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About:
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I am a Software Developer at a major ERP product company. However in my spare time I happen to work on many non-ERP things.
Check out my proposal Scientific Imagination in Area51, where questions like...
What would happen if we use a Plutonium ball that is slightly below critical mass for a baseball match?
...are asked.
Scientific Imagination is a site for questions involving hypothetical scenarios and scientific, educational, and fun answers for those questions.
The site is inspired by http://what-if.xkcd.com. While "What If?" is really interesting,
It does not post all of those thousands of hypothetical question people have
Those unpublished questions may have gems in them
There may be people willing to exercise little creativity, but don't get the chance
Here's how the site is going to work*:
Ask about...
Hypothetical scenarios that can be extrapolated using existing facts
Interesting twists on current trends
Don't ask about...
Existing/known facts
Science fiction
When you answer...
Back your theories with existing facts and data
Extrapolate your theories to future if possible
Use statistics and scientific thinking
The use of a little humor in answers is encouraged
*While the proposal creation is a diplomatic process, as the proposal creator, this is what I had in mind. Community is welcome to shape the proposal.
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