Frivolous ASB thread

[Zyobot]

Sept 22, 2019 19:48:26 GMT lordroel said:

Sept 22, 2019 19:43:09 GMT Zyobot said:

'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?

[lordroel]

Sept 22, 2019 22:07:16 GMT Zyobot said:

Sept 22, 2019 19:48:26 GMT lordroel said:

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.

[Zyobot]

Sept 23, 2019 2:55:27 GMT lordroel said:

Sept 22, 2019 22:07:16 GMT Zyobot said:

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.

[lordroel]

Sept 24, 2019 0:48:49 GMT Zyobot said:

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.

[Zyobot]

Sept 24, 2019 3:49:24 GMT lordroel said:

Sept 24, 2019 0:48:49 GMT Zyobot said:

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.

[Zyobot]

‘Ghosts Roam In Cemeteries’.

[lordroel]

Sept 26, 2019 3:04:52 GMT Zyobot said:

‘Ghosts Roam In Cemeteries’.

Do they not already.

[Zyobot]

Sept 27, 2019 14:51:51 GMT lordroel said:

Sept 26, 2019 3:04:52 GMT Zyobot said:

‘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.

[lordroel]

What if Trees could talk.

[stevep]

Sept 28, 2019 6:56:06 GMT lordroel said:

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.

[Zyobot]

Sept 28, 2019 10:30:25 GMT stevep said:

Sept 28, 2019 6:56:06 GMT lordroel said:

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?

[stevep]

Sept 29, 2019 1:06:28 GMT Zyobot said:

Sept 28, 2019 10:30:25 GMT stevep said:

  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.

[Zyobot]

Sept 29, 2019 11:34:00 GMT stevep said:

Sept 29, 2019 1:06:28 GMT Zyobot said:

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).

[lordroel]

What if Hitler became addicted to eating only wiener schnitzels.

[Zyobot]

‘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.