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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)

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Karma is real.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

No life can exist.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No humans, just dinosaurs

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Set the electron g factor to exactly 2

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The sky is teal, rather than blue.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I will rmov thy lttr

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Humans don't evolve, we bring noting to the table of life and dont want to share.

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