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.
That whatever species ends up dominating the earth with tools and technology branches out from bonobos instead.
Water freezes from the bottom up instead of top down.
I… Uh… Hm… 🤔
What does this do?
Ice fishing is now just called fishing.
It also becomes much easier to make perfectly clear ice at home: you pour the unfrozen, cloudy water right off the top of any partially frozen thing.
maybe it would look like a reverse snowfall underwater if the ice is buoyant? I imagine if the ice stayed at the bottom it would be interesting evolution wise since most things survive the cold by being at the bottom.
Is it your cake day? What’s the cake next to your name mean?
If so, happy cake day!
Karma is real.
Less power/increased liability for corporations.
I will rmov thy lttr
Everything the same, but healing fantasies improve your mental health.
… Too meta?
Cats speak french, except in any situation where they can be recorded or transcribed, or when a french speaker can hear them. They also aren’t very good at speaking french, but it’s impossible for anyone to know that.
What if two English speakers are listening to a cat speak French, when suddenly they are joined by a third companion who speaks native French?
The cat stops talking.
Corporations are not people.
Silphium was recently rediscovered so it’s no longer considered extinct just highly endangered.
Aside from that, I would make it so that instead of having mental illness you would have magical powers.
Schizophrenic? Nope you just talk to the Dead. Adhd? Nope, you’re an elemental wizard. Bipolar? Nope, you’re either a healer or a necromancer. Depressed? Nope, you’re just low on mana. (Major depression means that you’re suffering from a curse) Psychotic? Nope, you’re suffering a mana storm Narcissistic? Nope, you are an illusionist. Autistic? Nope, you’re an enchanter.
Maybe instead of schizophrenics talking to the dead they would just fit into the class of spiritualists and diviners, oracles and the like.
I’m open to interpretation.
Silphium was recently rediscovered so it’s no longer considered extinct just highly endangered.
I must eat it now!!!
Greed is removed from the list of possible emotions/personality traits.
Great. Now everyone’s horny.
You say that like it wasn’t intended.
Welcome to my world.
Nobody is horny and humanity dies hornyness = greed for sex.
So bonobos become the dominant species?
I’m already in that universe; it’s pretty good
That was gonna be my change
Everyone horny all the time
Jenkins never existed.
What do you have against code deployment
Which Jenkins? Leroy or Kevin?
All sentient beings have photographic memories and, through DNA, they can store and recall all of their previous ancestors’ memories. All the way back to their oldest sentient ancestor.
Or they upload to the resurrection ship
You don’t want to know others memories; including those of your ancestors. Not photographically at least.
is born
immediate ptsd from the memory of my parents plowing passionately which ended with my creation
crawls to the roof and jumps
It wouldn’t be weird if you just always knew
Basically Assassin’s Creed
Sounding like Richard Rahl and The Sword of Truth now. (Please don’t hate me the first 3-4 books were good…)
One free wish for any and every person who achieves something truly outstanding for mankind as whole (only positive achievements).
Maybe also for a free “weaker” wish for personal achievements, like completing one’s dream hobby project.
Make entropy decrease as time goes on,
Have fun!
wouldn’t this cause something like the big crunch?
Yes, much more fun than heat death.
true that
gravity is now a personal choice
I mean, it’s just a theory so, it kind of already is!
no it’s not. what are you even trying to say?
Yes, gravity is a theory. In scientific terms, theories are proven, repeatable, and accepted. It’s the most robust and strongest form of scientific “fact” we have (since new discoveries can change our understanding, we can’t honestly declare it indisputably factual).
When people say “I have a theory…” they usually mean “I have a hypothesis…” which is some idea or problem statement that is unproven, untested, unverified.
OP was playing off the conflation of those two things.
I think we are in the same page, I am just so sick of people confusing theory with hypothesis. Mostly because of christomaniac creationists saying “uhm actually evolution is a theory not a law” and shit like thar. That’s the reason why I rejected OP’s statement
