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This stupidly assumes that the people that dig the hole won't be able to communicate with generations after it. The nuclear symbol is widely recognized across

by hueving 10y ago

This stupidly assumes that the people that dig the hole won't be able to communicate with generations after it. The nuclear symbol is widely recognized across the planet so the only reason this would be a problem is if every one of the cultures that understands the importance of it is killed off.

smsm42 10y ago
> won't be able to communicate with generations after it. Oh, they will be. But there must be specific structure to communicate this information, otherwise it is assumed "common knowledge" and nobody talks about it until suddenly everybody realizes nobody really knows anything about it because all people that knew it assumed it's obvious and nobody thought to talk about it explicitly and now they're all dead. > The nuclear symbol is widely recognized across the planet Now. Will it be in 10K years? Who knows. Try to read works about 15th century life and see how much of that was obvious back then is obvious now. > if every one of the cultures that understands the importance of it is killed off. The cultures that exist now won't probably exist in 10K years. Could we pass knowledge through if we took consistent effort - maybe. But the whole point is how to make sure it's a consistent effort over 10K years.
nl 10y ago
"Stupidy" Strangely it seems to be considered a problem by those who are actually working in the field. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/02/how-to-send-a-message-1000-years-to-the-future/385720/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/02/how-t... http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/green_room/2009/11/atomic_priesthoods_thorn_landscapes_and_munchian_pictograms.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/green_room/... http://www.wipp.energy.gov/picsprog/articles/wipp%20exhibit%20message%20to%2012,000%20a_d.htm http://www.wipp.energy.gov/picsprog/articles/wipp%20exhibit%...

by hueving 10y ago

smsm42 10y ago

> won't be able to communicate with generations after it. Oh, they will be. But there must be specific structure to communicate this information, otherwise it is assumed "common knowledge" and nobody talks about it until suddenly everybody realizes nobody really knows anything about it because all people that knew it assumed it's obvious and nobody thought to talk about it explicitly and now they're all dead. > The nuclear symbol is widely recognized across the planet Now. Will it be in 10K years? Who knows. Try to read works about 15th century life and see how much of that was obvious back then is obvious now. > if every one of the cultures that understands the importance of it is killed off. The cultures that exist now won't probably exist in 10K years. Could we pass knowledge through if we took consistent effort - maybe. But the whole point is how to make sure it's a consistent effort over 10K years.

nl 10y ago

"Stupidy" Strangely it seems to be considered a problem by those who are actually working in the field. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/02/how-to-send-a-message-1000-years-to-the-future/385720/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/02/how-t... http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/green_room/2009/11/atomic_priesthoods_thorn_landscapes_and_munchian_pictograms.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/green_room/... http://www.wipp.energy.gov/picsprog/articles/wipp%20exhibit%20message%20to%2012,000%20a_d.htm http://www.wipp.energy.gov/picsprog/articles/wipp%20exhibit%...