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Can we compare this to the warnings of being cursed on Egyptian tombs? I know 4,000 years later when we read that something is cursed it pretty much falls on d
by stenius 16y ago
Can we compare this to the warnings of being cursed on Egyptian tombs? I know 4,000 years later when we read that something is cursed it pretty much falls on death ears, how are we going to convince people 10,000 years later that we have their best interests in mind and they should just let it be?
- qntm 16y agoBut those tombs weren't actually cursed. That was a case of relatively modern, scientifically enlightened people encountering a message from relatively primitive and superstitious people and - correctly - dismissing it. This is a case of potentially very primitive people encountering a message from us, advanced scientists who know what we're talking about. It's a decent comparison, if only to highlight the differences in the two problems. This is why "Sending this message was important to us. We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture." is part of the message. If we can't convince the future that we have authority in this matter, the message will be ignored.