Oh no, nuclear is so scary, we have to warn our possible descendants 100,000 years in the future even if all cultural continuity is lost because we care so much for the distant future.
Even if it isn’t that relatively impactful these kinds of monuments are still really cool and whatever experts in culturally independent communication they are getting to do it totally deserve the funding
whatever experts in culturally independent communication they are getting to do it totally deserve the funding
Some of those “experts” proposed genetically engineering a bioluminescent breed of dogs to detect when radiation is nearby, and making viral pop songs about “when the dog starts glowing, run very far away”…
I think some of them got a little too imaginative. Sometimes you think so abstractly that you miss the obvious.
For instance, Carl Sagan suggested we simply mark them with a skull and crossbones, which every organism with an endoskeleton can recognize as a symbol for “death” and thus “danger.”
Even if it isn’t that relatively impactful these kinds of monuments are still really cool and whatever experts in culturally independent communication they are getting to do it totally deserve the funding
Yeah, these monuments are pretty… rad
Some of those “experts” proposed genetically engineering a bioluminescent breed of dogs to detect when radiation is nearby, and making viral pop songs about “when the dog starts glowing, run very far away”…
I think some of them got a little too imaginative. Sometimes you think so abstractly that you miss the obvious.
For instance, Carl Sagan suggested we simply mark them with a skull and crossbones, which every organism with an endoskeleton can recognize as a symbol for “death” and thus “danger.”
I’d be worried people would end up thinking that is where all the pirated media is buried
Riiight, because “skull = death” is a social construct, but “jolly roger = pirates” is totally a universal constant that transcends time and culture…