If a piece of diamagnetic material (such as bismuth or pyrolytic carbon) Was loaded into a continuous coil, wouldn't it lose the very fast power shutoff requirement, what I mean is, since it's repelled by magnets, wouldn't you just have to turn it on? It would need more mass and be a stronger diamagnetic material to hit lethal speeds, but wouldn't it work? For those who don't know, coilguns limitations are having to VERY quickly turn the magnetic field on and off to preserve momentum. I also think if you used a magnetic projectile in a railgun and turn the magnets 90 degrees so that it attracts until the projectile reaches it and rotates so the magnets in front pull and the magnets behind repel, it would to my knowledge (which isnt very much) would work. Idk though, someone debunk me please

And it’s an anime, not even made by Americans (it’s about American imperialism)

I think what moved me the most was that everything in that film, is happening in our world, right now. Our comforts that are based on genocide, and exploitation is literally what our system is built on. The war crimes Israel is committing in Gaza, that is but a symptom of our broken system.

In one scene, to really try to explain to the audience the idea that our comforts are based on brutality, they pointed to a synthetic walker and explained that the muscle fibers inside that walker are from dolphins, and they are stuffing dead dolphins into those machines. But, that analogy is hardly necessary because, in real life, things like cobalt used in batteries in our phones literally came from child labors that absolutely destroy the biosphere from which it came and the health of the children who are mining it.

And, the whole sequence of juiced-up super soldiers with their emotions blocked off so they can mass murder children is also just happening right now in real life. In the film, the soldiers had their empathy removed through advanced biotech, but in real life, we just remove that from soldiers through "patriotism", telling them the shit they are doing is necessary to protect our way of life, and then those soldiers go out into Gaza killing children with no remorse, and we at the same time, feels no remorse as our tax dollars go out to fund those weapons. And, perhaps the soldiers in the movie can justify that the children they are killing are child soldiers holding guns, the same cannot be said about the soldiers in real life, and they didn't even need sci-fi empathy blockers.

Basically, all of the themes in the movie are but an exaggeration of what is already happening in our world. They simply had to exaggerate it so much because that's the only fucking way of getting modern audiences to have any emotional reaction to these atrocities that they are so used to and benefiting from it.

In the film, "Genocidal Organ" was described as a primitive language processing part in our brain, that if stimulated the right way, would make us become indifferent to mass tragedy. The antagonist in the movie used it to intentionally cause mass genocides around the globe so that America is safe from terrorism as the third-world countries are busy killing themselves. But, really, I think, the Genocidal Organ is us. It's those juiced-up super soldiers in the movie, the senators in our world feeling no remorse for continuing to fund war crimes around the globe, and it's me, you, sitting in front of our screens, powered by the blood of children on the other side of the globe.

Genocidal Organ is our system that was based on an endless chain of oppression and exploitation. And, indeed, in the end, the protagonist realizes this too. He realized that the problem was the system. And even the antagonist, inciting genocides around the world, was but a symptom of this system functioning exactly how it was intended. We are the genocidal organ. And, to make any meaningful changes, voting is not gonna help, passing a law is not gonna help. We need to really sit down, deconstruct this system apart, and build it anew.

Of course, one may argue that would never be possible. Perhaps they are right. But, at the end of the movie, even the antagonist confessed that while he found out that our emotional coldness towards brutality upon each other was a powerful emotion that was necessary for our evolution to ensure the survival of species, he admitted that love, to work with one another, is even more powerful. However fragile that love may be, I think it is worth it to try.

Hello all. I'm new to this sub. I couldn't find any rules. So, if this post is not appropriate, please let me know. Anyway, I have created a post-apocalyptic world in the form of a website that has a lot of sci-fi elements to it. I have been working on the content for it for years. It has a main storyline with a lot of side stories and other content. I'm looking for anyone that would be willing to offer feedback on it. Yes, it is built with the intention of eventually becoming a source of income. However, a lot of the content is free. If you like it and would like access to all of it and would be willing to give me some feedback, let me know and I'll give you full access for a month. Here is the link to the site: www.aftertheshift.com

Hi guys, this question came into my head during an episode of Clone Wars and has really been bugging me ever since. In it, a changeling takes the shape of a woman and instantly changes her voice, her clothing, etc. however, they then utilise a lightsaber (from the woman) later in the episode. My question is: if they can replicate non-organic matter like clothing, what's stopping them from using their powers to create something like a gun stashed in a coat pocket or a lightsaber on a belt, etc, since it is already shown to be possible to replicate clothing. Where are the limits here? Please help as this plot hole been messing with my brain for a while now. Thanks!

How is it that consistently across every alien movie the army cant stop the aliens but...individuals with pistols and molitov cocktails or other kill the aliens fairly easy. I mean i can accept a lot but this always lessens my engagement w the movie.

Met this guy on tinder and we instantly connected on every aspect of life, but especially our mutual love of sci-fi. He suggested I read Children of time as I had just finished Alien Clay, and he was reading Children of Ruins, so we would have something to talk about. Then on the day of our first date and completely out of the blue, I was suddenly deleted on tinder and blocked on iMessage. As if being heartbroken about this wasn’t enough, I don’t really have any sci-fi buff friends and so have no one to talk to about this book, so I come to you Reddit! What are your thoughts on this story, and should I read the following books?

I really enjoyed the intricacies of spider society, and their approach to technology as something organic. Will probably skip the film version though. Does the story carry in the sequels? After reading this and Alien Clay I definitely think Tchaikovsky has a very bleak view on the future of the human race. What are your thoughts?

(Oh and Rob, if you’re lurking here; I still want to steal from your library..)

I have a question for fans of space fiction. Are there any films that feel like "Pitch Black"? I don't mean just a film about alien monsters tearing apart a group of people who are unhappy with each other (I would say now that it's not a film or a series, it's just constant quarrels between a group of people, as if you were watching a reality show). But it should be a compact adventure with believable technology and non-irritating characters, without any unnecessary brutality or constant hints at genitals in the face. (hello "Alien" (although in fact the last film turned out to be quite good))

And the budget or graphics of the film are not particularly important. And it doesn't even matter whether it's anime or a film! It just seems that there have been and are being released enough low-budget films that among them there could be, not even a masterpiece, but some quite acceptable film. I still remember how I once came across a movie that I had never heard of or even seen in any catalog after that. The acting wasn't particularly good, the graphics were on par with 90s TV series, and it was probably some movie with a rating below 5 out of 10 on some service, but it was still intriguing to watch some space marine girl wandering around the desert and an abandoned factory.

Anyway, what I'm getting at is: maybe someone can recommend some movies, anime, or whatever that aren't well-known and are at the top of every catalog, and maybe even something half-questionable, but cool and in the spirit of "Pitch Black"?

Okay so I’ve started reading the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy on my kindle but after every couple of paragraphs there’s a random “y” on its own and I don’t know if it’s part of the book or a issue in the book just on my kindle. It’s an EPUB doc by the way.

There's a German TV show called "Ijon Tichy - Space Pilot" based on Stanislaw Lem's book "The Star Diaries" and I'd love to watch it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijon_Tichy:_Space_Pilot

But it seems to be hard to find. Any advice? Have you seen it? Is it even any good?

By which I mean space magic, colorful setting, epic scope, good vs. evil, and not relentlessly grim like Warhammer 40K. I miss how Star Wars used to make me feel, with its brand of space fantasy adventure. What other settings can scratch that itch?

Supposing that there was a method of travel that took you from our solar system to a galaxy, let's say 100 million light years away. Would there be a way to detect your location and find Earth again? I am not convinced there is. I would think that the reference points would be shifted enough that it would be difficult, or near impossible, but I don't really have a definitive answer.

hello! so long story short, i wanted to purchase “somnium” by johannes kepler for my brother for christmas, as it’s sometimes deemed as the first science fiction book and my brother is a huge sci-fi nerd lol. however, the only copy i found available online and at a reasonable price is apparently written/edited terribly (which is definitely a no-go as my brother is also crazy with grammar ;p). this led me to search for any kepler anthology books out there in hopes of having “somnium” in it and maybe even more sci-fi stories from him, but i haven’t been able to find any. any help (and potential alternatives by other early sci-fi authors in general!) would be greatly appreciated!!! i know this is quite a niche question lolol

So I know that most hard science fiction stories are about realistic space travel and technology, but are there any there hard science fiction stories that feature or are about robots?

And for the record I'm not referring AIs that operate from a computer like the Machine from the Person of Interest. I'm talking about robots that are more like Roombas, drones, toys (Ex: Nao), Boston Dynamics Spot, and industrial-like robots like Pepper Robot, Reem-C, Digit, and Atlas that can be used for warehouse work, medical purposes, and of course factory work.

So far the best ones that I know of are the new tv show Sunny (Apple +), Asmiov, Burn-In by PW Singer and, to an extent, Baymax from Big Hero 6.