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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)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 2 points 2 months ago

I'd just leave the off button in place.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Gravity doesn’t exist. All matter interactions are by electromagnetism and Ver Der Waals forces only.

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

I was going to say this but for the weak nuclear force.

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

Magic existing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Already does. It's called electromagnetism.

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

Space is now a clean vacuum.

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

Less power/increased liability for corporations.

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

Everything the same, but healing fantasies improve your mental health.

... Too meta?

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

Karma is real.

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

Is hard to pick one.

Altruism is the default instead of selfishness

Cancer doesn't exist

No harm could come to children. No one would have wicked thoughts towards them. They'd fully recover from any non-lethal injury. They could get sick.

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

Coulomb's Law doesn't apply.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

George Lucas does‘t mess with his movies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I'd just leave the off button in place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Nothing is explosively combustible. Gunpowder is inert, oil is just a lubricant. No guns, no gasoline.