Ask HN: What are your favorite alternate history scenarios?

Posted by StartupsWala 3 hours ago

I’ve always been fascinated by alternate timelines.

I recently built a small tool that generates speculative timelines for “What if” questions.

Curious what scenarios people here would explore.

Comments

Comment by oxfordreno 2 hours ago

What if European explorers landing in North America had encountered a society equally or more technologically advanced than their own.

Comment by gmuslera 3 hours ago

The reality that have the book The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, not this one that had The Man in the High Castle and whatever was written in the side where the Axis won the WWII.

Comment by PaulHoule 3 hours ago

I love the theory that the church faked the calendar to skip over the dark ages even if astronomy makes it a complete non-starter.

Comment by oxfordreno 2 hours ago

For all mankind.

Comment by AUF2026 2 hours ago

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