progressiveCavemen

The other answer is accurate, but I think this one is more correct. It may be worth noting that the two-party system is basically law in the US, whereas the UK has slightly-more-significant non-mainstream political parties, which greatly weakens the effect of the Schelling Point

This isn't really the plot to Candide, but somehow this feels like Candide. I predict your protagonist becomes dictator, learns how to travel home out of love, realizes they should have just stayed dictator, and ultimately comes to the conclusion that they keep #$%^ing up and should just buy a farm and settle down

What evidence do you have that Shiva has created and destroyed this reality an infinite number of times? That hanuman could carry a mountain? That yoga can liberate us from the cycle of samsara?

@sv. Maybe metaphor isn't the right term - Alchemy is a process, which may literally refer to the conversion of metals but also (And arguably more importantly) refers to the transmutation of consciousness to a higher state. Just as 'floating in air' refers to both an adept yogi being able to literally float (As attested in scripture, whether or not any of those yogis exist and have empirically documented their existence) as well as the process of a less adept yogi becoming lighter, swifter, and more nimble.

@sv. To quote Terrence Mckenna, the only alchemists who ever tried to turn base metals into gold were charlatans. Turning base metals into gold is a metaphor for the transformation of the gross physical body into the subtlest energy body. This is hinduism.SE, not skeptics.SE....

God I love this SE

Ahh I see that worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/2655/…

haha it's cool the idea only exists because I misread

Using volcanoes as space thrusters or some shit

@James no I mean a planet. As in some sort of supercomputer embedded into the planet that was designed to slowly spread until it had something like bodily functions and a brain with sufficient complexity

@Green I searched but didn't see anything. When I have time to ask I will but if anyone wants to, the question is free game

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@green

Has something like that been asked

I just saw how might a plant evolve a brain thing. And I read "How might a planet evolve a brain" which is a much more exciting question

hey worldbuilding people