2012-07-12, 12:21 PM
You're wrong again, because in your example attempt the world you created was in fact a subset of your own.
You can't create something too alien because you simply haven't got a frame of reference to begin to do so with.
You're constrained to think of the physical laws of your own native universe as the building blocks available to you and would have to really, really try to come up with alternatives and keep it cohesive.
Go ahead, try to define an arbitrarily different reality, rather than one that makes minor modifications like 'people can fly'.
You can't create something too alien because you simply haven't got a frame of reference to begin to do so with.
You're constrained to think of the physical laws of your own native universe as the building blocks available to you and would have to really, really try to come up with alternatives and keep it cohesive.
Go ahead, try to define an arbitrarily different reality, rather than one that makes minor modifications like 'people can fly'.
It's not having what you want - It's wanting what you've got.