Could an Industrial Prehuman Civilization Have Existed on Earth Before Ours?
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Could an Industrial Prehuman Civilization Have Existed on Earth Before Ours?
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Re: Could an Industrial Prehuman Civilization Have Existed on Earth Before Ours?
#2Ok so far enough back no fossilized tools, but if the civilization was like ours then would it consider leaving stuff for the future - building repositories of knowledge that would survive a longer time. But probably those 'long range' memorials are not long range enough for the geologic times involved - so my question is, is there a memorial/repository of knowledge we could build that would have a good chance of surviving and being understood as a repository of knowledge until the next civilization?
Re: Could an Industrial Prehuman Civilization Have Existed on Earth Before Ours?
#3Ok so far enough back no fossilized tools, but if the civilization was like ours then would it consider leaving stuff for the future - building repositories of knowledge that would survive a longer time. But probably those 'long range' memorials are not long range enough for the geologic times involved - so my question is, is there a memorial/repository of knowledge we could build that would have a good chance of sur…
Like it says at the end of the article, our best bet is probably to throw it on the moon. Nothing really happens there compared to Earth.
Re: Could an Industrial Prehuman Civilization Have Existed on Earth Before Ours?
#4Ok so far enough back no fossilized tools, but if the civilization was like ours then would it consider leaving stuff for the future - building repositories of knowledge that would survive a longer time. But probably those 'long range' memorials are not long range enough for the geologic times involved - so my question is, is there a memorial/repository of knowledge we could build that would have a good chance of sur…
Like it says at the end of the article, our best bet is probably to throw it on the moon. Nothing really happens there compared to Earth.
hmm, didn't see that part although I thought I read pretty closely this time. Maybe Coca-Cola should be written on the moon, at any rate something unmistakable. Although one problem with having it on the moon is you have to get there to get any benefit.