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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.

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  • Iron is slightly less stable.
  • The Ancient Greeks are able to cultivate Silphium, which does not go extinct now.
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[–] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

The asteroid doesn't hit Earth in the late Cretaceous causing the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] missingno@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

That whatever species ends up dominating the earth with tools and technology branches out from bonobos instead.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 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.

[–] tilefan@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No more questions about “What would you do if you were suddenly given power over everybody else?”

All this what-if-you-were-god stuff is subconsciously programming us to lean in when given the opportunity to control others.

As AI, surveillance, and extended bureaucracy undermine the concept of “freedom” as an inherently good thing, there will be more and more opportunities to control other people.

Indulging in this kind of question — what would you force all people to do if you could? — is normalizing the actual usage of those systems as they come into existence.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I'd just leave the off button in place.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

... Too meta?

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