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I've often thought that if we ever decide to send nano spaceships filled with engineered DNA to populate other planets like spores we should include human knowl
by blazespin 10y ago
I've often thought that if we ever decide to send nano spaceships filled with engineered DNA to populate other planets like spores we should include human knowledge in the DNA so when the spores turn into an advanced civilization they could read the DNA and learn about their progenitors.
- catbird 10y agoSounds like the plot to a scifi novel: Scientists discover that so-called junk DNA contains physics equations, along with what appears to be coordinates to a distant star system with an Earthlike planet.
- abecedarius 10y agohttps://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/sftriple/gpic.html https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/sftriple/gpic.html
- catbird 10y agoOh well, there is nothing new under the sun.
- elorant 10y agoTake my money.
- dsp1234 10y agoStar Trek:TNG did an episode that is basically this[0][1]. [0] - http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Chase_(episode) http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Chase_(episode) [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_(Star_Trek:_The_Next...
- jawarner 10y agoPretty cool if there were a SETI equivalent for this on our own DNA.