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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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[–] VitabytesDev@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] DigiDemiFiend@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Explain to me please but also wouldn't that have to mean there was a black hole really nearby

[–] DigiDemiFiend@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It's a reference to a book. But essentially yes you would manipulate the curvature of the universe to put something similar to a black hole around the solar system so that nothing could escape. A Black Domain, or a Light Tomb.

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[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 5 points 2 years ago

No life can exist.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I will rmov thy lttr

[–] magoosh@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago

Set the electron g factor to exactly 2

[–] Katrisia@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (3 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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[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

NO FUCKING AGRICULTURE

It would solve a ton of our issues .

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[–] stelelor@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years 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.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

The sky is teal, rather than blue.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

New rule is that everyone has to be nice to me.

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[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 3 points 2 years ago

I will hard reset the universe. The new rule is that any sapient lifeform has the power to reset the universe.

Welcome to the crabbiest of crab bucket universes.

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