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.
  • @DigiDemiFiend
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    54 months ago

    Our solar system would have a greatly reduced speed of light so as to avoid being attacked by other sentient life.

    • @[email protected]
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      fedilink
      34 months ago

      Explain to me please but also wouldn’t that have to mean there was a black hole really nearby

      • @DigiDemiFiend
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        44 months ago

        It’s a reference to a book. But essentially yes you would manipulate the curvature of the universe to put something similar to a black hole around the solar system so that nothing could escape. A Black Domain, or a Light Tomb.