
Anything and everything to do with Liu Cixin's award winning book 'The Three-Body Problem', and the 'Remembrance of Earth’s Past' trilogy.
Do you feel like you are so hypersensitized and overwhelmed with life, that you often overlook the small simple things that give you so much enjoyment?
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I'm brainstorming a SciFi story that attempts to blend science with religion or spirituality rather with the use of advanced technology unlocking some new perception of reality and consciousness. Is this too daunting of a task worth even pursuing? Has this been overplayed out in SciFi?
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I would never want a job as a wallbreaker
Anything and everything to do with Liu Cixin's award winning book 'The Three-Body Problem', and the 'Remembrance of Earth’s Past' trilogy.
Suicidal tendencies
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Been feeling super detached form reality for awhile. I question whether I have free will or if anybody does for that matter?
Are determinism and free will compatible? Does free will exist?
I am in my mid-30’s straight male struggling with my sexual identity in an unusual circumstance that has me question if I’m ace, gay, or what?
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Consciousness being akin to some kind of internal radio that can be tuned into receiving some frequency of base reality that relies on quantum mechanics and information
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